Back for the Holidays

It has been too long since I last posted anything. I have a bunch of pictures on Randy's camera, but I don't know where the cable is to download them to the computer. We are moving out of our apartment soon, and I can't wait. Our neighbors don't know how to be quiet at 3:00 AM. The new apartment will be bigger AND $200.00 cheaper. Hooray!

I am so excited for Christmas! Thanksgiving was a blast. We had dinner with my family and played games. On black Friday, Randy and I decided to sleep, but we went to Target at 10:00 am and got Elf. Later, we went and ate dinner with Randy's family who was in town. It was good to see everyone.

I only have one full week of student teaching left. It has been a good experience, but I can't wait to be done. It will be nice to be in charge of my own class where the students won't see me as just the "student teacher" :) There is one girl who must not think that i know much. Listen to this story. We were playing music Bingo, and the teacher clapped the rhythm wrong, so she asked me to help and I fixed it. A few minutes later, the know it all girl said "Can you clap the one rhythm where you had to help Mrs. Hoffman?" Yeah, that's right. She thought that I was the one who needed help. Lol, not that it really matters. I just want to the kids to believe that I know more than them. Way more. Randy would call me a music snob right now :)

Just Married

The wedding was perfect. Seriously, the day was amazing, and Randy and I are so happy. We went to San Diego for our honeymoon, and it was really relaxing. I promise that pictures will be coming soon from the wedding/honeymoon/etc. I just wanted to tell you all what a wonderful husband I have! The other day, he got me all worried about where we put some checks that people gave us from the wedding, and he couldn't find them. So I spent about a half an hour looking for them, and finally found them. When he got home, he brought me some beautiful flowers. I asked them what they were for, and he said he felt bad for making me so worried earlier. Isn't that sweet?? They are really pretty and add some Fall splash to our little apartment :)

THREE DAYS!

Okay, I have been terrible at trying to keep up on my blog. All you need to know:

1. I AM GETTING MARRIED IN THREE DAYS!!!!
2. Student teaching is going REALLY well, and Leah rocks!
3. I AM GETTING MARRIED IN THREE DAYS!!!!
4. I love Randy :)

I also had the opportunity to go through the Jordan River Temple on Saturday, and that was such an awesome experience. It was great that so much of my family could be there for me.

October 15th, here I come, ready or not!

Count Downs

Birthday: 2 days

Wedding: 45 days

Graduation: 106 days, depending on whether or not I count the last concert of student teaching, which I did in this case :)

These are all countdowns to VERY exciting things! I have a very busy semester, full of life-changing events. Student teaching is going really well, and I am so glad that I student teach with Leah Tarrant! She's amazing.

Student Teaching

I start student teaching next Monday, and I am kind of scared. The teacher is super nice though, and I am excited about that. It will be an interesting semester, full of many changes in my life.

October, November, and December are my favorite months of the year. I love getting ready for the holidays and I can't wait to decorate my own little apartment! That is, hopefully we will finally find an apartment :) I didn't know what a pain that would be!

55 days.

Some Engagements

Randy's sister, Anna, took some amazing pictures for our engagements! We took them at an old train station in Brigham City. She did such a great job, and we are so thankful to her. I didn't want to put all of the pictures up, because we are using some for the announcement, so here are just a few of our many favorites :)







I can't wait until October 15th!! Dress, bought and paid for. Flowers, done. Cake, done. Decorator arranged. Engagements, done. Luncheon location, done. Bridesmaid dresses, being worked on. Oh, and most importantly, the colors are chosen :) That was the hardest thing of all!

Pictures of Randy

So everyone has been bugging me to post pictures of Randy, so here are some from his trip. It's sad to say that there is only one picture of us together, and I don't like it very much. We are getting our engagement pictures done today though, so we will have more pictures soon!

This is Randy at Jimmy Hendricks(x)? grave. Yep, he's amazingly good looking :)



Randy and his brother Nate at some waterfall. Randy is on the right.





And last but not least, this is Randy stuffing his face full of hot dog. Very attractive. I just had to add it :)

That's it for now! I'll post more of the two of us together at a later date.