Busy? I think so!

Clearly, I have been out of the blog world for nearly 3 months! Reason being I am just too darn busy - then again, who isn't busy?!
So, what have I been up to?

• Working: My practicum experience is going well; it was a little rocky to begin with but is beginning to smooth itself out.
• Visiting Eau Claire: Every other weekend or as often as I can because I miss everyone out there so much!
• Planning: For my wedding!!! Lucas proposed to me on September 26. :) :)
  
• Uploading: So many pictures!! From Zeke being born (Teddy's new little brother) to Colorado to engagement ring to food for my other blog that I share with my sister: Mom Taught Us.
• Cooking/Baking: Again, for the other blog. Check it out! : http://momtaughtus.blogspot.com
• Working Out: My mom, sister, aunts and cousins are taking an exercise every Thursday called 20/20/20. 20 minutes of cardio. 20 minutes of Abs. 20 minutes of strengthening. I also try to walk as often as possible with my mom.
• Homework: Even though I'm working full time, I do have assignments/quizzes/projects for the classes I am enrolled in throughout my practicum. I suppose they figure if they keep us busy enough we'll stay out of trouble! ;)
  

So, you can look for updated blog posts of all the things I've listed above in the near future! :)

Happy Birthday to Me! :)

My birthday was on Saturday and I got lots of great gifts! :)

They include:

• Digital Camera ... for my love of picture-taking and just in time for Colorado!
  
• Luggage ... which will come in handy at the end of this week when we fly to Colorado!!
• Cute new clothes ... which will be nice for my practicum starting on August 24th!
  
• A gray/blue pin striped suit ... this will be nice for my practicum and also when I begin interviewing for jobs
• A scrapbook ... that will be used for pictures of our Colorado trip!
  
• Gift cards and money ... I have already put some of the gift cards to good use by purchasing... a cute camera case for my new camera, a nice lunch bag to take my lunch in for my practicum and luggage tags for the trip! The camera case is pictured below. :)
  

Thanks to everyone who helped to make my 22nd birthday so wonderful! :) Love you all!

Pike's Peak

I just reserved our train seats for the 3 hour and 10 minute ride through Pike's Peak in Colorado! :) I'm so excited! I also found a $5 off coupon so it will only cost us $28.50 each!

It's going to be one of the first things we do: Monday, August 17th.

Next week I plan to book our White Water Rafting Adventure... which I'm also very excited for!

Overall, this trip will be relatively cheap because we won't have any hotel costs and a lot of things to entertain ourselves can be done for free!

Some other things we plan on doing are:
A tour of U.S. Mint which is where coins are made.
A brewery tour (Miller/Coors)
State Capitol
Parks
Denver Zoo

... and many others!...

Country Jam!

Jaci got free 3 day passes from her neighbor so she shared them with Lucas and me. :)
We had a great time! :)Blake Shelton

The three of us on Thursday night.

Tim McGraw!!!

Jaci and me on Saturday. :)

Concert in the Park

Every Thursday night at the beautiful Phoenix Park in Eau Claire there is a Concert in the Park. The past couple weeks, I have gone with some friends and last week we even had a delicious picnic. The following photos are from last week. :)

One Reason I Love the Farmer's Market!

I got this BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers from the farmer's market for only $3!! Other goodies I got at the market yesterday were raspberries, zucchinis (green and yellow) and 3 pounds of red and yellow potatoes. My entire purchase only cost $10. I like to make a trip there weekly - they have it three days a week at Phoenix Park. :)

I'm finally giving in...

All my friends as well as what seems practically the entire world have been talking about how great the Twilight book series is...

I thought vampires weren't really my thing so I avoided giving in to all they hype... but... one of my roommates loaned me the first one and I'm having a really difficult time putting it down! They really are THAT good.

So, by the end of summer I will have read the entire Twilight series. :) Yay for having extra time in the summer to read whatever I want and not textbooks!