Keith and Danielle!

4th of July...a bit late

2010-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here are some pictures of our fourth of july this year... pretty much just at the Kaysville Parade. But it was really fun! We brought our dog (cossette) and every little kid that saw her just had to come pet her, it was pretty cute. Our highlight of the parade was either the guy in the motorized lazy-boy (he knows how to travel, I had to convince keith not to try to make one) or the fact that we got a free tie for Keith! It actually looked pretty good too. We also went to Boondocks and got sprayed with their bumper boats and then went to the fireworks at the DATC that night. It was a great 4th! And we are excited for the 24th!!

Paramore Concert

2010-05-14T15:05:00.000-07:00

SO on monday (the 10th) Keith, my sister Brittany, and I went to see Paramore in concert. They sing songs such as Crushcrushcrush and Songs from Twilight and Misery Business, etc. It was so fun!! It was keith's first concert, and well he learned that they are very loud! Ha but he liked it anyways (he says next time he is bringing ear plugs to drown out the base and the screaming around him). They came with a group called "Fun." and it was that... fun, they had a good on-stage performance even though we had never heard them before. Then came Relient K, which we knew a few songs from them going into it but they didnt sing any that we knew, but my sister seemed to know them more than us. We still thought it was good.

But then after much anticipation finally came Paramore! It was so great!! Minus the screaming/screeching girl on the other side of Keith who probably wasnt going to be able to speak the next day. It was fun to rock out and sing with their songs. The energy was awesome! It made me miss going to concerts more often. So here are some pictures ....

Molly

2010-03-31T07:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Keith and I went to see Molly Susan Lillywhite (Sara and Fred's baby girl). She is so cute! She was so tiny! But had beautiful hair and so much of it! She was born on Sunday (the 28th) and we are so happy she is here. We went up to Logan and visited them and it was so much fun to see her! Fred and Sara already look like they are naturals at being parents. We hope to see them again soon... here are some pictures of Molly.....

Ouch!

2010-03-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

Wow so this weekend if you could have seen me (danielle) you would have laughed... I signed up for a new gym to go with my friend Kate Blom for some motivation since keith never comes with me to Crossroads gym. Kate looks awesome and so I thought maybe if I went with her I would look awesome too! Well I thought if I am going to do this I am going to do this right. So I signed up for a personal trainer and my first session was on Saturday. Yeah it involved my favorite work out... lunges YUCK! So an hour and a half later I am exhausted. Then I go to work for 4 hours doing massage, then went grocery shopping... I felt like I was going to collapse. Sunday morning came and I couldnt move! My legs wouldnt let me bend them without falling over. Keith had to help me walk wherever I went. It was a pretty funny sight to see im sure. I looked like I was a penguin waddling around since I was stiff legged. I wasnt able to work yesterday either since it was still pretty bad. No pain no gain, well I must have gained a ton of muscle! I have another session today and I am kinda scared to see what he will have me do. I hope I can move for the next few weeks. But I will see results, I can tell that already. Wish me luck!!

Barnes Banking Company is over!

2010-01-27T09:59:00.000-08:00

Thats right, for those of you who have heard. Barnes Banking Company went out of business and was taken over by FDIC after being open 119 years! It happened on January 15 (friday) at 4:30pm. All of a sudden we see the V.P's coming out of their offices, pulling people into them at an alarming rate and then one of my co workers states "they are here, the Feds are taking over, we are done", it was chaos, no one knew what was happening. People were rushing to clean out their personal items from their desks and crying while doing so. I felt like I was in jail because they told us to stay until 6 for a meeting and we couldnt leave and we couldnt tell anyone what was going on. It was scary! There was cops lining the doors too!!! And at the meeting they told us that it was over, no more Barnes Bank. And that we had to work overtime if possible so they could get things ready to reopen for customers the next week. It has been so crazy.

Some people have been let go. I have been told I will still have a job as long as they need me which may be for six months (at the latest). I am still not really sure how long. But I kind of have an important job that keeps me as an important asset. I process paid off loans. So you could see how that would get busy as it is closing. I went from a normal report of daily paid off loans of 20ish pages to a now 469 pages! IN ONE DAY! I hope it doesnt keep up like this. And the worst part is I have to wait for approval for everything. So we will see what happens. Luckily I have my other job doing massage. So I have the option to just work more hours doing that. Right now, the only way my mind can handle all of this is one day at a time.

Winter fun

2010-01-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday I took my CNA skills test for the state and I am 99.9% sure I passed!! YAY! It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. It helped that I had a nice lady as the tester. And I have a friend at work (the one who told me about the class that I took) who told me about her test experience and the things she had to do were the exact same as the card (list of skill at random that you have to perform) I got. So I kind of already knew what to expect. It was nice. Now on to the written part for tomorrow…

Keith started his classes. He thinks as long as he can keep up on homework that the classes will be a cinch! He has a crazy list of math homework that requires about 100 problems a week. That may not seem like a lot for a week, but when you have other classes and each problem takes a few minutes, its work. But that’s what school is about right…homework!

So we are starting to get sick of the cold and snow, Christmas is over, time to move on, right? We were sitting with our friends making plans for camping and barbeques and other summer stuff, and it made us sad to look outside… But oh well, guess we need to enjoy the snow while its here.

Last week we discovered that our cat can fly! Our dog can jump very high (if you have seen her, you understand that statement). Well one day keith was standing in the kitchen and all of a sudden you see Cossette (our dog) run at Chip (our cat) and take a flying leap to jump on him but instead of her jumping on him, he jumped straight up in the air almost the height of the doorway and bounce over and off of her head, forcing her to the ground below him. And he got away! Sometime I think he is too smart for his own good.

Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-04T12:04:00.000-08:00

So the new year is here!! WOW 2010!! Crazy! I am starting to realize my mind isn’t used to it being 10 years since 2000 because when I talk about movies or music that came out “just a few years ago” or “recently” it is actually more like 10 years ago!! It makes my head hurt to think that.
Keith is starting school back into school this week at Weber. He is taking Math 1080, Communications, and Chemistry. YUCK. But he will do good and it will be worth it in the end. This week I am going to take my CNA state skills test on Thursday. I am a bit nervous though since I haven’t studied yet. But that is what last min cramming is for I guess. And I have three chances to pass so that’s a bit comforting. So hope it goes well.
My sister Brittany is coming home from Ireland on the 13th. She has been there for a few months being an Au Pair/ Nanny. It was her second time there and she is ready to come home. She will be living with us again so that will be fun
P.S. just checked out Sara and Fred’s blog and they have an ultrasound of their baby girl on it! So cute!! That is so cool to be able to see it in 3D. Congrats guys!

Holidays!

2009-12-05T12:24:00.001-08:00

So updates finally on what is going on in our lives!

Keith and I have been busy working as always, I have been working two jobs and going to school for the past 6 weeks. Starting the last week in october I started a CNA class to start the long journey to my hopeful nursing career! I am really excited about it and love helping people. We had to do two 12 hour shifts in a hospital and nursing home and it was cool to get involved in that setting. I was very tired after but it was really fun, I know even the whole changing "briefs" wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. I even got hit on by a 90 year old man, he was funny, such a ladies man! He would tell me he was "going to go sit by the ladies and flirt it up!" HAHA fun stuff. I also got a job working at night every other day at Beyond Spa. It is a great job. I only have to go in when I get clients and it is going really well. I like being in the spa setting because it is relaxing even for me. So yall should come get a massage there sometime!

As for Keith, he is still working at Finest Footwear and doing a great job with it, always coming up with new ideas on how to get things going smoother and better. He is a really great person for that kind of thing. I swear he is always saying how things can be made better by doing... whatever. He mind is always going. Its a great trait I am sure he learned being in the Lillywhite family. He is starting school up again at Weber in the spring to finish his mechanical engineering degree. So we both have a lot of school ahead of us. But that is the stage of life we are in and I love school! I think it is great to keep your mind learing because that is what we are here to do, right?!

We love this holiday season! And now it is finally snowing!!! YAY! Well, at least today, lets just hope it keeps up. Its sad not to have a snowy christmas. We are excited too because it is our first one in our house and we have been decorating it. We are working on putting up lights outside so I will try to post a picture when we are done for everyone to see it!

Well thats whats going on.... hope to write again soon!

Las Vegas and Portland

2009-06-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

May 24 thru June 1, 2009.

The last week in May Keith and I went to Las Vegas for a few days (Sunday night thru Wednesday). It was really nice to get away and have a break from the normal work routine. We stayed at the South Pointe Hotel on the south end of the strip. It was nice because it was like ten min from the central strip area so if we didn’t want to be in all that stuff we could just go back to the hotel (which was actually a very nice hotel too!). We went and saw my aunt Barbara and went swimming in her pool. She made us a nice dinner and then we just visited for a while. The next day we explored the strips hotels. We went to Madame Tussauds (wax museum) and saw a couple celebrities… Here are some pictures of that.

Then we went to watch the Bellagio Fountains, sorry our camera memory was full so you dont see the full song...

and looked at other free things at the various hotels. It was nice. Oh and of course how could I forget, we ate at the Wynn buffet and the Bellagio buffet (Keith’s favorite part of the trip). Now, that may not sound too exciting but when you see the look on Keith’s face when he has a full plate full of bacon, well it makes it worth it! If you know Keith, you understand what I mean. So for the most part we ate good food, swam a lot, and just had a nice vacation.

Then the next day after we got back I went to Portland Oregon to visit my friend Kate again. I love Portland, it is so green and it was the perfect temperature the whole time I was there. It was so fun. When I got picked up from the airport we literally went strait to a dock on the river to hop onto her dad’s boat and we went boating up one of the main rivers in Portland. We ate at a cool restaurant that was on the water. It was weird to sit at a table and rock back and forth.

While I was there we went to the beaches a lot (off the river, sadly not the ocean). And on that Saturday we went to their annual Rose Festival and Starlight Parade. Portland is famous for their rose gardens they have. So they had a carnival and a parade to celebrate. While we were at the carnival I found out Kate was afraid of heights. Ha Ha check out this video clip.

She wanted to go on the Ferris wheel but only if we didn’t rock it or turn it. So I thought it would be funny to see what she would do if I stood up, making her think I was trying to take a picture but instead I took this short video.

So overall it was a great and busy week! But that’s what vacations are all about!

Our Busy Life

2009-04-26T13:25:00.001-07:00

Ok yeah, it has been a while (like four months....oops!). But we have been staying busy. Its good that I dont have time to write because it means we are having too much fun! Jk. But here's what we have been up to:

Well we have been working (which is always fun) and since February we have been going to the gym that we signed up with at least 3 days a week. Infact since I started I have lost 14 lbs. So it’s a good start! I went to the doctor last week and they told me that I have pco aka pcos. It will make it hard for us to have kids but by losing weight and eating specific foods I think I will be just fine. We still have no doubt about having our own family someday. So dont worry about us!

I finally had my graduation (four months after finishing school) last Saturday. It was the first time I graduated with a 4.0 so I felt pretty good about that. However it is leading me to look into the medical field more and more. Maybe a RN or something like that. Even physical therapy has looked interesting. So we will see where I end up. Keith is going to finish his two associate’s degrees in the summer! One from Weber State in general studies and one at the DATC in drafting/engineering. So more school is in our future but it is always good to learn…. right?

So I also finally put up pictures of our pets! Sorry that took a while. They are fun to have around. They are teaching us that we are glad we dont have kids right now (if pets are work, well you get the point). But we did get a calling to teach as primary teachers for the 4 year olds turning 5 (ctr 5). We teach 3 girls and 3 boys. They make us laugh every time. They are at that age where they want to help with everything and they always have a story to tell -whether it is true or not who knows :).

So thats whats going on. Hope to write again soon!

Our Pets

2009-04-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

So here are pictures of our cute pets (Cossette is the puppy and Chip is the kitty).

Moved in...

2009-01-23T14:58:00.001-08:00

So we moved in to our house! We got all of it moved in last Friday and most of it is still in boxes, but then that is what happens when you both work full time. It is getting there though. We love our cute little house! We love just saying we have a house. I am still getting used to the sounds it makes which keep waking me up at night but of course Keith sleeps like a rock. I am working on decorating it which is nice because most of it I don’t need to change. But I am painting the kitchen walls and making a sage green instead of bright yellow. We didn’t realize how much furniture we didn’t have until we moved in and the living room still echoes a little bit because of it. But we still love it! And once I get it put together I will try to have a house warming party or something so everyone can come see!

Our little kitty Chip is still living at my parent’s house since it has developed a liking to other pets for friends. So we may be getting another cat or even a small dog to keep him company while we are at work. So that would be fun! I like having pets.

I am studying for my License exam for massage and I am kind of overwhelmed. I am taking the test on Saturday, February 7. It will be nice to get that over with but until then I am studying and reviewing for it. So wish me luck! Then everyone can come get a yummy massage from me!! I even have stones to do a stone massage…

Almost there!

2009-01-13T07:21:00.001-08:00

So I was hoping to be able to write sooner about getting moved into the house but we haven’t been able to yet! I guess that is how it goes with buying a house, little things here and there pop up to fix or sign or send in… so we are still living with everything packed in boxes and it has been… interesting. We moved all of our stuff from our upstairs into our living room and kitchen (and yes surprisingly it does fit!). So we are in a sea of boxes and other furniture. We are definitely anxious to get moved in. All we know is it can be any day now and they have we have to close by Friday so we will see how it goes. If anyone wants to come help move just let me know! I am excited to start decorating and Keith is excited mostly to have a garage to work in (like his dad of course!).

A little back tracking… we went up to Keith’s parents for new years since we weren’t able to make it for Christmas because of the snow. It is definitely a sight to see Keith’s dad playing muggins. I think Sara and I were afraid for our lives! Ha-ha but what was even better was playing balderdash and words like croodle… good times! We played games pretty much every moment we were there. I think I was the only one to notice it was midnight on new years. I even said happy new year and it took everyone about three more minutes to even notice since they were so enthralled in the game. But at least everyone stayed up this year! That is a first for Keith that I have seen.

Other than the stress of trying to move things are going good. Just trying to keep our jobs in this economy and staying positive. We are also anxious to take our kitty Chip home with us since it has been living at my parents until we move in. And yes I will get a picture soon. Well I will write again when we know more about moving in!!! Everyone cross your fingers that it will be soon.

Merry Christmas.... in our new home!

2008-12-23T14:45:00.000-08:00

So we got our house! And we are just steps away from closing! We are pretty excited about it. We even have people already waiting to move into our town house as of yesterday. Luckily they are in no rush to come move in so we have some time to get our stuff out. We are hoping to be able to move in the first or second week in January. So that is our Christmas present for this year. I hope everyone has a good Christmas! We are going to go visit my parents on Christmas Eve and then visit Keith’s parents on Christmas day (weather permitting). If it is too snowy then on Christmas night we will be hanging out with Fred and Sara!

Then this weekend Keith and I are doing a short “getaway” since we don’t see each other very often with work and school (up until the 18th of this month,)yes I finally graduated!!! YAY! I can now give some awesome massages to people! So if you need one you know where to go. But anyways we are going to stay in a nice hotel in Salt Lake and and go to a nice dinner and just relax and spend some time with each other. We are both getting anxious to move so we need something to get our minds off of that too!

So in addition to our house we also got a cute little kitten and named him Chip. He is a gray and white tabby and is full of energy and is a real people kitty. He is staying at my parents house until we move in because we cant have him where we are right now. Things are coming together really well for us right now and we are so grateful for it. Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have a great holiday!!

Christmas Time!

2008-12-07T15:39:00.000-08:00

So we have been having fun decorating our place with Christmas decorations! We have our tree put up but are still working on decorating it with the lack of time we have. Keith suprised me one day as I was coming home from school to see that we had decorations on the outside around our door! I thought it was our neighbors and it was nice when I got closer and saw it was ours! It is so fun to see all the lights this time of year. The best feeling is drinking hot chocolate and looking at lights and listening to christmas music. It is just fun!

Keith and I are getting closer to getting a house. We found one and put in an offer for it now we just need to find out if it will be accepted. http://homesite.obeo.com/viewer/unbranded.aspx?tourid=503587&refURL=WFRMLS.com&locale=en-US Here is the website to view the house we are wanting to get. The price is lower than it says though...

Yesterday I went and visited Kate and hung out with her and her cute baby girl Kiley. She is so cute and looks just like Kate and Mike. Here is a picture of her.

Life is busy, sorry!

2008-12-02T14:27:00.000-08:00

Hey ok so I am not so good at the whole "every saturday write a new blog post" thing. So I wont make any more promises on when I will do it. It will be more frequent when I am out of school (December 18th) though. YAY for no more school!!! So what has been happening... let's see... about two weeks ago (Friday, November 21st) Sara and Amanda and her sister Sara and I went to go see the much anticipated Twilight!! We started out the night going to an indian food restaurant and I had never had indian food so it was quite an experience. But it was really good. I will include some pictures. Then off to Twilight! We didnt have to wait in any lines since we had reserved seating. It was pretty good for a lower budget film and followed the book pretty well for the most part. I liked it so much I saw it again that next tuesday with my sisters and mom. I am curious to see how the second one turns out. My sister Brittany just got back from Ireland and it was fun to see her again. She brought a cute kitty with her named George.

Oh and we are decorating for christmas!! I love christmas time. It is fun to see all the lights and the cozy atmosphere is great! We got a new christmas tree since the one I did have I have had since I was like 12. So we were in need of an upgrade. It is prelit so that was convienient. Oh and Brittany and I braved the day after thanksgiving early morning shopping. We figured we have to try it once, and well, I dont think I would do it again. But I got a Kitchen Aid mixer for 100 dollars less so that was nice. I think people are crazy to do it every year! But kudos to them for it.

Oh and P.S. we might buy a house in kaysville, but we are still working on the details... more to come....

Deer Hunt, Keith's mom's birthday...updates

2008-11-01T09:29:00.000-07:00

Hey sorry it has taken so long to update the blog. We are still as busy as ever. Well since the last one I have gone to Oregon which was a blast to see Kate. We had a lot of fun. We even went to the pumkin patch that was run by the family on that show "Little people big world". Then we had a fun family weekend the weekend of the deer hunt. Frank and Amy and Fred and Sara and Steven and Maryanne were there and Keith's dad. It was really cold! But it was good times when Sara and I went on the four wheeler and only went in 1st gear and 15 miles and hour max. Yeah, obviously we dont know how to run a four wheeler. Oh well it was probably good that we didnt go so fast. We had a surprise party for Keith's mom for her 60th birthday. All but one brother was there so it was a blast to see everyone get together. Here are some pictures from that. We had a great dinner and they played a movie with pictures of her and her family from her teenage years until now. Then all of her kids stood up and talked about memories of her. It was really touching. The one thing that everyone said was how kind she was and she was always there for them. It made me want to cry.
Well now for the most recent update. We are still working and going to school. I graduate in 7 weeks! December 18th, yay! Keith is working on starting his own eBay selling business on the side for some extra savings and he is really enjoying that. He is trying to get out on his own and be his own boss and I think that is great.
Brittany is coming home from Ireland for thanksgiving so everyone is excited to see her. My parents are actually trying to go over there to pick her up and see what she has been doing since July. I am excited for the Twilight movie to come out. Sara and I are going to try to go to the midnight showing, if anyone wants to come with us let us know!!! It will be fun.
So my plan is to update the blog every Saturday (since that is when I have time to)... so if you want to see whats going on check then...

Fun stuff going on

2008-09-10T10:56:00.000-07:00

Two weekends ago Jen came to our place and held a Lia Sophia Jewelry party. It was alot of fun! More people came then I was expecting so it was kind of crazy cramming people into my livingroom (town houses are not that big, lol). But it was fun to have everyone there. I got some really cute jewelry too!! Then last weekend I went and got my haircut from Jen and it turned out awesome! I love having my layers back. Thanks jen!
Next week I am going with a bunch of friends from work to Park City to have a girl's overnighter so is something to look forward too. Maybe I will bring my camera and post some pictures from it later.
Keith's birthday is coming up! (the 26th) We dont know what we are going to do for it yet but for sure he will be getting his cheesecake that he loves for his birthday cake. He never asks for anything else.
Fun things going on this month for sure. And the holidays are just around the corner! Exciting!!!

The Cabin

2008-08-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went to Sara's family cabin with Fred and Sara. That was so much fun! We pretty much just played games and ate a lot of junk food. I think Fred's new favorite game is jungle speed. Keith and Fred got really into it and was kind of freaking out Sara and I thinking we were going to get hurt! It was crazy how intense it got! But it was really fun, a good getaway for the weekend. Too bad that they are going to sell the cabin soon... there was some good times there for sure.
Oh and I found this cool website www.blurb.com that you can make your blogs with all your pictures into a cool book that you can buy ( I think the cheapest is like 12.95, but they arent badly priced). It is a good idea for you all that have been diligent with your blog and pictures...dani, amy, etc. Anyways, just a thought.

Just starting out

2008-05-11T14:14:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! We have recently been noticing that we need to get on board with the "blogspot" thing to keep in touch with everyone. So here is ours! It is still in the works but hopefully soon we will have more to put on it. But hello to everyone and we will keep you updated as much as possible.
As for what has been going on lately:
We are both still working and going to school. Keith is working at a shoe store in Kaysville called Finest Footwear and he is having a good time there managing various things there. He is finishing his associates at Weber and will be continuing to get a bachelor's in Engineering/Architecture/Drafting. I am still working at Barnes Bank in Kaysville and keeping pretty busy doing that. Then I go to school for Massage Therapy and will be done in December this year. So if anyone needs a good massage you know where to go...lol. I have been having a few medical problems but it looks like its almost over, thank goodness.
Things are sure busy but we would still love to hear from everyone! Hope things are going well.