Birthdays and Proposals

I am now 22 years old :)
and I would say this has been the
best birthday yet.

I worked most of the day so it started out dull except for the fact
that my dear friend Katie made me
the most DELICIOUS cake known to mankind.

And then yummy lunch with
Lanu at the cougareat :)
After work Craig picked me up from work

He said he was thinking we could go to dinner and then to a jazz concert up in Park City.
I made a face at that so he quickly changed plans to something else... a surprise.

Jazz...please!

After that Kenzie, Cassie, and I went to go get the traditional birthday pedicure. So nice, but it took way longer than we thought and we weren't done til 8. I can only imagine how Craig was feeling about me pushing back our dinner date :)



Finally Craig and I went to dinner at Los Hermanos.
We had a strawberry lemonade, which was the 1st thing that changed my life that night.
SO DIVINE!!!

After he told me what our next plans were.
We were going to roast star bursts and other candies up the mountain and dance. Since I love to dance and he knows it.

So we go up to this park on the mountain that looked out on the city lights. It was perfect and in my head I was thinking... he should take me up here again when he actually proposes.

**Side note: I really wanted him to propose but I honestly did not think he would.
Here is why:

• He didn't wear the pants that I love on him that he always wears on special occasions
• He acted like he had no clue what we would do that night
• The so called "Jazz concert"
• I had mentioned before that I did not want to be proposed to on my birthday, only to retract the statement later and he got upset about me not letting him do it his own way (I now know why. Ooops)**

Back to the story...
The view was beautiful but it was windy and cold, so we didn't dance. Instead we snuggled up until we got the fire going.

After awhile Craig says that he doesn't like the fire...
"Craig I don't think any more twigs will make it easier to roast things"

"Well I just don't like the fire, I'll be back."

While he goes off to get more "twigs" for the fire I notice he takes his backpack
with him. I'm still clueless just assuming he must plan on bringing back more sticks than he can carry...

While he is gone I continue scrounging through our bag
of candies when I notice him crouched down with
flowers in his hand.
(He is actually kneeling but the slant of the mountain makes
it look more like a crouch)

My first thought is oh he picked flowers off the mountain side.
I vocalize the "Ohhhhh..." in a high pitched sing songy voice.

Then I notice the ring and the Ohhh... turns into a
"oh."
as I realize he is on one knee with a ring.
Oh my gosh this is actually happening.

*Caution romance ahead*

"Kelsey, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life you.
Will you marry me?"

pause, pause

"YES!!"

I'm totally shaking at this point and my heart is racing.
It was the best feeling ever.
Then we spent the next 10 min trying to find the flashlight so
I could see the ring.

There was a lot of hugging and kissing and me jumping up and
down in the midst of the searching of the flashlight.

I am so so happy.
It was worth the wait.

Then we made some phone calls and
told our family.
My mom was half asleep so I had to retell her the next day :)

Then I got to tell my roommates.
There was A LOT of screaming and jumping.




{Recreating the moment}










I can't wait to be Mrs. Pearson

{loves}

Oh the Places I'll Go

One day I will go....

{here} New York

there {east coast}

{here} New Orleans

{here} hawaii

Nauvoo, IL

{Ireland}

Italy

England


~~~

And this is just the start.
Heavenly Father made
a beautiful world
and I intend on seeing it.

Made in 1988

Girl's Night {plus Mickey}
@
Area 51
Salt Lake City. Hollah!

I went to my first bar. I'm in college. It's bound to happen.
{I ordered water}
Brooke used a fake ID to get in.

It is right by a homeless shelter so
we like to live on the edge/
felt scared for our lives.

This is at the close of our evening of dancing.
The trick to making sure that boys don't dance up on you is
dance as fast as Lindsey.
If that is not possible feel free to look like this.

Change is Here Again

Well once again it is a new year and with the new year comes another new semester in good ol' Provo, Ut.

Today is the third day of school and already I am off to a great start; aka waking up late the first day of school (and I only got up because boyfriend Craig called me). 2nd day I got up and went to my work meeting at 7 am, then worked out with my HLRC BFF Katie, then I tried to figure out my life from 9-9:50 until my first dance class {contemporary} at 10. It was a full morning and so I got on the bus and headed home to get ready for my 1:35 Mass communications class. As I got to the apartment tiredness quickly hit and I decided to take a quick power nap...I woke up at 2:00 :)

Like I said great start.

So It is day number 3 and I am in the HLRC still trying to figure out my schedule. So far I am pursuing a semester of dance it seems as I am signed up for tap, contemporary, and ballet. Hey, I've always wanted to be a dancer, maybe some unknown talent of mine will kick in and I will be a graceful dancer...{maybe}

I am a senior in college, How did that happen? I will be 22 in 2 months, how did that happen? I have no idea what I want my career to be, I know how that happened. I am a very indecisive person. Take grocery shopping for instance. Last night I was at Buy Low with Craig and we were in front of the jam section for about ten minutes, while I was trying to figure out if I wanted grape, strawberry, or raspberry jam.

"I want grape, definetly don't want strawberry... well maybe I do want that strawberry, no, no I don't, oh but grape is on sell, yes I'll take grape... Oh look raspberry!"

Craig- "Take the grape Kelsey"

And so it goes on...

So I am about to head off to try and add another class, hope they let me in. Wish me luck! Maybe I'll figure out my life during my 12-1 o'clock class...{maybe}

:)

Halloween

Nerd Fairies
Dance Party
+
Another Dance Party
+
Malt Shoppe
=
Successful Night

{Happy Halloween}

Birthdays, PF Changs, and Stachtober

Happy Birthday to Brooke yesterday

she is now 20!

(Also Happy Bday to Tiff, Mom, and Cassie earlier this month)

To celebrate we went out to dinner

at PF Changs

I had never been before but it was

pretty good.

{Craig and I}

This fall has been quite the parallel to last

fall for this reason and because it is

Stachtober.

UGH.

But don't worry we made a little compromise

and I am getting a good deal for this month.

But can I just say I cannot wait until

November 1

My special friends. On our way to PF Changs
{Me, Kenzie, Becca, Craig}

So here is the best part of the night...

Elder Bednar was at the restaurant!!!

Craig elbowed me and said
"Elder Bednar is walking to the bathroom!"
I look and there it is, a very nice backside of Elder Bednar. But I still wasn't quite sure it was him. But sure enough as the man emerged from the men's room and it was indeed Elder Bednar! I have never been so star-struck in my life. I kept looking up and then looking down at my glass. We didn't say hi to him, we decided it was best to let him eat in peace with his wife. But our table did keep on looking back at his table and in the picture below, if you look very carefully, you can see a man in a suit between Becca and I. So yes I have a picture with an apostle!





{Me, David, Becca, Kenzie}


Thanks for coming to dinner with us David!

Colbie Caillat Concert

Colbie Caillat

featuring Howie Day

October 2, 2009

At The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT

{Cassie and Kelsey}

Colbie and her

very sexy

band member Justin




It was one of the best concerts I've been to.

(I've only been to 3 including;
N*Sync, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood and now Colbie Caillat)



We were so stinking close
and as you can see in this picture we made some

High School girls very angry when

we shoved our way to the front :)

We are crinkling our noses if you can't tell.

Get it? "Starts in my toes, makes me crinkle my nose..."