Oh my!!!

Well I haven't blogged in a couple months! Things have just been so busy/stressful/just CRAZY! Sooo... I got a new job, and I absolutely LOVE it! I am a server in a dining room at an assissted living home. I get to take old peoples orders and bring them their food. I just can't express how much I love it! It is so fun. The people I work with are so great, and the residents are just so wonderful! Sometimes they get kind of cranky, but overall they are just so sweet! That is a new great step in my life... I actually have a job I like! Haha

So my family has a horse, and my dads friend has a horse. Our horse is a boy, and his horse is a girl... when boys and girls get together.... well you know what happens! haha Needless to say the girl horse (Dancer) and the boy horse (Indie) had a baby together! It is a cutie little girl! We went up to see her the day after she was born. I don't even think she was a day old when we saw her. My dad and his friend haven't named her yet, but they are thinking about Dancers Jewel. And the name I came up with was Jewel.... because she has a big white spot on her forehead! So I think I am naming the horse! I was excited when my dad told me that was an idea for a name! Here are some pictures!




That is Dancer with her little baby No Name for now! We had to cage them into the barn because Indie can't be around the baby for a while. He would hurt her.


And that is Connor riding our horse Indie. The other day Indie bucked my dad off of him while he was riding. Indie is just very stubborn and hasn't been ridden in a long time. But my dad and Connor are fearless!

It is so great to have animals. We also have chickens...



And some goats... but I don't have any pictures of them yet! It has been so fun going up and building the chicken coop and taking care of the horses!

Tag you are IT!

So saw this... and thought I would do it... enjoy.

1. Open your first photo folder

2. Scroll to the 10th photo.

3. Post the photo and the story behind it.

4. Tag 5 or more people... but I don't want to tag anyone else! So feel free to just do it!



So... I was in high school when I took this picture. I love my moms face in it! She is just beautiful! Anyway, I was sitting in the kitchen talking to my mom and sisters. I think I was taking random pictures with the camera I just got... So I was going crazy taking pictures! I took tons and tons of pictures or my mom and my sisters. It was funny because Bridget had this little bear and bunny that she would carry around all the time and hold while she sucked her thumb. She was the cutest. She used to call them "buyah" for the bunny, and "bees" for the bear. It was the CUTEST! She still holds them up to her face when she sleeps. Anyway, she kept putting the bear in the pictures, like sneaking it in in really funny ways. So all the other pictures are funny. And I am pretty sure they were trying to model. I love my mom and sisters so much! It was a fun night!

Don't go away...

So this last weekend was one of the most uplifting weekends of my life! I had the opportunity to listen to the Prophet and Apostles of our church! On Saturday I got ready and went to the church to watch conference. I didn't want to stay home because there were a lot of distractions at my house, and I just felt like I really needed to go to the church to focus on it. The first session was just amazing! I went to conference thinking of questions I had, and things in my life that I needed help with. Boy, were all of my worries and prayers answered! It was amazing! After the first session I had the opportunity to sing at a baptism with my mom. I love singing with her! The baptism was so wonderful, and there was such a sweet spirit there as well. After the baptism I went to the second session with my brother Aidan. (I love him so much! He is such a sweet brother!) That session was just as good as the first one, and again, I was definitely uplifted! On Sunday I stayed home and watched conference with my family. After it was over we watched a movie about Emma Smith! She was a great woman.

So the themes of conference that I saw were:
1. Finding hope and faith in our lives.
2. Family's and a lot about MOTHERS!
3. Trials, and how to work through them.

I loved that there were so many talks about mothers. I love my mom so much, and I love the way she raised me. She is just so wonderful! I don't remember who said it, but one of the Apostles said that Motherly love was the closest love to the Saviors love. I just LOVED that quote. Haha so full of love!

Anyway, I realized in my life that I just really need to have the Spirit with me always. I feel so empty and sad when I don't have it with me. So I am striving to be better in my scripture study and prayers. I don't ever want the feeling I had this past weekend to go away. It is too uplifting to leave!

Birthday and Easter!

So my birthday was on Friday! I have been kind of down lately just about everything, and I thought that this birthday was going to be the worst ever!!! But I woke up on Friday morning and got breakfast in bed! Then Ashley and Katie took me out to lunch. We went to Qdoba, and then we went to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory! What is better than chocolate? Nothing! Ok JK But it is still so wonderful! We hung out for a bit after lunch and it was so great! Then that night, Aidan and I went to see The Clash of the Titans. It was a great movie! So that was such a good birthday. Tonight I had my birthday dinner. I had steak and potatoes and artichoke! It was simply amazing! Then we did presents and cake! Yumm!

So today was Easter, and what a great day it was! I got to listen to conference and be so uplifted! It was so wonderful! I had a good time with my family as well! They are so funny! It is so crazy when we are all around each other for long periods of time! My sister Fiona was being so funny! She said some really funny things today. She was talking about my dad snoring and said that she could talk to him in snores and understand what he was saying when he snored! She is such a crack up! Then, she leans over to me very quietly and says, "Kennedy, do you have any secret moles?" And I said, "No, do you?" She said YES! Haha I was like well where is it? She said she wouldn't tell me, but kept going on and on about her secret moles, and she thought I had one! What a crazy! She is just so funny all the time!

The three younger kids in my family did an Easter egg hunt. My dad hid the eggs, and hid them hard! My mom had a golden egg and the winner got what was inside. Bridget did so well hunting for her eggs. Aidan and Fiona kind of had some problems... Fiona didn't want to look at all for any eggs. She was so funny. At one point she got so fed up with looking for them that she dropped her bag of eggs and ran across the street. She is so dramatic! haha So Bridget found the golden egg and found all of her eggs first! After I opened all my presents Fiona, Aidan, Bridget, and my dad got into a fight with the plastic eggs. They were all over the living room. I got hit with one of those things and they hurt! Too funny! So over all it was a great day, and wonderful birthday! I love my familly so much! Here are some pictures!

Birthday!










So excited about the shoes!






Hunting for eggs



When I took this picture, my dad said, "We have the Easter Bunny here with us today!" So funny! Needless to say Fiona got really mad after she realized what he did!






Bridget found the golden egg!


Aidan reminds me of when he was just a little guy! Love him!

Things I really want...

So I have always wanted a silver ball bracelet... I was looking at the Tiffanys website, and I found the bracelet I wanted... Soooo cute! But here's to wishing!



I have also always wanted this bracelet too! Sooo cute!

Blessings of the day

Things I am grateful for today...
1. The nice weather this morning

2. My job...(as much as I DO NOT like it... puts money in da bank.)

3. A car

4. Being able to go teaching with the missionaries tonight... SOOOO excited

5. Sleep

6. Books... where would I be in life if I couldn't read a good book?

There are so many other things I am grateful for... ♥

Fairytales!

I love watching Disney movies. They just give so much hope that you will be happy just like them... and as we know, we get that certain happiness for eternity! That is the only part Disney doesn't get. Haha I watched The Princess and the Frog tonight with Mel. It was a really cute funny movie. I have been contemplating life lately... haha sounds dumb when I say it like that out loud. But I really have.... I was talking to my mom about how I just want everything to fall into place perfectly, and that I am just waiting for things to go right and be perfect. She immediately said, that never happens. We can't just sit around and wait for things to impact our lives. We have to get out there and do it! It is kind of a hard principle for me to grasp... but again, I am working on it, like so many other things. :) I am a very impatient person... so when I want something, and it doesn't happen right now, I get kind of crabby. Haha But life is good... I am keeping my head up. Or trying to at least! Haha

My dad...

This is why I love my dad soooo much...

I got in a fight with my mom today about some stuff... it was a pretty emotional, good one... haha We got some things out and I was able to gain a new perspective on my life. (My mom has the best head on her shoulders.) Anyway, I have a problem where I get really intimidated by my father... He is a big muscly guy, so who wouldn't be intimidated? I was afraid that he would be just so disappointed in me, and that he would lay into me just like my mom did. (I am the type of person that needs to please everyone... so when my parents are disappointed in me, the obvious solution for me is to do whatever they want me to do. It isn't just that I want to please them... its that it kills me to fall short of what they see in me, and what they expect of me, and want for my life.) So the whole day today, I had been avoiding my dad, just knowing that if I was in a room alone with him he would bring up what I really didn't want to talk about. I was sitting playing the piano, and my dad calls me into the kitchen... of course what was going to happend...? He said sit down by your mom, I need to talk to you. So I sit down, and automatically start tearing up...(don't judge I was expecting the worse, and I have been SUPER emotional lately.) Instead of giving that super harsh lecture, he just says, sweetie it kills me to see you so low, and you need to snap out of whatever is going on. So I sit and listen to him for a while talk about work, and how hard I need to be working in my life... not just at my job, but at everything.

I love how no matter what we talk about my dad will relate my situation to the gospel. He says that to be truely happy, and get anything out of life, I need to be living the gospel. And of course I am going to church... but for me that just isn't enough. I don't get just what I need from going to church one day a week, and my parents know that. They know that when I am having a rough time, and I am not happy, that I am not reading my scriptures and saying meaningful prayers. They are just so smart... haha who would have thought parents would just know what is best for their children. And of course I know that they are right, and that I need to be doing everything I can to be happy.

I love that my parents lives are so focused on the gospel. It is actually a huge relief for me. I know that I am safe in my home, and that I have wonderful parents who won't ever waver from the truth of the gospel. I love that my dad is so open to talk about that gospel. It is so comforting. Most people find that talking about your testimony is just too personal, and so they don't do it. Well I am not one of those people. My day would just be so complete of I could have at least one gospel conversation a day.

So we are talking about the gospel, and my dad is saying that everything in life is spiritual. And I completely agree with him. Then he opens up and says, Kennedy, I know what you are going through... He says, I get in these little rutts and I don't know how to get out.... this is like a big realization for me... I always think of my dad as the perfect dad, the invincible man. It's crazy to know that wow.... parents are normal humans too. Haha and of course I know they are.. it's just different when they talk to you about it.

So the talk went very well, and I just love my dad so much. I love how sweet he is to me. I love that he watches This Is It (The MJ movie) with me and my sister... and that he does some of the dance moves, knows all of the songs, and then gets up and starts dancing to the songs.... if you didn't know, my dad is that best dancer ever! He has the groove haha! I love that he works out to MJ... haha I love that he is so into music, and loves what I love, and raised me on great music... James Taylor! He is so fun, and loves The Office. He has the best laugh ever! OMGosh do we have good laughs at my house... haha He is the perfect man! I just love him so much. ♥

OCD!

Lately I am obsessed with blogging. I swear this stuff sucks you in! But hey, I like it, and it gives me something to do. Recently I have been thinking of things I want to do in the near future, either as a hobby or maybe profession. So since I just love lists so darn much here is a list of things I am interested in!

-PHOTOGRAPHY!!! I would just love to start taking photography classes.. anyone know of a good place to take them for cheap?
-I love sports and I would really love to join a volleyball team, or maybe even.... a rugby team! I have always wanted to learn how to play rugby... which is funny because I am a very very girly girl... doesn't seem like a girly girl would want to get tackled huh? haha
-School is definitely a possibility in the near future. I just don't know what to major in... I have thought about event planning. Sounds so fun! Music is definitely a possibility also. I have been thinking of maybe going out of state for school.... who knows... I just need to do something... and going to school somewhere else sounds fun!
-So there is this school in Santa Barbara, California. (Where I was born!) It is called The Music Academy of the West. It has been a life long dream of mine to go there and study music. It is a summer program, and I would be able to study music for the whole summer... and live in Cali... Can you say amazing tan! Wooo
-And the last big one for right now..... Drum roll...... Go on a MISSION!!! I have been thinking about it a lot lately, and I think it would be an amazing experience. I love missionary work, and I love the Gospel! So I just think that would be so great!!!!

Well that is my list for now... That is what has been on my mind recently. Let me know what you think! ♥

PICTURES!!

This is the night before we left. Mel was playing doctor, and checking Ashley's throat.



Salt Lake Temple























Jordan River Temple





Oquirrh Mountain Temple





Draper Temple







Mount Timponogos Temple







And then.... Ashely attacking Mel