4th of July Prayer

Vegas is the best place to Celebrate the 4th of July there is only one reason for this.

I can sit on my balcony with the family and watch over 50 firework shows at one time its amazing and a beautiful show with all the hotels lighting off their fireworks from the strip absolutely perfect!


This 4th of July I had the privilege of sitting in primary with all the kids and heard one of the best prayers by the cutest little girl who was about 4 or 5 and in a huge frilly red dress. Here is how it went: (word for word)

"Dear Heavenly Father, Please bless we don't go crazy. Tonight at fireworks bless they wont come out of the sky and catch me on fire. Please take my brother back I don't like him. Thank you for the flag. Amen"
Needless to say I bet Heavenly Father was laughing just as hard as we were.

This was a good 4th of July and the first one I have spent with my family in 5 years!! I do miss it. Although at the end of the night we had a bit of a scare. I was walking out the front door looking for my cat and as I stepped out I saw something HUGE scuttle passed my foot. I screamed and jumped then slammed the door so whatever it was would not get in the house. By this time the whole neighborhood was watching since fireworks were being done in front of our house.

I went inside to grab a few friends and show them just how large this...thing was. (if I didn't mention...it was HUGE!!!!) We were all huddled around looking at it on my doorstep when my mom opens the door... At this time I feel like a dialog is the only appropriate way to continue this story.
Myself and a 4 other girls: NOOOO DON'T OPEN THE DOOR IT WILL GET IN CLOSE IT FAST! (all of this said as a scream)
Door closes


Door opens again
Myself and girls: NOOOO!! WE ARE SERIOUS THIS THING IS HUGE CLOSE THE DOOR.
Marie: Kayde, can I squash it?
Kayde: Marie no way are you crazy that thing will go through your shoe!!
The HUGENESS scuttles away.
Kayde: Marie I think we are good you open the door and we all run in.
Door opens...the hugeness scuttles towards door.
The Hugeness enters the house...
Kayde, Mom, Girls, Brandon (the brother):OMYGOSH!! ITS IN THE HOUSE THAT THING IS HUGE HURRY GET IT OUT GET IT OUT!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSS AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH BAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH GGAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
The girlie screaming even from Brandon continues throughout this whole 20 minute ordeal.
Brandon comes running into the entryway with Febreeze trying to spray it. The hugeness gets angry...
At this point Brandon is running around with Febreeze screaming like a girl... I am hiding behind the couch with the other girls peeking out and my mom is screaming something about a creature of heavenly father and not to squish it but just herd it outside to eat cockroaches.(did I mention this thing is HUGE...and unidentifiable)
Suddenly Woody (German Shepherd..the puppy one) decided it looks pretty tasty and attempts to eat it.
We all scream again...
He drops THE HUGENESS and suddenly 5 BILLION (not exaggerating)little things come flying off its back and go scuttling around the house...hello Indiana Jones experience.
This thing had babies and now they were infesting our house. The one good thing...THE HUGENESS had lost all of its extra weight, we scared the babies right out of it, and realized that it was a spider the size of a baseball.
After more screaming and freaking out Brandon floods the house with a container of spider, cockroach, and any other nasty bug poison. The whole time my mom is still screaming about not killing the hugeness. In the end it died and so did all its babies.
I did feel a little sad for the poor massive momma spider until that night when I woke up 6 times from dreams about little spiders crawling all over me. All in All it was pretty eventful night and a lot of fun.

My attempt at sparkler writing. D was the only letter that would work... o and C, K's are just way to hard. To bad I don't spell my name Cayde I would be sparkler queen.

Patriotic Fingers and toes one of the best ways to celebrate the 4th of July.

Fireworks from the balcony with Marie and the Boehme's.


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AMERICA!

Lets Talk

First of all this is the worst phrase you will ever hear in a relationship...usually. That is besides the point though, I actually just want to share a lovely quote.

"God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore it is vital that we serve each other."
-Spencer W. Kimball

Smart man smart man, and something I needed to hear; I am now off to a week full of service towards strangers and those most important to me.

This weekend I had the opportunity to take a day off work and go to Casper, Wyoming (it's a much bigger place than you think) to see and meet some very amazing people. I had a pretty fun time and learned a bit of new information, as well as getting a lot to think about.

I learned that selling security is a very very hard job and I would not want to do it everyday for the summer. I am much better at coloring in coloirng books with little kids and making friends with dogs, while Chris sells security, which he is very good at, and I am not. It is not for the faint of heart thats for sure. I was secretly having a minature heart attack everytime we knocked on a new door, while I imagined that someone would come out with a machette and attempt to kill us. (Don't tell Chris, I really tried to act and look brave; and since I'm pretty sure he doesn't read this, we are ok there)
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I learned that I love antique shopping in Casper there are some precious jewels waiting to be discovered in the Antique Mall that resides there. Mindy and I spent over 6 hours Antique shopping and I basically found my new favorite person to talk with and shop with. It was such a blast! (the precious earings I found to be talked about and pictured later)
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I learned that when guys are together with a bunch of other guys they have this weird tendency to act really, just weird, and a bit gay(that is a huge understatment) around eachother. It's actually a blast to listen to and watch. Such silly boys.
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I learned that I will never go swimming in the Wyoming river because it is like swimming in a bath of dry ice; and mom says never to touch dry ice so I listen to what mom says... for the most part.
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I discovered that car wash water fights are the best kind and will be way more intense next time.
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And last but not least I need to take more pictures. I am a very lucky girl.And cannot wait for next weeks episode of the bachelorette! Yes Please! Can we talk about how much I just love Roberto, Frank, and Kurt...that is all.