Scouts & Laundry Rooms

Ever since we moved into our house, we have wanted to put up a shelf in our laundry room. 

We went to Home Depot and got the shelf, but it needed to be cut to fit our wall - A simple enough task, but one that we lacked motivation to complete.

So it sat in our garage for a while, and life moved on.

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Clayson and I have been called to work with the Boy Scouts on Thursday nights. 

Specifically, the Bears (3rd Grade). 

Let me tell you, those boys have energy!

The boys love Clayson! 

They tolerate me because I bribe them with treats.

They refer to us as Brother and Sister Squirrel  :)

I work later on Thursdays, so I usually show up a little after the activity has started. 

This particular night, the lesson was on tools and fixing things.

When I walked into the room, I just had to laugh.

Clayson had all the boys helping to cut the shelf for our laundry room.

They were very into it.

I guess that's one way to get the job done!

I love my shelf  :)

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....

#picklevilleplayhouse #juanitobandito #welikeitmuymucho #friends #goodtimes #rainstorm #fullhouse

 

Déjà vu?

Once upon a time I went bowling, and met this kid named Trevor. He is friends with Bryson, who was dating my roommate Brittany at the time (they are now married). And then I never saw or even thought about Trevor again.

The End

Did you enjoy that? 

Oh good, cause there's a sequel  :)

Fast forward about 10 months - I have this friend named Cullen. He is friends with.... Trevor! Yep, the very same.

This is Trevor

Trevor is now going to PT school in Las Vegas, but was visiting Cullen for the week.
I actually recognized him, which is saying something cause I forget everyone. He remembered me after I reminded him.

We rekindled our beautiful friendship and relived the good ol' days.

Trevor & Cullen

We started with a dutch oven dinner with friends that was so good!

part of the hockey group

Next was the USU hockey game against San Diego. We won! 

Troy was there too!

While we were there, Brittany and Bryson came to meet up with Trevor and I was there to surprise them!
It was so fun to see them again! I haven't seen them since they got married about 5 months ago. I just love them.

We also went to the hockey game Friday night. We won this game too!
I have suddenly become quite the hockey fan  :)

us

After the game, Brittany, Bryson, Cullen (who is also friends with Bryson), Trevor and I went bowling! 

I was so stylish

The whole time I felt like I was having deja vu (except we replaced Katelyn with Cullen). 

I even took some of the same pictures in memory of the last time we went bowling.

The A

Brittany, before and now

Me, before and now

Bryson, before and now

Trevor, before and now

Katelyn before and Cullen now

Group shoes, before and now (Trevor was the only one to humor me this time)

Last time, I spent a good portion of the night trying to get a picture with Bryson.

This time, I got it first thing, before he knew what I was trying to do.

what a great picture of us  :)

And a few more pictures for good measure

typical....

such a fun night

Maybe we can rekindle our friendship in another 3 month-ish when Trevor comes to visit Logan again.

Life has a weird way of coming back around.

Much better friends the second time around

Firehouse

Last night, a group of us went to Firehouse for dinner to help raise money for Deaf Education. 

We're all about a good cause  :)

We were so loud! 

Luckily we were the only ones left in the building, so our noise volume only disturbed the poor workers cleaning up around us.

It was so fun!

I promise we're not drunk  :)

Oh Yeah, I Forgot To Mention . . . .

So, I realized that there are a few things going on in my life that I forgot to mention on this blog.
I think most people already know anyway, but just in case....

First

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention.... I got a job!

I'm at the front desk at Steven's Chiropractic, and can I just say that this is the best job I could possibly have right now. I love it! I love the atmosphere and I love the people that I work with and get to interact with on a daily basis. I have been so incredibly blessed!

We have this cute Korean couple who come into the office and they invited us to dinner for authentic Korean food. I was a little hesitant, but Megan and Natalie (the two assistants) talked me into joining them. I am so glad I went! It was delicious and they were so sweet! I love Korean food and it has been a long time since I have had anything authentic.

Second

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention.... I got a calling!

Background story:

I moved to Logan the beginning of January. I went to the Bishop the first Sunday I was here, gave him my pink sheet (that all the new ward members fill out) introduced myself, and asked for a calling. Bishop's dream come true, right!?

A few months later, I still don't have a calling.

Katelyn was talking to the Bishop at a ward activity. She introduced me (again) and told him to give me a calling.

A few months later I still don't have a calling.

I went to renew my temple recommend (this is around May/June). After introducing myself to the Bishop (again) he couldn't seem to figure out who I was. After much confusion, he finally realized that they still had my pink sheet sitting in a pile. After locating it, he sits down in front of me and asks how come he hasn't met me before! After renewing my recommend, I (again) ask for a calling. Bishop looks through the pink sheet, writes some possible callings down and tells me I will definitely be getting a calling very soon.

A few months later I still don't have a calling.

By this time, the situation is humorous and I have given up trying. It has become a running joke among my friends that I can't get a calling. Dave, the Elders Quorum President, decides he is going to help my cause and he talks to the Bishop about getting me a calling.

A few months later I still don't have a calling.

Then we got a new Bishopric!

I went to our new Bishop the first Sunday, introduced myself and asked for a calling.

And guess what!? They actually gave me a calling!

I have officially been called to the calling I have dreaded being called to since the day I was old enough to receive callings.

Gospel Doctrine Teacher!

When they gave me the call I asked them if they were sure they had really received revelation. I suggested they might want to pray about it one more time, but they seemed pretty confident in their decision. Much more confident than I am! haha!

Two Sundays ago was my first time ever teaching and I was horrified! I teach for the second time tomorrow and I am still so nervous! Hopefully this teaching thing gets easier.

Thankfully, I have an amazing support group!

Also thankfully, I have the smallest classroom that only fits about 20 people max, so it's not as intimidating as the giant classroom.

Remind me why I wanted a calling....?  :)

It's also looking like I am going to be the unofficial Sacrament meeting chorister. 

I find this funny because although it has never been my real calling, I have been doing it for about the past two years or so. Good thing I enjoy it!

Third

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention.... My ward is awesome! 

We have a great Bishopric and I love their wives! We had a big turn-over and gained some awesome people! Everyone wants to get out and do things. Chelsey and I decided to have a pizza party last night, so we sent a mass text to everyone, expecting about four people to actually come. We ended up with 17 people! Seventeen! 

Anyway, I need to finish writing my lesson for tomorrow.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention.... It snowed and I'm actually excited for it!

who woulda thought

:)

Braden's Visit

Last weekend my friend, Braden, came to Logan to visit!

Events included:

Drinking water!

He actually drank a whole water bottle right there. True story.

The zoo!

Sleeping albino porcupine

Each animal had a plaque telling about it. This one was my favorite.

The pet rocks

Terrorized the peacock

Walked around the park

Picnic at Braden's old elementary school

We picked out drinks we had never had before

Old Grist Mill sandwiches!

Marde bracelets

Braden's old classroom

Photography store

Modeling the tripod

And just hung out

Thanks for the good times!

I Accidentally Threw A Party . . . .

Last week was quite eventful and I have a lot to catch up on. Today, you only get the story of the accidental party that I apparently threw.

I have a friend named David Loomis who is not very good at being spontanious. We've been working on it, but he can never quite grasp the concept that there is absolutely no planning involved.

One night, I was talking with Chelsey and she mentioned that she wanted to clean the sink at Angie's some time. For those who don't know, "cleaning the sink" means you eat a whole bunch of ice cream that has been put in a sink. It's fun. Anyway, because we had recently talked to Dave about cleaning the sink, and because we were working on his spontaneity, and because I knew he was horrible at spontaneity and the chances of it actually happening were slim to none, we decided to text him and see if he wanted to clean the sink that night. There was no response and I chalked it up for another failed spontaneous moment, as I had predicted.

About an hour later, Dave decides to text me back and ask what time we were going. Because I hadn't planned on going to begin with, I hadn't actually told anyone about it. Not wanting to say this to Dave, however, I told him 9:00 and that he could invite whoever he wanted. He told me he would "let me know"  I was still confident that he would back out and was just humoring me, but I sent a quick text to everyone I knew in Logan (probably 10 people tops, and only 4 of them well enough that they would actually have a possibility of coming).

Text:  "clean the sink at angies tonight at 9"

Nothing fancy or encouraging. It was around 8:30 when I sent it, so I thought it would be way too late and short notice for people to want to go. No one responded back and I was sure that was the end of it.

Chelsey left to visit a friend. Kandace called me and we had a great conversation (we really need to talk more often!) As we were talking, Eric/Patux called. I figured I would call him back after I finished with Kandace, but he called again and I felt bad ignoring him twice. Kandace and I finished our conversation and I called Eric back.

Eric:  "Where are you?"

Me:  "Sitting on my bed. Why?"

Eric:  "Uh... Are you coming to Angie's?"

Realization set in of what had happened, and I felt so bad! He had never told me he was coming!?

I quickly apologized, told him it was canceled and that he could still come over and we would do something. We hung up and he started driving over to get me.

It was at this time that Dave texted me, telling me that he had 5 people and was on his way to Angie's at that very moment. What!?

Eric pulled up then and I told him that plans had changed and Angies was back on! I texted Chelsey and she said she and her friend would get to Angie's as soon as they could. Just then, I got a call from my roommate, Catherine (another person I had texted)

Cate:  "Hey, where are you guys?"

Me:  "Um... Are you at Angie's?"

Cate:  "Yeah, are you here?"

Me:  "Uh... I'm on my way right now! (I was sitting in my living room) But Dave should be there. He just texted me"

Cate:  "Dave isn't here...."

We decided that they should just get a table that would fit a lot of people (I had no clue how many people would actually show up for this!) and that we would get there as soon as we could.

It was some mass confusion that ended up being a really fun spontaneous time!

This is the only thing I got from the night because my camera died right after.

We had a good number of people come! I ended up getting breakfast (so good!) and Cathrine and Tyler got dinner because we hadn't eaten yet (yes,  it was at least 9:30 by this time, and I still hadn't eaten anything) Two people didn't eat anything, but came for the company, and everyone else got the Kitchen Sink and finished it off nicely.

Let me say again that none of these people told me that they were planning on coming! I had no idea that I was really throwing a party, but I'm sure glad that I did! It ended up being such a fun night!

Thanks everyone for your spontaneity!

P.S.  Let it be known that we counted it up and there were more people there off my invitation than Dave's. Winner!

P.P.S.  It can also be known that, against all odds, Dave was spontaneous. Way to go.

So. . . . I Guess I'm Moving

I came home from my little adventure last weekend to some pretty exciting news! My roommate Brittany is (finally) engaged and Katelyn got the perfect job for herself at Deseret Digital Media! Like I said, incredibly exciting news, but a little inconvenient for my life. I suddenly found myself with no roommates and there is no way I am making the rent by myself.  I had this playing through my head all week:

Please appreciate this clip because it took me all morning to make.

So, after weighing the pros and cons, I've decided to move in with some girls from my ward! I'll be living in a townhouse (Bridger Style, I think), which I have always wanted to do! This decision was made in a grand total of two days! Talk about a sudden turn of events!

I'm excited for the change, but not excited at all to actually make the move. If you know me, you know that I hate packing with a passion. I am known for not even starting to pack for a weekend trip to Utah until everyone else is already in the car ready to go. When I went to Europe, I didn't start packing until the night before, while everyone else had been packing for weeks. I also didn't pack for my move to Logan until the night before. I just really don't like it. But, what do you do? So, I guess I will be packing everything up and moving a block away. Thankfully, my mom is coming to help me out, right?  :)

And as a side note, here's part two of madi's wedding! Enjoy!

Family

My dad called me Friday afternoon as he was eating his lunch and asked what I was doing. I told him I had just finished getting ready for the day that I had no plans for and that I was about to eat breakfast. (we have very different lives) We decided to make a trip to Draper to see my grandparents and have a relaxing weekend with them, just sitting around and talking. Six hours later, we were knocking on their door for a joyous surprise.

I was happy to discover that Donny, Leslie and Troy were also in Draper that weekend! While we did do a lot of sitting around and talking (which is probably my favorite part of any time my family gets together) we also went to Alyssa's soccer game, Hunter's Clayton performance at Gateway where we also did some shopping, and In & Out (my first time eating there, and it was good - at least once we got my order figured out, haha)

We also watched a lot of basketball and I finally fount the basketball fan within me.
Go Oklahoma! Kevin Durant is the man, and Kobe Bryant drives me nuts!

Unfortunately, there are no pictures of our fun times, but my camera has been found!!! Now I just need to charge it up again and we are back in business! No more wordy pictureless blog posts! Everyone rejoice!
(Just kidding, I'm sure there will be plenty more of those posts, but hopefully not as many)

A few weeks ago my family was all in Draper for Madison's wedding, which was so much fun! Please feel free to visit my photography blog to see pictures! I love that our family is all so close and that we are so blessed to see each other so often! There are no age barriers, we all just blend together. They are some of my best friends.

allisonkayphotography.blogspot.com

p.s.  You can also visit my website that I desperately need to update. Especially if I'm planning on renewing it, which I need to decide by the end of this month....

allisonkayphotography.com