2010 Goals + Wedding Stuff

This has been the first week back to school, and it has been a little hard to get back on schedule! I was used to staying up until midnight, and then sleeping in until noon! I must say, I do LOVE to be on a routine, so I am thankful that school started back up. This week has actually been SUPER in my classroom. I think that Santa sent me a new class back to school. All of my sweet babies have stayed on the "blue star"..which means nobody has gotten in trouble ONCE since we started. This is monumental! They have been so proud of themselves. I pray that this kind of behavior continues to the end of school!

I always hear of people who make their resolutions for the new year, and end up forgetting about them a week later. So, I always make goals for myself. I like the sound of goals better than resolutions. I figured that if I shared my goals with you on here, then they would most likely get accomplished..I expect some accountability! :) Here it goes...

*be a better Christian--I neglected God so much in 2009. I want to spend more GENUINE time with Him. I have worried so much about what other people think of me, when I need to start thinking about what God thinks of me, and how I am serving Him. I want to have a more intimate relationship with Him.
*be more healthy--I wouldn't mind losing some weight, but I really want to be more healthy.
*tell and show Ben how much I love and appreciate him daily.
*make time to sit and talk to Ben daily about his day--even if it is just 5 minutes!
*love on my family more!
*save more money--I buy so much junk that I do not need!
*give more--I want to give more love, more patience, more kindness, and more money to those in need.
*pray more often.
*learn to truly love myself.
*do more random acts of kindness--send random notes to people, pay for the person's food/drinks behind me in a drive through line...just be kind.
*take more pictures.
*blog more--this is hard for me, but I am going to try it!
*learn to knit--I have ALWAYS wanted to do this! Cute hats and scarves coming up!
*be more positive.
*read more--I LOVE to read, and I tend to forget to "make time" to just relax and curl up with a good book.
*be more appreciative.
*drink more water--I must step away from the Diet Coke!

Those are the goals I have come up with so far..I think that most of them are pretty reachable!

Ok...so for wedding stuff....I have A LOT done! I am so glad that he proposed while we were on a break! I was able to get a lot done, and hopefully, I won't stress as much now. I have gotten my dress, talked to Whitney Owen about our invitations and all that jazz, bought some decor, come up with guest lists, found super awesome photographers--Rocky and Sara (Thornhill) Garza, and printed off tons of pictures for ideas! Our colors are going to be a real light blue, red, and different shades of pink. The wedding will be June 26th at 7.30 in the evening. We are going to try to get married in my parent's backyard. It is just gorgeous, and I would LOVE to have an outdoor wedding--just pray the weather cooperates! It is going to be SUPER relaxed and casual...very vintage retro. Here are some of our inspiration pictures...

Those are just a few pictures that I fell in love with when I saw them. Lastly...here is a picture of my dress! I absolutely love it! I couldn't have found a better dress.

I hope that everyone has had a great start to 2010! Can't wait to start a brand new adventure this year!