The Gospel at work!

I know this will sound sooo corny, but i have to say it. I LOVE MY HUSBAND! One of the things that i am a total slacker in is reading my scriptures and letting the gospel in my life during the week. I have a Joseph and Emma Smith book that i try and read during my breaks at work ( if i get any), but it just seems that i never get around to reading it.Then this week is conference. I am sitting here doing my calling (visiting teaching supervisor), and then i started reading Kilies blog (one of my favorites to read ;) ) she is always saying insightful things about the gospel and always motivates me. Its kinda funny but whenever i am really close to the gospel i love my family  even more than normal. which is good for them b/c that means i am not as big of a grouch. haha. But i was just sitting here thinking back on conference and reading Kilie's blog about how Heavenly Father blesses her and my husband started snoring.... (don't worry kilie, he was long asleep before your blog. ;) ) I couldn't help but look over at him and realize how much i love and care for that goofy creature. He does so much for me. He puts up with me when i am in my weird emotional moods. He provides for me. He teaches me. And best of all, he loves me. I am so grateful for this gospel and the ability to be with my husband for eternity. I can only hope that we continue in the right direction and get better as we grow so that our kids will one day have this exact moment with their spouses. Looking over at them while they are sleeping and thinking to themselves....wow, i am sooo freakin lucky! I love my spouse and i get to spend forever with them.

new dog??

yup! so its official! my mom, little bro and sister moved in today and brought their wiener dog with them. not gonna lie it was kinda funny watching Roxie try and play with this tiny little toy. hopefully we don't wake up in the morning and find out Roxie ate her! haha.

Life update!!!!

ok. its been forever! I told you i would suck at this but just deal with what you get! :) So i am going to start with a few weeks ago and work my way back up!

- we went camping....again. yes we loooooveeee camping! the sucky part was that since we went with charlies step dad and his family. His step dad wanted to leave at 4 in the morning!! ugh! but oh well. we made it and the first thing Roxie decided to do was run! run as fast as she could and tried jumping over a HUGE log! but didn't quite clear it... (is it bad to laugh at other peoples or in this case dog's expence?) not going to lie, it was very funny seeing her try to jump over this thing and just bam! run right into it! hahahaha. but the sad part was that she scratched her tummy pretty good. :( she is all good now though. I did learn that i am going to be the kind of mom that secretly worries but plays it off like its no big deal. everyone thought i was going to freak out but i just looked at it and it wasn't bad. she wasn't crying and freaking out so there was no need for medical care.
     that night when we were on our way to bed some idiot decided to go night hunting and started shooting at like ten at night! first of all, its against the law. second, it is scary as helk listening to some drunk shoot just a couple hundred yards away from your camp and hope that he does not come into your tent and shoot you. this carried on ALL night and finally someone else got mad and yelled at the guy to stop and then the guy with the gun screamed and said, "If i find you i will cut your F*****g head off!!!" then the shooting started to get closer to our camp. needless to say charlie nor i slept that night! luckily we were ok and nothing happened. but still... its scary.

-next update.... i'm back to work! no more playing house and cleaning and being able to take breaks whenever i want. :( it is nice though to be able to see my students again. one of my favorite quotes from one of my students so far is..."did you know i have a friend who is from german and he speaks german mrs. Fish!" i couldn't help myself but i had to reply, "well i hope he knows how to speak german if he is from germany!" and yes, he said he was from german not germany. gotta love my kids! haha.

-3rd update....JULIE AND LANDIS ARE GONE!!!! yes, they moved out and are happily in their own apartment. :) the only sucky part is that charlie and i have the house to ourselves for only a week :( my mom is moving in with us on saturday. it will be nice cause she will be paying majority of our morgage for us but its nice having the house to ourselves. you know... to walk around naked when we please.... contaminate any room we wish! or any peice of furniture for that matter!! haha. but our goal is to have a rental house by january and my mom will then move into there and hopefully that is where she will stay for the rest of her life!

so far that is the exciting life of charlie and kacee. not too much but not too little. enoough drama and excitement to get us by. :) oh and Kilie... if you happen to read this..... we are planning on coming to visit you at the end of november!!! oh and i dremt that when we did come to visit you you told us you were prego.... do you need to confess to anything my dear???jk. love you all!!! keep me updated on your lives!!

Fishing and Food!

Charlie and Roxie fishing.

Roxie had a blast trying to fetch
every single piece of drift wood
out of the lake.

Going for another one!

She tried to go for one that was three times
bigger than her size! Obviously she didn't
 get it and was very dissappointed.

My hot sexy fisherman!

So... i was never educated on coal. I
guess i got the kind that is almost
impossible to light. Charlie spent about
30 min building his own little tp fire to
get it lit so we could have steak!

HE GOT IT!! Food time! YES!

We had an extra one and Roxie loved it!!

This is a huge spider that we found under our tent!

On the way home Roxie decided she wanted to sleep on the
side of the truck that was full of stuff instead of sleeping
on her side that had plenty of room! What a dork! But we
love her!

The day we got back from camping Charlie and i left for a
couple hours and when we came back Roxie left us a nice
present. It was a B**** to clean up!

More Camping Pics!

Here are some more pictures from our adventure!

A small piece of the beautiful view from the rim.

Roxie admiring the view.

The whole fam-damily!

Mommy and Roxie

Ben was camping just ten minutes away
from where we were so we picked him up
and hung out for a bit!

Some weird guy watching us. Awkward!

The boys wanted to look at how far a
40 cal would go through 6'' of wood...
it went all the way through. So word
to the wise, if you are getting shot at
with a 40, don't stand behind a couch

Charlie getting ready to shoot

Ben came shooting with us. Good
shot but not as good as me ;)

We were so worried that Roxie
would freak out while we were
shooting but no, she slept! haha.

Camping Trip!!

Ok so it has been a couple weeks since we went on our family camping trip but you all know me.... ten years later  and i finally post! haha.

Our truck has a mohawk!

Roxie sleeping on the way up. silly puppy!

Ignore my face, i was yelling at her to
come over to me and leave dad alone.

Roxie on the canoe staring at dad.

Roxie and dad!

Roxie and i hanging out on the
shore while dad fished.

Thinking about it...

Getting ready.... 

GO!!! Yup. She jumped and is in!

Since she jumped in about a total of 3 times!
We decided to let her learn her lesson
 and let her swim... for a while.
Here she is getting tired.

We felt bad so we pulled her in.
Geez, she is heavy!

She insisted on sharing her water with me.
While dad screamed from the other
side of the canoe for me to not let her
get him wet. Haha. What a whimp!

Luckily we brought towels!

A recurring addiction!

ok. i have to admit something... i am officially addicted to slushies. or should i say i am re-addicted? of course as a kid EVERYONE loved slushies (if not than you were a very very strange child) but recently i have been having a very strong desire for this amazingly colorful drink! the reds, the blues, the whites and sometimes pink too :). I just don't know what to do anymore. I feel like i need to join an AAA group or something..."Hi, my name is Kacee and i love slushies. Everytime i drive by a QT or 7Eleven, i have to stop in and get one. I felt like its time to get help."

Roxie!!

Here are Roxie's portrait shots! Isn't she a natural!!

The house update...

So we found the house, you all know that. Finally after about three weeks of waiting, we got it appraised today. Now we can officially move in not knowing how much our house is worth, if we got a great deal on the house or totally screwed. I am pretty sure we got a good deal but you never know until it officially happens right? Well now the moving starts TOMORROW! Then we rush to unpack and find a refrigerator in time for Nathan's birthday party on saturday, which is held at our house. Yes, this means everyone is coming over to see Nathan and our house will be a complete disaster. Biggest fear? Everyone judging me and how my house looks. Is that stupid that i care what people think about my house? Charlie just spent a good half hour lecturing me that i shouldn't worry what everyone thinks about my house. But i can't help it. There is nothing like having someone come over and being impressed with something that involves you. And then there is the side where everyone that walks in leaves with that thought of, "what the helk did she do to her house. really? wow. she should hire someone to do that professionally." ugh. I hate decorating.

Awww... isn't she soooo cute!!!

Welcome to our family Roxy!!! This is our new baby, Roxy. We get to pick her up June 1st. we are sooo excited!!!

birthday continued...

ok. so i told you all that i would let you know how the rest of my birthday went. well we went to my dads and he i got a really cute card that michelle made with a hundred bucks (which was GREATLY appreciated). That night we came home and watched tv and went to bed. monday morning came and we proceeded to our normal days. we were bidding on a house that day and after bidding on so many you tend not to get your hopes up, especially when the house is in amazing condition and really big. well the day went pretty good. lunch time came around and i always call charlie to see how his day is going. i saw that he called me twice and left a voicemail (which he never does) so i called him back. oh and i should tell you i was waaayyy tired that day. here is how our conversation went...me, "hey hun." charlie, "baby whats wrong? are you sad?" "no, why?" "well you sound really sad?" "no i am just tired." "well did you get my voice mail?" "no i just saw that you called so i called you back why?" "oooohhh. so my voice mail isn't good enough for you?" "haha. no would you like me to hang up with you and check it?" "no...(using a very sad and depressed voice)"... a few moments of silence... me, "we got a house didn't we?"... charlie "YES!!!!" then i started screaming and jumping up and down telling everyone we own a house now. it was seriously the best birthday present ever!!!! it is a 2400 sq ft, 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath, a den, living room and family room. i am sooo excited. i can't wait to get everything done so i can put up before and after pictures! aaahhhh!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Ok. so here is how my birthday weekend all started...first i should say that i was getting pretty bummed cause i wanted to do a water balloon event Saturday with all my friends and family but half of them had things going on so i just decided not to do anything (plus with my birth control i have been EXTREMELY emotional and that did not help the fact that i was not going to celebrate my birthday). Then on Friday my husband called me at work being very frustrated. Here is how the conversation went.. "Kacee i just can't do it anymore!" "whats wrong baby? did something happen?" "Kacee, i wanted to surprise you for your birthday and have a surprise birthday party for you. but its just not working!!! everyone has to work or is busy or they aren't calling me back. will you please just do it?!" i proceeded from there to laugh at the fact my husband tried so hard to make me feel special but just couldn't hack the stress. so Friday night we went to top shelf and had dinner with his family and a few of my friends that were able to make it. Saturday we ran errands, went to my families annual mother's day picnic and then went to the movies and saw Ironman 2. (great movie by the way.) When we got home i decided to look for my birthday present. :) i figured i was getting close when my husband came running from the bathroom with the toothbrush still in his mouth screaming at me to go to bed and stop looking for my present so i decided to be a good little girl and just go to bed. Sunday we woke up and i convinced charlie to let me look for my present. which i found pretty quick. it was the spot i was just bending over to look behind when he came running out of the bathroom. haha. I WIN!!! when i opened my present i found BEAUTIFUL diamond earrings! uuuhhhhh! they are sooo gorgeous. then we got up to the smell of cinnamon french toast that my amazing roommates made. It was half for my birthday and half for mother's day for Julie. then we went to church and ditched out early to look at a couple houses. then came home to the kitchen decorated with streamers. now we are about to head to my dads house for tacos and more fun!! ill let you know what happens there later ;) so far a pretty good birthday weekend.

IRS CAN SUCK IT!!

There is nothing like getting a letter in the mail from the IRS thinking you are getting your great refund and then come to find out they won't give it to you because they think you owe them $600 from TWO YEARS AGO!!!! ugh!!! I am sooo pissed I could scream!!!

confused and frustrated!

so... everyone has been bugging me to get this blog, but how in the helk will they know i have one if i can't even figure out how to tell them on this thing! there is no searching for people, or am i just an idiot? pms and experimenting new things do not go well with eachother!

Michelle (step mom and amazing photographer) got a big copy of this one and it is hanging in our house :)

Here are the accessories!