Bridal shower!

Here are some pictures from my bridal shower last weekend! We met at Bucca di Beppo in Indy! (YUM!)

I caught Sarah and Anna off-guard! :)

Kristi and Amanda...

Missy and Me. (She was SO excited that it was a great picture! LOL!)

Opening gifts... We got a lot of great things and some very pretty things too! Thanks, guys! :)

The whole group...and the Pope! :)

Date Night!

Jason and I have been going in several different directions for the past couple of weeks, so he asked me out on a date Wednesday night so we could spend some good quality time together!

We left his house around 5:30 Wednesday evening and headed west. I wasn't exactly sure what the plan was, but he seemed to have it under control, so off we went! We arrived in Kokomo...and I still had no idea where we were going for dinner. We pulled into the parking lot of the smaller mall and Jason had me close my eyes. He didn't want me to see where we were going. He drives for a bit...drives in some circles to completely disorient me and finally parks the truck. I still had to keep my eyes closed as he led me to the front of the restaurant. When he let me open my eyes, we were at....

CHUCK E. CHEESE'S!!!!

I have never been to Chuck E. Cheese before, so this is actually pretty exciting for me! We went inside and ordered our pizza and 40+ tokens. After a bazillion games of skee ball and a couple games of Whack-a-Lizard (we got high score!! :)), we had accumulated over 200 tickets! Of course, there weren't any fun prizes for 200 tickets, so we gave them to a bunch of kids who had their tickets counted after us. We didn't stick around to see what they got, but after we gave them our tickets, they had over 1200 tickets for a prize. Not too shabby!!

Here are some pictures from the day. :)

This is Jason eating pizza (of course!). :)

Jason tries his hand at the piano game...

We still have no idea what the goal of the game is, but Jason did win a ticket! (Some little girl came up after him and won 5 or 6 tickets! :))

Ticket counting time! :)

It certainly was a fun date! :)

Puppy dog!! :)

This is something that I have wanted dearly for such a long time! I was so excited when Jason called me yesterday and told me that his students brought in a stray dog. Jason volunteered to give him a temporary home. I got to meet the dog for the first time yesterday evening. WHAT A SWEETIE!!! :)

We decided to call the pup "Sawyer"...of course, you Lost fans will recognize the name. We gave him a bath, played, and cuddled with him. Sawyer seems happy just to curl up next to you while you read a book or take a nap. He's not loud, hyper, or bad mannered. What a great little guy!

*sigh/smile* I'm going to go see the pup again! :)

Well, it seems it is finally time to start a blog of my own! :) With so many changes going on right now, it just makes sense to try to keep everyone updated this way!

So let me give you a quick recap up till now. :)

I am recently engaged and will be getting married in August on beautiful Mackinac Island! I'm super excited about this! :) We are getting married in an outdoor ceremony in a gazebo on top of the island. Here are some pictures:

Beautiful, huh? We have lots of fantastic things planned! It will be a truly wonderful day!

Beyond that, we found out a few weeks ago that Jason received a teaching job at the high school in Wauseon, OH (his hometown), so we will also be moving to Ohio in August. I'm glad he has a job because I still have no clue what I will be doing! :) I've talked to a few people and still need to talk to others. I'd appreciate your prayers on this!

I'm nearly finished with my MBA! (Woohoo!) In fact, I'm sitting in class right now writing this post. :) Our last class date is September 25th and I will graduate in December. I'm really looking forward to having free time again!

Well, I think that's all for tonight! I've got some fun pictures on my work computer that I'll try to remember to post tomorrow. :)