little of this, little of that.

hello all!

it's been awhile since i've been on, so i need to catch up on a few things. lots o' stuff has happened and i'm sure you all would just love to hear about it. for one thing, i'm doing away with all sense of rules today, as you can tell with my no caps. so what, i'm an english teacher and we need breaks too. also i can type faster this way and i have a head ache at the moment and too much concentration would be bad. so anyway, on with the news, starting with the things that happened first:

On the 9th ew and i became uncle and aunt. mckenna jo was born on april 9th, at 8:16pm, while ew and i just happened to be at the rehearsal dinner of our friends vicky and kevin, who got married on the 10th. it was indeed a happy weekend all around!

ew and mckenna

mckenna

hotel room scene in chicago (17th floor)

kevin and vicky

this past weekend ew and i had another counseling session, and since we were in town we went ahead and booked our honeymoon. we will be leaving nov. 29th and coming back dec. 4th from riviera maya in mexico. we are staying at the secrets silversands. it is just gorgeous and i so cannot wait to go. i feel like the wedding is taking forever to get here, but then it's another few months to get to the honeymoon, but i believe it will all be well worth the wait.

our resort

school is winding down even faster. i think the official count is 22 days. yikes! i can't believe is has gone so fast, but yet it feels like it has been forever. i really have learned a lot, and grown so much as a person/teacher.

on the weight-loss front. kristen and i will end up being the biggest loser-losers. lol, so we didn't get to our/my goal, but i did lose like 15 which is almost to half my goal. ha. oh well, at least i will fit into the wedding dress without needing any alterations!

well, i think that about sums it all up. i'll leave you with a few pics of the last few weeks.

brina*