So lately, I have been blog surfing..! Yes, you heard me right; blog surfing. I have looking for new ideas for lots of things. Recipes, Crafts, Hair accessories, anything, and everything that I can look at; and I’ve been finding a lot of really fun blogs. Some that I like a lot more than others, and things that I have been dying to try out! Well I wanted to share some of my fun finds with you guys (:

I love this sight little miss momma, its got a lot of fun ideas, challenges, recipes, and dIY projects that I have wanted to try out.. so here is the link little miss momma

I also really like this just.lovely.things. because I love head bands and so this blog gives me so many fun ones that I want so bad, but it also has a ton of links that take you to other sights that give you other ideas.. so here is the link {just.lovely.things}

I have really fallen in love with Jamie cooks it up. I actually got told about this blog from my family members when I was on facebook one day and they were talking about some chicken artichoke pizza that they made. It sounded so good and I just wanted to try it out, once I got going through the blog I realized that there was so many other fun recipes that I wanted to try out; and I have! They are soo soo soo good! She is seriously amazing, and I love her menus, because honestly it helps me plan out meals for the week. which makes it so much easier for when we go to the grocery store her in Minot (yes, the store can be total hell here!!). so here is the link, enjoy! Jamie Cooks It Up!

So I’ve been cooking a lot of the
nights since we have gotten into the apartment. It’s a good, fun challenge to come up with a menu for the week. I made these BBQ Pork Sandwiches one night, and they were a total hit. I must say that they were pretty amazing. I wanted to get a picture, but I felt kind of dumb pulling out my camera in front of everyone and taking a picture of my food. So I didn’t, and they were pretty much gone when I got the opportunity to take a picture. So I will just have to settle for the link to the website and a picture from there. I do say though myself, they are a must try. And super easy to make, seriously a breeze!

click here for the recipe PULLED PORK SANDWICHES

{the job search}
As I came to Minot I had to find myself a new job. I was sad to leave the comfort of what I have always done, and always new. I wanted to find myself something that was different from what I had always done, but also something that I knew that I would enjoy. I put my resume in at a lot of different companies before I came up. A couple weeks before I came up I got a phone call from The Buckle. I got all excited, I wanted to work at Buckle when I was at home for part time. This was great something new, something different. I just had to get the job first. I had an interview that next day after I got into Minot, so I was hoping that I would get it. Well the interview must of went well, because I got the job! Hell yeah! I am excited, I am a full time team mate now at the Minot Buckle! Come see me and I can dress you in some awesome clothes!

Yes I can make you look like this..

..North Dakota..

{a new adventure}

Sautrday July 9, 2011.. The start of the Journey. I finished packing up the rest of my car, with help from wonderful Matt (of course) and then we got into the car and started our drive. We had a long long drive ahead of us was the least to say. MapQuest says that Minot, ND is approx 20 hours 55 minutes, 1398.21 miles. Yes, so a long drive; is the least to say.
Here was the Game Plan... Saturday we would drive from St. George to Pocatello Idaho 7 hours 12 mins, 479.13 miles.
Sunday we would drive from Pocatello Idaho to Bismarck, North Dakota 12 hours 3 mintues, 812.28 miles.
Monday I would then be dropping off my mom at the airport in Bismarck (cause flights werent going out of Minot until thursday, and due to the flood there was no hotels that were open and three of us in the trailer with one bed wouldn't work.) I would then make the 1 hour 50 minute, 109.96 miles drive to Minot by myself.
So we started our journey northward, and stopped in Salt Lake at Jamie's condo where the family was having their monthly get together. They were all having so much fun swimming in the pool, it was so good to see everyone even though it was just for a short amount of time. The kids are all growing up so fast I can hardly believe my eyes, it crazy how much they grow up in just such a short amount of time. Once we left Jamie's condo, we headed to Pocatello and stayed at the Hampton Inn. Geez, that Hampton Inn is soo nice, I recommend staying there if you are headed up that way.
Sunday, we woke up a little on the late side; but I figured it didn't matter. We ate breakfast and got on the road. Then it hit, the construction... let me tell you I have never hated construction sites so much as I did on this trip. They were everywhere! The speed limit was only 35, and of course not a single soul was found on any one of the job sites.! So our just under 13 hour driving day turned into 16 with all the construction that we ended up going through. We stopped along out journey at a little fishing town in Idaho, and took some pictures. Then we stopped at Big Sky, Montana to have some late lunch at the BugaBoo Cafe. Then again along the road in Montana at the Cinnamon Lodge, took some pictures and dipped our toes in the freezing Montana waters. Finally at 1:30am we made it to Bismarck, North Dakota Hamptonn Inn.
Monday, we had breakfast and lounged a little; got ready and then left the hotel. Mom's flight wasn't until later in the evening and she didn't have to be to the airport until approx 3pm. We ended up walking around the mall and target, and drove around Bismarck. It is kinda a nice town, got lots of fun restraunts and things like that. I dropped Mom off at the aiport and headed to Minot. 1 hour and 30 minutes later I was in Minot, ND. Finally, no more driving.! Yay, I was at my new home..
Here are a few pictures from the trip.. I wish I would of taken more, but I didn't.

Welcome to Idaho

The little fishing village

Welcome to Montana

My toes in the freezing montana water

Mom and I took some pictures

Cinnamon Lodge. Yes there was a huge carved bear! so of course we had to take pictures with it! duh!

Our pictures.

{IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO LONG…}

It has been so long since I have been on here, I have been so busy and enjoying life
that I kind of forgot all about updating my blog. I hope that for a while, that
I will be able to keep it up to date. As most of you know, I will be moving to North Dakota. Brecken
got an opportunity to work up there, and he took it. After a lot of talking and
thinking, Brecken and I decided that I will move up there. I honestly am so
excited and I can not wait to move from St. George. It is a new adventure and
journey that I am looking forward too. Yeah it will be hard to leave family and
comfort of what I have here, but I can not wait to be there with Brecken.

Brecken and I have been together for a year and a half now. I never believed it when
people would tell me all the time that time flies when you are in love. It really
does though, I can remember the first day that we ever met. I was sitting there
in my car waiting for him to come outside of his house, I was so nervous. Then
he walked out of the side gate and when I got out of my car he smiled at me. I
totally couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear, that smile was so adorable. Then
he hugged me, and totally just made me even happier when he gave me a huge hug
and picked me up. Those are my absolute favorite hugs. He was such a gentleman
and went and got me a blanket, cause I was freezing cold. He started a fire,
and I couldn’t help but look at his small butt as he bent over starting the
fire. Oh he was so cute, I didn’t believe that day that we would be here today.
A year and a half later, I am so in love with this boy. He still amazes me. He
still makes me smile from ear to ear. He still is a gentleman. I cant wait for
the years to come.

This picture is from when my family got to go to Costa Rica this March. It was so much fun!

{Happy Thanksgiving}

To everyone

I am so thankful for so many things in my life. I wanted to take sometime and write a few things. So since thanksgiving is on the 25^th day, I decided to do 25 things that I am thankful for. Maybe you all can take sometime and think or write about all the thing or just a few of the things you are thankful to have in your life. After all what would thanksgiving me if we couldn’t look back and see what we are thankful for in our own life.

1. I am thankful for my family, I honestly don’t know what I would do without them. I love you so much!

2. I am thankful for the gospel in my life, and the many wonderful blessings it brings.

3. I am thankful for prayer, when I don’t think I can stand anymore I kneel.

4. I am thankful for grandparents who want the best for me, and are such wonderful role models in my life.

5. I am thankful for Brecken, everything that he does for me and the love he gives me. I love you Brecken!

6. I am thankful for the ability to write, when my life is confusing I can turn to my pencil and paper and write my feelings away.

7. I am thankful for the ability to see, smell, taste, and hear. The many wonders of life that I would miss out on.

8. I am thankful for having a job. Helping me independent and understand the true meaning of work, also giving me the things that I have.

9. I am thankful for the family traditions that we have, I loved growing up with all of them and hope to keep them going.

10. I am thankful to wake up each day, and see the wonders that it will bring me.

11. I am thankful for my primary class. I love being able to learn right along with them.

12. I am thankful for the friends I have in my life.

13. I am thankful for a toothbrush and toothpaste. I can say I think this is my favorite part of the whole day. Nothing is better than that clean feeling in my mouth.

14. I am thankful for shower, so nice to wash my worries away for a bit and smell clean and fresh.

15. I am thankful for my cell phone. The communication that I can have with people who aren’t right here with me, and of course for the camera that it has on it.

16. I am thankful for teachers, and all kinds of teachers. The knowledge that they give to each and everyone of us; giving us the ability to grow and bloom each day. Especially thankful for the teachers who don’t know that they are teachers.

17. I am thankful that my parents are still together and still so much in love.

18. I am thankful for pictures and cameras, capturing moments and being able to look back on them is such a wonderful thing.

19. I am thankful for the temple, and I cant wait to go there one day.

20. I am thankful to have a home. A place over my head, and a bed to sleep in.

21. I am thankful for smiles and hugs. No matter what happens in life, it is so nice to be greeted with a smile and a hug from people. I cant get enough of them.

22. I am thankful for the feeling of love and the wonder it brings into my life.

23. I am thankful for the soldiers of this country, and their fight each day to keep this country free and safe. Thank you so very much for everything that you do.

24. I am thankful for the family I have grown up in. The teaching of generosity and courage, thankfulness and health, love and support, and all the memories we have together. I am so happy that we are so close and we do love each other so much.

25. I am thankful for the people who have come into my life, and whether your in it now or not. I am thankful for the time we had together. The times we shared, the lessons I learned from you and the smile you brought to my face. Each person I have or had in my life is special. Thank you all.

i hope you all do actually take sometime to think of all that you have..

love you all, kenz

Vegas baby.
We went to vegas to get adrienne’s bridal shower. Hehe it was so much fun, to go down and pick out her basket full of goodies.. we went and played a little bit around the different hotels while we were there. And took some pictures. It was a fun little visit.

These awesome whirl tunnels in a new really expensive mall

Roman people

Ceaser palace roman outfit

.Happy Birthday kandace.

I took kandace out for her eighteenth birthday.

Yoohoo! Finally the eighteenth. we went to samurai twenty one, since

kandace had never been. katelyn her sissy came with us!

happy birthday girlie. it was a blast to take you out.

This is us with out cook, tommy

The Jubilee of Trees 2010

So my mom and I haven’t been to the festival for years, and I wanted to go so bad this year. I love getting ideas to do my own Christmas tree, and yes I already have started getting things for it. I started a few years ago, and since then just slowly getting things here and there. Mine is going to be gingerbread of course, since they are my absolute favorite Christmas thing.. and the colors are bright red, lime green, pearly white, and some silver. We saw so many cute ideas, and of course I got some picture. Gotta have the picture for future references.

So enjoy (:

This awesome green flower, of course i loved it

Coca0 cola

Candy land/whimsical

Sesame street

Winter wonderland

Life is about constant changes. From day to day, everything is always changing. I tried to find some way cute little saying on google about how things are always changing and then I ran across this little song. I mean come on, gotta love sesame street!

I kinda chopped it up, so it wouldn’t be so long..

So here ya go,

Things are always changing

So don’t be sad and blue

Change can make you happy

Cause it brings you something new

Caterpillars all wrapped up

And he wont tell you why

Inside his sack he’s changing

Soon he’ll be a butterfly

If you lost your pollywongs

They don’t really disappear

They change into frogs

And jump into the air

The seasons keep on changing too

The summer turns into fall

No more swimming no more picnics

But we get to play football!

So don’t be sad and blue

Changes can make you happy

And bring you something new

Yes I know this is long, but I have a reason to put this cute little song on here. I had a change happen in my life. Something I always seem to do.. haha I changed my hair, once again. I’ve gone dark before, but haven’t been this red/brown since sophomore year in high school. I’m loving it (minus the fact that I hate trying to cover up blonde, it’s a pain)

old hair.

new hair.

p.s. thankyou mommy, for doing this.

even though we will have to do it again.

like i said, dumb blonde hair!