Adriana and Jaylen's Reception Jan. 8. 2011

So this post is on the actual reception-the dance part :) So Electra and I went early with Carole (she was the DJ) so it gave us some time to do what else-take pictures lol...

Megan and Bryan dancing to "my life would suck without you" they have some awesome dancing skills :)

Electra: Kisses for you :)

So basically Jo Dee loves swing dancing and so he got all of us girls to get up with him at least once and dance with him (he is really good at it so its really easy to dance with him-just follow his lead and hope you don't step on his toes :p)

Adriana and Jaylen's Wedding Reception Jan. 8. 2011

So Jaylen and Adriana tied the knot (yay them) those two are definitely made for one another! The decorations were adorable-their colors were green & purple (did you know they make purple sixlets??? cuz I didn't but now i do :D) These pictures are just of the reception details and the happy couple. I am so happy for you two and wish you the best of luck with your marriage :)

Institute Luau Jan. 7. 2011

So friday night we had the opening social for the Institute. It was a luau :) Started out with Electra and Tessa coming over so we could get ready-definitely had to have a flower in my hair (it fit the occasion ;p) Then we headed over to the institute and had dinner (yummy island food!) then Bryndan played the uke for us (one of his many instruments he plays). We then had a performance of the Haka and a Tahitian dance and then we actually got to learn the dances...the boys went downstairs and the girls stayed in the gym. We learned the dances then the boys came upstairs and we performed them for each other-it was awesome! The picture with Dean and I was taken after the dance...he was like "can I have a picture with "the girls"?" he is a dork but we love him!

They had a robosurf (kinda like a bull but a surf board) which i just had to do ( i have never surfed before so it was awesome!) I have the COOLEST institute teacher ever-Bro Knowles hopped on the robosurf and showed us all his sweet skills! Steven, Tessa, and I chilled out by the "island" for a bit lol and we even had a limbo contest..and then a hula hoop-ya i can hula hoop-can you? ;)

What "Kendahl" means...January 8, 2011

So i stole this from a friends blog (Jenna) but I thought it was fun and I wanted to see what it would say about my name, especially since it is rare and uniquely spelled! Well shockingly this got pretty close haha I'd cross out a few things here and there but for the most part I was impressed-thanks Jenna for showing me the site :) You Are Smart and Curious

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life. You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip. People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out. Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia. Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

First week- Check! January 7, 2011

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
ART 166 AC ART 236					8:30-9:15
SOC 212 A KNE 210		9:30-11:15		9:30-11:15
SOC 212 AE MGH 295			11:30-12:15
NURS 201 A HSA A420				12:30-2:15
NURS 201 A HST T625		12:30-2:15
ART 166 A MGH 389	3:30-4:15		3:30-4:15

So I figured I'd post my schedule to make you all jealous ;) just kidding-but basically I am in love with my classes and their timings! But I can't believe first week is over already and only nine more weeks and I'll be done with another quarter (craziness!) yet awesomeness! :D

Nathaniel's 20th Birthday January 6, 2011

So today is Nate's 20th birthday, it sucks to not have him here to celebrate it with him but he is out serving the Lord so that's an awesome way to spend his birthday! So in honor of his birthday I wanted to do something that reminded me of him and with no Sonic around here to grab a green apple soda (his favorite) I went for his second favorite drink -Mexican coke! I spotted it in the cafeteria when we went down for dinner and so I grabbed one :)

Well since its his 20th birthday I decided I'd blog about the 20 things I love about him (in no particular order) :D

1. I love how although he hates dances and getting dressed up he took me to not only my last LDS prom but my senior prom as well, even though he only knew a few people (one of his best friends steven was there and thats who is in the picture with him..steven is serving his mission in Guatemala!) and had to dress up in a tux (thanks babe it meant a lot to me!)

2. I love how high you value family-you are amazing with your siblings and so respectful and obedient to your parents. And as an added note I love how much you love and care for my niece and nephew-you held them with such care and played with my rambunctious nephew all day and never got sick of it!

3. I love how you planned awesome dates :D I remember our first date (this time around ;]) of the movie and then going to get cold stone and walking around and just talking-it was an incredible night :)

4. I love how you like to cuddle. You being so tall and me so small makes for the perfect pair :) I love sitting on the couch wrapped in your arms or getting hugs ( i miss my personal back popper :/ ) I can't wait till you come back and we can cuddle once again-we got a lot of movies to catch up on ;)

5. I love your focus on education. You left on your mission with a completed AA degree in Engineering-You GO BABY! You know what you want and you figured out the way to accomplish it. You have the smarts and the determination to accomplish anything!

6. I love your sarcasm- ya I know I can't believe I'm admitting this but honestly your sense of humor is amazing! It keeps me on my toes and makes me smile and laugh constantly!

7. I love your willingness-you are always there to help out! My mom misses your helping hands at ward functions! I love how you always offered to help out in any way possible!

8. I love your driving-gives me something to tease you about :) You are adorable driving to places before you go for real to make sure you get there safely and I love being your passenger and navigator :)

9. I love how you know what to say-each week in my letters you always have the right words to help bring a smile to my face and comfort me even though you are far away!

10. I love your support- my senior year you came to all my functions (soccer, daffodil selection, drama performances, basketball games, etc)...even when you had homework and were studying for a midterm you made it to my soccer game and ALWAYS stayed after to tell me how great of a job I did no matter what the scoreboard read.

11. I love how spiritual you are- I remember in sunday school how you always knew the answers and it made all of the rest of us students jealous (even myself :p) and now you are out serving the Lord and spreading the gospel (putting your knowledge definitely to great use!) You have a firm testimony of this Church and I am so proud of you for being worthy to serve for two years!

12. I love how I got you to start taking photos of yourself-yup I corrupted you hehe...You are HOT yes I said it HOT and I love looking at you haha (yup i stare lol) and I am so glad I got you to take photos because now that you are gone I have photos of you :)

13. I love how you love playing basketball! You have gotten actually skilled at it but I am sure I can still kick you butt ;)

14. I love the way you make me feel-no matter what I look like -glasses, lack of sleep, or anyday I am having a rough day you always tell me how beautiful I am and how much you adore me and that means the world to me!

15. I love your eyes. you are my brown eyed boy! I could just stare at your eyes forever-so rich and they bring such warmth :)

16. I love how you didn't let dating me get in your way of your friendships with your boys. You balanced your time perfectly so that you could have your bromance ;) and not neglect me :)

17. I love your charm- I have many saved texts, pieces of writing, and memories from when you were my MR. CHARMING. You made up poems each wednesday after basketball and I LOVED waking up on thursday mornings to that :)

18. I love at age 18 you gave our love a second chance! You got up the courage to ask me out again and I have fallen for you babe!

19. I love that your so dedicated to the Lord to leave your family for two years that you may help other families be together for eternity :)

20. I LOVE you Nathaniel, I am so grateful that you were brought to this earth and I honestly believe that we were meant to be together, you bring such happiness to my life, I wake up each day with a smile because I know you love me even though you are far away. I am so proud of you in all that you have accomplished and can't wait till you return with honor to see what is in store next for you :)

My new haircut December 31, 2010

My sister and I got our hair cuts at Great Clips today :) I have always wanted a "bob" but have never been daring enough to do it...until today..I told the lady just do it-i told her not to ask me "are you sure" because I would say no don't do it haha...well so far I love it and its really easy to do and it actually stays that way the whole day (probably my most favorite thing!)

Happy New Year! Jan 1, 2011

WOW is it weird to write 2011!!! Well I brought in the new year with my family-definitely weird not spending my evening with Nate and getting my new years kiss but family is an awesome second! We started out the night playing five crowns (awesome card game!) then we popped the bubbly (sparkling cider of course) and toasted to a new year and my bro left for a party with his friends. We then switched to the wii and played a few rounds of Just Dance 2! that game is AMAZING i love it! then we ate ice cream and played Dr. Mario on the wii :) Teaching my mom how to play it was hilarious-my sister tried...hard but it was a lost cause lol. Then my mom and i stayed up and watched the New Years countdown (utah style-at the salt palace). We waited till midnight and then watched some fireworks and then crashed (we were exhausted!!!) We had to get up at six to head to the airport-yup an early flight back to good old washington-man is it cold in the mornings-i was freezing!!! But we made it to Washington safely :)

Miss Brooklyn December 29, 2010

So basically I have said this before and I will keep saying it- Brooklyn is adorable and she adds to my excitement of being an aunt! I haven't seen her in about four months and WOW has she grown! She is starting to crawl and has the CUTEST giggle ever! She is starting to copy when you make faces at her which is how i got this picture :) I love that little girl!

Christmas Part 3 December 28, 2010

So my mom flew up to Utah to spend time with her kids and grandkids which meant we got to have Christmas part 3 :) Watching my niece and nephew open gifts was adorable-i love watching them getting excited over their new gifts :) Brooklyn got a sweet book from grandma that has different materials for feeling so it will help miss brooklyn learn :) With Brandon being back from his mission it was awesome to have him get to open gifts in front of us-he loved his Space Needle Lego set and his million dollar candy bar (he wished it was the real thing!) Jaxson got a shopping cart, just like the one at his school and he got a giant Buzz Lightyear who has found his permanent home in the seat of the shopping cart :) I got gift cards from my family-Target is an awesome place :) Grandma Lis found UW and Seahawk shirts for jaxson-Britt decided to model the seahawk for the camera-it was a BIT small for her :p The Derbs gave my mom reebok shoes for Christmas-now she can work on toning her backside :p Brandon and Johnny got matching PJ's-Seahawk ones :0 Johnny, Brandon, and Britt all got hats for Christmas and Johnny's was embroidered with "derb" in Green Bay Packers colors-he was stoked! Brandon got a beanie (its reversible and he loves it), britt got a beanie with the strands hanging down like she wanted so she was happy! Jaxson wouldn't stop riding the bike he got from his other Grandparents-after he opened buzz he sat him behind him and they went for a ride :) Britt got a new scale to weigh her food! Overall a great Christmas I'd say!

Family photo (dad's side) December 26, 2010

With Brandon back home and all the kids actually being under one roof for christmas we "attempted" to get a family photo-haha poor Brooklyn got cut off! Don't worry my sister has more photos, I unfortunately only have this one on my computer but i wanted to blog about it hence this one. Christmas at my Dad's was awesome this year :)

Paige :) December 27, 2010

Today my niece Paige came over to hang out at the house. We played on the wii for a bit-man canoeing and cycling is a arm workout lol! Then we played around for a bit while we chatted with Cricket. When my dad came home we all went to the Old Spaghetti Factory which was delicious :) It was fun hanging out with Paige today-she's such a cutie

Christmas Tree December 26, 2010

So tonight we went out to the Old Spaghetti Factory and so I changed into my new clothes that I got from Cricket and I's shopping adventure. Thought I'd take a photo in front of the Christmas tree when I actually look awake compared to the one on Christmas morning ;)

The Cutest thing EVER! December 26, 2010

Meet my niece Brooklyn!!! She is a little over seven months and just began crawling :) With this bib on her she looked like a little christmas present!!! I am definitely a proud Auntie :) She has the biggest eyes (we call her bugsy!) and she has the CUTEST giggle ever! I tickled her tummy and she makes the cutest squeak haha...I might just start calling her squeaker :)

Christmas part 2 December 26, 2010

Having a split family has its perks-more than one christmas celebrations with family :) With Brandon having served a mission the past two years he has missed out on Christmas's so it was nice to have him back this year :) We also have another first-Little Miss Brooklyn's first christmas, it was nice seeing her reaction to all the toys. Jaxson has become a pro at opening gifts and being distracted for like ten minutes at a time per gift LOL!

Brittany got to be the helper/ gift opener whenever Jaxson got distracted lol. Cricket opening the calender I made for her-it has all the families birthdays and photos in it!

Natalie holding up the I.O.U. she opened from Brandon-don't worry it was just a gag-he gave her a gift right after :) Dad with his rocky shirt :)

Every Christmas i try to take a photo with Jaxson-usually they come out good but now he has moving and walking so he doesn't want to sit on Auntie K's lap anymore (oh how they grow up lol). Cody liked his guitar shirt and gift cards he got for christmas! The last picture is of my gifts :) Most from my stocking but the gift cards and watch were gifts from Cody, Dad & Cricket, & the Herrera's