My Book!

Once Upon a time (yesterday) I (kaylie) wrote a book for a class. It's not a very good book, its not life changing but I had fun making it! Let me know what you think!

-Kaylie

P.S Cali post coming ASAP, also Temple trip coming ASAP :]

The Light Bulb

So I have started this dang post about three times, each time I think to myself that people don't want to hear me vent, you sound stupid Kaylie but you know what, I don't care at the moment I'm going to vent and if you want to read have at it.

I have had a terrible, horrible, no good week! I feel like that childrens book. I have worried about so many things. I have had SO much CRAP due in school. I had a lesson to teach at the preschool which I almost slept through thank goodness I woke up five mins before I was supposed to be there. The weather has been crap. I have just felt like a really big failure and I haven't been able to shake it! I had such a wonderful time in cali with my family and then I come back and have a crap-tastic week. (Cali post coming soon)

I found out Sunday that my ward was going to Baptisms today and I really didn't think I could go. I kept thinking today that I didn't really want to go. Can I just say that I am SOOO glad that I went!! I went and got my hair cut on Wed. I got some much needed advice from one the guys that was cutting hair there. But tonight at the temple I could feel the spirit so strongly. It made me feel so good to think that I am helping people to reach their highest potential. I could feel the love that those people have for me even though they haven't met me yet. It made me realize that even though I have had such a crap week and even though I have so much worry on my mind I will always have a heavenly father that loves me and that all this little stuff doesn't really matter in the long run. I am so grateful i went.

Love,
Kaylie

P.S I get to go again on Saturday!!
P.SS Sorry for the spelling I don't feel like proofing it tonight.

A fun weekend

HEY O :]

So not much going on down over below where ever you around here. I did make some yummy food though :] Let me explain myself!!

Yes I'm on a diet. Do I always stick to it? NO, Heck NO! :] Friday Jess and I were talking about Rice Krispies, which reminded me of girls camp, which reminded me of the Glaziers and how Jaenea would make these AMAZING peanut butter, chocolate rice Krispies. She would make them for us for girls camp for like the five years they were our camp leaders. I looked it up and found the recipe :] I made them and......they taste AMAZING! Much better than the Powder sugar choking hazard lemon squares, only Jess liked them lol :] I also thought of Christmas break where I went over to the wonderful Blakes household and found miss Delaney making oreo truffles and smashing them in a bag! I thought to myself, "hmm self I really want some of those wonderful Oreo Truffles." So, after going to see Valentines Day which btw is AWESOME :] LOVED IT! we came home and Allison, Jess, and I made Oreo truffles. They turned out AMAZING :] They are by far my favorite candy i think! We had a lil too much fun with the chocolate!


Before :]



Then I figured out that the oreo mixture made a good face mask!! So I attacked everyone else :]




GRRRR :]





Favorite picture BY FAR


Roomies



mmmmmmmmmm


Enjoy!

Saturday morning I wasn't able to sleep in thanks to my inner clock. I finished the Last Song (SOOOOO GOOD BTW) and then Jess and I went over to IHOP! It was Super yummy! Last minute we decided to go to Zion to get away from Cedar and to take some pictures of Jess. She hadn't been there in awhile so we enjoyed ourselves.


Me and my crazy hair at weeping rock


My head looks squished


First attempt of getting the waterfall


Second attempt....still no waterfall

It was a great weekend!!

Cali next weekend and visiting my fam and good friends in kanab!!

SOOOO EXCITED!!
P.S sorry for the spelling errors...didn't feel like going through

Why?!

Good Evening out there :]

I really should be writing an article about assessment right now...I have locked myself in my room so that I will finish it. However, here I am not doing it. Procrastination has become something i'm an expert at!! Today I want to blog about something mostly for me but if you want to read it you're more than welcome.

Also if you haven't caught on I print this blog off so it's like a journal for me, that's why I have random posts sometimes.

I have been thinking a lot lately about my major. So, i'm going to answer the question: "Why did you choose to go into education?" and "Why do you want to teach?"

Good questions huh? I think so. Honestly for awhile I didn't know what I wanted to do. My problem is I have so many things I want to go into. I would love to do photography, interior design, learn more about history, creating things, and so on, the list is endless. Since I was about five I have said that I was going to be a teacher, so I can't really tell you when I said OH! Teaching is for me! I really can't remember. I don't know what made me say I wanted to be teacher, maybe it was because thats what every little girl wants to be when they grow up, but here I am. I came to SUU because it had a great education program and so that's the only school I applied to (boring aren't i?). Honestly though the thought of teaching until about three months ago scared the CRAP out of me!! I don't have a lot of confidence and putting myself out there is extremely hard for me. I have heard all my life that I would be a wonderful teacher but honestly I didn't believe them. I doubt myself. I try to live up to this expectation that I have for myself that is pretty much impossible to fulfill. What i'm trying to say is i'm a perfectionist (if you went to high school with me you already know this lol). I love kids to death and they crack me up! It wasn't until these past few weeks that I finally felt that I can teach, that I will do a good job as a teacher, and that I will make it through it. I'm still scared to death but I now believe in myself. I realize a little bit more of why I want to be a teacher. I am comfortable with kids. All my shyness goes away when I teach, I am silly, and loud. I feel so much better when i'm around kids than I do when i'm around people my own age. I have a hard time talking to people, i laugh when i'm nervous and its probably very annoying (sorry to all guys that I am around and if I laugh around you a lot). I can NEVER think of anything to talk about! I'm not dumb, but for some reason when I go to talk I am so scared that I will sound stupid. What i'm trying to say is that I am doing the right thing. I feel comfortable and that i'm finally in a place that I feel is my place to be. I feel this same way when I take pictures, play my violin, or work out. I guess you could call them my comfort zones. Now all I need to work on is life. :]

No complaints
-Kaylie :]

Craft Blogs

I love craft blogs :] I am always looking for new things and ideas!! There are more I go to but here are a couple :] (I also lost a few when my laptop got stolen :( ) Check them out!!

http://cuegly.blogspot.com/

http://kellyhicksblog.com/

http://www.rufflesandstuff.com

http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/

http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com/

Blessings, Mom, and Some Killer Knees :]

This weekend was such a good one!

Friday afternoon my awesome mom came up to stay the night! We had such a fun time! We went to the gymnastics meet that night and dressed up in PINK for breast cancer awareness. Sadly they lost....but it was a WAY good meet! After that Jessica, my mom and I headed over to Wingers for some dinner. It was SUPER good :] After that we went and got some Fro Yo, also yummy! We then headed home and just chilled. The next morning my mom and I went to the bookstore where I bought the book below. We then went and saw Dear John. We laughed a ton and had such a good time! It was an awesome weekend :] We forgot to take pictures when we were actually doing anything so we took them in the car when she was leaving.




Laughing lol


She didn't want her face showing??? She said she had a big head lol whatever!!


Funny one :]

AWESOME weekend :)!!!!!!!

Today I went and did the aerobics here on campus. O..my...gosh.....I was literally sweating from everywhere!! I now walk like a pregnant woman and stairs scare me but it was sooo awesome!! I cursed at it the whole time i was actually doing it. For some reason I like the pain of working out though...is that weird?? It makes me feel that I did something productive and something good for myself. I like feeling and knowing that I accomplished something that I didn't think i could!! Also working out makes me happy :] I think i owe the working out gene to my mom who at one time was an aerobics instructor herself!! ya thats right, go mom! Even though I ache and kill i'm going tomorrow again for Body Pump!! Shoud be fun! :] I'm getting there slowly!!

I LOVE books!

I don't think I have ever mentioned how much I love to read before. I LOVE to read!! I have always loved to read. I was the one that would spend forever in the library trying to find a book. I just love it. I also was known for reading more than one book at once. I have done it a lot. Now is no different. I think I got my love of reading from my grandmas, and my GGma. I was able to go buy a book today!! :] mmmmmm The joy! So as of now I am going to be reading 3 books!! I'll show them to you, and when i'm done i'll get back to you how they were.

1st book:

The Killer Angels

This book is way good so far. It is about the battle of Gettysburg. When I went to Gettysburg my senior year of high school I wanted to read more and my history teacher told me this book was WAY good. I just picked it up. Sad, i know. I really like it and it's really neat because I have been there so I can see what's happening. Very good writing but I love anything to do with history!!

2nd book:

The Well and the Mine

I haven't started it yet but it looks WAY good.

This is what's on the back cover.

In a small Alabama coal-minding town during the summer of 1931, nine-year-old Tess Moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss a baby into her family's well without a word. This shocking act of violence sets in motion a chain of events that forces Tess and her older sister, Virgie, to look beyond their own door and learn the value of kindness and lending a helping hand. As Tess and Virgie try to solve the mystery of the well, an accident puts their seven-year-old brother's life in danger, revealing just what sorts of sacrifices their parents, Albert and Leta, have made in order to give their children a better life, and the power of love and compassion to provide comfort to those we love.

Sounds good huh?!

3rd book:

The Last Song (along with every other person on the planet)

According to my mom and Kels this book is AMAZING. I'm excited to read it, I just hope that I don't visualize Miley Cyrus through the whole book....

That's all for now. Come back soon for a post of this weekend!!

-Kaylie

Warm weather I wish!

Yesterday I gave in and bought a new swim suit. Well the top of one anyways. This is the one I bought!! Isn't it cute?! Since I have lost weight my other swimsuits from last year don't fit me at all. I'm really excited for this one because not only is it modest but LONG! If you know me you know my torso is SUPER long and my legs are SUPER short. Having both parents with short legs i was doomed. My last bathinsuit I bought was WAY cute but it wasn't long enough and it fit me funny. It made me look like I had a hunchback cuz my back didn't fill out. Anyways, the swimsuit was kinda pricey....$47.00 but I figured it will last me awhile (I hope).

I'll have to find some bottoms but isn't it CUTE?! I can't tell it gets warm and I can use it!! :]

Snow

I have had an interesting day. I have noticed that when it snows my mood goes down the drain. I'm normally, I think a pretty happy person. I have my random spurts of blah-ness but for the most part i'm pretty good. Today it snowed. Every kid at the preschool i swear was on sommething today. OFF the WALLS! My mood went down the drain. I didn't get to work out, and so I didn't do my wii fit either, this added to my bad mood. Also, i'm really missing home today, mostly my family. I really never have been much of a home-body. When I was little I would push my mom out the door when the babysitter came. I went to D.C for a week, never once got home sick. Lately I have become a home body. I call my mom everyday more than once haha. Usually its about a question or just to talk. I talk to my dad a lot also. Josh, well not so much. So this post is just a thanks to such wonderful parents! I love you guys so much. You have put up with a lot from me (specially during my high school years). Thanks so much!

I love you!

Light Green and Pink :]

I know I just posted.....but......(sorry if your getting sick of me...)

If i were to pick another area to study in school other than teaching, and photography I would do Interior Design. Someday I want to do my kitchen in light green, light pink and a vintage floral (if there is a such thing haha). Pretty much a thirties/forties style theme.

I love the colors in this kitchen!! I also love the table and the hutch. Super wonderful! Just makes me happy. Doesn't it do that for you too?!

I LOVE the cabinets in this one as well. I also love the sink. Believe it or not I love the light.

I also love the shelf above the window. I pretty much just love everything about this one!

This one isn't my favorite. I don't like most things in it. I do like the curtains, and the plates.

Off subject but I LOVE THIS BED!!! Just speaks Yummmm :]

K

I Promise this is my last post for today haha and hopefully the next few days!

Kaylie

Today

Good Day :]

Went swimming after working out. It felt SOOOO good. I thought my legs were gonna fall off after i ran today. All I see is me running and falling off. How pathetic would that be?! I can see it now :
GIRL DIES AFTER FALLING OFF TREADMILL. SHE ONLY RAN ONE MILE!!!

I did write stuff here....I accidentally deleted it....So think of something clever and pretend that its here:







This says: I get frustrated trying to judge whether acne creams are having any effect. In the spirit of controlled trial, i used one on just half my face for a few weeks.

It was cool seeing the effects so clearly, so i got some friends to try different treatments.

-Ok you try the acid first.
-Wait we should randomize the trials. Got a coin?

Ok, Call it. Heads she gets the-
YOU!

Hehehe Hopefully you get it.

Also funny story
Most of you know how out of it I am when i first wake up. I have been told that it's pretty funny. Well this morning was one of those mornings. I woke up to my alarm wanted to turn it off. Some reason I got out of bed even thought I can reach my alarm while still in bed. My foot was asleep, didn't realize this tell I got OUT of bed. I slid off my bed, my bed slid off the stilt things its on, and I landed on the floor. I had to put the bed back on the stilts. Good morning to me!! haha

Catch UP!

I'm a little late at posting this but its pretty much an update on the past two weekends!

Two Weekends ago, I met Kels, Delaney, and their friend Whitney in St. George. We went and saw Dear John, did some shopping (i didn't buy anything....I have become way cheap lately...) laughed a TON, I ate a marshmallow that was HUGE! One of the funniest stories while we were in St. George was at Arctic Circle.

Kim was driving us because I was staying the night at their condo. We all decided we were hungry so we went through the Arctic Circle drive through. Well Kels and I decided we wanted a #1 thinking it was a normal cheese burger. No, it was some Ranch Burger. Delaney at first wanted a shake, then decided she wanted a number one also along with Whitney. After we had figured out that the number one wasn't what we wanted we then decided we wanted a value meal. Well after re ordering everything we finally got what we wanted! I give the girl working there props for dealing with our mess haha. At the end we were all laughing so hard that it was hilarious.

I then woke up early that morning to drive home. It was snowing SO bad. I am not exaggerating when I say my feet were shaking in my boots! Yes i was wearing boots. I said a prayer from black ridge mountain or whatever its called tell I pulled into Cedar. I had a long convo with Heavenly Father haha.

Waiting for Dear John!

It was SO GOOD!

Classy haha

Haha I love this picture we were gangsta haha

Life would be boring without Dear Delaney!

Kels impersonation of Michael Jackson haha

I like them do u?! Just Kidding! :)

Last weekend

Last weekend I had a four day weekend! I left Cedar Friday morning to head home and watch Josh and Grandma Lulu for the weekend. It was my dad's birthday and well Valentines Day so I offered to watch them so my parents could go away. Things didn't work out so great. Short version Josh went to St. George Thursday for his Knee, they thought he had tore his ACL so they had him come back Friday for an MRI. My parents were gonna leave Friday but couldn't cuz my dad had to drive Josh down there.(Oh the day he can drive we will all sing!) So I hung out with Kels, McKenna, Delaney, Brooke, Matt, Josh, Landon...I think thats all??? haha. I met up with kels at her house where we chilled :] Then we picked up McKenna and headed to the basketball game. It was way fun but I stood in the student section which was just strange. I swear I got the stink eye from the French horn player!...haha I still had fun though!

Me, Matt, McKenna, and Kels

For some reason whenever we take a picture matt's head is always somewhere haha!

After the game we played Rock Band. We decided to do it on random song. It was SO FUNNY! The first song we did I played guitar. It was way hard and my poor fingers were KILLING! All of a sudden the T.V turned off....Well...after a few mins of trying to figure out what happened we figured out that I had accidentally pushed the remote with my elbow! haha We got a good laugh. I love all those guys they are so fun! At one point I turned around to see Matt with this:

haha love that kid!

Saturday my parents left and so I taxied Josh around (license in August!!) Then went and hung out with Kels. We took ourselves to dinner at Rewind. Way yummy :]

Sunday morning I headed back to Cedar, went to church. Sat in the chapel for three hours due to the fact that we were combined with three other wards.....It went SO long. Sadly I feel like a church failure cuz I didn't really listen at all....I need to improve at that.

I then headed over to Parowan to meet up with Kels, her mom and the twins at her grandparents house! We played the biggest idiot...I don't know the real name of it haha. I ended up being the biggest idiot after teasing Kels that she was going to be!!

Monday morning we headed out to Brian Head to her grandparents cabin. We had to hike in, then went sledding!! It was SO FUN!!

Thanks Jill for letting me come!! I really had a fun time!!

Out front of the cabin!

all of the water was frozen so why not melt snow?!

Ready to go sledding!! haha

kels ready to go also!

Cheese

Overall it was such a great four day weekend!! I had such a good time!! I just wished it could have been longer!