Our wedding anniversary was a hit!

At Red Lobster

So I know that our anniversary was at the beginning of the week, but the week has been very busy.  Our anniversary was so much fun.  In the morning we went and got a couples massage at massage envy (this new place in rochester that is pretty cheap) and then we went shopping around the mall.  In the evening we were able to go out to eat.  I chose Red Lobster because Alan has always talked about going there, but I always turn it down.  Alan got the all you can eat shrimp and made me proud by getting 7 plates of shrimp!! GO HUNNY!  I just had some chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks (I do not like seafood at all!)  The food was good and the service there was amazing.  Then we came home and we cut into the top of our wedding cake and it was actually very, very good.  Alan and I were both surprised that it was actually moist and tasted really good.  Our first wedding anniversary was great and we look forward to our future anniversaries. 

Eating our topper...

Our FIRST wedding anniversary!!

Well today marks our first wedding anniversary and I really can not believe that it has actually been one whole year... but time flies when you are having fun!  Today Alan and I looked back on our wedding day and we were filled with joy and happiness.  We both agree that our wedding day is the happiest day that we have had together thus far.  We also both agree that we remember pretty much nothing from our wedding day, and I think that it is so funny because I was the person that wanted to remember every fact and detail from the day.  I guess the only thing that I really remember is the people that shared the happy day with us!  Alan and I feel truly blest for all the many wonderful things that we have in our life.  We feel very fortunate to both have wonderful families and friends.  We are also very grateful for good health that we have been blessed with.  We are also grateful for the Gospel and for the guidance that it provides in our daily life.  We are grateful that we are able to be sealed together for time and all eternity and I really could not imagine spending eternity with anyone else!  Needless to say, Alan and I are still very happy and very much in love with one another.  We are excited to see what are future holds for us and we are grateful that we have each other to spend it with.

The Firefighter open house!

So yesterday Alan and I attended the fire house open house and Alan was given his good citizen award. Alan was not the only person to get an award. There was another little boy who saw a fire and called 911 as well. So anyways, they had a little ceremony and showed all the pictures from the house the Alan saved and then they just gave Alan the award. After the little ceremony had commenced all the fire chiefs cornered Alan and told him "how good he would look in the uniform" and "he would be a perfect firefighter," etc. They were all surrounding him and trying to recruit him to be a firefighter. So....... now Alan is thinking about a career change...seriously. After talking with the fire chiefs about the job they just kept saying about how they have never had a bad day a work. They also kept saying about how their job is all about serving others and they love the feeling that they get when they help others. Alan is excited about this change, but before he totally gets into it he is going to be doing a lot more research about the job. I am very excited for him and look forward to see what he decides to do.

My handsome firefighter!!!

Alan made the news!!

Here the link to read about Alan.

http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9133069

Alan is a Neighborhood Hero

Well last week we got some exciting news!  Alan is going to be recognized in a ceremony put on by the fire station here in Rochester.  Alan is going to get a hero of the neighborhood award.  And the reason why he is going to be getting this award is because he put out a house fire in our neighborhood.  Needless to say, I am pretty excited to go to the ceremony and see Alan get recognized! I will make sure to take pictures and I will post them later!

WE ARE BACK!

Alright.... So I used to have a blog and then I deleted it. Well I am back and I am going to try to keep up with this blogging situation. Alan and I are still is school and we are also working a lot. The weeks go by very fast and we sure are grateful when we get to see each other at the end of the day.

I am still attending Winona State University and I am majoring in Special Education and Elementary Education. This is me last semester of classes and then I will be student teaching for a year. I am very excited to be at this point in my education and I can not wait to have my very OWN classroom.

Alan is attending Rochester Community and Technical College. He is studying to become a building utilities mechanic and he really enjoys going to school. He is also working full-time hours. He works so hard and I am so grateful to have him as my husband!

So, I am hoping that through this blog I will be able to stay in touch with family and friends.