New Blog

Dear Everyone,
Due to conflicting Google account stuff I do not understand and since I got married and all that other business I now have a new blog...its private but I may change, if I don't email me at kayde.d.a@gmail.com and I will add you.
 the url is
http://with-each-page.blogspot.com/
so maybe go read that instead since that is where I will be posting :)
Love you all!

The Proposal

It all started Friday morning. My roommates had gone flying with Chris and texted me about how one of their planes broke and they almost landed in a field and how scary it was. I chalked it down for another cool story and went to work a double shift for the day. 
When I got off Chris picked me up and we decided we wanted to watch a movie for the night. We arrived at Red Box and he realized that his gas light was on. After frantically searching for his wallet to pay for gas he told me that they had done a zero gravity drop while flying and his wallet had been by his feet and had probably flown behind him (it was an elaborate story & I ate it all up). So, we made our way to the Logan Airport. 
We searched the plane they ended up taking after the first one broke and with no avail. There was sadly no wallet in there. We the proceeded to look inside of the airport lost and found for awhile (Chris has a tendency to lose his wallet just as much as I lose my phone so this was honestly nothing out of the ordinary). After failing to see his wallet in the lost and found it dawned on him that it could be in the broken plane. So, we went back out into the hangar.
When we reached the plane he instructed me to look in the front and he would look in the back. So I hopped into the plan and immediately saw his wallet & then I saw the little white box right next to it and my heart skipped a beat. I got sooo excited as I pulled the box out and opened it smiling the whole time. Now,  you can guess what I found......


A ring?




No, you're wrong and probably just as disappointed as I was. It was chocolate. I tried to act excited because well every girl loves chocolate but, every girl loves a proposal to the man she loves more. So, her urged me to eat the chocolate and under it was a paper that said look behind you, and now, the rest is history. Although things did not go all the way as he had planned it was in my eyes the perfect proposal and I could not be spending my life with a better man. He also did an amazing job designing the ring by himself and it is beautiful and more than I could ever ask for.


So the official date is April 29, 2011.... Yeah so I am a little crazy no biggy. Our wedding website is:


http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/ChrisGivens&KaydeAuger


This is where all of our info and such will be posted from her on out.

I SAID YES!

I am now an engaged woman to my handsome fiancée (first time I have ever typed that word) Christopher Givens. It was a long awaited but very pleasant surprise. I could not have wished for a better guy and I am soo excited to start our journey together!! For  now, a picture of the ring. All I wanted, besides him of course, was a canary diamond I got that and so much more he went above and beyond anything I expected. 

Coming up next....how he asked.

& then it snowed

These past few days, until last night, have been beautiful in Logan! It has been in the 50's and sunny and so so warm. Warm enough and beautiful enough that Lori, Nat, Trent, and I jumped into our shorts and ran outside.

That was until last night when mother nature decided spring was not yet around the corner and dumped many inches of snow on this lovely land. The forecast now looks like this.

& let me just tell you Iphone weather app has not lied to me yet.

Valentines Day was so great! Although I had school from 9-5 it was all worth it. 

I got home and my bed was made and on it was a rose with a lover letter (typed, very chrisish thing to do), and a coupon book that he made himself. It is so thoughtful and has cute little things like doing all my laundry, and a trip to frozen yogurt. It was the perfect gift!

He then picked me up and we went to Goucho Grill, a Brazilian restaurant that is amazing! 

Here is how it went down. This little stick devise shown above is what gets you food. if its green every few minutes waiters stop by and chop off different types of meat from this big skewer and it is amazing!

Then I got this pretty rose on the table as well.

We were served sparkling smoking guava juice that was so very delicious

& then to top it off this amazing cheese cake with chocolate covered strawberries. My favorite part!!

LOVE

I love Valentines Day!!!

First of all I would like to shout out to the amazing Chelsea Dean. She is not one of those single ladies that despises Valentines Day she loves it, just like me!!

Remember way back when in Elementary school when you would give out Valentines to all of your class mates and decorate cookies and secretly hope that the boy or girl you had a crush on would give you a Valentine. Those were the days.

The older you get Valentines day turns into this whole amazing day but...only if you have a boyfriend. I would like to argue that it's not. My favorite parts are making Valentines for everyone I love and telling them how great they are, eating candy hearts that say nice things to you, and lastly thinking up great ways to let people know they are loved. Oh, and lets not forget the cool red & pink socks you can wear all day long!

Now, I have reached a dilemma. What great Valentines day ideas do you have to tell my family, Christopher, & roommates happy Valentines day? What are your favorite things people have done?

Box Seats

Last night I decided to leave Antarctica (a.k.a Logan) to go somewhere a few degrees warmer...Salt Lake City.

Chris's accountant is pretty baller, also just a jovial great guy,  and has box seat tickets to the Jazz Games. So he offered Chris, his manager, most of their office, and their wifeypoos and girlyfriendpoos an option to go chill with him in his box seats. Any normal person would probably not turn this down, even if the Jazz isn't your team really so... we didn't. 

Let's just talk about how cool box seats are, and also how weird.

Cool Part: We got a meal! We had pork chops, salad, rolls, different varieties of pie, veggies...

Weird Part: and also sweet potatoes with pears. Really just an odd combo

Cool Part: All of it was free!

Other Cool Part: At half time they trade dinner out for half time snacks. You know the usual; popcorn, nachos, etcc... and still free! It's just spectacular.

Weird Part: As your watching the game from the box seats there are people right under you who paid twenty dollars for their seats and have to listen to you eating & conversing. While the box seats cost who knows how much and are even higher up. 

Sadly, the Jazz lost. I would like to repeat I am not a die hard Jazz fan but, I would choose them over Texas. 

All in all it was a blast hanging out with everyone and having my first experience at box seats during an NBA game.

On a happier winning note...THE AGGIES BEAT THE WOLF PACK!! Great job guys. I am a bit nostalgic I did not get to see our Aggies kick some booty and hear our amazing crowd. Lucky there is ESPN & Youtube for moments like this.... I honestly am contemplating being one of those old people that comes back with tickets to the Aggie games!

Girls+ Dinner=Good Conversation

After a few weeks of planning some of the girls in the Speech Communications Department decided to have a nice girls night out and have dinner. We picked Cafe Sabor. A great local restaurant with excellent food. It was such a blast just having girl talk (obviously we are good at this its our major & the poor waiter gave us the mean eye because we had stayed after paying to talk for so long), munching on chips and salsa, and laughing. 

Carne Asada burrito yumm yumm

Rachel, Madison, Chenae

Mary, Kayde, Heather

all of us girls


Tomorrow nights plans. Box seats at the Jazz Game! yeah baby!

You should have seen it in color

The Black & White dance for my friend Dayna was this weekend.
Those of us left in town dressed up and decided to dance the night away and do it Utah style with some mock-tails.

Roommate-ship

Trenny & I (one of the bests)

The whole big group of us-JC (get some Riley!!)

After dancing the night away our good friend Jeff invited all of us to play sardines (hide and go seek in reverse, one person hides all the people look) at a store called, The Book Table. It was owned by his friends dad, it was a blast. The quickest explanation:
dark scary old book store+sardines with the lights out late at night+big scary tunnel where people jump out and scare you= nightmares.

This week is jam packed full of fun after working many hours last week I am off until the weekend, so my schedule goes as follows:
Tomorrow-----> GIRLS NIGHT! Going out with some great Speech Comm friends to Cafe Sabor. yummy
Wednesday----> Box Seats @ the Jazz game with Christopher! I'm currently not a Jazz fan (sorry you hard core lovers out there) but maybe this game and experience will change my mind, even just a little.
Thursday------> The first Service Week meeting & movie in the TSC

It's going to be one busy week! I cannot wait. What are your plans?

My Best Friends Wedding

I decided since I'm currently lacking in the Lori and Christopher area that I would take some me time and paint my nails and watch, My Best Friends Wedding.

Flashback to my number one movie crush back in the days. He's just so suave and sexy.

I just how much I love this movie its hilarious, a love story, and has some awesome actors. LOVE IT! Thank goodness for movies. Whats your favorite oldish but good movie?

AND

I got tipped for seating a person at work. Pretty good night if I do say so myself. 

To come: the black & white party, and sardines in a scary haunted bookstore. 

The day to top all days....

Horrible days that is!
Let me just tell you how today went down.
I woke up early and went to go put my favorite pair of jeans on.
That sounds great right, well it was until I discovered I had a huge hole in my butt. Not so great!! I don't even have a funny embarrassing story to tell as to why. It just appeared poof out of no where.
I then proceeded to go through at least 10 outfits, not being content with any of them.
While changing I missed the bus.
Once I found an okay outfit that I could live with I went to put some earrings on that would make it a bit more bearable.
Hi only one earring in a pair, thats just great. Wearing one earing could be a new style, right?

Once I finally get to school I realize that I forgot my purse and student ID at home. I can't donate blood now which sucks cause Chris and I had a pretty good bet if I donated blood, he won because I was exempt.

Chris wouldn't kiss me because I was grumpy (he thought he was helping by being fun, what a sweet guy)

I get to work and our manager thinks we are lying because this table that was full of complaints lied to get a free appetizer. I will pay for your appetizer if your going to lie and get us in trouble, dude. Thankfully there are cameras to document.

&to top if off my two best friends Lori & Christopher (also bf, he plays dual rolls) left today for a long weekend. Hello loneliness !

The good news, its almost tomorrow & I've got Harry Potter movies to keep me company. 

That Time

* Disclaimer* Play this video and listen to the music while reading for the full effect...


I needed eggs. So I of course hopped into Christopher's car to head to the grocery store, and this song came on the Ipod (in all honesty I chuckled a little. I love this music & was surprised he had it)
Anyways.... I started to sing a long to good Ol' Regina and actually listened to the words, as I did I started remembering all the "that times."



These were the top 5 times that I thought of as I sang (dating from birth to now)
1. Remember that time I wet my swimsuit diaper when I was two and was potty trained from that day forward, lucky mom and dad.
2. Remember that time when I would only watch 101 Dalmations, & would sneak out of my room to watch it all night long.
3. Remember that time I got my Ugg boots (this Christmas) and never took them off not even when I went to bed.
4. Remember that time when all I would eat was spinach and chicken for every meal.
5. Remember that time when search and rescue had to come get us from the top of a hill because I coincidently fell right when they said: "wave your arms if your in trouble."

What times do you remember? I'd love to hear all about them!

I had an idea...

That one day I would visit the east coast....
AND I DID!

My stud of a man...other wise known as Christopher, flew me down to Virginia to see his family. While I was there I got to see how beautiful Virginia is, got to know his amazing family,  and discover the treasure trove of history on the east coast.


While I was in Lynchburg I was able to see all of the old architecture and fell in love with all of the houses there. The variety of houses and how pretty they were blew my mind. I will rep Vegas until the day I die but, lets be honest every single house looks almost exactly the same.

Lynchburg is so full of history. I love diseases, not getting them or anything nasty like that just the problem solving behind how they happened, how they spread, and how they are stopped. (a.k.a Epidemiology--> definition can be found on good ol' Webster) In Lynchburg they have an old cemetery in with graves from the Civil War. Within that Cemetery they also had what was called the pest house which is where one of the first doctors practiced the idea of having a "clean work station." His main focus was on quarantining the soldiers who were stricken with small pox. Hi, cool guy you rock!

Then came Appomattox...In case you were wondering because well, I had no clue to be honest, Appomattox is where the treaty was signed to end the Civil War. This was in the parlor of the McLean house which we got to go into, also really cool. Then it was off to a hiking trip. We decided we wanted to conquer the highest peak in Virginia with Chris's whole family and his sisters friends, but during the first try the weather decided that was not going to happen. So we tried again the day Chris and I had to fly back and did it! 

Then came Washington. Not the state Washington although thats cool and all but the capital, yep you heard it Washington DC. It was pretty much sweet. We saw the Capital, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Botanical Museum,The White House, the DC Temple and the Spy Museum. Although the traffic in DC is insane seeing all these cool places was worth it. Chris may disagree since he was the driver. The best part was seeing the DC temple its now on my list of top three favorite temples. I also loved the Lincoln Memorial, and some delicious Peruvian food.

In the air ducts at the spy museum

Then last but not least I got to eat at the T-Room. Its famous they say and you can find it on the TV show Diners, Drive-in, and Dives. Which I love! When Chris first told me I would be eating a hamburger with an egg and relish and cheese on it I was like...hmm not happening! I held to that until we got there and the lady with 4 teeth convinced me that it would change my life...and it did. The Cheesey Western (its name) was very delicious and this tiny restaurant with super friendly people was one of my favorite parts.

The other best part was The Givens family book store and toy store. If you know me and my reading habits you would know that I was in heaven. It was such an awesome store with the coolest decorations and the most amazing people working there.

I had a blast on the east coast and although I missed home and family I loved every second of it.

How was your break?

Up, Up, & Away

The time has finally come....
I am going to the east coast in T minus 4 days for the first time in my life&  I'm so excited!!!!

grave yard?? maybe... snagged it off good ol' Google 

My first stop will be the beautiful town...city...(I'm honestly not really sure) of Lynchburg, VA. I only know it's beautiful because I am putting full faith and hope in Christopher & Google images. As I began looking for pictures I realized that I know absolutely nothing about Virginia(besides that it is for lovers)...or Lynchburg and it's Chris's home town. I have done a horrible job of being inquisitive  about something so crucial in Chris's life and vow to get more details from here on out.
I love love love old houses. I could walk through them all day and just hear the history behind each one & look at the architecture. Chris says there is a lot of these houses out there. This will be a dream come true.

Next stop is....... drum roll please. badadadadadadadabadabaddadadda
The Capitol Building!

Tilt head to the side to get the full experience.

I have pretty much fantasized about this ever since 6th grade when we were offered a trip to travel to Washington DC for the summer & my family said no. I will probably not be able to sleep the whole night before. I never show it but I am secretly a government nerd. We the People, Sun Youth Forum, and 2 years of AP government can do that to you.

I am most excited of course to see Chris and spend time with his family and get to know more about Lynchburg. His family has a book store up there, pretty much the coolest thing ever! & Chris mentions it a lot so finally connecting a place with all the stories will be so much fun!
What is your favorite part of the East Coast?? Any Must sees?

R.I.P Newman

I thought about writing an obituary, but then I would just be sitting on my bed crying over something that Chris and  Lori think is crap; so I have turned to writing a short memoir(still crying on my bed over something I don't think is all that crappy) about someone who has always been there for me until..... yesterday.

My Car Newman
I got Newman when I was 16 years old...sadly I could only look at him because
1. I didn't have my license until I turned 17
2. I refused to learn to drive stick
After I got my license Newman and I were instant enemies.He was a stick shift & I had no desire to learn. I could not get anywhere because he was born with manual transmission. Poor guy couldn't help it that's just how he was made, but at the time I didn't care.

My dad's theory was to put me in the car and I would figure it out. Thats how I learned to swim and I became pretty darn good at it so the obvious answer would be to do that when driving....or so he thought.

Newman and I had an awful first drive to school together. I stalled at least 17 times. Rolled backwards down a hill and almost took out 4 cars oh, and lets not forget almost getting hit by a bus. My house is 8 minutes from my high school and I arrived an hour and a half late, sputtering into the parking lot. Tears were rolling down my eyes as I cursed my car for not being an automatic.

I of course learned to drive my car and it took me everywhere. It even brought me to the ice land of Logan, Utah and stuck with me there through snow and wind. We had a few tires blow, okay maybe 7 to be exact & the axle replaced 3 times. I may or may not have re bought my car twice. Yet, he still got me from point A to B safely with my tunes blasting and AC or heat always working,  and thats what mattered.

Sadly, Newman had his last trip home to Vegas with me yesterday. Chris and I were heading to my home in Vegas to see my family & get him to the airport the following day. Chris drove most of the way and I drove the last stretch. Life was fine and dandy Newman and I had made this trip together more times than I can count. Then, all of the sudden the car started to shake. I feared we were going to get whoop lash so I pulled over. I knew that feeling well, my tire was going to blow. I am pretty much a professional when it comes to Newman and his tires so I figured meh, ill just change it now. Lo and behold every single tire was perfectly fine. So I get back in the car & Chris reassures me that will make the last 40 miles home to Vegas and be just fine. I went about 40 to 50 mph with my hazards on the whole way & made it home alive.

The next day I take Newman out to lunch and he is still shaking but drivable. Once my dad gets home he takes it out for a drive to see whats wrong. He pulls up at the end of his drive and Newman is a HOT MESS! Literally he smells bad, my brother has to push him the rest of the way home and he will no longer move.

Newman lived a long life, and a good one. He may not have been a Luxury car but he did what he needed too. I always complained about wanting to buy a new car, I guess you really never know what you have until it is gone. I am now car-less, for the first time in my life with no prospects of getting a new car until my job starts paying me more, which probably wont happen.

Good thing Logan has a bus system, Lori is taking Chris and I back after school starts, and Walter is a great enough friend to lend me his car until I find a way to fix my situation.
R.I.P Newman you are one missed car.

My Programmers & I at the food pantry

#1 Reason I have not touched my blog in weeks

Stuff-a-Bus

This is an event put on by the Val R. Christensen service center at Utah State. Myself, Keni, Trent, & Maddi run this beast. Every Monday in November we would go out with volunteers collecting cans for the Cache Valley food pantry that supplies families who don't have enough money to buy food. Then 3 Saturday's and a Friday we stood outside local grocery stores all day collecting food and money for sub for Santa and the food pantry. Last but not least we held a penny wars on campus for a week between the colleges and organizations. None of us have had a life outside of this..and occasionally school but its now over and kids will get Christmas and families will have food & that is what matters. 

Look @ that concentration

9er 9er Over & out 10-4

This handsome pilot flew Lori & I around yesterday; and it was a blast. He even said 9er! I've been flying with Chris before but it was so fun to go with Lori and  hear how she reacted to different things. 

She is also less intimidating to have in the plane then a flight instructor so I felt like I could talk more. 

This was the plane we went on called the arrow. How cool is that!!!!!! Flash back to the 20's. Hi sometimes I wish I was born then so all my pictures could look like this & I could wear fancy old fashion dresses.

Chris flew us over campus. HELLOO OLD MAIN!

Lori's reaction: "I see our house, I see our house! Thats my car, this is sooo awesome."

Chris just making sure we don't die, such a professional. 

The coolest part was I got to sit in front this time!!!!! 

There was even a steering wheel..if thats what they are called in planes, on my side. Don't fret though I didn't touch it. I kept my hands and legs inside the plane and on my lap at all times

ROOMMATE CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!

Obviously we are a house that loves roommate parties and it's hard to get all 10 of us together at one time so this is a good excuse to do just that. We exchanged names weeks ago. Yes, it takes this long to have everyone plan on getting together. 

& then...WE PARTIED! 

Top ten things you need to party at Paradise Cove with the rickity 10:

1. Delicious sugar cookies baked by Chelsea Babbitt

2. 5 Random couches that have been here since who knows when, to seat all 10 of us.

3. Natalie's professional photography skills to catch out individual jump shots.

4. Amanda Please's photography skills to catch our group jumping picture.

5. A fancy kitchen white board to constantly write updates to roommates to remind them to come to the Christmas party.

6. A pair of colorful warm socks, preferably Christmas themed.

7. An amazing caroling voice to go sing to random neighbors & maybe even a cop or two.

8. Mad jumping skills w/ great faces to make it look even better.

9. Only one DVD player in the whole house, so you can have movie nights crammed into Lori's room all the time.

10. The most important: A rickity house full of absolutely awesome girls+1 furry white puppy dog. Accompanied with a picture of Paradise Cove in the entry way.

Harry Potter Harry Potter

So, Harry Potter obviously took precedence over the rest of my life meaning I was incapable of touching a computer for a day or two because I was drooling over my favorite movies and books. Life must continue though & I have realized that I can't live at Hogwarts and cast spells so I will now post 2 days of my 30 day challenge. 
Day 07 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

Funny story, I don't know how to make this picture go right side up so it is forever wrong side up. 

Mommy and Daddio!

Dad's a little red neck. Mom's a little silly (little is an understatement for each of these) but I love them both and respect the decisions they have made to help me grow up to the woman I am today. They have taught me how to have fun. I have learned what true love is and how to love unconditionally, as well as how to make the hard decisions in life and still make it through. They are both shining examples to me and I love them.

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh

You will not understand why this picture makes me laugh so hard but Mindy will. This was Mindy's first trip to Vegas and we spent hours on the strip in 115 degree weather soaking up the Vegas atmosphere. This of course included the homeless people. Mindy really wanted to get a picture of a homeless guy without him seeing so she tried to be sneaky and ended up falling up the stairs and snatching this picture mid fall. This then leads me to remember a memorable Mindy quote: "Kayde has pants."

Inside joke but I'm still laughing.