I feel like a new woman!

As my return to school draws closer and closer, I have been pondering how the new and improved "Mrs. Krausz" should be perceived. Since I walked onto the campus two years ago, I have constantly been confused for a student. I am 27 years old and now married. The days of being seen as "cool" by high-schoolers is so over in my opinion! Granted I cannot change the fact that I do look a lot younger than my age, but I have been searching for how to form the 'new me'. Since we got back from our honeymoon, I have made a conscious effort to only go in public fully put together without wearing a t-shirt and jeans with flip flops. Do not get me wrong, I LOVE wearing those items of clothing, but it leads to confusion because I get asked what grade I am in at the high school. For a while now I have contemplated really making a drastic change to my hair, but I have always had very long hair that has (mostly) been a shade of brownish blonde. Yesterday I got the wild hair to follow Nike's motto and, "Just Do It". So I went into JC Penneys, found a picture of the style that I wanted, and never looked back. For most people my transformation is not so drastic but, for me, I now feel like the grown up woman that I have always wanted to be. Mommy, Wow!

Wedding Week Blog

The entire week of our wedding was pretty jam-packed so I suppose I should include it all:

Thursday
Jacob's mom picked me up at 5:45 in the morning to head to Atlanta. I was a tad nervous about being in a car for four hours with the future mother-in-law, but I did not want her to ride alone. Actually we ended up having an awesome bonding experience. She told me stories about when she was little, when Jacob was little, and gave me tons of advice of the do's and do not's of marriage. In all of our conversation, we were in the far left lane when we needed to be exiting. So I said "Trust me and my Nascar skills Mom." I helped her drive across four lanes of traffic and we totally made the exit! She made me proud. We made it to the temple with just enough time for me to get a dress and get in there. Jacob and his dad were following and were late b/c they stopped to go to the potty twice. We girls did not stop at all. Hrrrm now who has smaller bladders?! Anywho the temple was amazing and I did not want to leave. After that we went to the hotel, ate dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, and went to see Hancock at the movies. After the movie my dad called to tell us he was there, so we picked him up and went BACK to TCF for desert. Without a doubt the Pumpkin Cheesecake is my fav, BUT the only offer it in October. I had to settle with a Tres Leches piece that was mighty delicious.


Friday
This is the day that I enacted what I like to call "Bride Law". That meant that I was going to do whatever I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. And that's exactly how it panned out. We all ate breakfast together at the hotel then went over to the mall for a little shopping extravaganza. Since I had packed in a frenzy for our trip and honeymoon, Jacob had to buy me a few items at American Eagle to add to my poorly packed suitcase. We went back to the hotel so that the "Bride" could take her royal nap, then headed over to the airport. After making 47 and a half U-Turns we made it there and picked up Jacob's mission buddies Wolley and Farmer and our Mazda 5 rental car. Unfortunately I had to go Bridezilla on the Budget people b/c they did not tell me the truth about the logistics of the car. By this time the entire Spencer clan had made it to Atl, so we met them for my final dinner as a single gal at my favorite restaurant: Macaroni Grill (I told you Bride Law was in effect). I was really drained after stuffing my face, so I did not want to stay up all night just b/c it was the 4th of July. Jacob and his crew went downtown to watch fireworks and I went back to the hotel to take a warm bath and hang out with my Daddy.

Some Cruise Pics!

We are totally married!

Dear Everyone:

We are totally married! There are far more details to come as well as pics. Stay tuned.......

Music (again)

We are unofficially married!

So Tuesday Jacob and myself made our first roadtrip to Atlanta to get our marriage license. The day started out a tad late (b/c Jacob stayed up til 2 playing the Wii with my brother). I suppose I should not complain since they get along so well, huh?! In Montgomery we stopped at 'WhattABurger' b/c he had never eaten there. Well since the gallbladder surgery, perhaps a greasy burger was not the best choice. Oh well you only live once... So we made it up to Atlanta despite some heinous traffic and drove straight to the probate building. After riding up an elevator that smelled strongly of urine, we sat in the waiting room (smallest waiting room ever) and filled out our paperwork. Once we turned it in, we raised our hands and solemnly swore that we were up to no good (Harry Potter dorks will get this) and we were done. Basically we drove a round trip total of 8 hours for that to take only 10 minutes. Wow. Can you say not-so-eco-friendly?! The good news is that we then went shopping for Fathers Day presents at the Perimeter Mall and to a sexy dinner at Carraba's. For all of those of you who are counting, we have only 23 days left until we are officially man and wife/ Mr. and Mrs. for time and all eternity. I cannot wait!

and PS- The Perimeter Mall has a doggie bakery where I got Aiden the cutest cookies (even had frosting). He licked all the frosting off and is still carrying around the cookie like it is a toy. =)

Why I disappeared...

Hey all. I am sorry that I disappeared for the last week or so. Truth is that I've been in the Enterprise hospital for the last week. Yeah! Two and a half weeks ago I began having food poisoning symptoms that worsened with each passing day. Finally Jacob became concerned enough that he MADE me call the doctor. Dr Hayes scheduled me for a EGD and colonoscopy and sent me home with a bag full of meds Wednesday morning. By that afternoon I was vomiting up each sip of water, so I was admitted to the hospital. After 5 IVs, 12 tubes of blood, 1 colonoscopy, 1 hydascan, and 1 EGD test; they determined that I have 2 problems. I have several hundred ulcers in tummy that were bleeding and my galbladder was functioning at 23%. This morning (Sunday) the doc decided to take out my galbladder b/c he thought it was most of my problem. I had the surgery at 2pm today and they FINALLY allowed me to go home. I would not reccomend lying in a hospital bed fpr 5 days to anyone. You get no rest at all (despite popular belief) b/c they constantly poke and prod every 2 hours. Although I feel as though I have lost a pretty nasty fight, my nauseua is not half as bad as it was before the surgery. I will be on bed rest for another few days and then I should be back to my normal self and be able to pick up with wedding planning (ps- 41days). You will all be happy to know that I have the bestest future hubby in the world b/c Jacob gave me a blessing and has not barely left my side the entire time. Heavenly Father has surely blessed me with the most caring, loving, compassionate man as my eternal companion. I am so very lucky to be marrying him! So keep me in your prayers that my recovery will be speedy. No matter what, I will be at my Bridal Shower this coming Saturday (even if in a wheelchair)! You are ALL invited and I hope to see you there.

God Bless,
Crystal M Center "Krausz"

Bridal Shower Info:
Enterprise Ward Building
May 31st
4-6pm
The theme is provident living so church materials, dvds, emergency prepardness, and food storage.

Please Pray for my Cousin Kellie!

Hey there everyone. Happy late Mother's Day to all those wonderful females out there. ;) I am writing this blog to ask all of you readers to send up a little prayer to Heavenly Father for my cousin, Kellie. Yesterday afternoon she was on the lake with her family 'tubing' when she flew off the tube onto her hubby's shoulder (slamming her jaw/head) and landing unconscious in the water. She was airlifted from Florala to Dothan last night and seems to be doing 'okay' and have no visible broken vertebrae. Today they were supposed to be performing more tests on her (MRIs, etc) to check for internal damage. She is a mere 19yrs old and is super-scared so PLEASE keep her in your prayers. Also pray that Heavenly Father will provide funds for the hospital bills since they have no insurance.

My best friends: The Skyline Drive!!!

Okay. So these guys are seriously some of my best friends in the world. They are amazing artists along with being such awesome Christian people. Take a look-see at their video and I know that you will love them too. <3 Crys

987,762 Things to Do...

As the days until the end of school and closer to the wedding get fewer and fewer, I find myself getting more bogged down into the 987,762 things that I have to do. The good news is that I normally perform better under large amounts of stress. My only concern is, "Will I be sane by the time June rolls around?"

On the lighter side of things, wedding plans are progressing well. We met with our coordinator for the ring ceremony and everything seems to be great. Jacob and I have begun temple prep classes which are quite enlightening I must say. Pretty much all is gravy baby (I am still freakin out though for some reason)....

We are super cute!

PROPSAL PIC

Okay so I know you all have been DYING to hear the story so here goes... Jacob and I have been engaged for roughly a month now and I have not had a ring. He said that I deserved a ring that was not "out of the box" so he went to a local jeweler and designed it. Since we need to get invitations done soon, we went ahead and planned a trip to Destin beach for engagement photos this past Saturday. My dad is a photographer so we went down with he and my mom (family trip before marriage = Jacob is a trooper!).

We got something to eat at Joe's Crab Shack then headed to the first beach site that Dad had already scoped out. While walking out to the jetties, we got into a "tif" because he thought being dressed alike was stupid. It totally hurt my feelings and I nearly cried. Typical girl reaction I know... So we take about 300 pics there and then drive over to Henderson Beach. Jacob decides to bring his backpack, so I poked fun at him for doing so. We on on the beach taking another 300 pics and Dad says, "Jac, how about you get on one knee and Crystal you stand behind him." I remember thinking that such a photo sounds silly but I did it. When I looked down at Jacob he had that rock of a ring popped out and was asking me to marry him (officially). WOW! I am great at knowing everything that is going on usually but he certainly surprised me. It was a nice memory to have and I am so glad that my parents were there to experience it with us.

Us!

Welcome to the KRAUSZ HOUSE! 76 days til the wedding. Ahhhhhhhhhh! ;-)