Thanksgiving
I know, it's practically Christmas already, but I've been so busy with everything, the semester ending, preping for student teaching, etc., I haven't had time to update you about Thanksgiving! We went to New Mexico with Josh's family like we do every year, only this time, we took my beautiful, amazing cousin Nadia! She recently moved out here to AZ with us, got her life set up, and had a wonderful time celebrating being thankful with us and Josh's family.
Here are a few awesome pictures from the trip! We did an Escape the Room, which was really cool!
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| Getting Starbucks with cousins! |
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| The guys vegging out with Grandpa watching TV. |
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| Groomsmen Tommy and James scrap-booking! |
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| Sarah and Nadia |
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| It was so nice to have so many of our Bridal Party in one place! Left to Right Top Row: Nadia, Adam, Me (Tina), Josh, Tommy, Kyle, James Bottom Row: Zack, Joelle, Madison, and AJ |
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| Afternoon nap--guy love! Awe! |
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| Playing Speed Over Beethoven with my future brother-in-law! |
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| We all went to go see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! |
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| We made it out of our escape room! |
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| Had a delicious London Blue hot tea at the Starlight Diner! So good! |
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| #cousining at the Starlight Diner after escaping the room! Good times! |
Cake Toppers
Here is another topic that Josh and I couldn't quite agree on. :/ I thought it would be cool to have an elaborate cake with all the different Disney couples on it, Josh didn't... we agreed to three. Then, he was saying I could spend $120 on all three, well, that's not going to happen! The nicest cake toppers I liked were from Lenox and were around $150 each.
Well, I have now bought two of the cake toppers I want--both are absolutely gorgeous! One has come in the mail already and I LOVE IT SO MUCH!
These pieces are so beautiful, they are definitely something I am going to want to display in my house for the rest of my life! When you see them, I am sure you'd agree. Fortunately, I did find them for discounted prices, so that's awesome.
I won't show you them, because I do want to have some level of surprise when the wedding actually happens, but here are some of the pictures of Disney cakes that other people have done that I really love!
Other Stuff
In other news, my friend Jennifer from my teaching cohort got engaged! Her fiance Anthony proposed to her with a heart shaped ring of her favorite gem--amethyst!
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| The engaged girls of the cohort! |
She asked if I would do her hair for her wedding (because I love doing fancy hair!) and OF COURSE I SAID YES!!!
Nadia started dance lessons with the gentleman she is dating, Styles.
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| Nadia and Styles learning to dance--so cute! |
I'm so proud of her! They look super cute together and it will be nice to have dance class buddies for Josh and I!
I just finished my final assignment for the semester right before I wrote this, so I'm excited about that! I also found out where I am placed for my student teaching! I was given the wrong e-mail address for the teacher, so I had to call and get the right one, but hopefully everything will work out! Excited and nervous to start the student teaching on January 4th!
We finally decided on a photographer! Now we just need to speak with him and get set up! We have e-mailed and left a voice message, so we are just waiting to hear back. We are going with KK's Photography! His website is http://www.captureproductionslv.com/. He has some great pictures and really reasonable pricing, so we are happy about that!
We asked Julie to ask her friend Taylor to do our videography.
I've also decided on Hair'z Melinda to do my hair and makeup for the wedding! She does airbrush makeup, so that will be interesting! We met her at a bridal show we went to a few months ago and she had great rates and beautiful pictures!
Excited to be lining up our vendors!
Everything is making progress!
