Kenzie + Andin: May 2013

Thursday, 16 May 2013

May 16th

May 16th is a day I don't think I will ever forget! The thought of this day bring me so many emotions. It makes me anxious, nervous, excited, scared, and happy all at the same time. It has now been exactly one year since Andin walked off the plane in the Lethbridge Airport and got home from his mission! I Can't even believe it has been a year already when I think of all the fun stuff we have done! We have been to 6 countries in the past year (not including Canada), been engaged, married, had our first Christmas, our first place, bought a car, Andin finished his first year at school and much more! Looking back over the whole last year I feel so blessed with all I have been able to see and do and especially do that with Andin!

I remember waking up that morning last year and having insane butterflies and thinking there is no way this flight is actually gonna arrive. Will I actually see him? Will he still feel the same way he did before? Will we know suddenly if it is still meant to be? I was hoping all of this was true as I had already bought my tickets over to Europe for a 3 week vacation with his parents and Ariel! I remember standing in the back as he walked through those doors with giant tears streaming down my face thinking holy he looks so handsome! I cant believe this is really happening! I looked at him and when we made eye contact the first time my heart melted. We didn't even have to speak and I knew he was the one and everything would work out! That first hug I never wanted to let go. I had longed for these perfect hugs for 2 years now and I was finally getting it.

After many hugs and hellos at the airport we were off to Pavans for a big dinner and party (Andin got set apart on the way from the airport at the church!) We spent the night with all the family talking and eating and listening to Andin's mission stories and I think even a little swimming party! Then Andin watched his first movie while all the kids slept over I think it was Cars 2! Then as I decided it was time to leave I got the kiss I had been longing for! I couldn't believe how it was exactly the same! I had butterflies in my stomach like I had never had before! And if he had asked me in that moment to marry him I would have said YES! (which I did only a month later!)

I feel so blessed to have been able to be with Andin for 6 years now! It is crazy to think when we first met we were only just kids! I love and cherish him more than he could ever know! Thanks Andin for loving me back!

Love, Kenz

Monday, 13 May 2013

To All The Amazing Moms

So as I celebrated Mother's Day with my moms yesterday I was amazed as I sat back and realized all the have done for me. I'd like to take a min to say thanks for each!

First off my own mom is such an amazing example of hard work and selflessness. She never says no when you ask for help and will put everything she has aside she has planned to help you with whatever you need big or small. She is always been such a strong example to me and I have looked up to her so much! She has always made family her number one priority and I hope to be able to be the same! She would always push off wanting to go on vacations with my dad and they would make time to come watch me in all my sports their priority! I still don't think they have gone on a vacation the two of them since their honeymoon! We have continually grown closer the older I get and the more we have talked and become more like best friends! I tell my mom pretty much everything and we talk more than once daily! (Andin always teases me for useless phone call-but I just love to chat!) I love my mom so much and cant imagine not having her in my life!

Next my mother in law Sandy! We are like giddy school girls when we get together! Her laugh is so contagious and we get laughing and just cant stop! She is so fun and always smiling! She also raised Andin and made him the man he is and I will be eternally thankful to her for that! And in gets alot of his carefree attitude from his mom where things don't tend to stress them out easy and they just take life as it comes which I really appreciate!

My Grandma Dene is also amazing! I was able to live with her on and off in my young single adult life and we always had fun! She would call me at work to check if I had would be home for dinner and in many ways was my second mom! She would always ask me how I was doing and we spend alot of time watching evening TV together! I have alot of memories of the great support she has been throughout my life and I feel so fortunate to know someone as Christlike as her.

Grandma Jazzy- with the legs I would die for! I remember sleeping at her house every Friday night growing up and making buns with her on Saturday mornings. We spent alot of time together over the years and she was always there for me whether it was needing somewhere to go when a friend ditched me or coming to all my games! She is such a strong active woman and I hope at her age I can still walk all over town and do my own work without a sweat! She is amazing and I love her to bits!

Jade- She is my sister but many times felt just like a mom! She is 5 years older than me so whenever I had problems or questions she was the first I would ask! She is such an amazing mother and a strong woman I don't know what I would do with out her (well I wouldn't be hooked on Days of Our Lives that's for sure!) We really are the best of friends and can vent to each other about anything and know the other will sit back and listen even if they might not agree. I know as me and Jade continue to get older and have kids together we will only get closer and closer! I dread the day when I have to move away from her and can't see her as often as i do! I love her tons and am so lucky to have her as my best friend!

All my sister in laws- If I wrote on each, this blog post would be much too long! They are all amazing each in their own way. Each with their own set of skills but all are amazing moms! I am so fortunate to be able to have so many to look up to so when I have my own kids I will have learned from the best! And that is such a comfort to know that!

Thanks to all the women out there in my life that I am able to look up to I haven't mentioned each person that has had an amazing impact on my life but there are so many from coaches to teachers to church leaders the list would go on and on.

George Washington said it best:

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

Love, Kenz

Monday, 6 May 2013

Could it Really be Summer?

So this warm weather has got me right pumped! The only downfall is I work inside in a medical clinic from 9-5 Monday-Friday and so that makes me miss a lot of the nice weather we get but I will take it over rain snow or wind thats for sure! But I did get to enjoy some beautful weather on the weekend while I stayed at my parents. Andin is on a bear hunt right now with his brother and some friends so I get to go back home and stay at my mom and dads from Friday-Tuesday and as much as I miss Andin it is sure fun to be at home with everybody! We have done a lot from bike rides to watching soccer games to wagon rides and watching the Kentucky Derby! I have seriously had so much fun and it sure makes me miss being in Raymond that is for sure! I am even excited to get back out there after work today and enjoy some of that beautiful sunshine! I got burnt a little yesterday and man has a burn never felt so good! I JUST LOVE SUMMERTIME! So here are a few pics of what I have done this weekend!