Kirk & Falycia

Christmas

2012-01-07T16:42:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so much fun! I never take as many pictures as I plan on taking and am always disappointed when I get home that I didn’t take more. We were able to head home to Spokane this year for Christmas, and also able to meet up with Kirks family in Hermiston for a few nights. It was great to be able to see both families. We had such a great time it made coming back extra hard.

I got a Kindle
Kirk got a watch

2011-10-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

Kirk and I took a little trip to the other side of the tracks to visit a place called 5 pointz. It is a building that has been converted into a canvas for graffiti artists. For anyone who is a design star fan you might recognize this place…

This is the spot where the designers did their white box challenge. I was a big fan this year of the show and as soon as I saw this place I had to go! Here are a few people in action.

And of course the photographer in me took over and I had to get a picture of Kirk and I!

I never thought much about umbrellas until I moved to NY. When we first moved here I would see people with these huge umbrellas that would take up the whole sidewalk and were impossible to get around, I would think “seriously is that really necessary!” I have learned yes, yes it is a necessity to have the biggest umbrella you can find! After having two regular umbrellas flip inside out and break on me, I caved and bought this bad boy, it is a double layered umbrella so the wind can pass through it without it flipping inside out and it is large enough to cover everything! I love it, it makes me laugh every time I have to take it out and I have managed to only knock two people in the head with it.

Summer Fun

2011-09-13T14:56:00.000-07:00

Well I have not been very good at blogging lately, I keep thinking well it's just Kirk and I and who wants to see pictures of just us? But here I am for those that do, and for me... it's another way for me to keep a journal and I know I will want all this "nothingness" later in life. This summer has been a lot of fun, but has gone by way too fast! Here are just a few blips of the things we have been up to.

We went out to a Toby Keith concert in New Jersey, way fun! It really felt like being back home in Idaho, everyone was all cowboyed up and everything.

We added a new member to our little family this summer for those that don't know, we call her D and she is the best little camera I have had so far:) After haveing trouble getting crisp clear images on my oldie we decided I should look into getting a new lens, after all my oldie was only going on 5 1/2 yrs. so a new lens should do the trick. The nice gentlemen at the store just looked at me and said "honey, your camera is OLD, just save your money and get a new one." So we did. Apparently 5 1/2 yrs is a long time in the digital world and I have been blown away with what I can capture on D. I love her. Kirk has become quite the photographer also we spent the day walking around NY taking pictures.

This is us at the store buying D. the old man took it and I really liked it.

We rented bikes and biked around central park one day. I didn't realize how hard biking can be!

Little Italy. YUMMY YUMMY lunch!

I was so lucky to be able to go home and shoot my cousins wedding!!! It was a crazy fast trip but I had so much fun and loved every minute! She was such a gorgeous bride! Check out more pictures of her on my new website faphotography.net

Irene came our way. Lucky us we were in the mandatory evacuation zone, so we had to leave for the weekend. It ended up really not being as bad in the city as they had all planned on, but bad where we evacuated to! We got stuck in upstate NY from Friday until Tuesday! Much thanks to the wonderful Wasson family who took such great care of us. Hey and I guess if we had to get stuck, I couldn't ask for a more beautiful place. The pictures below is all their land and farm house.

Penn station trying to get out of the city. This is really like every other rush hr day though:)

We hit up a Mets game! Go METS!

And the beach!

Here is another picture of our little town we call home. I put an arrow on the part where are apt window possibly is. I can't believe we have been here a year and one month now. Time goes by so quickly! It has been a great year, challenging at times and lots of fun at times. We have grown so much, as a couple and individuals. We always get asked how we like it here, and our response is always it's a love/hate relationship. There are days where you couldn't ask to be in any better place than New York City and others when you think how do you people live like this?!! Looking back at this past year though Kirk and I really wouldn't ask for anywhere different. New York has been wonderful for us and such a great blessing in our lives. When our time is up I think we will be ready for a new adventure but we might even say we will miss it.

Lobster & Chocolate Anyone?!

2011-06-23T20:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Kirk! We celebrated Kirk's b-day this year with Lobster and Chocolate! We atempted cooking our own live lobster! I was a little freaked out by the lobster but it ended up being a lot of fun, and delicious.

For dessert we headed over to Max Brenner, it is a famous chocolate restaurant here in NY, and man is it good!

We ordered a sampler fondue platter, you can't see very well in the pictures but it came out with our own grill that you could rost your marshmallows on. Our favorite was the the sugar crisp bannana split waffle with a little cinnamon ice cream on top! Can you say YUMM!

VIVA!

2011-06-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

For those of you that don't know, Kirk and I just got back from the Dominican Republic!! It was sooo much fun!! We had the best time! It was such a great way to celebrate the end of Kirk's first year of Dental School and all the hard work that has gone along with it. Here are a few pictures I
thought I would share for those of you that haven't seen them.

Our view out our window was of the markets in the town. It was cool going through them they had really fun painting and lots of jewlery.

They offered archery as one of the activities.

One of the excursions we went on was crazy wheels, they take you out into the country through some of the villages and to the sugar cane fields. You go out one way on four wheelers and back in dune buggies. It was a blast and very muddy! We loved it! It was really neat to see a lot of the country and the towns also.

Just some fun shots the first one is by Kirk and believe it or not it was shot at night I think he had to hold the exposure for almost 2 min.

Ok yes I have the best husband, he got up way way early with me so that I could have some beach picture of us. Thanks honey!

On our way home...we aren't as happy as we look:) It was really hard to leave, but it was a great time!

Visitors!

2011-04-03T18:46:00.000-07:00

We were lucky to have Kirk's parents come into town for a visit. It was a lot of fun! Here are just some of the pictures of what we got to do while they were here. Thanks again for everything Dad and Mom we had fun!

2011-03-12T20:37:00.000-08:00

Nothing is better than old Friends! Even when you haven't seen each other in a couple years, you can pick right up like you haven't spent a day apart. I love it! Nicole was able to come to NY for the day and we were able to spend the evening together after I got off work. It was so fun to see her and meet her soooo cute Katelyn! It had been way to long since we had seen each other and this was the only picture I got! I wish I would of gotten more her little one is such a cutie I couldn't get enough of her! Love you guys so glad you came!!!

Date Night

2011-02-25T12:26:00.000-08:00

SER-EN-DIP-I-TY

-noun

an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident

I have been wanting to get Jimmer off my blog for a while, so I am going to post about our SERENDIPITY date! It was a lot of fun. For those of you who haven't seen the movie...well you should! It is really cute, and Kirk even really liked it. Our date was based around the movie, so we went to the same serendipity restaurant where the movie was filmed, it was such a neat little hole in the wall.

Their menues were huge...

Along with their desserts!

We were going to try and go ice skating at the same rink they go to in the movie, but that night it was freezing and we both weren't up for ice skating so we headed home and watched the movie!

So fun!

GATHER ROUND KIDS ITS JIMMER TIME!!!

2011-01-12T21:22:00.000-08:00

PLAY THE FOLLOWING AUDIO CLIP! Goes with the above picture.
Listen!

I just have to take a minute and express my appreciation to Jimmer Fredette!! I am seriously enfatuated with the way he plays basketball, and man he has a jumper that is silky smooth. When I am having a tough day I like to think of Jimmer and the 39 points he scored on the poor Rebels of UNLV, or the most recent deluge of 47 points on the stumbling Utes of Utah. The kid has range, stamina, and is just a likable guy. Right before half against Utah he nails a three from 40 ft out as Greg Wrubell so beatifully called, and what does he do? He walks stoically off the court; no thumping of the chest, jumping up and down with arms flailing, not Jimmer. He has ice running through his veins and he is in the hunt for player of the year. I implore any and all readers of this blog, my dear friends and family to seriously find the BYU basketball schedule and watch any and all the games on TV. If you live within a bordering state, try and make the drive and witness this amazing player. I would seriously love to fly in from NYC to watch just one more home game in the Marriot Center. In tribute to Jimmer I leave you these wonderful images. Falycia just thinks I'm silly, but I love college basketball and I love the Cougs!! GO BYU!!!

THE BALL HAS DROPPED!!

2011-01-03T18:24:00.000-08:00

This year we decided to brave the real NY New Years Eve! Which meant standing in a crowd of people for 10 hrs. No leaving, no drinks or backpacks because of security and no restrooms. We had a blast! I will admit the first 8 and half hrs. of standing were not the most exciting and at times I wasn't sure if Kirk was going to make it through, but he did and in the end we were both so glad we did it. We had a really good view of the ball, were close to the stage, and had great people around us. It just so happened that where we were standing was right by where all the cameras went by. The last hour and half we had fun getting on the cameras! For those of you that missed us, we were on CNN a few times and on the kissing cam on Fox. The most fun was hearing from our families that saw us!

We saw sexy Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin

To pass the time the jumbo screen would have this game like whak-a-mole that you could dial in on your phone and play so Kirk did that to pass the time and on his first try he got FIRST PLACE!!! Woohooo! The numbers in the first place spot are the last 4 digits of Kirks number!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE BIG APPLE

2010-12-14T17:39:00.000-08:00

This weekend we headed up to the Rockefeller Center to see all the Christmas lights. Sadly I think everyone else in NYC had the same idea. It was packed with people! We didn't get to see all that I wanted to see because making our way through the crowds was insane. So we sanpped a few pics and then made our way to some food. The few we did get are blurry, so I am hoping to make it up there again after Christmas.

SEW WHAT?

2010-12-12T14:33:00.000-08:00

The last couple of days I have been trying to update our blog, I have been wanting to post pictures of the Christmas tree and lights we saw up at Rockefeller Center but my computer hasn't let me upload any pics! I don't know why. The only picture I got to upload was this one... So now I'm posting about this! For those of you that know me you will be surprised to know that I made this skirt! Yes ME! All by myself!
Isn't it cute! I am not a sewer, when I do sew I normally just make up my own thing and go with it! But this time I actually followed directions and took measurements added and subtracted to get the cuts right. I know it's silly and this is a boring post for everyone else but I was proud of myself and surprised that it actually turned out! Hopefully I will be able to get my Christmas pics up soon! Until then you can all enjoy my skirt, and wish you had one this cute! :)

October

2010-10-31T20:25:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to do a five mile walk in Central Park for strides against breast cancer. It was such an awesome experience! I had so much fun, and it was amazing to see all the support that came out. I hope to make a tradition. Thank you again do all those that helped and donated.

Here are just some random pictures of a few of our weekend outings. The first few are Central Park we went out to take some pictures of the fall colors, but they are just now really starting to change. It's crazy how a huge park in the middle of huge city can make you feel like you are out in the middle of the country. It was nice "get away." The next few are of the Brooklyn bridge. You can walk all the way across it above the cars and everything so you get a really neat view of the city. It was amazing! We walked across and then ate the best pizza down by the peirs on the Brooklyn side. It was alot of fun.

Home and Craft

2010-09-21T15:02:00.001-07:00

I finally got a few things put away and the apt. somewhat put together so I could take pictures for those of you that have been asking. Here they are! It is small but it fits us just fine for now. Enjoy.

MY CRAFT! I had so much fun making this, it consumed me all day today so that I could have it ready to post on the blog tonight. It took all weekend to find a craft store here, they are very limited in Manhattan (which almost makes me want to open one of my own!) After trying three different stores in the city, that should be ashamed to call themselves craft stores, I decided to venture north to my friend Michaels! The hour long trip was worth every minute! It made me feel like I was back home again!

Toothpaste Fun :)

2010-08-28T11:50:00.000-07:00

So we found this little gadget on a really cool website called slickdeals.net. It is a toothpaste roller upper thingy m' bob that has a suction cup to hang it on the mirror. I think it is pretty nifty and we got it for like 78 cents. It's now not on sale but is still only like a $1.60 with free shipping. Here are some pictures of it and why it is so cool. Here is the link to get to the product which in linked through slickdeals.net: http://www.meritline.com/rolling-toothpaste-squeezer---p-27260.aspx

P.S. Falycia wanted me to clarify that this is my (Kirk's) post. Also the purchasing of this completely indispensable toothpaste roller was solely my doing. Falycia is embarassed by this post and wishes to not be associated with it in any way, shape, or form.

NYC BABY!!!!!

2010-08-20T18:27:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while since we have done a good quality post, so we are going to try and do some catching up tonight. We arrived in New York the 16th and are getting settled into our apartment. It is a studio apartment on the 25th floor right on the east river. Our view is a little obstructed by a neighboring building, but is still decent.
The first two are from our window

Our apt. sits right on the water so this is the view from down on the Plaza.

We had to take a picture of Kirk by the Manhattan Red Lobster for old times sake.

We spent one afternoon at Times Square it was a lot of fun.

Well that's all the pics for now! Kirk started orientation this week, which has been pretty easy. They mostly just have fun things lined up for them to do to get to know each other. But next week the real work begins! He is excited! We are doing good and have been enjoying the city so far. We are finding out all the new things about city living, you can have anything you ever wanted delivered and most people do, cockroaches can still make it to the 25th floor, the shake shack line is always long no matter what time you go, and always have on a good pair of walking shoes and an umbrella! Oh the city. That's all for now! We will keep you posted.

We are on our way!

2010-08-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

We are finally on our way to NYC! We move in Monday the 16th, and tonight we are at a small (kind of scary) Motel 6. We will post again as soon as we get moved in.

STEELHEAD FISHING

2010-05-10T19:14:00.000-07:00

So last month I (Kirk) had the opportunity to go steelhead (oceangoing trout) fishing in Idaho with my Dad and some friends. I had a blast, the fishing was awesome, the scenery some of the best, and the company wasn't too bad either. The first few days I went up with my old bishop Dee Wheeler and his son Todd. The fishing was great the first day between the 3 of us we probably landed nearly 30 fish and lost many more. Then my dad was able to drive up early Friday morning and fish all day Friday and Saturday. We drove back Saturday afternoon, and then I had some friends from the RL come into town Sunday night and we drove back up to fish more on Monday and Tuesday.

So when we got to the Salmon river on Monday morning with my buddies the water had come up a ton, so where we had been fishing the week before with my dad was unfishable. We spent most of Monday morning just trying to find somewhere that was fishable and we finally found it early afternoon. It was fun to get Shawn and Josh into some fish. It was their first time steelhead fishing and we had a blast. Here are a few pictures from my trip with them. It was good to spend quality time in the outdoors with good friends and family.

Josh with a nice steelie!

Shawn with one of his many fish!

Birthday Fun

2010-04-05T19:16:00.000-07:00

I had a Birthday! I turned 24 this year! Wow I feel so old! It was a fun day, Katie and Jason come over from CA and surprised me. I was so excited to see them and very surprised. We went out to dinner, opened presents and then to a movie. It was a good day! Sadly though this was the only picture I got, I kept meaning to get one of all of us but never did so here is Katie and I!

Kirk's family was in town this weekend and we celebrated my birthday again, they took me out to Texas Road House yuuummm! It was so good. Someone slipped it to the waiter it was my birthday and so I had to get on a saddle while they yelled out to everyone that it was my birthday! I was very red! We had a good time though saddle and all.

Weekend With The Kids!

2010-04-05T18:33:00.000-07:00

We took Kevin and Charisa's kids a couple weekends back, to give them a little break in their crazy busy lives! We had so much fun! Here is just a small peak of it...

The Nickel Cade

Dress Up

Beading with the girls

Pizza!

We will miss these kiddos when we leave, it has been so much fun being so close to them.

NEW YORK! NEW YORK!

2010-03-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

Kirk got a letter in the mail on Tuesday afternoon letting us know...we got into dental school!!! At NYU! We are so excited! After all of Kirk's hard work and a lot of waiting we were thrilled to hear we were in! We are so excited to be going to NY what a fun place to live, and we expect everyone to come visit!

Giveaway!

2010-02-23T20:50:00.000-08:00

For those of you that don't know me and my sister-in-law have started up a little jewelry business called BEDANGLE! We started about a year ago and have been growing ever since! We have had so much fun and loved every minute of it! We are just now getting things put up online so we can reach more customers. To get our blog out to more people we are putting on a giveaway for one week only! So I invite you all to take a look and you might be a winner! bedangleme.blogspot.com

2009-12-15T21:23:00.000-08:00

We were blessed with such a wonderful weekend! Kirk’s dad was called to be stake president for the Paul Id stake. Kirk flew in Saturday evening from Florida where he had been interviewing, and we went straight from the airport home to Paul. We were then able to spend the next day, being taught by Elder Holland, he gave a wonderful message about Christmas. At the end of conference our family along with Dad’s counselors and their families gathered together to be set apart by Elder Holland and Elder Clark. He gave us another wonderful message about families and eternal life. The spirit was so strong all day it was a great experience to be in such and intimate setting with an Apostle of the Lord. I am so grateful for this gospel, I know that it is true, it changes lives. I know the Lord speaks through his prophet and apostles on this earth today; I was able to have such a witness of that this weekend. I am so blessed to be a part of this gospel and to have the knowledge of its truth, what a wonderful time we live in!

2009-12-10T19:36:00.000-08:00

I figured it was about time to post Thanksgiving! I didn’t get very many pictures but it was a fun thanksgiving. We were suppose to be with Kirk’s family this year but he ended up having to work the day after so we weren’t able to go with them. We had a enjoyable time out at Kevin and Charisa’s though., lots of food and fun!

Lets eat!

Sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags, wasn't it fun being a kid....

Fun as an adult too:)

Girls Weekend

2009-10-20T18:16:00.000-07:00

While the boys went hunting the girls got together and played! Mom, Aunt Mary Jo and Kim came down to Utah to join me and Kels. It was a non stop, fun filled weekend, here is just a taste of what we got to do.

First we went to Gardner Village were they had the bewitched festival going on, the whole place was decked out with witches it was really cute. This is just one picture we got.

We got to go to this great restaurant, Tepanyaki where they cooked the food right in front of us on a grill. Our chef was very entertaining, and the food was delicious! We even caught shrimp in our mouths, well some of us :( (not me…I missed )

We went to a wonderful dance theater performance called Thriller, it was all Halloween themed dances. They did an amazing job and are so talented it was so fun to see. Before you go into the theater there are scary zombie people walking around outside and they follow you and hiss at you, some how we became targets for them…so we got a picture.

And of course it wouldn't be a girls weekend without… SHOPPING!

I'd say our hunting went better than the boys!

Thank you again for the great memories ladies! It was so much fun, and we will definately have to do this hunting trip again!

Summer Fun

2009-09-30T21:07:00.000-07:00

Michigan was so much fun! I got to spend a week helping out Deborah with her new little one Jared. They have such a cute family and I loved every minute I had with them. It was however very hard to leave these cute little boys, I am still missing them terribly. Thanks again for having me. I love you guys!

2009-09-30T19:54:00.000-07:00

Over labor day weekend we made a fast trip home for my family reunion at priest lake. It was so much fun and I am so glad we were able to make it up there. We had a great time with family and out on the water.

Jam'n It Up

2009-09-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

Two weekends ago Kirk and I went raspberry and blackberry picking at a small berry farm in Springville. They had the biggest blackberries I have ever seen and they all were so yummy! When we got home we made jam!

Kirk had to take over the mixing because the jam splattered on my hand and I pulled back and ended up throwing jam all over the wall. You can see a little in this picture by his arm.

Final product!

2009-08-20T22:21:00.000-07:00

We thought we would finally post some of our great camping adventures this summer! Our most recent and longest trip was the Grandaddy basin where we packed in for 3 nights and 4 days. It was a 16 mile loop at 10,000 ft., with 15 different lakes it was amazing! We were only able to make it to six of the lakes but each one was beautiful. Our first day we hiked in 5 miles and camped at a small lake called Mohawk.

This is Grandaddy Lake the largest of all the lakes.

We didn't get pictures at our first camp but this was our sencond campsite, Pine Island Lake. Personaly it was my favorite spot of our trip, although we had some major thunderstorms here.

Kirk trying to keep the fire going during the storm

On day three we camped at Betsey Lake atop a little hill.

This is a short video of some thunder while we were waiting for the rain to stop. Being at these high altitudes we heard the loudest thunder we have ever heard.

Waiting out the rain:(

On our hike out we decided to stop and take a group picture. We had a blast on the trip and we ate really good. If you ever go backpacking try out Mountain House's freeze dried dinners, especially the beef stroganof, it was Falycia's favorite.

2009-08-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

Our first trip we went up Y mountain and beyond, into a quiet little meadow. The hike was hard! We will say it kicked all our butts, but getting to the meadow at the end was worth it. We just stayed one night here.

The lovely meadow!

Sleepy heads:)

WooHooo!

2009-07-14T18:13:00.000-07:00

After 1 year of classes and 2 ½ moths of intense studying Kirk took the DAT Friday! We were both so nervous! Somehow we were blessed though to be able to sleep the night before. I dropped him off just before 8am and came back around 12. I was pacing the parking lot waiting for him. When he finally came out, I ran to him and was like how did you do? He nodded twice and was like 21! 21! And I screamed! We were so excited! We got in the care and rolled up the windows and both just yelled in excitement! Man what a relief! We are just so thrilled!
Since we decided to pursue dental school Kirk has worked so hard in all of his classes and in studying for the DAT, I know it has been stressful and hard at times for him but he has always kept working hard and stayed positive. I am so grateful for him and all his dedication. Way to go babe! We are so excited for what the future brings and that this first little step in reaching our dream is done.

Here are his scores....

It was Kirk’s Birthday! The 21st of June, it fell on fathers day so we ended up going out to Kevin and Charisa’s house to celebrate. This years theme for the cake was a tooth! It was fun to make and even more fun to show Kirk, he liked it.

Watch out he's going to blow!

We made his special birthday dinner another night, we tired to go Red Lobster style with coconut shrimp and crab legs! umm it was good.

Yummy Snickers!!
I found a recipe online on how to make your own snickers bar! I was so excited so we just had to try it. We did it with Jason and Katie and it was quite a success I would say, it didn’t quite taste exactly like a snickers bar but it was close and really good.
Kirk pealing the peanuts, isn't he cute!

We did have one tiny little misshap..we tried to melt the chocolate over the stove and it didn’t turn out so well, as you can see. So the boys had to make a quick dash to the store. The second time we used the microwave, got to love the microwave!

The Final Product!

A couple weekends ago I got to go to Idaho Falls and visit little Evie and Krista it was a lot of fun to see them. Evie is growing to fast! I can’t believe she is 6 months already!

What a doll!

I took pictures of our garden so I could post them on our blog the first set is a little while after we planted. The second set is today when I am finally getting around to posting them!

Then..

Now...

Then...

Now...

Our Garden has been so much fun! We love having it!

2009-05-03T15:54:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while since our last posting, so I thought I better get on and update. Kirk finished up his winter semester and has begun his long hard hours of studying for the DAT! Time has gone by so fast for us here, we still can't believe the big test is only 1 month away!! But we are excited to get it over with. We have been here in Utah for a year now and still are enjoying it. Kirk and I just celebrated two years being married in April! Wohoo! We are still enjoying that also:)

This Memorial Day weekend was a lot of fun, we headed up to Paul to visit the fam! We went fishing, relaxed & ate lots of food. It was great!

This is our day on the lake

We only cought one fish on our first loop just about 10 min. in. It was on Kirk's pole, but he was putting on sunscreen right when the fish bit so I got to reel it in. Sadly, it was our only fish of the day.

Grandpa & Grandma even joined us for a little bit

After that it got pretty chilly

Dad & Mom

Brian & Kelsie

What a Cutie

2009-02-14T17:05:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I had the chance to go to Idaho and visit my best friend Krista and her brand new angel baby Evelyn. It was so much fun! We have been apart way too long, it was so good to see her and laugh just like old times. I couldn't put the baby down the whole time and am already missing her. Thanks for letting me stay and for all the fun! Love you girlies!

What a cute little family!

Date Night

2009-01-31T19:04:00.000-08:00

Well for those of you who don’t know I am now finally working again! I got offered the job with the dentist I did my internship with Dr. Noot. I am only part time right now, until the girl I am replacing has her baby, hopefully she will come early!! Actually the truth is I am really scared for her to leave I still feel like I am learning new things each day. The doctor was a challenge at first but I think now we are both getting used to each other and it truly has been a lot of fun for me. Thank you to all of those who helped me along the way, I could not have had this opportunity with out you! Kirk has had the chance to come and do some of his shadowing hours at my office, he comes every Thursday now for about 3 hrs. It is so fun to have him there and it makes us both so excited to have our own office and be able to work together someday. He has started his new semester of classes and is doing great so far. The DAT is getting closer and each day is getting a little more nerve racking. But we are excited!
These days mine and Kirk’s schedules have been opposite, the days I have off he works so date nights…well haven’t been. This week though my sweet love decided to take off Friday night and plan a date! He made me dinner…shrimp pasta and yummy stuff dinner! We did the date with Jason and Katie so the boys made us dinner while we played with our hair. They even did all the dishes too! It was great!

The Boys cooking

I curled Katie's hair

Yummy shrimp pasta! With homemade bread sticks!

All of us!

Christmas Morning

2009-01-09T17:54:00.000-08:00

Ok so I am a little late at getting my Christmas pictures up! This year we spent Christmas in Paul, Id with Kirk's family, it was a lot of fun! It was so nice to have a break from school and work. Even nicer to spend time with family! We were in Paul for about six days and then came home to family here in Utah. Bethany got to come down to Utah for Christmas as well as Emily and Ryan for the New Year. So we were able to have a big fun New Years Eve. It was a great break for us, made it hard to go back! Well here are some fun Christmas morning pictures!

Kelsie & Brian

Mom & Dad

GOOD MORNING!!!

Kirk got a harmonica for Christmas, and hasn’t stopped playing his beautiful tunes since :)

Yeah for Christmas!!

2008-12-18T21:21:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago we got to go to temple square, Katie and Jason had extra tickets to the Christmas devotional and were gracious enough to invite us so we went to the devotional and got to listen to the First Presidency speak. I think we enjoyed Elder Eyring's talk the most. It was especially funny as he told of his kids throwing foil balls at "Samuel the Lamanite," and that they had to constantly remind them that he could not be hit upon the wall. After the devotional we ran around looking at the lights as we froze our buns off. It was a lot of fun, and the lights on temple square are gorgeous. We are getting excited for Christmas break and to spend time with family.

The Reason for the Season

2008-12-09T10:00:00.001-08:00

So our parents (John and Linda) gave us The Christmas Sweater by Glen Beck. I thought I (Kirk) would read it, and I absolutely loved this book. It is an easy read, but man does it remind you of the Savior and his mission, and our stubbornness at times. I would recommend this book to anybody. And here is just a short quote from his little author's not at the end of the book which I loved.

"I wonder sometimes how many of us don't face ourselves because we are convinced that we're worthy of only a certain level of happiness. We are limited by our imaginations and thoughts of worthiness and joy. We become comfortable in our misery because it is all we know. Or maybe it's just that we don't look for the 'real' us because we're afraid that there isn't any real us to find. . . . At Christmas we celebrate the birth of the Christ child, but by doing so, sometimes we miss the real meaning of the season. It is what that infant, boy, and then perfect man did at the end of His ministry that makes the birth so special.

Without His death, the birth would be meaningless.

For years, I didn't believe in redemption as anything other than a word you hear from a preacher. I didn't think it was real. Even if it was, I didn't think that I was worthy. That is a lie. It is real. It's not just a word; it is a life-changing force. I am worthy. You are worthy. We all are. I guess the real lesson I learned that last Christmas with my mother was that the greatest gift is any gift that is given with love. I so clearly remember the look in her eyes as she saw my sweater rolled up in a ball on the floor of my room, and I remember realizing all that she had done for that gift. I refuse to stand at His feet and see Him with the same look in His eyes as he asks me, "Son, is that the gift I gave you?"

Pick up you redemption. Cherish it. Wear it. Share it. It has the power to transform lives." (end quote)

Glen Beck gives a very personal look into some of his life experiences. In doing so he gave me a good reminder of my Savior and his redeeming power. I would strongly recommend this book to all. Have a wonderful Christmas season and may you spend it with those you love, remembering He who loved us enough to die for us.

We Are Finally Blogging

2008-12-04T15:15:00.000-08:00

Well we are finally joining the blog wagon! Kirk and I have had a lot of fun this last year and a half of marriage, we are loving it! I just can't believe how fast it has gone! Well to catch you up....we are now living in Provo, UT (after many a moves:) A couple months after we got married Kirk decided that he wanted to go into dentistry so he finished up his teaching degree and we left our small town of Rexburg and came to Provo! He now is attending the Y and taking all of his science classes (which he is doing really well in) for dental school. He will be taking the DAT in June and then we will begin applying!! It is an exciting and nerve racking time:) I finished my degree in Photography right before we got married and was working at a portrait studio as a photographer here in Orem. I really enjoyed it. Kirk enjoys it even more:) I make him go out with me all the time and take pictures! This one above was the most fun! We took a drive one Saturday around the Alpine Loop here in Utah, it takes you all through the canyon, it was soooo beautiful! We found this little stream and spent forever there playing with the pictures till we finally got our perfect one! We love it! Kirk started to get grumpy right before this because I had dragged him all around that canyon taking hundreds of pictures. But as soon as we got to this little stream he was having so much fun! He is becoming a little photographer himself.

As for me I am just finishing up dental assisting school. It has been a lot of fun I have learned a lot! I am starting my internship with a dentist in Pleasant Grove next week and am really excited about it. I am still going to do my photography though! Just on my own now wich I am excited about.

Our Day Taking Pictures

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A few pics of us!

He was about to kill me by this time:)