tadpole

no explanation needed.

enjoy your weekend,

k

engagement photos

here are some of my favorite engagement photos! my friend, steve chugg, is the photographer.

mrs.

this is the thank you card dave and i got in the mail from bed bath & beyond thanking us for registering...i couldn't help but feel a little giddy when i saw it! can you guess why?

it friday! enjoy,

k

sneak peek

we got our engagement pictures this week...here is a sneak peek!

the proposal

on friday dave met me at my work when i got off and told me to bring clothes to change into. he took me to mill ave to walk around. we went to tempe town lake and relaxed by the shore and took pictures. (i didn't know we were going to be walking around so much and i wore shoes that were not the best to walk around in). after leaving mill ave we went to fiesta mall. i had no clue at the time why we went there and i was annoyed that we were just wondering around aimlessly because i had a blister on my foot from my shoes. i ended up buying a new pair of shoes at the mall because my feet were killing me. when we were leaving the mall dave said, "oh babe! there is this cool place near here called organ stop pizza! we should go!"

so he took me to organ stop pizza and it was unlike anywhere else i have ever been. i am at a loss for words even trying to describe the place. but as you can see by the pictures and gather from the name, it is a pizza restaurant where you can enjoy organ music. the organist was playing all sorts of music ranging from phantom of the opera to little mermaid and everywhere in between. not only is the organ playing but it is completely orchestrated with percussion as well as lighting to go along with the music. people can put in requests for songs and it seemed the organist could play just about anything that was requested!

dave and i sat up on the balcony because the ground level was full of people. while we were eating one of my favorite songs (bridge over troubled water by simon & garfunkel) started playing. dave got really excited that they were playing that song. i asked him if he had asked them to play it and he told me no, but towards the end of the song he got down and proposed to me! after the song ended the organist got on a microphone and said, "i hear somebody may have some good news!" dave stood up and pulled me up with him and shouted, "she said yes!" the organist announced, "while i was playing the last song this young man was proposing to her" they shined a spotlight on us and everyone clapped and yelled, "congratulations!" a couple sitting at a table near us turned and said, "wow, today we are celebrating our 55th anniversary!"

after finishing our meal we drove to the temple, both of us calling our families and close friends on the way. we walked around the temple grounds and then went to dairy queen and enjoyed a refreshing desert together before heading to his house to share our exciting news with his family!

engaged!

dave and i are engaged! details coming soon!!!

happy weekend,
k

two turtles

it's funny how a couple of turtles on a rock can brighten your day.

hope you are enjoying your weekend,
kira

vanessa's wedding

my friend and former roommate vanessa was married on thursday, she looked so beautiful and happy! congrats vanessa!

sunny and 75

warm enough to lay out in the backyard....i love you arizona.

barnes and noble date

yesterday was my birthday and it was a very fun but chill evening. poor dave is sick and probably should have just stayed home and rested but he was such a trooper. he surprised me with a dozen beautiful roses, took me window shopping at all of my favorite stores (anthropologie, white house black market, barnes and noble) and took me to eat at one of my favorite restaurants. we had fun in barnes and noble reading eachother our favorite childrens books. he was very impressed with how lively of a reader i was. i guess being a nanny paid off!

roses and bangs

this week dave surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of red roses. he is the best.
oh yeah, and i got bangs. i've been wanting them for a while but decided they were too high maintenance for summer. i decided i could probably handle them now that fall has arrived. i'm still trying to decide if i like them or not.
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hope you're having a lovely week,
k

polaroid

yesterday i made the best purchase i've made in a long time--and it only cost me two dollars. i am now the proud owner of a polaroid. i was so excited that i immediately drug keisha out of the house for a photo shoot. i am in love with how the photos turned out.
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oh, and i also added some new photos here.

yellow

photo via

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howdy. i hope you all are having a lovely march so far. my march has come in like a lamb compared to the way my february finished. i was ever so lucky to be blessed with both strep throat and the flu last week. not a fun combination. but this week i am feeling much much better.

this week i have had my eye on yellow dressers. they are just so cheery. what a great way to brighten up a bedroom. i am dreaming of a refinishing project in my near future.

here's to a happy tuesday,
k

my morning mix

this morning as i got ready i hit shuffle on my iPod

and i was surprised by such a happy little mix

i thought i would share:

1) Way Back Into Love From Music and Lyrics

2) All These Things That I've Done by The Killers

3) Sunday Morning by Maroon Five

4) These Words Are My Own by Natasha Bedingfield

5) Some Days You Gotta Dance by The Dixie Chicks

6) I've Got the World on a String by Michael Buble

7) Check On It by Destiny's Child

8) Give it Up by The Format

9) Underneath Your Clothes by Shakira

10) Crooked Teeth by Deathcab For Cutie

11) It Ends Tonight by All American Rejects

12) Don't Lie by Black Eyed Peas

it was really such a happy way to start my morning!