Living with Livingstons

Last few Moments of 2011

2011-12-31T22:50:00.000-08:00

Since my last post, life has gone on. Finals ended on December 16 and our two and a half week break began. Somehow, I managed to pull 2 As and 3 Bs. Kacey didn't fair so well but he passed ALL of his classes, which means he DOES NOT have to take calculus over again! Such a relief!

Even with school being out, we have not had much downtime since the Holiday Shopping Season officially started on Black Friday. Kacey and I have both been pulling a lot of hours working for Best Buy. It's kind of sad really... we were both excited for Christmas until we had to deal with all the holiday shoppers. To make things a little worse, money is ALWAYS tight in December when the school semester ends. Added stress around the Holidays is never a good thing.

Christmas decorations didn't even make out of the box this year :-/ ... oh well.

Then, on top of all that work and money worrying, my car decided it would be a good idea to leak anti-freeze... an unexpected $350 repair bill later... the car runs fine.

(we did learn what the other lights on my dash were for as well. my engine light has been on forever and we knew that was for the catalytic converter... not a big deal until i have to have an emissions test in July/August 2013. the other one is my traction control light... been on for a while but thought nothing of it... turns out it's a $700 sensor that makes my traction control work... that is not going to get fixed anytime soon if at all)

My mom came for Christmas and I was SO excited! Kacey picked her up from the airport because I had to work but I got to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas with her. She didn't mind that our tree wasn't up and our stockings weren't hung. She didn't even mind our sink full of dirty dishes (we tried to get things cleaned up before she got here but that didn't quite work out). Mom stocked up our cupboards and just made me feel relaxed.

On Christmas Eve, I convinced Kacey to drive my mom and me around to look at lights. This was our favorite house. The picture isn't the greatest but it was taken out my truck window and I wasn't about to set up a tripod.

Christmas Day was pretty uneventful. We just hung around the house and ate WAY too much food. My mom made a toffee cake in the morning with sausage and then we opened the few gifts we had. Kacey and I had no secrets this year. Kacey got some video games and some movies he wanted and I got a new lens (50mm f/1.8) and tripod for my camera. My mom also brought some random odds and ends and the traditional gift of socks. I spent a little while playing with my new lens (which I'm pretty much in love with).

My mom went home on Monday and I cried while work because I didn't want her to go. My shift overlapped with Kacey's so my mom just came to work with me and just having her in the store was difficult when I knew she was leaving. I felt like an idiot and I would have been fine if my co-workers would have stopped asking me if I was okay. I'm such a baby when it comes to my mom.

A few days later on Wednesday the 28th, Kacey's parents rolled into town. They only stopped in for a few minutes that night to drop off Ebony. I'm so EXCITED to have her back! She fell victim to my new lens the next day.

She and the cat have had an interesting time getting to know each other. Ebony doesn't seem to care that the cat is even there but the cat sure doesn't like Ebony. It's getting better though. And yes, the cat (Steele, as Kacey has finally decided) got a picture too.

We've seen Kacey's parent's ever day since they've been here and it's been nice. Kacey went shooting with his dad, uncle, and grandpa while LaDawn and I spent the day out and about on the town (mostly combing through 3 different Robert's craft stores that are closing).

Today, New Year's Eve, Kacey's parents took us to a BYU Basketball game. It's the first sporting event Kacey and I have been too since moving here. It was a lot of fun even though I've had the same headache for 3 days now (luckily only sudden changes in light is bothering me and not noise). I hope Kacey and I get to attend more events like this.

Well, 2011 is ending in almost them same way it began. It started with me watching TV in our bedroom and Kacey watching TV in the living room of our Rexburg apartment. This time, Kacey is in the bedroom and I am on the computer in the office of our Pleasant Grove, UT apartment. Hopefully, 2012 is just as good and better than 2011 was.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Kitty Cats

2011-12-03T21:21:00.001-08:00

In our aparment complex there are a lot of stray cats. Kacey has named almost all of them and constantly tried to catch one. He's been sucessful a couple of times.

This is Boots, so named because of the white boots on his feet.

Boots came to visit for a night. We fed him turkey and let him sleep inside. He kept wanting to go outside so Kacey let him out in the morning. Boots is not underweight and is relatively clean so I think he acutally belongs to someone. We haven't seen him since but usually only see him every couple weeks.

The lasted "catch" is this one.

This one was dirty and is really skinny, but extremely friendly. I don't think he belongs to anyone. We've gotten him a litter and food and it looks like this one is here to stay. He doesn't act like he wants to go outside at all. We're keeping our eye out for posters of a lost cat just in case. Kacey wants to call him Steel or Chrome... but I'm not so sure.

Large Update

2011-12-03T19:20:00.001-08:00

It's been nearly 6 months since I've put any updates on my blog. So this may be rather long winded. There are a lot of details that I've probably forgotten but I will do my best.

The last weekend in June, Kacey's parents came out to see us in Rexburg. Kacey was really excited to show then around. He wanted to take them caving and find the Ice Caves that we'd failed to find earlier. We were in the truck for a good 2 hours getting nowhere it seemed. Turns out we did find the Ice Caves but didn't know it. LaDawn was still getting over her borken leg and couldn't do too much climbing anyway. But, here's a couple pictures from the adventure.

The next weekend, I was able to go home to Colorado. My best friend, Erika, was getting married on July 2nd. It was a beautiful wedding and I was really happy I was able to make it. Here are a couple pictures I got.

On the 4th, I went to see fireworks with my mom. I wanted to try doing some long exposures with my camera. The fireworks ended up being partially blocked by some trees but I still got some pretty good shots. Next year I'll be sure to get a better spot for firworks and get even better ones.

At the end of the month, Kacey and I left Rexburg for Utah! We took the cars down about a week ahead of time. The only pictures I got of the move were from loading Kacey's car onto the trailer.

On August 6th we moved into our new apartment at Pleasant Springs Apartments in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Kacey's aunt and cousins were generous enough to help us unload the truck. It was a huge help! This apartment is quite large. 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms and 993 sq feet. And the best part is... FIRST FLOOR!!!! Here's the floor plan.

Before school started Kacey and I took a drive up to Squaw Peak at sunset. I got this picture of it. It was really nice to see because Idaho didn't seem to have too many pretty sunsets.

Kacey and I started school at BYU in September. We're both enrolled full time and enjoy it here much more than in Idaho. We're very busy and have found that the classes require a lot more than the classes in Idaho did.

My mom came to visit us shortly after school started. She brought Maddy along with her. It was really great to see them! Here is a picture I took of my mom while she was here.

Kacey has taken up a little wood working since we're moved here. He's built us each a shelf and is currently working on a night stand for me. He is really proud of himself and he's done a really good job. Here's a couple pictures.

My birthday came in October. Kacey and my mom went in together and got me a telephoto lense for my camera and a back pack for my camera stuff as well. Kacey took me up the canyon to take some pictures with my new toy. Here are a couple of my favorites.

I also quit Michaels in October. I started working for Best Buy with Kacey. I am a sales person in the Portable Electronics department which includes MP3, Digital Imaging, and Car Audio. I like it and I really enjoy working with the cameras.

On November 1st, I decided I was going to try to loose the weight that I've gained since Kacey and I got married. Currently I've lost 13 pounds and about 2 inches. My clothes are getting a little big and my pants tend to fall down most of the time. It makes me smile really.

Since Kacey and I both work for Best Buy (retail) we are and were unable to go home for any holidays. We went to Kacey's grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. Kacey's Uncle David, his wife and his wife's parents from Romania were there was well. It was nice to meet some more of Kacey's family. On the way to dinner we saw this on the side of the road.

Kacey and I both worked Black Friday. I got to open the store and had to be at work at 11:30 on Thanksgiving in order to open the store at midnight. It was probably the most crazy day I've ever had. I worked a 13 hour shift. Kacey came in a half hour before I left and had to close the store.

Thus is our life in Utah... much better than in Idaho.

Day 13 - Photo Journal

2011-06-20T19:59:00.000-07:00

When Kacey and I have the same day off we kind of put everything off and spend time together. It doesn't happen very often. Today we went driving around. We went out to R Mountain and the just found trails we could take the truck down. It was pretty fun. We did a little geocaching along the way. I don't know what picture I want to put up so there will be a few.

Day 12 - Photo Journal

2011-06-19T22:38:00.000-07:00

I work at Michaels in Idaho Falls. Don't get me wrong, I like my job (for the most part) but some days I just don't want to do it anymore. I spend at least 20 hours a week in this building. Today wasn't that nice of a day outside but when I left work it looked pretty nice outside. This picture kind or shows how I'm stuck at work when it's nice outside.

Day 11 - Photo Journal

2011-06-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

We have a rather extensive movie collection. Today Kacey found a computer software that organizes everything he could ever think of when it comes to his movies. Guess what I got to do tonight after work?

This isn't even half of what we have

Day 10 - Photo Journal

2011-06-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

Today I had a field trip for my natural disasters class. It was really interesting but so exhausting.

Day 9 - Photo Journal

2011-06-17T19:51:00.000-07:00

Kacey really REALLY likes salt water taffy. I surprised him with some.

Day 8 - Photo Journal

2011-06-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

I really need to get to bed earlier...

Day 7 - Photo Journal

2011-06-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

Almost every night I help Kacey with his math homework. Some nights become mornings.

Day 6 - Photo Journal

2011-06-14T00:25:00.000-07:00

Today... was not a good day... end of story

Day 5 - Photo Journal

2011-06-12T23:06:00.000-07:00

The packing for our move has begun. Oh joy...

Day 4 - Photo Journal

2011-06-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Today I had to go over to our storage unit to look for something. I didn't find it but this desk was sitting by the building. I thought it was a little strange.

Day 3 - Photo Journal

2011-06-11T19:51:00.000-07:00

I forgot to get this up yesterday... oops! Anyway, a couple weeks ago Kacey ordered a new shower head. Every apartment we've lived in has had an issue with water pressure and we've bought numerous shower heads trying to mitigate the problem. It came a couple days ago and it is pretty much amazing!

Day 2 - Photo Journal

2011-06-09T21:35:00.000-07:00

Today Kacey and I went driving around for a little bit in the truck. We were trying to get to R Mountain but there is so much water here that we couldn't figure it out. Here are a couple pictures of the adventure.

Day 1 - Photo Journal

2011-06-08T19:08:00.000-07:00

So, my photography class gave an assignment to pretty much document my life for two weeks. I have to take a "meaningful" photograph everyday that depicts my life. So, for a while there are going to be a lot of blog updates. Here is my picture for today.

This has been my study spot recently. It's not the best spot but it doesn't hurt to sit here for a long time. Only downside is that I tend to fall asleep sitting on the bed.

Monet?

2011-05-07T20:12:00.000-07:00

Kacey and I have been busy with school and work and not much else. Luckily, I get to have a little fun in my photography class :-). Anyway, my assignment that is due this week is called the "Three Hour Monet." The purpose of it is to see how light changes over time. If you want to see why it's a "Monet" click here. We also have to do one of these over the coarse of the whole semester. Anyway... I did my "Three Hour Monet" of the Rexburg water tower. (yes, I sat there for three hours (actually it ended up being four) taking pictures of a water tower... really exciting)

Here's how it turned out...

Hit the Books

2011-04-20T19:47:00.000-07:00

Well, school started yesterday (April 19) for Kacey and me. So far nothing too exciting to report. I'm taking another photography class and I'm pretty excited about it. I already have photos due tomorrow. I don't know what I think about them. I'll post them at the end. Today, Kacey went over to our neighbor's because their son was banging on the wall. Kacey and I have had to deal with these neighbors since we moved to Idaho and frankly, we can't stand them. There's a lot of stories about that. Anyway, since school started we're fed up with all the noise (we're pretty convinced that they are running a day care our of their apartment). So Kacey went over to ask the mom to stop her kid from banging on our wall. First of all, Kacey had to pound on the door to get our neighbor to answer it and the she said, "I didn't even hear him pounding." Kacey asked her to keep him quite and our neighbor went off about how horrible we are as neighbors and how we're really loud... which we aren't and we know we aren't. Furthermore, she said we were "so loud between 4 and 9 last night that [they] had to leave to get away from it." Problem is... Kacey and I were both at work between 4 and 9 last night... didn't even get home until around 10:30. Kacey told her to stop lying and she slammed the door in his face. Typical really. But, we haven't heard much out of them since... so hopefully they can learn to be reasonably quiet. Anyway, here are my pictures I took...

"Ice Cave" Adventure

2011-04-07T12:04:00.000-07:00

On April 5th, Kacey decided he wanted to go out to the Ice Caves that are about 30 miles outside Rexburg. So we got ready and set out in the truck. We figured there would still be some snow and that my car wouldn't make it. Anyway, we never made it to the Ice Caves because of the ridiculous amount of snow. It didn't seem that deep until we got out of the truck and sunk down in snow above our knees. Check it out.

The Road

Kacey putting chains on the truck

Oh ya, he had to back up to put the chains on the truck

The truck on "top" of the snow

DEEP snow

Cards

2011-04-07T11:58:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple cards I've made recently. This one was for my mother-in-law who broke her leg.

This one was for my brother, Abe's, birthday. Hopefully he's gotten it by now.

I tried to make it manly.

Kacey's Mustache March

2011-04-07T11:54:00.000-07:00

During the month of March, Kacey's work had a mustache competition. Whoever won would get a $100 girt card at Best Buy. Kacey really wanted to win. Ever since school ended for us in December, Kacey had been growing his facial hair (which I hated). Anyway, the night before the pictures were to be taken Kacey made me help him shave his face... Here's how it turned out.

No word on who won yet.

Lucy

2011-04-02T15:21:00.000-07:00

Today, my baby girl was put to rest. I got Lucy for my 12th birthday from my brother, Abe. She has been my best friend ever since then. She knew when I was upset and would frequently come sit with me to make me feel better. She gave you five and had a bit of an attitude. Over the last year she lived with my mom because we couldn't have her here in Idaho. The past couple monthes her health deterioted to the point where she would be suffering if she stayed alive much longer. I had my baby girl for 10 years. I loved her and she is dearly missed.

This picture taken this morning.

Recent Happenings

2011-03-12T11:09:00.000-08:00

So, our lives really haven't been all that eventful until recently. Kacey and I finished our applications to BYU on January 31 and then waited for four weeks to hear anything. If we didn't get in this semester all hopes for transferring out of Idaho were lost. By the time we could apply again I would have too many credits to transfer. Anyway, February 25 came and our wait was over, so we thought. Kacey was accepted but I was not. I was devastated because I felt like I was holding Kacey back and had not idea what to do. Did I drop out of school and let Kacey go to BYU? Did we stay and apply again? Did we go and then have me apply again once we got there? When I was at Colorado State, I had a Calculus 3 teacher that didn't speak English well enough to answer our questions or really to even explain the subject matter. Math is a "universal language" but only when the person reading it already knows what it means. The teacher needs to be able to convey what the math means and mine just couldn't. Anyway, I ended up with a D in a 4 credit class that KILLED my GPA. It made my transfer GPA a 3.43 compared to Kacey's 3.8. Anyway, Kacey spent the next week trying to get a hold of admissions to see what they suggested to us. He finally did and they put my application in review considering that Kacey got in and he wouldn't be going if I didn't get in. So, we waited again. On March 10 we got our answer. BYU decided to let me in! So, we are moving to Utah after this semester is over with in July. School starts there in late August. I'm happy they let me in but it's not the same feeling as if I would have gotten in on my own. I only got in because of Kacey. Regardless I'm grateful.

Valentine's Day Cards

2011-02-02T17:53:00.000-08:00

Here are some cards that I made for Valentine's Day. Granted they are very similar but I like them.

Winter In Rexburg

2011-02-02T17:49:00.000-08:00

Today Kacey and I drove around and took pictures on the snow in Rexburg.

These are the icicles on our apartment building.

First Week of 2011

2011-01-09T17:13:00.000-08:00

The first week of 2011 has been pretty relaxed for the most part. Kacey is working at Best Buy and found out this week that they are keeping him on. Kacey and I were both hired on as seasonal temporary workers and have both been hired on as permenant. Which is a HUGE releif. We're barely making enough to get by without our student loans but we are making it! Such a blessing! I was recently promoted to FES (front end supervisor) at Michaels! I'm excited about it. It's not much of a pay increase but it is a lot more hours. I'm going from working maybe 12 hours a week to working at least 20 a week. Kacey somehow has a knack for taking other people's shifts at work. He's been scheduled on average about 15 hours a week and usually ends up working 30+ with all the shifts he works for people.

Kacey and I are both finding ourselves with a lot of free time because we are not in school until April. I have picked up another hobby/craft that I've been wanting to do since I was in high school. KNITTING! I've had a Knifty Knitter for quite a while and have made this with it.

It's a shawl/scarf.

The other day I got bored enough to pick up my knitting books that I've had for a LONG time and figure out how to knit using the needles. And I found that it really isn't all that hard! I think the hardest part is keeping count of my stiches.

Kacey has me working on a blanket. I started it and realized that I didn't have the right sized needles so I ordered the right ones online and am waiting for them to come so I can start over.

I've also done quite a few more scrapbook pages. I've gotten pretty far behind on them and now I have the time to catch up. I'm really glad I have this blog because it helps me remember what we've done and what to scrapbook.

Anyway, that's all for now!

The Rest of 2010

2011-01-09T16:59:00.000-08:00

After Thanksgiving Kacey and I were pretty busy. We had 3 weeks of school left including finals week plus work. We made it out of school pretty well. Kacey finished with a 3.8 GPA and I finished with a 4.0! Which makes us both really excited! For one, that means I keep my full acedemic scholarship and two, that Kacey should be eligable for a scholarship when it comes around again! That means we should both have scholarships, loans, and our jobs to support us through school! What a blessing!

Kacey and I are also putting our applications into BYU in Provo. If we don't get in this time we will be completing our educaitons at BYU-Idaho. We'd really like to get to Provo so we can be closer to family and be rid of these rediculously cold days. Yes, Provo gets cold but not like Rexburg. It hasn't been above 30ish since Thanksgiving and most days we're lucky to hit the double digits. Needless to say, we spend a lot of time inside.

This year for Christmas Kacey and I were not able to be in Colorado due to work and money. However, my mom came out here to spend it with us. It was a much needed visit for both Kacey and me. We've both had a hard time this past semester being away from family and living in a small town. My mom got here on Tuesday, December 21 and left Sunday, December 26. Her visit was enough of a Christmas present for us but she also dediced to stock our pantry and fridge. Take a look at this picture of all our food! Keep in mind it's still not all put away and our fridge (and freezers for that matter) are stocked to the brim.

She also got us some other things for Christmas including this.

I think it's beautiful.

Kacey's favorite gift came from his parents. He's been wanting one since we got married.

Now, he tries to fry everything and recently bought a pack of twinkies that he swears I will love fried. I think I should be afraid...

Kacey got me this.

I've been wanting a label maker for a really long time. I don't really have a use for one but I LOVE IT! I keep finding things to label that really don't need labels. I guess one day it will help me have an organized house (haha).

My sister sent us this cook book that I'm really excited about.

I keep looking at the small ones but never bought one and now we have the BIG one! Kacey's Grandma Livingston sent us a cookbook as well and my mom gave me a couple. I think they are all trying to send me a message...

When Kacey and I got married my mom gave us a "family" ornament for our first Christmas together. I liked the idea of getting one every year. Here is this year's.

There is no where that I found around here that sells the kinds I was looking for so I ended up buying this one at my work (Michaels).

For Christmas dinner, Kacey made a ham that we've had in our freezer for almost a year and it turned out really good. I had the sides and it was a nice dinner. Christmas was just a lazy day hanging out at home and cooking. It was nice to just relax with Kacey and my mom.

Christmas came and went and I cried when it was time for my mom to go home. And then it was back to life for Kacey and me. We spent New Year's Eve at home doing absolutly nothing. In fact Kacey watched TV downstairs while I watched something else up in our bedroom. (I know we're really exciting).

And thus ended our 2010.

Thanksgiving!

2010-12-03T20:47:00.000-08:00

Kacey and I ended up staying in Idaho for Thanksgiving because we both had to work. I wanted to have some people over since we were going to be here but Kacey said he wanted it to be just us. We ended up having Thanksgiving with just the two of us, partly because that's what Kacey wanted and because everyone we would have invited over either had plans already or were going out of town. Anyway, Kacey made the turkey and put together the pie and I made everything else. Everything turned out REALLY good and I was quite impressed with myself. Here are my pictures from the "feast."

More Photography Projects

2010-12-03T20:43:00.000-08:00

Well, I ended up getting a good grade on my portraits so I'm really happy with that. Here are my subject exploration photos that I did almost a month ago now. Enjoy!

Kacey's New Toy

2010-12-03T20:40:00.000-08:00

When we moved to Idaho we knew that Kacey's car would not be able to move in the winter. Well, winter has been in Idaho for a while now and Kacey's car has not moved more the 10 feet. Kacey has wanted a truck ever since he started working for himself back in April 2009. Luckily Kacey was able to use my mom's truck (the same one I drove in high school) but it wouldn't make it to Idaho and we really didn't want it to. Anyway, since we moved here Kacey has vamped up the truck search and dragged me around from dealership to dealership weekend after weekend. All of them were too expensive for us to afford and Kacey was getting really discouraged. One day, he found this truck on the side of the road and it was everything he was looking for (except for a crew cab) and it was $10,000 less than anything the dealerships had. Needless to say, Kacey got what he wanted once again. He bought the truck and has been in heaven ever since. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

My Photography Class

2010-11-10T20:48:00.001-08:00

So, photography is my minor and I am really enjoying it. I'm not too sure if I'm improving at all but I'm having fun. I thought I'd put up some of the stuff that I've done this semester so far... or at least the ones I ended up turning in. There's a few that we had to do with film and that was pretty neat but it took a lot longer than digital. But with doing film I learned how to process film and I learned the dark room process for black and white photos. Pretty cool really. But without further ado... here are my pictures (at least the ones that were done with my digital).

These are pictures for a Depth of Field assignment.

These are for a Motion assignment. We had to have one picture showing motion and another one stopping motion.

This one I didn’t end up turning in but I really liked it.

For this assignment I had a hard time finding something to take pictures of. The assignment was “Light as a Subject.” There was maybe 2 days that week with sun and the rest were rainy. And of coarse I left most of my shooting for the rainy days. But ironically, I’ve gotten the best grade on these pictures. I really like the first one… the second one… not so much.

These ones are the most recent; they get turned in tomorrow. I’m not sure how I feel about them but we’ll see. Luckily as long as they are turned in on time I can redo them if I need to. These are for a portrait assignment.

Times flies and I am...

2010-11-07T18:38:00.000-08:00

the worst blogger known to man. Pretty sad really. Anyway so here is an update of what we have been up to over the last six months. Hang in there... this could get long.

Well back in May/June Kacey and I ordered a couch to replace our beloved bean bag. We had to pack the bean bag up to put it in storage... Here's some pictures of that. There was foam everywhere!

Kacey has always had a fascination with curly hair and has bugged me for I don't know how long to figure out a way to do it. Here is the closest I got. Kacey says he likes beach curls too so it worked for him.

We have some "lovely" neighbors that don't know how to take car of their kids and pretty much let them run wild. One day Kacey came home from school to find their 1 year old in the parking lot in his diaper with the parents no where to be seen. Later that same day... I found this. Ridiculous really.

So then came the Fourth of July. My mom was originally planning to come up to see us but then she got a call about my grandparents' declining health and thought it would be better for as much as the family as possible to go to Ely, Nevada to see them. So that's what we did. My mom and Maddy, Ann and her kids, Abe, and Karen and Titan come out. We went to a true small town parade that turned out to be quite impressive, watched fireworks, went to my cousin Emily's wedding, and played with my nieces and nephews.

In this picture Kacey was playing with my nephew Titan. They were throwing rocks in the stream. Titan wanted Kacey to pick up a bigger rock and through it in the water. Kacey pretended he couldn't pick it up and Titan said, "Tome on Tacey, You CAN do it!" in a very Bob the Builder like way. (pretty darn adorable) Kacey continued to pretend to struggle and Titan said, "Oh... maybe you tan't do it" haha

On the way back to Idaho, Kacey and I got stopped for a while due to construction.

The end of the semester came and Kacey and I headed back to Colorado to work over our 6 week break. Kacey and I both ended up with 3.9 GPAs. We stayed at Kacey's parents' house for the most part. I ended up working for IKS (Physiotherapy) doing mail stuff and Kacey did a little contracting and worked in a siding warehouse.

While home a little of things happened I guess. First we saw our kids.

I also decided that I wanted to minor in Photography and bought my new Canon 50D. I LOVE IT. Here's a couple pics from when I first got it.

Granted these are all on fully automatic mode so I really didn't do anything special to make them look good.

My sister Amy was pregnant and so Ann, my mom, and I wanted to give her a baby shower. So I made these invites.

They turned out really cute. Picture it with the purple embossed and a white bow on the top.

Little did we know that Amy would go into labor early and have little miss Olivia Camille before the shower. Olivia had a few health problems that ended up in some time in the hospital so don't be alarmed about the tubes. She's OK now.

Then we had Amy's SURPRISE baby shower! We gave Amy a pedicure, ate lots of food and played a couple games.

The end of our break was coming to a close and with Olivia in the hospital, Amy's kids were staying with my mom. One night the girls decided to have a camp out.

While home, Kacey and I found out how much financial aide we were being given for the coming school year. Kacey ended up with a $1,200 grant and I ended up with a $800 grant AND a full ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP. I was with my mom when I found out about the scholarship and I burst into tears! We are SO blessed.

Then back to Rexburg we went. School started in early September and we bid our families good bye. But I got to come back to lovely Colorado for my best friend's wedding. It was gorgeous and Leah and Tim were glowing.
(these ones should get bigger if you click on them)

Since we've been back Kacey and I have gone "caving" at the Civil Defense Caves. These caves are COMPLETELY black and I guess at one point the government thought about hiding nuclear weapons in them. The pictures I have inside the caves were taken with a flash because it was PITCH black.

My birthday was on October 10. I woke up the day before really sick. On my birthday we went to church at 9am and by the time sacrament meeting was over I was about to die. Kacey took me home and let me sleep until about 4pm. We had made plans to go to my friend, Brittney's house and celebrate with her and her husband. Luckily I felt better after my LONG nap and we went. Kacey bought me candles for my cake as was so excited about them. Unfortunately since I was sick we didn't get to use them on my actual birthday.

Kacey and my mom went in together this year to get me my birthday present. I LOVE IT!

That boy will make me a housewife yet!

It sews and does a little embroidry. I've made 2 aprons with it and am working on a Christmas present for my brother.

The same week as my birthday Kacey went out and bought me a piece of cheesecake (I LOVE CHEESECAKE). He called me down one night and this is what I found.

Yes, he fit 22 candles on ONE piece of cheesecake! I sure love my husband! And, yes, I got all the candles in one shot.

Since then, we've just been going to school for the most part. During this semester Kacey and I haven't had to work so far because of our financial aide. However, yesterday Kacey and I both started working in Idaho Falls since the semester is almost over and we'll need to pay our bills on our own until April. Kacey is working at Best Buy and I am working at Michaels (aka Heaven).

That's our life for the last 6 months and hopefully I'll stop being a slacker and blog more often because I know there is so much I've left out.

P.S. If you've made it this far you should be VERY proud of yourself.

Life in Rexburg

2010-05-26T21:50:00.001-07:00

... is pretty boring. There really isn't much to do around here. Maybe there is more for the single people or maybe they just have more initiative... I don't know. However, there are a TON of geocashes around here! (for those that don't know what a geochache is www.geocaching.com) While Kacey and I were in Arizona in December 2008, my sister Karen and her husband Dixon took us geocaching and Kacey has been in love with it ever since! (which can sometimes get annoying) Most of the time I'm up for going out and searching with him. That did not used to be the case as he was the only one with a GPS program on his phone... but I have one too now! Anyway, Kacey and I have gone out twice since we got here and this is one of the geochaches we found this last time! Pretty creative if you ask me!

There's a little log book inside the end of the screw! We found it on the back of a speed limit sign.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2010-05-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

Since the last time I updated the blog a lot has happened. So, let's pick up where we left off. Oh, just a warning... this is long and is pictureless (I only recently found the camera)

My last day as a customer service representative for Dish Network was March 31st. I can't be any more grateful to be out of that place! And according to Kacey... I don't answer phone calls in my sleep anymore! That's always a a good thing.

The next week was spent cleaning and packing. On Saturday, April 10th Kacey drove to Utah to drop his car off at his grandma's house. The original plan was for him to leave on Monday but there was snow coming and Kacey's car does not do snow. But, since Kacey was gone, my mom came up and saved me life! She stayed the night Friday and helped me all day Saturday. She went home late Saturday night... then drove back up Sunday.... went home... and then she took Monday off and drove back up.... and then went home.... and then she took Tuesday off! Like I said... my mom SAVED MY LIFE!

On Monday the 12th I picked Kacey up from the airport and then headed straight to Greeley to see Kacey's sister, Heather, because she had her baby. On Tuesday we picked up the truck (a big ol' 24 footer!) and got it all loaded up. It was a really really late night. We then went to Kacey's parents house and someone both fit on a single bed. On Wednesday, April 14th we woke up around 9 am and went to pick up Kacey's friend, Neal. Neal was sharing our truck since he was going to go to school at BYU in Provo. We had a McDonald's breakfast and headed out. Kacey drove the truck (Neil rode with him) and I drove my car.

We rolled into Rexburg around 9:30 that evening. Kacey backed the truck up to unload just the basics so we could go to bed and to our surprise almost all the men in our building and the one next to ours came out to help us unload the truck. There were so many people that they actually got 1/2 the truck unloaded by 11:00! I was so grateful. Another thing I was grateful for was our neighbors upstairs, Joe and Tracy. They pulled out their air mattresses and sheets so that we could go to sleep. Kacey and I ended up getting our bed unpacked that night so we didn't end up using them but it was very generous!

That night, Kacey and I needed to go to Walmart for something... I don't remember what it was for... but I do remember that it was essential. To our despair... Walmart in Rexburg closes at night. We ended up driving to Idaho Falls (about 25 miles away) to go to Walmart. On the way there, we got pulled over! The officer told us our tail light was out and we said we would fix it. He also told us he was looking for drunk drivers! Kacey and I thought that was just odd because we now live in "Mini Mormonville" as we call it. But apparently they get a lot of them. I was worried because I couldn't find the current insurance card but luckily the officer just let us go and told us to fix the light.

The next few days were spent unpacking essentials and getting stuff put away. By Saturday the 17th, Kacey and I were wanting our personal space back. We had all of Neal's stuff in our dining room, upstairs closet, and living room. It was hard getting anything unpacked when his stuff was in the way. It just didn't seem like we were getting anywhere.

We went to church on Sunday and Kacey got a Migraine. Kacey had never had a migraine before, let alone a migraine. We ended up leaving after Sacrament Meeting. Kacey said it was because of all the screaming kids, but I thought it might have been just a fluke and exhaustion.

Classes started on April 20th, and Kacey and I hit the books. Kacey ended up re-arranging his schedule big time due to needing to take a different math class. Besides that, the first week of classes went pretty well... despite the fact that we had someone in our home that was always on the computers when we needed them.

Our original plan was to take Neal to Provo and pick up Kacey's car on Saturday the 24th. While I was in class on Friday, Kacey came and got my car to get it ready to go. Kacey and Neal got the car completely PACKED (it really was packed... we could not have gotten anything else into that car.... Neal had to have stuff in his lap and we couldn't even see him in the back seat) and Kacey decided to leave that night instead of in the morning. So we headed to Provo around 5:30 and got there in about 4 hours. After dropping off Neal and unloading Neal's stuff we went back to Kacey's grandma's house, ate sloppy joe's, and went to bed. Neither of us slept very well because it wasn't our bed, but we slept. On Saturday, I wanted to do a little shopping to get some long shirts because they are SO hard to find in Colorado. We found a store I like called Down East Basics and we spent about $50 on 5 or 6 shirts (some undershirts and a few others). We got back to Rexburg around 9:00 Saturday evening.

We went to church the next morning and Kacey got a migraine again! I honestly didn't believe Kacey and got mad that we were going home after Sacrament Meeting but Kacey threw up when we got home. It has to be a pretty bad migraine to throw up and people don't fake that kind of thing. Since then, we've found the family ward that we can go to and Kacey doesn't get migraines there.

Now Kacey and I are just going to school and getting things settled. We've gotten an storage unit and have been slowly moving things we don't need over there, so we no longer have bikes in the kitchen. We've also found a couch (well its a love seat) that we can afford and we're just waiting for that to be delivered. We're debating if we want to sell our beanbag or just put it in storage. It'll go to storage at first and then we'll decide what to do with it.

We're also looking for places to live up here where we can have our dogs. I really hate the idea of moving again right after we just did a BIG move but we miss our dogs and really want them with us. (Lucy is with my mom and Ebony is at Kacey's parents') We get updates about them constantly from both sides (more about Ebony than Lucy but Lucy doesn't do too much that interesting these days... she's old).

We've had to opportunity to meet up with my childhood friend McKenzie and have dinner with her and her husband Michael and I got to meet their little boy. I'm excited to have friends again! McKenzie will graduate this semester and then move away but it's always good to see good old friends. I also have my friend Brittney up here that just got married while Kacey and I were moving. We haven't met up with them yet but we're working on that.

So that is where we are and what we are doing. Oh! The washer and dryer and hooked up and I LOVE THEM! I'm sure there's more I'm leaving out but this is already long and I think it's time for me to go to bed.

Good night world!

Good at Spending Money

2010-04-04T00:36:00.000-07:00

Today, while talking to my friend, Kacey and I realized that the place we are moving into in Idaho only has a washer/dryer hookup... we originally thought it had a washer/dryer in it. This sent us into a wee bit of a panic.

We've looked at appliances before and pretty much knew what we wanted. (I don't really know why Kacey even cares.... it's not like he does any of the laundry ;-)) Kacey did a little bit of research online before we decided to head out to the store. In the past Kacey has always been a Best Buy fan, but since last Christmas he has avoided that store like the plague! So, we went to Ultimate Electronics instead. Kacey was also dead-set on getting a Samsung washer/dryer because everything we have that is Samsung is really durable and we have never had problems with. But, Ultimate Electronics only had the steam washers and dryers that are over $1000 a piece.... WAY OUT OF BUDGET! Kacey ended up deciding on the GE's we found. (Why Kacey all of a sudden has such an interest in laundry???? I don't know?) Here is what we left with! I'm pretty excited after reading reviews about it!

washer

dryer

Here are links to them on the GE website as well.

Washer / Dryer

Sure, I would have liked to have the cool red ones.... but not for another $200 per unit!!! That's just ridiculous. Something I REALLY wanted was the pedestals but they were $200 a piece too! Kacey said if I really want him to he will build me a stand with drawers in them to put the washer and dryer on like the pedestals. I bet we'll end up buying them eventually but not right now.

All in all, we're pretty happy with them... granted we haven't used them yet but be got them on sale and they have some good ratings. We'll see if we (by we I mean I) like them once we get to use them.

Major Blog Update

2010-04-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I've posted anything really relevant about our lives. I believe the last think about about applying to school. So I guess what is where I will start off. Kacey and I both applied to BYU and BYU-Idaho in early February. Kacey found out almost right away that he got into BYU-I. It took what seemed like forever to find out what track he was assigned to, which turned out to be Spring/Fall. Now that may not seem all that exciting but with him starting school in the Spring means that classes start on April 20th, which still doesn't seem like a big deal until you realized that we found this out on March 8th..... 6 weeks before classes start! AHHHHH!!!! Since I'm considered a transfer student I didn't get my acceptance until the beginning of March, also placed on the Spring/Fall track. So, needless to say, both of us have been a little stressed out about getting this move to Idaho figured out, especially with not knowing where we would be living. Thankfully, we were able to reserve a place to live in married student housing a couple weeks ago. That has taken a load off of my shoulders knowing that we at least have somewhere to live. Here's how our new home is laid out.

floor 1 floor 2

I'm still a little nervous about moving into a place that I've never seen.... but it's student housing so it can't be that bad. Looking at these pictures.... I don't think it has a dishwasher... that will be interesting.

With us going to school, I have had the pleasure of quitting my job at Dish Network! For almost a year I have been answering phones for 8 hours a day... and according to Kacey, I even do it in my sleep. Needless to say, I will not miss that place. My last day was this past Wednesday, March 31st.

So, now Kacey and I are in the mode of get things packed and cleaned. Kacey will be leaving on April 12th to drive his car to Utah and fly back that same evening. We will then pick up our moving truck Tuesday the 13th and load everything up and head to Idaho on the 14th. Then, unload the truck on the 15th and be at orientation on the 16th. Kacey's friend, Neal is also going to school and we will be sharing our truck with him. However, Neal will be going to school at BYU in Provo and can't move into his apartment on April 24th. So, Neal will be spending a week with us in Rexburg before he can move into his place. Oh, and we'll be driving him to Provo and picking up Kacey's car at the same time. Busy, busy, busy.

Since we are living in student housing, we can't take Lucy and Ebony with us. Lucy will be staying with my mom and Ebony will be staying with Kacey's parents. We'll be looking for a place where we can have our dogs in Idaho.

Recent Project

2010-02-18T18:43:00.000-08:00

I got bored again and got crafty!

They aren't on the wall anymore though.... They kept falling down and scaring Ebony. I have to find something better than tape I guess! ;-)

And, I've recently found a couple blogs that I've learned a lot about using my cricut with the computer. Here's the page I made with my new knowledge. It's not done but I was just too excited to wait!

Cross Your Fingers!

2010-02-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

This week Kacey and I put our applications in to BYU and BYU-I. CROSS YOUR FINGERS!

Hm...

2010-01-21T17:47:00.000-08:00

This is what I wake up to most mornings

I think there's something wrong with this

Kacey's Kitchen Experiments

2010-01-21T17:45:00.000-08:00

These are Kacey's latest endeavors in the kitchen... both of which turned out YUMMY!!

Christmas

2010-01-05T15:01:00.000-08:00

Kacey and I had a good Christmas this year. It was spent with both sides of the family. My family (the Hansen side) has always done the exchange of gifts on Christmas Eve and this year was no different. As tradition goes... we also have a little presentation before we open presents to remind us what Christmas is all about. This time, the Grandkids dressed up as the Nativity. Poor Cierra was Joseph.

Titan kept losing his hat and saying things like "I'm an angel too!" and "Put my hat back on!" it was adorable.

This year Kacey and I gave to my brother Eric and his daughter Maddy. Eric got a video game and Maddy for a litebright. I remember loving that thing when I was little. My sister Ann had Kacey and me this year. We got a nativity.

On Christmas Day, I had to work until 3:15. After work headed to Kacey's parent's house where everyone was waiting for me. I gave Kacey a PS3 and he got me a GPS and more scrapbook stuff. We had dinner and just hung out the rest of the evening.

Christmas Tree

2009-12-15T18:33:00.000-08:00

Before Thanksgiving, Kacey and I had some extra money and decided to buy a Christmas tree. It's not the best tree but it is a 3 dimentional as opposed to our paper tree last year. I rather like it. Anyways... tonight, I decided to decorate it. Here's the pictures.

Here's the fireplace too.

Last year, my mom gave us an ornament of our little family. I decided that I want to have a tradition where we get a new family ornament every year. Kacey didn't want to spend the money to buy one at the mall so I went to Michael's and found one that I could paint... it turned out alright.

Here's last years

Here's this years

Bored

2009-12-14T19:04:00.001-08:00

Does anyone else ever get bored with their life? I know I sure do.... same thing day in and day out.... it's just not fun or interesting at all. I've felt this way a lot lately and frankly it's getting old. I guess you do what you gotta do... right?

Making Cards

2009-12-03T19:23:00.001-08:00

So I have come to realize that my blog has become a place where I only talk about my cricut and what I do with it... and I'm sorry for that but it is just too darn cool! Recently I've discovered how to make multi-colored cuts out of pretty much what ever I want. Which is pretty cool and will save me a lot of money in the long run.... this is what I've done with it so far.

I have now ventured into card making.... I've almost run out of pictures to scrapbook. Here are my first attempts at card making.... nothing all that great but I'm learning.

I Love My Cricut

2009-11-12T20:09:00.000-08:00

...yes... I am still in love with my Cricut... this newly contructed page will explain why...

And might I say that I'm pretty impressed with myself for that one

... and yes I know... I still have to add pictures

NEW HOBBY!

2009-10-20T20:10:00.000-07:00

Kacey did a REALLY good job for my birthday this year... which was about a week and a half ago. I've been wanting to get into scrapbooking for a long time but just never had mean to do so. It may have just been a lack of motivation on my part but scrapbooking can get expensive. It's so nice to have a hubby that remembers what I tell him (when it suites him, of coarse). But this time he listened. Kacey took a trip to Utah a few weeks ago and came back with a BIG present for me. My wonderful hubby got me a cricut! And not just any cricut... he got me the cricut expression! (here's a link for those who don't know what it is http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=123&s=5&sc=1) Anyways, I was and still am extremely excited about it because now I have no excuse to not scrapbook. I have always liked the dicuts you see in scrapbook store but they are so stinking expensive and now I can make my own! Here's my new creations... the pages don't have pictures yet because I haven't made it to Target to get them printed but I'm too excited to wait!

Engagment pages

Hanging Lake Hike Page/Labor Day 2008

2008 Halloween Page

Live... Laugh... Love

2009-10-05T19:52:00.000-07:00

I got bored... and got crafty

Big Bear Peak Hike

2009-10-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

Kacey always seems to talk me into doing crazy things.... like 12 miles hikes. Probably because he doesn't tell me how long things like this are until he are already there and walking. Anyway... we took the dogs along this time. We never made it to the end of the trail because it started to get dark and we were worried about the dogs making it back if we kept going.

This is our trail part of the way... other parts weren't so bad

Ebony and Lucy when we first started

Ebony lying down in a very odd position

Ebony and Lucy in the water

Kacey

Needless to say... we were more than tired... even the dogs were limping for a couple days afterward

Time to get back on track!

2009-09-10T23:27:00.000-07:00

So the past couple of months I've noticed that my clothes don't fit like they used to. Although, I believe I have been in denial because I didn't want to believe I was gaining weight... but the past couple months I've come to actually admit it. Yesterday was my breaking point... Kacey said, "I really liked how skinny you were when we met and got married." Hm.... I believe my "beloved" husband just called me fat. He says that's not what he meant, but... what else is it supposed to mean?! Anyways, I don't take it personal at all and I know he loves me so he's not in any trouble. Besides... it was the straw that broke the camel's back. Today, I went to Walmart and bought a scale.... something I've been scared to do. It's a pretty nice one that measures body fat and everything. When I got on it today, it was worse than I expected! I've gained almost 40 pounds since our wedding day and am only 2 pounds away from being considered "over-weight." I thought I had gained closer to 30.... but nope 40!!! Not to mention how high my body fat number is! Anyway, before we got married I found a website (www.sparkpeople.com) that helped me maintain my weight while I was as school so I would fit in my wedding dress... I decided it was a good idea to get back on it and start tracking EVERYTHING again. Sparkpeople gives you meal plans and an exercise program to help you either maintain where you are or get to where you want to me. Honestly, its a pretty great site.... plus IT'S FREE!!! Plus, I tend to do better when I actually have to track what I'm doing. I don't exactly eat what they tell me, but I do watch my numbers... it also tells you how many carbs/fat/protein/etc... you need to get in a day to reach your goal... those are the numbers I say attention to. I hit the gym and actually survived 35 minutes on the elliptical and felt pretty good afterwards! I was pretty proud of myself! When I started working out at CSU I was lucky to survive 15... so I was pretty surprised that I got through it! Anyway, I've decided that I don't want to ever be unhappy with my body or my health and I need to start making a habit of taking care of myself. Maybe, one day, I will actually be able to take my dogs on a run (something I can't do now because of my knees / I wouldn't be able to breath).

It's time to make a change! Wish me luck!

Black and White

2009-09-02T19:15:00.000-07:00

Me and my photoshopping habit.... I've recently been messing with making pictures black and white. I've always had a love for black and white photography. I think it first started when I was little and saw the black and white photos with the red rose. It's pretty much what inspired my wedding colors/theme. Anyway... here are my recent photoshopping experiments.

I think this one is my favorite

maybe i should open my own salon...

2009-08-27T01:14:00.000-07:00

... or maybe I just won't pay someone else to do my nails

they didn't turn out half bad

IT'S DONE!!!

2009-08-22T00:54:00.001-07:00

A LONG time ago, Kacey started building an entertainment center. IT'S FINALLY DONE!

Kacey says we are NEVER getting rid of it.

Neal helped a lot

August 2, 2009

2009-08-03T23:04:00.001-07:00

Happy 1st Anniversary to Kelsey and Kacey!

It's hard to beleive it's been a year!

CAMPING!

2009-08-03T22:53:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, July 28 Kacey and I took off camping after I go off of work... keep in mind that I get off at 11:15 at night. Kacey's whole family was going so we decided to go as well. Kacey's parents went up on Sunday and then the rest of the family came up for different parts of the week. Anyway, Kacey and I arrived around 1:00 in the morning and pitched our tent in the dark and headed to bed but were then up at 6:30. Most of our days were spent on the 4-wheelers exploring the trails.... when it wasn't raining... and most of the time when it was too! Everytime we went out, the rain decided to come. Needless to say we were soaked more than once and I spent a day just trying to dry out my shoes. And we woke up to the Great Lakes inside our tent. Even with the rain it was a lot of fun! And we made it home on Friday, July 31. Here's some pictures from the trip!

Ebony wearing my Camelback

This is why we left Lucy at my mom's house... she's a princess

Ebony sitting in the truck waiting to go... I think she was excited!

The hammock

Kacey shooting his gun

Ebony protecting her new home

The wild strawberries that were REALLY yummy!

My camera didn't have any batteries so I didn't take too may pictures. I'll have to get them from my mother-in-law.

OH NO

2009-07-20T00:06:00.001-07:00

Lovely hole in the ceiling made by my wonderful husband at his parents house.

ps... He's ok

Sleep Over

2009-07-10T01:58:00.000-07:00

Ever since Kacey and I got married, I promised my neices that they could come sleep over and go swimming. My sister did this with me when I was little and I've never forgotten it. Wednesday night we had Maddy over. We watched Kung Fu Panda and went swimming on Thursday morning.

Ebony Got a Bath

2009-07-10T01:54:00.000-07:00

Eb and Lucy went to the dog park. Lucy got attacked and survived. Eb got slobbered on and didn't fair so well.

Thank you for being a valued Dish Network customer...

2009-07-10T01:42:00.000-07:00

After Kacey and I got back from our vacation, I started work at Dish Network.... answering phones. Well, first there were 5 weeks of training. Now, I answer phone calls 8 hours a day... 5 days a week. All I have to say is I will have a very strong voice pretty soon.

The Rest of Our Vacation

2009-07-10T01:13:00.000-07:00

Ok... so... I am horrible at keeping up with my blog... as it was brought to my attention by my sister this afternoon. So, I thought I would pick back up with our vacation....

Day 2
Climbed to Stuart Falls... found a friend

Went to Temple Square... saw pretty flowers

Day 3
Drove to Las Vegas... saw the strip from the top of the Stratosphere... saw statue man

Day 4
More Vegas...Ate Chinese...Saw Italy... Exploding Volcanoe

Day 5
Even More Vegas... Got "Tatoo"... Saw Paris... Amazing Fountains... Disappointing Sexy Sirens

Day 6
Last Day in Las Vegas... Played with Lions... Saw NYC... Drove to Ely

Day 7
Ely, Nevada... Went to the duck pond and fed the ducks

Day 8
Ely... Race Cars... Went bowling and kicked Kacey's butt

Day 0-1: The Road and Orem

2009-05-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

Day 0:

On our way to Orem last night, we had some interesting things happen. Before we crossed the Colorado/Utah state line we ran over a dead coyote... rather discusting if you ask me. Then later on the road in Utah, we ran over the legs of a dead deer. Gross... again. And then to top it all off... we ran over a dead jack rabbit. Luckily there is no damage to Kacey's car and we are completely fine. But still! GROSS!!!!!

Day 1:

This morning when we woke up Kacey and I headed to Walmart to get something for breakfast. Before we got in the car Kacey looked under the car and saw something dead stuck to the bottom of the car... IT WAS THE COYOTE'S LEG!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I'm completely grossed out at this point. So we go to Walmart and come back and eat. Before we did anything else Kacey insisted on getting his car washed and the dead animals out from underneath it.... the poor carwash guys... GROSS!!!

From there we headed to Kacey's grandma's house to say hi. There I got to meet one of Kacey's cousins and chat with Grandma. We then hit the 2 malls in the area and walked around for a while. Kacey wanted to show me where his mom's parents used to live before they passed away. His aunt still lives there so we got to see them as well. They told us where Grandma and Grandpa Shumway were buried so we went to see that because Kacey wasn't able to make it out for their funerals.

We headed up Provo canyon a short way to Squaw Peak. Squaw Peak overlook the entire city and Utah Lake. While there we saw some people getting ready to jump off with parachutes and gliders! We thought it was pretty cool. On of the men doing the jump asked me to drive his truck down to the feild where they were going to land... so I did. Here are some pictures from up at the outlook.

This is heading up Squak Peak

View from the top

At the top of Squaw Peak, I saw something I've never seen before! There was a circular rainbow all the way around the Sun! I thought it was really cool! Here are the pictures I got... remember, you can't look directly at the Sun so these are a little off!

After I dropped off the truck at the land site we headed to Bridal Veil Falls. These are some GORGEOUS waterfalls!

We ended the day with dinner at Chuck-a-Rama with Grandpa Livingston where we all ate WAY TOO MUCH! From there, we headed back to Grandpa Livingston's to relax and settle down for the night. We may try to get some bowling in later tonight if we aren't too tired.

Bad News

2009-05-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we were hit with some bad news... Kacey lost his job. Now, we are completely fine and will be for quite a while even if he doesn't find another job for a while. Luckily, we have a lil bit of a cushion in ours savings account.

Kacey and I had been planning a vacation to go see our grandparents that didn't make it to the wedding. This trip included leaving Sunday night and arriving in Orem, Utah early Monday morning staying with Kacey's grandpa. From there we were going to head to Las Vegas for a little personal vacation. We were then going to head to Ely, Nevada to see my dad's parents and then back home by Sunday morning.

When Kacey got the news about work we decided to hit the road early seeing as the only reason we were staying was work. So we headed out last night at about 6:00 and arrived in Orem at about 1:00 this morning.

Bedroom "Artwork"

2009-05-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

In our new apartment, we have a TON of wall space. And, I don't like feeling like I live in a "crappy" place (the apartments we live in are definately NOT crap). But we don't exactly have the money to spend on a ton of decorating. So... I'm trying to come up with simple, relitively inexpenseive things I can do to make our apartment feel like home, and it doesn't hurt if its pretty too. So here is my attempt at being creative!

MOVING!!

2009-05-03T21:05:00.000-07:00

Well OK we already moved! On April 20, 2009 we moved from our itty bitty apartment to the one we are in now that is MASSIVE! And we absolutely LOVE it! Best part is I didn't have to move all that much stuff! My amazing hubby and his friends did it for me!

Poor puppies locked on the balconly thinking that we were leaving them behind!

Don't worry... we didn't leave them!

Bubbles, Bubbles, whose got the BUBBLES?!

2009-05-03T20:56:00.001-07:00

This was from a while ago but I just thought it was SO funny!

Kacey was taking a bubble bath (don't worry there's no pictures of that) and Ebony just had a ball!

hahaha

I didn't know bubbles tasted good too?!?!?!

Stuffed Animals

2009-04-08T21:40:00.000-07:00

Kacey tends to always find stuffed animals from his exes.

Ebony thinks giving them to her is the most WONDERFUL thing!

And frankly, I agree!

This is Ebony and her most recent victim.

Cuddler

2009-04-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

This is 2 separate occasions where I woke up to Ebony crawling on top of me. Please excuse how I look in these pictures, like I said, I was asleep right before I took these.

She may be crazy in front of guests... but she's a cuddler when no one else is around.

Our Hobbies

2009-04-08T21:33:00.000-07:00

Over the past couple months Kacey and I have picked up some hobbies!...(kinda).

Almost every week, we go bowling!

And, we play a lot of Guitar Hero!

This is MY score on the song Lazy Eye!

I was pretty ecstatic!

Handy Man

2009-04-08T21:23:00.000-07:00

Since Kacey and I are moving and we bought a new TV... our current TV stand just won't do anymore. Unfortunately, Kacey and I have expensive taste when it comes to furniture. I found an entertainment center/TV stand that I feel in love with at American Furniture Warehouse.

The picture doesn't really do it justice. Although the price on this piece could be doable... it isn't big enough for the new TV "I got for Kacey." So Kacey and his dad are making one that is just like it, only ours is made out of better wood and won't cost as much as the one at the store!

I love my Handy Man!!

Puppies

2009-04-08T21:18:00.000-07:00

While Lucy was getting pretty...

Ebony was at the dog park

where she hurt her feet... again

Bizarre Cars

2009-04-08T21:12:00.000-07:00

Everyday I drive 30 miles each way to and from work. During this drive I have seen some rather interesting choices of transportation.

The Hearse

The Green Monster

Disappointments and Excitement

2009-03-22T22:02:00.000-07:00

This week has been a little up and down for Kacey and I. We found out this week that we will not be going to Phoenix for at least another six months. This is a huge disappointment but life goes on.

Seeing as we will be here in the Denver area for a while, we decided that it is worth it to move into a bigger apartment. And.... WE FOUND ONE! We are both REALLY excited about it. When we were originally looking for a place to call home we fell in love with an apartment complex called The Estates at Tanglewood. Well... August is in the peak of moving season and the rent there was OUTRAGEOUS!!! But seeing a it is not moving season, rent is down. And luckily, the Estates is an Equity Residential property, just like the one we are currently living in. This means that we can transfer without breaking our lease! Therefore, Kacey and I now have a move-in date of April 20!!!!! All we are waiting on is our application to go through, which shouldn't be a problem seeing as we are currently residents and our credit has improved since we've gotten married and I've taken care of the finances.

Needless to say, we are ECSTATIC! It is another 3rd floor apartment, which I don't really like but I can live with it just fine. It is 975 square feet, has black appliances, and cherry wood cabinets. I'm really excited that it has a laundry room! It only has one bedroom but it also has a study (which I guess could be used as a bedroom... but the doors are glass). It also has 2 patios/balconies. They are both rather small but they are usable. One is right off the bedroom and the other is off the dining room. and it has a COAT CLOSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never thought I could be so excited about a stupid little closet! Oh and speaking about closets.... the master closet is big enough for us to put our bed in.... IT'S A KING SIZE BED!! Can you tell I'm excited to finally have enough room for both my and Kacey's clothes?

This is a HUGE change from our current 687 square foot apartment we are now in, with our washer and dryer in the kitchen, and our computer in the dining room, and closet so filled with stuff that you can't even walk in it.

Here is a picture of our new floor plan.

We think this will be a very worthwhile move for us!

What Boredom Does to Me

2009-03-14T11:18:00.000-07:00

Last night I just did not want to go home and sit. I knew I had a lot of cleaning to do but I really just wasn't in the mood. Well I got back to Thornton around 5:30 but didn't go home until about 8:30. I litterally walked around Walmart for a good hour and a half and didn't buy a thing besides what I went there for. Then I went to Michael's and spent another hour and a half there, but my trip there was a little more eventful. Here's what I ended up doing after I got home.

New Discovery

2009-03-11T21:02:00.000-07:00

About two weeks ago, my co-workers convinced me that I needed to go to the doctor. I had been coughing uncontrollably and ridiculously hard. Almost everyone in the office had a sinus infection or was on some sort of antibiotics. On the 24th of February I went to the doctor convinced that I had the same thing. However, I found out that I had bronchitis, but did not need antibiotics. I also found out that the pain I was having in my chest was from a pulled muscle from coughing so hard all the time, so the doctor prescribed me a cough syrup with Codeine in it and told me to use a nose spray for my congestion. After taking the cough syrup, I woke up like this...

I had hives all over my face, neck, and arms and I couldn't feel half of my face due to the swelling. I called my mom and she said I was probably allergic to Codeine. She asked me about my breathing and eye sight and I told her both were fine. She also told me to call the doctor when they opened. In the mean time, I got ready for work and went in. When I got there my boss thought someone beat me up. It became the running joke in the office. I got a hold of the doctor and described my symptoms to her and she said I am definitely allergic to the Codeine. The doctor told me that if I had any trouble breathing to go to the emergency room right away. She told me to take a ton of allergy medicine and to continue to take Zyrtec for the next week. The doctor also said she couldn't prescribe me anything else and I'd just have to deal with over the counter medicines. They didn't help but luckily I was able to get a lot of sleep and the cough started going away. Over the next week or so the swelling eventually went down and the hives went away. I am still dealing with a little bit of a cough and what feels like dry skin from the hives. I'm just glad my reaction wasn't any worse than it was.

My Helper

2009-03-11T20:50:00.000-07:00

Everytime I try to sort our laundry, I have a "helper." She has four legs and brown spots above her eyes. I figured that since she loves to help me do laundry (by sitting on my lap) that she would like to wear some of it.

I think she was absolutely thrilled! haha

New-ish Hobby

2009-02-22T20:07:00.000-08:00

I have recently discovered that I waste a lot of time because I really don't have too much to do when I get home. Usually I end up watching TV and frankly I'm getting really bored with my day to day life. So, I decided that I needed a hobby. I would really like to get into scrapbooking but I have no idea where to start nor do I have the money to get everything I need to get started. I figured that since I like looking at pictures and editting them, that I'd PhotoShop! I've played with PhotoShop for a long time but never did too much with it. I think it would be cool if I got good at it. Here are a few of my new experiments that I've found instructions for online.

Wedding pic

before

after

Rome pic

before

after

Eye pic

before

after

Valentine's Day

2009-02-15T15:38:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day has never been that big of a deal to me or Kacey. I've always liked a little something but nothing big and no redicuosly expensive gifts. So we decided that gifts weren't necessary, but I wanted to do a little something.

As always, Kacey had to work late but I know he is always hungry when he gets home. So I decided I wanted to make him a nice dinner and desert without him knowing. I decided I was going to make him fajitas. On my way home from the store I called Kacey at work to see how his day was going and he said he was craving spaghetti with meat balls. I was a little disappointed but decided that if that is what he wanted then that's what I would make him. Kacey and I both really enjoy strawberry shortcake so that's what I got for desert.

Dinner

Koolaid in a Wine Gobblet

Table Setting

With the lights out

Desert

Semiversary Celebration

2009-02-04T18:52:00.000-08:00

Feb 2nd was our semiversary. We were planning on going to dinner that night but decided that all the restaurants were about to close by the time Kacey got home. So we decided to go bowling instead! We played 3 games and I won 2 of them (Kacey will say those were just warm up games but he lost). When we got home this is what I had waiting for me

This may not seem like a big deal but Kacey has never bought me flowers before. I was REALLY excited!

The next night we went to Texas Roadhouse and ate a ridiculous amount of food but it was really good and we have left overs to eat later. :-)

SEMIVERSARY!!!!

2009-02-02T17:28:00.000-08:00

Today is our SEMIVERSARY!!! That's right... Kacey and I have been married 6 months today! I know it may seem a little trivial to celebrate this kind of thing but we're pretty excited about it! Kacey had to work overtime tonight but he gets off at 9. We're going to have a late dinner together to celebrate! I swear it seems like yesterday when we walked out of the temple doors together...

Our Kitchen if Getting a Work Out!

2009-01-24T21:17:00.000-08:00

Kacey and I have recently actually been making use of our kitchen! This is a pretty new development for us as we are never together for any of our meals. Here are some of our latest "projects"

One night... I attempted to make waffles. Usually this would be a very sucessful venture... but this night... we didn't have any eggs. :-( It was a sad night for me.

Another night... Kacey made pizza! He made the dough in the breadmaker we got from his parents for Christmas. We're lucky we had enough pepperoni for the pizza since we kept eating it!

Tonight, I made cookies for our Sunday school class at church. I've never made these before but they look like they came out pretty good! Now, hopefully they taste good too!

Sleeping Puppies

2009-01-10T18:56:00.000-08:00

Ebony recently destroyed her bed and has been in need of a new one. So Kacey bought stuff to make it and his mom was nice enough to make it for us! Needless to say...

She likes her new bed!

Lucy on the other hand... has not destroyed her bed. BUT I caught this video of her today. Right before this she was barking in her sleep and that is what I was hoping to catch. However... I got this. Keep in mind she is ASLEEP until the very end of the clip when she starts to get up.

Sick/Injured :-(

2009-01-10T18:05:00.000-08:00

The latest news with Kacey and I is that I am sick and he is injured. It nothing serious but it is still no fun.

About a week ago Kacey broke a tooth and has since been to the dentist. He has had one tooth pulled and the one he broke needs a root canal. We're still waiting on the root canal to happen. Since Kacey and only been eating and drinking dairy products by the doc's orders. But that hasn't been all that bad...

I made that for him... so he can't claim that! It is an oreo milkshake made with cookies-n-creme ice cream. I'm not going to lie... It's REALLY good!

About the same time that Kacey broke his tooth I caught a cold. Luckily this is a pretty light one and I'm just greatful that it is not one that knocks me in bed for two days.

Hopefully these little episodes will be over soon.

Christmas Breakfast

2009-01-10T17:49:00.000-08:00

Every year on Christmas morning I get up and cook breakfast for my entire family. I've been doing this since I was about 10 years old. With this being my first Christmas "away" from my family I wondered what I would do. I decided that I could still make breakfast but it would be for a much smaller family. It would truly be for my little family of Kacey and I... and our two dogs, Lucy and Ebony.

When Kacey and I woke up I made pancakes for us and we opened the wet dog food we got for Lucy and Ebony. Lucy had duck and Ebony had lamb. We got some pictures of Eb trying to get into her can but Lucy's was gone before we got the camera. Here are the pictures of Eb diligently trying to get her lamb out of the can.

Our First Christmas... as an old married couple haha

2009-01-10T12:54:00.001-08:00

It's been a while since I did a post so I'll catch up today!

Christmas for my family is on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, Kacey had to work but I went to my mom's house. We had a nice dinner on paper plates! NO DISHES!!! That's the best way to go for big get togethers. We let our food settle and then ate dessert.

Finally, we opened our presents! The kids were pretty excited! My sister, Karen, and her family had Kacey and I this year. They gave us some cool stocking hangers that is also a nativity! I didn't get a picture of them before Kacey took them down but we LOVE them! Along with 3 of my siblings, I got my mom an iPod. She loved it! Everyone also got the traditional gifts, all the adults got new socks and the kids got new PJ's.

I made it home at about 10:30 and still had a few presents to wrap for my hubby. Unfortunately, he was already home from work... SO.... I made him lock himself in the bedroom while I wrapped them and then had to hide the evidence of where they came from.

Kacey's family normally does Christmas on Christmas Day but Kacey couldn't wait to open his presents. So we also openned our gifts from each other. Kacey got a new Hollister sweatshirt and Abercrombie PJ pants. Kacey got me a new Hollister sweatshirt and a collection of Alfred Hitchcock's work. I am so excited about it! We got eachother a few other things as well.

On Christmas morning we opened our stockings. We filled eachother's stockings with candy and a thing called a "Squirmy". We just hung out at home until Kacey had to go to work.

Luckily Kacey's team got sent home early and only had to work 2 hours! So we headed up to Greely to Kacey's sister's house to see the rest of his family. Kacey's parents bought eachother a Wii so we had a lot of fun playing eachother!

I would say this was a pretty successful First Christmas together!

Christmas Decorations!!

2008-12-18T18:07:00.000-08:00

This is our first Christmas being married! I really wanted the whole get up with the tree and the stockings and all the trimmings. However... we live in a 687 sq ft apartment with barely enough room for the two of us and our dogs... let alone our stuff. So, needless to say I can't quite have the whole sha-bang. BUT... one day on my way to work I have a brilliant idea to make our little dwelling festive! Here's a couple pictures!

This is our tree! I know its not traditional but, it takes up absolutely NO space!

My "trimmings"

Our stockings (no I'm not pregnant the little ones are for the dogs)

Out with the Old... In with the New

2008-12-14T18:56:00.000-08:00

For those of you that don't know...
Kacey and I have been having car problems with Kacey's Tiburon. A little over a year ago Kacey took his car in to have the clutch replaced. Let's just say that is really expensive and I helped him pay for it. Then... about 6 monthes ago it decided it didn't want to start anymore. Kacey and I didn't have the money to fix it right away so it sat until November. We took it in and were told that the starter, fly wheel, and clutch all needed to be replaced... talk about EXPENSIVE! But we knew the car needed to be fix and told the mechanics to go ahead. 6 weeks later after all this work has been done the car still wouldn't start and the mechanics couldn't figure out why. After all this frustration and a couple thousand dollars Kacey and I decided to get rid of it and get Kacey a different car.

If you know Kacey... he's pretty picky when it comes to what he will drive. He has a hard enough time driving my Jetta. While we were in Arizona we test drove numerous cars... all of which were sports cars and out of our price range. I had a hard time with the idea of him getting another sports car. When we got home Kacey found his new car online and we decided to check it out. In the end we ended up buying for a REALLY good deal.
Take a look!

This is a 2006 Nissan 350z Touring. It has 4000 miles on it with ALL the extras inside except for a navigation system. These extras include leather heated seats, a Bose sound system with a sub, and a 6 disk CD changer.

Kacey is like a 5 year old boy on Chrismas morning.
I think he may be getting a key chain for Christmas this year. HAHA

Arizona Trip

2008-12-14T17:30:00.000-08:00

It's been about a week since Kacey and I got back from our adventure in Arizona so I think it's about time to talk about it.

Kacey and I left on December 4 after I got off work and drove through the night. We arrived at my sisters house at 4:30 in the morning on December 5. After about a 5 hour nap at my sisters house we took off to southern Pheonix to go apartment shoppping. We looked at 5-7 different complexes that day and they all started to blend together in ours minds. Luckily my genius husband had the idea to video tape our tours so we know what we looked at!

Every single complex we looked at had fountains or waterfalls outside of them. Here is a picture of one of them.

The next day, Saturday, we hung out with my sister at her husband. They introduced us to something called geocashing. It's like a treasure hunt and its pretty fun! Kacey and I may have to pick it up too. To geocash you need a GPS, that's what the blue thing is you see in the pictures.

Here's Dixon

Even Titan likes to help

A geocash can be anything. Most of them hold little things, you are supposed to bring something to put in it and then take something out of it and sign the log book that is inside. This one was an Altoids container.

Later that day there way a fair type of thing with hot air balloons and all sorts of animals. Here is our favorite balloon and lots of the animals we got to see and touch.

Parrots

Kacey petting a Gator

Me petting the Gator

Baby Mountain Lion

This is a Kangaroo

A 2 toed sloth

Hawk

MASSIVE turtle

Fox

No this is not a massive husky... it is a Wolf

There were a lot more animals than this but these were my favorites. I was SOOO excited to pet an aligator!

On Sunday, after church, Kacey and I decided to go back down to southern Pheonix to explore where we would be living. I wish I would have brought the camera. We went to one of the 3 malls in the area and this one had a Carosell on the middle of the food court and 6 different sections of the mall... each of these sections could have almost been its own mall! I can see myself getting in a lot of trouble in the place $-). Later we went to the Mesa Temple gounds where they had Christmas light. We walked around for an hour before Karen and Dixon made it. We looked around for another hour and decided that we had had enough. So we got in the car and wondered around Mesa (more like getting lost) and eventually back to my sister's house to go to bed.

Monday, we had a few more apartments to look at. I did that and got to know the area a little more.

We were sad to go on Tuesday morning, especially since we were coming back to VERY cold weather.

We are excited about our prospective move but a little nervous at the same time. Once we are there I'm sure we will settle in and be just fine.

LEAVING!

2008-12-03T19:11:00.000-08:00

This post isn't all that exciting but I'm REALLY excited!

Tomorrow Kacey and I are taking our first trip together! We're going to Pheonix! And although it's more business than pleasure... I'M REALLY EXCITED!

For those of you that don't know, Kacey works for Dish Network and they just opened a new call center in Pheonix. Which makes a TON of new jobs and the need to trained supervisors... ahem... Kacey... ahem... So we are looking to relocate in the (hopefully) near future! We'll be looking at apartments and getting a feel for the town (more like MASSIVE city) all while seeing and staying with my sister in her GORGEOUS new house!

Also, for those that don't know.... Arizona State University was my top choice in colleges. Needless to say.. I'm EXTATIC at the possibility of going there! Hopefully we'll have some time to stop by the campus!

Another plus.... it is FrEeZiNg here in Colorado... WARM WEATHER HERE WE COME!!!!

Now all I have to do is pack... do the dishes... and pretty much clean the apartment... I hate coming home to a mess...

Better Run!

Thanks McKenzie

2008-11-19T18:48:00.001-08:00

So... Kenzie tagged me! So here we go!

What is your husband’s name? Kacey :-)

How long have you been married to him? 3 months, 17 days… it’s too much work to get anymore detailed

How long did you date? About a year… that’s pretty long for a Mormon couple!

How "young" is he? He is 22 and he looks it I guess... but somedays I could swear he's no older than five... I LOVE it when that happens <3

Who is taller? He is! By a lot! I can wear absolutely ANY shoes I want!

Who can sing the best? Hm… well he won’t sing around me

Who is smarter? Well… I’m pretty sure his IQ would blow mine out of the water… but I’m more logical

Who does laundry? I do… that is his most dreaded chore

Who pays the bills? I do… they would all be late or unpaid if it weren’t for me

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you’re lying in it… then I do. If you’re looking at it… he does. He wishes it were the other way around… but I make him sleep between me and the door… :-)

Who mows the lawn? The maintenance people

Who cooks dinner? He does… but I try on my days off… besides we’re not together for dinner

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Neither of us do… we’re both pretty stubborn haha

Who kissed who first? He will say I kissed him… but I say it was his fault

Who wears the pants? I guess we both do… remember… STUBBORN! :-)

VISITORS

2008-11-16T16:42:00.001-08:00

Kacey's sister brought our neice and nephew over to have a look around our apartement. Lets just say they really liked our bed!

Ya Ya Ya we love our dogs

2008-11-13T18:15:00.000-08:00

So yes we love our dogs! Nothing new...

Here is Ebony... being Ebony

And here is Lucy... for those of you that know her... she has become pretty lazy in her old age...

Look what I captured her doing one morning while I was getting ready!

Late nights... alone...

2008-11-01T21:22:00.000-07:00

Kacey works late nights... during the week I have to go to bed before he gets home and leave before he wakes up. But... on the weekends I stay up and wait for him to get home...

This was my project tonight... I put a bunch of my favorite wedding photos together in a video. I think it turned out pretty good!

I sure do love him!

PuMpKiNs... pUmPkInS... PUMPKINS!!!

2008-10-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

Like i've said before... Kacey and I are pretty excited about having the holidays together...

here's a look at some of our Halloween festivities!

WARNING! THIS IS A NO RING ACTIVITY!

YUMMY...

I guess they like raw pumpkin... ew...

The finished products

Eb didn't quite know what to think...

o geez... she's so dumb sometimes

OK... so we love our dogs

2008-10-19T17:01:00.001-07:00

Ok... so I know we may be crazy, but we absolutly LOVE our dogs! Kacey found this toy for Ebony on clearance. Normally Eb is scared on toys with squeekers... but this one actually sounds like a duck! Therefore.... SHE LOVES IT!!!!!

Tired puppy after playing with her toy...

Our First Decorations

2008-10-18T09:50:00.000-07:00

Kacey and I decided that we wanted to have a little fun with the holidays! So we put up our first decorations!!!!!!!!!!

Take a look

Ebony got a little curious and wound up with spider web ALL over her.... this is after I tried to clean her up!

Labor Day

2008-10-09T14:30:00.000-07:00

I know its a little late to post what we did on labor day but I just found the camera... it has been hiding for a good 2-3 weeks... oops!

Anyway, on labor day Kacey and I decided that we were going to take advantage of having the same day off for once! So we got ready and hit to road to Glenwood Springs. We weren't going to spend the day in the city but rather hiking a trail just outside the city. This trail is called Hanging Lake with a little detour called Hole in the Rock. Here are our pictures from our adventure.

Can you imagine my excitement when this was at the beginning of the trail?

There were lots of little water falls on the way up this was the first one... its not nearly as pretty as the others but o well

A tree was in the path

Yes this is the trail... almost ALL of it was like this

This is us once we hit the 1 mile mark... I know 1 mile doesn't seem like all that much but it is when you also climb 1000 ft in elevation in that mile.... and we still had a quarter mile to go...

But it was deffinately worth it.... This is Hanging Lake with crystal clear water

And this is Hole in the Rock...

Literally a waterfall coming out of just a hole in the rock...

...for time? PSH NO! FOR ETERNITY

2008-09-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

On August 2, 2008 Kacey and Kelsey were sealed for time and all eternity in the Denver, Colorado Temple.

The Story Before the Journey

2008-09-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

Since the whole family is getting in on this blogging thing I figured it would probably be a good idea to hop on the band wagon as well....

I thought it would be a good idea if I started with our journey to become the Livingstons with our engagement.

Kacey never formally purposed but he didn't really need to. We knew what we wanted and it was pretty much understood. But on one date he did actually pick a white daisy for me and say "will you marry me" while we were on a walk through the "big kid park." It was adorable. We took our engagement pictures in that same park.