Fondue and Friends

After a long week of work, we were able to enjoy a night with fondue and friends.  Last night Kelsey (my old roommate) drove over from Wenatchee and about 10 of us friends enjoyed one another's fellowship, munched on chocolate fondue and many goodies to dip in it, and played a fired up game of Taboo... where the girls won!  Nights like these remind us of how blessed and thankful we are for the incredible friends we made in college.  Life has changed for many of us, but fondue nights bring us together like old times.  After living with the same girls for four years, its weird having to wait weeks and even months to all be together again, so it was a blessing to have all four of us together last night.  Thanks for making the drive Kels!  

They are finally here!!

The long awaited professional wedding pictures have finally arrived.  It has been such a joy recalling all the great memories from just months ago.  This is just a small preview of the 500 pictures that we received.  If you want to view all the pictures, go to www.ryanlindberg.com, then to proofs, weddings, aaron and bonnie, and our password is drake. ENJOY!

3 Down, 1 To Go

The weekend finally came!!  Two of our great friends Kurt and Leslie got engaged.  Les is one of my closest friends and was one of my maids of honor in our wedding.  After almost three years of dating, Kurt finally popped the question and the celebrating began.  I had spent two hours that day with Les having coffee, and later that night I was celebrating with her over her gorgeous engagement ring.  We are so excited for the two of them, and I can't wait to begin wedding planning again!  All of my hand-me-down bridal magazines will now come to good use again! We love you guys and are so excited for you!  Out of the four old Whitworth roommates, we have 3 down and 1 to go. :)

      3 out of the 4 roommates doing the traditional "look at the ring" pose

            The soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs. Vancil

Let the Halloween Festivities Begin!

                                    Let the pumpkin carving begin!

                                   This took alot of teamwork... trust me!

       Our wonderful friends with our final Pumpkin products

This has been a great weekend!  We started with a date night in Coeur d' Alene.  I met Aaron on Friday night and we had a nice dinner at Olive Garden and then proceeded to stay at a hotel for the night.  After a restless night of sleep, we went to Aaron's classroom on Saturday morning and got some organization stuff done.  Aaron felt that it was a very productive three hours, so I feel that we accomplished alot!

After an eventful day in Coeur d' Alene, we headed to my school's Halloween carnival.  Aaron was a great support and came to help.  I felt that it was important to bring a smile to my kindergarten kiddos faces, so I came dressed as a pumpkin... and they loved it!  Once the carnival was done, we were exhauasted and ready for a nap, but there was still more fun to be had.  We then headed to the Marshalls house and had a great night of pumpkin carving, Halloween treats, and great fellowship with friends that we hadn't seen in a few weeks.  This was just what we needed after a long week of school.  We are blessed by great friends!  Although our weekend has been busy... it has been just what we needed!

They Fly By...

Today I came to the conclusion that weekends officially fly by way too fast.  This has always been the case, but I am realizing it more and more now that I have an "adult" job and never get to spend time with my husband during the week.  Although we have had a nice relaxing weekend watching football, going to church, celebrating my birthday, and working in my classroom, I am missing the days where weekends use to be a time where I could actually relax.  I am ready to face another week of cute little Kindergarten children, but I am also excited to have another weekend of relaxation and time with my hubby.

Welcome Home Ryan!!

This weekend was a big family reunion.  Ryan returned home from Qatar and they family flew up to Washington, so Aaron and I and Justin all came home for the weekend.  Mom put on an open house for Ry's return, so we spent most of Saturday chatting with friends and eating way too much food.  We haven't all been together in a long time, since Ry wasn't at our wedding.  It was definitely a busy weekend, but worth the trip to e-burg.

Did I tell you how cute my nephews are?  Well, they are two little bundles of joy. I can't get enough loves, hugs, and kisses when I am around them.  I wish they lived closer, but the time we have together is cherished greatly.  With 9 people to control, we were even able to manage some family photos.  :)  We planned the red, white, and blue theme and they turned out great.

Seth is in such a fun stage right now. He sure has a lot to say, although we can't always understand him.  A few of my favorites are that he says "bop" every time he is looking for Grandma Jo and he also loves the hot tub and loves to say "I want bubbles".  He is so cute.  Can't wait for the next time that we are all together again!

 Family photo... we did plan the color scheme!

The adorable nephews... oops Seth's pants are unbuttoned :)

                   Fun to have my brothers around!

                          Me and my wonderful husband.

They have arrived!!!

Just an update to let everyone know that our wedding pictures have finally been posted.  If you want to look at them go to www.ryanlindberg.com.  After getting to the main page click on proofs on the menu bar, then click on weddings, aaron and bonnie, and our password is drake.  ENJOY!! Today is an exciting day because I have been waiting for these for months. :)