happy easter!

"As he spoke, he held out his hands for them to see, and he showed them his side. They were filled with joy when they saw their Lord! He spoke to them again and said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.....You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who haven't seen me and believe anyway." [John 21:20-21,29 NLT] 

I pray that you feel the peace of our Lord today, this Easter Sunday. May your faith in Him be alive just as He is today! :)

this was taken this morning after our (early!) easter service at church. our easter "baskets" were these black, decorative shadow boxes we had registered for at target! we were so excited to get them and all the sweet, yummy goodies within. what a creative mama i have. :)  

i am proud to share that tomorrow starts my week of freedom, aka, spring break! :) have i mentioned how much i love teaching in public education?! my tentative agenda for the week is as follows:

• road trip with mom to richmond, lexington & blacksburg
• spring clothes shopping at the short pump town center! 
• sleeping in. daily.
• wedding planning with my mama!
  
• possibly heading to raleigh to see the sweetest kids in the world
  

as you can see, my week will be spent far away from lesson plans, guided reading books and all things kindergarten. see ya when i get back! :)

engagement pictures!

our engagement pictures are up!

 john and i had such an awesome time with christi, we just knew they would come out great! she has graciously sent me some images to share on my blog, so enjoy ya'll!

shamrock festival

this weekend john and i each drove the long hours to roanoke, va for the shamrock festival! shamrock is a volleyball tournament that john's cousin (mark) and his wife (tamalyn) put on every year. this year's turnout was HUGE and a tremendous success!

 john and i were site coordinators at the salem civic center in salem, va (right outside of roanoke). our job was to record scores, maintain civility and try to keep the players/coaches/parents/officials/spectators happy! we had a great time being together despite the long hours and lack of sleep. our busy schedule kept us on our toes, so i don't really have any pictures to post except for the one above. i hope you all had a wonderful, restful weekend! :)

ps- engagement pictures are coming-- SOON! :)

flower question

i need your help! i am using white daisies as my primary wedding flower. however, i want to incorporate another color (using daisies still) into the bouquets. the bridesmaids dresses are dark blue, so i was thinking maybe a pale pink. i'm trying to avoid yellow, because i'm tired of blue and yellow. (they were my high school colors, my room is covered in the two, etc.) any other ideas? i really need your comments-- so let me know all you flower-savvy strangers out there! :)

playing techy-geek

so by now you have probably noticed my oversized, too large for the space, dark blog banner. but hey- at least i have something new, right?! with blogger's new features that make it easy for tech-incompetent folks like me, i'm trying some new stuff. hopefully i can have a snazzy, eye-catching blog before too long! but for now, enjoy my mistakes! :)

ps- john and i were back in blacksburg this past weekend for our engagement photos- hooray! the weather finally held out (apart from the wind) & we had such an awesome time with christi. i cannot wait to see the final proofs! :) i'll post more info. as soon as i can!