You'd think I was getting married or something...

We're down to a WEEK! That's right 7 days! One week from today I will be Mrs Katie Shumway! =D So excited! Can't wait.

 It's going to be a great day! An exciting week is ahead of me. First up temple tomorrow! :) Good times. Life is so super wonderful!

Finals

I thought this week would never come. This semester has been one of the longest of my life. (I woner why that is? It's not like I'm getting married at the end of it or anything...) I'm now to the point that I don't even really care anymore, I just want to be done and have a nice long break. Unfortunately I still have 3 finals to take. First up will be Stats tomorrow...if the rest of the tests in this class have been an indicator of how this one will go...FAIL! At least I'll get it out of the way first, right? I've been trying to study for it so I can attempt to do well, but like I said, zero motivation. Next is Business English at 7:30 Wednesday morning! This one will be easy. My lowest test score in that class is like 88% or something like that. Easy peasey. I probably won't study much for that one, I haven't studied for any other test either, it's my easy A class for the semester. ;) Last but not least is Accounting (*grumble*) I struggle with this class. It's easy when the teacher explains it and I get it while I'm in class but by the time I get home and try to remember things and do the homework on my own I forget everything and end up missing something and doing it wrong. It's very frustrating. Thankfully this is the last accounting class I will ever have to take (YES!!!) Hopefully with some solid studying I can do well enough to pull a C. That would be great! Ooh then there's my Econ class, this one makes me happy! Final = optional. It was going to be mandatory until about the beginning of April and then my professor held it to a vote to make the final optional. Of course we're going to vote that way. Finals are terrible! Ok it is open book/open note so it would be a piece of cake anyway but I decided that if I had at least a B- when he finalized grades then I wasn't going to worry about the final and focus on doing well on the others (especially Stats and Accounting) and I'm getting a B. Yay! So that's one less final I have to take this week. Great news!

On another note, Tyler and I got the keys to our apartment yesterday! It was super exciting! We have a home! I can't wait to start moving stuff in there and get settled. There are a few things we'll need to clean a bit but that's ok. I'm so excited to start a new life with Tyler in a couple weeks. I love him so much, he's the best guy ever!

Announcement!

In case anyone hadn't noticed yet...I'M GETTING MARRIED EXACTLY 1 MONTH FROM TODAY!!!!!




I just might a little bit excited about it. Only a little though. It's hardly worth noticing, really. ;) JK!!! I'm super excited! I can't wait! I remember when me and Tyler first got engaged I thought May 19th was FOR-EVER away and now it's almost here! GAH!!! School is almost done, I can't wait...I'm so done it's not even funny and, OF COURSE, the semester is now moving slower than frozen molasses running uphill. One more week of classes and then finals and I'm DONE! I think I can make it. I have my Temple Reccommend Interview on May 3rd and I go through on the 13th (yes, I realize it's Friday the 13th...I did it on purpose. MUAHAHAHA) that will be exciting. Then a week after that is the anticipated ocassion of MARRIAGE! Life is so super great and so super busy. I'm excited for everything but at the same time I kind of just want everything to be done at the same time. That might only be because there's the week we're spending in Disneyland after we get married that has also got me very excited. =D 

It should be a good time.

Only...

5 weeks, or a month and 6 days, or 36 days, or .1 years...however you want to look at it, that's how much time I have left before me and Tyler GET MARRIED!!! I'm so excited I can't even tell you! It's gonna be just great! Our announcements are in the process of being printed so that's done. I have temples reserved for both my Endowments and the actual ceremony. I'll go through the Bountiful Temple exactly a month from today. That's cool, right! Life is so great! Wedding plans are pretty much done. I'm doing Bridals next weekend and I have my family Bridal Shower. More stuff, YES!!! It's a grocery shower this time (as is Aardema family tradition) so hopefully I won't have to stock my shelves too much more after that and I might even get some good receipes to start my own little book or something. I'm not good at experimenting in the kitchen like Tyler is, I need recipes to follow. :) Another exciting thing, we FINALLY have a place to live! It's down around 500 S 300 W. I'm not for sure about the exact address but it's that general area. It's a nice place. I'm happy we found something, now I can stop stressing about it. ;) Now all we really have to do is finish the semester and wait for May 19 to get here. I hope it goes by fast!

Hey look!

Engagements are here! I love them! Here are some of my favorites that weren't posted on my photographers blog. :)

I think we like each other just a little. ;) What do you think?

Engagements!

Ok so I don't have them personally yet...but if you visit this blog it will take you straight to them. I think they're rather adorable myslef, but you guys will just have to see for yourselves. :) I hope you like them as much as I do! I'm excited to see the rest of them.

Day off

Yesterday I had a day off. It was really nice, both in weather and just having a day where I could do what I needed to. I woke up around 8, which is huge for me since I'm not a morning person at all. Early classes for both Tyler and me this semester is messing with my head I think. It was nice being up though, then I didn't have to rush to get ready. I could take my time. So I got dressed, fixed my hair a little bit, and watched a couple episodes of Friends. The night before I had a small emergency...while I was closing the gate to the branch I broke a nail! It hurt so bad! I called Tammy as soon as I could and told her what happened. I needed it fixed ASAP cuz me and Tyler were taking our engagement pictures Wednesday afternoon. She was able to fit me in on her lunch, which meant I got to go back and visit good old Lomond View Elementary. I always forget how tiny that school is, it seemed so huge when I was little and was at school there. We turned that Faculty Room into a nail salon for a few minutes. The different reactions from the teachers were really funny! The difference between the reaction from girls versus the guys was amazing. One teacher came in, female, and said that was her favorite smell in the world and immediately after that another teacher stopped in, male, and he could barely breath...seriously almost gagging. Crazy! Personally I love the smell of fresh acrylic nails, it's wonderful. Anyway I got my nail fixed all pretty again and headed back up to Logan to get ready for pictures.

Chelsea took us to a bunch of her favorite spots around Logan. Most I didn't know existed, little alleys tucked between the old buildings. It was super fun. We'll have a lot of fun ones to choose from I'm sure. I'm excited to get them back. I'll post a few here when I do and the rest I'll probably upload to Facebook. So watch for those. :)

After pictures we stopped by Avonlea on Main Street to pick up a little suit I had ordered in for Hunter and Dain to wear at my reception. So cute, I'm so excited! Then we stopped in the branch and opened a Wedding Account, hopefully that will lessen the amount we get in cards and stuff at the reception...plus it'll make it easier to keep track of since I work at AFCU. Since we were in Macey's we grabbed a few groceries to make dinner and then spent the rest of the night watching Scrubs. It was a good day off, it felt like a real day off too, no work AND no school! Super nice!