Kira

Kira loves...

head pets
neck pets
the color green
warms
blankets
turkey
turkey pepperoni
bacon
pasta sauce
pizza sauce
croissants
forehead kisses
forehead snuggles
sleeping on warm laptops
warm towels
naps with mama
her name tag
the cubby
her chair
the bed
sleeping next to mama
yelling
the dryer
the closet corner
kitten massages
hugs
sniffing everything
chasing lizards on tv
birds
sunbathing
playing laser
chasing light reflections
breakfast
dinner
treats
catnip
drug mouses
her cat tree
exploring
the sound of crunching plastic
jerky
strawberries
strawberry yogurt
strawberry ice cream
mama being home
bedtime
morning snuggles
8:00 am
bunny scent on towels
amazon packages
boxes
playing
hitting daddy
biting
dining and dashing
inside out laurdiy hoodies
sheep
praises
bathing
her fur
me (mama)

<3

Songs I Love

I always listen to this song when I'm having a hard time with something. I have spent a lot of my life "running away," so this song touches my heart in just the right way.

I love how this song describes the trials of growing up.

This song made me think of Ethan when he was on his mission. Every single time I listened to it I would think of him. It made me laugh sometimes because I couldn't really figure out why I would think of him, but now that we're getting married I feel like it was the Lord's way of letting me see how much he could mean to me. (His letters were my favorite thing to get in the mail.)

This song reminds me of what the Atonement of Christ means for me as an individual. It gives me hope and reminds me that I don't have to be perfect to be loved. This song also helped me understand a little bit of what Ethan saw in me when we first started dating.

This song helps me face the times where I feel like I'm never going to make it in the math world. It reminds me that if I love what I'm doing, if I'm pouring my heart into the things I love they will become my life. It just helps me see that I can do it even though I'm stumbling on things.

Small Wedding Updates

Got my nails done for the wedding. No fakes for me, these are my reals nails! :)

 

My goregeous, handsome boy chose his outfit for the wedding. Isn't he dashingly good looking? ;)

My tummy hurts from stress and I'm really tired. Like, all the time. Hopefully once the wedding happens it will all go away. 

My mom and grandma went with me to pick up my wedding dress. It fits and looks nice, but I'm not in love with it anymore. I haven't been for quite some time. However, there's nothing I can do about it. I paid for the dress upfront instead of putting down $100 to hold it while I looked at other stores/dresses. Bad decision on my part. As usuall. This is how my life goes. 

We were going to do bridals and  first look pictures tomorrow, but things didn't work out as planned. So now we'll just have to get bridals done with the wedding pictures. I guess it's good we're not doing bridals tomorrow because I still have no idea how I'm going to wear my hair :/

Some Desires

Things I want right now:

-to love my job the way I used to

-the feelings my job used to bring me 

-watermelon

-the movie, frozen 

-a healed skinned knee and rolled ankle

-my wedding dress to fit

-sleep

-Wendy's fries and a frosty

-my Kira kitty 

-my own car

-answers 

This could be the difference between what you need and what you want...

Oh Matchbox Twenty, you've been so good to me. Through every low period and every high period in my life since Jill introduced us. There's always a song that helps me think through things, whether difficult or easy. You're always going to hold a special place in my heart. I have grown so much and changed so much since I started listening to you. I can't imagine loving a band more than I love you. (However, my fiancé will beat you out for my love any day haha!) Sometimes I don't realize something is wrong or that I need to relax and slow down until I start craving your lyrics. As soon as a plug into your melodies, things become clear and I can figure out my life. If there were something on earth that did for me what the Holy Spirit does for me spiritually, it would be all the songs on your CDs, new and old. I'm so thankful that I have this kind of connection with something that can bring me temporary peace so that I can then calm my soul enough to reach out to the Holy Spirit for the guidance I need. While your music may not be uplifting or spiritual, it's enough to put my mind in the kind of humble place it needs to be to set out on a baby steps path to seeking spiritual guidance. It's whatever works, right?

Registration

I registered today. For my second semester in my senior year. Holy wow.

I'm taking Linear Algebra, Experimental Design, Calculus, Intro. to C++, and Foundations Capstone. Two of those classes are block classes and one is an online class. So by mid-Spring semester, I will only have class from 10:15-12:30. Uh, heck yeah! :)

Ethan registers next week. I hope that his schedule won't prevent me from seeing him. Though, thankfully we'll be married so I can at least see him when I go to sleep every night.

I got into all the classes I wanted. Well, maybe not all because there's like 20 more I want to take, but that's a different story haha. It only took my 7 minutes and a whole night of no sleep thanks to the crack of dawn registration time.

Married Blog

I decided to make a blog for Ethan and I. That way our family that lives far away from us can keep up with some of the things that happen in our lives. Sometimes the things on there will be repeats of what we've posted on Facebook, but hopefully with a lot more detail than there. I've given Ethan access to make posts as well. So hopefully this will be fun and interesting.

Here's the link: http://eatstew.blogspot.com/

And an enjoyable picture of a guinea pig in a wagon...