Last Week at CAL LU

Oh dear, this is my last week of Undergrad life- I am swamped- but only 4 1/2 more days left until freedom! :)

    I'm almost done with my take home final for Religion, which sounds easy, but is 10 plus pages of horror about Bugandan and Hopi Indian Cultures and the relation to Myths, Cosmos and Society- LAME! The class has been so easy until now! 

   All morning I have been studying my heart out, writing papers, applying for jobs, booking reservations for the honeymoon and seeing no end in sight!  A few more weeks and my life will be a little bit easier, especially since it will include a beach, beer, and 10 days of vacation for the honeymoon! 

  On top of the finals and finishing my online class ( which is not that close to being done yet) I have started to pack all of my belongings up in boxes and bags! I will be moving out of Grace Hall ( picture above) on Saturday! What a process!

  Other wonderful news- I got to enjoy an amazing night with my roommates and my old Roomie this past Friday night! Brittney and her husband came and visited us at Cal Lu ( their old stomping grounds) for the first time since Britt graduated last year! They recently moved from Seattle to Carpenteria and are expecting their first little baby! And it's a girl! It was so great to see her and Kyle- and they are coming back this weekend to camp out on the couch and watch graduation! I will update you more soon!!!!

SURPRISE BRIDAL SHOWER!

SO Here's the story-

   Last Thursday, 4/30/09, there was a senior banquet which I signed up for with my two friends Cat and Kayla- prior to the banquet we had planned on going to Happy Hour- which is a weekly tradition. Cat took so long getting ready that Kayla and I left without her, due to my pushing that we were going to be late. We sit at the banquet and Kayla wants to leave early to go to Happy Hour ( Kayla isn't much of a pushy person so this was a little off) but I wanted to stay. We finally leave the banquet, go pick up Cat and head to my fav. Mexican restaurant Cisco's. ( which doesn't have a cheap happy hour OR pomegranate margaritas so I was a little off kilter as to why we were going there.) As we pull up to Cisco's, Kayla makes me put on a tin foil badge that says "bachelorette." At this point I am just perplexed. As we walk in Kayla, doesn't wait for the waitress but barges into the restaurant where I then see 3 heads pop out of the booth!  My 2 other roomies Lena & Cori are there along with Tyler's cousin Rachael!

 I am sooo excited that I have friends! We order drinks and food and carry on while more people join us! Then as I order my second drink I see Rachael wave to someone. Not thinking much since Kay just left for the bathroom, I turn around and see Maggie- Maggie was my roommate last year and this year, but graduated at semester- and I haven't seen her since. THEN the tears came!

 After a crazy time catching up, we all proceed to my room where I am told that we aren't done and tonight there is a theme. The Lingerie came out of the wood works- and had to be the most hilarious experience ever! 

 To say the least I felt so loved and special! I was so excited that my friends had taken the time out of their schedules to make me feel so amazing and Kayla was the mad schemer behind it all!  I feel so blessed to have had such an amazing night sprung on me. ( And if my German professor asks why I may not have done so great on my German test that was the day after this shower, I will gladly show him these pictures!)

     

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So, after realizing that in a little over a month Tyler and I will be getting married, going to Hawaii and then moving to Oregon I knew I needed to fix up this blog so that the people we love can stay updated on on our life! I know too many of my friends who got married at lost touch, and since Tyler has so much family in California, I am making it a point to update this as much as I can.. Starting today :) 

 The wedding is May 30th, 2009 ( and coming up so FAST!) the picture above is one of our centerpieces! I personally am so over wedding stuff, I'm just ready to have it here! I graduate on the 16th of May, and Tyler graduates from the Fire Academy on May 23rd... so pray for us and our busy month ahead! 

 Anyways, I will work on updating this with pictures, and trying to find people who want to follow us! :) We want to stay in touch with everyone!

Our Wedding Invites:

Here is the front of our Wedding Invitations! They will be getting sent out next week.. woo hoo! We are both so excited to almost have this part out of the way, now we will just have to finalize plans rather than plan them!  I can't wait until this day comes! We are both so ready to start out lives together.  Hopefully I will get better at updating this blog, so that our family/friends and roommates can all keep in touch with us, or be updated on what we are doing. The big move to Oregon is coming up in 3 months, right after the Wedding and my fear is that we will loose communication with the people we love down in California! Hopefully this will help people be more involved in our lives! 

Our R.S.V.P cards for our wedding :)

Here is one of the cards  I created to send to my Maid Of Honor, Kailey!  I also made one for the Bridesmaids! It was so much fun to get to put the energy and excitement I have into a card and write a special thank you to the girls who are going to make my "big" day special! It is a nice little thought and of course are our colors! Soon enough hopefully I will be able to advertise better ( but if anyone knows anyone who would be interested in custom cards I will custom make and sell! )