Well, I changed my name today! I got to the DPS an hour early and was the first person in line. By the time it opened there was a VERY long line and by the time I filled out the paperwork I was probably the 10th in line, but everything went pretty quickly! After the DPS, I went to the social security office. I was there for only 45 minutes but it seemed like I was there longer than I was at the DPS! Thankfully those were the 2 places everyone complained about when changing a name and they're done with! Tomorrow my mom is coming to visit and we're going to change my name on the bank stuff...fun!
At my bridal shower someone gave us a crockpot...a NICE crockpot. We've had at least 4 before this, but our food always seemed to burn or not cook evenly so we were SO excited to get this one. I've used it a few times and tonight I'm making a chicken casserole in it..it was super easy and smells good so far! Hopefully it will taste ok!
And the Greatest is Love
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Suzanne and Nick
Yesterday one of my childhood friends got married! Suzanne and I have been friends for....21 years...and we got married 3 weeks apart! They are also going to hawaii on their honeymoon. I can't wait to hear about their adventures!
My mom (and dad) fell in love with Suzanne's cousin's daughter. They were getting "practice" on being grandparents in the future. =) And she loved them just as much. She wanted to sit with my mom and dance with both of them. TOO cute! This morning she was getting off the elevator as we were getting on and she got a HUGE smile on her face when she saw my mom and kept waving at her. When they got to the restaurant she ran to my parents and wouldn't leave their sides! Haha, I love it and can't wait to give them their own grandchildren one day!
Tanner did not come with me to the wedding bc he was in Kingwood at his brother and future sis-in-law's couples shower. He said it was tons of fun and I'm sad I missed it! Thankfully nobody is getting married during the other wedding festivities so there will be no more conflicts! =)
My mom (and dad) fell in love with Suzanne's cousin's daughter. They were getting "practice" on being grandparents in the future. =) And she loved them just as much. She wanted to sit with my mom and dance with both of them. TOO cute! This morning she was getting off the elevator as we were getting on and she got a HUGE smile on her face when she saw my mom and kept waving at her. When they got to the restaurant she ran to my parents and wouldn't leave their sides! Haha, I love it and can't wait to give them their own grandchildren one day!
Tanner did not come with me to the wedding bc he was in Kingwood at his brother and future sis-in-law's couples shower. He said it was tons of fun and I'm sad I missed it! Thankfully nobody is getting married during the other wedding festivities so there will be no more conflicts! =)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Back in business! =)
Tanner and I are back from our honeymoon and I am officially (if not legally) Mrs. Moore!! I can't wait to legally change my name (and everything else I have to change after that!)!
Hawaii was amazing! We couldn't have asked for a better trip! The weather was amazing, there was never a shortage of things to do, and best of all was the amazing company! ;)
We were in Oahu for 5 nights. We hiked over a mile every day, including 2 hikes to go see the famous Banyan tree...which we thought was only famous from LOST, but turns out they were in the middle of building a set for a scene in Pirates 4. We think they were going to film the day after we left, seeing as they were already bringing in the trailers the day we left, but still had not finished cleaning up the mess they made building the set. We went to Pearl Harbor...such a humbling trip. There were def moments I caught myself tearing up just thinking about everything that happened and how terrible it was. We hiked Diamond Head...Tanner made it all the way to the top. I, unfortunately, did not climb the last st of stairs to the top. We went snorkeling at Haunama Bay. There were a lot of different types of fish, but def not the AMAZING experience we were expecting. Tanner went golfing one day while I drove the cart and took tons of pictures.
My favorite part of Oahu was swimming with the dolphins. We swam with a 1/4 False Killer Whale! I was a little scared at first, just being in the water with such big animals, but my the end I didn't want to leave! Our trainer had the dolphin do tons of tricks, including a "Jaws" impression which was hilarious.
We also went to the big island, Kona side, for 4 nights. This was (somewhat) the more relaxing of the trips. While we were in Oahu, we never had a resort day where we just hung out by the pool all day. We didn't do that in Kona, either, but we did have 2 days where we relaxed by the pool for at least part of the day. We went to the Kona Brewery and Pub and went on a tour of the brewery since Tanner really wanted to go. I am NOT a beer drinker, but went along since it was our honeymoon and what else would I do? Well, turns out Kona makes some pretty good beer! My favorite was a wheat beer that also had passion fruit in it. There was also a beer with coffee in it that I thought would be disgusting but I ended up enjoying it...and all the other beers I tasted! We ordered pizza for dinner. We got to "make" our own, so we chose alfredo sauce with pepperoni and pineapple (the pineapple in Hawaii was AMAZINGLY fresh!). We loved the food so much that we ended up going back for dinner on our last night there! We also took a 2.5 hour drive to the Volcano National Park so we could see an active volcano. We toured the park and then ventured another 1.5 hours out of our way to go see the lava flow. We weren't expecting to see much until the sun went down, but while we were there a patch opened up and huge ammounts of lava started flowing...def an experience I don't think I'll ever forget. Tanner just happened to have the video camera out and ended up catching the whole thing on film! Our last big hurrah in Kona was going parasailing. I have been probably 5 times now, but Tanner had never been and it was def a great experience! While we were in the air we saw a group of Spinner Dolphins playing (and jumping and spinning) below us! We couldn't take our eyes off them! When the other group went up our driver went back over to the area we first saw them at, but they were gone by this point. Thankfully, another group (maybe the same?) swam by the hotel later while we were at the pool so we got to watch them from a much closer view.
All in all we had an amazing time on our honeymoon. Great food, great weather (rarely rained...mainly just in the mornings or when we were in the rainforest), and of course great company.
Sorry this is so long! Hopefully I will be updating more often and with more interesting news! ;)
Hawaii was amazing! We couldn't have asked for a better trip! The weather was amazing, there was never a shortage of things to do, and best of all was the amazing company! ;)
We were in Oahu for 5 nights. We hiked over a mile every day, including 2 hikes to go see the famous Banyan tree...which we thought was only famous from LOST, but turns out they were in the middle of building a set for a scene in Pirates 4. We think they were going to film the day after we left, seeing as they were already bringing in the trailers the day we left, but still had not finished cleaning up the mess they made building the set. We went to Pearl Harbor...such a humbling trip. There were def moments I caught myself tearing up just thinking about everything that happened and how terrible it was. We hiked Diamond Head...Tanner made it all the way to the top. I, unfortunately, did not climb the last st of stairs to the top. We went snorkeling at Haunama Bay. There were a lot of different types of fish, but def not the AMAZING experience we were expecting. Tanner went golfing one day while I drove the cart and took tons of pictures.
My favorite part of Oahu was swimming with the dolphins. We swam with a 1/4 False Killer Whale! I was a little scared at first, just being in the water with such big animals, but my the end I didn't want to leave! Our trainer had the dolphin do tons of tricks, including a "Jaws" impression which was hilarious.
We also went to the big island, Kona side, for 4 nights. This was (somewhat) the more relaxing of the trips. While we were in Oahu, we never had a resort day where we just hung out by the pool all day. We didn't do that in Kona, either, but we did have 2 days where we relaxed by the pool for at least part of the day. We went to the Kona Brewery and Pub and went on a tour of the brewery since Tanner really wanted to go. I am NOT a beer drinker, but went along since it was our honeymoon and what else would I do? Well, turns out Kona makes some pretty good beer! My favorite was a wheat beer that also had passion fruit in it. There was also a beer with coffee in it that I thought would be disgusting but I ended up enjoying it...and all the other beers I tasted! We ordered pizza for dinner. We got to "make" our own, so we chose alfredo sauce with pepperoni and pineapple (the pineapple in Hawaii was AMAZINGLY fresh!). We loved the food so much that we ended up going back for dinner on our last night there! We also took a 2.5 hour drive to the Volcano National Park so we could see an active volcano. We toured the park and then ventured another 1.5 hours out of our way to go see the lava flow. We weren't expecting to see much until the sun went down, but while we were there a patch opened up and huge ammounts of lava started flowing...def an experience I don't think I'll ever forget. Tanner just happened to have the video camera out and ended up catching the whole thing on film! Our last big hurrah in Kona was going parasailing. I have been probably 5 times now, but Tanner had never been and it was def a great experience! While we were in the air we saw a group of Spinner Dolphins playing (and jumping and spinning) below us! We couldn't take our eyes off them! When the other group went up our driver went back over to the area we first saw them at, but they were gone by this point. Thankfully, another group (maybe the same?) swam by the hotel later while we were at the pool so we got to watch them from a much closer view.
All in all we had an amazing time on our honeymoon. Great food, great weather (rarely rained...mainly just in the mornings or when we were in the rainforest), and of course great company.
Sorry this is so long! Hopefully I will be updating more often and with more interesting news! ;)
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Bud
I found out last night that my Uncle Bud, my favorite uncle, will not be able to come to the wedding. He owns his own company and they are in the middle of a HUGE deal. I understand but it just really sucks. I've looked at him as my 2nd dad for as long as I can remember.
Hopefully, though, we will have some time to go visit after the wedding and get to spend some time with him...and the rest of the family that won't be able to come. Hopefully we will find time before we go back to school (ha, yeah right!) so we can go out on the boat! ;) More than likely, however, we will be going in December or next Summer so Tanner can save up more hours and vacation.
The wedding is in 23 days and my cousin is coming in 16 to help with all of the last minute details! My mom decided to help throw (AKA be in charge of) a bridal shower for one of my friends that is getting married 3 weeks after Tanner and me on the 26th (2 weeks before the wedding). She is a brave woman but is doing an amazing job getting everything together!
Hopefully, though, we will have some time to go visit after the wedding and get to spend some time with him...and the rest of the family that won't be able to come. Hopefully we will find time before we go back to school (ha, yeah right!) so we can go out on the boat! ;) More than likely, however, we will be going in December or next Summer so Tanner can save up more hours and vacation.
The wedding is in 23 days and my cousin is coming in 16 to help with all of the last minute details! My mom decided to help throw (AKA be in charge of) a bridal shower for one of my friends that is getting married 3 weeks after Tanner and me on the 26th (2 weeks before the wedding). She is a brave woman but is doing an amazing job getting everything together!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Update and ABC's!
Sorry it has yet again been such a long time since I posted! Life has officially become SWAMPED! The wedding is in 46 days and we are getting to the point where we ca do all the little things...and all the things that haven't been done yet. The priest at the church here has not been getting back to us, so we're trying to get all our paperwork sent back to St. Martha's where we're getting married so we can finish with the priest there. But nobody is returning phone calls or emails right now.
The house is still great, but we are def starting to find all the little things that are wrong with it. We got our bedroom set and we are FINALLY supposed to be getting our fridge tomorrow! Who knew getting a fridge would be so exciting?
School is over in 4.5 days. 7 if you count the time without kids, but I'm not! I still can't believe it's almost summer! It seems like just yesterday I was meeting my new kids and trying to learn names...
OK, my ABC's
A - Age: 24...
B - Bed Size: King =)
C - Chore you hate: Laundry/cleaning
D - Dog's name: none yet
E - Essential start your day item: Lately, coffee
F - Favorite color : Teal...but I still tell my kiddos pink and black
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'3
I - Instruments you play(ed): piano, guitar a little
J - Job title: 2nd grade ELA teacher
K - Kid(s): none yet...
L - Living arrangements: house with Tanner
M - Mom's name: Mary Ann
N - Nicknames: Kari, Lenny, Squiggle, Burckhardt,
O - Overnight hospital: no
P - Pet Peeve: people using the wrong form of 'your' and 'their!'
Q - Quote from a movie: hm....I have a lot! But right now the one that stick out is "things are supposed to be sh*tty"
R - Right or left handed: both..
S - Siblings: 1 sister, Heather, and 1 bro-in-Law, Travis. About to add 2 bro-in-laws, Zach and Sam, and 2 sis-in-laws, Abbey and Elissa! =)
T - Time you wake up: 5:35
U- Underwear: ..yes
V - Vegetable you dislike: beets
W - Ways you run late: traffic, hair issues
X - X-rays you've had: teeth, feet, knee
Y - Yummy food you make: mac n cheese! ha!
Z - Zoo favorite? monkeys!
The house is still great, but we are def starting to find all the little things that are wrong with it. We got our bedroom set and we are FINALLY supposed to be getting our fridge tomorrow! Who knew getting a fridge would be so exciting?
School is over in 4.5 days. 7 if you count the time without kids, but I'm not! I still can't believe it's almost summer! It seems like just yesterday I was meeting my new kids and trying to learn names...
OK, my ABC's
A - Age: 24...
B - Bed Size: King =)
C - Chore you hate: Laundry/cleaning
D - Dog's name: none yet
E - Essential start your day item: Lately, coffee
F - Favorite color : Teal...but I still tell my kiddos pink and black
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'3
I - Instruments you play(ed): piano, guitar a little
J - Job title: 2nd grade ELA teacher
K - Kid(s): none yet...
L - Living arrangements: house with Tanner
M - Mom's name: Mary Ann
N - Nicknames: Kari, Lenny, Squiggle, Burckhardt,
O - Overnight hospital: no
P - Pet Peeve: people using the wrong form of 'your' and 'their!'
Q - Quote from a movie: hm....I have a lot! But right now the one that stick out is "things are supposed to be sh*tty"
R - Right or left handed: both..
S - Siblings: 1 sister, Heather, and 1 bro-in-Law, Travis. About to add 2 bro-in-laws, Zach and Sam, and 2 sis-in-laws, Abbey and Elissa! =)
T - Time you wake up: 5:35
U- Underwear: ..yes
V - Vegetable you dislike: beets
W - Ways you run late: traffic, hair issues
X - X-rays you've had: teeth, feet, knee
Y - Yummy food you make: mac n cheese! ha!
Z - Zoo favorite? monkeys!
Monday, May 3, 2010
HOUSE!
Thank God we didn't buy a "fixer-upper!" We have already spent over $200 on little things for the house. We haven't even started buying paint or the "big" things yet. Nobody told me buying a house would be so expensive!!
Friday is closing and I couldn't be more excited! We do our finaly walk-through at 1 and close at 2! Tanner has already started planning what we'll be bringing first...while I'm trying to organize 2 places merging at one time with the least ammount of drama and frustration. It's not working in my head which means it's going to be even worse in real life.
It still hasn't hit me that in 2 months I will be married! I had my first wedding gown fitting on Friday. It took all I had to make myself get out of bed after going home sick from work to go to the fitting. once I got there and had my dress on, however, I remembered the joy I had and that FEELING I had the first time I put the dress on and never wanted to take it off. I just stood there and smiled while she put pins everywhere.
We still have a few things left before the big day. We picked our readings but haven't fully decided on everyone who will be reading. oops! We also have our tastings (both cake and food) next Saturday, so thats 2 things to cross off the list. We're making baskets for our out of state guests, so we need to finalize and start buying everything or the baskets in June (don't want the food to go bad!)
School is over in 22 days. This year surprisingly flew by pretty quick. While I had my slow days/weeks, I am amazed that it is already May! My kids are ready for summer as well, but I don't think it has fully hit them either. They keep asking me why we're reviewing our DOG (Daily Oral Grammar ~ Language) already when I said we would be reviewing the last 6 weeks of school.
Friday is closing and I couldn't be more excited! We do our finaly walk-through at 1 and close at 2! Tanner has already started planning what we'll be bringing first...while I'm trying to organize 2 places merging at one time with the least ammount of drama and frustration. It's not working in my head which means it's going to be even worse in real life.
It still hasn't hit me that in 2 months I will be married! I had my first wedding gown fitting on Friday. It took all I had to make myself get out of bed after going home sick from work to go to the fitting. once I got there and had my dress on, however, I remembered the joy I had and that FEELING I had the first time I put the dress on and never wanted to take it off. I just stood there and smiled while she put pins everywhere.
We still have a few things left before the big day. We picked our readings but haven't fully decided on everyone who will be reading. oops! We also have our tastings (both cake and food) next Saturday, so thats 2 things to cross off the list. We're making baskets for our out of state guests, so we need to finalize and start buying everything or the baskets in June (don't want the food to go bad!)
School is over in 22 days. This year surprisingly flew by pretty quick. While I had my slow days/weeks, I am amazed that it is already May! My kids are ready for summer as well, but I don't think it has fully hit them either. They keep asking me why we're reviewing our DOG (Daily Oral Grammar ~ Language) already when I said we would be reviewing the last 6 weeks of school.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Where to begin...
Wow! A lot has changed since the last time I had a chance to actually sit down for 5 minutes and post...not that I should be posting now, but that's ok! =)
Well, we bought a house! We close May 7 and will hopefully be moving in that weekend! On May 8 we do our cake AND food tastings so we'll be driving all over Houston to get everything done...busy, busy!
This Friday is our work Christmas (I know...in April!) party. I can't believe it's almost Summer! The kids def know it's almost summer and have started forgetting all the rules already! This week we're going to the zoo for our field trip while 3-5 take the TAKS test...too bad we can't take 2 field trips and be gone both days for them! Tuesday will be a VERY quiet day in my room since my walls connect with a 3rd grade classroom. Ugh!!
Some of our friends (and my future bro and sis in law!) threw us an amazing Couples Shower! Although I just realized we didn't play the game..haha! What happened Elissa??? I, unfortunately, started to feel super sick and we went home early. Of course in pure Tanner fashion he was asleep on the couch within an hour of getting home. We had tons of fun and got tons of great things to put in our new house (yay!) and got to see a lot of people we haven't seen in a really long time. I felt really rude not being social with everyone, but oh well...I didn't feel good.
Well, my weight has pretty much stayed the same the last 3 weeks...I've lost 2lbs...but I fit into some shorts I haven't been able to wear in almost 2 years and never had the heart to get rid of "just in case."
Tanner and I are trying to get all our ducks in a row and prioritize what we need/want first when we move in. Thankfully we're in agreement on everything so we haven't had to have a stupid fight about whether we need a TV or a couch more (ha!). He's excited he gets to play golf today and I'm sad I'm stuck in the house! I have the air off and the windows open and I'm about to go outside to write thank you notes and enjoy this amazing day!
Hopefully I'll get better about finding a few minutes a day to sit back and write more as we go through all these changes in our life. As Jill puts it, we're doing all of our life changes in one year..some within 2 months of the other (Close May 7, get married July 10!)...the next step is to get a dog (October...after Heidi has her puppies..yay for my best friend having a choc lab that they got for breeding!!) and have a baby!
Well, we bought a house! We close May 7 and will hopefully be moving in that weekend! On May 8 we do our cake AND food tastings so we'll be driving all over Houston to get everything done...busy, busy!
This Friday is our work Christmas (I know...in April!) party. I can't believe it's almost Summer! The kids def know it's almost summer and have started forgetting all the rules already! This week we're going to the zoo for our field trip while 3-5 take the TAKS test...too bad we can't take 2 field trips and be gone both days for them! Tuesday will be a VERY quiet day in my room since my walls connect with a 3rd grade classroom. Ugh!!
Some of our friends (and my future bro and sis in law!) threw us an amazing Couples Shower! Although I just realized we didn't play the game..haha! What happened Elissa??? I, unfortunately, started to feel super sick and we went home early. Of course in pure Tanner fashion he was asleep on the couch within an hour of getting home. We had tons of fun and got tons of great things to put in our new house (yay!) and got to see a lot of people we haven't seen in a really long time. I felt really rude not being social with everyone, but oh well...I didn't feel good.
Well, my weight has pretty much stayed the same the last 3 weeks...I've lost 2lbs...but I fit into some shorts I haven't been able to wear in almost 2 years and never had the heart to get rid of "just in case."
Tanner and I are trying to get all our ducks in a row and prioritize what we need/want first when we move in. Thankfully we're in agreement on everything so we haven't had to have a stupid fight about whether we need a TV or a couch more (ha!). He's excited he gets to play golf today and I'm sad I'm stuck in the house! I have the air off and the windows open and I'm about to go outside to write thank you notes and enjoy this amazing day!
Hopefully I'll get better about finding a few minutes a day to sit back and write more as we go through all these changes in our life. As Jill puts it, we're doing all of our life changes in one year..some within 2 months of the other (Close May 7, get married July 10!)...the next step is to get a dog (October...after Heidi has her puppies..yay for my best friend having a choc lab that they got for breeding!!) and have a baby!
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