So umm I'm kinda late in posting this but uh I'm officially engaged now! :P

David proposed to me on Thanksgiving morning. He woke me up kinda early saying we were going to go horse back riding. So after getting the horses ready we rode around the Haley ranch for a bit. They have a lot of land out there and it was just amazing! Cold, but amazing ;) So I was kinda expecting it because I knew he had to do it before we went to Thanksgiving dinner (we were going to take some of our engagement pics there) but he kept on taking me to so many different places that I wasn't sure if this was it or not.

Finally we got to this ridge and it was overlooking most of the ranch and it wasj ust stunning, while I was looking out I heard David unzipping his jacket and my heart started pounding!! I knew this was it. I looked over and there he was just smiling and holding this little black box in his hand. When I think about it now I know I should have written this sooner because I'm not really sure of my reaction but David said I mostly couldn't stop smiling lol.

He said, "Babe, you already know you're the girl of my dreams and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, so will you marry me?" and he then opened the box and WOW! Can I just say that my ring has to be the most beautiful ring I've ever seen (no offence sisters :D)!! Of course I said yes and he put the ring on, there was a few exchanges of kisses and then my horse tried to take off cause I guess she didn't want to be there anymore lol, but I was so proud of David! He did an amazing job with picking out the ring and how he picked to propose to me!

Anyway, here are some pics for you to enjoy... even though I'm kinda late lol Happy late Thanksgiving, Merry Christmass, and an early Happy New Year everyone!

Love David and Lindsey

Pics:

Ok so for most of you this isn't really big news cause everyone knows except for the McCollaums but I have some huge news! So everyone knows that David got baptized and stuff in Sept. so he was in an interview with his (now old since he moved) Bishop and he mentioned something that took both David and I by surprise. I had never heard of a Bishop counseling what he just had so we decided that I needed to check with my Bishop and see what he said, and sure enough both Bishops seemed to have the same idea. So now that your all on the edge of you seats trying to figure out what this counsel was...


da da dahhhhh!

I'm getting married January 1, 2010!!

The Bishops both seemed to think that since he's baptized and he's well on his way to becoming a great priesthood leader and since we both intend to be married in the temple eventually we should just get married. We will be getting married in Utah because most of my family is already here and Davids family is kinda scattered all over at the moment lol. Then once David has been a member for a year we can both enter into those temple covenants and be sealed for all time and eternity. Which will probably be happening once he's finished advanced so that we can come out to Utah for the sealing (so like maybe next Thanksgiving of Christmas).

Once we're married I will be moving to Oklahoma (I can't spell it without thinking of the musical :P haha) in a small town called Enid where David will be continuing his flight training at Vance Air force base. We think we'll be living on base and he's estimated graduation date from Primary is some time at the end of June. We're hoping that I will be able to find a job for that short time and I have better chances than before because they have a program where on base they help the spouses find jobs. Since my last job will have been a call center type job (and according to my "Predictive Index" results I'm well suited for that) I'll most likely get a job where I can answer peoples questions all day, that's what David thinks at least. From there, depending on what platform he gets, we'll be moving again and we hope it will be to Corpus Cristi Texas.

As I said before this is mostly for the benefit for my long lost relatives in Italy since they are so hard to get a hold of on Skype and now Facebook as well. Also I though it might be a good idea to update my blog since that hasn't been done for a while now... :P

So ya I guess here's some pictures of the future married peeps :) and I hope everyone is doing well!
Love you all,
Lindsey

I know I haven't written in a while but I've been fairly busy in my defence... so I just thought I'd share this with you all. I thought it was so cute and this song reminds me of when we were in Ohio with our pool (maybe the only memory of that place I have) and I loved this song! Watch this it's so cute! David found it, good job babe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXHazCH1BZE

K I'll try to write something soon but you'll all just have to live with this for a bit :D

Just an Update

Ok so I guess it's finally time for another update. I've moved out of King Henry Apartments am now living right by UVU in a place called Wolverine Crossing. It's a nice place and I have my own room now (YES!!!!) so I don't have to worry about roommates keeping me up all night :P and I knew two of my roommates I'm living with now form High School. Lacey Call and Jentri Dean, and my other roommate's name is Ping Ping Wong, she's such a sweetheart :D so cute!

I also finally got  job. Almost everyone knows that by now but just incase you didn't there ya go. I'm working at the same place Mike and now Amy is; Bluehost a web hosting company. I'm in the verification department and I get to call people and take calls all day! Wahoo... bla! No actually it's not that bad as long as I've had some Dr Pepper to keep me awake lol I'm just happy I have a job though. Also it looks as though I've done something right cause usually it takes them a month to see if they'll want me to stay or not but they've already given me more hours permanently and extra for the months to come! Yay me I'm so amazing haha. I've very happy with this job for now.

Also recently my boyfriend David Christenson came down to Utah for a week to visit me and meet my family. It was so much fun and really good to see him after more than 4 months!! He was so nice and sweet to everyone and from what I can tell everyone liked. Both Mom and Dad said that they could tell his parents were really great people cause they did such a good job on raising David. :D I'll give you a run down on what occured over the week:

First we ate dinner with my parents and then went back to their place to visit more and after Dave and I went to hang out with some of my friends. The next day we went to visit Emily and Eliot and the kids. Em, the kids and Dave and I went to subway and then to a park so the kids could play and we had lots of fun. Then we went back to Their house to put the twins to bed and visit with Eliot who told us his awesome elk story. Then we had to go cause I had to work. Next day we went to spend time with Camila and Isabel (Mike was at work so we weren't able to visit with him this time.) They also wanted to go to a park and we spent some time watching Isabel be the cute little girl she was. After we went back to Camila's and had some lunch and then sat on the couch while Isabel cuddled up next to David. She loved David as we knew she would cause every time she saw him on web cam she just sat there blowing kisses to him. Then she went down to bed and we visited with Camila until it was time again for me to go to work. We picked up Amy on our way over to Mom and Dad's because they were going to welfare square for the night and then to dinner later. Then David was dropped of at Amy's for them to hang out (they had already met cause of the book trips) until I got off. The next day we went to go help out Mom for a bit and then I went to work while David workout at my gym then we went to Kim and Brandon's to spend the night since we got there around 9:45. We had fun visiting with them and playing with Spencer a bit then he went to bed and we watched some funny stuff on youtube and then a really cool movie of Brandon's (I forget the name of it :P) Next morning they made us a really good breakfast and then David and I went shopping for Mom's mothers day present then I had to go to work while David went with Mom and Dad and Mike and Camila and Isabel to Temple Square (visit Mike and Camila's blog for some pics). David said he had a great time and after he went to help move some furniture at M&D's and then we all went over to Mike and Camila's to play Wii!! It was lots of fun cause Mike, David and I are all very competitive so we all won some and lost some (Camila wanted to read her book cause she was tired. Poor thing walked all around Temple Square being very pregnant!) Next day we went to Mike's ward for church with M&D then we went to M&D's place for a very yummy yummy dinner! Mom was such a sweetheart to make a very good Italian meal for us from scratch. It was spaghetti with meat balls and a really yummy salad that she copied form a restaurant and a really really good soup! Oh man it was good! Attending were Kim and Brandon and Spence, Amy, and Alisa and her boyfriend. Kim and Alisa both brought desert which were a raspberry crumble cake (Kim) which was very very good! And Alisa brought us some brownies :) it was a very nice dinner and after dinner David and I did dishes and we all visited for a while then David went to my place to watch a movie. He left the next morning at 10 :( it was very sad to see him leave but I was so happy that I got to spend so much time with him over the week! I just might have been the best week of my life!! 

We didn't take very many pictures but here are some

 of the few we did take.

Me and my love!

He's so amazing <3

Mommy and I :D

Daddy and daughter :]

makin' good food!

Leaving :(

Such a handsome man! ;)

Finale goodbye! I love him!

My Personal Philosophy

This is a paper that I found on my parents computer. I thought it was very interesting and would like to share it with you guys. I wrote this my senior year in high school for my AP English class.

I am unique. I’ve lived most of my life knowing that I don’t follow the general flow of others. I’ve come to realize that my way of thinking is not that of what my parents, teachers, and even peers want me to think. My approach on things is very different from that of the average teenager. I’ve always rationalized my incompetence in meeting certain requirements to be my lack of enthusiasm or motivation, but more than once has the thought of my intelligence crossed my mind as reason and/or cause. I have beautiful features about me, but lack the self-esteem to be able to become anything great.

I like learning. To be able to understand how and why things work, and then to be able to explain to others with intelligent but understandable words is an amazing thing. Going into the minds of others to catch a glimpse of how they perceive the world and reading the many dreams, hopes, beliefs, and knowledge is an exciting voyage. I like being independent and knowing things for myself, but I like to have support, help, and others thoughts as well. I like observing things around me, and little details. I like the feelings of accomplishment and the relief of honesty. I like being able to express myself appropriately and I like attention for good things.

I believe we all have to potential to become great. I believe that I will never fully understand everything I want to. I believe that everything is connected together and that it is important for us to know as much as we can. Knowledge is one of the most important tools in life, if not the most important. With that tool, mankind will succeed. If one puts forth the time, effort, persistence and sacrifice needed, then one is bound to become great.

I dislike assumptions. The world is too quick to make judgments that effect decisions. If we become so hasty that we can’t take the time to get to know people, then all the knowledge, persistence, dreaming, and hard work comes to nothing. If we can’t take time to look carefully, then some Einstein might lose confidence or ability to do great and wonderful things.

 I plan to continue in life to the best of my ability. Even if I feel I am not capable of doing things, life goes on. Often times we hear the saying, “It’s the thought that counts.” I plan to make my thoughts into actions so that it truly does count. I can achieve success if I try instead of just thinking. I plan to take full responsibility for any of my actions and make them better if I have to. I plan to have a happy family, raise children, and provide them with love, care, knowledge, and anything else they might need. I plan to further my education both through college and personal study.

I dream of satisfaction. Traveling different places, learning new things, feeling many emotions, experiencing necessary achievements, and enjoying life. To be a skilled scholar and be an accomplished musician, to have the attitude of completeness and gratification for the knowledge I thirst for is what will bring me satisfaction.

I have independent and different ideas and philosophies. I am an individual.

Here's the video... it was having difficulties uploading.

Me + Drugs = Very funny!!

So the other day I was helping out my roommate Bella record herself for a class project. While going about preparing and editing her film, we stumbled across something I didn't even know existed. As we commence watch, becasue we're the curious little creatures we are, I soon realize that this is footage of me sleeping for an hour! It was filmed during the time I was staying at Mom and Dad's because I had just gotten my wisdom teeth pulled and they were taking care of me. Bella looks at me like, "You're some sort of freak..." and all I can say to her is, "I honestly don't remember this! I was on drugs for goodness sake." I've now decided that it's really really funny and hope you guys enjoy this as much as we did :) Oh and I did edit it for time's sake, I really don't know how'd want to watch an hour of me sleeping anyway! :P

Fun with family!

Lately I've decided that I need to spend more time with my family and siblings because now that I'm older and understand SO much (:P) anyway I dedided that now that I'm not in high school and have gone through a little bit of the real world I can  connect with my family in a different way and it's important for me to get to know them and become good friends with them now. So since I'm always over at Mike and Camila's I deceded that I'd start with Kim and Brandon because it had been so long that I had been around them. So about two weeks ago I went over and first off Kim and I made some way good chicken with a corn, beans, rice and tomatoes with some spices mixture. After dinner we had some fun playing around with Spencer. Gotta love that boy! He is so huge and he talks all the time and it's so clear too. He showed off his puzzle skills to me and I have to admit he was really fast at them, I was very impressed! He just flirted with me the whole itme and I was a bit suprised at times because he's such a boy but I'm not used to that ha ha. He would totally face-plant and get up and laugh about it! Soo not something girls would do :P After he got all ready for bed Kim and Brandon and I had out little fun eating ice cream (btw if anyone needs help knowing the proper way to prepare ice cream for your self, talk to Brandon! He's the king at it haha) and playing a fun little board game. I was a bit worried about the game at first because last time I played it with them Mom and Dad played it with us and it wasn't all that fun, but I soon found out that it was because they were so slow! Ha ha but we had fun talking and catching up and making fun of each other :)

So this weekend I went over to Emily and Eliot's house and we all had a lot of fun! When I first got there the twins were taking their nap so Randi had me all to her self for a while and she wanted to show me how she played her "V-smile". She was so cute and very good at it, I was impressed. Then the twins came down and things when crazy. We had a lot of fun taking funny pictures on my computer at first then I chased the kids around while Emily made us some dinner. Randi loved it so much she kept coming up to me all night saying "I got you!" and then taking off for me to chase her :) cute little girl. After dinner and even more playing with the kids it was time for bed and then Em and El ganged up on me and told me their opinion about school ;) it gave me some stuff to think about and I appreciated their concern for me. After that Em and I went down and I helped her out with making some of her hair bow's. She does such a good job with them I'm really impressed with all the work she does! While we were doing that after a while David called and Emily took over the parenting job for a bit and wanted to interview him, I should mention though that it was David's idea though :) So she asked him her questions and then after we had a good laugh about it but I thought it was super funny that both were so keen on having the interview :P The next day we al went out shopping for different stuff for Emiy (I have no money so I didn't even bother looking at stuff, I mkostly just tried to keep the kids entertained) and we spent all day doing that. We stopped at a Carls Jr for lunch because it hd a play pin for the kids and the girls had a great time climbing around it. Randi got scared in part of it though so I had to go up and get her to help her out. I must admit I was pretty jealous of the kids cause it was one of the coolest play pins I'd ever been in, but after taking the twins through it a few times to go on the slide I realized why they make those for little kids only :P When we got home we were all tired so the kids shared some little kid dinner and then had part of the adult food which we ordered from a Mexican place and then the girls when to bed. Emily and I then went to the movie Push. It was pretty good but we both agreed that it was missing something... but all in all we had a great time.

Now it's picture time! I didn't take any pictures at Kim's except on my phone but I don't know how to transfer that so here are some of my fav's from Em's:

Randi, Kestin and I

Kestin, Randi, Emily and Kourtney

Emily, Randi and I

funny pic of Randi

"Oh no! Where did Lindsey's head go!"

Me :P

My sister is so peeerrty ;)

Kestin haha

Kourtney wasn't really into it lol

hummm :]
Me, Randi and Mom (Emily) Randi loved taking these pics!
The end :]

The Hair...

Ok so I just realized that I didn't tell anyone that I'd cut my hair... well everyone has pretty much seen it by now, but just incase you guys forgot what it looked like or for those of you who haven't seen it, here ya go!

That's my "I'm a big deal" pose in case any of you were wondering. ;) 

But here's the real deal pic :P

Jk that's not the real deal but I mean what picture am I not going to make a face in? Anywho, there ya go peeps. I'll try to think of something cooler to post about... just getting in the habit right now :P

lots of loves!

linny

...hum

So just so you guys don't think I'm completely incompetent, I would like to shortly state that most of my posts (including this one) were written at 1 am or later. So obviously when I was grammatically incorrect it wasn't exactly my fault... well kinda but I have an excuse... cause my brains not totally on...  Ah who am I kidding, when is my brain ever totally on? :) Seriously though... not my fault.

More posts to come!

linny

A new Roommate!

So when I came back from my last book trip I walked into my appartment and everything was different. A little puzzled I went to my room and when I opened the door someone elses stuff was across the room form me! It was so shocking to me, Paige had only mentioned moving out once and I didn't even know she had left. No text message from her or a call or anything. Apparently she left a note to the other girls, but we all think she got mad at us for some reason... Anywho, my new roommates name is Madelaine (far right). She's lots of fun and we're all very happy to have her join our little crew. We are now L.A.M.B.!! :)

just in cause you wanted to make fun of me here's your chance :)

so i totally forgot to post my pictures i took

i didn't have a chipmonk face but i still look pretty out of it haha

Day 1: (I'm in a tank top yes i know. remember this was while i was still under anasthesia...)

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

so there ya go :) 

notice how i'm not smiling in any of them... wonder why :P

well hope you all enjoyed them

love linds

Can't sleep...

This last Thursday, January the 15, I fianlly got the chance to get my wisdon teeth taken out. I was unusually excited for this because they had been through the gums and hurting me for two months now. Little did I know how fun things would really get.

The morning of, I awoke to Mom kindly (more like franticly ;] ) letting me know that we had fifteen minutes till we needed to leave. Not wanting to do a whole lot with myself since I was half asleep and was going into surgery so I'd look wierd after no matter what I did, I went to the bathroom to change, brush my teeth, and put on a little bit of makeup. Leaving ontime we head out to Salt Lake City for the building Wisdom Teeth Only.

Upon arriving we then are told that we're actually forty minutes late (miss communication issues) so we hurried through the paper work, I got an x-ray of my teeth with a really nifty mechine that rotated around my head! (I felt like a robot :P) Then I showed into the extraction room. dun Dun DUN!!!

I'm told to sit in the chair and get real comfy. Then my Doctor/Dentist/Man Who's Taking Out My Teeth explains whats going to happen to me while he tie's a rubber band around my arm. A little confused at why he's bothering with my arm when it's my teeth that are getting pulled I decided it doesn't matter, the Doc knows best. He then tells me to start skweezing my hand into a fist. I then realize that I am to recieve an IV for the anasthesia. 

My heart jumps twice and does a backflip as I start to slowly skeez my hand, trying not to think of the needle that's about to puncture my oh so fragile skin, causing the tiniest bit of pain, but extreamly scarrie none the less. As I try to fade out the needle thats now only inches away from my buldging vain, I hear a voice somewhere in the background, "Now once the anasthesia's in your blood stream you'll start to loose concisnous in a few minutes. This might prick just a little bit..." Oh the horror! Feeling the cold needle pierce my skin! Sinking down into the wet blood! I start to cry out, then realize why I still tolerate shots. Geez that wasn't so bad. Hum, well thats an interesting wall... wow starting to get tired. Man I should have gone to bed earlier last night. Gosh I just can't seem to keep my eye's open... ok... it the... anas... thes...

...

"No no, they weren't a problem at all. Just the regualr garden type variety."

...

"I'll help you get her out to the car."

...

Ooo... where'd the lower half of my face go? Oh a text message, must answer...! K Lindsey just try to keep your eyes open for a little bit... hey, when'd I get in the car? Oh ya, phone. What's in my mouth? Ok, blood everywhere... not so fun. Just text Linds. Wait where's my Mom? Hum, parking lot looks familar. At least I kinda know where I am. K need to stop sticking fingers in mouth. Yes, David I'm out... but I see a dog that's so cute!! There's blood on my thumb... Ok Mom's back, she'll fix it! "Mhmmhdmmhmhd..."

"What?!"

"Hummammdmmm!!!"

"Lindey I don't understand what your saying. Just wait ok we'll be home soon. Here hold your meds."

I now am holding some sort of bag in my hands...? Oh kohlers, right, the store. Well that would explain where Mom was, but how'd we get here so fast I just got a shot. Well maybe David will fix it then. [blood on my thumb. its gross]

{I'm sorry. you did just get your teeth out though. That could be why there's blood on your fingers...}

Hum, well that didn't help me at all. All well keep texting! Must text. Or sleep... thats good too...

Huh...? Hey don't leave me Mom! I wanna come. Ok Lindsey open door. Oh home... ya hi Mom why can't I walk?

"K Lindsey let's go inside and take some pills. Come on stand up, your too big for me to carry."

"Mmmhdaamuum."

"Lindsey I can't understand you just wait ok."

Wow, how did I get in the chair so fast...? Oh water! Yes my mouth is so dry, I can't wait... ok sippy cup's a little wierd but who gives. I just want that liquid down my throat... or all over my shirt and pants and table, that works too. Oh look... more blood. "MMMDHMDMUUM!!!"

"What is it? Ooh, well we'll just wash that up. Now try to close your mouth this time. Ya tip it up like that. There we go now, yes Lindsey I realize there's blood. Well stick out your tounge let me wash it off."

"Muuhmmdhum."

"Ok let get you in bed. Come on."

Geez this walking thing is harder than I remember'd. And why does the room keep spinning and jolting. YES! A bed. Oh sweet moses a TV. My prayers have been answered, I'm in heaven!!

As the days went on I progresivly got better. They day came (Jan 17) when it was time to go home. I had my list of when I needed to take my pills and what not and I was confident that I would be just fine. Arriving at my apartment I had a little bit of pain but I was happy to see my roommates again and finally feel independent once again. Taking my pills when I was supposed wasn't so bad that night. So trying falling asleep after a long long talk with my roommates wasn't a problem at all. 

The next moning I awoke remembering all the times I sat up in bed that night. Suddenly feeling a stab of pain I realized why. Looking at the clock that read 6:30 before I left my room, trying not to wake my roommate, I stumbled to my drug stash. Ok I need to take this pill now with food, hum that could be a problem. What am I supposed to eat if I can't even open my mouth wide enough to shove a soft banna in it?

I look up to a noise and find Bella coming out, looking very tired, announcing that she needs to work on her lesson for Relif Society. Now on the couch with the computer on my lap trying to decypher what's written infront of me I grunt "good luck" to her and continue decoding my puzzle. Everything is spinning for some reason I really can't figure out but I just need to concentrate on something besides the aggonizing pain of my tooth. By my side is a bowl that once held a little strawberrie oatmeal, my make-shift ice pack, and the massive amounts of pills that are supposed to take this pain away. Deciding that this is much more than the avrage pain that accompanies wisdom teeth extraction, I look up that dreaded word... Dry Socket.

Dry socket is something that is more common among women and in the lower jaw. No one knows exactly why it occurs but the pain can very unpleasent for the patient. It can commence within 2-5 days of the extraction and will generally last from 24-72 hours. Some things however that could pertain to the cause are smoking, sucking through straws, of the proceedurd it's self.

Rembering the three time's I sucked through straws I decided that was my problem. I read more:

Sucking through a straw will creat negative preasure and can cause the blood clot to remove its self. Spitting will also cause a negative preasure. Avoid both after extraction untill the pain ceases. 

Oh well thats jut great. It's not my fault I always had the urge to spit I mean come on there was blood in my mouth...

Some symptoms are extream pain in the area of extraction, a fould smell or taste, and pain that will run from the head down the neck. Often times the ear will start to ake also.

Ok well this taste deffinantly isn't something that I enjoy, and now I understand why my ear hurts. At least I don't have that pain running down the neck thing going on. Well I'm not going to go to church today... wow feeling tired. I think the pills have finally kicked in.

"Oh ya I'm not feeling good at all. I think that I have dry socket. It happens to sometimes after teeth are pulled and it hurts really bad. So ya I'm going to stay home today and hopefully catch up on the sleep I missed out on last night."

As my roommates left, heading to church, I got up off the couch and took more pills. Going to my room each step was torcher. It was like my mouth was punishing me for taking out my teeth that were hurting me.

"We were having fun with those guys. They were so wise and gave us all so much advice but you had to go and take them all away! You couldn't even leave one..."

Wow ok these pills are so effecting me... time to sleep, or try to at least.

The day went on and I continued to be in massive amounts of pain. It got so bad that one morning I had to run to the bathroom and hang my head over the toilet while I sat and dry-heaved for ten minutes. I decided that I needed a priesthood blessing. Dad was sick though and we kept having problems when I asked them to come down. I hadn't talked to my home teachers for about two months and wasn't sure if I had been reassigned or not so I called my favorite brother.

"Ya sure I'll come during lunch."

Oh joy! I was going to get better finally! I took a shower and waited to the time my life saver would come. He arrived and asked what was going on. I explained as best I could and then told him he was my last hope. After the blessing I thanked him and he invited me to lunch. I accepted, I'd been cooped up in houses for way too long. I was able to eat my lunch without much trouble and enjoyed spending time with my brother. He took me home afterwards and I spent the rest of the day happy and excited to be free of pills and pain. 

It's now the following day, Monday Jan 20, and I'm proud to admit that even though there is still some pain, I'm no longer on pain killers and I'm feeling much better!

All in all I just wanted to post something and though this was just about the best thing to share :)

Hope you guys enjoyed the story and I promise that I'm going to be posting much more now.

Love linds