House owners!

After a lot of paper work and some stress for everything getting done we became house owners on November 6th! :) yes, the day of election! We are excited about this, it's nuts that I am so young and own a house! My sisters thought it was strange! The good thing is that our payment isn't a whole lot more than our rent was. Now, we can start improving the home and have something to call ours! :) a big thanks to Kelly's parents who gave us the home and was so helpful throughout the process!

Changing Seasons & Times

September is here! Wow, I can't believe!
Big News:

Kelly and I just celebrated being married 5 months on Thursday!
I got a job at Sunset Elementary!
Getting closer to being house owners!

I have to admit I get spoiled by this boy. We went to Doolittle's Deli by the Ogden Airport. It was really good infact Kelly said "Zupas has competition now!" After, we needed to go to Walmart I was out of carpet cleaner and some baking soda for the fridge.. For some reason when I go shopping with Kelly, we always end up walking out with big items like a TV or this time a kennel for Nala!

We have let her sleep on the ground in our room, but we thought it would be nice to contain her just a bit while we snooze, since she now can FLY up onto our bed and land right on top of you! She is a crazy dog, loves to jump and play rough.. I hope the stage mellows by the time we have some hoodlums running around.


A few weeks ago we were talking about what will go on when we buy the house, I had only been working at Avante Photography and Dance Image. I wanted to find something a little more stable and something consistent in the day. Well, after a few minutes Kelly said I wonder if there is anything in the school districts. Well, after a phone call to his mom I applied for four jobs in Davis School District.

A couple days later, his mom called saying there would be an opening at her school in the Resource Department for a teacher aide. She said it hadn't been opened online but probably will shortly! She asked me to come in later that week to meet with the lady over Resource. I was excited because maybe it would help me get a head start after 80 people apply for it. Little did we know that my mother in law, told the lady about me and also the Principal at her school.. We sat and chatted for an hour or so, then they took me down to the office and I met with the principal. He asked me about where I grew up and I said Hooper. He then replied "oh, I live there", You know the next question: "What's your maiden name?"... "Malone"..."Oh, President Malone's daughter." ...after a little more chit chat, he told me he was a Bishop and in the High Council. I grew up with his son Scott, we luckily weren't close because he probably wouldn't of done what he did next. He walked me up to the head office lady and said will you get her a part time hire form?

Okay, so just like that I walked in thinking hopefully this job will come and I walked out with it not even being posted! Kelly, was shocked when I called and told him. I was a little nervous to start working just because I don't know much about Special Education & Resource.

I have now worked for roughly 2 weeks, it has been a fun experience. There isn't a day when you don't here something funny from someone inside that room. I teach 1st grade reading, 2nd grade reading, 6th grade reading, Kindergarten Handwriting/Math, 3rd grade math. I also take a few kids that are Self Contained. That practically means that they have tested to need at least 3 hours of Resource a day. I teach just 26 kids a day and we 45 in resource total. Sunset Elementary, is a very poor school. Its kind of weird to go to a school where they get breakfast served in class and where the kids don't have good home lives. It makes me appreciate, where I grew up and all the things my parent's let me be apart of.
Although, some of the kids don't know what a letter is or they don't even know how to hold a pencil, I hope I at least am making some difference for them.

Well enough of work talk...

As for our house.. We have been planning on buying it from Kelly's parents since day 1 we were married, although we didn't know we had to jump through so many hoops. I will be honest I know nothing about loans, interest rates, mortgage insurance and equity.. Kelly says he doesn't know it either, but he has to water it down a lot whenever we talk about it.

We have been working with Academy Mortgage. They have been awesome with finding us a loan and helping with all the weird things going on. We are hoping to get out of Mortgage Insurance, his parents would gift us the equity but, that all matters on how much it appraises for. We did find out that his parents won't get hit with any taxes by gifting it so that was a positive. We also found out that it is legal for them to sale it to us, even though were family. I honestly don't know who came up with that rule, but it was pretty ridiculous when we thought we wouldn't even be able to buy it from them just because of a same last name.

Although, his parents are going crazy trying to find a house that they would want to buy once we purchase our house, because they have so long before they get hit with taxes to roll it over. They have found some good ones, but some are Short Sales. Which I guess are pains in the  derriere because its bank owned! So once they find a house we can roll on through with getting an appraisal and maybe closing down on it.

The agent we've been working with is Logan Jenson. I actually grew up with his sister Brittney. We took dance together at Dance Image Studios and then we were on Silverline together. I love her so much, so when Kelly told me that's who it was I was pretty happy. Also, my dad works with their dad James. Logan has been very helpful and nice throughout the whole crazy questions we have had to ask.

We are hoping that by the end of the year we will have everything settled. Its one of those processes where you sometimes think it would be so much easier not to even start because of all the things you have to do.

Kelly, has got his promotion from work and also passed a welding test. Those were his two goals this year at work and he's done them both. He's very happy about that, and maybe because he's making more now because of it! I have to admit, I don't get everything he does everyday but after helping him study, its not just digging holes and gluing pipe together. He enjoys Questar but is hoping to move up the Ogden plant. Rumor is that there will be some openings soon. He applied there before and we found out they really wanted him but Salt Lake Questar didn't want any of there guys taken or transferred. So we are hoping this time they won't be stingy.

The other good news is the house across the street from us that has been vacant and growing weeds that look like trees was finally auctioned off. The people that bought it have already taken out carpet, taken the weeds out and cut trees. They are going to flip the house and sale it! I am so happy that someone bought it because, it will help with us and our house. I know that the chances of someone buying it without someone flipping it, it probably would have never gotten any better.

We have also been working in the yard. Okay, I take that back Kelly has been! I occasionally help mow the lawn but he enjoys using his hedger and skidsteer around the yard. We already have plans for the future of our yard like cutting down trees, planting flowers, taking out some plants and making our driveway a little bigger. Kelly has been a huge help in and outside of the house.

...Okay, If you are still reading this I applaud you! But, here is a funny thing that happened this week:

After work one night I was just a little upset about somethings and I was just worn out, Kelly of course still doesn't know girl hormones! As I was complaining he just looked at me and said "You know what you are fine for awhile with patience and then once you are done, YOU ARE DONE" ...I know I have  little patience sometime, but Kelly makes things better with some back tickles or a massage and glass of Coke. My problems are solved.

Leader @ Girls Camp? WHAT?

I have been put in as a Assistant Beehive Adviser!

I am excited about the calling and so far it has been fun! I absolutely love the girls that are in our ward! They are great girls and I think they are ten times stronger than I ever was!

Although, only being 2 years older than some of them is a little weird. I sometimes don't feel like a leader! I get along great with the girls!

We went to Stake Girls camp July 25th - July 28th! We went to Cinnamon Creek LDS camp.

A) it was my first time staying in a tent!
B) first time being a leader!

The laurels set up our tents because us leaders were clueless about how to set them up!

We made it the whole time with not one fight or anyone being homesick!

We sang so many songs and played tons of games.

We had the biggest ward, 36 in total with all of us!

The them for the camp was: Once upon a time...My happily ever after. Every ward had there own princess that they decorated there camp with. We had Princess and the Frog, I found a frog ball at Walmart and at first I wasn't sure if it was going to be totally lame but the girls ended up taking it everywhere we went, the dam, certification, the hike, every meal and he also slept in every tent! He was one spoiled frog!

Our girls were awesome and had great attitudes about everything. Although, being the youngest leader that means that you get played around with a lot! The girls would find stuff of mine and put it in the Lost & Found box so I would have to do a dance on stage to get my stuff back! They are smart girls!

They also asked me to prank some of there friends from other wards! :) It was pretty awesome! I ran around in a monkey suit! We took the new girls Snipe Hunting!

There was a dam that was close to our campground, we went one day with just our ward and the next day we went with the whole stake! They had rented kayaks for us, well I kind of had fun with our ward and we flipped a couple people let alone, I went to go out with some of our girls and I knew there was too much weight so I went to jump out and ended up flipping us all! it was quite funny although some other leaders in the stake weren't very happy with me for flipping them! I think they need to chill the HECK out! So many of the leaders had to shower everyday and be dressed in high class camping gear! I found it annoying! Us leader bummed it and were completely fine, and I think it means more to the girls when you can let yourself go for a few days and not care how you look worldly!

Although on the spiritual side they had some awesome speakers I loved Laurel Christensen she works for Deseret Book that spoke the first night, she had the girls stand up and say the first sentence of the Young Womans theme " We our daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us and we love them!" ...they learned the significant of that statement! It really reminded me of that its not just something we say every week, that it truly means a lot because there is some people that don't even know that they could have just that! She also picked a few girls out of the audience and had people say what they loved about them! She picked a girl from our ward who isn't a member and wanted to come completely by herself, she had no clue in what we believed she seriously has some guts to come hang out! After we stated what we loved about her she did a Standing Ovation! Everyone stood up and yelled! That ended up happening the rest of the week weather it was for the cooks, the stake president, or the young woman presidency! The girls really took her to heart!

We had an awesome testimony meeting and great scripture studies while we were there! I really enjoyed girls camp as a leader and I am glad that I went even though I didn't want to! Thanks Kelly for forcing me!

July Update

 I have been spending a lot of time with my "kids"... I don't need kids when I see almost 60 every single week. They have been working hard at Dance Image and I absolutely love my job! 

We went up to Bear Lake for the 4th with all of Kelly's family. We played with the kids, went kayaking on the lake and hung out on the private beach, did some 4-wheeling and even sported some cool shirts that we made. Yes, it was found on Pinterest. 

 As much as Kelly doesn't like Pinterest he can't be to mean about it now because we have almost fully completed our room the only thing left is crown molding. We spent a ton of time painting our room between two coats of gray on everything and taping off everything for the Chevron, we are so happy how it turned out its not your average master bedroom! I painted our sweet night stands and dresser the same color as our Chevron and ceiling. It was our first overhaul and Kelly now says we are done for awhile. Probably because the next thing I want to do is our living room and kitchen which will cost quite a bit!

 WAIT!!! did you stare at that picture?! And our huge child Nala?!

Okay, Summer was made for crafting I have done a lot this is just one of the many things I have made. My sister Kelsey has made fun of me because I have "wood blocks" everywhere! Little does she know its a Utah thing! I have also made some cool table runners and already am working on some fall crafts!

 We also went to a rodeo over the 4th! Kelly splurged and got me cotton candy it was a $1! I think he should of got me at least 4 more! :) The rodeo was fun and I enjoyed being with his family! 

For the most part, July was filled with lots of fun and family! We also went a couple times to the West Cabin and Kelly worked with my dad putting in a new deck and installing a new toilet! Married life has been great! Nala, is treated more and more like our child, she has grown tons and plays like crazy, rarely is quite! We joke that she talks back to us like a teenager! Kelly taught me the other night that Boxers are named that because when they jump and play they look like they are actually boxing. Now, I find it creepy because its true!

Projects never end!

The last week has been kind of weird, Kelly worked nights so during the day we spent it either at some store or cleaning around the house. We are becoming to realize that days just aren't long enough to get everything done!

We love our living room more and more everyday! We started on our next project making over our Master Bedroom. We painted for two days straight and at first we were unsure and it seems that on one wall the paint didn't blend even after wiping it down. So who knows we may have to paint again. We are going to put some crown molding up, I am trying to come up with ways for curtains and I am going to use our frames from reception in it! The walls are gray and the ceiling is blue, we are kind of using different blues everywhere throughout the room. I am kind of excited about this project but it will probably be awhile till its done. 

In the middle of the chaos of that, I found a tv stand on clearance at Target and so well that meant Kelly had to set it up, it took him quite a while he said that he likes Ikea instructions better although he made fun of them just weeks earlier. 

Kelly working nights isn't my favorite, I didn't have hardly any motivation to do anything and I just sat at my parents most of the week! I was really happy that yesterday he had the whole day off! We went to the Bountiful Temple at 6am with my parents, then we headed to the Apple Store, we wanted to get Apple TV. Then we went to Hogle Zoo, there wasn't much parking so we walked quite a ways to get there, I was complaining because tryouts for Dance Image this last week killed my legs! But we enjoyed it a lot we walked around for about 4 hours. Kelly loved the monkeys, elephants, giraffe's, polar bear... He was like a 3 year old! He told me the last time he went his mom had him on a leash on him, I wanted to put him on one!

I finally am starting to get back on top of cleaning the house, I despise doing laundry its never caught up! And I wish I cooked more than I do! We have been working in the yard more and more. Kelly got a hedger and he believes its the coolest thing! Our bushes are starting to look better. I have decided that next year I want to pull some plants out around our flower beds and plant some tulips and such. Who knows if I will really do it but I will try!

Nala, is now six months old! Wow right?! We got her a couple months before we were married. She is a energetic puppy and always has something in her mouth. We have been really lucky that she doesn't chew on any furniture or tears up anything. Occasionally she'll chew on a shoe but other than that she is fun to have around. We love running around the yard with her! She can jump so much higher now! We are going to get her spade soon so we don't have any other little ones running around! :)

...Please let me know that projects do end eventually?!

Rainy days make me productive!

I decided today that it is a good thing we don't get rain a lot because I somehow become more productive when its colder and rainy outside!

I have finally finished our living room and spent the day prepping for our bedroom. We finally are going to start painting the next couple of days since Kelly has work off and then 7 nights or work :( ...I'll take the two days off but not the 7 nights of loneliness

Yesterday, I got hired at Avante Photography. I am doing their packaging for the photos from dance studios, high schools, pretty much everything that gets photographed. I am doing all of the filing for it and making sure we get them out to where they need to be!! I am excited to work there since it will work well with Dance Image, I just am not as close to some people anymore so I kinda feel out of place now that I am married. Mainly, because I am never on my phone as much, and well I don't chase guys anymore...

Weird, Its only been two months and I have already changed so much!

Last night after I got home around 8pm I told Kelly I needed to run to Walmart since I didn't get to earlier, we only needed contact solution and I needed some makeup.. but we had to watch the Bachelorette first! (We count it as FHE) We wanted the trip to Wally World to be quick... well about a hour and a half later we walked out with what we need and a big black 55" LCD 1089 P LG TV... :) It was on Clearance it was already marked down a hundred dollars, but Kelly had to sit and ponder over if we should get it. Although it wasn't KSL he still got the manager to drop it 50 more bucks! I love my cheap husband!

Now I just have to find a TV stand I like and lets just say there isn't really much that I like! :)
Okay, I'll stop typing and post some pictures, I know you rather look at those that ready this?!
Here is the before and after of our living room! :)

The Breakdown:

The Zebra Chair started it all.. Kelly's mom got it from Kohls before we got married 

(she called it an early wedding present)

Next was the White High Back Loveseat: I found it on KSL months before we got it, Kelly hated it

then right before we got married he said he'd get it for my birthday, 5 hours later it was set up. So it was never sat on and was orginally $500 dollars from Overstock.. we got it for (drumroll) $150

Next was the rug: We love to go to Ashley Furniture because we can get a good discount from Kelly's brother in law. But we were just looking for a couch for the room and ended up loving this rug.. It was priced for $200 we got it for $116

Next were the Gerber Daisies: While I was wedding shopping at Hobby Lobby, They had a sale on these...okay how could i resist, my favorite flower and its zebra printed! They were half off which made them $8 bucks each. (I went back and got a few more)

Next was the Coffee table: I went to Ikea and picked it up for $20 bucks it makes a great modern piece! :)

Last but not least my microfiber red couch: Once again I found it on KSL while Kelly wanted a black couch I got my way and he hauled this down a three story building and into our house. It is orginally from Ashley Furniture for $400 and we got it for $150 the girl really wanted $200! ...
(The pillows were from my bedding in college, I am planning to make a few more)

Hope you love our KSL, Hobby Lobby, Ashley Furntiture, Ikea, Overstock living room!

The Mr. & Mrs. Update!

Wow! Sorry it has been forever since I blogged... Well this is a few pictures of our wedding, wedding cake and honeymoon. We had such a great time on our cruise and our two day wedding turned out perfect! We went and saw some old mayan ruins in Belize, went to stingray bay at Grand Cayman, rented a scooter at Cozumel, and went to a private beach in Roatan. It was such a great week. Since we got home we were busy unwrapping gifts, I was busy deciding where to put everything and watching our dog full time, and going back to dance!

We have loved being married and we are so thankful for all the things people did for us! Thanks a million!
Today, I bought our mop... who knew that I would love getting a mop so much, I have cleaned our kitchens walls, living room and all of the floor. It hasn't sparkled like that since 1990. We have things kind of in order now. My regular day is like this: make kelly's lunch, do laundry, go back to bed, eat breakfast, organize or clean, go shopping/or dance, make dinner, clean more with Kelly, go to bed and repeat.. :)

I am actually shocked that I don't leave out nearly as much clothes as I use too. I always have clean clothes to wear, I enjoy cleaning the kitchen, doing dishes and being a wife! Life is surely changing but I wouldn't want it any other way. Last night, we bought paint for our bedroom. I am hoping that next week me and my mom can start painting! I really am so spoiled. I came home last weekend, opened the garage and there was a coaster bike sitting in the garage! Two nights ago I came home to some new nightstands that I told kelly about on KSL. I didn't think he'd actually get them! We finally got our new rug in our living room this week! We picked it out from Ashley Furniture and I am so happy to finally have it. My living room is just missing a modern black or white couch! I love my new Ikea coffee table and end table. We are also destroying the curtains in our family room and putting some good energy efficient ones up! I am sure Kelly wishes the projects were done but they will sadly never be done! I absolutely love how kind he is to me with all my crazy ideas and the way he will make anything I dream of happen! I really married the best possible husband I could of ever imagined! :)