Married life... the Pettingill way!

I  have so many stories for you! Married life is the best! I love it! Even when Landon drives me crazy and makes me mad. Being drivin crazy by my husband is way better than being drivin crazy by a boyfriend! 

ps- I have lost my camera! I know I have searched for it everywhere. So sorry no pictures of our beautiful apartment.

#1 I'm looking for a job... and I dislike it very much but today believe it or not I almost liked it. And thanks to my patient husband for supporting me in everything that I do. He is amazing and has helped me so much in building my confidence and putting myself out there.

#2 I locked myself in my house! Last friday I was cleaning up the kitchen and our garbage smelt so bad.... EWWWW it was terrible so it had to go! I went to the front door which was locked because I hate being home alone.  Going to open the door and nothing. So I unlocked it and went to push down the handle and it stuck. I pulled it up and... nothing. The door would not open. And being as smart as I am I got my husbands screwdriver and unscrewed the door nob. Now I had one half of the door nob inside, one half outside and the middle is stuck like nobody's business. I'm totally locked in my house. I worked and pulled and rammed the screwdriver in the stuck part but nothing was working. My brother Caleb was on his way to come hang out with Landon and I. So he came right in on the middle of me pulling at this stupid door nob. Caleb manages to brake a piece of it and he can get in and I can get out! YEAH! I called the after hours fix-it guy, he came, replaced the dumb piece and we were free!

#3 I locked Landon and I out of our car and apartment! On Monday Landon and I were out in Rexburg, going to the bank and planning on going to a couple of stores when I decided to do something stupid. I was filling up the car with gas, washing the windows and such. Landon was inside of the gas station. He came out to get in the car and the doors were locked. LOCKED!! Why? I don't know.

L: Do you have the keys?

K: No, don't you?

L: No Kendra I don't have the keys?

K: This better not be a joke. Give me the keys!

L: Kendra I don't have the keys.

So come to find out I had stopped the car pulled the keys out and put them in my purse. Left the purse in the car and locked the doors. Why? I don't know.

Landon and I then walked home- a walk that took probably a good 20 maybe 30 min- knocked on our managers door. Got a key. Opened our apartment got the spare (so lucky we had one) and drove Landon's car to get mine! YEAH! 

So there are a few of our adventures! Once I find my camera I'll for sure put up pictures of our lovely apartment!

So.... I have been married a month!

I really am having writers block and that is why I haven't written anything on my blog for so long...

 I know I know its terrible! 

I have been married for one month!!

Our wedding day was fantastic and everything I could have hoped it would be. 

Here are some pictures from that day.

I love love LOVE being married! Landon is the most wonderful husband and we have so much fun together! I'm so glad I was able to marry my best friend. 

Stay tuned for more about being married, our apartment, and just life with the Pettingills. 

I'm getting Married..... IN 10 DAYS!!

I LOVE LANDON PETTINGILL!!

Anyway! I'm so excited I will be married in less than two weeks! Is that crazy or what?!?

Yesterday was a busy day. I went to the dentist and got my teeth cleaned. Then Landon and I got our marriage licence! It was crazy! We are really getting married! Then I went with my mom to Rexburg to pick up my wedding dress! Oh my goodness is it pretty!

We drove home and I got ready to have my bridal pictures taken! That was so much fun! Jill, my photographer is great. We started at Heise Hot Springs and took pictures by the river. After that we were driving to our next location and we decided to stop and take some fun pictures at the railroad tracks. Then we headed to my neighbors house where our reception will be held. Wow I cannot wait to see the pictures! Jill did a fantastic job! It was so much fun! After that we came home and got in crafting mode. We made centerpieces, decorated the candy jars and I made my candy flags! They look fantastic! 

Everything is coming together and I am so excited. 

I love my family and I am so grateful for their help. I am just hoping that everything turns out the way I have dreamed that it would! 

Hopefully I will also start blogging more regularly. Sorry for quick lame updates! I'm getting better I promise! 

Engagements..... and 60 days!!!!

On Saturday Landon and I took our engagement pictures!! I love them! Jill (our photographer) just posted some of the pictures on her blog http://jillphotography.blogspot.com/ 

They are just what I wanted! 

Also 60 DAYS!!!! 

Go to her blog to see more!!

Wedding... wedding... wedding

I bet you can't guess what I am going to write about?!? Wedding... how did you know?

So tomorrow I am going to go check out a couple of dress places in Rexburg with my mom and sisters! I'm pretty excited! I also made an appointment at Gowns by Pamela for Monday. Gowns by Pamela is a wedding dress shop where you can rent your wedding dress and it is also custom to you. And believe it or not my mother rented her wedding gown from gowns by pamela 22 years ago?! Crazy I know.

I am really excited about all this wedding stuff. Yesterday Landon, my mom and I went over to our neighbors house where we are holding the reception to check it out and get some ideas for planning. It is going to be so beautiful. I will just be glad when there is no snow and it is semi green outside. 

Also to all my friends who are getting married this summer too, CONGRATULATIONS! 

Nikki, Cydnee and Ashley! I'm so happy for you guys! 

100 Days!!

So sadly enough I am already counting down the days until Landon and I get married! 100 and counting! Wow... so I have only been engaged for 14 days but July 10th can't get here fast enough! 

Also the wedding planning has begun..... and the more I think about it the more overwhelmed I get! 

But I am super excited about it all! I love Landon so much! He is my best friend and I cannot wait

to spend forever with him! 

So wedding planning.... My colors are blue and green with yellow purple cream and brown (ya I know that seems like a lot of colors but just trust me!) Landon says it sounds fruity! Whatever, it will be fabulous!
This picture says it all for my colors! Isn't it beautiful?!?

Well it is almost the end of Thursday which means that tomorrow is FRIDAY! Yay for the weekend! 

The Ring..

So here are the long awaited pictures of the ring!  I love it so much! Landon picked it out! It is absolutely gorgeous. The cut of the diamond is called a trillion cut!

I love love love it!! 

This is the engagement and the wedding band together! 

I'm so excited! I love my ring and I LOVE LANDON! 

HE LIKED IT SO HE PUT A RING ON IT!

Guess what?

I'M ENGAGED! 

Landon asked me to marry him! and I said YES!

Here it goes.....

He had been setting this up for a while. I really wanted to get engaged and had been

feeling like I was in limbo- knowing that he was going to ask me (and then having to plan a wedding) but i still couldn't do much. No one really takes you seriously without a ring! Landon had been telling me for a while that he needed a month. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! A month! That is a long time. 

So on Thursday being frustrated and really wanting to go ring shopping (which Landon had previously said he didn't want to go with me) I asked Nikki if she would go with me. So we did. We went to two different places in Rexburg and I just couldn't stand it any longer. I called Landon and I told him how I felt. I was basically acting like a crazy person! He told me that I wasn't. Then he suggested that we go ring shopping together! YES! Finally! So in my mind we would go on Saturday look at rings, he would then have an idea of what I liked and then in maybe 2 weeks he would propose.

Friday morning- I text Landon tell him good morning and ask him how he is doing.

His reply is 'barf' (what the heck) so I asked him if he was grumpy and he said yes. I really wanted to know what was going on and if I could do anything to help him not be so grumpy. He then told me it was ok and he would just have to get over whatever was bothering him. UGH! So again I was frustrated. We didn't see each other all day. I got to work and at my desk there was a letter for me, from Landon! It was the most beautiful letter I have ever read! After that letter I knew he couldn't be so grumpy. 

Right at 5 o'clock Landon shows up to pick me up from work. He has already gone and gotten 2 happy meals and we were on our way to Porter Park. (side note I was wearing a skirt because I was planning on going to the temple to do baptisms for the dead that night) Landon parked the car and we both got out. In Rexburg, Idaho the first day of spring was the next day means nothing. It is defiantly still winter and freezing! We get out of the car and start walking. He didn't have a blanket and I was not going to sit on the grass! HELLO I was in a skirt and there was still snow on the ground! He told me we would find a bench to sit on and so we walked through some snow and past some pine trees. Right past the trees was a table set up all decked out- table cloth plates glasses beautiful flowers(my favorite daisies) the whole bit! I was so excited. 

I still didn't think that he was going to propose. I just thought what a great romantic date! So we were eating our happy meals and Landon finishes his and says "You know what my favorite part is? The toy." He reaches in his bag and pulls out his toy. I go to do the same and.........

No toy! What a rip off! Landon then asks me if I dropped it on the ground.... Um no I didn't drop it on the ground because I never saw the toy. But Landon starts to look under the table and so then (monkey see monkey do) I start looking too. All of a sudden when I look up he is in front of me on one knee holding the ring! AHHHHH!!! I was in total shock! I can't even remember what I did or said at that point. He then asked "Will you marry me?" and I said YES!!!


BEST DAY EVER!!!


I know that the title is he put a ring on it... well that ring was too big! I get it tomorrow though so pictures will follow! BTW it is gorgeous! He did fantastic! It is more than I could have imagined! I LOVE HIM!