Just another one of those things ....

Just another one of things when Heavenly Father says.. YEP.. stay here.. This is exactly where you are supposed to be.. EVEN WHEN I DONT WANT TO HEAR IT! haha... so...recently as you all know... I got accepted and enrolled in classes. and i also put in for time off work at christmas to go home..all in which my job denied ..and tickets are non refundable... yep NON refundable.. TOO bad. I am going home at christmas haha.. anyways.. we have been trying so hard to figure out what to do lately.. and we have both been stressed major.. about finances, and quitting my job because of school. If i dont quit now.. i quit then right?..and what new job is to come? can i even work with school right now? will the whole $200 i would make as a student employee pay all our bills??.would i even find another job, as it took me four months to find this one??.. and yet.. we decided to take a big leap of faith.. Today.. I went to talk to my boss at TB about school. and getting my time off.and putting in my two weeks.... Well he still didnt budge on the time off, but said he would be more than willing to work with my schedule, and would really like it if i at least worked until christmas..but said unfortunately he cannot grant my time off. so i would need to put in my two weeks then... WHAT????... what the heck... what a blessing. Thank you Heavenly father for continuing to help us. Seriously.. we appreciate it so much. You sometimes make things so clear. ok all the time, i just dont always see it right away... So thank you. :)

Happy Birthday Dad!

yep.. its true.. My dad is 51! This time last year i was setting up for his big suprise party... he really had no idea. .. I really miss my dad alot. I am my daddy's little girl. He takes good care of all his children..but im the first born girl! Daddy's girl! Yep! Sorry marlie.. but its true.. its me! He will tell you its me too, because im a big investment. haha.. I mean.. What dad wouldnt bail thier favorite daughter out of jail!? right dad!? .. Anyways.. My dad.. i have to brag.. he is the man! He does more service than anybody i know, and he is such a good example. I hope to carry on that quality. He helps anyone in need, if he knows you have one. He is a wonderful man. and he puts up with all of us. My dad is also a very big supporter, and understands. I could talk to him for hours. He gives great advice. .. man im just a lucky girl arent i? to have the best mom and dad in the world.. i even have pretty fantastic In laws too. I love you daddy! wish i could have been home to enjoy your steak and shrimp birthday dinner and make you gorilla poop cookies(no bakes) haha.

Kilie Jaccy Rainey....or...Farnsworth???

hahaha.. well for alot of reasons... not sure what they are anymore... but we have now been married almost 9 months.. and my name is still Kilie Jaccy Rainey. haha. still not changed. .... we need to fix this. Its just alot of paperwork because now i am a student. its getting hard to decipher where i am kilie rainey and where i am kilie farnsworth though. because on somethings.. like church records..and insurance through the state.. i am kilie farnsworth. but on other things like school..and mail..and work.. i am Kilie Rainey.. so which is it??... Soon, i will be.. Kilie Jaccy Rainey Farnsworth. how about we just keep em all??.. Yep.. its all just a matter of when.

Phone-Less

Yep... still without a phone. today is officially day 7. the phone i ordered better come in today. ... i am complaining..however it actually has been pretty nice. I did ok without one. the biggest thing was not being able to talk much with my husband through-out the days. but he did good and let me borrow his phone a few days and just texted me on his computer. :) .. Anyways.. sorry to all who have tried to get ahold of me.. I officially lost my good phone in the toilet last thursday. That is the best phone i had i think. it lasted me seriously almost the whole two years before the upgrade. i only had 2 more months. Thats the longest i have had the SAME phone. haha.. sweet. Anyways.. im excited to try the new phone.. but not happy about this extra 30 bucks a month i am going to have to pay for some sort of data package. Eventually the whole corporation of cell phones are going to be switched to all smart phones. might as well switch to one now huh?.. anyways.. being phoneless.. it sucks.

Poker Night

Well.. What a night. haha. Well.. Last week we had a big game night(pictures and videos to come) and laughed so hard that this week we decided to do it again this week. They brought pizza, we had dessert, and the LET THE GAMES begin. Huston finally got some good use out of his Poker set from his Bachelor party. We decided to have a poker night. It was really fun. We all wore sunglasses, had poker names, and the play was legit. Melissa tricked us, and told us.. Chris wasnt so good at the game.. but turns out he burned us all. He had a lucky night on the poker playing field. haha.. we are all Cheesy we know.. but it was fun to have a "THEMED" and costumed night! We really enjoyed ourselves. Good memories! Melissa was called "Cherry Blossom" because she was the Asian. Huston was "Hitler" because he had the german hat. and Chris was "Six gunslinger Mcgrath" why i dont know..but it fit him. haha.. and i was "Mustang Sally" and had a lucky umbrella. Not too long into the play, and after betting big.. I started to gain the name.. Slingers accountant. Haha.. he was nice enough to let me work for him when i was broke. (punk) ... We had a good time to say the least.

Ko-Ko Head

Today randomly we hiked Ko Ko head with our friend Seth. It was fun. :) haha.. this time i was in a little bit better shape and able to enjoy it.. however it was hard. pictures to prove it. its not a long hike.. but its soo BEAUTIFUL at the top. and i would say its worth it. The veiw is great and its a challenge. Good work out. :) It was a fun adventure! Havent had much of that in a while. Our lives suddenly turned to normal. so it was nice to do something random for a change in the past couple months or so.

Happy Birthday MOM!!!!

(Aug 23) was my mother's birthday. i have been a blog slacker..but Just wanted to tell her how much i LOVE her! She seriously is an awesome woman..and i am finding more and more in my life as a wife, how much she really taught me that i never realized she was teaching me. She is such a good example and a great mom to say the least. She has taught me the importance of education..and recently i am greatful for that... :) haha.. Anyways.. I love you mom! you are amazing, and i know i still have so much to learn from you. Happy 50th Birthday. yep.. i said it. she is 50. :) I wouldnt be her ruthless daughter if i didnt post her age on my blog!

This cute quote reminded me for sure of me and my mother!!

**At the age of 4:Mom knows everything! At 8 Mom knows a lot! At 12 Mom doesn’t really know everything. At 14 Mom doesn’t know anything. At 16 Mom doesn't exist. At 18 She’s old fashion. At 25 Maybe Mom does know about this!At 35 Before we decided, let’s ask Mom. At 45 I wonder what Mom thinks about this? At 75 I wish I could ask my Mom about this. ... However i think my mom will still be alive when im 75. she is a fighter. haha

Day 4...SUCKKKEDD!

umm this morning i woke up at 5 am and rocked work out...and then i died at work somewhere between 11-1 and my legs were literally hardly functioning. I was so stiff in every way shape or form. and i have a MASSIVE BLISTER on my foot. Anyways.. it was hard to tell.. but apparently in the end i did not come out on top to be selected for the team. but you know what? .. I think i only cried to Huston for about 10 minutes and i was ok. It was a good experience and Heavenly fathers plan. I think i have known all along that i was not supposed to make the team deep down. I had my husband give me a priesthood blessing sunday to help me through the week, and The blessing talked a lot about other things in my life, like service opportunities and school and also a lot was in the blessing about comfort and frustration. Heavenly Father's sly i tell you.. his plan all along was to get me back into school ultimately. You know what... i did my best. thats all i can say. I played my hardest that i could after not playing for 3 years. I made some awesome new friends. worked hard. and gave it my ALL. what else can ya do?.. I am not even mad. I will admit.. They are all in great shape and uuber strong and great players... something i wouldnt be for another couple months of training. so its ok. About mid week anyways.. i decided i would rather not be spending all my time in the gym. we live in HAWAII for heavens sake. :) Anyways.. To top off being CUT from the team.. i dropped my phone in the toilet. FML. haha. just kidding. but seriously. Thanks for everyone's support. I look forward to supporting my new friends in their season! I might possible be their student manager instead. Its actually a paid student job. that i would love! so hopefully that works out. .. I am still a little bummed.. but trying to stay positive.

Day 3 ...

omg omg omg... sometimes.. i guess you just have to keep on pushing. Ill be the first to say i can barely move.. i cant squat to sit down on the damn toilet....and i have a MASSIVE blister on the bottom of my foot. I found out today that it will be on friday they probably make the final cut. i am working so hard. i have mixed feelings. apart of me is soo not ready for this kind of time commitment, and the other part of me.. wants to play so bad because heavenly father somehow made this happen for me. but you know what... even though i am literally dying physically... little things have continued to make it all worth it. like coming home today to an immaculate house, rearranged furniture, and a bed made! I Love my husband so much. This morning he made my lunch and was a little late to class just to help me out with anything i needed, and he told me how proud of me he was. it does not get much more supportive than that. I could have cried it meant so much to me. And my friend Sherry came by and dropped off some AMAZING cinnamon rolls. she is the bomb. :) ... Oh and i visited Kelly who was sick, and i was supposed to be seeing how she was doing and ask her if there was anything i could do for her, but because i opened my big mouth and complained about how sore i was.. she got up and made me a banana smoothie to help with potassium!! .. Man.. Heavenly Father.. he just has his ways. Not to mention today was a crazy day. Morning work out was HARD as fetch, and then i had to come home long enough to dry out and get dressed, and go strait to work. after work it was strait back to try-outs. When will the madness end? i am swamped. my mom says its because i am growing up. haha i do not believe her! lol this is not growing up. haha..anyways.. I love you all readers. thanks for your support!! Ill keep you posted.. ps.. sorry that OUR blog has been ALL about me lately. ha. Just a lot has been going on. I will tell you all that HUston is rocking his classes and has been super motivated this term and is a fantastic husband to me, oh and he has lost about 15 pounds and is still going!! :) i want to sleep. goodnight.

Day 2 Try-OUT

DAY 2 of try-outs consisted of 6am work out. falling asleep for 3 hours and back to a intense 4 hour practice. haha. i was expecting to find out from coach about playing or not.. however.. looks like it might be a few more days before i know about being on the team or not. Today was good. i felt confident and strong. Just got to keep pushing.

Volleyball Try-out DAY 1

First of all... I have to say.. Congrats Kelsey!! Welcome Aubrey!! :) second of all..
IM ALIVE. haha. Todaay was not so bad. it was very doable at practice. The morning sure started out with trials though. For a while i was not sure if i was going to be eligible to play today. but the lord for sure pulled through on my side. For some reason im supposed to try this out... so im going for it. My only fear is that its just going to get harder and harder. Which it is. haha.. so im told. but today was managable. Alot of volleyball touches... alot of team work. It was really fun actually. I am not sure exactly how things are going to do.. I feel confident about trying-out though. so we will see where it takes me. Only down side. starting 6am workouts 2morrow, along with 4 hr. practices. CRAZY schedule. I barely saw my husband today. this never happens. and i think today after talking to Huston, if i make the team...we figured out a way for me to still work a student job. All my classes seems to be available on tues. and thurs. too. so im going to try to keep it that way. ps.. it will be fun. Huston and i have 2 classes together. :) Anyways.. just wanted to clue you all in..and tell everyone thank you so much for your help, i have had nothing but positive encouragment and thank you for all the texts this morning. It really meant alot, and helped. my mom keeps teling me.. nothing is worth having if its easy. haha.. thats how it works i guess. so.. Volleyball day one went well but i have no shame in saying.. i need to get my REAR IN GEAR. my butt is outta shape.

Friday the 13th.

Friday the 13th..ooo spooky right?? not.. i dont believe at all in the suspicions of this day because of today... today was different. today heavenly father had to have answered all my prayers from the past 3 weeks. Every single one of them. So it was a good day. Sorry i wont bore all of you. my blog posts have been kind of long latley. but so much has been going on. My life is changing so much. :) and so fast. Recently i have made the best desicion ever to go back to school. i will be getting my Elementary and Special Education degree. and today... yes TODAY.. at the last possible minute i was ACCEPTED!!! into BYU-H! and i can officially set foot on the court monday at 2:30 for try-outs for the VOLLEYBALL team. Wish me luck! I will keep everyone posted on that part.. but even if volleyball doesnt work out for me, i need to be back in school. For some weird reason, i am super motivated to finish and get my degree(never thought that would happen) out of no where my heart changed. haha. Huston and i should be graduating around the same time. We shall see! The way i see it.. is there are SOOO many student opportunities here. I knew i would regret later in my life, of not taking advantage of this chance NOW, where we can get grants and live poorly together and be students. I am so excited! sorry to exxagerate the excitement.. im sure once school actually starts. i will be alot LESS excited. ha

My voice needs to be heard!

i want to post some positive things about this week that made me smile. :) Blog post word of the evening... FANTASTIC:)

- MOTIVATING texts from my mom that say anything worth having is worth working for. :) and/or exactly what i needed to hear. Some people are just wise i tell ya;) haha.

- a friend posting a dance party video on our facebook page telling us she misses us and seeing her dance crazy to our favorite song. Love you OLIVIA! ..shes the best there is!

- Huston made me breakfast in bed the other morning...even though i am not a morning person, nor was i ready to wake up.. A smiling husband and the smell of bacon made my day. I love the man, literally never knew it was possible to love someone so much. He makes me SMILE and LAUGH every day no matter the circumstance. :)

- A good friend of ours.. Did our hair. Huston chopped his fro, and i went brown again and chopped a healthy trim off. She always does a wonderful job on both of us. It made our morning to get to hang out with some of our very first friends in hawaii again..we love em. for the record, they have the best baby ever!

-My visiting teachers are the best. they have become good friends of mine, and i love it when they come over. :)

-Today, i baked cream puffs. chocolate pudding, whipped cream, and chicken salad fillings. Super yummy. super easy. my only complaint is the process, of filling every single puff. They really turned out good. If you want the recipe let me know!

-crafty.. scrapbooked tonight with some awesome girlies. LOVE them. we even used a cricket. made me think of my aunti. and my mom. and miss crafting. but hey.. i was crafting:) it was fantastic!
(Dear mom: can you please send me my cricket that for some reason never made it into my possession somehow?;) haha just kidding. Funny i know!)

-I can officially try out for the volleyball team. bad news is: NCAA is not very user friendly. its a process to say the least. and i only hope to be ready by MONDAY for try-outs

-work... oh my goodness. at work, i was actually thanked for doing something and catching up on a few things, from my boss, who sometimes, not going to lie, can make me feel pretty dang insecure... i felt fantastically good about that. and i am also training a new girl who i enjoyed getting to know.

-officially got laundry done, changed sheets, and deep cleaned the bathroom. Huston deep cleaned the stove, and kitchen..and a clean house to say the least.. Just rocks. it just does.

-my friend Lauren, one of my only friends on the HS softball team moved here with her husband in the military. i am excited about this.

-i have run into 3 friends this week that i hardly ever see anymore, and it really makes my day...and they are all wonderful women who are great examples to me,i always leave thinking in my head.. I wish i was like her!there are just those people in your life that you feel so much love for. Its sad not to see them much anymore, but its always good when i do.

-My mother-in-law FOUND A JOB!!! we are so happy for her, and proud!! She will be a wonderful nurse, and we are so greatful our prayers have been answered and she has been blessed

ok.. i just realized what a good week it was and had to brag... because honestly... they are little things.. but i remember thinking after everyone of these things.. THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER, that was a blessing. Life is so exciting when you really see the Lord's hand in it! I smile alot more! Its FANTASTIC!

Capt. Jack Sparrow/Johnny Depp

ok. Saturday night was like the best date night EVER. we finished up SCUBA and wanted to treat ourselves to dinner. we found an AMAZING sea food buffet, however $45 a person was not what we were looking to spend so we settled for RED LOBSTER. after that we were on our drive home, and we noticed all the fans were still in the fan section by the black pearl where they are shooting for Pirates 4 in Kaneohe Bay. JOhnny Depp had not shown up for the night yet. so we ... stopped.. waited only 1 hr this time...and got to shake Johnny Depps hand. It was incredible. He took the time to say hello and shake every single one of his fans hands. That just goes to show the real caliber of person he was. He was so good to children, and very respectful to his fans. I couldnt believe it. He was asking peoples names and really shaking thier hands and looking them in the eye... It makes me that much more of a fan! He is so great. Capt. Jack Sparrow. YOU ROCK! Good thing Huston is tall because he was able to take some GREAT photos. :) Yep.. these are live photos.. Johnny Depp was right before our eyes.

CERTIFIED!

Huston and I are now.. Certified SCUBA divers!! Dive Master Roger is the bomb! We had such a good time FINALLY doing open water dives. We saw some HUGE turtles and some awesome fish! It was so neat to finally be down in the ocean. We cant wait to go again now that we are certified, it will be a whole heck of alot cheaper. :) Roger was so awesome, after we were certified he took us for a nice little sunset sail deeper into the ocean so we could enjoy his boat for a little bit to celebrate our new certification. it was so beautiful and neat to go on our first boat ride too! I got a little sea sick, but other than that.... WE LOVE HAWAII! its so dang beautiful! We killed two birds in one stone off of our "hawaii" bucket list, get SCUBA certified and go sailing!

STRESSSSSSSseeddd...

i have alot on my mind. Its a grumble post. sorry... Anyways.. recently ALOT has been happening in our lives. well my life. so.. since we have moved to Hawaii i have been unable to find FULL time work. Unless its working 2 jobs. anyways..Since i have been so motivated the past two weeks to stay busy i have started playing/working out with the Volleyball team here. SOOO MUCH FUN...and lo and behold... my thought process might go a little something like this... I am doing nothing with my life right now. I need to start spending my time better. i think later in life i will regret this oppurtunity to NOT go to school.We are here in Laie, where everyone is in the same boat, where BYU has made it 210% possible for us to be here, and there are so many oppurtunities.. WHy not go back to school? huh?Plus Huston is not ready for a baby yet, so why not do something with my life until he is ready? i am tired of waiting haha..so stay busy!.. yep.. and then the girls on the team kept saying to me.. you should try out. It doesnt hurt to try right??.. hmmm.. they may have creeped into my head a little. so all in one week.. prayed.. decided with my husband to apply to FALL semester. and try out for the volleyball team. In that same week i have had to make a video for the coach, meet with some eligibility lady, and get my rear in gear on this going to school thing. Even if i dont play volleyball, i still wanna be in school. ..anyways.. and in the same week.. like umm.. yesterday.. I was offered a FULL TIME job in the golf shop. What the heck???.... taking a huge leap of faith.. i turned down the job, and i am now just praying and hoping school works out. I feel strongly about this! .. Wish me luck. I am stressed up to the Wazooo...:)
Thanks for letting me grumble...thought i might catch you guys up alittle. :)

ps. Goals are going good! We are rocking our gym m-f goal, and reading/praying every night. and i have lost 6 ibs. and Huston has lost some tooo! yahoo!.. Life is good. :) umm.. Nail biting.. not going so well. but.. i am definately more aware and trying real hard. :)

pss. last night we waited 2.5 hrs to see Johnny Depp.. didnt happen. we will try again soon. they are shooting pirates 4 not to far from here. He actually shakes everyone's hand. so.. someday.. SOON. we will meet Johnny Depp.

Family history..

So basically .. here's the scoop. . Lanea Miller..she is in charge of holding our ward accountable for 200 of the 1000 names the stake is going to be accountable for when the Laie temple opens. that means 4 names per family in our ward! ... so she came over to help us last week. and apparently i didnt look to far into it.. because i got on the website and only saw that my entire family line of work was done. including Hustons line of work too. i was quite discouraged thinking great.. this is going to be harder than i thought. but wanted to be committed to finding out four names. ... well.. apparently thats not the case. After a few phone calls today to home, Huston's mother informed us that it was not finished there was quite a bit more to be done on his grandpa's side. so we hurry over to the computer and log-in and find that its TRUE!!!!! We go for a little hunt and ended up finding about 12 names on Huston's family's side. We are soo excited to do the work when the temple opens. After finding so many names on Huston's side, i then thought.. hmm.... there is no way my side is finished too with my dad being a convert. So i log-in to my account..and sure enough started uncovering at least 33 names to do in the temple. It is mostly mens ordinances, but i am so excited to send them to my brother and dad so they can do the work of his family. This work is really fun. We will soon be doing our OWN family names in the temple. I know i never knew these ancestors, and i know nothing about them... but the spirit in the temple is so different when you are doing personal family names. I pray that they all accept the gospel and i just think how cool will it be one day, to meet them in the eternities and they will be waiting for us.. to thank us for bringing them to know the truth. Wow... this is amazing. :) ...if you havent started doing family history.. DO IT! its easy! make yourself an account on new.familysearch.org and get to work.