Happy New Year Update!!!

http://kimberly-lunnen.blogspot.com/2014/11/ive-got-dream.html

Yes it's been a little while since my last post on any of my blogs. Yes it's still my goal to write more this year. Will I be able to write as much as I originally hoped for? Nope, but that's ok. I spend more time with my daughter instead. That is something that I have found is worth every second of every day if I didn't have other things I still had to do sometimes. I'm online still, but mainly on my phone. Which is very hard to type on or do a lot on. It's a tiny screen with a tiny keyboard. Not to mention I usually have my baby on me, or I'm playing with her. I LOVE being a mommy!!! My baby is awesome!!! Even when she is dealing with her tummy issues or anxiety issues, she is a blast and a half! She is still full of smiles, giggles, laughter, and love! I have come to FULLY understand the meaning of unconditional love in my life. I thought I knew what it meant to me. I knew I would die for my husband or my family if needed. I knew that I loved them more than I thought I had space for. But having my own child, a gorgeous little girl; changed everything! She has shown me that I wouldn't just die for her I would live for her. I would do anything for her. I have so much love I don't feel like I'm out of space but that I'm exploding out of every pore with the love I feel for her. I seriously love her more than life itself! 
One thing that I have been doing more of the past little bit is sewing! I can't believe how much I have missed sewing!! I don't have All the  pictures of all the different projects I've worked on lately or made handy. So that will be another post for another day. But here is a list of a few things:
I helped my mom on a special Skull quilt for my uncle. She's the main one who sewed it I just assisted on the quilt when I could. I was honored to help on this special requested quilt!

I made Super Hero Capes and Matching 2 sided masks for the kids for Christmas!
Batman
Captain America
SuperGirl
Love them all!!!! They turned out so cute and the kids seemed to love them tons!!!

For Brady's birthday I made specialty Zelda Decorative Pillows for him to go with his Collectors Edition Zelda monopoly.

Right now I'm working on sewing a Rag Quilt for Little Miss Maize. (Will post pictures soon!) Then I have a special Comfort quilt that I'm going to be making for a very special little girl! Also will post pictures later.

That is another one of my goals for 2015. I'll be sewing more. Not just my own project either. But Every year from here on out I want to pick projects that I can do throughout the year that are similar that has to do with service and charity. That way it's a constant source of service and charity that I can use to teach our kids about the importance of service and charity and doing things for others. This year the service projects I have chosen are making comfort quilts for Children at Primary Children's Hospital as well as comfort quilts for Chemo Units. Seeing how much the comfort quilt I made my dad for Chemo 2 years ago meant to him, makes me want to put another smile on another person's face. 

(Will post a picture of that quilt as well in next sewing post).
There are a few other sewing projects that I have stuff for and I am excited to work on them in the upcoming few months.

I have been trying to read more and work on writing down my book/story ideas when they come to me so that one day hopefully I can get back to working on becoming an author. All things in due time though. I feel I have other things that are more important right now to be placed on the front burners. Someday though. I know I will have a book out in print. Why? Because I'm determined, it's one of my dreams, and it's on my bucket list! Looking forward to that when the time is right!

I am currently looking into working from home online to start helping with the finances again. I will stay as a stay at home mommy and not be going back to work as of now. But I do want to help out as much as possible. Plus if I make a little extra $$$ on the side I can buy more fabrics to sew more, as well as buy more cute stuff for my itty bitty pretty one!!! Love her!!! So you may be seeing a post about my new working experiences once I get up and going on them!

Well that's all for tonight!!!
Kimberly Out!

Thanksgiving

First off, I'm back!!! I'm loving my new life!! I'm still happily married to the man of my dreams. Going on 5 years of marriage next month!! Thats officially the halfway mark of the time I've known him!! 2004-2014!! Ten years of knowing this stud muffin has made life amazing!!
We are the incredibly proud parents of the perfect little girl, Maizie Jane!! She is my number one dream come true! I officially feel like a Disney princess now! I got the prince and now we have the most beautiful life together. It's my official happily ever after!!
So today is Thanksgiving! So I decided to make a come back to doing a personal blog by making a list of the top things I'm thankful for right now in my life. I hope you enjoy!
2014 Thanksgiving
I'm thankful for:
The fact that I'm Alive!! I made an important decision in the pre-life which gave me the privilege and  opportunity to come to earth and have a life!

I have the most amazing life!! I couldn't have asksd for a better life path that I was put on.

My amazing husband! He is my very best friend and I don't know what my life would be like without him! I know I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for him. He is the best husband in the work and he takes care of our little family.

I am a mommy!!! My biggest dream in life, since I can't even remember when, has finally come true! (I couldn't have asked for. Better man to share it with either!) Honestly my daughter is literally the most beautiful thing I have ever seen on the face of this planet! I didn't think my heart could grow anymore. I have seriously be proven wrong everyday since the morning I turned 25 and read that tiny little test. She makes my heart grow each and everyday. I'm pretty sure I'm going to explode by her first birthday!! She's just so incredible!

My family! They have stuck by me through thick and thin and I owe so much to them. I don't think I've ever seen a family unit who can share a love with one another as strong and as awesome as my family! My dad is awesome and I couldn't have asked for a better man to raise us. My mom is (next to Brady of course) my very best friend. She was there for me no matter what was going on! My brother: well he's a big goofball but I love him so much! I mean come on who else would have taught me everything I know if not for him?!?

My inlaws are the best!!! They welcomed me into their family an have a special way of loving and making sure everyone feels loved and included!! My mother and father in law are the best in laws I could have ever asked for. They raised the most amazing sin ( sorry girls I'm a little biased. I think Brady's the best one!! 😘) they have also helped us out in times of need. Welcomed our cute little family into their home to live with them. What a great time it has been too!! I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now. All of my hubby's siblings and spouses and kids, are So much fun and my heart is full of love for each and everyone of them!!

The Gospel, and to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I'll never be able to express my full appreciation to my parents for inviting the missionaries over to teach us the lessons when I was a teenager. Now I get to give that gift to my children. What a wonderful feeling to know I'll be with my family forever, my husband and I will never be alone or parted, and my daughter was born in the covenant and already sealed to us for time and eternity

I'm also incredibly grateful for the things we take for granted every day. (Even when we dot mean to.)  I'm thankful for the roof over my head, the clothes on my back, the food in my belly, and the love I have surrounding my

WAZ UP?!?!

OK SO HERE IS THE DEAL!

I've started a new blog, it's a 'writers' blog. I'm an aspiring writer and hopefully I'll be able to be called an author and that will be my blog for all of that. Anything that has to do with reading books writing books or what have you I'll be posting on there. I'm typing and writing everyday now to really get myself into the writers frame of mind. Which means I'll be a better blogger from now on. :) We hope lol. No just kidding I know I'll be better because I've told myself I'll be writing everyday so there is no excuse not to get caught up and stay caught up on my blog writing....

I will still keep this blog, for now, but it's going to be more about my personal life and not my writing or about what's going on with my husband and I... The other two blogs, if you'd like to check them out or follow them are the following.

My husband, Me, and our family blog:

http://bradynkimberly.blogspot.com/

My Writers Blog:

http://kimberly-lunnen.blogspot.com/

Anyways. I've got some good writing ideas in my head, so I'm going to head to type on my novel.

Love to all!!!!

Kimini

Marriage- A must Read

Ok so I know I haven't written in forever, but all is well. Brady and I are happy, in love, and living in Cali still. We've both been super busy with school and work and studies lol. but I just read this somewhere and I had to post it, it brought tears to my eyes...

MARRIAGE When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her! With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now. The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again. In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage. This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request. I told Jane about my wife's divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully. My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office. On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her. On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger. She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily. Suddenly it hit me... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head. Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day. But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office.... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind...I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore. She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart. That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead. My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push thru with the divorce.-- At least, in the eyes of our son--- I'm a loving husband.... The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage! If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you. If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. A CHRIST-CENTERED MARRIAGE IS A MARRIAGE THAT IS SURE TO LAST A LIFETIME. So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. Matthew 19:6

Bridals

Ok here are some bridals! Hope you enjoy them!! They are also on my other blog!

~Kimberly

MUST READ THIS!!!

Ok Peeps!! I've created a new blog for my hubby and I to use http://bradynkimberly.blogspot.com/ .... I'm going to actually be keeping up better on that blog because we have moved to CA and our families in UT wanna know whats up... so if you are following this blog I'll still write on it every now and then I'm sure.... but mainly on the other one... if you have given me permission to view your blog as well with this account (squirtmagee@yahoo.com) I hope you'll give me permission with my new account connected to my new blog so that I can follow your blog through that my other email is the same just at Gmail (squirtmagee@gmail.com) Let me know if you give me permission so that I can add you to my links list as well as my following blog list. :) I love you all and hope to talk to you soon!!! Love ya!!! Kim

Yeah... It's been awhile, here's a quick update!

So... Yeah it's been awhile... Lets just say I've been busy lol... So here's a short story of what has happened the last couple months. 1. Brady connived with my mom and school and everyone to surprise me... He got special permission from the Military to come home over Memorial Day weekend to surprise me. He gave me my official ring, which is GORGEOUS and HUGE!!! And he picked it out/designed it (or what have you) All by himself! :) It was a wonderful time spent together. :) Here are a couple pictures for you from this one.... 2. School for me is going pretty good, and training for him is also going good. The plans for the wedding are also coming along very well. Things are getting done, and payed for and ready as soon as the wedding can get here lol... which is in 6 Months.... A semi bitter sweet thing... :) I'm very looking forward to getting married, however I wish I wouldn't have to keep waiting... :) I'm going to pick up my dress soon so that I can get my bridals done. Which I'm very excited to do. :) Brady is supposed to be graduating next month and then going to Cali. Where I will be joining him in December after our wedding. :) YAY!!!! 3. We were able to get Brady permission to come home for the 4th of July!!! It was a great time! We went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House which was very neat, because Brady had never been through an open house before, not to mention we were able to walk through an entire Temple together. And this temple is SO Unique compared to any other that its SO NEAT!!! Then we spent Saturday with his family and went swimming in there pool, then we spent Sunday with my family and did a BBQ after church. it was a really good weekend. But just like the last one that was 2 days, 3 days still is just not enough time... I want more time with him... I guess it's a good thing we are getting married in the temple so that we'll have the rest of Eternity together, because I really can't see not having him in my life. Not for one year, one day, not even for one millisecond Here are a couple pictures from that... Well I better go for now, I've got school in the morning and a billion other things to get back to doing and all of that stuff... I'll try to write again soon. :) Love to all!!!! :) ~Kim

I'm shakin up, but I'm ok... I want to say thanks...

Well I just had a very scary experience Last night... and feel that I need to show some special appreciation for some people. First I thank the Lord for watching over me and helping me out in a major time of need, and answering my prayers immediately. Second I am lucky that even though it can be dangerous driving fast, I'm so thankful for the fact that my dad being a real, pro race car driver for a short time and my brother for his experience in racing, taught me how to drive. And be able to handle a vehicle well enough that even if I'm going very fast I can stay in control of it. Third I feel gratitude for my neighbors son for being in the right place and the right time to help me, even though he didn't realize it until I went over and thanked him... This is what happened...... Last night I drove down to the fabric store to buy some stuff for a costume I wore to a party tonight. About a little before I was half way home I noticed a car somewhat following me through traffic on the freeway... Not unusual for freeway driving... when someone wants to get through, and they see a car making their way through, they tend to follow right? Well, as I was exiting the freeway I noticed they were exiting as well.... but then... I realized that they were trying to follow my exact movements and when someone is doing that... they are usually following someone... every time I tried to pass a car and get around them and in front of them this car did the same... As I was coming to a light, I pulled in the right lane knowing that it was going to end right after the light, so that I could get in front of a truck, they tried doing the same however they obviously didn't know the lane was going to end because they had to hurry back over to the left lane. I took a turn onto a back road... they followed... I turned onto state street and weaved in and out of cars... they followed.... of course half of this time I was speeding trying to put some space between us... they kept up however... I was getting my phone out and getting ready to call it in and request some help.... however, as I pulled to a four way stop, with them almost rear-ending me, I knew that there was somewhere that had a lit parking lot where a lot of cars would be and I could possibly hide... however it would be tough trying to get away from them... This is when my neighbors son pulled behind me turning left at the four way, in a truck with a trailer, he was going somewhat slow... so it gave me time to take off like a bat out of hell and take this random chance that I just was blessed with to get away... Luckily... I was able to hide among the cars, and I waited and I watched as the truck slowly drove forward with the car right on their tail.... Also luckily, they didn't see me... but I could tell the whole time they were driving down the street, they were weaving back and forth trying to look around the truck... when the truck pulled off to turn off, they sped off like none other trying to catch up to me... however coming up to another four way.. they sat there for a good minute or so flipping and changing their blinkers... trying to figure out which way to go... now granite they might not have been following me, however I follow that hard to believe with every turn I made they made, down back road after back road..... at speeds that I wish I hadn't been driving... So... I just kinda feel like its safe to assume they were following me... This went on for a good like 15 maybe 20 mins... I'm not sure why they were following me, who they were or what they wanted. I'm just grateful that I was able to get away and get home safely. After I got home I ran next door to say thanks to my neighbor as I walked up I seen two guys unloading the truck so I asked ok was Norm driving or was someone else... They said Randy was. And then he walked out and I said thanks and told him what he had done for me and how grateful I was to him... the other guys and him proceeded to tell me that the whole time that other car was following them and riding their tail... they were discussing it and were ready to stop and kick some butt or whatever... And then they realized why they were following so close and trying to get around them or get them to go faster. They were very thankful that they were able to help me out... Well... that's pretty much the story... and those who helped me out thank you SO much, you have no idea what it means to me!!! Well I better head to bed, so I'll talk to you all later!!! Loves to all!!!! ~Kim

My Surprise that I found :) MY FIANCE AND FRIEND ARE AWESOME!!

First off I have to say that my friend Weston (one of my best friends), and my amazing fiance' Brady, ARE FREAKING AWESOME!!! They have supposedly been in contact for awhile without my knowledge working on a surprise for me. First I'll give you the low down and the story of how I see how it all came together, with a little input from one of Weston's experiences... and then I'll tell you how I found my surprise and my reaction..................... I guess a few weeks ago when Weston and I were hanging out he was able to Brady's number off my phone. He supposedly called him and they have been in cahoots getting this surprise ready for some time now... First step, Weston asked me, "If Brady were a stuffed animal what would he be?" well I automatically said either some kind of bear or some kind of Dog.... Let me think on it and get back to you. (I did ask him why and he said idk just a random question... RIGHT.... lol) The next day I chose to send Brady a message asking him what he thought he'd be knowing that I wouldn't get the answer till later that night... before I got the answer... I finally came to the decision that he'd be a Panda. (For several different reasons) Well as I was texting Weston back with my final answer, I received a message from Brady saying,"I'd be a Panda" my response was just "Great minds think alike Babe, that was my answer...:)" Well about a week and a half ago I was hanging with Weston and we were driving in his car, I seen a piece of paper that had Brady's last name on it and I was able to snatch it... I found his address on this piece of paper... I questioned Weston about it... and he said he was saying he got it so that he could write him a letter warning him if he ever hurt me then he'd hear from it from Weston... So I forgot and let it go... :) wow yeah I know I should have seen it... haha. So... Last night I was getting texts from Weston saying how cool Brady is, and he wouldn't explain why... and then after I was done at the salon he called and asked if I wanted to chill... I said no I should probably go home and take care of my mom, she's sick... So he put this fake guilt trip on me saying fine just go home and go to bed... lol and then he was very adamant about me going to bed... and then slipped and said something that he wouldn't have known unless he had been at my house... So I went home and went to my room On my Bed I found this...... My very own: Brady in a Panda form, and guess what?? He even sings and talks to me!!!!! I started BAWLING!!! It means SO much to me!! And I owe them both for it, neither one of them knows how much it really means to me.. Maybe one day... but we shall see... So Weston's little info for me was how he sent the voice recording box to Brady and Brady recorded it, and sent it back to him... Then Weston took it to Build a Bear and had it put in a little Panda in an army uniform. But as he was doing this all of the employees stopped what they were doing to help him because they thought that what he was doing for his friends fiance' who is one of his best friends (that'd be me) really needed something from his friend who was gone with the military... So they had been working together on it for a little while... Supposedly they all though that it was the cutest thing in the world that he was doing for his friends and being the middle person.. Which I have to agree it is way cool and very very cute!! Well... Here's a pic of me and my Panda. :) My little Brady. :) At least now I have something from him and that is named after him, that I can hug and squeeze and show off to people... I'm actually going to two wedding receptions tomorrow... maybe I'll take my panda and introduce my friends to my Fiance' :) Yeah that's what I'll do. :) hehe ok well I better head I've got stuff to do.. Just so you know everything's going great! I'm working a TON of extra hours at the salon so that I can get done early. :) That way I can marry my amazing man and move to California with him. :) I'm VERY excited for that!!!! Well I'll talk to you all later! Loves!!!

So....

Ok so I admit it... I'm so Not the best at keeping up with a blog lol... at least I post when I can... So one of my past posts talked about my certificate and letter from the Army/Brady, for being an Army Spouse and I said I'd post some pictures... well I've finally set up a little tribute thing on my piano for my Soldier. :) Here are some of those pictures for you... :) Spouse lapel Pin, pic of my Hero, Certificate of Appreciation, Letter from the Army, Sticker :) I love my Hero, my soldier, my fiance', my Bestest-Friend EVER, and most importantly, my soon-to-be Eternal Companion. :) Brady I want you to know how much I appreciate all you do for not only me, but for our country. I love you So much and I can't wait to see you again!!!

Bored for a minute

1. Where did you take your profile pic? my house 2. What exactly are you wearing right now? Um my tinkerbell black pants, and a green shirt... 3. What is your current problem? I miss Brady... and hope he's able to get back on for a min... 4. What makes you happy most? Brady 5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to? I can only imagine 6. Any celeb you would marry? Brady Lunnen.... Hey he's a celeb in my book!!! :) And I am marrying him. :D 7. Name someone with the same birthday as you? Kenzy 8. Ever sang in front of a large audience? When I was in jr high I sang for my ward talent show... 9. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? idk... maybe maybe not... 10. Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows? Heck yeah man!! 11. Do you speak any languages? english and very little bit of spanish... but I'm relearning... 12. Has anyone you've been really close with passed away? grandpa and yes others as well... 13. Do you ever watch MTV? nope 14. What's something that really annoys you? Not being able to give Brady real hugs and feel his arms around me right now... =============== Chapter 1: =============== 1. Middle Name Mae 2. Nickname(s): Squirt, Kimmi, Piglet, Beautiful(Only 1 person is allowed to use this nickname, :) ) and many MANY more. 3. Current location: Living room 4. Eye color: hazel =============== Chapter 2: =============== 1. Do you get along with your parent(s): Yep 2. Are your parents married/separated/divorced married 3. Do you have any Siblings? Yes =============== Chapter 3: Favorites =============== 1. Ice Cream: too many, plus I'm not really big on ice cream I have to be in the right mood. 2. Season: summer, so I don't usually get cold, so I don't have to deal with my reynouds... (long story ask if you really want to know.) 3. Shampoo/conditioner: different ones that we use at the salon. =============== Chapter 4: Do You.. =============== 1. Dance in the shower? yeah lol... only sometimes though.. 2. Do you write on your hand? yep 3. Call people back? I try to usually 4. Believe in love? DUH 6. Any bad habits? yeah, a few... I'm working on them though 7. Any mental health issues: Um yeah especially tonight... lol just ask my mom 8. Miss anyone? more than I've ever missed anything or anyone in my entire life and I know that it's not going to change as long as he's away from me... but such is life... =============== Chapter 5: Have You.. =============== 1. Broken a bone? yep 2. Sprained stuff? more than you know 3. Had physical therapy? yeah 4. Gotten stitches? yep... to sew me back together after my surgery 5. Taken painkillers: yeah lol 6. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling? no but I want to someday 7. Been stung by a bee? yeah tooooo many times... 8. Thrown up at the dentist: nope I'm a tough girl!!!! 9. Sworn in front of your parents? lol yes sad to say it... I did about an hour ago... :( 10. Had detention: Nope never... lol YES!!! Hehe.. I mean it's me come on??? How could I not? I got my first detention in the 2nd grade.... =============== Chapter 6: Who/What was the last =============== 1. Movie you saw: Igor!!! 2. Three people to text you? Jill, Carol, Christine 3. Person you called: well the last 2 calls I've recieved is Brady and Weston, before then I called my mom 4. Person you hugged: my mommy 5. Person you tackled? idk... the last person I tackled was Brady before he left 6. Person you talked to on IM? Brady 7. Thing you touched? My laptop 8. Thing you ate? Salmon 9. Thing you drank: Kool-aid!!! 10. Thing you said: That's awesome!!!!

Seeing isn't always believing, but it's sure nice!!! :)

So... :) I've had the opportunity to see my VERY HANDSOME MAN!!! On the computer a couple times... Once while he was at the airport and once last night... Can I just say I LOVE HIM!!! He's so amazing!!! It's really nice to be so blessed with technology now days. Before you only had letters... before that, telegrams, and before that Nothing!! I'd DIE!! I've decided that the Lord is a VERY nice Lord, he blesses me way to much!! :) Not only do I get letters, I get to talk to Brady on the phone, and now I get to see him and talk to him on the computer as well!! Of course none of this beats having him right next to me holding my hand or putting his arm around me... But for now, it's awesome!! Last night while I was talking to him we were able to pray together like we would before he left. And it was neat to be able to kneel where I was and put my comp in front of me. While he said the prayer I placed my hands in front of me as if he were kneeling with me and we were taking each other's hands and bow our heads. It was really nice to be able to say amen, open my eyes and see him looking at me at the same time. I got this rushed feeling of he's SO close to me I can almost feel him!! I wanted to give him a hug SO bad!!! However He'll get LOTS and LOTS of hugs later on to make up for it! (promise) After that I got this idea that even though we both still had our work to do, we could still have the chat opened... so that while we both worked on what we needed to it was still as if he were sitting right next to me and visa versa. It was really NICE!! And before I went to bed it brought up the hymn Count Your Blessings to mind. It was really nice. He's really nice!! :) So That's a great GREAT blessing that I am receiving right now!! Being able to see my soldier, (even if it is a little bit blurry for both of us...) and hear his voice, puts a smile on my face that is not easily broken. I want Brady to know how much I love him! He's a great guy and a great inspiration to me. I always find myself trying to better myself in all that I do. And when I think about it and ask myself why I am, it always leads to one answer, one word, one thought, one person, my one and only Love! BRADY! He makes me want to continue to better myself so that I can feel as though I deserve him, more so than I feel right now... He is such an amazing man, in all that he does. He's a gentleman, he's a missionary(yes still spreading the gospel even though in the army now), he's a great example, he's the bestest friend, and he's the one and only man I want to spend the rest of Eternity with. He's a wonderful person in an All around kinda way, if ya know what I mean!!! I love him in everyway that I know how!!!! Hopefully this will be an ok picture for me to post of him... It's one of the more recent ones that I have... I just love him so much!!! So one of my appointments today canceled... so one of my friends that goes to school with me came up and said... I think we should cut and change your hair... And mind you I've been hearing this for oh...3 and a half months... yes since I started!!! lol And I've changed it a couple times... for myself and for a couple of them to quit pestering... However when Haley said it today it was different and I actually wanted a change and needed something different so we did something different... I'll post 2 pics lol... One that's a normal one and one funny one that we took. :) Hope you like it!! Comment on it please!! It's different then I've ever done and I need some feed back!!! :) Love to all g2g ~KIM

Wow

So I had this really overwhelming experience the other day... Tuesday night I had a dream about Brady and I going to the temple and spending time there together. Then the next day... I was getting ready for my fashion show at my school. (which I totally won by the way!! Got a few hundred dollars worth of prizes!! More later) And I went home for lunch, as always because it saves money. I went and checked the mail and there was a letter from my soldier!!! YAY!! I was so excited! So I went in the house and opened it up... I started reading it and I got this very strong feeling like I was going to have an answer confirmed again... So I kept reading on.. By the second page I was all teary eyed. By the end of the letter I was weeping like a little baby. Brady is so great and he treats me SO good!! Better than a queen. It's hard sometimes because I still have several words in my head from when I was abused at a younger age telling me that I don't deserve a good guy. And that I'd never ever get someone who would treat me right or as a daughter of God. I struggle a lot with it because I want to believe that I do... but sometimes every now and then those words are replayed in my mind.. I wish that they would just go away but I know that it's one of my trials that I chose in the premortal life to deal with. Brady continues to help me with this task. He knows I struggle so he is always trying to reassure me and then show me how much he loves me doubled. :) He's amazing and I don't know how I got to be such a lucky girl to end up with him. I can't even say that he's the man of my dreams and the one I've always wanted... because he's better. My dreams weren't even this good. :) This is how I feel. :) BUT.... We aren't together right now. So because of that, we meet each other every night in our dreams... So for the meantime... my dreams are better for a short time.. Because my life would be nothing without him in it. So Brady graduated from Basic Training yesterday!! YAY I'm SO proud of him!!! I wasn't able to make it because of the expense and school. However I'm planning on a road trip to see him while he is stationed in AZ. I can't wait to be able to see his smiling face in person again... :) I know that he's doing well and hopefully he'll be able to get over the boot camp crud soon and not have to deal with that horrible cough anymore... So pray for him to overcome it please! The fashion show that I did was through the salon that I'm at right now. We did Movie themes. So we chose a movie, a character from it and then had to have a model. We had to dress them up, hair, makeup, costuming, etc... I chose to do Mrs. Doubtfire. :) My amazing brother Tim helped me out by being my model. It turned out AWESOME!!! He did a very good job at being Mrs. Doubtfire. And we ended up winning because of it!! Which is GREAT!! I won some pretty great stuff too. and next time my brother comes into the salon he gets a free service. It's pretty cool! When I get the video back from having it transferred to a DVD I'll post a DVD of his performance down the run way!!!! :) It was great!!!! But for the mean time.. here's a sorta ok picture from a camera phone. :)well I'm going to head for now because I'm supposed to have a client coming in here soon.. I'll post again soon!! With some more pictures, video's etc. Love to all!!!! Kim

Sorry!!! Here's an Update!

So sorry it's been like a month since I've last written... Here's some new things that's happened or about to happen... 1) I received a letter, a certificate, a lapel pin, and some stickers from the US ARMY. Supposedly my amazing fiance' wanted to recognize me for being a good support of him and a wonderful Army Spouse (funny we aren't technically married yet lol) But it's pretty much amazing!! I need to post some pictures but they are still on my camera right now... haha I'll try to do that tomorrow or something like that. 2) Brady phased from White to Blue, which is AWESOME!!!! So He's gotten lots of extra privileges, one including more time on his phone, which I'M TOTALLY LOVING!!! It's been great to be able to hear his voice (although he's gotten the Boot Camp Crud as they call it and his voice is horse and he has a cold as well.) 3) He's graduating from Basic Training on Thursday the 26th of next week!! YAY!!! I'm so incredibly proud of him it's not even funny!!! He's so strong in everything he does and that's something I look up to! 4) I had a meeting with the Florist, Val, my mom and sister in law, it went great!! And we've gotten everything figured out and the wedding planning is going really good!! I think I finally found my Jewelry that I'm going to be wearing but I want to try it on with the dress to see... now I'm just trying to decided between a couple different Tiara's. :) YAY!!! Go wedding planning!! lol 5)My schooling is going great!!!! I'm on the Clinical floor and doing AWESOME!!! I have a lot of clients already calling in and starting to request me because I've been doing a really good job!!! It's been great!! If any of you want to come in and Have a trim, hair cut, color, manicure, pedicure, waxing, or whatever you want to think of, lol, Just call in at (801)785-3113 and request an appointment with Kim. I go to school at Capelli Institute of Hair in Pleasant Grove. :) It's Way fun!!!! Look forward to seeing people that I know come in and visit me! Until I get a job I'm usually doing both day school and night school right now so I can usually take appointments whenever it's best for you. 6) The family is doing great!! Well both families lol! Damian is growing into a cute little boy and he's progressing SO fast, when it comes to somethings we really do believe that he is very very smart as in a Baby Genius!! And he's SOOOO Cute!!! It's totally working for him lol. Ellie is also becoming a beautiful little girl, just like her sisters and her mother!!! I love Brady's whole family!! They are really being a great help with me as far as him being gone, they are also very supportive of us and our decisions which I really appreciate and thank them for!!! I'm very thankful to the Lord for all the ways he continues to bless my life, whether it be through school, my family, or Brady. I couldn't ask for more right now in life, (well maybe to see him... but I'll be seeing him soon enough!) I promise to try to work on doing better and I'm going to post some recent pictures of all of us that I have!!! (Yes I have some really recent pictures of him that are amazing!! MY SOLDIER, is SO HOT!!! lol :) And very VERY handsome!!!) I love him very much and look forward to our life that we will be sharing together! G2G work on more homework, Love to all of you!!!! ~Kim

My Fiance is AMAZING!!!

So here's a quick update, I was able to talk to my soldier on Valentines Day, that was great!!! I then went to his Uncle Jeff's on Sunday for a Mardi Gras Party. On the way down there Brady's mom Val, told me she had something for me from Brady. It was a Valentine's Day Present... So she gave it to me. It was a real Ruby in the Shape of a Tear Drop, it's Beautiful!!! She then gave me the CUTEST purse for my BDAY the next day. From the sound of his letters and his voice Brady seems to be doing great out at Fort Leonardwood MO. He is doing great and progressing through training Wonderfully. When I talked to him on Saturday he had a cough and a cold which means his immune system is down. I mention this because they are having a health concerns and safety cautions going on, on the Fort right now. A couple men have gotten sick and died within only a couple weeks of each other. I ask you all to pray for him and his health to improve. I know how he is and he will just say, "I'm doing fine and I'll be OK." He will just push through it. However being his fiance, I'm allowed to worry lol so with the health concerns and stuff I just worry that his immune system is already low and vulnerable it does somewhat concern me. So I am also going to be doing a fast on Sunday, not only for him, but the loved ones of the men who died as well as everyone who is currently located at the Fort, and for all of their health that they will all be ok. So the next thing that has happened was that I had my Birthday on Monday. And my parents and grandparents went to the Draper Temple open house with me. It was a very neat experience for me as well as an important spiritual experience that I have had concerning not only Brady and I's plans of marriage, but also the career path that I have chosen to go with for now. I know that the directions that I am taking my life, with getting married as well as becoming a cosmetologist is where I need to be. On Wed. His Battle Buddy(Not named just for safety cautions, he knows who he is though.) :) showed up to my school to make a special delivery. You see he had his wrist broken a short time ago, so he was sent home on a medical leave until it heals and then he will return to training. Before he left, Brady wrote a short letter, and took one of the pictures that I sent to him and wrote me something very special on the back of it. He gave this to his Battle Buddy with a map to my house. His Battle Buddy told me he would have come on Monday, on my BDAY however his car was having problems. So he and his wife and daughter drove down on Wed. during the day. He got to my house to realize that no one was here. So he sat there for a few mins thinking and raking his brain to try to remember anything and everything Brady had told him about me. He finally remembered that I was attending beauty/cosmetology school but he couldn't remember the name of mine. So he called 6 different schools in Utah County until they finally said yes she is a student here. :) a relief for him, and then they gave him directions to our school and they came there. When they walked in I heard one of my classmates as she walked towards me (I was at the rinsing bowls learning something new) she said Kim there is a Special Delivery for you, and at first I thought that he was just someone who worked for somewhere, until I seen the cast on his wrist and his wife and child. I automatically walked up to him and shook his hand. He then proceeded to hand me a gorgeous vase with a dozen Beautiful roses in it, along with some other flowers. I then noticed the note that was in the middle of all the roses.... I read it and the picture and it just continues to show me just how amazing this man that I'm planning on marrying is. He has taught me that it really is possible to love someone more when you feel your heart and soul couldn't love them more. He never seizes to amaze me, and he is continually treating me even better than people treat queens. And more often then not I feel as if I don't deserve it, however when I tell him that he always just smiles and says, "yes you do, and that is the way you should be treated and you will always be treated by me." That is one promise I know that he will never break, then again I've never known of any promise that he has broken. So technically all the promises he's ever made me are just as strong and likely to be kept since the moment he chose to make them. It's just how he is. As far as the wedding plans are going, they are going great. I'm trying to finish putting together my own wedding planning binder, and it's coming along very well and I have it all separated and all the different sections I need to have to help me more efficiently and productively plan Brady and my wedding to the best of our abilities and make it Perfect! It's going to be the Best day of my life I know that for sure!!! To be able to marry the man that I love more than anything and know that I will be with him and sealed to him no matter what for time and all eternity will be the best gift that I will ever receive. And with our date being December 29th that's right after Christmas, and honestly I know that it's going to be the best Christmas EVER!! What' better Christmas than one where you not only join another family, but start one of your own, as well as getting a new last name. The one that belongs to the man that you love. :) Sounds pretty great to me!!!! So yes the date is going to be the 29th of December of 2009. We are hoping(I still have to call and reserve a spot) to be sealed in the LDS Mt. Timpanogos Temple. I'm very VERY excited!!!! Something new that is going on in my life other than everything in school going great, was that my Bishop called me in for a meeting last Sunday, and it was to receive a calling, a Relief Society calling. He wants me to be able tot be more involved with the other women of the ward as well as the blessings of having a Relief Society calling, not only just to bless my life and help me learn from so many others, but to also help me to get ready for marriage and help to bless my future family. :) I'm very excited and I will be set apart next Sunday. :) I hope that everything goes well and that the Lord can help me to do the best job that I can do. Well I am off to bed now and I will post again when I get the chance and have more information for you. :) Prayers and love to all who read this!!! ~Kim

One Word~ Thanks Kathy

TYPE ONLY 1 WORD ... IT'S HARDER THAN YOU THINK!!!!

Here's what you're supposed to do... and please don't spoil the fun... copy and paste, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag people

Where is your cell phone? - Leg

Your significant other? - Missouri

Your hair? - ponytail

Your mother? - couch

Your father? - bathroom (lol)

Your favorite thing? - Brady

Your dream last night? - Can't

Your dream/goal? - Eternal/family ( lol first is my dream second is my goal... hehe)

The room you're in? - living

Your fear? - Loss

Where do you want to be in 6 years? - MOM!!!

Where were you last night? - Home

What you're not? - Tall (lol)

Muffins? - tons!

One of your wish list items? - Travel

Where did you grow up? - Utah

The last thing you did? - Typed

What are you wearing? - Jeans

Your TV? - Off

Your pet(s)? - Seven

Your computer? - MAC!!!

IF YOU JUST READ THIS THEN YOU'RE TAGGED!!! YOU'RE TURN TO DO IT!!

My Apology it's been awhile, this is what's up.

So how are you all doing?? I'm doing GREAT!!! Here is what is currently going on in my life: I'm going to school at Capelli's Institute of Hair, in Pleasant Grove. I LOVE IT!!! It's way fun and I'm learning A lot!! I've already done a few hair cuts, and hair dyes. I'm working on graduating early in December of this year... because... I'M GETTING MARRIED!!! We aren't Completely OFFICIALLY engaged yet... however before he left the state of Utah for his Military training he asked me to Marry him and I said yes. I said in a previous post that we were planning on waiting the full 2 years of his training and he decided that he didn't want to wait the full 2 years so we are planning on a December wedding this year. It will probably be right after Christmas so hopefully it will work out so people can come and visit us... Because.... Pretty much the day after we are married we will be moving the rest of our stuff to California. He will be stationed in Monterrey California for about a year or so for intense language training. He should be starting that around August... So we should be back by winter of next year... :'( something that I'm not exactly looking forward to. I know that I'll want to come home but I was hoping I'd be able to get away from the cold for at least one year... But I guess not... After he graduates like I said we will be moving back to Utah. So then I'll be able to chill and see all of you again... However I still have the rest of this year to spend time with you all as well!! I hope that we'll be able to before I leave. Hit me up sometime and we definitely will!! Other than starting my planning on the wedding and going to school... Writing my MAN!!! and trying to stay in touch with everyone!! WELL I'd love to make this longer but I've got to run to Salt Lake and pick up my Baloo... I've been driving a rental way to long I want my car back!!! So I'll keep you all updated every now and then if you want me to send you an automatic email every time I post so that you don't have to wonder if I have or not let me know your email account and I'll hook it up. :) Love to you all!!! TTYL Peace ~Kim

SSOOO.... How are you??

Yeah ok I know I suck at really staying up with this... A lot has just been going on and this just hasn't been a top priority for me. So here is my quick update. I'm not dancing anymore. I'm moving on with my life. I quit my job, I'm going to be transferring schools in January and do something else that I love to do. I'm dating the most amazing guy in the world and it's really serious. We are planning on spending the rest of our lives together, but we are going to wait a little while before we get married that way we can be better prepared financially, emotionally, and spiritually as individuals and as a couple. We study the gospel together and we spend as much time together as possible. He is leaving the beginning of January for Basic Training, and then he will go to AIT. then when he Comes home on leave we will probably make it official. then he is going to Cali for some language training where we will probably take turns going to see each other. Then we'll get married as soon as he is done with that. We want to be able to have a long courtship before we get married so that hopefully it will give us both the time we need to be able to learn a lot more about each other through talking, conversing, and visiting each other. But we shall wait and see what happens. We are both really excited about it all. We are a very goal oriented couple, so we are always making new goals for ourselves to work on and grow closer together while we do so. He treats me like I've never been treated before. In a way that is equivalent of how a queen is treated. He never seizes to amaze me in anything he does. Here are a couple pics of us...