Busy Bees

Whew! It has been one crazy month, and it's only a little over halfway through! Well, we made our first big purchase as a couple. Her name is Piper and she is a 2010 Pontiac G6! It wasn't that we necessarily needed a different car, but both of Mason's vehicles have well over 200,000 miles, and we didn't want to chance one or more of them going out at once. So, we started looking and really liked this car and decided to go for it!

We started the first weekend of May up in Iowa, which was wonderful. And we got to test out the G6, and she ran great! I took a personal day on Friday so Mason and I could head up earlier. We hung out with some friends on Friday night and then Saturday I ditched Mason for a day full of girl time!! I had my first bridal shower, which thoroughly exceeded my expectations. Many of my aunts got together to help make it a beautiful day for me and I am incredibly grateful for the time and effort they put into it. Everyone was insanely generous and I enjoyed getting to see everyone again. From there, the girls (Lindsey, Ashley, Nichole, Nicole, Bailey, Laura, and Amy) and I headed to Cedar Falls where we hung out at the hotel for awhile. We decided to have dinner at Texas Roadhouse, which was delicious! Unfortunately, something didn't agree with my stomach, and I ended up getting sick. Even though we didn't end up going out like we had planned, I still had a great time hanging out with the girls in the hotel room. Sara (my aunt) and Amy (my cousin), also came up to hang out for awhile!

Me with my bridesmaids, minus Cara and Tabitha. From the left is my sister Laura, and friends Ashley, Lindsey, and Amy.

Amy with a few of the other lovely ladies that were able to come-- Nicole, Bailey, and Nichole!

Yes, we are related. And yes, you should be jealous! : )

This was my cute outfit for the evening! Even though I didn't get to go out because I didn't feel well, I still rocked it! : )

The Monday after my shower in Iowa I went in for my first dress fitting, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I wouldn't need any alterations-- thank heavens!! Then on Tuesday, a couple of my good friends at school threw me a bridal shower as well. It was complete with good company, wonderful food which included chocolate covered strawberries, and another generous amount of thoughtful gifts. It was nice to hang out with each of them without having to worry about school stuff! From there the week went very smoothly, until Thursday. We started the morning on lock down because they brought the drug dogs in to check lockers and classrooms. So naturally the kids got pretty wound up. At the beginning of third hour, we were told that we would be on lock down again. We continued to stay on lock down until about 1:00 in the afternoon. None of us really knew what was going on so we just went about our normal class routine. Come to find out there was a gunman not far from our school that the police were trying to find. Long story short, he ended up getting arrested right near Edgar Springs, which is way too close for comfort!!

That Saturday, I made my first trip to Branson with a little over 100 7th grade National Junior Honor Society members. Since I am going to be the adviser for NJHS next year, I was invited to tag along. I had a blast wandering around Silver Dollar City, so Mason and I decided to get season passes and will be heading back down there for a visit next weekend!

In between all that craziness, Mason finally finished this semester! He was incredibly happy to be finished, and he did very well. He is signed up to take the CBASE test this June. If he passes, it will allow him to be enrolled in the college of education at Drury. He still has a little ways to go until he's finished, but he's definitely making progress. My brother, Jonathan, was also very happy to be done with school. He graduated last week with his Master's of Social Work degree. He has worked incredibly hard to get to this point, and I am a very proud sister! He'll definitely do great things!

This weekend Mason's mom Shelly and step dad Eric are coming down to stay with us because I'm having another bridal shower down here. Tabitha, Greg, and Carson are already down here but we haven't had the opportunity to see them yet. Carson is already over a month old and has changed so much!!  Other than that, I'm just working hard to get through the rest of the school year. T-4 days and summer vacation will be here! Since I'm teaching summer school, I guess I'm not technically on summer vacation yet, but they are only half days so I'll still get a break! I. Can't. Wait.