Planning

I've got a big announcement! drum roll... We are gettin married! FOR REALS. FOREVER. I can't believe the big day is only a little over 6 months away! I have started wedding planning, I even called the temple today and scheduled it! Ahh! The big day is June 27th, 2015. On that day he will be mine forever :) I. AM. SO. PUMPED. Other than scheduling the temple, I also got a FANTASTIC wedding photographer! You can check out her blog here. I have been texting her, she is so nice and I am excited to work with her! I am kind of having a hard time with Klay not being here to help me...sometimes I just really want his opinion on things! But I want it to be all planned for the most part when he gets home so that we can just have fun and not have to worry about wedding stuff. Some people probably think I'm crazy...I'm not even engaged for heavens sake. haha But...I know what I'm doing. trust me. :) I wouldn't be planning if I had even an inkling of doubt. Can he just come home already?? 4 more months!!!

-Lacey lou waiting for you

Sweets

I have been eating a lot of sweets lately...mostly because I am procrastinating doing chemistry homework so I bake cookies and such, but it was also Halloween the other day and hardly any kiddos came knocking, so I have been eating all the candy. Klay called me "sweets" this week, he has called me a lot of things, "honey bunches of oats", "louchadorcita (little fighter)", "babe-a-lou", but never "sweets"...I thought it was quite "sweet" of him.

"thank you sweets! haha when i was little, my mom would always call me sweets. one day i came upstairs she was cooking cookies and she said "how are ya sweets?" i said "Good! and speakin of sweets!" haha and ate the cookies. did i mention that was in my super chubby years. . . :) hehe. love you lou. Search for some good talks this week and send em to me my sweets! :)"

oh Klay, I love him. I sent him a note card with a tic tac toe game drawn on it a few weeks ago...after a year and a half my letters are all starting to sound quite mundane, so I decided to start adding silly things, like tic tac toe games. I decided to be X's and I put an X in one of the spots, I was waiting for him to send it back with an O in a different spot and then...

...I got this picture on Monday... I couldn't stop smiling for about an hour straight.

So he's my sweets. :)

Stuck

I really should be writing a paper right now, but I have just been really frustrated and I just need to write about it somewhere. Have you ever felt like you are stuck in a stage of your life that you will never get out of? Like you know someday it will all change, but in the moment it just seems like it is going to go on like this forever. That is how I am feeling. And I know this is a terrible outlook on life...I know a lot of you are thinking, geez just enjoy life, stop complaining blah blah blah. Let me tell ya, I'm trying, but like I said, I feel stuck. I feel like Klay is never coming home. Like I have been saying for a few months now, it is so close! But he is still not here. And I understand that might make me sound pathetic also... like I should be able to find friends and be social with other people besides Klay. which, again, makes me feel like I am stuck. I feel like I talk to a lot of people, and have a lot of friends, but lets face it, guys don't want to hang out with a girl who doesn't want to date them and I have always gotten along better with guys than girls. I loved last year, because I became really good friends with that group of guys and I always knew I would have fun with them, but now they are all gone to different places and I just feel alone. I am sick of trying to make new friends all the time, like can't people just come into your life and stay for a while? why does everyone leave? So i'm about to the point where I give up on being social and just wait for Klay. I guess I'll just stay stuck for 6 more months.

SIX!

Wow. I feel like I have so much to say and not the words to say it. I guess first of all... ONLY 6 MONTHS LEFT! The reality of how soon he comes home just keeps sinking in more and more! When I say 6 months, it seems like a lot....that's half a year. But! we started with 24, so I am pretty proud of how low of a number 6 is. We talk about it all the time. Maybe it's not a good thing, but I can't help telling him how excited I am, and it's a plus to hear him say how excited he is :) I always remind him to not be trunky though...don't worry :) If I thought he wasn't extremely focused on the work, i wouldn't talk about it as much, but he can handle it :) Second thought.. general conference was SO GOOD! I miss watching conference with my family, or with people for that matter. haha But I think being able to watch it on my own was a much needed experience. I was able to really focus on what they were saying with no distractions. They talked a lot about personal revelation, which meant a lot to me. I tend to not talk about little revelations that I have so much because sometimes I feel like it makes me sound like a crazy person. :) Like saying it out loud, "i had a revelation" i don't know it just sounds strange.. but really it is so special and it is such an amazing gift that Heavenly Father has given us to be able to receive revelation from him for ourselves. I don't remember receiving very many revelations before Klay left, maybe I wasn't paying attention, or I just wasn't asking a whole ton of questions about my life. I did receive some that I can remember, but ever since he left I have had to have a lot of questions answered and a lot of comfort given, about him and just about my life in general. I have to say, without the revelation I received, I don't think I would have waited. I couldn't have waited two years without knowing for myself that I would end up marrying him, it would just be too hard! So I am extremely grateful for the power of prayer, fasting, the scriptures, and definitely personal revelation. I have experienced tremendous blessings from all of them! President Uchtdorf (He is my absolute favorite btw) talked about this in one of his talks, he says:

"The Everlasting and Almighty God, the Creator of this vast universe, will speak to those who approach Him with a sincere heart and real intent. He will speak to them in dreams, visions, thoughts, and feelings. He will speak in a way that is unmistakable and that transcends human experience. He will give them divine direction and answers for their personal lives. Of course, there will be those who scoff and say such a thing is impossible, that if there were a God, He would have better things to do than hear and answer a single person’s prayer. But I tell you this: God cares about you. He will listen, and He will answer your personal questions."

I love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Honestly I do not know what in the world I would do without it. Even though my life isn't so spectacular right now, it's kinda lonely, I can still find peace and happiness through my Savior, Jesus Christ. And how grateful I am for that! Until next time :)

Lacey lou waiting for you :)

Update

Wow I am terrible at blogging. I'm still here don't worry! :) Now Summer is gone and I am back at Weber going to school, Weber state, Weber state, great great great! :) It is good to be back at school I suppose. Lots of my friends aren't going to Weber this year, so it has been kind of hard for me, but I am busy again so time is passing quickly! And that makes me so happy. Klay gets home in 7 months! WHAT?! yeah, crazy I know. I try not to mention it in every letter that I write to him haha It is just so exciting! Speaking of that, HERE is month 14, 15, and 16! Don't forget to read the poem :) As for Klay, he is doing really well. He has his first hijo (son) Elder Seibers, and he is really proud of him. haha Klay makes elder seibers speak spanish in his voice recordings to me to show me how well he taught him :) They always sound so happy in the recordings, so that is good :) They are having a lot of success recently! To this day, Klay has had 19 baptisms!! What a stud. :) So..yeah I like to brag about him, he's great. As for me waiting, well i'm still waiting! haha It is still extremely hard. But it has gotten easier after we hit the year mark. I think it only got easier because I have gotten used to him being gone. But I still think of him every day and wish that he could be here with me. As bad as waiting has been, it has been good. For both of us. I think we have both learned a lot about ourselves, each other, and we have truly learned how to rely on our Savior, which has been a blessing that I wouldn't trade for anything. Find joy in the journey :)
-Lacey Lou WAITING FOR YOU!

Photo Challenge!!

I sent Klay a list of pictures to take, but I can't remember the list! haha so I am going to have him send it back to me when he finishes taking them all and then I will post all of his pictures! But he also sent me a list of pictures to take and here is what I got so far :) I will keep updating as I take them :) It has been fun to take them, and it makes me happy to know what he misses seeing :)

#1: You!

#11: Giving my mom (Both) a Big ole hug! (part 1 :)

#18: Doing Family history work with a thumbs up and super exaggerated smile

#19 Reading scriptures with deep ponder

#32: With your doggies :) I took more than 1 haha

Favorite scripture!

YW medallion!

Bride and Groom

This summer I got a job catering. It has been good and bad. Most of the events I cater are wedding receptions, so I get to see some pretty good ideas, last night someone had a s'mores bar...sweet! but at the same time, I usually leave just really wanting it to be my turn. Also me and Klay have a date set... the 25th of July, 2015, and it is finally less than a year until that day :) But I am starting to think I want it to be earlier in July... i don't know, me and Klay will decide later. But anyways, so I am really really ready to get married haha and I pretty much have everything planned out. And I am going to share what I have planned. Thanks to pinterest :) I hope you enjoy :)

BRIDESMAIDS:

I love the idea of everyone having different dresses :) But dresses that match the colors :) The bridesmaids will probably be my sister and sister in law, Klay's sister and sisters' in law, and a few friends... those friends will just have to be surprised when I ask them :)

 GROOMSMEN

I love grey vests. I think they look so dang good. So that is what the groomsmen will wear, with the same color of ties, but different patterns. Klay will have to decide who the groomsmen will be :)

MY GROOM

Well my groom will be no other than Klayton Kelsey, and I am so excited about that. :) I want him to wear this suit. haha He wants a black tungsten ring... :)

DA RING

This is the perfect ring! I have actually gone to try on rings a couple times and I love the rose gold ones. Not too much rose gold, but yeah, this is pretty much perfect.

THE DRESS

I don't really know what dress I want, I need to try more on, but I think these are super pretty :) I also love the mermaid style, but it has to be the right dress, I love lace and the sparkly belt around the waist.

FLOWERS AND COLORS

I want bright, summery colors. Teal, orange, yellow, pink :)

RECEPTION

I love the idea of a date jar, because I am terrible at deciding what to do! Plus I think people could put things that you would never think of! It is going to be in my backyard, and I want the yard decorated in lights :) Me and Klay have a thing for making lemonade, so that is a must for our wedding. I love the "love is sweet" theme for treats. I also want fireworks! and glow sticks, sparklers for the send off :) I want dancing as part of the reception, and when we cut the cake I am smashing it in his face :) 

PICTURES:

I of course want a lot of pictures to capture that special day. I have been waiting for it for a while, and I want great pictures to remember it for all of my life. Here are some that I definitely want to get.

I want an engagement picture with all of our letters!