tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23102371057931051362024-03-13T05:07:17.869-07:00The Adventures of Kyla OaksKyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-88656633394774160522015-11-19T07:09:00.001-08:002015-11-19T07:09:41.237-08:00First Cabinet Painting Tip: Supplies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My advice to those wanting to paint their cabinets is, DO NOT buy cheap paint first and for most! This applies even more if you are planning on doing white. Cheap paint will look dirty faster, be hard to clean, start to yellow, and chip easier. With all the hours you are going to put in with painting your cabinets, why not do it right. I did a lot of research for over a year on and off. Very quickly I knew I would want to use Benjamin Moore because they are one of the best paints on the market. Sure they are a little over $50 a gallon but is it worth saving $25 give or take on cheaper paint if I am just going to want to redo them all over again because of all the problems I am having? I don’t think so. I can already tell this is going to be a huge project and I won’t want to do it again! I also don’t want the person who buys my house in the future to curse my name. I found that the Benjamin Moore Advance was made specifically for cabinets and the paint covered all the problems I worried about with the draw backs of painting white. It also comes out smooth so you don’t really see any brush marks. I talked to one of the professionals at my local paint store and they recommended a mohair blend roller as the next best thing instead of spraying the cabinets and using a finer brush for the detailing on the molding of the cabinet. Those two items cost me about $20 but again it’s really not much more than going the cheaper route. I really didn’t want brush marks to show and it really worked! Also don’t go with any primer, do your research and talk to a professional to find what works best for your project. Don’t go to places like Lowes, Home Depot, or heaven forbid Walmart. Most of the time they don’t know as much information and don’t carry enough brands to give you very many options. To get the best results don’t skip doing all the prep work. Clean your cabinets with 50/50 water and denatured alcohol, mineral spirits, or TSP and sand with a 220 grit sandpaper sponge or 400 grit sandpaper. To get all the dust off after sanding use a tack cloth or a damp rag. Can’t wait to show you all my final results and anymore advice that I find will help those wanting to tackle a project like this. My last word of advice that comes from my grandpa is “think and go slow”!</span></span><br />
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Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-1755210216334612392015-09-12T17:27:00.000-07:002015-09-13T12:02:47.663-07:00Learning Patience<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;">
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am about to talk about a sensitive topic for many women and that is
trying to start a family. In the world of being a Latter Day Saint we
are asked to pretty much start trying for children as soon as
possible, because of this it is very common to see many newly
wed couples getting pregnant soon after. Steve and I decided to wait
until we felt a little more on our feet and grew our relationship to
be as strong as it can be before bring children into the world. I am
so glad we waited because I have loved this time growing with just
Steve. In November 2014 we decided we were ready to start our family
after being married over 3 years. It has now been almost a year since
then with no luck and each month gets harder and harder to not
let it get to you. Some months you feel strong and try not to care
but some months it's very emotional. One of the hardest things is
being around many women who can get pregnant by accident or it really
doesn't take them that long. You try to be happy for them but it
hurts after each new friend announces they are expecting. It can
also be hard to see couples who haven't been married as long as you
and they get pregnant and sometimes you feel it's not far. Funny
enough it doesn't help that you find out if your pregnant
or not in the most emotion time of the month (stupid hormones)! I am
having to learn not to let this affect my every day happiness and it
has been a challenge. It's funny how you can have many things going
for you but one thing can sometimes hold you back. When we first got
married I didn't like married wards because it was always who was
pregnant next or who got a promotion or new car, etc. We didn't stay
in that ward very long and went to a family ward. You never think
that getting pregnant is going to take a long time but it seems to be
becoming more common or maybe we are just raising more awareness to
it. You also never know when to go to a doctor but you are also
scared it will break the bank if you do so or they will tell you
everything is fine and just be patient. </span></div>
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too long ago I found an article from the Ensign called "<a href="https://www.lds.org/ensign/2015/08/young-adults/patience-more-than-waiting?lang=eng">Patience:More Then Waiting</a>". I have always felt everything happens for a
reason and in the right time. I have seen that so much in my life
that I can't ignore it. When we first started trying to start our
family I went to the temple because I knew I would need help in
trying to be patient in case this was going to take longer then
expected. I am so glad I did and I feel like this has made a big
difference (as well as my husband and I promising each other if we
didn't get pregnant in a year we would go to Disney World). When you
think of patience you do think of waiting but it is so much more then
that. Elder Maxwell said "Patience is not indifference.
Actually, it means caring very much but being willing, nevertheless,
to submit to the Lord and to what the scriptures call the 'process of
time'. Patience is a manifestation of inner strength and devotion to
the Lord. Elder Maxwell also said "Patience is a willingness, in
a sense, to watch the unfolding purpose of God with a sense of wonder
and awe, rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our
circumstance. Put another way, too much anxious opening of the oven
door and the cake falls instead of rising. So it is with us. If we
are always selfishly taking our temperature to see if we are happy,
we will not be." Patience also helps us to realize that while we
may be ready to move on, having had enough of a particular learning
experience, our continued presence is often needed as a part of the
learning environment of others." This is better said then done
but it was something very emotional to read. I also recently watched
the movie "The Longest Ride" and one of the stories was
about a couple who couldn't have kids and it was so hard for them. In
the 40's it was hard to adopt but they learned to find joy in each
other.</span></div>
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will see what happens as time goes on and it hopefully is just not
time yet for Steve and I but I will try to find joy in what I do
have, not to say that I won't have my hard days, even if in the end
if it will just be Steve and I. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">To
those who are in my shoes and may have been trying even longer
then me, know you are not alone and to find someone or a support
group you can talk to so we don't burden our husbands with so many
emotion because as we know, they can only take so much but we love
them any ways. To those who don't have this problem, please reach
out to those you know that do have this problem and help them the
best you can and don't take your children for granted. Even though
there are some days it can be really hard, you were blessed with
these wonderful children who look up to you so much! I am so grateful
for all I have been blessed with especially my husband and even
though it's hard I am glad that the Lord is teaching me to be more
patient, I am sure going to need that skill once we have children!</span></div>
Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-63235560908037673992014-09-30T17:03:00.000-07:002014-09-30T21:06:21.697-07:00Steven Oaks, Comic Book Colorist!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I first met Steve one of the first things he told me about himself
was his passion for coloring comics. I didn't know much about it but
thought it was great he had a creative side to him. Soon he started
showing me each piece he would be working on while we dated. He was
great, I don't know if I understood how amazing he was until
later.<br /><br />When
we got married Steve continued school and I stopped and started
working full time. As time went on we decided school was doing
nothing for Steve for his career path to be a comic colorist so we
decided to stop. No one was really happy with our decision but we did
it anyway. We took a chance and I kept working full-time and Steve
just worked on improving his talent and getting a little bit of money
here and there. He would spend 10 hours a day just coloring. Everyone
would tell me to get him a job so he could help me more with finances
since we were living on very little money, hardly enough to get by. I
thought yes that would be wonderful but who am I to stop my husband
from pursuing his dreams. I could never get anyone to understand how
important it was for me to support my husband in his dreams no matter
what. Only the best artists in the world make a living, if Steve's
life-long dream was to succeed, he would have to dedicate 100% to
improving to make it afloat.</span></div>
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he got better he started getting more work and things were looking
up. We moved to Utah because there were better paying jobs down there
for me and to be close to family. May 4, 2013 Steve wanted to go into
a comic book store for free comic book day. I thought why not and we
drove to the nearest one. When we got there we saw a few artists
selling their work there. As Steve looked at the work he turned to me
and said "you know I am way better then them. Why I am I not
doing this?" He asked one of the employees if he could come back
later and start selling some of his work and they said he could. We
ran to the print store and printed out some of his work. I wasn't
happy with how much it cost but we had to try. We got there later in
the day after most of the crowd but we ended up selling most of our
prints and made a good amount of cash for how many people were there.
We were both surprised and pleased with how much people loved his
work. I felt it was a good starting direction for Steve.<br /><br />Not
too long after that they announced that there would be a Salt Lake
Comic Con. Somehow I found out about the artist alley tables and
asked Steve if we should do it. We decided it would be worth a try to
see what happened. It cost us at that time a lot of money to buy his
set up and all the prints we thought we would need. When we got to
the convention we got a great corner booth and started setting up.
When the convention started, each day we were needing more prints as
we would sell out so quickly. We made many times over what we had
hoped. Since then Steve has used the money from that show to build a
traveling business where he is able to provide for our family and
continues to grow.<br /><br />It was so great to see so many complete
strangers fall in love with his work and ask for his signature on the
prints they bought.<br /><br />As we planned more conventions I would go
with him, but over time we realized Steve wouldn't be able to do as
many if I went cause of my job and we would lose money with me going
cause of the extra plane ticket and food. He now tries to do 2 a
month and next year is going to be crazy busy now that we have found
out more about different conventions.<br /><br />I am so proud Steve is
living his dream and I have loved meeting all the people that buy his
work and the great friends we continue to make at each one. Yes, it's
hard having Steve gone so much and it will be even more so when we
start our family but I wouldn't change it for the world. Very few
people get to live their dreams and my husband is living his. I am
glad I never gave up on him and told him to go 'get a job' or
continue school. Steve does better now than if he had gone to finish
his major in PR. I wouldn't change a thing. It is amazing how far we
have come in just one year with Steve doing these conventions. I mean
come on we bought a house and are planning to start our family next
year. What more can a girl ask for!</span></div>
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Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-53720101193778753942014-07-18T13:15:00.002-07:002014-07-18T14:49:19.529-07:00Our First Home In Pleasant Grove<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last September Steve and I started realizing that we could possible buy a home. We were tried of renting and knew we wanted to raise our family in Utah. Steve's job lets him live anywhere he wants so why rent when you can buy and make an investment.<br />
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We just started him doing conventions in September and have been trying to do at least one a month. That brings in some great money and he makes pretty much as much as I do and sometimes more in 3 days at a convention. But these conventions are not as easy as they sound. They are exhausting! You wake up early in the morning every day, you have to set up, take down, have good energy even if you having a bad sales day, you eat granola bars and Gatorade all day, you can't really leave your table (and these are 8 to 11 hour days), and you are fighting not to fall asleep. The thing that gets me through when I go is knowing we get to go out to eat after. I use to try to go to all of them with him but they are out of state and I don't want to take the time off work and it cost us more money for me to go too. So I just go to the Utah ones and there are three of them and that is more then enough for me. I don't know how Steve does them, but we did just get him a portable tablet so he just works while he is there and brings a monitor so everyone can see how he does his work. <br />
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That being said in November we put in an offer and was accepted on a townhome before we had all the money we needed thinking we would get it by the time we closed. That didn't happen so we had to back out. It was hard but there was no way it was going to work out. I wasn't as sad as I thought I would be but we decided we would try again in about a year from then. We did our calculations and decided on September as the time we would have the money we needed to buy our first home. I never stopped looking at homes. I kept watching so I could get an idea of the market and what was a good deal.<br />
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In March this townhome in the same place as the last one came on the market. I had a list of homes I liked as they came up just encase any would be for sale when the time came for us to buy. I liked this home but I knew it would most likely sale before we had a chance. As time went on they started dropping the price. Then in June it went down the lowest I had seen for that area. That day I showed Steve and asked if we should go see it, maybe they would take a 90 day contract. I called them Monday June 16th to get a time to see it and told them what are situation was. We got there and loved it and the lady gave us different options to help us see if we could close in 30 days. The seller wouldn't accept a longer contract. So I talked to my family friend Julie. We spent all night trying everything to make it work. Finally after making some calls we where able to find I way to get our money in time. We put in our offer that night. We found out the lady selling it was 92 years old and didn't want to sell it but couldn't use stairs anymore cause of surgery and a heart attack. They had 3 offers come in in the beginning but she wasn't ready to sell. When they finally found her a place and moved her in, she finally was ready to accept an offer. The only thing was the other offers had expired. She had dropped the price 5,000 dollars so she could sell it as soon as possible. The day my realtor took our offer for the seller to look at another offer came in offering the same amount as us but she had already left so it was too late. They had just barely missed their chance for her to take their offer with her to show the seller.<br />
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As we started the process working towards closing everything went so smoothly. Our loan got approved in 2 and a half business days with no conditions! That is very rare! In all it took us 3 weeks from the day we saw it to close. That didn't stop me from stressing or not sleeping good at night lol. The only problem was Steve was going to be gone during the weekend we were to move in. So I called up all the people I could and got 9 people to load the truck and 4 people to unload it. I was really scared to drive the truck and leave others to organize it, but it all worked out. Then my family came over and we got everything unpacked and in it's place that day (I can't stand having things in boxes and would have stayed up all night until it was done). We know we are meant to start our family and life here in this home. There has to be a reason why everything worked so smoothly.<br />
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So far we are loving every minute of it and can't wait to make some upgrades. Just knowing it's our makes all the difference! It amazing how much better you take care of a place knowing it's yours vs. renting. I also learned that moving in 95 degree weather isn't my favorite thing. Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-42084634054291180202014-06-04T21:27:00.000-07:002014-06-05T07:50:10.214-07:00In memory of my Aunt Jeanna...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On May 19th my dear, sweet Aunt Jeanna passed away from ovarian cancer. She had fought the disease for almost 20 months. She tried with everything she had to beat it and thought she could but the disease took over. It surprises me how many people aren't very close to their extended family, but in my family we are together pretty much every holiday and it is always a party. My Aunt Jeanna was without a doubt my best friend and someone I could always talk to. She didn't get married until she was almost 38, so at times I felt she could really understand a lot of things I was going through. It was fun to talk with her about boys and she would always joke about how dumb they were if I needed cheering up or just a laugh. Every once in awhile she would bring a boyfriend to family outings and I would always remember evaluating them to see if they were worthy of my aunt. No one really was until Lou. The second I met him I could see how caring he was to Jeanna and he just fit with her so nicely. Lou was by her side every moment while having cancer. He never left her side. The tender way he was there for her amazes me and makes me so happy she had someone to be her rock and love her till the end. At my grandma's house there are only two queen beds and when we visited, my parents would take one and if Jeanna was there she would take the other. I never liked sleeping on the floor or on an air mattress so one day I asked if I could sleep next to her. From that day on every time we were all over it was a known fact I would be sleeping next to Jeanna. We both liked sleeping in so we never woke each other up. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A year or so before she was diagnosed she traveled the world with Lou. She loved to travel and experience new things. She was strong and brave and could conquer anything. She lived her life to the fullest every day. I still think she is just some where around the world and I will see her the next family outing. Her funeral was so spiritual, I wanted to sit there all day just to feel her close and hear stories about her. I didn't want to let her go, I didn't want to finalize the realty that she was gone. Before she passed away I was looking for a 5k</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> to sign up for to keep me motivated to exercise. That is when I found the Susan Komen breast cancer run. Knowing breast cancer is linked to ovarian cancer, I decided to run it for her. I was going to make a shirt and send her pictures. That day came and it was wonderful running it with my cousin. I called my mom to see if she thought Jeanna would see it, she said that she hadn't been very alert in awhile so she may never get to see the pictures, my heart broke. Then as I was still on the phone my grandma messaged me and said she would show Jeanna when she woke up. The next day she did and got to see the pictures and it made her smile. A week or two before she passed away I wanted so much to call her and talk to her one last time. I never got to because she couldn't talk to anyone on the phone cause she was so weak. I just had to trust that she knew what was in my heart and how much I loved her and all she meant to me. I only got to see her once after she was diagnosed and that was in February. I hadn't seen her in over 2 years and I am glad I got to see her one last time even if it was only for a couple days. When I walked in the door and saw her she hugged me close and told me she never wanted to be away from each for that long ever again. It's bittersweet to think of that because yes it will be longer then that till I see her again but in a way she will always be with me by my side in spirit. There are so many things I wish I would have done more of before she died. I miss her so much words can't explain. No one will ever take her place. I will never forget her playing with my hair making it look silly and telling me how pretty it looked and just to keep it the way it was as we laughed together. I will try to think of her just on another adventure traveling the world and I will see her soon. I know that she will be such a help to me in my life. I often think of what her life could of been, if she had kids, what other travels would she have went on, where she would have settled to buy a home. I wish so much she got to experience more in life, but I know she lived her life to fullest for as long as she had. It's like she always knew she needed to live life more fully than most. If I am blessed with two daughters one of them will be named Jane Mae, similar to Jeanna Mae and I will raise her to be just like her. I love her so much and will always remember the good times we had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Forever and always Jeanna, you will never be forgotten or just a memory!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same again. Nor should you be the same nor should you want to."</span></span>Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-48316211881167665642013-04-30T15:35:00.003-07:002013-04-30T15:37:22.119-07:00I love you Kyla! Hi all, this is Kyla's husband Steve. Today marks our 2 year Anniversary! I wanted to tell her how great she is and how much I love her.<br />
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Dear Kyla,<br />
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I never imagined, that I would not only have a beautiful woman who shares my values on so many things and works hard to keep our family strong, but also supports my dreams.<br />
I think many people might talk about supporting their spouses dreams especially before marriage but I am so lucky to have a woman who actually does it.<br />
More and more I see that I made the best choice in asking you to marry me. It takes a special woman to be married to me.<br />
As you may remember the most important thing to me in choosing a wife was finding a woman who I wouldn't just love for a few years, but one I could love forever. I knew life would throw us plenty of curve balls through time. It was a complete necessity that I find a woman who would grow in the same direction with me.<br />
I believe much of divorce and unhappy marriages come from couples giving up and not walking on the same path in life. We have stayed constant in our path as we have changed for the better. I feel we are more alike and better to each other now than we were during the time of dating and beginnings of our marriage. We treat each other better and are more patient with one another than we were before.<br />
That says something.<br />
We have had to make hard decisions in our marriage, and endure many hardships new to our previous lives.<br />
That one choice was so powerful. The choice to marry not someone I just had an infatuation with, but someone who would stay on the same track I would.<br />
You are a remarkable woman, you do so much to keep our marriage alive and you always put me before anyone else. I struck gold!<br />
I love you so much and truly look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries to come. This year was better than the last and may things always look up!<br />
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Love eternal,<br />
Steve<br />
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<br />Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-86590354731986666402013-04-25T13:19:00.000-07:002013-04-25T13:26:01.586-07:00Our Adventure In Moving To Utah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every since my husband and I got married we wanted to move to Utah to be close to my family and get out of boring Rexburg. The sooner we could get out of there the better. There was hardly any work up there, it was cold, and there was nothing to do. I had been working at Albertsons and it wasn't a bad job, but I wasn't even making $8 an hour. So I started looking at jobs in Utah and hoping someone would be ok with doing a skype interview or give me enough notice to drive down to Utah for an interview. For a little while we really didn't have much luck. I did have one skype interview with being a nanny for 6 kids in Orem, but that didn't work out. I kept applying thinking if the lord wanted us in Utah he would find a way. Then I got a call from a Chiropractor's office while I was at work. We only have one phone so my husband answered and set up an interview for the next day. When I got home and he started to tell me about it, I looked up the number and noticed it was a Utah number. I laughed and told him there was no way I could get to Utah tomorrow on a work day. I called them but they where closed, luckily they had emailed me more information so I emailed them back telling them about how I was in Idaho and could maybe come down on the weekend or have a skype interview. They where very desperate and went ahead and had a skype interview with me the next day. The interview went well but when they told me I would be making $8.50 an hour I knew that wasn't enough for us to move to Utah. I had to call them back and tell them I couldn't take the job. I was sad because I really wanted to move down to Utah and wanted to get some front office experience for the future. After I had told them I had to make at least 10 dollars an hour for us to move down there they told me they would talk about it and call me back. So I went to work and half way through they called me and told me they would start me at $9 and then within a month and half have me at $10. I told them I would happily take the job and asked when they wanted me to start, they said that Monday. Keep in mind this happened on Halloween on a Wednesday. I had 4 days to find a place for us to live, pack, move, and sell our contract. I had no idea how we where going to do this but I knew it would work out even if we had to live at my parents for a little while.<br />
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We started packing that very minute I got off the phone and want searching for boxes. My wonderful parents started look at apartments for us in Orem but none of them my parents liked and they where in sketchy neighborhoods. Then my mom came across a one bedroom basement apartment in Alpine 1.6 miles from my parents house. It would require us to help the man up-stair by taking him to church, doctor appointment, yard work, and any other errands he would need. I was ok with that even though we wanted a 2 bedroom apartment, the place was big and VERY nice for the price. We still couldn't decide but my mom scheduled us an interview with him anyways for Saturday at four. We scheduled a rental truck for Saturday before my mom set up the appointment and then realized we would need two days to load all our stuff in the truck. When I went to change the date they told me they had no trucks available. Then I started to panic because we need to be in Utah for the interview. We called many different places but they all where too expensive. We ended up calling the same company but the one in Idaho Fall's to see if they had one for us. They only had one left so we raced up there and got the rental truck. Thanks to four of our great friends we barely made it out in time to make our appointment. We met with Monroe for the apartment and we LOVED it. The next day he called us on Sunday to let us know we got the apartment and we moved in Monday. All we had left was to sell our contract and we only had till that same Monday to sell it or we would have to pay that months rent. Again by some miracle we sold it that very Monday. <br />
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Looking back that was one of the biggest blessing and a complete miracle that that all worked out so quickly. I know with out a doubt my husband and I where meant to be here in Utah. After finding out my aunt and then not to long later my grandpa have cancer I am so glad I can now be a support for my family. I am glad I get to be more involved in my sister's lives as they grow up. I can now help my family with anything they need. Now more then ever I need to be near my family so we can get through this together. I also have an amazing job now in American Fork, the perfect home, a cat, along with my amazing husband of course.<br />
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Life Is Good!! :DKyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-76828069921025619722012-02-24T21:57:00.000-08:002012-02-24T21:57:33.001-08:00Thankful!!Today I am so thankful for a healthy husband! I see many people around me where their husband is sick or has passed away. I always want to have my husband with me till we are in our 80's. I'm always scared of losing him (all thanks to my wonderful anxiety). I get scared he will die in his sleep or get hit by a car or in a car accident or get cancer. Sometimes I just have to tell myself to calm down and know that everything will be ok. lol there was one time in the middle of the night I didn’t think I could hear him breathing so I shook him awake to make sure he was ok. If he seems to be out to long when I know he should be home I call him to make sure he is ok. Maybe this is all a newlywed thing (hopefully). Luckily he is not a worrier at all so it helps me a ton. <br />
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So update of what has been going on. For Valentine’s Day I didn’t think we would do much but go out to eat but we also ended up doing to a movie and out for ice cream. We didn’t get each other anything because we don’t have a lot of money so we just made each other cards and that was just as good. When we went out to eat we were very glad to go to Idaho Falls because gas is so much cheaper there. So we looked for the cheapest place and got gas. Well after we saw the movie my husband see's this car with its gas door open with the top off. So he very kindly puts the top on and closes it. Well as I looked closer at the car it was our car and I had drove 30 mins with it off and then had it sit in our parking lot and the movie theaters parking lot all day long since then. I was laughing so hard and he kind of wasn’t lol.<br />
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Today we went on a wonderful walk to our favorite park that we haven’t been to since summer seeing the pond frozen and expecting no ducks but there were just as many ducks as there where in the summer. It was so much fun watching them walk on the ice and slide around on it. Then a couple brought pizza and fed it to them and we laughed as the ducks chased each other around when one would have the whole slice in his mouth. Some would get as far as to the pond and on the ice but then they couldn't run so they would just slide around. Also when we first got to the pond Steve went down and started walking on the ice and I started yelling at him to get off the ice cause I was afraid it would break and he would drown he laugh at me but I stomped my feet and begged him to come back. Finally after a while he came back but not after he told me I was worse than his mom. lol but hey I was only trying to keep him safe. then as we were walking back I saw this big puddle that had frozen over and decided to walk on that and he laughed at me saying well now that it’s not deep you want to walk on the ice. lol I ended up spending around thirty mins playing on the ice. Have to see it was one of the best walks I have been on!! I love being with my husband, life is never boring!!Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-63583877206936472032012-01-20T12:09:00.000-08:002012-01-20T12:21:15.537-08:00Grateful for Him!!I am SO grateful for my husband today!!! He is always the rock I can lean on. When things are hard he always knows the right things to say. Today after almost a month of having a hard spot financially. We are finally seeing the light and we are very excited to get back on our feet again. The lord has blessed us so much since we have been married it overwhelms me! I love now that my husband and I now work at the same job together and have the same schedule, so I even get to spend more time with him at work. When my husband got back from depositing his first check from our new job this morning he came into our room and told me that we needed to do everything we can to thank the lord for all his help. Hearing that from my husband made me admire him so much for always making the lord the center of our home. He is so strong in the gospel and such a good example to me. He amazes me every day. I know without a doubt in my mind he was made for me. <br />
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Last night I was talking to him about how the beginning of my junior year I decided to really change my life around and make the gospel fully the center of my life. Not that I was doing anything wrong I just didnt feel like I was being the best I could be. So from then on till I met Steve I never had boyfriend or any serious relationship. I wanted time just to better myself, be stronger in the gospel and truly love myself. I made it a goal to read The Book of Mormon in at least a year and it turned out I read that and D&C in that year. I realize now that I was preparing myself for him. I'm glad I spent that time to work on me so I could later meet the most incredible man as soon as I got to college. I owe the lord everything for blessing me with being married to him for time and all eternity. I knew the second I met him that he was the type of guy I wanted in my life. Every day I love him more and more. I see now how everything in my life guided me to him all this time. I would happily go through it all again if I knew that I would end up with him in the end. I can’t wait to grow old with him and start a family in the future.Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-11131557286908144752012-01-15T18:41:00.000-08:002012-01-15T20:42:16.449-08:00Birthdays!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For Steve's birthday on July 2nd, sadly I had to work that morning so I woke up a little early so I could decorate the apartment so he would at least wake up to something. Then I was able to get off work early and make him a special breakfast. Then for luch we went to Texas Roadhouse for his very first time and he loved it. Then we went and saw two movies first was X-Man: First Class and then Transformers 3. After that we came home late and ate sex in a pan, his favorite cake he has had for most his birthdays in the past. The presents he got where two comic books he picked out and then I got him Superman pjs. I was very glad we could do everything Steve wanted to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For my birthday August 22, my husband brought me my favorite breakfast from McDonalds and then when we were done eating he left our bedroom and then a couple mins later told me to get him some toliet paper and when I came out he had decorated the whole apartment with balloons and streamers! After that we drove to a civil rights cave. I had never been in a cave with no lights so it kind of freaked me out and I had a hard time with it but I made it through but felt bad that I wasnt braver. Then as we were driving home we pulled over cause I wanted to see the sand dunes but in the end got our car stuck in the sand and couldnt get us out for 30 mins until finally someone pulled over and helped us. Then I went and got my DQ cake cause I hadnt had one since I was little and ate it when we got home. Then we went to Texas Roadhouse and had dinner. It was a very good day and was very happy to just be with my husband.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love talking about the future with you.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you always want the best for me.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you hate telling me no and always feel bad when you do.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you love my cooking even when sometimes I don’t.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that we met swing dancing.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you love dancing with me.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love more than anything that I get to spend forever with you.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that I married you in my favorite temple and also the place where you first told me you loved me.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that when I get hurt in any way you hold me until I feel better.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you love the gospel.</div> I love that you have the priesthood.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you are very humble.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you are always helping others.</div> I love that you’re amazing at making breakfast.<br />
I love that you tell me everything’s ok since I worry so much.<br />
I love that you always put the toilet seat down.<br />
I love that you clean it when I forget.<br />
I love that you always smell good.<br />
I love that you want to have us stay fit.<br />
I love that we read our scriptures and say our prayers every night since we have been married.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love going to places in our pjs because we are too lazy to put on something else.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love watching you with my family.</div> I love that when we go to Taco Bell you take as many sauce packets you can hold to store at home.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you work so hard to provide for us when my work doesn’t give me enough hours.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you respect and honor me.</div> I love that you always make room in your day to spend time with me.<br />
I love that you are the only guy I ever dated in college.<br />
I love sitting by you at church.<br />
I love when you say my full name.<br />
I love that you proposed to me where we met.<br />
I love that you always make me laugh.<br />
I loved seeing you going to Disneyland for your first time.<br />
I love knowing that you're all mine.<br />
I love that you will watch chick flicks with me.<br />
I love that you’re frugal.<br />
I love that you want to give to others.<br />
I love how good you take care of me when I'm sick.<br />
I love that you tell me everything.<br />
I love that I can trust you.<br />
I love that you knew you wanted to marry almost two months into us dating.<br />
I love that you are such a hard worker.<br />
I love that you always want to do what’s right.<br />
I love the example you are to me.<br />
I love that you are patient with me.<br />
I love knowing that we can make it through anything.<br />
I love that we have the same views on life.<br />
I love ill get to spend every waking moment with you.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love when you go grocery shopping with me.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love going to the temple with you.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love listening to you pray.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you always stand up for me.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that the love I have for you feels my whole body and soul.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love when you stroke my face.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love when you play with my hair.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that sometimes when we pray you hold my hand as we fold our arms.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you love doing yard work.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I love that you are everything that I have ever wanted.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FvOBzNxhPs0/Tw9dgsp1_hI/AAAAAAAAAC4/TYUKg3vulTY/s1600/273+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FvOBzNxhPs0/Tw9dgsp1_hI/AAAAAAAAAC4/TYUKg3vulTY/s320/273+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-45049057184056348472012-01-05T20:16:00.000-08:002012-01-05T20:16:34.416-08:00Happy New Year! And a much needed update!! :P<span style="background-color: white;">So every time I have thought about writing on my blog I could never think about what to write. Today I decided I would just start typing and hope something will come to me. I have loved the Holidays because I finally get to see all my family and Steve's family. Thanksgiving my husband and I went to<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">Kuna</span></span> to stay with my grandparents and spend time with my whole family on my mom’s side. My favorite thing was for the first time really watching my husband get to know my family and it made me love him even more. Then for Christmas we went to his families in Arizona. It was pretty warm but sometimes a little chilly but much better then <span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">Rexburg</span></span>. Being there I got to know my husband a lot more and how he grew up and go through all his boxes of stuff to find all the things we want to keep. For Christmas his parent made all of us copies of the family videos. There are 47 <span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">cds</span></span> and I have so far only gotten through 16 of them. One of the great things about it is I get to put a personality to his brother David who passed away at 16 when my husband was only 9. It is kind of hard knowing I have a brother in law that I <span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">don’t</span></span> even know but watch the videos lately have been really letting me get to know him more. He was a really really great kid and was a really good brother to my husband. He was really funny and always very happy. After Christmas we spent the New Year with my family. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Life right know has been a bit hard because my job has not been giving me enough hours and I have been the only one working this semester since Steve has been going to school. Luckily now he is off track for the winter so we can now have double income and hope that helps us more. <span style="background: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">Rexburg</span></span> is really not a great place for jobs because there are so many students down here. I am hoping we can move out of here soon and get some place where the job industry is better. I would really like to move back to Utah but we will have to see where work takes us. I have been looking at either going to hair school or learning to make cakes like my sister in law did and the working in a bakery. I think I would more like to make cakes because the classes are a lot cheaper then hair school. But when it comes down to my husband, I love every minute with him. He is a total sweetheart and as long as I have him I can do anything. He is very supportive and always there for me when I need someone to talk to or just hold me. I am hoping this New Year will be a good one and maybe sometime at the end of the year move out of here. Hope you all have a great new year!! Love you all!!!</span>Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-12821072757112481082011-08-08T18:37:00.000-07:002011-08-09T20:14:27.652-07:00Saying Yes to the Dress<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lzVqa34IZdI/TkCPMT574PI/AAAAAAAAAB8/ubNyMEOx3LY/s1600/kylawed-95.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" naa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lzVqa34IZdI/TkCPMT574PI/AAAAAAAAAB8/ubNyMEOx3LY/s400/kylawed-95.jpg" width="266" /></a>How did I find that dress I have been dreaming of my whole life? Well let me tell you, it wasnt easy! We went to many different stores all over Utah and I only had one day to find it cause my husband and I were only down for the weekend. I was so excited!! I had waited so long to try them on and I had to hold myself back from all those years of wanting to try one on for fun. I always loved going into bridal stores for fun and looking at them all and watching the brides-to-be try on dresses. I think I tried close to 50 dresses. It was great being there with my little sister Emilee and my mom. The first store I went to I found one I liked but it would need to be altered because it was a little tight up top, but it was already over my budget and I didnt fully feel like a bride in it. Then as I went to other stores none of them could compare to that dress. As time went on I got grumpy from still not being able to find my dress. Then we went to one last store. One I had been to before but really didnt believe I could find one there. They ended up having I dress I had been looking at for years but it was over 1,000 dollars and that wasnt even close to my budget. Then I tried on another dress I had looked at for years too and I loved it. I felt a lot more like a bride then I did in all the other dresses I had tried on. Another thing was I was looking for an all lace dress, very vintage. Then the lady at the store started pulling more dress that fit my budget but they didnt fit what was on my list. Then I saw one she pulled that was beaded at the top no lace but had roses on it and I really wanted that also, so I decided to try it on just to see what it looked like. When I came out in it I liked it but it didnt hit me how much a loved it until my mom, who had been looking at dresses, turned the corner and right away started crying. Just what I wanted. My mom told me it was 100% me. It also looked a lot like belle, my favorite princess since I was little. It was nothing like what I was thinking of, I wanted a line or mermaid, it was a ball gown. I wanted lace, it had no lace. But it had the buttons down the back, the right amount of beading, beautiful train, roses, and the fabric was beautiful!! Another thing, it fit be like a glove, I didnt need any altering and the lady that helped me with my dress told me I was 1 in 100 girls that she sees that happen too. So everyone, when trying on bridal dress, be open to everything, you dress may not be what you where thinking like mine was. </div>Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-31248901341245250012011-08-05T11:42:00.000-07:002011-08-05T14:20:16.153-07:00Steve's Version of Hey There DelilahSteve wrote me this 2 and a half weeks that we had to apart till our wedding day. :)<br />
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Hey there Kyla what’s it like in Alpine City?<br />
I’m 200 miles away but girl you always look so pretty yes you do<br />
Rexburg cant shine as bright as you…<br />
I know its true<br />
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Hey there Kyla, don’t you worry about the distance I’m right there<br />
If you get lonely give me a call on skype, we’re talk all night. <br />
We’ve prayed about it we know its right, look to the light.<br />
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Oh we’re getting sealed next week<br />
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Hey there Kyla, I know things are really tight but just believe me girl<br />
Someday I’ll pay the bills with a real job, we’re getting blessed…<br />
God will take care of all the rest…Jesus knows best…<br />
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Hey there Kyla I got so much left to do, I’d work six days each and every week if I still had time with you<br />
I’d paint the skies all white and blue, just for you<br />
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Oh we’re getting sealed next week<br />
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200 miles seems pretty far, but they’ve got buses, shuttles, cars-I’d run to you if I had no other way<br />
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Others may make fun of us, but we’ll just smile to ourselves because we know that they do not understand<br />
Kyla I can promise you that I will al-ways love you the seasons and years just cant define<br />
I want you mine…<br />
Hey there Kyla you be good and don’t you miss me <br />
Two more years and I’ll be done with school and you will be hap-py<br />
Yes you will…<br />
Oh yes I know your looks can kill..<br />
We will never name our son Bill…<br />
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Hey there Kyla heres to you, this one’s for you<br />
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Oh we’re getting sealed next week<br />
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My love for you won’t stop with time, I know your mineKyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-789816834124400142011-06-20T18:03:00.000-07:002012-01-12T17:09:04.079-08:00The Married Life<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFAY2_H1B24/Tf_tzZUHEsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/f2unzlc4t2o/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFAY2_H1B24/Tf_tzZUHEsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/f2unzlc4t2o/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">How do I like married life you ask? Well its pretty much the best thing in the world!!!! I get to cuddle with my husband at night, come home to him every day after work, we get to be really goofy cause no one is watching us, we get to go and do whatever we want (if we can afford it), no more roommates, you always have someone to talk to, and know you're safe because your husband sometimes jumps out of bed if you make too much nosie thinking someone is in the house. My husband is for sure my perfect match! No one in this world could fit me better than he does, we like the same music, have a lot of the same hobbies, we love the gospel with everything we have, love doing service, watching movies, same favorite foods, dancing, running, and are both light sleepers. We don't plan on having kids until like a min. of 2 years. We hope to travel a lot through out our lives. Want to serve a mission when we are older. We love our apartment! Its totally perfect for us on a quiet street but in the middle of town so everything is really close. We like going to the park and feeding the ducks. My husband loves to take up the whole bed but he says only because he has to be close to me at night. He is really fun to watch as he sleeps cause he does some funny things.</div>The hardest things about being married is you can't visit your family whenever you want any more, bills, have to work longer hours at your job and dont get to go on all the vactions your family gets to go on. As you can see there is not many hard things about being married. I know that with Steven I can do anything and I would never leave him. He is my best friend and treats me how I have always wanted to be treated by my husband. He makes life less stressful for me. I get to totally let my hair down and be myself and know that he loves every single thing about me. No one has ever made me laugh and smile as much as he does and no one makes me as happy as he makes me. It is also the best feeling knowing he is mine forever!! I love that I'm going to get to grow old with him and have children and go through every step of life with him by my side! I thank the lord every day for giving me such a wonderful husband!! I love you Steven Oaks!!Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-89626813998557568982011-06-17T19:53:00.000-07:002013-05-03T12:04:16.460-07:00The Honeymoon<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After planning for a little while on where to go on our honeymoon, we decided we would go to Disneyland because Steve had never been. So when we woke up from our first night together and started to pack and were about to leave when we realized we lost our hotel key and we had to return it. We searched every where and I mean every where. I was really panicked because we would miss our flight if we couldn't find it and I really didn't want to pay the fee for them to get a new one. Finally we just had to give up and ask them if they could find it for us when cleaning. As we walked out the door and closed it we saw that the key was still in the lock! How weird is that? We must have been so nervous that we forgot to take the key out of the lock. As we got to the airport and almost to where we board they called final boarding! We where so lucky not to miss our flight and then when we got on the plane they announce how we had just got married, never had that happen before. Then we drove about an hour to our hotel in Carlsbad. We then went and got oranges and strawberries at my families favorite strawberry field. Then the next day Steve started not feeling very well and we later find out it was strep throat, but we didn't have his insurance card so we never took him to the doctor. Luckily he got better by the time we got to Disneyland but we didn't get to spend really any time on the beach like we planned. We mostly just hung at the hotel. We did try to have a bomb fire that last night but couldn't find a place we could have one so we had to take all our supplies back to the store. Then when we got to Disneyland it was really fun to watch Steve get really excited about the rides. We had a lot of fun and wore just married pins and our Disney bride and groom shirts. Our favorite ride is the Toy Story ride! Then we saw the world of color and we loved it!! It was just amazing!! For sure was the best honeymoon we could ever have had and it fit our personalities very much!! Then we flew to Steve's parents house, had our open house. Then his dad offered to have us buy his car cause we were very much in need of one and had been looking for awhile and drove it to my home to get all our wedding gifts and then drive to our cute little apartment, that we love, and started our new life together as husband and wife. Lets just say married life is the best thing ever!!!!!Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-36064450345954057212011-06-08T20:16:00.000-07:002013-05-03T12:01:13.779-07:00The Wedding<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Those who know me well I have planned this day since I was born. I pretty much lived for this day. I have loved everything to do with weddings.When the day finally came I couldn't believe it. I was marrying the man of my dreams! The man I wanted to spend forever with, who couldn't fit me more perfectly! The love I have for this man words could never explain! How honored I was to be marrying him I couldn't even tell you! He is 100% my best friend, the one makes me smile and laugh the most, who I could never imagine losing ever!! We both took a sleeping pill the night before cause we are both really light sleepers and wanted to get a good nights sleep. I woke up at 8 in the morning to go get my hair done at 8:30 by the person that has cut my hair since I could remember. Who as you can see did an AMAZING job!! Then right after that I drove to my next stop to get my make up done and she really knew how to make me look stunning. Then got my bouquet and went back home and got everything I needed, then left for Salt Lake. I got there right on time and was so stressed and nerves that I was shaking and had to have Steve hold me for a second as my mom checked in my dress. Then we walked out of the waiting room into the temple. I couldn't believe I was there! I had dreamed of getting married in this temple forever! Then we went in a little office where they got all our information and had us sign our marriage license and ask us who we wanted to be our witnesses, of course we picked our fathers. Then we where took up stairs and separated to go to the dressing rooms. When I got in there it was pretty much a small little locker room and I was a little sad that it wasn't nicer. Then the temple worker asked me if I wanted to get ready in the bridal room or change in the locker room, I picked the bridal room of course. They had me put on this elegant silk robe to walk into the bridal room and then my mom helped me get in my temple dress and I felt SO beautiful and was so grateful to have my mom there with me. It was such a special moment to spend time with my mom and look in the mirror and get ready to be married to Steve for time and all eternity. Then Steve and I met up and they took us to the Celestial Room and It was the most beautiful Celestial Room I had ever seen. We sat there and watched as each couple was taken to the sealing rooms, then when they got to us they stopped taking people in for a long time. We started getting impatient and couldn't understand what was taking so long. Then finally after waiting like 45 minutes we where taken to the sealing room. To let you know how behind they where, we where suppose to be getting married at 12:20, we got married at 1:12. The sealing room was just beautiful! I felt so honored to be getting married in such a place. We had the most wonderful sealer ever!! Everyone I talked to agreed that he was one of the best sealings they had been to. As he was talking I couldn't help but almost crying seeing both our family and friends there. Siting next to both our parents and grandparent was so amazing!! Then when the time came for me to be sealed to my husband I looked across at him and just couldn't help but smiling. Then when it was over and everyone left the sealer had Steve and I looking in the mirror as husband and wife. Then we left again to the dressing rooms and he changed into his tux and I to my wedding dress. Then we went down to get ready to come out for our family. As we waited for everyone to gather around the door I looked over at Steve and couldn't believe he was my husband now. Pretty much though out the whole day you can hardly believe all that is happening. Then we came out and took pictures and my heel got stuck in a vent on the ground and had to have Steve pull it out. Then my dad helped me carry my train, that meant a lot to me. It was a really cold day so luckily we had taken all our wedding pictures with just Steve and I earlier that Wednesday. Then we went to our lunch and it was amazing and my sister-in-laws father made the whole thing and did an amazing job and even made my favorite food, cordon bleu and cheesecake without even knowing it. Then we got ready for the reception. We for sure had the best food ever for a wedding! We had cupcakes, moose cups, cake pops, and fondue, although we didn't get to eat any of it tell we got to our hotel. <br />
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Then after being in line for 2 hours, we cut the cake and I had planned what I was going to do since I was little and that was to get the cake all over his face! Haha, he had no idea I was going to do that. I loved it! We also had the most beautiful cake I had ever seen, made by my sister-in-law and it was her first wedding cake! She did an amazing job!! Then I had my "last dance" with my dad and then danced with Steve as our first dance as husband and wife. Then I threw the bouquet and the first time I did it hit the ceiling and fell right back to my feet, of course this would only happen to me. Then the garter, Steve went all the way under my dress and took it off with his teeth with he really didn't want to do put gave in on doing it that way. Then the garter had no spring so when he first tried to throw it it didn't go far enough so he had turn around and throw it instead. Then I changed out of my dress and put on my going away dress and ran to our car with line of everyone holding sparklers. We got in the car and had to go back to my house to get my phone cause I forgot it, then we couldn't find the hotel for about 30 minutes, but when we got there it was a beautiful room with rose petals every where and romantic music playing and a huge whirl pool and cheesecake and sparkling cider. I recommend everyone to go there for their first night at Anniversary Inn, we loved it!!Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-14681713450773681762011-06-06T22:29:00.000-07:002014-06-09T14:09:54.525-07:00The Proposal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How to begin is the question. Well it was February 2nd my little sister Emilee's Birthday. Steve had asked me the day before if I would like to go out to eat at this Mexican restaurant. I didn't think much of it just thought that he was just trying to do something different since we always seemed to just watch movies at each others apartments. So after I was done with classes we went to the restaurant. After that I started wondering, well could this be the day that I finally get engaged since the rumors were starting to go around in both my home ward and my school ward, and we were soon going to go down to my home and I really didn't want to go without a ring on my finger. I want to work after that but I couldn't figure everything out. I knew he didn't have the ring cause he was always with me and there was never a moment where it seemed like he was going to go get the ring. I kept texting my mom telling her how much I wanted it to happen very soon or I was going to be really sad, because waiting for the guy to propose is so hard, cause you know its going to happen but you dont know when. I got off work and Steve came over and we watched The Time Travelers Wife and I really couldn't relax because I just so much wanted to be engaged already. Then we went swing dancing. The funny things was my mom had called me earlier and told me to make sure I dressed nice and take my camera with me so she could have pictures for the wedding. I wondered if she knew something but again I thought, how would she know something Steve doesn't have her number. I did as I was told but when we got to the dance I found out my camera was dead. I was a little sad but I thought oh well there is always next time. So we danced all night and then Steve requested a song called "Feeling Good" by Michael Buble. When the song came on his roommate was there and decided he would record us dancing. I didn't really want that because I dont like watching myself dance as much if its not like a performance or something but I just blew it off. Then as the music ended the lights in gym turned off and I thought did the power go off or was someone playing with the lights but then as the lights came back on Steve was down on one knee and asked me to marry him right where we met in front of everyone there at the dance. I was shocked!!! I had no clue!! Then I found out all his roommates where there to help do the who thing with the lights and we even got it recorded!! Then Steve told me he had stole my phone as we were watching TV, got my mom's number and called her to make sure she approved of his plan for the proposal and the night before he called me and told me he couldn't hang out that night cause he had to help his roommate with his homework watch was fine because I was so tired after work, when really he was planning the whole thing! He also had told me earlier in the week he had to help a friend move into their apartment when really he was going to get the ring. Oh little did I know this was all going on all around me. My little sister also loved that I was getting engaged on her Birthday. We then got into his roommates car and drove and got ice cream and called my parents and his parents to let them know we where engaged.</div>
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Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-60326561580194785452011-06-05T17:42:00.000-07:002014-06-09T14:07:11.054-07:00Chirstmas 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">
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Then Christmas morning came and we opened presents. I got Steve two shirts and a Marvel book. He got me Victoria's Secret perfume (no he didn't go in the store, he ordered it online) and colored me as belle from one of my senior pictures (my favorite Disney princess). Then we went on a nice walk and talked. There was one moment though as we were walking he kissed me and I remember a very vivid image in my head of us getting married in the Salt Lake Temple and kissing him after on the outside steps. I had no idea what to think of this image but I very much liked the idea of it. Then we went inside and had dinner with my family and aunt and uncle. After that we went on another walk. As we got to the top of this hill we climbed to see the whole valley and sat on a bench he said,"Kyla, I really think we are going to get married." I just sat there stunned, not knowing how to answer and what to think. All I could think was is this really happening to me? I'm too young to be getting married, I just started college! Then he asked where I wanted to live and how long it would take to plan a wedding. I just couldn't believe all this. I was happy because he was everything I wanted, but we had only been dating a month and a half. When we got home I pulled my mom into her bedroom and told her what we had just talked about. Lets just say for awhile my parents thought I was out of my mind. Then the day after Christmas Steve went home to see his family and tell them that he planned on marrying me. Then I got the whole interview from the family over skype, then was later told by Steve they loved me and felt very good about us getting married. On my side it wasn't so easy. Then as Steve was on his way back to Rexburg from Christmas break, he asked my fathers permission. My dad later told me he felt really good about it and the questions my parents had disappeared. </div>
Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-15546621653682417672011-06-03T12:38:00.000-07:002014-06-09T14:01:19.102-07:00First Kiss, Etc.When it comes to Steve and I, we are really goofy! So it only makes sense that we have a pretty funny way of how our first kiss came to be and me trying to get him to put his arm around me. Lets start at the beginning, on our second date I was at his place and we were watching YouTube videos. After a while I leaned over to switch videos and he started to lightly rub my back. I was really excited thinking this had to mean he liked me, so I decided that I would lean back really fast to make his arm stay around me, but every time I would do this he would move his hand back to his lap. It didn't really make sense to me that he would rub my back but not put his arm around me. I finally gave up and stopped trying, but as soon as I stopped trying he finally got the nerve to put his arm around me.<br />
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Now for how our first kiss came to be. On Nov 15th it had been a really good night and I really wanted to kiss him but didn't want to be too forward, I just wanted it to happen naturally. When we got to the door I gave him a long hug, but Steve had already figured out I wanted to kiss him cause he is really good at reading people. He decided that he would just give me a kiss on the cheek to take things slow, not knowing that he was just trying to kiss my check I kissed him instead. Didn't find that out till months later. Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-19012008004030549242011-06-02T12:43:00.000-07:002014-06-09T13:56:02.798-07:00Kyla & Steve: How We Met<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With blogging I would really like to use it as a journal of things going on and past memories that I dont want to forget. For my first real entry I want to start with the most important story, the story of how I met my husband. <br />
It all began November 10th, at BYU-Idaho, they have school dances every Wednesday and Friday. I started out going country and ballroom dancing every week until one week I decided to switch it up and go swing dancing rather then country dancing. When I got there I saw one of the girls from my major and decided to kind of hang out and talk to her. As we were standing around waiting for guys to ask us to dance I saw him, he was cute and looked like he really knew how to dance and that impressed me because I love guys that know how to dance and would love more then anything to have someone to go dancing with all the time. As I danced with other guys I kept hoping he would soon ask me. Finally after a little while he asked me to dance. Just as I saw he was a really good dancer and he was really funny and easy to talk to. He ended up asking me a second time that night. On our second dance I found out he remembered my name and I thought well he has to be intrested if he remembers my name because I never remember names when I go dancing. At the end of the dance I waited around a little bit to see if he would ask my number but he didnt. I was a little disappointed but then remembered he told me he loved going latin dancing on fridays so I thought maybe I would go so I could see him again.<br />
When friday came around I was excited and nervous at the same time because I didn't want to look like a stalker and it was so not me to go after a guy. When I got to the building where the dance was I almost turned around and forgot all about it but I decided that all things happen for a reason and whatever happens there are plenty men in the sea. When I got there I didnt see him and was kind of worried he wouldnt show up that night, but thirty minutes after I had arrived I finally saw him. I said hi to let him know I was there and went on dancing. Later he asked me to dance and we talked and flirted some more and then the dance ended. There was another guy there that I had met ballroom dancing and had kind of became friends with. We decided that half way through the dance we would switch and go to ballroom. When the time came for us to leave I was sad cause Steve hadn't asked me to dance again and I still hadn't gotten his number. As I slowly put on my coat to leave, he came up and asked me to dance with him one more time before I left. We danced to two songs in a row and thought well if he doesnt ask my number now then I dont think he ever will. When the two dances had finished he walked me back to the door for me to go to ballroom, as we were walking he finally asked for my number. Then I met up with the other guy and walked to ballroom dancing and then he started dancing with me a lot. Later that night he asked my number also and asked me to go out with him that Saturday night to a dance concert with him so I told him why not.<br />
When I got to my apartment I felt pretty cool to have gotten asked by two guys for my phone number and talked to my roommate about it. One I liked just as a fun friend to hang with and the other I was more intrested in. Well an hour after I had gotten home I got a call from Steve and he ended up asking to go to the same concert that coming night. I had no idea what to do, so I talked to my roommate and decided I would cancel with the other guy and go out with Steve. I had never done that before so I felt really bad and hoped I wouldnt see the other guy at the concert. In the end it ended up that the tickets for the dance concert where sold out, so we decided we would go to Inception instead. He didn't have a car so we ended up walking about a mile to the cheap theater. During that time we talked a lot. Talking with him came so easy. I tried to see if he would hold my hand during the movie by leaving my hand always free but he didn't and in away that was nice to know he wouldn't rush things like my past boyfriends. After I got home he called back and wanted to see me the next day and have dinner at his apartment. I thought wow I guy that can cook, sweet! When I got there he had made instant potato's, chicken nuggets, and instant gravy, how romantic *wink*. Then after we said the prayer his roommate came out dressed as a waiter with a towel as an apron, swim trunks, and a t-shirt. He had a sparkling cider bottle filled with water and poured it for us. I was laughing so hard and then later his roommate had to leave and tried to sneak out by crawling to the door. We then watched YouTube clips. From that day on Steve and I where together every day since and I never ended up going on a date with that guy that I turned down.Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310237105793105136.post-86145863422540625892011-06-01T23:45:00.000-07:002011-06-01T23:45:35.092-07:00Ok can't write enough on my facebook about my life, so why not blog?So have been trying to decided for a long time if I should start a blog. When I asked my mom about it she said well once you start one you have to be commited. So i tried to think if i would write on it a lot and what I would write about and if it was worth it on not. I figured im on facebook a lot and like to up date my status a lot and see what people have to say about it that I felt like I wanted to do something where i could write more about my life and even more wanting to now that im married and have great things to write about. So here it goes my name is Kyla Oaks, was Kyla Young about a month ago but I married the man of my dreams on April 30th. All of that story I will get to later. I love ballroom dance, photography, interior design, music, the gospel, my family, my husband, really green places and flowers, reading, movies, ice cream, good quality food, being a wife, having my own apartment to take care of and decorate, and just plan enjoying life. I was born August 22, 1991 weighting 3lbs 1oz and had to stay in the hospital for a month before getting to go home with my parents. I'm the oldest of 4 girls. All and all I had a pretty good childhood but for sure had some challenges of my own but was happy all the same. Learned to be strong and independent. I love people of all ages and love just getting to know all about them and talking to them. Everyone has a great life story to tell that you can learn from and laugh along with. I love to sleep because being relaxed and covered in blankets is the best feeling. I love the 50's, if only life could be like that today but without it being after the war :P. I'm very open and not afried to be myself. Well there is a little about me and Ill talk to you again soon. Goodnight!Kyla Oakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461284252993559391noreply@blogger.com2