New Year, New Me

So it is almost 2009....

I am ready to leave 2008 behind, although I think 2008 was a pretty good year for me....

My sweet Nicholas came home from Afghanistan! The blessing I was waiting for!

I spent New Years in Oregon with my best friend Briana!

I learned that I will become an Aunt to a sweet baby girl in 2009!

I got to witness two of my very best friends in the Celebration of Marriage!

I myself, got the best gift of 2008, a marriage proposal from my dear Nicholas!

I got straight A's for the first time in my life! What a semester it was! I am finally one semester closer to becoming a teacher!

I continued to get unconditional love from my family!



I was blessed this year with love, family, friends, health, and happiness. I thank God everyday for giving me strength and courage to continue to better myself and the people around me!

Here's to 2009.... It will begin with meeting my sweet Niece Addison, and then my Wedding to my Prince... I believe this will be a wonderful new year!

Christmas 2008

We had an amazing Christmas in the White Mountains of Arizona!!
I love spending time with my family at our cabin! Its a little glimps of heaven
I cherish every moment I can spend with my family! I am truly blessed!





I hope everyone had a great Christmas!! I am looking forward
To 2009!!

24th Birthday....

( He can never take a serious picture!!)
( making a wish!)
It was my loves Birthday on Friday!! We celebrated with Friends and Family!! It was the 5th Birthday I have spent with Nick....what an Honor!!


Here's to 90 more babe!!!!xoxo

Random talk...

( The bridesmaid dress in black)

So I am officially done with this Semester!! Oh man it was a tough one! I think I did really well though!
I will finally have some "me" time. I am excited to get last minute wedding stuff done! Our wedding is in just a little over 2 months! I am beyond excited to get married!
I have had multiple dreams lately about the wedding...one was really good, the other not so good. It was one of those dreams where I wasn't ready in time and nobody was there to help me get ready, and I had to walk out in my dress but nothing else was done! I think I just want everything to be perfect, I must have been thinking too hard about it that night before bed!

My best friend Briana In Oregon got her brides maid dress yesterday. She sent me a picture of her in the dress and it is wayy cute! when we went to pick out the dress it was in black, so it was hard to imagine what it would look like Pink! My girls are going to look beautiful! The place my girls in AZ got their dresses seem to push the date back each time I call to see if they have come in yet....its becoming really frustrating!

This post is really random I know.......

Lets see what else is going on...
My sweet baby Niece will be here soon! I am beyond excited! My sister-in-law is Due January 21st, but they say she will probably come a week early....so she will be here soon!! I can't wait to meet Addison! My brother is going to be an amazing dad! They are going to be such a sweet family!

Christmas is in less than two weeks! Yay!! I love this time of year!! I met Nick 5 years ago around Christmas time! It brings back sweet memories!

Celebrating Jesus's Birthday and remembering him is the best time of year!

Now I am off to target....my favorite place!!!!

Taking a break....

I officially only have 3 days of class left this semester....YAY!! I will be done with all papers and Finals on Dec. 9th! This has been the hardest semester of my life!!!

The unfortunate part of all this...I have to stop blogging until all my school work is done!

One week from tomorrow, I will be a whole different woman...school has sucked all the life out of me...but soon I will be back to myself.....once finals are over!

Wish me luck for the next week.......I'm going to need it!!

I am so THANKFUL

Thanksgiving is tomorrow! I love thanksgiving! I love that I can be in a room full of everything I am thankful for! Dad, siblings, Aunt, Uncles, Cousins, Soon to be hubby! My heart is so complete for a whole entire day....I love it! I have a lot to be thankful for this year! 2008 has been good to me! I have been so busy with school work that I have not had time to do what I have really wanted to do....WRITE NICK A LETTER....silly you may think, but I think it is a well deserved letter. You see last year this time, Nick was in Afghanistan. He had been there for about 10 months at this point, and on Thanksgiving last year my sweet Nicholas was drinking pedialyte(yes the drink for babies) for his Thanksgiving meal. IT BROKE MY HEART!! I still remeber his sad, shaky voice over the phone, never surprisingly telling me how much he loved me and to have a great Thanksgiving and that he was so thankful for me! It was a really sad thanksgiving! Are you wondering yet why he was drinking pedialyte? Well a long story short Nick got Malaria while he was in Afghanistan. I believe the entire long story is in an old post...if you are that interested in knowing! So this time exactly last year I was worried sick about my love. I was thousands and thousands of miles away from him, and thought he had died...literally died...I thought I would never hear his voice again...I did not know for sure he had Malaria until after a week of no communication with him ( and we talked everyday before this) (unless there was a blackout), so needless to say, in my heart I knew he had Malaria, but when I didnt hear his sweet voice, I wasnt convinced yet! So my main point of this post is to say how Thankful I am for him! I am thankful for his health, his safety, and his presence!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.....I know I will be spending every moment with my sweet love! Eating lots of good food (making up for last years pedialyte).

" He who thanks with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving comes from the heart."
J.A. Shedd

ohh what a weekend it will be!!!

Its that time of the month again.....(NO, not what you are thinking!)

Nick left for drill this weekend! If you dont know what drill is...well let me tell you!

Nick is in the Arizona Army National Guard and once a month he has training...and that would be drill!

Welll he left today...until sunday...I know I know its not that long...but I hate spending any time away from him. He was gone in Afghanistan for over a year, and I never again want to be away from him, for any amount of time!!!

well....my weekend will be full of studying!!! yay!! have a beautiful weekend!!