Where do I begin?

I know I have been MIA, this teaching gig is tiring! But it is getting better as the days go on...I think?!
Anyway, the month of November we did not have one week of school where I was there everyday for a full day of school! We got voting day off, I was sick Veteran's Day, and then Thanksgiving. So this week was brutal! It went so slow and it was very painful! But I'm still alive!

Let me back up and give the highlights of November!

• Malinda visited from MI and that was a blast!
• We went home to MI for Thanksgiving. Which once all the drama cleared, was a great visit!
• I got to see Malinda on her b'day.
• I got to see Cynthia, my sister.
• I got to see Pam and Tom and the kids for Thanksgiving.
• I think I narrowed down the dress I want for my wedding.
• I picked my colors!!! Truffle and Capri aka dark brown and light blue.
• I had a fun dinner with Chrystal.
• I spent time with Matt's family.
• I have a wedding party....asked Malinda and Chrystal to be apart of my special day! And now my side is complete and I couldn't be happier to have everyones love and support!
• I got to watch Matthew play hockey!
  

Our trip back to MI was a busy and fun-filled packed 4 days. It made me realize how much I miss MI, especially Lansing and all my friends and sisters and kids!

On a sad note. This past Tuesday night, Chrystal called me around 9:30pm telling me that Queens, her church, caught on fire that afternoon and her wedding is April 18th. I am so heart-broken for her! Queens is a beautiful church and is a very near and dear place for Chrystal. They are hoping that it will be restored by Spring and I am praying it will be done by Easter, since Chrystal's wedding is the week after!

Here are pictures from our Thanksgiving visit!:)
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjburch77/Thanksgiving2008#

Thankful for a great friend!

Arlington Cemetery

Arlington Cemetery

Arlington Cemetery

The weekend of November 7th, my dear friend Malinda made the long road trip, by herself, down to visit me in Maryland! A visit I had been looking forward too for weeks and I enjoyed every minute of her stay! Malinda is such a dedicated friend, b/c our other friend was supposed to make the trip with her, but couldn't make, but Malinda still made the trip! Thanks Malinda! I had so much fun!:)

We had a great visit! She got into town about 4pm and we had a great time catching up and talking while Matt was still at work! It was great to finally have a friend visit me! Matt has had lots of visitors, but Malinda is officially MY first visitor!:)
Saturday, we headed into DC. We were going to take a boat trip, but the day turned out beautiful (it was raining in the morning when we woke up) and so we decided to walk around DC. We dropped our car off at the metro and took the metro in. We walked along the Mall, walked down to the WWII memorial and the Jefferson memorial and sat and people watched for awhile! Then we walked over to the White House and then headed to our favorite restaurant, Old Ebbitts! Then went home and I crashed hardcore on the couch, while Matt and Malinda watched Notre Dame.
Sunday, I got up early to make breakfast and then we drove to Arlington Cemetery. Wow, that was so neat, especially before Veteran's Day! And then Malinda headed back on her long trip back to MI!
It was a great weekend and so nice to catch up with such a dear friend! Thanks again Malinda for coming down for a visit!

Here is a link to pictures!
http://picasaweb.google.com/pjburch77/MalindaSVisitNovember68#

http://picasaweb.google.com/pjburch77/Arlington110908#

M.I.A.

I am still alive! Just very busy with school and being exhausted from it! I have no energy whatsoever!
I will give an update hopefully this weekend of all the fun activities that has taken place the last month!:)

In the meantime, check out our wedding website!
http://www.mywedding.com/mattandpriscillaswedding

Enjoy!