New blog for Ben and I

I made a blog for Ben and I to keep people who want updated on whats going on in our lives our blog address is benandkaylasherman.blogspot.com

Married Life!!!

We have been married over two months now. It has been so crazy. We got into our house later than we wanted. We wanted to have our house ready as possible. That didn't work out. We currently are living in the basement while we remodel upstairs. We have made alot of progress though. I am excited to be able to live upstairs one day.
Our wedding day was absolutely perfect and I loved every minute of it. I don't think I stopped smiling once during the day. I am just glad the planning is over with. I love being married. It is nice to not have to leave Ben at night. Even though we are remodeling life feels less crazy than when we were engaged.
Thats just a little update on our life. I am contemplating making us a blog.

Just thinking about my life

I feel so crazy busy right now. I am working over 40 hours a week. Trying to plan a wedding, get into a house and lots of other things. Right now I should be in bed or putting addresses together. But here I am on the computer typing this blog.
Tonight Ben and I sat outside. It it a nice night. Just the right temperature. I love summer. But I was looking up at the stars and I thought wow my life is going to change in 44 days. I am excited, nervous and scared for the change. I am nervous because i have never lived away from home. I have lived in Farmington for most of my life. I am scared because I don't know how to cook. But luckily Ben is good at cooking. I am excited because I won't have to leave Ben at night or vis versa. But tonight I thought about how my life will consist of coming home from work to Ben. I am excited to spend my life and eternity with Ben. I love you Benjamin!

Proposal pictures

WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!

Ben and I got engaged a little over two weeks ago on June 23rd. It was a Thursday and I usually get off earlier on Thursday. We planned on going on a bike ride and having a picnic. I was kind of tipped off when he had the idea of the picnic two days before and then the day before he said he would take care of the food. I was also tipped off because when he got to my house he already had my water bottle filled and came down asking where my camelback was. We decided to do legacy trail. We going along biking and looking for a pavilion along the way. About 8 miles on the trail we find one and stop to eat. He got Wingars to-go (which is where we went for our first date) For dessert he brought these chocolate eggs that he brought back from Portugal. These chocolate eggs also have a plastic egg inside with a little toy. So he took one of eggs and broke it apart carefully and put the ring inside the plastic egg. So when I opened it there was my ring. He got down one knee and said "Kayla Lynn Spears" I looked at him with a funny look on my face. It took him a minute to say Simmons. It was hilarious. One the ride back I just started laughing out loud. He did such a good job with how he proposed and all. I loved it. He is so great. We are getting married September 29th. The last two weeks have been crazy with planning and such. Luckily I found my wedding dress today. That was a huge stress relief. We also put an offer on a house. Woot Woot!!! hopefully they accept it. Pictures to come soon!

All good things sometimes come to an end!

I love babies. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love babies. I was the girl in church who took people's babies. My favorite people to babysit were those who had little babies. As a little girl I never liked barbies. I always asked for baby dolls.

I was very excited to start this job at a daycare, one because I love kids and two I got to work in the two babies room. I felt inspired to apply at this daycare. I pretty much even had a job at another daycare, but gave it up because I felt better about apply at this one. At the time of my hire they made me sign a one year contract with them. If I quit before this one year contract I would have to owe them 500 dollars. This freaked me because I didn't know what was going to happen in 6 months from then let alone a year. But I also felt calm because I knew this was where I was supposed to be.

The first two days of work I loved it. I loved the teacher I worked with and things were great. I didn't even mind the 10 hour days. The third day however was different. There was a different teacher I hadn't worked with yet. From the moment I walked in the room she was so rude to me. By the end of the day I thought I was going to cry. I went from loving my job to hating it. The next day she was still being rude. She said something to me and I called her out on being rude to me. From there things got better. We worked so well together and I love my job again. Well that changed once again. She started being rude to me again. One day at work I started crying and told her she was being rude and mean.

Long story short my boss called and gave me some options. One option was to continue working in my position as is. Two option would be for me to find another classroom in the daycare, and three I could walk away without paying the contract fee. I told her another option of us switching position. (Apparently she was forced into the this position and I took her position) So I decided to walk away and find another job.

In the midst of trying to find another job I feel very blessed. I was already feeling stressed about how Ben and I could make together. I was only making minimum wage. That very week they cut our hours from 40 to 35 or even less. So I would be making alot less without those five hours a week. I just feel blessed I was able to get out of the contract and not worry so much about the fewer hours.

So here's to me and job search again. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Life is good!

Valentines, Week 2, and Elder Kyle Update

Well I wrote this post like a month ago which was already late...but here it is anyway!
Valentines was so fun because I got to share it with Ben. He wouldn't tell me what we were doing. It was a complete surprize. He came and got me and told me we were going to get take out from outback steak house. We ordered our food and had an hour before it would be ready. We decided to go to 2 of our favorite stores. Downeast Outlet and Ross. At Downeast we found Ben sherman shirts. Of course I had to get it. He he. Then we went to ross. We had gone to another Ross another day and I tried on a shirt I loved but didn't get it. We saw it at this other Ross. Ben decided to get it for me. I love it. Its a nice black shirt with white polka dots. He also bought me a Ben Sherman belt. After Ross we went and picked up our food. Found a place to park and eat it. He had brought a Martinellis with clear plastic cups. We ate our food and drank the Martinelli. It was so good. We decided we should make this a Valentines tradition to have take out in the car. (Next year he said he was going to kick it up a notch with candles on the dashboard) What a cutie he is? I love him. We then exchanged gifts. He made me a cute card, a box of whitmans chocolates, and a stuff animal dog. I have been telling him I want a dog one day. I think this dog will do for now. Less maintanence. I got him a picture of Christ and made him a card. Back in december we to temple square to see the lights. There happen to be a art gallary going on and we decided to take a look. We fell in love with this painting of christ. I kinda forgot about it until January. I had the brillant idea to get him a copy of the picture for valentines day. I got ahold of the publisher and they said they could get me a copy before valentines. I kept calling to make sure. They kept telling me it was going to happen. Well a week before I called again to make the order and they told me they couldnt do it. I was really bummed and didnt know what to do. So I then went to deseret book and found another painting of christ I liked and bought that. Then after gift exchange we went to game stop (Ben's choice) and then we made fried banna splits.
Week 2 of my job got alot better except for one aspect. The same lady that gave me trouble the first week started to give another set of troubles. Apparently she had my position as the floater before I did. She wanted my positon back. My boss came and talked to me about trading positions. She is one of the main teachers for the toddlers. I told her I loved being the floater and working with both babies and todders. I was so stressed because I loved the babies too. The next it finally work out. Turns out she was really stressed with her position. Now they are going to alliviate some of her duties and dellegate them out so it's more even and give her more preparation time.
This job has been so goood for me thus far. I feel very acomplished at the end of the day. I feel like I can give them the love they need that they are missing while their parents are at work. Even though its only minimum wage it is very rewarding. I love holding and caring for the babies. I love teaching and playing with the toddlers. I felt very acomplished when I able to connect with one of the parents and help them feel better about their child being in daycare. WOOT!!!!
Kyle is officially out in North Carolina. He has been there for about 2 weeks now. He has been out just over a month. Crazy only 23 months to go. I am so proud of him. I miss him alot. I actually miss him taking up the tv to play xbox and the mess he leaves in the basement. He seems to be doing well.