October- Spooky and Scary

You may remember me talking about starting a new photochallenge here, so here is my first post!

October- Spooky and Scary

These pictures may not be spooky, or scare you, the titles are just for themed ideas :)

My heart is a stereo

Mark is a fantastic artist, and gives me the opportunity to take some pretty wonderful shots. 

Working up some hunger

Anytime you head to the pumpkin patch, you may work up a hungry tummy. 

And any time you're uploading pictures onto your blog, you may realize you never finished uploading all the pictures from your Pumpkin Patch post. 

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We had a pretty great time at the pumpkin patch and in the corn maze!

look out Brandon!

hey there!

so small

tell me you don't love him. 

wait, how do you use this pump?

from our family to yours, Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday Nicki!!!

I am so blessed that I was able to celebrate Nicki's birthday with her, at the Happiest Place on Earth.

We spent our nights in the scariest/dirtiest/most uncomfortable place on earth (which we still found hilarious), and we spent our days having a blast.

Day 1 was spent at the above pictured wonderful Disneyland and California Adventure where we pretty much ran to every ride. We also got buttons, hers said it's my birthday!, and mine said I'm celebrating. Guess whose button made a greater impression, the birthday girl :)

 And Day 2 was spent having lunch with the Johnsons before we went back to Phoenix.

Mom packed us some delicious snacks, Nicki and I ate way too much candy, and we asked each other first date type questions, like we haven't known each other for the past 10 years.

Happy Birthday Nicki, love you!

ABC, easy as 123

Miss Lauren over at Busy Bee Lauren has inspired me to give my ABC's. Sort of reminds me of those MySpace surveys from back in the day- maybe that's why I like it. Bring a little MySpace back to my life.

Age- I just celebrated the year and a half anniversary of my 21st birthday

Bedsize- Queen. Which I just purchased this summer. Before then, I spent the past 22 years in a twin bed. 

Chores that you hate- Washing dishes is the worst thing on the planet.

Dogs- Mazie. and when I grow up, I want a pug and a boxer.

Essential start to your day- a day that is preceded by 8 hours of sleep. 

Favorite Color- Right now, that would be the color yellow.

Gold or silver- White gold for special things, and often times yellow gold, or fake yellow gold, for accessories.

Height- 5'2" (or so I've been told), but I tell everyone 5'1"

Instruments you play- I'm working on the piano.

Job Title- Currently, homecare provider. In about 2 days, Real Estate Agent.

Kids- I don't have any currently, and I pretty much make all babies cry. So, you can say I'm a little worried kids hate me.

Live- Phoenix baby.

Mother's name- Jill. I prefer mom, the Johnson's call her Jillie Bird. 

Nicknames- Kelly Fast (apparently it is possible for your nickname to be longer than your real name. a pretty huge chunk of people address me by my full name.), punkie (mom), Kel (one of my most favorite nicknames ever- usually only used by super close friends), Darling and Kell Bell (Dustin), K Fast, and K Foot (for about 10 months sophomore year- longest story ever)

Overnight hospital stays- I'm guessing the day I was born.

Pet Peeves- People chewing with their mouth open may or may not be the WORST thing ever.

Quote from a movie or tv show- Any quote from the Office will do, if it's from a movie, funny one that comes to mind- Steel Magnolias- "He is a boil on the butt of humanity"

Righty or lefty- I write right handed, and if you asked a dancer this question, they would reply with which side is more flexible, which is my left side.

Siblings- 1 younger brother Brandon. He is a pretty fantastic guy.

Time you wake up- Currently I have to wake up twice a week at 5am-ish, and I hate it. Once my real estate career gets up and running, I would love 7:30 or 8. Please please please.

Underwear- Under where?

Vegetable you hate- A "normal" one I hate, corn.

What makes you run late- being ready too early. I always think I have more time than I do, and end up leaving late.

X-rays you've had- Ankles & right knee. The rest were MRI's or fall into the category of I don't remember what they were.

Yummy food you make- I make a bomb.com spaghetti sauce, I love cookin up some pinwheel steaks, stuffed bell peppers, and mashed potatoes.

Zoo Animal- Love me some giraffes. 

That's a little about me, hope you liked it! What are your ABC's?

Photo Challenge

I just reviewed some pretty fantastic memories I put down in the 30 day photo challenge I started last December. Although I didn't even get close to finishing it in the 30 days, I went in order and really enjoy looking back on it.

So I decided to up the anty. 

I'm going to go with a monthly challenge [some inspiration from this place], to document that months happenings, as they relate to the challenge for the month. Goal- get me taking more pictures with my wonderful camera, and get me blogging more.

October- Spooky & Scary

November- Yummy yummy in my tummy

December-The Christmas Spirit

January- New year, New ________. 

February- Love and devotion

March- Teeny Tiny- Macro

April- Portraits and People

May- Flowers

June- Summer lovin' had me a blast

July- Entropy (things breaking down)

August- Color- all about the spectrum 

September- Black and White

Keep an eye out for some shots

12 month Photo Challenge

Life Update 2.0

Lauren, has requested another life update. Thanks for thinking of me lovely. :)

I have been on a bit of a break from blogging. Not because I don't love to put down my thoughts, events, etc., but because I have been way too stinkin busy.

Real Estate

For 12 days in September, I crammed 90 hours worth of education down my throat. In addition to my part time job? I was way busier then than most 2 week intervals in college.

Then I spent hours and hours between the end of my class, September 18th, and yesterday, cramming for the exams. 1 school exam (average of 3 attempts before someone passes- I did it on the first shot - woo hoo!), 1 national exam (pretty easy based off my previous studying) and 1 state exam (see national exam). I finished with my testing yesterday! woo hoo!

Thhhhheeeeennnn the 6 additional hours you have to take, finished that this last Saturday [awesome Saturday. sarcasm intended.]

I interviewed brokers. 3 to be exact. [If you don't know, interviewing brokers (the person who is, sort of, legally responsible for a real estate agent) is not like interviewing for any other job. Instead of them interviewing me, it's more like me interviewing them. So all in all, a pretty awesome experience.] I met with one good broker, 1 horrible one, and 1 absolutely fantastic one. Guess which one I went with. That's right, absolutely fantastic brokerage. More specifically,

I am absolutely extatic about choosing KW, and the Biltmore Partners seem to be a perfect fit for me.

Licensing

You don't just become a RE agent over night, too bad, hunh? but I have completed most of what I need done. In fact, I hope to be licensed tomorrow!!

Life

In spite of the fact that I have been crazy busy and absolutely overwhelmed, life is fantastic.
-This past Friday we celebrated Brandon, Dad and Grandfather's birthdays. It was really nice to have the family together.

-I spent this past Saturday evening with Cammie and Nicki, eating confusing pitas and seeing What's your number? Absolutely hilarious and it was wonderful to spend time with ma ladies.
-I was in Tucson just over a week ago, which was also fantastic. [see separate post when I'm blogging from home] and this upcoming weekend Nicki and I will be rendezvousing in California at Disneyland in celebration of her birthday! [believe me, there will be pictures]
-A pretty fantastic group of us are planning a half marathon at Disney next September [which my mom has started training for and I'm so proud of her].
-Dustin is fantabulous- and doing so stinkin well at his new job :)
-Nicki and I got to visit Kieren about a month ago, her little Clara is just so precious!!! Also, her new place has so much space! It's a pretty wonderful place.

looks like someone missed the stripes memo

Ma Face/Body

As you probably remember from these Frankenstein pictures, I was in a pretty gnarly accident. Well, I'm lookin a little bit better! I've finished 6 weeks of physical therapy, and finally was able to run my first mile this past Monday (and again with mom yesterday). Welcome back knee!!! Although, I would like to say when I was in Tucson, peeps felt it necessary to rub my scar without my offer/their asking. you're weird.

Ehhh, that's enough for now. How about I just become a little bit more regular on my posting? deal.

What does your life update look like?

Date Night

Tonight Dustin and I are going out for dinner [exciting]

Which is making me think of 2 things.

1. This bomb.com pizza from True Food Kitchen [extra fresh and awesome, extra expensive]

Which was consumed with these lovely ladies, this past Sunday.

2. Chad has a baseball game tonight, and he is just too precious for words.

Well, I'm off. Dinner time :)

ADPi Parents Weekend, Alum Style

As an alum, I am missing a little space in my heart, which was filled with collegiate ADPi love. And it has definitely been the hardest part of graduating.

So I jumped at the opportunity to come down to Tucson, and Parents Weekend? Why not.

Thank you all for a special weekend, but a special shout out to my Gabby. Love ya!