Welcome the new year

This year on New Years we did something a little different. Eric's roommate decided we needed to take a party bus so Eric and I, along with some of our good buddies and about 20 others got to ride around on this bus for the evening. It was a fun time, and I even got to see the Plaza Christmas lights for the first time! We let off a group of people at Power and Light but Eric and I and our close friends decided to stay on the bus. It was fun to have it all to our selves and bring in the New Year together! Here's Eric and I!

Christmas pictures...I know...

This year I was scheduled to work on Christmas Eve which kind of threw are traditional plans for a loop. As an added bonus, we got a nice little snow storm that night that even further hindered our plans. We were able to spend Christmas morning with my family and after the roads got cleared we headed back to Clay Center. Here's Eric with his new ear muffs! Many of you probably have heard the story about how dad has always wanted a little bag of diamonds like you see on TV. This year, a friend who works at a jewelry store was nice enough to give us a couple of broken diamonds along with some of the fake ones that are scattered in their display cases. Dad was so excited to see his surprise!

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.