Flashback Friday: Falling for You

This time each year is so nostalgic for me. I don't know what it is but it takes me right back to my first semester that I moved to Provo. I was still getting use to the place. Brooke and I still pretty much only had each other, but my friendship with Becca and Cassie was growing AND I started dating Craig for the first time.

Most of you know that our first go around was anything less than successful. I was in a weird place and he was just weird. {I say that in love}. But I do have some music that I loved to listen to so anytime these songs come on I think of Fall and dating Craig. 

-Anything Regina Spektor (Samson is a favorite though.)

-Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough  (This one in particular reminds me of riding the bus everywhere too.)

The bus was so cramped when it got cold.

-Superhuman by Chris Brown. (This one makes me laugh.)

And now I'm realizing these songs make it seem like I was obsessed with him...

Well, that's all. You can see what I thought back then here and here. 

Happy Fall, I'll be decorating for Halloween tomorrow!!

Craftastic

Provo School District had no school on Monday so I got an extra long weekend. Since Craig is a hard working man, I had a lot of time to kill, so I spent most of the weekend with my friend Megan. We had her over for dinner on Friday (I made meatloaf.) I also spent most of Saturday and Monday with her crafting up a storm, and getting ready for our Halloween party!! {more on that later}

Yesterday I made this little beauty. I got the wood at DI and knobs at Hobby Lobby. I had the spray paint already so I just painted the wood, had Craig drill the holes, put in the knobs and voila! So simple, but I'm so happy with the end product. I might actually wear necklaces more now that I don't have to untangle them every time I go to put one on.

Cute Little Cuss

We recently got a new upstairs neighbor AND she has the cutest dog named Holli. This works out really well for me, because I really want a dog but it's just not in the cards for us right now. We've taken care of Holli a couple of times and I'm in love. I think she likes Craig more than me. Apparently not only is he great with kids, but dogs really take to him as well.

Also, I guess being puppy hungry is your subconscious way of being baby hungry. I've been teased about this twice. I almost deleted my cute animals page on pinterest just to prove them wrong, but I just couldn't do it. They are so gosh darn cute. How could my subconscious betray me like this?! It's just rude. 

Oh and I quit Edible Arrangements. Surprise, surprise. 

Happy Monday.

I'm a Fashionista

I got a new job. Well a second job. At Edible Arrangements. 

 Aren't I sexy? Oh yeah, hairnet included.

Tricked ya! This is how I'm feeling for real. My feet kill, the hair net is a little too lunch lady for me. And my hands are so dry from the constant washing and re-washing. All that for a very tiny amount of pay. It's not all bad, some of it is fun but the long cleaning list is overshadowing that fact. I don't know what I think yet... I'll get back to you.

All I know is it is a little too reminiscent of my days at Macey's. But at least then I could do my hair other than a ponytail.

A Little Photo Shoot

I really liked the idea of having an anniversary photo shoot, so our lovely friend Courtney was nice enough to take these pictures of us. I am so so so happy with how they turned out. We may have to do this every year!

There were way more than what I showed, but I tried to show some self control. Seriously thank you thank you Courtney for doing this. Love them all.

Planking

I'm not making this up. It's a thing. Go ahead, google it, wiki it. {or maybe everyone already knew it was a thing and I'm like way behind on the cool things kids do these days}

I'm not going to lie, it sounded dirty when I first heard it, but then I saw it and laughed. So this is what we decided to do with our Friday night. Try it. I know you want to.

Look What I Made

It's my new favorite thing in my wardrobe.
Tutorial here.

disclaimer: I can't sew, I couldn't have done it without my sis-in-law Becky :)

Flashback Friday: Embarrassing

Last summer, part of preparations for our wedding included me tanning. {totally addicting, I loved it so much. Too bad.} Anyway, so the parts of my body that weren't use to seeing the sun obviously got very burned. Including my tooshie. It was burned to a crispy with a really funny tan line. TMI? Well with me being in AZ and my room mates in Utah, I naturally wanted to take a picture of my bum and to show off how funny it looked. 

Well the week before the wedding arrived and all our relatives were starting to come into town. My aunt and uncle (who shall not be named to conceal their identity and avoid shame) were over and I wanted to show them some pictures from our pre wedding shoot on the computer. Do you all see where this is going? As I'm flipping through the pictures a picture of my bright red buttocks flashes onto the screen. GASP. I react appropriately with a squeal and shut the computer closed. Pretty sure my face was as bright as my bum. They laughed really hard. And I obviously had to explain myself so I awkwardly had to tell them why I had a picture of my own butt on my computer. 

Luckily I am really close to said Aunt and Uncle. They are like a second mom and dad to me. So not as bad as it could have been, right? Wait, what am I saying? It is still really really bad. 

The end.

Iowa: Part 2

In Iowa we made a little stop to Davenport to spend the afternoon with my cousin Keara and her cute cute kiddos. Seriously funniest children. It's no surprise because Keara happens to be a very funny girl herself. It was so nice to catch up on each others lives and just have fun together again. I have such great memories playing polly pockets and dress up with her and her sisters when I was little.

The night before there was an awesome storm with loud thunder and lightening that woke me up in the wee hours of the morning. When I woke up I realized I had to pee but I was too scared to go by myself. So I nudged Craig,

"Craig I'm scared. Are there tornadoes here?"
Craig, sleepily, "Yes." Wha????
"I have to go to the bathroom will you go with me?"
He proceeds to get up and take me to the bathroom.
Haha. I'm such a baby. My sleepy mind couldn't handle the possibility of a twister sucking me out the window alone.

Iowa Part 1

Our last vacation this summer was spent in Iowa with Craig's family. We had so much fun hanging out with everyone. One night we went to a Kernel's baseball game where I caught a fly foam baseball and Craig caught a t-shirt from the shirt gun. What up! Hot dogs, nachos, sneaking in peanuts and beer spilled on Genevieve's head made the experience complete.

And I got to experience Amish Country for the first time! I forgot everything my mother taught me and stared at everyone. BTW the Amish provide some delicious candies in their stores. We got raspberry yogurt covered pretzels and seriously the best peach o's I have ever tasted. Yummy.

























It was a delightful trip and so good to see everyone.

Flashback Friday

Here is a little fact about me, I have a terrible memory. It is a little frightening to me how little I remember things from my past and I love my life and want to remember it all, which is a big reason I love to blog so I can remember the little things. So my new idea is to do a Flashback Friday each week, where I will dig deep into my memories and pull out something I remember, hoping that it will stir something in my little brain and memories of my life will flood in :)

So, hello my name is Kayla. Well at least that is what I wanted desperately to be called when I was little. I had a friend who lived down the street and for whatever reason, I wanted her name! Every time we played house my name was Kayla. Ask any of my relatives and they can attest to this fact, which is testament to how often I proclaimed my new identity. 

This picture was taken at my Grandma Willis' house  in Mesa. We spent a lot of time over there and it was heaven! My little ponies, playing in wheat, swimming, grandma's red jello popsicles and the biggest backyard in the world. It was awesome!

I don't know when or why but the Kayla phase eventually wore off and I went back to being Kelsey.

Kayla (me), my Mom, cousin Cameron, cousin Bethany

addict

I have learned (well always known but like to ignore the fact) that I am addicted to the internet. We have been without it since Friday and I didn't know what to do with myself! I have played a lot of Plants vs. Zombies to kill time. I'm not always such a bum, but I don't start work until Tuesday so I have a lot of time on my hands. And we won't have the internet until next Wednesday! 

How am I blogging you ask? I am chilling with Aunt Joyce today because not only do we have the internet fiasco, but we are also without power and water. Fun.

However, last night we discovered we could indeed connect with the rest of society by going outside to bum off someone else's internet :) YAY! So what did we watch after no netflix for days?

That's right, Phineas and Ferb.
It was pretty fun to be outdoors, except when a daddy long leg scampered across my arm.

Hilarious.

Also, I have spent most of this week helping my lovely visiting teacher turned friend, Courtney, move. I love her so much and she will be dearly missed. {Side note: we are both Passey's! I think that's why we bonded so well. We Passey girls gots to stick together!!!}

Wish me luck in my time travel back to when there was no internet, power, or indoor plumbing.
Sweet.