I'm Married

So here is the update...been married for two months and am LOVIN' it!  We were married December 17, 2011 in the Draper Temple and it was the most perfect day.  I am grateful to all of my bridesmaids and family that helped out at the wedding.  Braedon and I didn't have to worry about a thing on the day of the wedding.  Well.. I could go on for a good amount of time about how wonderful the day was and how much I love my husband, but I will just show pictures instead. :)

Our Reception decorations...Thanks to my mother-in-law the place looked wonderful :)

Warming up between pictures!

Trying to catch the garter...pretty intense..

Well, this is just a small glimpse of the pictures and our special day.  Thank-you to everyone that made it happen and I am SO happy to be Mrs. Roney! :)

32 Days

32 days until it is Christmas break, I am officially completed with my college courses, and am done wedding planning and am married!!!!!!  WAHOO!  I always imagined being able to have fun going around from store to store planning my wedding, making my own favors to hand out, making fudge for the reception, etc. However, when getting married the day after your fiance's semester ends and in the midst of your very first year of teaching makes planning a wedding somewhat difficult.  It is almost done though...kind of.. but regardless of having a perfectly planned wedding or not, I will be Mrs. Virginia Roney come December 17 and I am SO excited!!!!!!! :) :) :)  32 days and counting...

"I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!" -Elf :)

Yesterday will probably go down as one of the best days of my life.  I am officially engaged!  I got home from work a little early and I saw Braedon's car in my driveway.  I walked in and my dad and Braedon were talking by themselves in the basement so I knew something was up.  When I came into the basement my dad told me I had to leave.  At this point I knew the proposal was coming soon but I thought it would not be until the next day.

Braedon and I took off a little after he finished talking with my dad.  We were supposedly meeting his family up at his uncle's cabin which is located up Provo canyon.  We were all going to go four wheeling.  On the way Braedon stopped by Cafe Rio (my favorite) and we got food to take up to the cabin.  On the way up the canyon Braedon threw me off by saying my dad pulled him into the basement and made him talk to him about marrying me.  It was funny because my dad was actually saying he was going to do that, but I thought he was just joking.  So I was kind of upset with my dad because I thought he was meddling.  haha.. but really Braedon just made that up and it happened to work out really well for him.  

About five minutes up the canyon Braedon told me that his uncle and family was not going to make it until later because some other things came up (I cannot remember the excuse he used).  I didn't think anything of it because I was just excited to be up the canyon during the Fall. (I LOVE driving up the canyon during Fall with the leaves.. Fall season is my favorite!)  

Once we got up to the cabin we hopped on a four-wheeler and started driving around.  We went down different roads and saw some elk while driving around so I was just loving it.  I hadn't driven a four-wheeler since I was like 15 too so I was in my own little world enjoying the fall colors.  Braedon then took us up this hill.  When we got up the hill he stopped the four-wheeler and asked if this would be an okay place for us to pull out our food to eat our food.  It was beautiful!  On one side of the hill it overlooked Dear Creek and on the other side of the hill there were hills covered with fall leaves.  As we stood on the hill Braedon took out his camera to get some pictures.  As he was taking pictures of everything I was standing next to the four wheeler enjoying the scenery.  

At this point Braedon asked me to hand him a bag in his back pack because he needed a new memory card for his camera.  I found the bag where supposedly the memory card was.  Well.. what Braedon wanted me to do was open it and find that there was a pretty little black box with a diamond ring inside... but I just chucked the bag at him and went back to looking at the pretty fall leaves... hahaha.. oops!  So that threw Braedon a little off guard, but while I was facing the mountains, Braedon came up behind me got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.  I immediately said yes and gave him a huge hug as he slipped the ring onto my finger.  It was so perfect.  

So now... let the wedding planning begin!  I am already counting down the days to December 17!!! Cannot WAIT!  I love that boy SO much and feel so blessed to have him be my fiance.  I have been dreaming about marrying him for over two years and now we are engaged.  So excited to marry my best friend. :)

Right after the proposal at sunset :)

My Ring

The view of Provo Canyon :)

The elk we saw on the way up

Ideas For School!

I am attempting to set my classroom up.  If anyone has some creative or fun ideas to decorate, let me know!  I try to be creative, but it is just something I struggle at a bit, but I am all for taking other people's creative ideas! haha.. So if you ever had something you liked or enjoyed about a classroom (particularly a science one) let me know!

Also I am trying to come up with planning the first days of school.  When I was in school I always disliked the getting to know you games because the first few days I was shy until I felt more comfortable.  So I am struggling coming up with something good for those first few days to help me learn the students' names yet not go too crazy on the getting to know you games.  So if anyone has suggestions on that I would love to hear!  Thank-you much for your help and I will be sure to let you know how the first day goes!... in 12 days!

Alaska... I miss you

Before school starts I wish I could go back to Alaska for a number of reasons...

1.  I LOVE being an aunt and I miss my adorable nieces!

Kenzie's First Boat Ride

Nail Painting Time..

Dress Up

She loves her glasses

Silly Faces.. they are great at that

Jordyn Kay

Kenzie Rose

2.  My sister thinks I am funny even though really I am just a nerd. :)

3. It is BEAUTIFUL there.

4.  Playing games with Steph and Garrett (Killer Bunnies as a new favorite).

5.  Enjoying afternoons with my sister while we leave Garrett to fend for himself and watch the girls.

It is always a fun time visiting Alaska... and how I miss it!

First Day of School Planning

The first day of school begins in exactly three weeks.  I am freaking out a little bit.  How do I structure my first day of school?  Should I plan an activity?  What are my classroom procedures going to be?  Should I design a seating chart?  How should I arrange the physical set up of my classroom?  What will my grading policy be?  How will tardies and absences be handled?  What will my disclosure document say?  These are just a few of the questions on my mind for planning my school year...

I have a few of these things already figured out, but I still feel like there is always something else I haven't thought about. It is such an interesting experience being on the other side of school where you are now the teacher.  So much more to think about.  Not to mention I have an entire year to plan of lessons that actually teach my students versus turning my classroom into busywork. 

Although there is a lot of think about, I am grateful for the help I have received from my coworkers.  The district I work for provides quite a few professional development training opportunities which will help me answer the numerous questions I have crashing around in my brain.  So wish me luck and I hope I am able to be the best teacher I can be this first year and to just enjoy the ride. :)

The boy comes home and goodbye blog :)

Well.. its been awhile so time for an update.  I have spent every second possible with Braedon and am loving it!  Yup that is pretty much it... Since he has been home we have had family parties, went to the temple to do baptisms, played games, hiked to Bridal Veil, and much more.

For the 4th of July we decided to go camp out in Provo with Braedon's brothers for the parade.. BIG mistake!! haha.. 3 a.m. people are still going by honking horns, across from us there was a dance party (by the looks ofr their dance moves there had to of been a few drunks), and these crazy teenagers swearing up a storm and throwing fireworks on our campsite.  hahaha..  After about twenty minutes of them we told them to leave and if they didn't the cops would be called... After a bit of back talking and Braedon getting up to walk towards them they all scattered.. haha.. It was quite the experience.. that I will never do again! haha.. Plus I am not really a night person.  I would rather get up really early than stay up really late.  Oh and to top it all off we all finally fell asleep at 5 a.m. and one hour later the sprinklers came on! It was quite the way to wake up.  I couldn't help but laugh though.  The parade was fun though and I have never been to a parade so it was fun to do something different.

After the parade it was nap time.  Then later that day Braedon had a family party at his Uncle's house that we went to.  It is fun to see how close his family is.  I have a few cousins that I am pretty close to but I have always thought it would be fun to have a family like Braedon's where they find every excuse possible to get together and have fun with one another.  Its great!

After the party we hung out with my family for a bit.  My poor dad was pretty sick on the 4th so we just visited with him a bit since he wasn't feeling like doing much.  Then later that night we had the cul-de-sac of fire!  Braedon's neighborhood always does this each year for the 4th of July where all the houses in his cul-de-sac come out and watch fireworks together along with treats.  I don't know if anything can be better than being with good friends, playing with fire, and eating yummy treats! haha.. sounds like a pretty sweet night to me. :)  All in all I had a great 4th of July with Braedon, family, and friends. (pictures of everything to come...need to get Braedon's camera to steal pictures!)