The Kelley's Sunday Afternoon Adventures

John and I have two cars, one named Miss Daisy and one named Toto. Miss Daisy is John's '99 Dodge Intrepid. Well, she decided to stop working a couple weeks ago and well, it was terrible. Poor Mr. Kelley, he was not feeling good at all. What with a sick laptop and now his car turned sour, life wasn't so good to him. Luckily, one night our Bishop and his counselor came to visit and were able to make a diagnosis. All Miss Daisy needed was a new battery! 
Luckily yet again, John's birth father recently gave us some money for our wedding and that paid for the battery and our 1st counselor put the new one in! Plus the Best Buy up here in Logan fixed the computer for free! All in all, Mr. Kelley is in a much better state. 
Was it luck or was it a tender mercy from our Heavenly Father? I'm going to go with Tender Mercy.
To celebrate the return of Miss Daisy, we went on a little drive...to Idaho.

Being the ever romantic, John pulled over and asked if I'd like to be kissed in two places at once. How fantastic was that! I love my husband so much. 
You know on How I Met Your Mother, Marshal and Lily can't be apart? How they seem to not be capable to be apart even for 1 day? That's John and I. We are best friends, soul mates, bound and sealed together forever. It's the best thing in the entire universe! 

Bridal Faire!

Bridal Faire was this weekend as before mentioned and aside from puff roses, I finally made my first flower arrangements! These probably aren't professional or anything, but they made me happy. 

 We even made take-away favors with red velvet and vanilla petit fours! Oh it was so much fun to put these in little plastic boxes and wrap in a delicate ribbon. I don't know what is so fun about little cakes but something about them really make everyone smile.

 Believe it or not, I placed every single one of these in the boxes and belted out Adele while doing it! Haha! I may look like her, but I don't' sound the same.

The more I am involved in event planning, the more I love it. I mean, these girls are having the most special day of their lives and being able to be a part of it and take away a lot of their stress is so fun! I've been looking and hoping to find a real career, something I love and can be passionate about. While I thought publishing was that something, and maybe it is as well, event planning is what I love right now. I'm developing skills and interest in something I didn't know I could! It just proves of course that our Heavenly Father is aware of each individual on this Earth and wants to help us reach our full potential. I'm so grateful for that!

How to make puff roses for walls

Ok, so first off, I don't know what these are actually called but I call them "puff roses".  As you all know, I work for Utah State University Catering and this weekend was the Bridal Faire! I was so excited to be a part of it and lucky for me, I got to create flat-against-the-wall puff roses. This is a tutorial.

Our beautiful booth was modeled after the "French Countryside and Shabby Chic" trends. Here's how you start. 
You take 12 sheets of crinkly tissue paper and fan fold them. Once fan folded, fold in half and secure with a wire twistie (shown here) or a rubber band.

 Then, you take one sheet at a time and pull towards the middle. This can get tricky because the paper rips so easily, but don't' give up, just be gentle.

 As you pull, don't' forget to fluff and puff. The paper is great for puffing up and looking like a flower. Plus it's so fun! Keep going until you have three sheets left.

 Once you are down to 3 sheets, the puff roses will look like this! If you want to have a full puff ball, pull 6 sheets towards the middle and then flip and pull 6 the other way. That will give you a ball, but this is WAY better for putting on walls.  

This was what our booth looked like and it was a huge success. I love my job!

Running through Sprinklers, PetSmart and Taco Bell

John and I have so much fun together! This weekend was no exception of course. We are new to Logan so after asking some locals where the best place to watch the USU football game was, we were directed to "The Factory". I was a little skeptical, but it turned out to be a great place!

This might be a little hard to see, but they make the best deep dish pizza in town and not to mention, big screen tvs that make the game worth watching! John and I were pretty happy campers, even when a bunch of Utes fans joined our table. Whatever though, Aggies won 27 to 20 in overtime!

Today the Kelley's decided to do a drive around and find some cool places to be. Saturdays are traditional garage sale days and after some man trying to sell us a cup and bowl set for 8 people at the outrageous price of $75, we decided maybe Logan isn't the place for yard sales. 
However, we almost added a new member to our little family! I fell in love with a fish at PetSmart.

How cute is that little face?? I mean mister middle man there in gold. These little fish were so precious, I almost couldn't say no! But I did. 
I forgot to meantion, while driving around John saw some sprinklers and being the spontaneous man he is, told me to jump out and run! So we ran through sprinklers together on someone's sidewalk. Way fun! I love this man, there is never a dull moment. 
Also, dinner at Taco Bell meant delicious food and interesting conversations with an old woman who said her husband of 54 years passed away 2 years ago because of a spray that gave him a leukemia. I was so sad for her :(.  But then she also said she shot her husband in the foot one day because he was leaving for something and she knew that if he left, he would get in a wreck. So. Yeah. 
Well, John is telling me to get to bed so off I go! 

Taking a Tour of the Kelley's Place

I have lived in some pretty shady places, some ok places and some almost really nice places. However, nothing compares to the gorgeous townhouse I now share with Mr. Kelley! I thought I'd post a few pics of our new abode. These are just the beginning, more to come soon!

This is our beautiful, homey, smell good kitchen. Oh, and we Kelley's LOVE our Koolaid!

 This is our Living Room. It is a masterpeice in the works!

 Our bookshelf/entry wall is a two part picture thanks to instagram being snooty with picture sizes. But I love it!

Well, that is the first take of the Kelley's super amazing home. Come visit us anytime!

Hello and welcome to the coolest blog from your favorite newlyweds....the Kelley's! I'm Kayla and he's John. Since this is our first post, I thought I'd start by telling a little about us.
I graduated from Southern Utah University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Communication, served an LDS mission in Milan, Italy and I worked for a year and a half with Davinci Virtual Office Solutions doing International Sales. Then I met John Douglas Kelley who swept me off my feet and off to Logan Utah where I now work for Utah State University. I got a job working for Catering as a Catering Sales Associate and I absolutely love it! I couldn't be happier with my smokin' hot husband, my awesome new job and my sweet new Logan life.
Now for John, my sexy Texan without the accent but with all the good manners and charm. John is from Katy, Texas and moved to Utah three years ago to go to the LDS Business College after successful completion of an LDS mission to Independence, Missouri. He graduated with his Associate Degree in Science and received a very prestigious "excellence in Academics" scholarship to USU where he is currently studying to be a science professor.
Together we make up a pretty fun couple if I say so myself. Lots of laughing, lots of support and a lots of love. I'll keep everyone updated on our lives and good luck Keeping up with the Kelley's!