Eric's calling

Some time back, Eric gave me a "tattoo". (Look back to the beginning of this blog to see it.) He drew a lovely tattoo on me and it was then I thought he may have a calling as a tattoo artist. Today, I was lucky enough to get another one of his works. I wasn't sure what kind of tattoo I was getting until he was done but it was a lovely surprise when I finally saw it.

Just to say I did something...

I haven't posted in a while again...Tonight Eric and I celebrated Christmas together. Since the next week will be busy with family events, we decided to stick with tradition and do a Christmas with just the two of us. (Last year as you may remember, my present was my engagement ring!!) This year, Eric got me a new digital camera that is waterproof! I'm so excited to take it with us on our honeymoon!!!
Here's a picture of Eric and I in front of the tree being silly.

Thanksgiving....I celebrate for a few weeks

Lets just pretend that I've been celebrating Thanksgiving for the past few weeks and that's why I'm just now posting pictures from it...Actually, with the same excuse as every other post lately, I have been swamped. School is getting very busy with only a couple of weeks left so with that and my attempts at wedding planning...there hasn't been much time left over. I am happy to report that I spent last weekend devoted to wedding planning! Mom and I shopped all weekend for decorations and reception supplies and while it didn't seem like we actually came home with a lot of goodies, I feel much better about my plans so far. I talked to the flower and cake ladies and got some things picked out. I also have a pretty solid idea about what I want to do for my reception decorations...although completing them is now going to be the big task. (Wish me luck!) Anyway, I am going to post a few pictures from Thanksgiving week as well as from the other night when we decorated our Christmas tree.
Happy birthday Brady! We got to celebrate Brady's 1st birthday the day before Thanksgiving.

Eric and Tessa. It had been a while since Eric had seen Tessa and she'd grown quite a bit!

The family at Little Apple Brewery after the girls' long day of shopping on black Friday.

You can tell we really dressed for the evening of Christmas decorating. :) At least the tree looks good!!

I got old recently

In the almost month since I've updated this blog, Eric and I have had lots of fun. A few weeks ago, we celebrated our "dating" anniversary by going on a date to Olive Garden. YUM! Every time I go and actually order pasta, I wish I wouldn't have because I'm full on salad and bread sticks!!


A week and a half later, we got to celebrate my birthday! I apparently go to the casino enough for them to mail me free money and promotions so they sent me a free hotel room in the month of my birthday! Eric and I headed out to the casino on Friday and we enjoyed a great dinner at the buffet there at the casino. After our dinner we went to the casino to gamble a little. Eric didn't have much luck at blackjack but I won a little on the slots!! (Eric keeps claiming it's his money because he pushed the "spin" button.) We had a lot of fun even though we didn't come home millionaires and I made it through the hotel stay without getting sick!!! (Some of you may know...I got sick the entire night last winter when we had a chance to stay at the hotel. It was awful!!)

I really am busy with school stuff!

The other day, I had my induction ceremony for Sigma Theta Tau. It is a nursing honor society that some of my classmates and I were inducted into. It was a fun ceremony and we got some good desserts afterwords. :) Here's a picture of the girls in my class who were there to get inducted.

I must have more time for this during the summer...

I think that either I do a lot more fun things that are worth taking pictures of during the summer or I just have more time. Either way, I haven't been so good at keeping this blog updated!! It seems like school this semester is keeping me busy with lots of busy work so by the time I'm done with that, and of course, checking facebook, this blog slips my mind! :) Anyway, here's some pictures of the past couple of weekends at the KSU games (one of the things that schoolwork will not be keeping me from enjoying).
On the 17th, KSU played A&M so Erin and John came to Manhattan to go to the game. Marcia and Mike took Tessa home with them after tailgating and Erin and John kept Isaac so that he could have fun at the game. It was Harley day so he got to see lots of cool motorcycles too. It was so much fun to get to see them (and Erin again!!). Although John's team didn't do as well as I'm sure he would have liked, he took the loss well so we tried to not give him too much grief! :)
This last weekend, KSU played Colorado. Logan and Eric came along and we switched off in and out of the game. KSU played great again so it was a fun game to be at!! (And much warmer!) Here we are all packed into the back of the car on the way to the parking lot.

Kelly and her mom stopped by the tailgate and brought some yummy doughnuts!! Here's Kelly teaching Mike about her cool touch screen phone.

Here's Logan and Eric and me. Such a good day for a tailgate!

We have celebrated my birthday every year at the game closest to it since I started school at KSU. We had a yummy cake but no candles so you'll have to imagine.

Champion fisherman!

Today Eric went fishing instead of tailgating with me at the KSU game. At least he had a successful night. Here he is with two white bass that he caught.