Hey! It's me again. 

I just wanted to say....

I got a new photography website! 

allisonkayphotography.com

I'm pretty excited about it.

Click on the link above, or the picture to see my amazing website  :)

Maybe you should head over and check it out.

And then tell everyone about it!

And then book a session for yourself  :)

Ok, thanks.

Bye!

P.S.  I need to give a HUGE thank you to my amazingly awesome and wonderful husband who is so incredibly supportive and always willing to help and encourage and do whatever it is I need. He is the best. 

And he will probably wish that I didn't put this on here  :) 

Ok, I'm done for reals now.

Crunch Time!

It is crunch time for us to get ready for this baby!

We finally finished the nursery and I love it so much! 

Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to it.

Especially Clayson for his patience and help with all "my" little projects that he did most of the work for.

How did I get so lucky to have him?

Saturday, we went on our last date before our little boy comes. 

We started with going to the Pupuseria El Salvador for lunch and I actually really enjoyed it!

Then we played a round of miniature golf. 

I was in the lead for most of the game, but Clayson made an impressive comeback and I ended up loosing by 2 points. 

I'm pretty sure this is the closest I've ever come to winning!

We celebrated with popsicles and then drove around looking at houses, just for fun.

I loved it  :)

39 weeks

Now bring on this baby! 

Food Baby

Food

Eating is a big deal around here. 

Enough that I feel like it needs it's own blog post, I guess.

We'll start with our absolute favorite meal: Ranch Chicken!

Ranch Chicken

It is so fast, easy and delicious! It's also very versatile with the sides, which is a big deal to Clayson. 

We often do ranch potatoes (as pictured), rice, or garlic roasted potatoes. Usually with a few sides of vegetables as well  :)

Calzones

Once, I decided to get adventurous and made Calzones. 

They were pretty good, but I'm still a fan of regular homemade pizza.

"We don't ration bacon at our house."

Clayson went on a breakfast kick, and this was not unusual to see at all. 

Yes, we only have 2 people living at our house, and yes, that is all for us (mostly Clayson)

Meat!

This is what our freezer looks like. 

That is all meat! (Along with some delicious homemade jam and corn.)

Olive Garden

And this is our refrigerator. 

We discovered the Get One Take One deal at Olive Garden. 

This fed me all week!

Cereal!

This is our pantry.

We may have a slight cereal problem on our hands....

They were all on such good deals, though, and we couldn't pass it up!

Baby

11 weeks pregnant & 38 weeks pregnant 

When I took this picture in March, not many people knew I was pregnant. But those who did made sure to give me a hard time about being so big that I already had to start wearing Clayson's shirts.

Now, in September, I really am so big that I have to wear his shirts!

I have such wonderful friends and family who have thrown me baby showers!

The best part was just getting to see everyone!

My phone was dead for the family shower, so I don't have any pictures, but it was so fun as well!

Thank you to everyone who made these happen! It really meant a lot to me.

We are getting excited to meet our little one!

Less than a week left! The count-down is on!

and we still don't have a name....

:)

Making the Bed

Growing up, I never made my bed. I just didn't see the point. I was going to get back into bed again in a few hours, so why waste my time making it every morning when it would just get messed up again. Despite my moms attempts to help me understand the vast significance of making my bed, it made no sense to me and could not be justified, so I refused to do it.

my bed in college

Then I went to college and roomed with Krisann. She always made her bed. Even better, she would make my bed! But then I felt bad that she always had to make my bed for me, so I started doing it. And then I understood why anyone would ever want to make their bed every single morning. There is just something about it that starts your morning off right. Things are in order. It looks nice. I don't know, it's a mental thing, but I grew to love making my bed and I very rarely don't make my bed now.

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Then I got married.

(The first minute of this is a joke about pillows on the bed. 

You can continue listening if you want, but it has no relation to this post.)

I had never seen Clayson's bed made neatly. His mom told me he has never made his bed and I shouldn't hold out hope. He shares the same feelings I had growing up of making the bed being a waste of time. Although I no longer agree with him, I fully understand where he is coming from, because it was once me as well.

Guess what?

Our bed is almost always made.

Guess what else?

More often, I am not the one making it.

And on those few occasions that it is not made, guess whose fault it is?

Mine.

There was no big argument, or discussion, or agreement.

No big hoop-la about it at all. 

Clayson knows that I like the bed made, so he makes the bed 

(He also knows that if he doesn't do it, I will, and I'm usually already running late getting to work)

I know that every time he makes the bed, it is purely for me because he could care less about it.

This is the kind of person the he is.

Our unspoken agreement: When he makes the bed, he gets to arrange the pillows any way he wants.

Clayson's greatest pillow creation "The Backwards Bed"

We have been making the bed together for a whole year now! 

I am so blessed that he is mine forever  <3

Kylee Ann Photography

Because love is in the little things.... like making a bed.

Oh Baby!

This is happening

50 Shades of Gray - Searle Style

I have been meaning to write this post for months! 

I visited my cousins house and Clayson says I'm not aloud to go over there anymore  :)  

Her house is so cute and it inspired me to do something with our own place. 

we accidentally matched our pajamas  :)

Mostly I'm a whole lot of talk and not much action. 

Partly because I'm lazy and partly because I finally tell myself I'm going to buy
 curtains/rug/chair/baskets/table/decoration/whatever and then I get to the store and see how much it cost, and I instantly talk myself out of it. haha! 

ready to paint!

One day my parents called and said they were planning on coming to visit us for the weekend.

Because I had just been telling Clayson all my latest plans that would one day maybe be a reality, I off handedly told my parents we could paint my house when they came. Surprisingly, they agreed! And were actually excited to do it! (I think).
So, kind of unexpectedly, all my talk suddenly became reality.

taping.... this didn't last long.
Notice how there is no contrast between the walls and moulding around the doors

We picked up some paint samples from Home Depot.
 I think picking out wedding colors there has scarred Clayson for life, thinking that we will be there for an hour picking between 50 shades of gray
(don't worry, not the movie) but this was much easier than wedding colors. 

We were honestly there for like 5 minutes, tops. 

again, no contrast between moulding and wall

My parents arrived Friday night, we picked up the paint Saturday morning, and the fun began! 

See the color begin to go on! We have contrast!

laying down newspaper

Courtney decided to join the fun! 

However, she conveniently forgot we were painting so she wasn't dressed for it and she showed up just as we were finishing. 

She was good at finishing off our leftovers though  :)

getting above the cabinets was a fun job

We made a last minute decision to paint the kitchen blue instead of gray.

I think I'm ok with it now.

mom and me

me and courtney

After painting mom & dad took us all out to lunch, and then we took a break in the freshly painted living room.

That night we played an exciting game of Mexican Train.

I believe I won  :)

and we went on a walk.

girls in the hood

piggy-back

and played Heads Up

The final kitchen (I promise it's blue, it just doesn't show very well in this light)

Mom & Dad were so generous to help us furnish our living room for our wedding present. 

We love how it turned out!

(one day we will have decorations on the wall....)

Now we just need to decide which arrangement we like.... top, or bottom picture?

Thank you again Mom & Dad for all your help, it would not have happened without you!

We can't wait for you to come back to visit again!

I'm sure I could come up with another project....  :)

Reunited, and it feels so good!

Roommates Reunited!

We were in the unique situation of having two of my roommates marry two of Clayson's roommates all within a month of us getting married. 

As you can imagine, after going through dating, engagement, and now married life together, we have all gotten pretty close.

Matching pajamas!
Also, Clayson & I both slept on that couch all night. That was fun.

Now that we all live in different places throughout Utah, we try to get together every few months.  

This time we went to Carlie's cabin!

apparently, Jana and I didn't get the memo that this was a funny picture

We played Murder in the Dark, Signs, the spoon game, made egg & sausage McMuffins, had Ping Pong competitions, and talked to our hearts content.

It was lovely.

Tyler & Carlie match!

When it was time to leave the cabin we , along with Carlie and Tyler, decided that we weren't quite done having fun together.

We got 7-11 hot chocolate/slurpys and got a pizza at Pizza Man.

Carlie putting a giant cue-tip up Clayson's nose

Clsyson & I still weren't ready to go home yet, so we spontaneously decided to go to Carlie & Tyler's for games and dinner.
We finished off the night at the Nickel Arcade. 

It was so good to see all these people again! 

We can't wait for our next little reunion  :)

Just because I like this picture: This is from our front porch - no filter

Our other 2 Adventures: 

That One Day in June....

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