Catch Up

I just realized that I haven't blogged since FEBRUARY 1st! I can definitely admit that I haven't kept up with one of my goals for this year--to blog more. Oh well! Here is the past few months in a quick post.

Since February we have....

Officially bought our house!

We became home owners the last week of April! It was a very stressful time for both Ben and me. LOTS of paperwork!!! In the end, everything worked out great, and I moved into our house the end of April. Everything was in pretty good shape. We did some cosmetic changes to the house. We painted every wall inside the house! All of the carpet/tile was new, so we didn't have to change any of the flooring. Ben and I painted the outside of the house and painted our porches. We tried to do some landscaping--some of it has lived...some of it hasn't. Oh well! We took some before pictures of everything, and I still have to take some after pics. As soon as I do, they'll be up!

Scored some major cool gifts at my bridal shower!

Some of my mother's GREAT friends hosted an awesome bridal shower for me. Ben and I scored some super cool gifts. We are sooo blessed! Pics of this to come too...

Finished my first year of teaching!

The school year ended really late this year, or it was really late for me. I am used to getting done with school (college) the first of May! :) June 4th was our last day at work, and it was glorious! It was all a little bittersweet for me. I am no longer a first year teacher! I had a very challenging year, and honestly, I am so glad to have a break. I got a call last week from the principal at the elementary school here in town, and I accepted a full-time 5th grade science job. I am sooo excited about this transition. I knew all along that God had a plan for me to get a full-time job, but I just didn't know when that would be. Luckily, I found out the week of our wedding! :) Perfect timing!

GOT MARRIED!!!

I blogged in December about getting engaged. I didn't actually blog the whole story because it was a pretty long event. We decided that we wanted to get married during the summer because it would be better timing for me. We ended up getting married in my parent's backyard. It was so gorgeous! Everything went super smooth, and it wasn't stressful at all! How many brides can say that?! Trust me, there will be PLENTY of pictures going up on here in the next few weeks.

Roadtrip to Colorado...

Ben and I decided that we did want to take a trip after the wedding. At first, we thought about just saving our money and waiting to go somewhere later on. In the end, we just decided to go on since Ben's awesome boss let him have a week's worth of paid vacation time. We left on Sunday morning and went to Santa Fe first. Monday we loaded back up and roadtripped to Vail, CO. It was incredible! I have never been to Colorado, and Ben has actually been to different places in Colorado, but he hasn't been to Vail..that's why we chose Vail. I took a lot of pictures of the scenery, but I realized that we didn't take ONE picture of ourselves until we were on the way home. Scenery pictures to come soon! :)

It has been so much fun to just hang out the rest of this week and celebrate the 4th of July with friends and family. So, there is a quick run down of the past few months. Pictures to come soon!