Hello Summer!

Our first BBQ and wine on the balcony...

Jena and I had never really BBQ before and decided to make a Tri-tip. My mom got Ry this little propane BBQ for his birthday and we put it together and went for it.

Cheers!

It started out looking sooo yummy!

And then I burnt the shit out of it!!!

But OMG it tasted sooo good! Not going to lie one of the best dinners!

Here's to a summer hopefully full of many more BBQ's! If only the weather will warm up!

It is all becoming so real

Ryan and I picked a date for our wedding!

There is something about having a date that makes it all so real.

The count down has begun...

We already had booked the Church a couple weeks ago and earlier this week we got the reception site all lined up.

We are starting to check things off of our list, and it feels so good!

I picked my bridesmaid dresses and love them!

I actually never thought I had a mental picture of what I wanted till I saw them.

I also found the paper that I will be making our invitations out of.

It is all soo exciting.

I haven't gone wedding dress shopping yet but I will be soon.

Ryan and I have been together for almost 8 years now and are so happy to get to share our special day with all of our loved ones.

Thank you to our friends and family for your constant love and support.

Here is a sneak peak of our wedding colors.

I Love You Ryan Andrade!!

Happy Tuesday!

Sending a Smile on this fine day!

And I could not be more excited to have Friday off!

Think we are going to have a family girls shopping day.

Some may say my classroom a mess but I call this learning at it's BEST!!

My kiddos love to play Legos or as they call them Yea-gos.

Much love always!

~Hugs~Kristina~

Who knew this day existed

Today was the Celebration of the Young Child. Which I guess exists not only at my school and is really on April 15th.

Anyways was on a Friday and a great excuse to party ALL DAY!!!

My school had a big jumpy house with a slide and some how i was token teacher that was inside the jumpy house. Mind you it was like a sauna in there.

My kids were soo excited to get to be in the jumpy house although sadly some were out because of pink eye or vacation and 3 didn't really like it. Think I ended up with 6 jumpy house die hards.

I got to paint on their arms (not faces) but it was still fun. Not sure how excited some parents were when they picked up their child with paint smeared on their arms but whatever!

We even got ice cream this afternoon, which was awesome! My Jamba Juice scooping came into great help and I really enjoyed watching two year olds eat ice cream dripping all over their faces and down the cone. One little girl actually bit off the bottom of the cone. :)

Here are a couple pictures from my class today and this week!

Oh PS. the Director of my school told me yesterday that my class is the ONLY class that has not had one complaint ALL year! Might just be the best compliment...to bad I don't get a raise for that!

This week we decided to play with wind up water toys, it was so fun to watch and my little guy that never does anything for longer than a few minutes stood there for a good ten minutes.

It quickly became a splash fest and I ended up having to change basically everyones clothes, Great activity I know! hahaha!
We have also started doing more fine motor things like putting cheerios on pipe cleaners to make bracelets. Mistake number one telling them they could eat the broken ones.

As you can see this little guy is eating cheerios and there are none on his pipe cleaner. :)
My paintings consisted of flowers, heart, lion, cat, balloon, rainbow, bat, dolphin and butterfly. They got better as the day went on!

Watching kids eat ice cream=PRICELESS!!

And the Jumpy house was a hit not only for my 2's but the toddler class too! Since we were with the little kids my class had to stop doing flips! JK!

They are definitely better with log rolls, frog jumps and the chicken dance.

I'll have you know, I'm currently teaching my kiddos how to do the Robot and Air Guitar!!! And they rock at it!!

My class is AWESOME!!!

Oh Tink...

Not sure why or if any of you have noticed but in the last 6 years or so Tinker Bell has made an uproar and has suddenly become somebody important at Disneyland.

Tinker Bell even has her own little Fairyland with all her Fairy Friends, and to take a picture with her sometimes you could possibly wait more than an hour....worth it, Ugh I think NOT!

For some reason I just think Tinker Bell is kinda slutty, her dress is way hoochie short and she is so jealous of Wendy and Peter Pan.

My friend Sandi and I have a running inside joke about Tinker Bell and we love to watch her in the firework show...good ol' Pixie D(Cr)ust!! hahaha!

Ever since a firework show, who knows how long ago we have been buying each other funny, shitty, retarded Tinker Bell things. For example...Tink socks, Tink pillow with tassels and jewls, messed up antenna topper, glow in the dark Tink, Spread eagle pin Tink, morning after pin Tink, lip gloss watch Tink that broke in 10 minutes.

Oh I almost forgot remote control flying flutter fairy Tink! That has a flower wand to make her fly!

Long story short Tink makes us laugh and we both now own a ridiculous amount of Tinker Bell CRAP!! I mean stuff!

We saw this Nighty at Disneyland and died laughing.

It says, "Who were you expecting...Sleeping Beauty?"

I mean common Tink...Sober up! hahaha!

Anyways this post goes out to you Sand hope you are having fun!

I'm a Fiancée!!!

Can you even believe it!

It happen Friday as soon as I got home from work...There was a Rose in the door handle.

And I thought to myself ugh...is this really happening?

I opened the door to a path of rose petals leading to my bed.

Ryan was hiding and then came out holding a rose all dressed up in his black suit.

The whole proposal was genuine, simple and US!!!

I'd tell you more detail but Ry is a private guy and he reads my blog so I'd never get away with it!

I couldn't have wished for it to be another way and my ring couldn't be more BEAUTIFUL!!!

Just wanted to share a couple pictures from that night and the weekend.

Enjoy!

Awe...Doesn't he look sooo HOT!!! Get used to it because that is probably exactly what he'll be wearing on the special day.

For Dinner he even had the Bestie Sandi surprise me! Thank you Sandi and Steve for being part of our special night.

Ryan took me to dinner at Shadow Brook in Capitola

And my ring is amazing and Ry did an amazing job!

It is so unique and I love to wear it and look at it all day!

So excited to start planning and continue the adventures of Ry and K

I love you Babe and can't wait to be an Andrade, but note to self if you want to be a Leal thats okay too! :)

Feels like Home to me

When I'm alone I spend a lot time listening to music and it so amazing that a song could just speak right to your heart and soul.

Just thought I'd share the song that does it for me.

It Feels Like Home to Me

By: Chantal Kreviazuk

Something in your eyes
Makes me want to lose myself
Makes me want to lose myself
In your arms
There's something in your voice
Makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts
The rest of my life
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long I've felt so low
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done

Chorus: Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where
I come from
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me
Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong

A window breaks down a long dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But I'm alright 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see through the dark there's light

If you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
If you knew how happy you are making me
I've never thought I'd love anyone so much

Chorus

Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong

Just listen to it and I think you might agree!

Happy Tuesday Family and Friends!