LIVIN ON LOVE

Christmas Traditions- Family Gift Exchange

2012-01-06T09:58:00.000-08:00

This is a shout out to the Thompson Troop for the fun gifts they sent our way! Never has there been a better time for a Snuggie and Giant Legos to keep a family warm and happy all winter long. Thank you Thompson Troop!

-Love Team Thompson

Basketball rules

2011-03-30T13:06:00.000-07:00

A much needed update

2011-02-13T22:42:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone it has been months so I thought I would give the old blog an update. For a Christmas/Valentines present Kaleb took me on a get away to a resort in Moab. It was amazing! I can't decide what was my favorite part the mountain biking down rock faces, the fine dining, the cabin, the book on cd we listened to, or being alone with my incredible husband. I have also included some footage of Ethan.

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Ten month Photo Shoot

2010-09-29T21:00:00.000-07:00

Let's get a little update on Team Thompson shall we. We are all going to BYU, yes this includes Ethan haha kinda. We are workin hard and loving life. Kaleb is preparing for the DAT coming up this Spring and Ethan can say dadda, momma, gogo, pass and up. Some of our favorite family activities include passing any ball, playing in the toilet water, making messes, munching and laughing. The pictures on this post were done by my wonderfully talented sister Emily. Thanks again Em! One of my favorites is the little Nikon commercial we have in the top pic. Beautiful baby boy we love you so much! You have made us more happy then we could ever imagine. Oh by the way Ethan has a really cheesy side if you can't tell by his scrunchy face in some of the pictures. He makes it whenever you say, "show me your cheesy smile."

I am going to eat that camera if you take another picture!

Swiss cheese anyone?

Bored

Rubba dub dub Ethan in the tub?

Footage from our lives

2010-06-14T15:57:00.000-07:00

Picture Extravaganza

2010-04-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

I have a little catching up to do. Life has been a little crazy for us for the last few months with school and work, but we are doing really well. Kaleb has changed gears so we are now looking at going to Dental school. Where? I have no idea. I started a risk and insurance consulting business and Ethan is working really hard on growing hair. The week before finals we went to Newport, CA with my family and had a blast! The beach was awesome and the waves were just right. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Lil gangsta

True love

Baby at the beach

Preparation for O-chem final

I caught him reading again. He is trying to study for his finals like his daddy.

The men are taking care of the yard

Passed out

Photo Shoot

2010-02-04T10:10:00.000-08:00

This is his version of Zoolander

Here are some pictures that my friend/roommate Carly took. She is extremely talented, beautiful, kind, thoughtful, and I could keep going but there is not a blog big enough. Thank you Carly!

Naky Bird

Seriously Shocked!!

2010-01-24T15:52:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago I was watching TV (Glenn Beck rules!) when the phone rang. Not wanting to be rude to the person on the other end of the line I went to turn the TV off. As my finger touched the power button I felt an audible SHOCK!! Can anyone guess what happened? You guessed it! I totally fried the 40in flat screen TV our employer Dave put in our apartment. After attempting to turn the TV on for twenty minutes I sheepishly called Dave to inform him of my electrifying experience. Dave responded so kindly and with a little chuckle told me it was probably ruined. At that point I thought Kaleb and I would never watch a BYU game, or have movie date night again. But my fear was in vain. A week later Dave walked into our apartment, handed me a receipt, and said, "it will be here Friday." My first thought was that he had ordered some stuff for the complex like he normally does. But as I looked carefully at the receipt I read, "42in plasma HDTV." You can only imagine how shocked (no pun intended) I was to see this. When the TV arrived Dave helped us put it up and he made a cool little invention by the power button that grounds you when you touch it. Bye-Bye electricity. The moral of this story is that we have the best boss that anyone could ever ask for. Dave we love you and are so blessed to get to learn from you everyday!
We can now just lay Ethan in his bed and he will fall asleep! Snoop Dog!

An Ethan Update

2010-01-11T07:47:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry that it has been a while since I updated the blog. But I just wanted to give everyone far away (you know who you are) a little Ethie update. He is HUGE! (When I say huge I mean long!) Every morning when I see him sleeping or looking at me I am blown away that Heavenly Father let me have such a precious boy. Kaleb and could not be happier! Here are some pictures, but he changes everyday.

A Soxy Man

Great Grandpa Filoso

Great Grandpa Pflueger

First bath

Mommy Kisses

Just Chillin

Snuggle Bear

Eskimo Love/Caught makin the poopy face

Passing on the Torch of Motherhood

2009-11-20T15:46:00.000-08:00

It has now been a little over a week since Ethan has joined our team. Every moment with him has been a treasure. Over the last week I have also been given another eternal treasure . . . the torch of motherhood. It is a tradition in my family that whenever a women has a baby her mother comes and stays with the family to nurture and take care of everyone during the recovery process. She makes the meals, cleans the house, does the laundry, takes care of baby while mommy and daddy get some sleep, etc. Whenever I had a question or needed help my mom was right there. Hopefully someday I will become the caliber of mother that she is. Having a child makes you realize that heaven is all around a righteous mother giving her strength to be an angel to the world. I am so grateful for good mothers! Thanks mom, I love you!

Heaven sent us an angel!!!

2009-11-15T15:24:00.000-08:00

On November 10, 2009 at 6:06pm Ethan Conrad Thompson joined our family weighing in at 8.8 pounds and 20 inches long. My little brother Jacob summed up how we feel about Ethan when he said "mom I have never felt so much joy". Ethan has made us happier then we ever thought possible. Now our favorite pass time is to lay next to him and breathe him in. We just can't get enough of him! I secretly love when he wakes up in the middle of the night so I can have an excuse to hold him again. We thank Heavenly Father everyday for letting us have him.
Daddy is teaching Ethan the Gospel.
Peekaboo
Naptime
"Just sayin my prayers mom"

The final days!!!!

2009-11-05T09:13:00.000-08:00

So yesterday my mom called and asked me if I wanted to do a photo shoot before my belly is gone. Kaleb had class till five thirty so I agreed and these are some of the pictures from the shoot. Some of the pictures were taken by my mom and some by my sister M-star. Let's just say we went a little crazy.

Baby at the beach!

2009-10-21T19:41:00.000-07:00

Last week Kaleb and his dad and brothers went on the deer hunt. So, when I heard that my family was taking a trip to Cali I decided that I did not want to be alone for 3 1/2 days and went with them. For the first time in seven years the entire family was there. We all piled into our big family van and after a traditional stop at Cracker Barrel we headed to Newport, California. The car ride was very nice thanks to my family giving me the back seat almost to myself along with a mountain of pillows to lay on. For two days we partied on the beach and ate lots of delicious food. Even though the trip was amazing I missed Kaleb a lot. What can I say, when your husband is as incredible as Kaleb it is hard to stay away.

Preparing for approaching Parenthood!!

2009-08-28T12:42:00.000-07:00

As parenthood approaches Kaleb and I are doing everything that we can to prepare. Thanks to the tremendous kindness of so many our little guy is going to have a home full of warmth, love, food, the gospel, music and everything else that he needs.

I'm a workin on the wardrobe...

This i going to be my special rocking chair...so comfy!!!!

As a future mom and a future dad we realize that certain things change. (Ha ha understatement) So we are doing certain things as much as possible before our chance to do them becomes less and less:
-Staying up late
-Going to parties
-Taking naps together
-Sleeping in
-Going to the Temple
-Sitting next to each other at church
-etc.
-If you have any recommendations please tell us

Kaleb and his buddies playing in the dirt again

Here is the family cheer... Team Thompson GO!!

2009-08-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

Vacations of a lifetime!!

2009-07-29T18:24:00.000-07:00

So far the summer has been full of fun and adventure. We have been in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., Arizona, and I am sure we passed through more I just forgot. I don't know quite how to describe our experience with words so I will let our pictures tell you about it. Hang on to your chair we have a lot of pictures to show ya.

The picture are actually in the wrong order. Sorry!

Ohio Pile!!

My old Elementary School!
The little park next to my old house!!

Two dudes washin grandma's car

Fun Stuff

2009-05-16T18:50:00.000-07:00

Since the school year ended our little family has enjoyed the extra free time and many exciting events. Last week Kaleb and I went to my little sister Emily's ballroom dance competition. Let's just say Emmy can move it!!

Stav and Ash had their baby boy yay!!!! He is a little muscle man and we are so happy to have him in our family.

Thank you St. Valentine!!

2009-02-20T14:22:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Kaleb I love Valentines Day! I don't mean to say that I didn't like it before because I did love it. But it was because you got to make cool boxes and take treats to your loved ones. Now I love it because my sweet husband and I get to enjoy family, food, and celebrate our love!!! This last Valentines day we went to Buca de Bepos and a concert with the family. It was unforgettable!
YUMMY
Wow that man is attractive!!
This was at the play we went to the night before with my fam and Kaleb's mom, dad, and grandma.

How did we get like this?

2009-02-20T13:32:00.000-08:00

I have decided that my life has a little streak of craziness. I don't think that the people around me are crazy I think it is me! Or maybe everyone has a little bit of craziness inside and I bring it out in them. I wonder what people in Africa would think think of us if they saw the pictures below. If anyone can explain this phenomenon please help me understand how we got this way.

Who dresses like the Spice girls?

Who thinks that they are ring pop princesses?
What crazy person would drive in a storm like this?

What crazy person would stop and make faces as people
shoot past them down the mountain?
Who dresses up like gangsters?
Who dresses up like the Abominable snowman?
Who eats blue hot dog buns? Go BYU!
Who pretends to be Charlie's Angels and dances in the Grand America bathroom?

Our new home!

2008-12-21T14:56:00.000-08:00

Last April when I was packing up my stuff to move back home for the summer one of my roommates (Jane Ann) told me that the managers of Belmont were leaving and that the apartment complex needed new managers. Kaleb and I applied and got the job. So now we are live in and manage the apartment complex I lived in when I was single. It is fun and helps us to save our money. We have had many adventures here at Belmont and will probably have many more.
This is what our apartment looks like.
Our love fern!!
The desk where all the Belmont activities happen!
The entrance to our home!
Bathroom 1
The world's smallest shower!

Our bathroom cabinet that I assembled!
Our cute little kitchen! Our super comfy bad!
Our new TV and tree1

A Happy Monthaversery!!

2008-09-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

We know it has been 5 months since our blog has been updated(I know that because of Kelly's little timer). But you will all be glad to know that we have been married 1 and a 1/2 blissful months. We are so glad that we made the decision to be married in the temple so that we can be with each other FOREVER!! YIPEE!! On our month mark Kaleb was the first one to remember. Drat I guess will get him in two weeks on our next monthaversery. Kaleb also surprised me with roses and a beautiful dress when I got home from school. That man just knows how to treat his women.

Here I am in the dress Kaleb got me when I wear it he calls me his Spanish rose. He he

Marriage... Marriage is what brings us togeza today!

2008-08-08T14:29:00.000-07:00

As most of you already know Kaleb and I got married!! We were sealed for time and all eternity in the beautiful Salt Lake Temple on August 8, 2008. Before the wedding we had a luncheon in the Joseph Smith Memorial building. If anyone has pictures or movies of the luncheon please, please, please send them to me I don't have any. The luncheon was a blast! We had performances by Caitlyn Sears, Jaleah Thompson, Joshua Pflueger, my momma and her lovely assistants, Heath Kelly and family, and myself. The luncheon was perfect thanks to the great company, great food, great performances, great speeches, great stories, and a great prayer given by the brother my dad never knew he had (who was really a good family friend but his because of his bald head he as mistaken for my dad's brother, funny stuff). Here are some pictures from our special day.

The hair prep AHHHHHHH!

Here we are just married!

This lady is either fixing her glasses or Alli is telling her something stressful.
My handsome brother, back away ladies! J/K I wonder what he is doing? Catchin upon some reading during pictures. Smart!

Family! I think they are a little tuckered out.
This is my uncle he came home from Afghanistan for the wedding. Thanks for you love, support, and sacrifice for us Chris!
Everyone Everyone 2

I Love To See The Temple

2008-08-02T14:09:00.000-07:00

I went through the Temple!!!!!!!! When I was little I my favorite primary song was, "I love to see the Temple." Well it finally happened! After the Temple we all went and ate at the Roof. What a glorious time to be alive. I am so grateful for my Father in Heaven, my Savior and love ones who helped me to get here. Thank you all!!

Hare Chrisna Temple

2008-04-17T09:51:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been covered in chalk? We have. It's a blast I highly recommend it. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? We have. It's crazy I don't recommend it. Have you ever kissed a Llama? We haven't so you can tell us how it is. A couple weeks ago Jaleah (Kaleb's sister), Jeff(Who was a blind date at the time and is a great guy), Kaleb and I decided to go to the festival of colors at the Islamic temple. The events of the evening included fire dancing, crowd surfing (we didn't crowd surf but we helped others), llamas, miniature cows, an elephant, crazy dancing, singing, a pink chalk sky, chalk, chalk, did I mention chalk??? Several times Jaleah and I would be walking and people would throw chalk in our faces. Hence the reason why we are the chalkiest. Have you ever been to been to a festival of colors at an Islamic temple?

We Have. It is an incredible experience! You have to do it at least once. (Age limit: Must be 18 or older)

Second...

2008-03-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

Here in P-town Utah we college students like to break it down on weekends. And by break it down I mean do the Boot Scootin Boogie! After a wonderful dance with his family the Saturday before Kaleb wanted to impress me even more with his Country Swing dance skills. And MAN HE GOT SKILLS!!! So we rounded up my roommates and some of his friends and headed down to the Country dance club for a big group date! (All of the girls in the picture are my roommates. Two of them have their boyfriend/fiance with them. And the rest three other girls are with Kaleb's friends. Super fun!!

Now let me be very honest here. I knew before country dance that Kaleb was strong but it didn't hit me how strong till he was throwing me through the air like a feather! Here we are being gangstas:

Then came Skippy. Before I begin my story of a man named Skippy let me try to give you a visual. Skippy was about 5'8'' with a red goatee and shirt that said, "I hate Valentine's DAY!"
I will never know why we were destined to meet Skippy but I am privileged to say I have. (End of preface here is where the story begins)

The dance hall was hot and Kaleb and I had been dancing for a solid 30mins. So at this point we were a little sweaty and were excited to spend time alone. So we snuck away from our group of friends and went outside where it was softly snowing. (Keep in mind: We haven't kissed, cuddled, held hands nothing oh yeah and it is our second date. YEEHAW!) Earlier that night in between songs Kaleb had kind of held on to my hand a little bit longer so I was super excited when we decided to go outside! Outside we cooled of really quickly because of how cold it was. So we did the only sensible thing to do in a time like that CUDDLE!!! (Ha Ha we know how to work the system!) Oh man there are not words to describe how awesome that was.

Gradually as the snow kept falling softly and the loud music from inside turned to a slow song we hugged a little tighter. Now I can't quite say if Kaleb was going to kiss me that night because I never got to find out. As we moved even closer we hear this, "AWWWWW isn't that just adorable!" SHOCKED and slightly horrified we turned to see Skippy staring at us standing two feet away. We both sheepishly smiled. "You two are just so cute!" he said. We thanked him and were about to turn back to hugging when he stepped closer and kept talking to us. At this point we politely turn to face him still with our arms around each other for warmth! :) Now I am going to summarize the rest of the story because Skippy proceeded to talk to us for the next 15 minutes so if you want the juicy details then you are just going to have to call Kaleb or I. (Which we would love to tell you about!)

But here is a brief summary of what Skippy told us. "So you have been dating for 4 days huh? Well have you talked about children yet? (He turns to Kaleb) Come man you have got to get down close to her stomach and say daddies here. Cause that is important and you need to make sure you can do that. (He turns to me) That will help further your relationship you know. (Kaleb and I are shocked at this point but decide to play along. So we thank Skippy for his advise and ask if we can name one of our children after him.) Of course!! In fact you won't even need to discipline him because if he ever does anything wrong just ask him what he is doing with Skippy's name. (Afraid of getting anymore parenting advise from Skippy we changed the subject and asked him why he was wearing a shirt that said, "I hate Valentine's Day."He then turned to me) Well if I had someone who looked like you on Valentine's Day I wouldn't hate it. (Kaleb squeezed me tighter and smiled). Just before he left, he pulled up his shirt, revealing what would stain our minds forever. He had shaved into his chest a heart and on his belly was the word love! We never knew we would see that naked hairy torso of a man the day before valentines day.

WHEW-what a night almost getting kissed by prince charming then getting Skippified(which is a term that is used for when a romantic moment is ruined) we went home pooped!

2008-03-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

Pole Vaulting!!! Me and Jared! (Little brother)

Kaleb is so good with my little brother Justin!

Our first date:

2008-03-26T12:52:00.000-07:00

It has been said that when you serve people you love them more. It was the day before Kaleb was supposed to go to a Valentines dance with his family and he still didn't have a date. Early that evening he and Jo(his roommate) were on their way to play dodge ball and they decided they would call my roommate Reagan to see if any of us girls wanted to come. (Clever boys) I happened to be sitting right next to Reagan (who was cuddling with her man at the time) when the phone rang. She ignored the ringing so I answered. Jo asked me if we wanted to come play so I rallied two of my roommates Whitlie and Karlie to come with me. We all crammed into the trusty 20 yr old Camry(Named RUSTY) and headed to the church where about 25 other people were waiting to play dodge ball.

At about 12:00am we were tired of playing so we started to head home. By this time Kaleb had realized he was in trouble he didn't have a date and it was the day of! So being the very resourceful man that he is turned to us girls sitting in the back and asked, "Would any of you be willing to do a service project for me?" Instantly I was intrigued, if the service meant hanging out with him on a Friday night you could count me in!

Well let's just say I was kind of nervous to say anything at first. Here was this awesome man asking if I wanted to spend time with him. What kind of question is that? Is the earth round? Fortunately I have good roommates who quickly piped in, "Oh we are busy but Lindsey do you have anything?" At this point I got over my nervousness and said that I didn't have anything. (Even if I did I would have canceled!)

Normally a first date means dinner with just you two and maybe a movie after. But let's face it Kaleb and I are far from normal. So in order to be consistent in our abnormality our first date was with his FAMILY AT A VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE! I know you are thinking to yourself AWKWARD! But it was far from awkward! It was AWESOME! Loving his family was as easy as making coolaide. JUST ADD WATER and there you have it coolaide. JUST MEET THEM and there you have it LOVE!

Having fun at the dance!

How it began:

2008-03-26T09:12:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time there was a handsome young man named Kaleb. Kaleb was a super star athlete from Lone Peak High School and loved to play sports whenever he could. In his effort to get his sports fix and a desire to try new things, he found out about inner tube water polo. So he got a team together with a bunch of his friends. As the season started, being the good sport that he is, Kaleb offered to take the unwanted goalie position. The whistle blew and the game began. GOAL!!!! “Oh wait…” Kaleb thought, “that girl just scored on me.” (Here is where I come into the picture yep you guessed it I was that girl!) The whistle blew several times before Kaleb realized that, “wow she has an arm.” (Thank you Basketball! Lindsey wouldn't say this but she was a four year varsity player at Lone Peak...I love you Linds) Kaleb also noticed that I seemed to know all of his teammates. As the game went on we found ourselves talking while we floated around waiting for one of my teammates to throw me the ball so I could try and score. Soon into talking we realized that we had attended not only the same high school but the same junior high and elementary school. BIZARRE! After the game (which to his credit his team won) there was a team that had forfeited so they needed people to stay. In an attempt to not only procrastinate my homework but to talk to Kaleb more, I told he and Jo to stay and play the extra game with me. And they did…