Conference!

I didn't have to work on sat so I went over to the Balls to watch morning and afternoon conference. Bruce and I watched the morning one by ourselves

Then my roommate came over for the second one along with bruces brothers, thomas and Danny
Stephanie was a little hyper. Thomas thought it was would be funny to tape Bruce's ankles to mine with duct tape. Stephanie thought it would be funny to help. Sadly we didn't get a picture of it but it hurt way bad.... for bruce! I had pants on but he was wearing shorts! Poor boy!
On Sunday I have a tradition of making a big breakfast then watching conference. During the second half we make fajitas. Bruce was willing to help me out. My roommate and her boy came along with bruce's family minus the parents since they were in utah.The anniversary of Sputnik is Oct 4th. Marie and Michelle (two of bruce's sisters) both went Idaho for school and every year they celebrated by having a SPUDnik day. They would watch October sky and have a pototo bar. Since conference fell on Oct 4th, for dinner we had a pototo bar and that night we watched October Sky. It was tons of fun! Michelle is an amazing baker and she made us a chocolate raspberry cake and we made 2 kinds of homemade ice cream. We also had noni nut muffins (sambruce's 2 year old nephew calls banana's nonis) They were super yummy!!!

This is Thomas... bruce's little brother. He has long blonde hair and we were being a tad crazy in between conferences and we tried curling his hair. He let me do one strand but wanted to do the rest himself. So he had one curled strand and the rest looked... interesting. lol We had a lot of fun!! I look forward to many more conferences with them!

North Mountain

One night my roommate had me drop her off at work. She went in at 10 pm and got off around 3 am.(she works in a hospital) Bruce hung out with me while we waited to get her. By the time we got back it was almost 4 and we had wanted to hike Squaw Peak that morning but I wasn't feeling the idea of getting up early anymore. Then we had the idea of packing breakfast and hiking North Mountain and watching the sunrise!

Isn't it pretty? We took blankets cuz it was a tad chilly. Bruce pointed out some stars and what their names were. We also talked about us and where we wanted to go. We both are set on getting married. We are both set in the idea of getting married next summer too.

If you look closely... in between the tree and rock there is an owl! isn't it sweet! we heard it hoot on the way up then we were able to spot him! I took this with my phone so it didn't let me zoom in very close.

The sunset was soooo pretty!

It is very difficult to try and kiss, take a picture, and get the sunset in all at the same time while freezing cuz the windy is super cold... we took about 50 pictures and I only liked 2.

This is my super cute Brucester! We climbed to the peak and sat on a rock while we waited for the sun to peak over the horizon. We ate bagels with cream cheese and we brought granola bars and oranges but we ate half a bagel each then moved to a little hole to get out of the wind. After we ate our other half Bruce made me stand up to watch the sun come up over the horizon. After it came up i sat back down in the hole and realized the sun came up so we could go home. So we did.

All in all it was very fun!

Funiture Double

My roommate stephaine bought a new table and we had to wait til bruce got off at 9:30 to go pick it up. I set her up with logan, a friend of mine and bruces, so she wouldn't have to listen to me and bruce all night. We picked him up and thankfully we did cuz bruce was a tad cranky from working all day and i had to be nice and play with him so logan and stephanie tackled putting together the chairs which took them til about 1 am to finish.


can you say poor YSA? lol i made soup and grilled cheese for every one cuz it was fast and easy.
We watched the office while we worked.. well one episode then we had to stop cuz we didn't have the remote to put on the next one lol

stephaine looking for some tools in the laundry room
My job was putting the table together.. i did it the fastest but we had to take the legs off cuz i put in the wrong screws.. but other than that i did a good job.I make dinner every night for bruce and stephanie and this night logan, bruce was nice enough to do the dishes so i could help put the table together

Stephanie just had to have this table! She hated the one we had! it was not comfortable and it wobbled tons!
trying out the new table! It looks so much better then the one we had before!
Stephanie loves this table lots!
We only have a table and love sac so logan had to sit on the floor after the fun ended...

ALL in all it was a fun night!

Cuteness for Bruce

Did you know Labor day means you LABOR all day long? apparently thats how it is in the Balls family. We woke up at 6:30 am and moved his sister into her house. Then went and had breakfast at the stake center. After that we painted my desk, then went shopping, then ate lunch, then rearranged my room, then put my desk together, went to lowes, hung shelves on wall, then clean room, then go to FHE, then put everything away and go to bed by 11.

Bruce was so helpful all day! He spent his day off helping me get stuff that i wanted to get done, done! He didn't complain at all the whole day! We went back and forth all day long and didn't stop! He is AMAZING!

I had his truck for the day since i had interviews to go to, so my roommates and I heart attacked his room.

"You stole my Heart" is a line in a Ne-Yo song so we thought it worked out nicely!

Kerri gave me some canvas so i made a little sign to hang in his room!

Every Christmas Stephaine's (roommate) grandma makes each grandkid a candy bar bouqet and uses it as their place settings. She told me about it so we thought we'd make one for bruce! it turned out way cute!!
If i had 100 grand i'd more then willingly share it with bruce! He is so amazing! It goes without saying he loved his room! I guess no one has ever done anything like that for him, which suprised me cuz he does this stuff all the time. I guess he is just one of the ppl that does for others but no one does for him. I LOVE doing dumb stuff like this so i'm glad he liked it!

Castle n Coasters

We all went on a quad date! My roommate sierra wanted to meet bruces friend dane so we planned a double. Then i asked a boy in our ward for my roommate stephanie and he said he'd go so we had a triple. Then they invited their younger sister to come along so it was a quadruple date. We all went to castle n coasters and played in the acrade. Bruce and i got 93 tickets and got cool shooter guns! stephanie and Chad only got like 65 and got bow and arrows. We played the ghost shooter game and got like 30 tickets! We all had a blast!

ONE reason why i love being out on my own again! going on fun dates with roomies!!!

UPDATE!

***I MOVED***

***I QUIT FRY'S***

***Goldie is dead...for now... i hope ***

Lots has happend and i haven't had time to post everything...


I moved out with a girl from bruce's ward. I now live on 30th ave and thunderbird! Stephanie and her sister Sierra share a room and i have my own room and bath. Its sweet! i already love the girls! I'll post pictures of my OH SO CUTE room soon!

I quit frys cuz it was a 50 min drive to work everyday and i wasn't having that. So now i have a job at Deluxe. Its a fancy restaurant hamburger joint. Its pretty sweet. I hopefully start next week, and i get to work with chantel (friend since 2nd grade) again!!

Goldie died cuz i left my lights on at work, then i was given the wrong battery and put it in, and toasted the fuses. We changed those and it still wont start... so now we have to go fight the big bad SAM'S club to make then fix my car!!! Hopefully they will cuz i now pay rent and don't want to have to buy a new car.


Life is WONDERFUL! I love being with YSAs again! I also LOVE being so close to bruce! Its amazing!

Oh and i'm thinking of changing my major... to like physical therapy or ultra sound tech.. what do you think?

Associate's Degree

I officially have my associates of arts! How very exciting! its going up on my wall!!!

Hallelujah!!!

I've made up my mind! Forewarning this is will be a very long post! I'll try my best to explain but feel free to call and ask questions.

As every one knows, i have been in a rut this last month or so. Today i finally climbed out!!!

I struggled with if I should go on a mission or stay home. My true desire was/is to stay home and figure out school and earn money and set up my future life and get it started. I have and will always desire the next thing to happen in life. I love growing up. You will never hear me say, "man I wish I could go back to high school, or man being a grown up sucks and I wish I could stay a teenager or kid forever." I loved every age of life so far. I will always be looking for the next stage with excitement. I can't wait to reach the next point. I blame it on being the youngest and watching my siblings with their lives and me wanting to be just like them. Example... Kim as three kids! WOW crazy! I can't even imagine having one! However, being in Hawaii and watching Kim and learning how to become an AMAZING mom like her, I can't wait to have three kids and be like "hey Kim, remember these days?" Or watching Kerri with Kaci and learning and remember how to be just as cool, and watching and listening to their struggles with school and figuring out where to go next or what to do next. I want to be in their shoes. Some say, "a mission is part of the next stage too." However, I want the marriage life. From the time I can remember, if anyone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said, "a mom!" that desire will never go away.

I wanted to serve a mission for many reasons.
1) I wasn't sure where life was heading and I'd be 21 so a mission could be good
2) I felt the Lord wanted me to serve a mission
3) After much struggle and thought... I wanted to bring the gospel to others and serve them
4) I wanted to live someone new and experience a different life for awhile
5) It would make me a better person
6) I could go on and on but 5 is enough=]

All of these things are great and I know that. I know going would be amazing and hard but worth it. I wanted to do the right thing. I wanted to follow the Lord and listen and obey. That's why I was struggling. After a lot of talks and advice from all, I still struggled. I knew I wanted to stay and move out and figure out school and live on my own. But, I didn't know if it was a rightoues desire to give up going on a mission. I wanted to do the right thing for my life. I didn't want to go down the path I wanted if it wasn't the path the Lord wanted for me.

After talking to the stake president, I finally felt comfort in the fact that the Lord trusts me. No matter what I do or where I go this next year, I know that now He knows I will be trying my best and doing the right things. A line from my patriarchal blessing which has brought me a lot of comfort this last week states, "Krystal, the Lord loves you and what is more important He trusts you. He trusts you for what you are now and for what you will become." I want to stay. The Lord is ok with that. Yes, He'd be pleased if I served a mission, but He still will be pleased if I stay home as well.

Another thing that I struggled with was this line. "In the not to distant future, you will be able to go to the temple to have your own endowments, to perhaps be sealed to someone for time and eternity." I've taken this line so many different ways. It has never sat right with me. It has always made me apprehensive. I never knew what it meant.. Did it mean i was going to get married? Did it mean I was to go on a mission? Did it mean neither of the two? WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!??! But that's the beauty of it. I realized, with the help of my stake president, who I know is a mouth piece for the Lord, that I will go to the temple and receive my endowments. I get to pick if its for a mission, or for being married, or if I just feel its time. Its up to me. He worded it so that I could figure it out on my own.

This last month has been very hard for me. Lots of emotions, lots of struggle, lots of misunderstandings, lots of tears. But I have also had, lots of love, lots of studying, lots of growing experiences,lots of knowledge, lots of comfort, lots of tender mercies.

With the downs come the ups.

I am staying home. The EMT program didn't work out sadly, but I'm on to the next thing. What that is, I don't know. I just know that I'm staying and I'm excited to figure it out. I'm excited to make plans and not be uneasy about them! I'm excited to finally apply to nursing school! I'm excited to (yes I want to come out, we'll see if it works out) go see kerri and brad in virgina! I'm excited to plan Sylvia's bridal shower (i'm the maid of honor!) and know that I will be here for it and the wedding! I'm just plain excited to have my mind made up. So happy! So ready for the struggles of finding a place to live, finding a new job, working out regularly agian, and training or attempting to train for half marathons and such! I have NO clue how its going to work, or whats going to come along now, I just know I'm staying and am content with that!

Another big thing in my life is BRUCE! I love him dearly. He is my true best friend. Plain and simple, he means more to me then I have ever imagined a person can mean to someone else. He was there through it all. He held me as I cried my eyes out. He sat and listened to me rant and rave. He sat there while I didn't want to talk or move. He played when I just need to play and not talk. He held back his emotions as I said good bye. He remained my friend even though I said "nope i'm done." He never pressured me in anyway. He was always there to give advice when needed. He was there to help me figure it out. He was there for my downs and for the ups. He is still here.

We as a couple, know that we will be sealed together for all time and eternity. What we don't know is when. We both are lost and confused on how our lives are working out. Most say, "get married and figure it out together. its just going to change when you get hitched!" We both know that we need to find ourselves. We also know we need each other in order us figure it out because we wont be able to without the other. We are each others other halves. But the marriage thing just isn't part of the cards as of now. We are both ok with that. As much as we just want to go against our better judgment and say here is our date we're going for it, we both know that we need this time as best friends to help us grow closer together without the stress of "real life" pushing on us. Also, we have only been dating for like almost 4 months. We are still discovering each other and the multiple layers that we both have. We know that we are each others eternal companions. We know it. No doubt with either of us. We both have had a confirmed positive from the Lord. What we have also had is a wait answer on our date.

When we know, you'll know. For now, bruce and krystal are best friends. That will never change. Only thing that will change is we'll will be married and sealed and start producing little bruce's and krystal's in the future. We don't know when that will be, but it will be someday!

Thanks to all for being around during my ever changing mind and plans. Thanks for all the advice. I took each piece of advice to heart. Even if I didn't like it, or if I didn't want to listen to it. Every one and everything helped me grow more then I ever have. Sorry for those who were excited about me serving a mission. One thing I've picked up on a lot though is, Every member a missionary! Very true, and one thing I will be working on.

This is my story. Hope you enjoyed the ride! I'm sure there will be LOTS more to come =]

Day at the lake

syl turns 24 on monday so we took her boat out for the day! It was a lot of fun! I learned how to knee board

I didn't get the first couple of times..
BUT i ended up getting it! its pretty easy! next stop wake board!
Syl's bro degan was super good at it!
Syl could knee board and wake board. i didn't try the wake board cuz we ran out of time but we'll take it out again soon! It was lots of fun! i got fried but now i'm super dark!!!

Gondole ride!

Bruce and I went a real date. We went to famous daves bbq and had the 2 feast meal. It was super tasty! I'll eat there again some day!
Then he took me to the Hyatt Regency in Scottsdale and we rode on the gondolas.
It was a lot of fun! So not worth the $20 for one song in Italian and a 10 min around a super small lake. But it was a lot of fun!


***disclaimer** before break up but we are still friends