Engagement Pictures

Okay, so I know that my awesome photographer, Holli, already put some of these pictures on her blog, but I just had to put them on mine. Sorry about all pictures but I just couldn't pick only a few to put on here. For those of you who have been through this, picking the 'cutest' pictures out of so many is a difficult task and so I just decided to put a lot of the cute ones on. And even with these, I still could have chosen more. Enjoy, because I just can't stop looking at them. Jedd did awesome during pictures, and he even said that it was better than shopping for his shirt. Shocking! I told him that he better keep that attitude for August 1st because it will be about the same. (not really, but I would rather him think that!! He he he) This cubs hat picture is probably one of my most favorite, if I had to choose. It is Jedd and I to a "t".These railroad tracks were found by accident and the pictures turned out awesome!

This was the coolest waterfall out by the Idaho Falls temple. I think it makes for one of the best backgrounds.
Okay I know the next 3 pictures are almost the exact same thing but I couldn't resist. At least they are all different zooms.
These pictures were taken at a baseball field my brother got permission for us to be on. Thanks bro! They turned out to be so cute and absolutely priceless!
Now this picture is literally the way Jedd and I look about 4 times a week. We go to his softball games and we try and support the cubs and wear our shirts on the days they play. Jedd is usually wearing his every time the cubs play and I try my best to do it as much as I can. I only have one shirt so it is hard when it is in the wash. But with the bat, glove, cubs hats and shirts, it portrays us PERFECTLY!
Jedd laughs when he sees this picture. He says (but I never knew) I make a 'whoosh' sound every time I swing the bat so here I am doing it for the camera...without even knowing it!
And last but not least, this is Jedd giving me a 'good job' kiss after we finished batting. Batting is much harder than I thought. I have the worst baseball swing because I treat it like a tennis racket (what Jedd says) but I never knew that until he explained why. Oh well, you won't see me on the field any time soon!

Vegas Baby!

Okay so I know it has been quite a while since I have updated my blog and I apologize, but I had to wait until I got my film developed. Sad news is that I had a full roll of film (28 pictures total) and when I got them developed, it turned out that I only had 4 pictures that I could use. Sadly, every event Jedd and I participated in was not visible on the film. To sum up what I am trying to say, all the pictures that we took were not developed because the lighting was not right. The saddest part about the whole thing was the night we got engaged, Jedd and I took about 10 pictures and now I don't have any record of that night. It is quite frustrating. Now you might ask, doesn't Kylie have a digital camera? And the answer is yes I do; however, I do not have a memory card so it won't hold anything more than 10 pictures. I know pathetic. But these are the pictures that came out so I thought I would share. Jedd and I went down to Vegas at the beginning of May for the Supercross motorcycle races. We went with our friends Zann and Emilee and it was such a blast. These first 2 pictures are of the stadium and you can see the tractors plowing the dirt getting ready for the races. I took these pictures for my nephew Ashton who is obsessed with tractors, but he didn't seem to interested. He liked them but just looked at me like I was crazy (which is usually the look he gives me!

He sure keeps my head on the ground.)
This picture was taken right before the races began. Jedd was so mad that I made him take a picture, but look how cute it turned out? We had already been at the stadium for about 3 hours and went and walked around the pits (which is where all the vendors were and even some racers and their bikes.) We even met some guys off Deadliest Catch...pretty awesome! However, the most frustrating thing about this whole trip was that I thought I would get some sun and maybe get a little tan for being out in the sun all day. Well, reality is that the only thing that got sun was my feet. I still have the tan line.
This picture is of Jedd and I at the Bellagio off the strip. I was trying to cheese it up because Jedd said he was going to tough guy the picture. Well I totally went the opposite way. Obviously, he was lie-ing and now I look like the weirdo! He gets me laughing every single day and I absolutely love it. It was such a fun trip and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
As funny as it is, since I have known Jedd, we have been to Vegas together twice and he has been there two times for work. You would think we like Vegas, but really, it isn't that great. I had a lot of fun but next time we go somewhere, it is going to be hands down Chicago! We are hoping to be able to go there in August, so cross your fingers.

A Day at the Zoo

Today Michelle, Jerilyn Jeremiah, my mom, the little kids and I went to the zoo. We had a really fun time and luckily hit the great weather before it started to rain. Being out in the sun was great and it felt so great! I love the warm weather. These are just a few pictures that I had to take with the kids, I just couldn't resist. This one is of Ashton, Branson and I at the elephants which are one of my favorites to go and see.

This one is of Ashton and I on the carousel. He had to sit on the zebra. I paid for a ticket to just stand right by Ashton. Oh well....such is life! I didn't realize though how dizzy you can get on these things.

Hailey Bailey is just so cute and she just LOVES to wear necklaces. Right here she is wearing my mom's necklace and as soon as we took this picture, she had to put mine one. You can tell that she is holding my necklace and I said okay just wait one second to take a picture and then I'll put it on you. This was at the bird show at the zoo and Hailey was a little nervous. The birds fly right above you and it is so close to your head. I even ducked and they weren't even close to me!

This picture is a little crazy. Hailey was scared to sit on these metal tigers and so I had to hold her on it. I was slowly slipping so I had to grab on to Zach during the picture. He is so adorable, look at that priceless smile!

This picture was taken with all the kids seeing how big they are compared to the gorilla size. Well being the selfish me, I jumped into the picture so I could have one with all the kids. I know, I love having pictures or all of them and since I am a 'blogger' now, I am addicted to pictures to show!

We had a really fun time at the zoo, and I even dodged another Zoo trip without seeing the creepy snakes and reptiles. I am 24 and still scared of those disgusting things. The kids are braver than I am...but that's okay. I just tell them that they can go see these animals!

Wedding Planning

Ok so I had to put a better picture of Jedd and I on my page. This was taken at his house as a trial picture and it turned out pretty cute so of course I had to keep it. But anyway, back to wedding planning. So I can't believe how busy I am with all this wedding stuff. I know that this sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I am amazed at how much goes into planning a wedding. I obviously have never done it before and so all the little details are just overwhelming. Jedd has been really great about it all. He pretends to seem interested and really care about all the planning and details but reality is that when I start telling him things, you can instantly see his eyes roll to the back of his head and his breathing becomes very slow. I, however, just don't care and keep going as if he really is interested! Last night was actually really funny, and it is a good thing that I love him. We went to only 3 stores in the mall to find matching ties for our brothers and dads to wear at the reception. He was completely exhausted from shopping.....ya going to only 3 stores! And after we got in the car, I decided to play around with him and say "Okay, so let's head down to another mall and hit probably another 3 or 4 stores." You could just see in his face that I had better be kidding.

This week has been insane. After finding my dream dress on Monday, I thought the biggest things were done besides invitations. Well, that is true, but all the small details are coming up now. So my mom and I have been busy little bees trying to get things ready. Monday we found my wedding dress...which is huge. Tuesday we hacked out the wedding cake and pretty much all the reception decorations. I also changed the whole plan for our backdrop for the reception. I felt awful changing plans on my mom, but at least I did it now instead of the day before the wedding when we were setting it up in the church, right? (my mom is AMAZING!) Wednesday I found a slip to wear with my wedding dress and went and searched for even more decorations. Thursday we traveled all around town and even out of town to find 10 ties for the guys to wear at the reception, and we also found me a new dress to wear to the temple. Among all of the shopping today and making 3 trips to the temple to pick up something, I discovered that I needed to replace my brakes on my Jeep and had to put my car in the shop. Perfect timing ya? Friday, which is tomorrow, my mom and Jedd's mom are meeting for the very first time! We are going to pick out flowers for the wedding, and also of course more shopping for things. Jedd just smiles every single time I say "shop" or "shopping" so shhhh.....don't tell him I'm going again tomorrow! No, actually, he is so great about this whole thing and I couldn't ask for a better future husband! I'm the luckiest girl ever!

Wedding Dress

Okay so I know that this is obviously not the dress I am getting (he he he); however, my mom and are are wedding dress shopping today and I didn't realize how fun it could be. I went last week with my two sisters and it was really fun but it is so fun to have your mom there. I have always thought I am so independant and don't need her to do anything for me, but when it comes to my wedding, ESPECIALLY MY DRESS, it is a must that she is with me! More to come...we are heading down to the first store I went to, to hopefully buy my wedding dress! AHHHHH!

Chicago Cubs

Many of you probably don't know but Jedd is an avid Cubs fan and now so am I.  I watch as many games as I can and usually stay up for the majority of the game.  The only phenomenon is that almost every game I watch goes into extra innings which makes it that much more fun!  But just in case you were wondering, the Cubs are on a 3 game winning streak.  I feel like this just might be their year.  And I'm just putting this out there....it might be due to my new found love of the Cubs.  (ha ha ha)  Who knew I would know almost all the team players and be able to identify each of them.  Not only do I get my fill of baseball watching the Cubs, Jedd plays on 2 softball teams and subs for another one during the week.  I love going and watching him play and now being the cheering "fiance" in the stands.  I'm just really glad that it is getting warmer. 

We are ENGAGED!

On May 20, 2008 Jedd finally proposed and of course I said yes! Jedd and I met on a blind date in January. We were set up by his mom who works at the school I teach at. Ever since, we have been inseperable. Jedd proposed in the parking lot of his softball game on Tuesday night. He literally had to pull me out of the truck becasue I was completely in shock. I had no idea what he was doing. 5 minutes after proposing, Jedd was on the pitching mound pitching his softball game. I couldn't have asked for anything more! It was absolutely perfect.

We are so excited for the big day...... August 1st.