Day 4

Day 4
My favorite foods :)

I have a lot of favorite foods so really this list could go on forever...but some at tip top are:

1. FRUIT! pretty much any kind...I could eat fruit all day long...literally
2. Chicken Enchiladas--oh my!
3. Dots! Those candies that get stuck in your teeth...love them!
4. Tootsie Rolls!
5. Popcorn!!! I LOVE popcorn, not movie theater popcorn, that's a little gross, but microwave popcorn is delicious.
6. Frozen Yogurt...I might have an addiction to the tart flavors at yogurtland
7. Almonds...I am on this almond kick right now, they are a tasty snack
8. Salad! Okay...it might be the dressing that I like the most...but still
9. Reese's...any size/form...that is the treat of choice when Jake and I make a candy run
10. Rolls. The homemade kind that you get for Sunday dinner..mmm...

Day 3

Day 3

My Parents

My mom was born in Michigan but graduated high school in Switzerland. She kind of did everything from traveling to cool places like Egypt and London to playing all sports like basketball and volleyball. She graduated a year early because she is just that smart! My mom is pretty much amazing!

Random facts about my mom:

She is 5' 8"

She is SUPER creative

She is the Young Women's President

She is super smart

She loves anything chocolate

My dad grew up in Orange County California. He lived on skateboarding to the beach and doing things a teenage boy does...(things we can laugh about now but not so funny at the time). My dad is sooo cool, the kind of dad you actually want to spend time with. In fact, sometimes I think my friends only come over to see him!

Random facts about my dad:

He runs marathons

He speaks Spanish

He HATES sour cream

He is ambitious

I am so blessed :)

My parents met at BYU waaayyy back in the day. My mom was 17 and my dad was 18. My mom was kind of awesome and my dad lucky to have met her....they met at a dance (my mom did not remember him), they saw each other a few days later at a gas station where my dad said to my mom "haven't we met before"...she thought he was full of it but turns out they had met. They dated for almost a whole year before my dad went on his mission to Argentina.

My mom waited for my dad! (like mother like daughter)...and they have been happily married for 21 years!

My parents are in love and it's inspiring! My dad works SO hard for my mom and our family,

Day 2

Day 2

First Love

I am kind of in love with my first love story...

My first true love is literally out of a fairy tale...

We met in 2010 at the Institute at UNLV

I was a member of LDSSA

His dad was the director

He liked me and told his son he had met his future wife

His son took me on our first date

The rest is history

Meet:

Elder Jacob Riley Hansen

5' 11''

Blond hair

Blue eyes

a total dream

I pretty much fell head over heels for him on our very first date

I was literally like a little girl with her first crush

I didn't care about anything else other than just hoping I would see him

We have been inseparable ever since our very first date on September 17, 2010

We tell each other EVERYTHING...I'm not even joking a little

We joke about everything

We have secrets

We get each other

He is THE BEST

He is my very best friend in the whole entire world

He is currently serving a mission in the Mexico, Mexico City South Mission

I am waiting for him

I love him more than anything!

I mean really...what is not to love about this?

30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge

I have decided to take on the 30 day blogging challenge

I am going to do some new fun post everyday for 30 days

Day 1. Intro.

My name is Kacey Alexa Smith

I am 19

I am a sophomore at UNLV

I am a Meetings and Events Management Major

I have a pretty cool job

I love Las Vegas but I have an insane desire to TRAVEL

(The thought of quitting everything and moving to somewhere crazy has crossed my mind)

I LOVE my Family

Lately

I have been running

I am doing a Triathlon in April

I want to do a Tough Mudder

and a Ragnar

I was released from primary

(I might have cried)

But it is time that I go to the Singles Ward

One of my best friends went back to Idaho for school (I love you Alex)

I am rocking the Obmbre hair

I write missionaries :)

This is me with Tyler and Audrey

I LOVE these two

Tyler is like a brother to me

he watches out for me

Audrey IS my sister! We tell each other everything!

This is Alex! I love her even though she moved to Idaho for school.

Our hobbies are:

road trips

shopping

boys

crafty things

missionaries

Last but not least...JACOB! My EVERYTHING! He is currently serving his mission in Mexico City South and I couldn't be more proud of him :)

Lovin'

So I few weeks before Jake my family had picutres taken so Jake and I were able to get a few taken of US! I love them!

This is my personal fav...
Okay, do you see how he looks at me? I am in love!

Ahh we are so stinking darling. I kind of love that he is holding my heels in this photo!

Getting these pictures made my happy :)

I'm 19!!!

November 3rd is the BEST day out of the whole entire year because it is MY birthday! This year I turned 19 years old. I feel pretty darn cool now that I am so much older than I was at 18, I know so much more, I am far more mature, and I know everything.

I had a spectacular birthday. I'll admit...leading up to it I just wanted to get it over with since I knew Jacob wouldn't be there and once it passed that meant only one more without him.

The night before my birthday I was sure to wear one of Jake's shirts to bed so that I could wake up on my day and be wearing it :) What a great idea I had until I went to put it on and is smelled JUST like him! Holy cow I think my heart skipped a beat or three.

When my family came in to sing happy birthday and give me breakfast in bed I kind of freaked out a little because I knew there would be no Jacob in my whole day.

Kami sprayed me with silly string to wake me. She said she did that because I like random things.

Me and my sisters opening my presents in bed :)

The cakes my mom made for my birthday. We each got our own cake! Man, my mom is the best!

Birthday lunch! I wanted to just have Pretzel's from the pretzel place at Town Square for my lunch but they didn't have cream cheese. Umm, what kind of pretzel place doesn't have cream cheese? So we couldn't eat there. We went to California Pizza Kitchen instead :)

Okay, umm do I not have THE cutest family? My mom made me a blanket out of MINE AND JACOB'S SHIRTS!!! My mom is SO great! Kennadi gave me a build-a-bear. He is a little missionary named Elder Hansen. When your push his paw he says "hey Kacey, I love you SO much" in Jacobs voice. Kennadi had to record him saying that before he even left!

This is me with the gifts from my family :) They are so good to me! I really am so lucky! They all tried so hard to make my birthday perfect, they did a great job! I love them!

Chocolate Covered Orange sticks for lunch.

YAY!!! My first letter came today! It totally made my day! It was a much needed letter. He is so cute. I love his handwriting, the way he writes, the silly things he says, and his success! It is so much fun!

This picture doesn't even do justice to how excited I was when I got this letter!

Also, Tuesday's are his PDAY! So he was able to e-mail and update all of us! We have been going crazy since Wednesday! Mom (Jake's mom) and I have been waiting on pins and needles to hear from him! We pretty much are going to be living for Tuesdays for the next two years.

Jake is loving the MTC. He is the district leader! Is that really a surprise though? He likes his companion, Elder Bass. He prays, teaches and bears his testimony in Spanish. He was so worried about the language but we all knew he would be a natural. I love that he is so happy there! He is seriously so cute. Everything he writes makes me smile!

Elder Jacob Riley Hansen is the world's cutest missionary!

So to celebrate my letter, the e-mail, and my birthday I got some orange sticks :) No real relation, just and excuse to eat a yummy treat.