3 weeks!!

In 3 weeks Mikel and i will be getting married!! AH! How cool is that? We met with the stake president today to get our temple recommends signed. In two weeks we are going to get our endowments in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple so that on the 20th we can be sealed in the Bountiful temple. WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!!! I am SO excited!! I am so grateful that Mikel is such a great guy and that we can have such a good relationship. I cant wait to share my everything with him and really become a family. After everything that has happened i am truly blessed to be where i am today. I am grateful for my testimony in the church and the faith that has brought me to this point in my journey. AND i am so grateful for the friends and family church leaders, YW leaders, teachers, everyone that has led me by example to continue with the church. I wouldnt be who i am today without the support of people i love and without my testimony in the church... Cant wait for the next chapter in this journey to begin, and definitely on the right path.

Lucky

I figured i should finally blog about my dog Lucky. He is a handful, but what puppy isn't? He is just lucky he is really adorable. Ha but overall i really do love him, i just dont love the chewing on everything and the constant power struggle we have! He is a Chihuahua Mini Schnauzer mix. And he definitely has a crazy personality. He does really well while i am at work. He just bites a lot when he gets excited, and people keep saying he will grow out of it when he isnt a puppy anymore.. but how long does that take?! I dont mind the playful biting but sometimes it really hurts. I also need to find a good vet out here to get his shots and nails trimmed.. Puppies are a lot of up keep, i dont even know what it will be like if we ever have kids!! HAHA!

Today i was vacuuming and doing normal cleaning, and jeepers lucky freaked out, i had always heard people say their pets didnt like the vacuum but he was hiding under the bed crying nd whimpering like no other while i was cleaning the living room! SILLY PUPPY.

Stresses of a Stressed Bride

I have officially gotten lost from the blogging world. Ok online interactions in general have pretty much sucked. I dont post new blogs, i dont read blogs, and even facebook activity has declined greatly. I have had way too many other things on my to do list. But i am happy to report i have really attacked my to do list! I have my dress ready. My invitations sent out, the arrangements for food and other things done, and i even have my first Bridal shower tomorrow. its been such a crazy stressful road even though i am trying to keep it simple and cheap. I just want to celebrate with people that i love!

Hopefully we both make it through this experience to actually enjoy being married!!! Any advice on staying calm??

Back to school!

Well a full week of the new school year has passed.... It went pretty good considering all the crazy schedule changes we went through. They are now officially changing the start time of our school, so that made everything else shift all about. It will be nice to have it all settle down so we can get to know our students better. But so far it's been great. I am pretty sure i think every year that i wont like these kids as much as i liked my last group of kids, but sometime after Christmas i end up loving them anyway.... SO i cant stress too much that they dont know how to do the things i need them to do. I know it will come.. I am just ready to be done stressing about school, so i can focus on things for the wedding and Mikel... that's more fun to stress about!!! BUT now that we got our engagement pictures back from Kristal i am SO excited to pick some and make an invitation. It's going to be GREAT because Kristal took such AMAZING pictures!!! AHHH i love it!! But its definitely time for things to be not so crazy anymore!

Officially Engaged!!!!

Yep it's official! I am getting MARRIED!!! wow! Yes i know i know miracle do come true! Well let me answer all your questions now. Me and Mikel have been dating for 15 months now, we met because my Best Friend Kristen, is married to his best friend Eric. They set us up on a blind date over a year ago, neither of us wanted to go. And it was the first blind date either of us had been on. And look where it brought us? How did he ask you might want to know?? Well one of the first "recreational" things we did together was go 4-wheeling with Kristen and Eric.. SO naturally we went to spend a weekend up at Kristen's cabin this last weekend (the 7th and 8th) and we were out 4-wheeling and Eric stopped and said this looks like a great place to take pictures. So they took pictures, then Jordan and shelby took pictures, it was our turn. We got all set up to say Cheese, and he got down on one knee and said "Alisha i want to do this right, you are so important to me and you are my everything, i'd be so happy if you just said yes to one question.... will you marry me!~?" then he gave me a ring and of course i said yes. I knew it possibly was coming, because when i was in chicago he picked my dad up at the airport and when he was dropping him off he asked both of my parents permission to marry me. He was so excited he had to tell me after it happened! Then he went looking for rings while i was in chicago. He had his bro and sister go out multiple times to find the "perfect one" he did it all by himself. He even got the size by himself. He had played with my CTR ring in church one day and measured where it came on his pinky finger and used that as a guide... Creative kid. SO this is it the journey and planning begins! We are getting married NOVEMEBER 20th in the bountiful temple!!! Can't wait!! I am ready to try again for a happily ever after!

Summer Fun!!

I have to admit, I really love having the summer off! I know i know, that is probably the one thing most criticized about being a teacher, is that people do it just to have the summer off. Well, although that is NOT the only reason i became a teacher, it is definitely a bonus. I have been able to go camping a few times with my family, and mikel's family. I have been able to enjoy the sun, gone swimming, seen old friends. I just can't get enough of being busy, and having fun. The one thing i definitely haven't gotten to do yet that i am waiting for is SLEEPING IN!!! I have been in class all week learning new things, developing a better teaching philosophy. Which has been really fun actually, but has not worked towards my sleeping in project!! I feel like i just keep running and running and never slow down, whether it be during the school year or the summer I always seem to have plans. I am kind of looking forward to a day that when maybe, just maybe i won't have any plans. No where to go, no one to see, no errands to run! Ha just a boring old day at home to relax!! HA in my dreams, i don't foresee that coming anytime soon. But hey, a girl can hope right? I think that is something i have always done, planned ahead. I LOVE hanging out with people and seeing people, but sorry sometimes you do have to plan it before to make sure i block off that time. But then i am golden i will be there! I have been lucky to have a lot of friends that i want to spend time with lately, Practically every night i have somewhere to go, whether it is helping someone, babysitting for someone, visiting an old friend, visiting family, birthdays, there is always something going on.

It also makes me stop and realize. Life is good. I have been so blessed with amazing people in my life and amazing experiences!! Time flies by too fast, and too many awesome experiences have come and gone in the blink of an eye. Like my Master's Degree. I am sure going to miss those guys that i have been in a cohort with for the last two years. They really have become my friends and colleagues. I hate when good things come to an end. But that also just means i have to start a new adventure!... I just have to figure out what my next endeavor will be.

Another school year over already!?

Tomorrow is the last day of school. I can't believe it! I will be finishing my 4th year of teaching. Can you believe Starting August it will be year FIVE!? Wow! You would think by now that it would be easy to come to the end of a year... BUT nope! Softy Alisha cries every stinking time! Sure there are kids i am ok with letting go... but there are a few that i am sure going to miss! It's just a super emotional time all around. It's busy trying to get report cards finished, clean your room, and move rooms to a new room! It's sad that these kids you have watched grow ALL year and learned to love are now going on to look up to another teacher, and share their next year of stories and adventure with someone else. But it's also exciting knowing a new group will come and build new memories! That also gets pretty nerve racking because change is always hard, and i always worry i wont like this group of kids, or it wont goes as well, or something will happen. But in the end i always end up loving them and not wanting them to move on either!

This year i had a class pet named Bella. She was a super adorable bunny. But Now that i am moving back out to the portable, no more class pet. And living in my new place she has had to stay in the garage instead of my house and i am kinda nervous to have her stay in the hot garage all summer long now that our school is going traditional, that is a long break! So after stressing and worrying and trying to figure out what the right thing to do is, i have decided i have to give her away, which in itself makes me cry. This is the first time i have ever had a pet rabbit it was kinda crazy, but fun. I don't even know how to find her a new home, so after a lot of thought, i decided to let one of my girls in my class take her home. I wanted Bella to go to a good home where someone would love her as much as i do and give her what she needs. So I am at least happy and confident to know she will be in good hands. But like i said i cry about everything so tomorrow when she actually takes her home i am sure i will cry AGAIN! I will sure miss her!!!! I hope i am making the right choice!!

Ah i am so ready for a break! thank goodness for summer!! This is another one of those teaching bitter moments... It's good, it's sad, it's scary, it's nervous, AH the emotional roller coaster of teaching and caring! It's like having kids and having to give them away each year!! After all the hard work of a school year, you get to turn around and start planning for a new year!! Apparently teaching is for the ADD, bipolar, emotional caring, person who can't stay in the same situation very long because it is an ever changing world out there!!!

Here's to another great school year! 3rd grade has been a LOT of fun!!!