We're Back!

Hello again! First of all, we must begin by apologizing for having been absent from our blog page for this long! School, work, and wedding planning have been consuming our lives for the past few months! Now that school is beginning to slow down, and the holidays are on the way, we have a few short moments to catch all of you up on the Braun Wedding, and the other parts of our lives! 

 

Ringo at his first BSU Homecoming Parade! He loved his beads :)

Our furry baby boy is now 9 months old, and well over 100 pounds. He is still a not-so-little ball of energy, and has grown up so much over the past couple months. He is no longer chewing up Mom & Dad's important things, climbing on the counter, OR pottying in the house! Ringo has turned into such a big boy here recently. The only down side to his large, but baby, playful self is that he thinks Mom is a toy. He tends to pick on me since he is now bigger than me when we are sitting down! He isn’t being mean, he’s just trying to snuggle but sometimes that's not so fun for Mom.

December holds a lot of excitement for our little family as well! We will be celebrating our 2-year anniversary together, just two days after Ross graduates from Ball State University! Ross is concluding his time at Selma Elementary School, student teaching in a 2nd grade classroom. He has absolutely LOVED this semester, and has once again reminded that he was born to teach young children. This amazing opportunity has opened many doors for Ross that we are looking forward to in the spring. Just a couple of weeks ago Ross accepted the Head Varsity Track Coaching job at Wapahani High School. Ross was also offered a maternity leave teaching position in 3rd grade at Selma. Over the past 5 months Ross has fallen in love with this school, the students, and the community, and we are hoping he may continue to work in this area in the future. 

As I've said before, we have made A LOT of progress on the wedding, and it's all becoming so real! My mom (Geneva), Ross' mom (Kelli), and I have spent numerous Saturday mornings rummaging through flea markets and antique malls, looking for the perfect decorations to complete our wedding. One Saturday we filled my mom's Denali, Kelli's Pacifica, and then we had to call Ross to bring his Jeep so we could put the rest of our finds in there! Let's just say, Ross was excited about all of our decorations, but he was NOT too excited about rushing from work to Muncie, just because we went on a shopping spree! Ross has quickly come to the conclusion that my mom, his mom, and I are a dangerous trio! 

Although we have purchased the majority of our decorations, we have a lot of work to do to make them look exactly like I have planned! We have bought the most random and outrageous things, that some of the boys just don't see how it's all going to come together. One weekend at Shipshewana, we purchased an entire roll of burlap! Ron and Ross LOVED us for that one! :) 

We also have all of the bridesmaid dresses, and men’s wear chosen! My wedding dress has been purchased and should be in sometime in January, which I CANNOT wait for! My wedding boots arrived in the mail from Nashville a couple of weeks ago, and I am absolutely in LOVE with them! 

Christmas break is coming very quickly, and we plan on spending almost the entire break working on wedding things, and making some serious progress. Sooooo... If any of you are ever bored from December 15- January 5, feel free to call us up and come over to help! :) 

We have officially booked our photographer, videographer, hair stylists, make up artists, DJ, catering, and reception musician! We have also chosen our honeymoon package, and will be booking that within the next few weeks! Everything is finally coming together, and it is going to be here before we know it! 

The countdown is quickly shrinking, and we now only have 177 days until the big day! :) 

Our little family after the BSU Homecoming Parade.