Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I made my family's traditional St. Patrick's Day dinner tonight for Stewart and me while he was at work. I loved it! It was simple to make, but it was fun to feed him and to share a new tradition. I couldn't believe it was his first time eating corned beef! Did you know "Kelly" means Celtic Warrior Maiden? My parents didn't  know that until I was already a feisty redhead.

I bought our first dining room set today! I don't have a photo yet, but I was so excited I had to post. Today was a great combination of two of my favorite things: finding an amazing deal and getting things together for my future home. I found a couple moving from Rexburg that was selling a lot of their things for a great deal. I got a beautiful dining room table with a matching bench and three chairs, a down comforter with two matching shams, two pillows, and a decorative birdcage all for $60! Everything was still in perfect condition! I am getting so excited to start decorating my future home!

Blessed

I'm sorry, no photo today. Today Stewart and I had our Sunday afternoon session of Stake Conference. I woke up feeling very sick, yet again. I decided no matter what, I would go and make it through all of Conference that I could, and I am so glad I did. We had excellent speakers: our stake president, President Packard, and his wife, the Rexburg temple President and Matron, and Elder Chambers of the Seventy. He Told a funny story about Elder Oaks. (Stewart, you can correct me if I incorrectly tell the story.) Almost simultaneously, Elder Chambers and Oaks pulled various pills and vitamins from  their pockets. Elder Chambers had just a few, like his Omega-3; Elder Oaks had a whole handful. He turned to Elder Chambers, smiled, and said, "I am a "pillar" of this Church." Made us all laugh! I love hearing the "behind-the-scenes" stories from and about our General Authorities. After making it through Conference and taking a nap, I headed to Stew's for a barbecued rib dinner, even though I still was not feeling great. While waiting, I started feeling worse, and finally got the impression to ask for a blessing from Stewart. I am so grateful to have him in my life, and to know he is fully worthy to pronounce blessings on my head when I am in need. I progressively started to feel better, and just staying close to him helped. I am so excited for the day that I will always have him at my side; I feel secure when we are close.

I suppose the best things today revolved around food. Not that that is too abnormal for hungry, hypoglycemic me. This is at our local college hangout, Sammy's. That shake I'm feeding her? There are Carmel Delights blended into it. Yum. (Sorry to keep rubbing it in, Ten!) Stake Conference started tonight. I was still surprisingly full from Sammy's four hours later, so I temporarily forget the small fact that I am hypoglycemic and had to leave about 40 minutes before it ended. I decided puking or passing out in front of my stake wasn't how I wanted to end my night. Pictured below is a perfect way to end the night. Stewart sliced up some strawberries and made me up a giant bowl of his homemade Angel Food cake, Cool Whip, and strawberries. Delicious! I knew I loved him.

Today was quite the day. I'm still running off of just a few hours of sleep. One of my best friends, Andrew Berhold, is serving his mission in Japan, so I spent many early hours worrying about him after finding out about the 8.9 magnitude earthquake. I got a personal tour of the heating and cooling plant on campus. Did you know the BYU-I campus uses about one ton of coal each day? Crazy. After spending many hours working on photos for the Scroll, I went out to IF, shopped, and had my wedding dress fitting. I am in love with my dress! It is coming along so well. I can't post a photo of the whole dress, because of Stewart, so here's just a teaser! My love to all. I will be home in one month from today!

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens..

It's been raining tonight! I love the rain. I have always been in love with it. Rain is one of my favorite things. It makes me sad is that my fabulous fiance hates it. He won't play with me in it, let alone even go out in it. I'm hoping this rain means Spring is coming.. Oh! And I saw Geese migrating! And yet, today I have had "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" stuck in my head all day..

Shot To The Heart

Today is the day my life changed. I fell deeply in love. With this camera equipment. Unfortunately, it belongs to the school through I-comm. Someday. Someday. This plus more will be mine. Muahahaha! Ahem. Anyway, I took the photos for our school's "Extravadance" dance show. It was so much fun to shoot! It was my first time really using this camera (Canon 1D Mark II), and my first time using this incredible lens (Canon L series 70-200 f/2.8). After this, I know I can never be satisfied with my "little" Rebel forever.

Scouting

It's no secret that I am very easily amused. Throw a bouncy ball or scented bubbles my way and I'm set for at least twenty minutes. Today, all it took was these incredible cookies. Between Stewart's and my excitement over hunting down a table of colorful cardboard boxes filled with this Manna, we had to have looked like children being given free reign over a carnival. I love when I'm not the only one acting like a child!