The first week of the married life!

Our first week of marriage was a breeze!... Haha our wedding was great, more rushed then I wouldve liked it to be but altogether it was a blast! I got to stand across from my beloved Blake and call him my husband. I can't wait til we can kneel across one another in the temple and become sealed for the rest of eternity!

Along with the great wedding came a great honeymoon! We spent Saturday in an AMAZING cabin up at sundance, thanks to my parents! And then we spent the rest of the week in Vegas! Shopping, walking the strip, and going to a lot of exhibits and an aquarium! While on our honeymoon we spent a few nights at the hard rock and the rest of the nights at the new Aria hotel!! We got an amazing corner view suite!! Our honeymoon was really relaxed and fun!! We spent every minute of every hour by each others side (which was no different from our ordinary days lol). When we got home we opened presents and with our wedding gift cards we remodeled our WHOLE place!! Lol it looks way nice and feels more like OUR home everyday!!

Blake and I have not yet broken the habit of staying awake until 3 in the morning haha I think that one is gonna take awhile! We stay up all night hanging curtains, decorating or laying in bed watching CSI with a bowl of cereal in hand. I LOVE being able to wake up next to Blake in the mornings! Even though his stinky feet stink up the whole room lol ;]

Foxie is doing great! She is one of the best parts of Blake and my life together! We even headed home from our honeymoon a couple days early because we were missing her terribly haha. She is still a great puppy and we love having her around especially at nights when she returns to her spot between Blale and I, curls up in a ball and snuggles to sleep. Eventually when Blake and I buy a home we will add another little pup to our family so our Foxie has a companion :]

As you all know Easter was yesterday! Blake and I decided that we weren't going to give each other anything for Easter so we could save money. Well... When I woke up I headed into the kitchen to start frosting my sugar cookies, I turned the corner and this...



Is what was waiting for me!! I instantly started to bawl, walked back to our room, got back into bed, and curled up next to my husband! He just laughed at my tear stained cheeks, kissed me, and tole me he loved me. This will forever be a remembered moment in my life. After I finished frosting all the cookies Blake and I packed up our stuff and headed over to the party at Gran and Grandads house! There I tried my first piece of lamb.... Yum :/ haha after lunch we hid eggs and the kidos went out and collected them. Blake and I then went and got our Fox at home and then went to his parents house where a couple hours later Nick, Clenece and thier little kids showed up! We ended the night with dinner and a HUGE sleepover at Scott and Lynels house (Blakes parents :])

Although I wasn't able to celebrate Easter with my family back at Orem, I was able to spend it with my new family! I have been so blessed! On March 27, 2010 I not only obtained a husband but I gained 3 beautiful nieces, 2 oh so handsome nephews, a great mother and father, 2 amazing sisters and 2 brothers! (1 of whom I can't wait to meet when he gets back from his mission in August!) the Lord has blessed me SO much and I look forward to every night when I am able to kneel down and thank him for all that he has given me! I will forever be grateful!

Thanks for reading! Hope to post again soon! Love always Kathy A. THOMPSON!!! ;)

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Woke up missing...

This morning was a tough one for me. Waking up alone isn't all that great. The feeling of loneliness, desolation, and being forsaken washed over me. Although I know I am never alone or abandoned sometimes one can't help but feel. Thats how ive been feeling The past couple of nights and mornings. I know that things will be different and are slowly going to change but I can't help but fall asleep early while Blake is still here just so I don't have to fall asleep alone. Some mornings I just wish I could stay asleep till the middle of the day so that I will at least be awaken by birds and light rather than silence and darkness. Her bell is the only thing that keeps from crying.

You never know how much something or someone means until that something or someone is gone. Leaving home wasn't so difficult for me. I had Blake to ease the transition so that my heart wouldn't ache for my loved ones as much. All is well until my light leaves for the night.

Mornings such as today's make me think about what I've left behind. Though life now is as better than ever I still can't help but wonder if things will ever be the same. So much was givin up but so much was never forsaken.

I don't miss much; I just miss my family. Will there ever be those late night slurpee runs? The Wednesday night skiing? How about those state street drives with the long talks, laughter, and tears? One can only help but wonder. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. But does it? Or does it just make those once seemingly long talks on the phone turn to short text messages then to nothing? They said we'd be best friends forever.... I thought it was so but sometimes thoughts seem to play silly games with your heart.

I never thought it would be possible to miss family so much. I guess it is. I miss my parents, though I just saw them a couple weeks ago, days will never be able to replace months. I miss my Dads tight hugs, his warm hands and gentle "I love you, my Katanga girl" I miss being his baby girl. -Blossom smile some sunshine down my way, lately I've been lonesome. I miss my Moms advice it is always welcomed, I miss her humor, and love for everything in this world (Gods great creations) I miss her testimony. I miss my sisters and the relationship we once had. I keep thinking to myself "if I knew this was how it was going to be... Would I have left?" I don't know the answer just yet. I know my future is bright with Blake does that mean I have to take my light off the past? I miss the late night movie marathon, the pool playing, and the adventures we all took together. The only thing permanent about change is change itself. Did we have to change? I miss my nephews and the laughter they brought to my life. I wish I could watch them grow up. Be their "favorite" Aunt again.

It's amazing how fast life changes how much life takes and gives. This morning was a tough one for me. Waking up alone isn't all that great. The feeling of loneliness, desolation, and being forsaken washed over me. Although I know I am never alone or abandoned sometimes one can't help but feel.


I love you all and am so grateful for the opportunity to share my life with you and have you share yours with me. Thanks for all your love and support!

-Kathy

Hope...

The past couple of months have taken me above and beyond. It's been awhile since I last posted and since technology is amazing I can now blog from my phone.

Over the past little while my relationship with Blake has grown to an unmistakable bond of faith, trust, hope, love, and support. I have learned to trust in Blake, to know that no matter what we are in this together. Since august first I have seen Blake almost every day and each one has been an adventure filled with laughter and joy. On November 11, 2009 we both took one of the biggest steps of our lives. He got down on one knee and with that little twinkle in his eyes he asked me to marry him. Of course I said yes because I am sure with all my heart he truly is the one person in the world that will make me the happiest in this world! Since then we have been able to celebrate our first Christmas together down in Orem with my family and The New Year in Saint George. Like every couple, we have had our ups and downs but when the day comes to a close, we both know how much we truly love each other and we muster up the patience to sit down talk things out and learn to overcome. On Christmas Day we had the opportunity to move into our first place! But since we aren't quite married just yet I live here byself until the day Blake and I get to seal the deal ;) Until then I get to have the wonderful opportunity to listen and become aquanted with all the "wonderful" and frightfully scary noises this place has to offer me in the dead silence of the night. Yipee. But like they say, "A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!"

My days are quite busy but simple. They usually consist of waking up, taking my shower, getting ready, breakfast, teeth, quick clean up, and off to work! At the chocolate factory, I do what the business suggests... Make chocolate candies! You think that'd be a great job but believe me... Chocolate can get old and un-flavorful! After my long and "gruesome" 6 hour shift comes to an end, I get gas in my car and head back to my cozy house where the man of my dreams await.

Since the construction business hasn't picked up much Blake has little to no work and so money has been kind of short. Not that I am complaining because we both have amazing parents who have helped us overcome money issues wether it be small as in buying a few groceries or big as in loaning us a whole months worth of rent. Regardless to say I will forever be grateful for the hands that they have been so kindly to lend. Hopefully though since UPS has an opening, Blake will be able to get an awesome job.

Aside from the money (which isn't to much of a daily trial) My life with Blake has been pretty awesome. I'm glad to be able to say that the Lord has truly blessed me with a wonderful man and soon to be husband with a wonderful life! And I am forever grateful for the constant feeling of security that the Lord has been able to place in my life.

I love you all and am so grateful for the opportunity to share my life with you and have you share yours with me. Thanks for all your love and support!

-Kathy

Moving On...

Growing up. This past week I have felt like i really have been growing up. I have gotten a car, packed up my stuff, and moved four hours away from my family and friends. I've never felt so grown up before in my life. I am finding a new a job and a couple days ago I went shopping for my own groceries! Walking down each isle made me feel like I was actually doing something for myself, by myself. I never knew I could feel so grown up in only a few days. There have been so many people in my life that have helped me get to where I am today.

With the help of my parents, my sisters, and Blake, I am able to enjoy where I am and who I am!!

*l-O-v-E*

In our life we all seek love. But what is love? I can't answer that question, I don't know exactly. But, I know the feeling. I know who loves me and who I love in return.

Life is exciting. Life is worthwhile. Life is crazy. Life is sad. Life is mysterious. Life is lonely. Life is comforting. Life is... Life =]] We all need to live it, embrace it, and enjoy it. I find that when I enjoy life most... I am with the ones I LOVE. So... Here you have it. LOVE. Threw my eyes, and the eyes of a select others. Enjoy =]]

Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous, Love is sincere, Love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense, and is not resentful.
Obtaining it isn’t always easy but when you have it... it's yours, don't let go.
Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.
Love urges you to move forward && not give up.
Love does not come to an end.
It has no time limit
Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love, loves; this is its nature.
Love is never-ending
"Love frees us of all the weight and pain of life." -Sophocles
Love picks me up, && tells me it will all be okay =]]
"We love because it's the only true adventure." -Nikki Giovanni
let's write a story... you can be the prince, I'll be the princess... We'll have an adventure!
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more. [[put it all on the line]]
Love is always stronger then than the storm.
"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness." -Oliver Wendell Holmes
[[happiness is a gift from God, God gives us the key]]
Love makes your souls crawl out from its hiding place.
it's soothes the soul, like a sip a water after being in the desert
"Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." -Mark Twain
[[it's the only way to live]]
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven. [[i want heaven]]
Love does not make the world go round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
[[This ride is addicting... you never want to leave]]
"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." - Peter Ustinov
Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
"We can only learn to love by loving." - Iris Murdoch
"Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale." Fairy tale's are unique, each one is different and each one has a purpose.
"When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out." - Elizabeth Bowen. Like when you go through a tunnel hole your breathe and think of that person.
"Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, the hope in tomorrow, and the joy in the heart."
"If I know what love is, it is because of you."
"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." -George Sands
Love is patient, love is kind. It has no envy, nor it boasts itself and it is never proud.
It rejoices over the evil and is the truth seeker. Love protects; preserves and hopes for the positive aspect of life.
Always stand steadfast in love, not fall into it.
It is like the dream of your matter of affection coming true.
It enhances the relationship and comforts the soul.
Love should be experienced and not just felt.
The depth of love cannot be measured.

So there you have it love! There are many people that I love, in many different ways. I love my parents. I love my siblings. I love my nephews. I love my boyfriend. I love my friends. and I love, love. It makes me happy, and it makes my life worthwhile!

So I guess this post was written so that I could thank those in my life that I love. Thank you. Thank you for showing me you care. Thank you for making me apart of your lives. I hope that throughout my life I'l be able to return the love!

I love you.

life....

Hello...
So I know that my blog is probably read by pretty much no one but I thought that since I am sitting here not doing to much, I'd post an update!

Lets see... In April, I went on a double/blind date, it was with my friend Teeny, her fiance Landon, and his cousin Blake. The date was SO much fun and Blake and I hit it off GREAT! He is now my boyfriend and I am most positive that I am madly in love with him! Since we have met we have gone on oh so many adventures! In May we went to Vegas for Teenys surprise birthday with Missy and Amanda! In May .... I GRADUATED!!! Walking down the isle and being able to receive my diploma was one of the most satisfying feeling I have ever felt! n June I turned 18! My sisters surprised me with my boyfriend on my doorstep! and a wonderful day of swimming, eating, and movies! Thanks girls!! In june we went to Lake Powell with my family which was an absolute blast! We also went to California where I experienced my first trip to Six Flags which was more fun then I expected! We stayed at Blakes sisters, Ambers house with her and her family! I met Eric and Brook, (Ambers little ones) who stole my heart! We went to the beach where we met up with my parents and the Jones family, and also where my Dad attempted to teach Blake, Allan, and I to body surf! I failed. lol I got to cold to fast to give it my full attention. I've met Blakes parents who are really laid back and chill!! In so many ways they remind me of my parents! (I have come to the conclusion that no one will ever be able to replace my AMAZING parents!) In July Blake and I celebrated the fourth with Amanda Demile and Missy during the day and my family at night! We lit fireworks and enjoyed the view!

Alot has happened since then... I am now moving to St. George to be closer to Blake because traveling four hours to spend less then 48 hours with me was getting pretty spendy pretty fast! I found a GREAT cheap place with some sweet LDS roommates, and I got a good job nannying! That's pretty much what I've been up to so far. Hopefully i'll only get better from here!!