Kasey & Erin

4th of July in Vegas!!

2011-08-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

If you have already read this post yes originally I said it was memorial day but really it was 4th of July sorry :)

Ok so I'm still trying to get better at this whole blogging thing and I'm a little behind so its time to play catch up before we move to Boston so stay tuned for about 2 more posts in the next 2 weeks :)

So for 4th of July Kasey and I met up with my sister and brother and their spouses and my brothers 2 kids in Vega where my parents live! My mom has a friend that has jet skis and she let us barrow them so we decided to go to lake mead (actually I think it was called search light which was a little farther but a lot less crowded and prettier) and have ourselves some fun!! We spent the whole day Saturday at the lake and had an amazing time!! The lake was beautiful but it was soooooooo hot out. My brothers daughter Violet is only 3 months old so she didn't go out in the sun much but my dad brought a spray bottle so every once and a while we would spray her down to cool her off. When we would do it she was always so surprised by it and would just squirm it was really funny actually, poor little girl. Anyways here some pictures of the day :)

We were trying to make is so we were both facing the
camera but it never quite happened hahaha

Kasey and I

Andy and Paul

At the end of the day Andy and I went on a little ride and
did a bunch of donuts...I got pretty go at it hahah

On 4th of July we went out to an all you can eat place
and let me tell you we ate all we could eat!!!

Then we stopped by to thank my moms friend for
letting us use their jet skies and saw these street
signs and had to take a picture :)

All and all it was a really fun trip and I am so glad I was able to somehow get the weekend off so we could go play. I have been super nervous with us moving that I am not going to get to see my family as much as I would like so I am trying to get in as much time with them as possible before we move :) (sad thing is I didn't have any pictures of my parents or Nathan and his family at the lake :(....little Violet was sooooo adorable in her little strawberry swimsuit!!)

1st Boston Visit :)

2011-07-13T11:39:00.000-07:00

So as you all know now we are moving to Boston the end of August. The date is still up in the air cause we are thinking about taking a vacation before Kasey starts full time but that is still on debate.

Anyways, we had the chance to go to Boston about a month ago. Kasey had to go for a business meeting and he asked if I could go too and they said yes so off we went. It took forever to get there (at least it felt like it) cause we lost 3 hours. I am not looking forward to those flights in the future but oh well technology does make it a lot better and easier :) So when we first got there we had to rent a car and were able to get a convertible for not that much more than a regular car. Very good choice on Kasey's part! The weather was beautiful the entire time we were there!!

Since we got in late we just checked into a hotel and got some rest. The next morning we went down town to see where Kasey would be working and to a place call Faneuil Hall. Its basically a lot of shopping and restaurants. Very popular place on the weekends.

Skyline of Boston

New Office :) Right in the heart of Boston

about a block from the aquarium :)

Crazy little shops for food I'm pretty sure every one of them sold lobster rolls and when we tried them.....not so good :/

Eating at Cheers! :)

We had the best spot for people watching!! WE LOVED IT!!

On the Harbor :)

Boston Commons Park

Kinda similar to central park in New York

Just driving with the top down no big :)

Waldon Pond

And of course we had to go to a Red Sox game!!

Really entertaining, we had our very own commentators

right behind us and they were hilarious :)

HYDRANGAS!!!!

I love love love love love hydrangas I think they are the pretties flower ever and this house had them all the way around it! I would be in heaven!! It was so nice to see them! I have a hydranga now in UT but its not doing so well, I think its a little too dry here for it but I can't wait to have one in Boston. These ones had lots of colors on them too!

All and all I am really excited for Boston, it will be a big change but it will be good. The city was crazy and getting around was really difficult but it was super entertaining. We are still looking for a place to live and aren't really sure where it will be yet. Kasey wants to live in the heart of Boston for one year but then we will move shortly after that. I'm not sure what I think but I will be happy with whatever :) We were planning on going back for a second trip that we would just look for a place to live but since our two schedules are crazy there isn't a time both of us can go back so I have to let Kasey go and pick out an apartment all by himself. I have to admit I am a little nervous about that but he knows what I want so I am putting a lot of trust in him. So keep your fingers crossed that when Kasey goes to Boston on the 28th that he will find us a fabulous apartment and that I will have lots of fun and one of my best friends weddings!!

NO MORE SCHOOL...EVERRRRR!!!!!

2011-05-10T13:10:00.000-07:00

We finally made it!! On April 21 and 22 we both graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU)! It has been a long 4 years but we are definitely glad we made it!

We both started our schooling journey at BYU-I. We went there for 2 years and lived the single life and just loved it (really great place). Then in our last semester (Winter 2007) at BYU-I we met and I told Kasey I was going to be transferring to BYU the following fall and that he should think about it. Kasey applied to transfer on the last day it was possible and got in! Luckily he did because we were engaged that July. After getting our Associates Degree from BYU-I we stared Fall 2008 at BYU!

This is at Andrea's graduation the Summer before we started at BYU.

At BYU we both decided we wanted to go into business. So we started taking all our prerequisite classes, applied for The Marriott Business School, and got in! From that point on we LIVED in the Tanner Building. I think I can probably name 4 out of 30 buildings on campus because I never had classes in any other building.

As for our majors we both majored in Business but I had an emphasis in OB/HR and Kasey in Finance. It worked out really well because I was a semester ahead of him so I would buy books the semester before and Kasey could use them the following semester. It was even better because my parents paid for them so we really didn't have to buy any books other than when he took his one semester of Finance classes and I took my one semester of OB/HR classes.

Self Portait during Commencement!

All the Graduates!!

Don't worry Kasey got really enlightened by our commencement speaker Elder Scott

(I do have to admit his voice is very soothing and lulling)

And this is me enjoying the moment that I got to take this picture to make fun of Kasey :)

Jumping for Joy!!

My Mom and Dad

Dinner after Commencement at Grandma's House

My Grandma spelled Kasey's name wrong on the cake but we were still very thankful :)

Convocation!

Just walked across the stage and got our diplomas!!

The whole crew after everything was over!

My Mom and Dad joined in on the Jumping Festivities :)

The Dreaded Tanner Building

(This is where all our business classes are held)

Yep this is how we felt every day after leaving the building hahaha

Dinner with may family after convocation at Texas Roadhouse!

(We went to Lunch with Kasey's family but I don't have a picture from that yet :/ )

They made us both sit on the sattle ha ha ha

It was a great 4 years and now we have both accomplished something really great and can tell our kids about it and hopefully get them to college too:) As for after we graduate I don't ever really plan on using my degree, maybe in the future but not anytime soon and Kasey well he will be using his in Boston :)

My Husband created a Blog!

2011-05-08T20:13:00.000-07:00

So my husband Kasey created a blog.

Its called the Boston blogger. Here is the blog site.

Kaseys Boston Blogger Site

He is trying to post something everyday that is interesting or that stimulates the mind. It can be something inspiring, spiritual, motivating or just something that is interesting and cool to read. His goal is to make you say "hmmm that was really interesting" each day. He is calling them his Daily Dimes (probably because they not worth more than about 10 cents) JUST KIDDING!! They are actually pretty cool from the few that he has posted. Anyways if you are looking for something interesting to read every day that will make you say, "Hmmmmm" check out my Husbands Daily Dimes. Hope you enjoy!!!

Cruisin in the USA

2011-04-30T23:59:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a power post people (long but good). Just letting you know Pre-read.

So last month Kasey and I got to take a little vacay down to my parents house and then down to his parents and then a cruise to top it all off.....I know, sweet vacation. We stopped in Vegas and ate at one of our favorite restaurants, the LUX at the Venetian (Highly recommended!) We strolled around the Venice and checked out the little gondola boats. Then we bought tickets to see a show that we have always wanted to check out, The Phantom of the Opera. It was really cool to see it live. Best part of the show was when the chandelier moved around the room in different pieces and then finally comes together. Also when the phantom takes Christine down to his chambers. You gotta see it in person to really experience it!

The next morning we headed down to Los Angeles to prepare to leave for our cruise! And let me tell you when we finally were on it, it was AMAING!!! We were able to make some new best friends which is bitter sweet because now we have them but they are moving for the summer :(. We honestly loved hanging out with these other married couples. We did everything together; sat by the pool, ate fish tacos in mexico from a ghetto cart, broke a dune buggy going up a huge hill, and even broke it down on the dance floor. It was sooo much fun. Here are some more pictures.

This stupid seal thought this buoy was his home. Kasey loved this seal, named him Jose.

On our way back to the boar 4 hours later Jose was still perched in the same spot!

(Or at least thats what Kasey think's I think its a different seal personally.)

Las Chicas (The Jens, so much fun!)

Hermanos!

It's funny to me how the girls are happy, smiling, and posed for the picture

and the boys are all doing something weird ha ha ha

We took golf carts around the Island for half the day.

Los Burnham, <3 Them

Jen and I thought we were going to die on these thing but Kasey and Josh were

having a grand old time going off roading and running through puddles!!

Some of the guys Kasey worked with.

This was just one of the local superhero characters in Mexico.

(Please note the name on chest and bulge in speedo...shooker Kasey wanted a picture)

"Mexico: Famous for their tacos, clean water, and super viagra man!"

Please look at the stick figure of the old man. So funny! (Not for children)

Our entourage

(Josh and Jen Campos, Landon and Jessica, Josh and Jen Burnham, Da Bedes)

Jen and Josh Campos Jen = my new BFF

Fish/carne asada/shrimp/dog/chicken Tacos. Looked pretty sketchy coming from that cart in the background but Kasey tried one and we probably bought 30 more as a group. What ever they were they were so good and only 1 dollar!!!!

Jen sure loved them

Landon playing a little jig with the locals

We rented this baja. Dont worry the ride was short lived. We got maybe 15 min into the trip to the sand dunes when Josh went up a huge hill, we almost died, and then the baja broke down. It was a little scary and we had sand EVERYWHERE after. Best quote from Jen, "I was too scared to realize to shut my mouth and so I just continued to scream and now I have dirt in my teeth!"

OH YEAH! PURE TALENT YEAH!!!!

Lastly we have a bit of important news............. I'M PREGNANT!!! Just kidding, I'm really not pregnant but I know everyone was wanting me to say that. The big news is that Kasey and I have decided to accept a Job offer in Boston Massachusets. The music was a little hint, but ...."I think im going to Boston!"

It came as a surprise to us, because Kasey didn't think he would leave Utah for a few years at least with this company. He thought he would get trained for a while here in Utah then move him out. They pulled him in one day and pitched him on the idea of going to Boston, and he was extremely excited. Me on the other hand, didn't take it so well (I cried my eyes out) hahaha. Anyways, after much debate, thought, and prayer we have decided to take this opportunity, embrace it, and make the most of it. Kasey is excited because he has always wanted to work downtown in a major city. He will be working in the heart of Boston in the Financial district. One of the buildings in the picture above will be where he is working, so he is just praying for an office with a window view!

We will be leaving the end of the summer, so if you want to hang out with us, it better be soon because come Septermber 1 we will be on the other side of the country. Despite my initial reaction, I decided to think positively and I thought of a few good thing that will come from moving to Boston to help me cope with the move....

1) I LOVE the east coast (especially being from Maryland). In the summer maybe we will get into sailing, and I have heard Boston is beautiful in the fall with the colors. As for winter......well I'm a little nervous for the cold but hey I survived Rexburg so I can handle it!

2) I have always wanted to live in a baseball town and the Red Sox are going to be awesome to watch!

3) Kasey might finally root for a different team than the stupid Lakers! haha no more Kobe!

4) It will give us a chance to get out of the bubble and really bond as a family together eventually making us even stronger.

5) It will force me to repent and keep my blog up to date more often so people can know what we are doing (Sorry for the 1 post a year thus far).

6) LIFE is an adventure, you only live once right!?!?!

I think it will be something that, even though I am nervous about right now, eventually it will be something that I am glad we were able to experience. If anyone comes to ever visit us I promise we will be the best hosts ever! Please come visit me?...Please?

Worlds Worst Blogger Award Goes to.....ME!!

2011-04-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

Yes it is official I am the worlds worst blogger. It has been a full year since I last blogged and I don't have any plans to tell you all everything that has happened this past year in detail but a quick overview seems possible, and I mean quick! :) Then hopefully I will keep up with my posts!!

We went to Georgia to sell Pestcontrol this past summer. It was a very interesting process because I actually sold door to door too which was very weird. We both did well, Kasey obviously better than me but still I held my own. On the way out there we stopped at this cool place in Nebraska called Buzzard Billys to have lunch and we had Aligator Tenders! Never thought I would eat gator but they were actually pretty good!!!

We passed through Kansas city and saw where the Royals play.

Atlanta was definitely an interesting place and the people were hilarious. Here is one of the cars.

Yes those are 100 dollar bills painted on his car.

Kasey saw the Atlanta motor speedway pace car... SOLD THEM TOO!

These are the apartments we stayed in. Real classy joint!

Gotta love the south AX is apparently how you spell ask in the souff.

Georgia Dome!!! 50 yard line!

When we came back to Utah I finished my last semester of school and graduated in December with a degree in Business from the Marriott School with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources. After I graduated I got a job at Red Lobster because we weren't sure what our summer plans would be. If we went to sell again I didn't want to get a real job because I would have to quit in 4 months. So I figured working at Red Lobster was good money and I started right away. So I am just working there about 8 times a week and going with the flow of it all.

Kasey on the other hand continued with school and got an internship at a company called GPS. They deal with trading over the foreign exchange market. Basically, from what I understand, they get clients who trade currencies a lot and sign them up for their service. GPS then trades the currencies for the client which saves them a lot of money because if money is traded at the wrong time the client can lose a lot of money. So Kasey has been doing this since about November and really enjoys it. Now we are just hoping for a full time offer which we should be getting soon. Fingers crossed!!

That is literally all that has happened this past year ha ha ha I'm sure I could have gone into more detail but eeehhh no use. I figured from now on I will post all the fun stuff!! Including my next post of the cruise we took last week to Mexico!! :)

Festival of Colors!!

2010-04-12T16:48:00.000-07:00

So about 3 weeks ago we went to the Festival of Colors. It's a Hindu celebration held in Spanish Fork, UT (and all over as well) to bring in the spring season. Who knew there was a Hindu temple in the middle of Utah, pretty random. So basically its about a handful of Hindus and about 15,000 BYU and UVU students ha ha ha.
What you do is you go down and buy these pouches of vibrant colors of chalk. Then you sing a song where you just repeat Hare Krishna over and over to a beat and you throw this colored chalk on yourselves and those around you. It's a great tradition. Its basically the only time you can throw stuff at people and its ok. :) So you also count down from 20 and then you all throw the chalk in the air at once. Its pretty crazy when this happens, it blacks out the sun and you pretty much can't breath for about 2 mins (that part is not so fun).
Over all though it was a lot of fun. Kasey and I had never gone before and almost didn't go this year either but we are very glad we did cause it was well worth it!! If you're ever in UT around this time it is a must do!!

Before the madness started with our good friends Brad and Amra

First couple of blows of chalk to the face ha ha ha

The Hindu Temple...so random

During the massive chalk throwing!!! It was seriously CRAZY!!!
Also look at the youtube video of it here you will see the madness....

The crowd of people

Just after the madness in front of the temple

Walking back to the car

Chalk Faces :)

Brad and Amra
They are super entertaining!!

The Other Blog....Well Kinda

2010-03-26T16:03:00.000-07:00

So I have another blog it's www.erinsbloomsandblossoms.blogspot.com you can link to it from my sidebar on this page. This is a blog with pictures of all the floral arrangements I have recently designed. I originally made this blog for a class this semester. We were to pick something to work on that we were passionate about, but he wanted it to be somewhat career oriented. Well I love flowers and ever since I took a floral design class last fall I have loved dealing with flowers and it has become my dream to own a floral shop!

Anyways for a part of this project I was supposed to make a portfolio of my designs so that maybe one day I can accomplish my dream of designing flowers and owning my own floral shop. This way I would have all my arrangements documented and people would be able to see my work. But I have been very reluctant to show anyone this blog because I'm not super confident in my work. I just figure I am never going to get any better till I get other people's opinions on my work so I have to suck up my pride and let people see. Plus lets be honest Kasey is a boy and he thinks everything I do looks great (what a good husband). So if you would like to take a look at it and let me know what you think that would be great.... :)

Thanks guys!!

Here is a sneak peak of something I did recently. :)

Time to Catch Up Maybe? :)

2010-03-07T16:47:00.000-08:00

So as we all know I am a horrible blogger so I am just going to catch you up on ohhhh the past 7 MONTHS!! Yeah I know I'm seriously the worst!! So I am going to work my way oldest to the more recent so you may want to now start at the bottom and work your way up. Hopefully I will get better at this but we'll see with school and such. :) Its been a great past 7 months though so we're excited for what is in store for us next! :)

Oh and Kasey made this little slide show of our whole first year and posted it on youtube because we can't seem to figure out how to post it directly on here so here's the link :) Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOA2OA9aEmc

NEW YEARS IN VEGAS

CHRISTMAS IN CALI WITH KASEY'S FAMILY

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT THE ARIZONA TEMPLE

DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AT MY AUNTS HOUSE

Kasey learned of how to put chickens to "sleep" in Paraguay

He would put their head under their wing and then spin them around in a circle for a bit and put it on the ground. The chicken then wouldn't move until someone touched it. We were all very entertained and of course Paul wanted to learn too. :)

PLAYING BACHI BALL WITH THE FAMILY

THANKSGIVING DAY IN SUNNY ARIZONA

After getting fat off Turkey we went to the batting cages :)

NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING AT OREGANOS

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

Love you Bede!!

KASEY'S BIRTHDAY!

ONE YEAR PICTURES :)

O CIRQUE DU SOLEIL WEEKEND FOR PAUL'S BIRTHDAY

DAY OUT SHOPPING :)

MY BIRTHDAY APPLE PIE :)

We went out with some friends for my birthday as well but didn't take any pictures :(

VISITING PORTLAND

We went to the mall in Ashley's Barbie Jeep and luckily we parked under a parking structure because later it started rained. Well for the drive home we had to figure out how to put the soft top back on and with a lot of effort we figured it out and were quite proud of ourselves!! :)

Lego House Boat Races at Eagle Crest :)

Marley has curly hair but Ash has never really done her cause she didn't know how so because I have curly hair too I showed her how it was done..turned out good too :)

LAST LITTLE BIT OF ALASKA

It was a lot of fun while it lasted but I'm glad that we are back to the real world :)

SEWARD ALASKA VISIT

We went of a day cruise of Resurrection Bay and saw lots of animals like sea lions, otters (my new favorite animal), an orchid whale (which jumped out of the water like 4 time), a humpback whale, dolphins, bald eagles, lots of other birds, and a glacier.

4th OF JULY

Yes these pictures were taken at 12 o'clock at night. This is just a little lighter than the darkest it ever got....Alaska was a strange place.

MOOSE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX

QUICK BITE TO EAT AFTER THE BOYS GOT HOME FROM WORK

This is about 11:30 pm :)

Sites in Alaska

2009-06-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

We are still surviving here is Alaska! The weather isn't so great cause its not a warm summer like we are use to. The highest it gets here is about 72 so it is pleasant weather just not lay out in the sun weather, most the time its in the mid 60's. I did finally get a Job. I work at Wellsfargo in their retail department. I basically open mail and make copies all day and it kinda sucks but at the same time the day goes by really really fast because I'm always doing something. Kasey is doing really well in sales and he is actually #27 in the company right now so I am really proud of him!

Now to "Sites In Alaska." So I was driving to the grocery store during rush hour and on my way I approached a semi-major intersection. As I'm sitting in the car I looked over to my left and see...A BEAR!!! Not even just one! I saw a mama bear and her 2 cubs!! Crazy I know. So of course I want to get a closer look because hey it's a bear for goodness sacks! So they walked into a local neighborhood and here I am following them. I ended up following them into a park (lots o people were around) and I reach this open field where they are just playing. The two cubs were so cute they were wrestling and just having fun. Luckily I had our video camera in the car so I was able to get them on video but I was a little scared for a bit as you can tell at the end of the video. Just watch.

So I called Kasey and told him all about how I was following these bears around and he was like what were you thinking??? Do you realize that bears are the most dangerous when they have cubs with them? What would you have done if he would have come running at you? I replayed I would have just turned and ran closer to all the people that were at the park. He then told me that bears can run 35 mph....well needless to say I will NEVER do that again but I am glad I did it once and got to see them :)

So a couple weekends ago the whole office decided that we were going to go on a little Sunday drive and see whats in Alaska. So these are some pictures of the two places that we visited. The first is Flat Top. As you can tell it is a mountain that over looks all of Anchorage. It was a really cool site to see and good to be out and about in the fresh air!

So on our way up (mind you people are all over walking around) Kasey decides he needs to go to the bathroom so he goes a little off the trial to take a leek and we couldn't help but take a picture! Ha Ha Ha

This is some of the boys in the office just looking out over Anchorage.

I just love this picture. It looks like we are actually in the sky!!

All the boys at Baluga point!

Later in the summer you can come here and see whales swim by. I can't wait till we get to go back and see them all!

So the boys decided they had spent enough time just looking at the sites and wanted to do something manly. Well what did they decide? They wanted to move this huge log so that they could stand on it and then try to stay on it as it started to roll down this hill. I'm just glad no one got hurt! Boys will be boys!

The office wives!! Love these girls!!

Well we don't really get to go out with everyone much unless the guys come home early on a sat night. Well we got lucky because they came home and we all go to go bowling which I love!! So here is a little bit of the fun!!

About two sundays ago we walk out of church and at the edge of the parking lot there is a moose just chowing down on some shrubs!! CRAZY!!

Finally, the land of the midnight sun!

So as you know it like barely gets dark here. Well before we moved up here I always kinda thought that people exaggerated it a little. Well now that I live here...Nope there is absolutely NOOO exageration! We were driving to dinner at 10:30 pm (Kasey had just gotten back from work) and the sun was directly in our eyes so we had to put on our sunglasses!! It was so weird to us that we had to take a picture! The longest day of the year is the 23 of June and I plan on taking pictures throughout the day so you can really see what its like here! It's crazy!!

This is some of our favorite people to hang out with up here!
The Coons, Mike and Britt.

We have lots more fun that is to come and we are slowly planning more events. Kasey just got a fishing license so I'm sure we will have some stories from that. We also are hoping to go on a plane ride over Anchorage soon and a day cruise in Seward! I can't wait for it all and we will keep you posted!!

Some of the Best Mothers we know!

2009-05-10T14:39:00.000-07:00

Because today is Mothers Day we thought it would be good to recognize all the mothers that are close to us and have influenced our lives in one way or another! I hope that one day I can become as good of mothers as they are!

My mommy!
Mother of 5
Grandmother of 9 and counting

Kasey's mommy
(She raised a good boy!...sorry Kasey didn't have as many pictures of his mom as I did)
Mother of 4
Not a grandmother yet but give it like 2 years!

My sister Brooke
Mother of 4

My sister Ashley
Mother of 4

My sister-in-law Jessica
Brand new mother of 1

Kasey's Grandma Kummer
Mother of 3
Grandmother of about 13
Great Grandmother of about 4

Kasey's Grandma Johnson (right)
Mother of 9
Grandmother of about 50
Great Grandmother of about 4

My Grandma Ercanbrack
Mother of 6
Grandmother of about 54
Great Grandmother of about 28

My Grandma Larson
Mother of 7
Grandmother of about 57
Great Grandmother of about 13

Kasey's Crazy Customers

2009-04-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

So APX has asked the sales reps to take pictures with all the customers that they sell. Well little did I know this would be a great idea. So Kasey takes our camera out to sell each day and he comes home with some of the most interesting stories and pictures because of it. So I thought I had to share.

First more moose sitings!! He says it's almost a daily occurrence now. So here is a picture for ya....HUGE!

Second...Kasey goes out and is selling to this guy. He gets him all set up and the guy has to pay like $100 extra for a piece of equipment in upgrades that Kasey will make extra money off of...then he spots it.....

That's right a Bow and Arrow. So Kasey started talking to him about the bow and arrow and finds out the guy is thinking about selling it. Kasey then asks him how much he is selling it for. The guy said he would sell it to Kasey for $100 bucks but really its worth about $300. Kasey then offers to pay for the equipment in exchange for the bow (this costs nothing to Kasey because the company would have paid for the equipment anyways). The guy agreed so now I have a bow and arrow sitting in my living room collecting dust that Kasey is more then excited to take to our ranch this summer and try out.

Third....Kasey is out selling one day when he knocks on these girls door. They are prob in their mid to late 20's or early 30's. So Kasey gets a sale but they fail credit check and the girls say to come back tomorrow and they will talk to their mother and put the system in her name. Well when Kasey gets up to go they start talking dirty little sayings in spanish (yet they have no idea he speaks spanish as well). Kasey, fortunately for them was wearing some jeans that have a huge HOLE in the booty and once he stood up to leave, yet again, the dirty spanish sayings started flying. Kasey understanding it all and could only blush a lil and say goodbye. haha. Well the next day he goes back and sure enough the girls are all dazzled up and wearing "cheap perfume" as Kasey describes it. Kasey just laughs to himself and gets the sale finalized. So at the end of the sale they start talking to him and he mentions me. They didn't believe him and that he was married. He asked if they saw his ring which they replied no they didn't think anything of it. The two girls then start talking to each other again speaking in spanish and say oh well a wife doesn't matter or something to that effect. Kasey yet again just smiles and says thanks and dips out....what can you do my husband is one stud!!...PS. Kasey said the only way they could hang out is if they had someone else who wanted an alarm system, sure enough the next day they called him up to sign up thier mother haha!!! Flirt to convert to a different degree.

Finally, fourth.....Kasey gets into this house and is trying to sell these customers when this thud thud thud comes tromping down the hall.....

Yep it was a herd of all sorts of animals. And yes that was a pig in Kasey's lap not another dog. I could not spot laughing at these pictures. I can't help but wonder what goes through peoples heads when they think yeah lets have a pig for a pet. (well my dad had one but he lived on a farm, a little different). Kasey said the house smelled "like shiz" and they were a very interesting family.

So that's all for stories from, A Day in the Life of Kasey. I don't have any of my own...still no job but I do keep myself busy doing other things like buying flowers and arranging them, blogging, scrapbooking, going to see movies like "17 Again", laying by the fireplace, facebooking and napping all day. I know, I slave for my family :)

Just one of my creations so far this summer with plenty more to come!

If Kasey brings home anymore stories and pictures I will be sure to share with ya!!

Goodbye Utah...Hello Alaska?

2009-04-25T14:01:00.000-07:00

That's right everyone we are now living in Alaska. We started the long 4 day journey on the 14th. It was super hectic because we weren't supposed to leave till the 16th so we had to pack all day Monday and be ready to leave at 6 the next morning so we would be able to join two other cars on our trek up. Needless to say it was a very very stressful day.

The car ride was very long but I must say we did see some pretty cool things. The scenery was beautiful. We saw lots and lots of trees which reminded me of the book Twilight (which we listen to on CD the whole way up...great idea by me!) and how the trees would be like Edwards hunting ground ha ha ha. We saw some pretty glaciers and frozen lakes with a sheet of ice on top about 2 feet thick! We saw a bald eagle that I'm no kidding was the size of a small child. Lots of buffalo and wild horses but to Kasey's disappointment we never saw a moose. I told him not to worry because I was sure he would see at least one by the time we left Alaska. By the end of the ride we both thought we were going to pull our eyes out of boredom then we pulled into Anchorage.

When I realized we were actually there I was super confused because I thought Alaska was supposed to be beautiful and green and luscious. Where we pulled in there was still snow, dirt and gravel EVERYWHERE, and brown dead shrubbery. When we got to our apartment I asked the office lady when it was supposed to get green. She said that right now is what they call breakup season because all the snow and ice are breaking up and it should start getting green in early to mid May. Then when we went to the bank I was talking to the teller and asked him about the gravel which was all over, it was on the medians where there should be grass, all over the roads, in parking lots, honestly everywhere you can think of gravel was. He said that here they don't even bother with salt on the roads they just throw straight gravel on the roads and that soon someone would be going around and cleaning it all up. I'm glad that's not my job!

So some of you are still wondering why we are in Alaska and some already know but Kasey is selling security systems door-to-door for APX for the summer. What job I will get here I'm not sure yet but I hate searching for jobs so that's why I'm blogging. But anyhow now that we are here and all moved in and Kasey is selling life for me is getting pretty boring until I get a job.

Kasey came home the other day and was super excited because he got 3 sales and saw a moose in a lady's backyard! Shocking I know. The lady said that moose are really common in residential areas but super annoying because they just walk through and knock down peoples fences and poo all over the lawn and eat everything. Apparently if you have every had problems with deer in your yard you haven't seen anything yet. Kasey said the moose was huge. He said that if he would have stood by it, he would have come up to the top of the moose's back and the moose still would have had a whole head on him! That we freak me out. I'm not too sure if I really want to see a moose still. My dad told me they were very angry creatures and they could really do some damage, so to see one that big outside my back sliding glass door would not comfort or excite me in the slightest.

So that's life for us now but I'm sure there will be much more to tell ya'll during the summer. We'll keep you posted if we see anymore moose! WEIRD!!

Valentine's Day Lovin

2009-03-02T22:38:00.000-08:00

So last year on Valentine’s Day it was our first date. Kasey had to talk me into going but I finally gave in and I am very happy that I did. He wouldn't tell me what we were going to do he just gave me a ski mask and said I would have to dress warm. So I spent the next couple of days wondering. Well the day before we went out Kasey and I had been texting. About an hour after that conversation had ended I got this text from him that said, hey when are we going to get the sleds. So I was super confused and didn't really know what was going on so I asked him what he was talking about. Well it turns out that he didn't mean to text me at all and that he was just thinking about me and texted me instead of his roommate. Well it turns out he has a bad habit of sending text messages to someone when he is thinking about them instead of who he is intending on sending the text to. So from there I started guessing what we were going to do and I guessed that we were going to go night snowmobiling!

Well the morning comes and I go to my first class and Kasey has a note with a CD and a single red rose sitting at my seat. It was really cute. He had labeled the CD Pre-super date (it had pretty much all my favorite songs on it somehow) and the note had a “self portrait” that he had drawn of himself.

It looked exactly like him as you can tell from the picture.

Well that night came and of course he picks me up and there are sure enough sleds in the back of the truck. Well I was sooooo excited and ready for the fun to begin. We get out on the trial and all the other dates (4 all together) know each other pretty well and they went off ridding the snowmobiles in the powder and up huge hills doing all sorts of little adventurous things while Kasey is playing it safe because he didn't really know what type of girl I am. So I was thinking that this would be a long night if I didn’t say anything so of course I decided to see if he would man up and I said something. Well next thing I know we are climbing the biggest hill there and I was terrified but loving it!!

Some other fun events of the night include: Kasey learned that snowmobiles don't climb a trees, I learned that when turning to avoid a tree I need to let off the gas in order to not run into it…needless to say we don't quite get along with trees ha ha ha

Anyhow the night ended and I remember thinking things could really go far with him and now look where we are a year later spending our first married Valentine’s day together!

Now for Valentine’s Day THIS YEAR we went to Vegas to visit with my parents and my sister Ashley and her family. It was a great weekend we helped my parents clean out their garage, spent some time together, and just all around had fun. We decided to go out to eat the day before Valentine’s Day because it wouldn't be as busy. We decided on Outback and it was lots of fun but we weren't really thinking and didn't take a picture!

Then on Valentine’s Day Kasey woke me up with roses which I loved of course. After that we decided we would take one of my nieces Macie to a breakfast buffet. She was amazed by that! She thought it was the neatest thing that you could get whatever you wanted, doughnuts, fruit, ice cream, pancakes, French toast, anything!

After that Kasey, my mom, and I took all the kids down to the strip to see all the little things that kids love like Lions at the MGM, the M&M factory, the Volcano at the Mirage, and the “dancing water” at the Bellagio.

It was a very entertaining day and the kids were hilarious and so cute! It was kinda funny because everyone thought they were all mine and Kasey’s kids. Ahhhhh me having an 8 yr old nice try ha ha ha oh well. I’m sure it was a nice break for Ashley and Justin to not have to watch them and I know that they sure tired us out and it was a good form of birth control for us at the moment anyhow ha ha ha

In total our weekend was great and we can’t wait to go back to warm Vegas again soon but it is actually starting to get nicer here in Utah. (Watch now that I said that it is going to snow with my luck)

Keep on Waiting

2009-02-10T14:08:00.001-08:00

Well we habe been married for 2 1/2 months now and still in the honeymoon period! Well we have been waiting to get back all our wedding pictures so we could post them and then keep our blog going but because its taking so long we figure we might as well keep it up-to-date until we get them and just add those in later. We have a couple so here they are. Also here a a couple of my bridals.

This was the best day of my life!

I LOVE this picture!

I was freezing in this picture hence my nose and cheeks are a little red ha ha ha

So this semester Kasey and I are just working...well we are supposed to be anyway but it is taking me forever to start my job. I will start working at Red Lobster on the 20th of this month so until then I have just been hanging out not doing to much. Kasey has been selling APX Alarm systems in Las Vegas on the weekends so because my family lives there I join in on the fun. We went there last week all week and while Kasey was out knocking doors I was hanging out at home or going with my mom to different places.

So while I was board one day I called my sister Ashley and told her what I was doing and that I was in Vegas. Then I told her that we were planning on going to Vegas the following Wednesday (tomorrow) for Valentines day. She said that would be fun and that it made her want to come visit as well and get out of rainy Portland. I told her she should fly in the next day and keep me company. She laughed and said that would be fun but wasn't going to happen. So we ended the conversation and then later that night she called the house. She said that after I told her we were going to Vegas the next weekend she really wanted to go to. So she asked her husband if they could join in on the fun and he said yes!! So this weekend my sister and her family are going to join us for Valentines day in Vegas and we are super excited!

The Wicked Proposal!!

2009-01-15T19:38:00.000-08:00

So now that ya'll know the first date story I thought I would tell you the proposal!

It all started when we went to Cali for Kasey's friend Chase's wedding reception. I thought that Kasey would propose this weekend but I didn't know for sure. I taught he had the ring but I didn't think he had asked my dad yet. So we get there first thing friday morning and we had already talked about going to eat at a nice restaurant that night because I had never been to Cali so that part didn't tip me off. Well Kasey somehow tricked me into getting a little more dressed up by saying he only had slacks and no jeans. So we go to eat sea food (Kasey's favorite) at this restaurant along the coast which was really nice and lots of fun. At the end of the meal they wrap up your leftover food in the shape of sea animals. (seahorse and whale) Really really sweet!!

Well after dinner he asked me what I wanted to do. I wanted to see the LA temple because we had talked about getting married in that temple and I had never seen it. So off we went with me having no clue what was going on. So we were headed to the temple and Kasey passes it and I look at him like whats going on. Well he said we had to go up a couple of blocks and make a U turn and go park. I hadn't been there so I didn't know what was going on. Well I hadn't noticed but the music was turned down because we were talking. So we keep driving further then I taught we should have to to make a U turn so I looked at Kasey again and asked him whats going on. Well he tells me that we actually aren't going to the temple right now. I was like well where are we going, (my heart pounding all the while) then he turned the music up. It was playing the song Defying Gravity from the play Wicked (which I had been dying to see for the past 2 years!) I then started freaking out!! I was like where are we going whats going on and he told me that we were going to go see the play and he got us good tickets. I didn't believe him at first but then he showed me the tickets and I almost had a heart attack I was so excited ha ha ha.

So needless to say the play was amazing!! After he told me the night wasn't over yet. We went down to the Santa Monica Peir and walked around just talking for a bit. Well we walked down along the beach and sat down and were talking and he started the whole I love you, your amazing, I want to be with you forever and of course I responded the same. So then I started saying how I was so supprised that he got tickets and that I had no idea he was doing that. Well he then said you like supprises don't you. I said yes and he then told me to close my eyes because he had a suprise for me. Of course I know exactly what it was but was still more excited then ever. So I open my eyes and there he is on one knee infront of me and asked me to marry him and I said yes!!

It was the best proposal a girl could ask for!

The newest member of the Johnson family!!

2008-10-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

Erin Larson and I meet in about a year ago in good ole' Rexburg idaho. The fall semester of 07 we were just random friends and i had asked her on a few dates but had been unsuccesssful in my efforts to say the least( the freaking girl wouldnt go out with me). So winter semester rolls around and we crossed paths again and so i made another attempt. I finally convinced her that she would have a good time if she went on date with me. Then the wooing began...haha. So as out first date which was valentines day, I decided to make it a special day for her but at the same time trying not to be too much of a creaper. A few flowers and a "PRE-DATE" cd for her(I stratigically found out her favorite songs and put them on a CD to make us look more compatable) was waiting for her on her desk for her first class that morning. This was a perfect gift becuase it just banks a few points for me before i even pick her up. She gets ready and obviously she put her pre date cd in and listens to the songs she already loves and thinks wow this guy is already looking better. When Ipicked her up she didnt know where we were going. All she knew was wear warm clothes. We go back tom my place and get in the trucks and drive about 20 min behind rexburg where we mounted up on some snowmobiles and took off on a romantic trail through the woods. The ngiht was perfect. The moon was full and as we Rode through the huge trees the moon was pretty much lighting up our path from overhead. We were with a group of 8 people. We took a good half hour ride, playing on the hills with the snowmobiles (I pride myself in my riding skills cutting up the mountains and what not) a dnthen stopped of to build a fire in an open part of the trail. The boys got off and we got to really play in the snow. We played high mark on this mountain (the person whi can drive up the highest on the mountain wins)and then tried to plaze a new trail. I was leading the pack and hit a tree stump which threw my snowmobile and sent me headed straight for a tree at 20 miles an hour. I learned 2 lessons from this; 1) snomobiles cannot climb trees, 2) the front end of a snowmobile is an expensive toy to replace. All in all it was an amazing first date and the sparks were flying. It was so good Erin advanced on me and tried to kiss me at the end of the date. I told her it i wasnt that kind of a guy and she would at least have to go on a second date with me if she wanted a lil smoochy smoochy. (i might have made that last part up).

Since then Erin and i have gone on many fun dates. We had a country night where we went to a country concert all dressed in out cowboy git-up then we went to watch "8 seconds" back at our place.