Fall

How I love fall. The colors and smells and brisk air.... it's just a great season!!! In fact, and flip flop on this every year, but I think fall is my favorite season. Granted, when spring comes I always think it's my favorite, but for right now, fall is my favorite!!!!

I have experienced some changes in the past few months, and am currently kind of settling into a routine that should be doable until baby comes!!! Seeing as I am not in school (sniff, sniff) I took on more piano students this year and started the teaching this week!!! Not all my students were able to start this week, so I did only 3 hours of lessons, but next week I should have 4 1/2 or 5 hours!!!!! It's a change, but I'm still excited about it, which is nice because this may be my "job" for the next few years. I just seem to always enjoy teaching and always enjoy teaching piano!

My belly has currently popped a little bit, so that I look more pregnant and not so much fat.... it's nice!!!! I have also been able to feel the baby move a bit more this month, and next week is my ultrasound so by this time next week we will have actually seen our baby!!!!!! We are still unsure as to whether we will find out what gender our little baby is, but even if we do, we aren't going to be telling people because that just ruins their fun and if the ultrasound is wrong, then we don't have to backtrack!!!

And I think that's going to be it for now!!! I have to go to town and buy some stuff.... baby stuff and groceries.... so I will see you later!!!!

Surprise, Surprise!!!!

Well, now that the news has spread among family and some friends, I'll do the announcing here, in the form of a question.

What happens when you don't use birth control?

Answer: You get pregnant.

Yup. Dan and me are, unexpectedly, expecting a baby in February of 2010. The news came as somewhat of a surprise to us, as we were not really planning on having a baby this soon after we got married, but hey, we'll take what God gives us with excitement anyway!!!!!! This does put some kind of kink in my school plans, so I am taking this year off and we are praying about what to do after that.

Surprise!!!!!

For Melissa

Especially for Issa, but for all of you who look at my blog also, here are some wedding photos for you!!!!!

It's about time....

Well, considering all of the changes that have gone on in the past month, I guess it's about time to blog about it!!!!! I won't go into all the details, because that would just take WAY to long. But after I was done my final day of work, I took a road trip with my mom to Cochrane to see my Aunt graduate with her masters, came home and cleaned Dan's house from top to bottom, and then worked out last minute details on the wedding.

May 16th was the GREATEST day of my life so far. It was a relaxing and stress free as I wanted it to be and nothing really went wrong!!!! The only really kind of "not planned" thing was that Dan had a runny nose throughout the whole ceremony!!!! We had a BLAST doing pictures and spent some relax time in Tim Hortons between pictures and reception, so that was fun as well!!!!! The reception was great and basically it was just the awesomist day ever!!!!!!

We also had an awesome honeymoon and just spent the week relaxing in Radium and having fun. After the week we came home, opened gifts, organized the house, and just had fun!!!!!!

The past couple of weeks have been spent getting used to regular life again. Dan has been back at work and I have continued getting the house settled and figuring out what we are gonna do with everything. My house has been rented to my sister and brother-in-law for a few months while they are building their new house in Sexsmith, so that has also been a relief for us, as I am not working throughout the summer. I have done some temp work in the last couple of days at our church, and there are is a week that I am doing at my brother-in-laws clinic at the end of the month, so I am doing stuff, just not lots.

So yeah. That's kind of where we are at!!!!!!

Life's Changes

Today is a bittersweet day. Actually, this week is a bittersweet week.

The sweet part of my week was monday because as of Monday, April 27th I am officially done my second year of school!!!!!! My last exam, my computers exam, was on Monday at 11:30 and by 12:15 I was done and out of there!!!! It is such a relief to be done and have 4 months before I have to do any kind of school again. Next year should be a bit more busy with school as I start my actual education degree and do a 5 week practicum during the fall semester.

Also on Monday was my bridal shower with the church. It was a good shower and I felt very blessed by everything that we received and the ladies that were there. Dan's mom and sister came up for the shower so it was good to see them and I very much appreciated the effort they made to attend. It was a little bit weird to be at the church for a shower that was mine though. I've been to so many different bridal showers there and then all of the sudden this one was mine.... it was a weird feeling, but I had fun and enjoyed the evening.

The bitter part of this week is that today is my last day of work..... Because I was going to be quitting in August, work decided to bump up my final day to today in an effort to save money (because of the economy....). So Tuesday evening the girls from work went out to the Keg for supper and just had a fun evening. I had rib and lobster.... and it was SOOOOOOOOOO good. It was a fun evening, but all week has been slightly overshadowed by the fact that I am done now. And as I am sitting at work now it's still kind of sureal that tomorrow I will not have to come in and I won't have the work keys that have been on my key ring for the last 4 years. It's hard to believe that it's been almost 4 years since I took this job, but it has been that long and it's a different feeling knowing that this chapter of my life is coming to an end, although I must admit that I am looking forward with eager anticipation for the next chapter!!!!

So that's kind of what's happening right now. A week of mixed feelings and events!!!!! In an effort to just get away to process, I am going to Cochrane with my mom tomorrow for my Aunt's graduation from seminary. It will be good because I won't be sitting around at home going "what do I do????" and when I come home it's gonna be busy, busy, busy because I am going to steam clean Dan's house while he is in Edmonton for school and then getting ready for wedding. So yeah, I'm looking forward to the weekend and then the craziness of the next couple of weeks before my wedding on May 16th!!!!! Whoo, hoo!!!!!!!

Spring!!!!!

Well, it seems to have been a while since I posted last, and since I am once again bored in art history, I'll do it again!!!!!

The past month has been quite eventful actually. School is winding down, so I am down to my last few assignments before exams start, so that is soooooooo exciting for me!!!!!! My classes end next week Tuesday and then I have four exams stretched from April 16 to 27. It has been a good semester, but I am more than ready for a break. I'm looking forward to the summer for sure!!!!! (For more reasons than one....)

My schedule in March allowed me to attend Friday night youth more often this month, so that was soooo good to do again. Just the chance to let the week stress go by acting crazy was muchly needed!!!!! I love helping with the youth, and although originally I was going to call this my last year, I'm not so sure now. We'll see where God leads during the summer I guess!!!

March also brought about some exciting events for Dan and me. We were able to rent out Dan's basement suite and so we have a lady moving down there in the middle of April. We also put up advertisements for my house, but so far have had very little response so we are praying about what to do there. We have a couple of options available, but it's just a matter of timing and God's provision. We also bought new appliances for Dan's house, went and did our wedding registry/certificate thingy and are now getting into the nitty gritty details of wedding planning. We've done 3 of the 4 pre-marital counselling with our pastor and that has brought about some good conversations, and overall it's just getting very exciting for us!!!!! My one roommate also moved out last weekend, so that is also making things a bit more real as well!!!!

And I think that is kind of about it. I am sure that there is more that has gone on, but seeing as I should be paying attention to class, I should probably go. Only 38 more days to go!!!!!!!!!!!

The hum drum of life.....

Well, as I am sitting here in my Art History class, I am feeling that bored, hum, drum of life. My reading week was a week and a half ago and it seems like it's been forever since then.... The good news is that I have only 6 weeks of school left!!!! And then 4 weeks until I get married!!!!!! So in 10 weeks I will be Mrs. Viel, which is super super exciting for me!!!!!!! (And Dan too....)

And that's pretty much it for now. Life goes on. I breathe in, breathe out..... and then I go to school, work, and eat and sleep.....