Hello my name is Leanna

Hi friends, it's been a while. I felt the need to update today, actually, the inspiration is from Heather and my mom since they update quite a bit. The last I wrote was about two weeks ago when I got engaged! Since then I've worked a lot and done some fun things.

Chris, his little sister Laura, and I went to Valleyfair two Tuesdays ago. It was a perfect day and the lines were even short! I looove rides, so I was excited to go, but Chris hadn't ever really been on big rides, but I was so proud of him! He went on Wild Thing and a bunch of other stuff. It was pretty funny being with him on his first time on a big roller coaster :) Chris, you did so good, heehee :) Laura was quite brave as well and went on everything with me. The water park was awesome and we went on everything there. It was a really good day, it's nice to spend time hanging out with his family too.

Oh, what else have I done??? I went to Noodles with Heather, Applebees with Chris, Chipotle with Brice and cuzzin Megan, to the movie Bewitched with Chris and Brice, to the movie Madagascar with my momma, to the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Casey and Kelsey, and last night to The Perfect Man with my momma, whew! Lot's of movies, I could be a movie reviewer person. I also went this week to Chester Woods with Megan and we swam (carcassing, heehee) and laid out in da sun. It was quite lovely. Then afterwards, Chris and I went to Mantorville to Megan's house and we went out to a really yummy Chinese place in Kasson and had a fire with Rick and Cindy, funness!!!

Work has been good, I mostly am with my seven guys, but once in a while I get put in another area of Cottage 8, but I know most of the residents there pretty well so it's not too hard. However, today they needed help in cottage 7, where I'd never been, so it was an interesting day. The ladies I helped today took a lot more attention and time so the day just flew by, but I had a really good time. They're very chatty and fun and I got to paint lots of nails today :) It's funny, everytime I tell them what my name is they're like "Oh, Leanna? that's a pretty name, or they think it's Veona, or Reanna, and when they finally understand that it's Brianna they either tell me it's pretty and they have a granddaughter named Brianna or that it's a strange name they've never heard before, heehee.

MMMkay, I'm still in my work clothes, so I guess I'll get going. It took me over an hour to write this since I talked to Kelsey, Chris, and Heather on the phone inbetween writing :) Tonight I get to hang out with Kelsey and Heather and hopefully Casey too! I'm excited!
Love ya all! <3 Brianna

PS: Kellie and Jill, you need to be like me now and update.....or else
PSS: Kellie, Jill, and Kelsey, I fianlly got all the cds burned that I promised you! Now I just have to get them to you!

BYEEEEEEE!!!!!

So.....I got this cool lookin' ring....

Guess what? My dear lovely Christopher asked me to marry him! I know there are a few of you whom I have not gotten ahold of quite yet, but I an anxious to put this on my blog so the world may know and see the ring too :) So, here's how it happened.......Chris asked me if I wanted to go on a picnic at the Plummer house. I thought, wow what a great idea, since I'd been mentioning I wanted to go on a picnic and show him the Plummer house sometime. So, after I got done with work on wednesday, we went and got Erbert and Gerbert's and had a little picnic on a blanket down in the garden area at the Plummer house. After we ate I wanted to show him around the area and see the flowers and such (little did I know he'd been there the day before with Jeff to scope out the area). Then he said we should go down to the fountain on the other end and look at it. So, we walked down to the big fountain, it has a pond like thing around it, so we walked around that and got back to where we started from. I said something like, ok, let's go sit back down. Then he was like, no this is so pretty. So I was thinking, ok, we can look at the fountain for a while, it is pretty.....and then he grabbed me a big hug and held me there and I was like..awwww sweeeetie, but then he started trying to get something out of his pocket, all while he is still huggging me. I thought at first, is he getting his cell phone??? Then I realized what I thought he might be getting me and he pulled out a little white box! I was like oh wowwwwwwww. Then he got down on his knee and opened the box and I saw a very beautiful ring and he said, "Brianna Marie Hemmer will you marry me?" It all just was so fast and kinda of a blur and I said, "yes I'll marry you!" and we were just like wowww, I can't believe this just happened! I was very very wonderful, a very perfect moment and he was so sweet and his voice was kinda shakey, very cute :) So we sat and talked for quite awhile and he told me about how he asked my parents the Sunday before when I was at work. So later on we went to Culver's and they clapped for us when we walked in. Then we told Mom, Gavin, and Brice, went to Susan's, Brad and Julie's and Grandpa and Grandma Hemmer's. Then Kelsey and Jeff wanted us to come over for a "toast" So we had sparking apple juice or something like that and Jeff did a little toast to us, it was very sweet and nice. Then we came back and told my dad, even though he already knew :) Since then I 've been callling people and going over to tell people. Today was the first day we could go over to Gran E.'s so we just told her so most everyone knows know, so it's finally on my blog! yay! I'm soooo excited!!! We're thinking October 2006. I'll let ya know more things when I know. Here are some pictures from the day he asked me, Wednesday, June 15th 2005.......
I'm engaged!!!! whooo!!!! :)

My ring up close, it's a princess cut :)

I like my ring! 

The grass/dirt stain Chris got from proposing :) 

Oh my goodness!!! 

Fiances :) 

I think you are underestimating my sneakiness

Hello, I thought maybe I'd write a little bit in here :) I have pictures below, so you should look at them after you read this :) Well I've been working a lot. I have 7 guys I'm mainly in charge of. I do a lot of cleaning and cooking and running around trying to remember the 10 things in my head that I need to get done at one time. The guys are great, a little shifty at times, but I like them. By shifty I mean that ya never quite know what they're gonna do next and a couple of them do a lot of sneakily looking at you from around corners and then quickly running off as if they're up to something they shouldn't be, or opening doors, looking at you, and then quickly shutting the door. Some are so funny and make me laugh all day long and they all have lots of stories to tell me about....back in the days......
Here are some things I encounter on a daily basis:
~ blue jeans in the oven, burning...
~ my pop being stolen by a resident and turned into a water bottle with the label ripped off and stuffed down the garbage disposal so I'd never know it was taken, like I can't put two and two together, heehee.
~ residents peeing in inappropriate places.
~ being called chop chop on a daily basis (he can't remember my name)
~ being shown the same photo album everyday
~ helping a guy get dressed, which takes like 20 mins, then to come back to check on him and find that he has undressed again and not sure why he has.
~ giving golf cart rides
~ playing trivia
~ giving manicures
~ playin' bingo

Other then work I've been hanging out with the family and my friends and my dear Chris :)
Chris and I went miniture golfing with Gavin and it was fun and Gavin totally won. Tomorrow we're having a picnic at the Plummer house and going to Olive Garden, I'm excited! Mom gave us a gift certificate there for helping to clean the house for Brice's open house, she's so nice :)
Brice's party was really fun. I saw lots of peeps I know and it was pretty cool because I got to talk a lot with my friend Bridget who I haven't really talked to in quite a while. Today, I got Brice to go running with me. It was torturous, but I feel good about doing it. Well, I think I'll go eat din din. Love ya'alls!

Heather is 21 and these are her presents! Her bamboo is named Cornelius if anyone wanted to know 

Casey, Kelsey, Heather, and I at Hut's b-day party :) 

Me trying to putt 

Mini-golfin' with Gavin and Chris 

Happy 21st Birthday Friend!!!!!! YAY!!!!!