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"so many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. what we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. i am saying… that you can ask the universe for it."
jim carrey

it finally set in last night that yes, i am now 27 and it is enough to send me into a full-blown panic attack. the lady at the rec-center counter offered me the youth rate membership price and i was all smiles until she glanced at the screen and was like... wait, you're 27?? my facebook feed screams late twenties as it's drowning in baby announcements and questions like, how do i get my baby to sleep through the night and i'm over here like ahhhhhh.

27 is going to be a wild year. i can feel it. a year of firsts, a year of travel, a year of climbing, and a year of change.

as always, my birthday comes with a list of to dos. so without further ado...

27 things before 28

1. legally change my last name to fromm

2. make 5 new lifelong friends

3. maintain an exercise regimen so i can run a 50k

4. love my body :: wear sunblock, floss daily, sleep more, exercise, eat brightly colored fruits and vegetables, and stop abusing my body with diet soda and too much sugar

5. begin learning a new language

6. get over my road rage problem... it's starting to affect my mental health

7. touch my feet to my head in a handstand

8. climb a v9 boulder

9. on-time birthday presents for every family member

10. bike around utah lake
11. go on a road tip to joshua tree in our bus sunshine

12. visit a new continent
13. lean a new trick on the wakeboard

14. kiss my husband on the top of ancient art tower

15. play a song on the violin for my mother

16. cut the umbilical chord of child and welcome him to life!
17. tattoo my wedding ring
18. visit the wave - coyote buttes with afton
19. go on at least 1 river trip
20. earn $10,000 to help save my friend josephine!

21. lead a trad climb

22. picnic and mountain bike ride around antelope island

23. restore my grandparents typewriter and write someone a letter

24. finish our back patio and have a big bbq with friends

25. train june to bring me her leash, to bow, and to put her toys away 
26. paraglide at the point of the mountain

27. and when/if we have/adopt a baby, prove the "i can't wait until you have children...." spiel wrong. i will still love my dog and i will still go climbing. :)

but most importantly, i am going to enjoy another 365 day journey around the sun.

much love,

kenny.

t h e e v e

from the eve of my 26th birthday-january 21, 2014

i sit here as the minutes tick by. eventually, time will indicate that another year has gone by.

tonight i have eaten nineteen reese's peanut butter cups, gave my sick husband a massage, and i am now watching junior (yes-the one where arnold schwarzenegger gets prego). i changed it after sitting down to a reality show that made it clear i wasn't beautiful enough, nor do i have enough money. sure, it is me comparing and my comparison rests on a fallacy, a downright lie perhaps. all beautiful, rich people are happy, successful, and never lonely. but this idealization does violence on my reality, so i choose not to watch that happen.

i am allowed to do this.

i'm getting older. what brought on my aging anxiety?

i find myself in a awkward state.
i don't identify myself with those younger. i am much more mature.
and i don't identify with those older as i will never age.

i am in a waiting stage. what happens next?

i have started to take notice that being young is rarely as freeing, and old-near as miserable, as the stereotypes would have me believe. but what is twenty six?

sitting here, i reflect on the last year, the twenty fifth year. it's happened. as i think about the last year, i wish i would have gone to bed earlier, made my husband more dinners, and put more focus into relationships.

goodbye 25th year.

by the way: who is reese? his peanut butter cups are my favorite.

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for my birthday last january, i created a goal list
i have 25 things to do before i turn 26.
here is a little update...

1. hike mt timpanogos (planned for september)
2. write an ebook
3. maintain an exercise regimen so i can run a full marathon in may, do 100 pushups, and 30 nonstop pull-ups
4. shoot an elk and eat it. then start eating a lot less meat.
5. sky dive (next week, ahhhhhh)
6. buy a house (working to put in an offer, double ahhhhhhh)
7. get to under 100 pounds
8. lead a multi pitch sport climb and climb a v7 boulder
9. go on a backpacking trip
10. learn to cook 3 family meals from casey’s mother and 3 from mine
11. make at least 20k outside of my regular job and/or enough money to allow casey to quit and pick a job he likes.
12. 360 picture challenge on instagram: follow me @kendrafromm
13. save a few thousand dollars
14. write another song on the guitar
15. learn at least 5 new difficult piano songs
16. camp on the beach in california
17. travel to one new country
18. do a hundred mile bike ride
19. keep my car clean (ha ha)
20. visit joes, moes, moab, or the city of rocks at least once a month from april to october
21. be able to work from home
22. teach june how to roll over, play dead, and stick em’ up.
23. get pregnant (working on it ;))
24. learn photoshop and start taking photography clients
25. make 5 new friends

hopefully the second half of the 25th year is a little more productive.

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this year i decided to not do new year resolutions and instead make a 25 before 26 bucket list. i found the idea from one of my favorite blogs here. 

yup. im a quarter of a century as of yesterday.

kinda makes me want to puke really.

here’s to being 25. the25thyear 

1. hike mt timpanogos

2. write an ebook
3. maintain an exercise regimen so i can run a full marathon in 
    may, do 100 pushups, and 30 nonstop pull-ups
4. shoot an elk and eat it. then start eating a lot less meat.
5. sky dive
6. buy a house
7. get to under 100 pounds
8. lead a multi pitch sport climb and climb a v7 boulder
9. go on a backpacking trip
10. learn to cook 3 family meals from casey’s mother and 3 from 
     mine
11. make at least 20k outside of my regular job and/or enough 
     money to allow casey to quit and do something else.
12. 360 picture challenge on instagram: follow me @kendrafromm
13. save a few thousand dollars
14. write another song on the guitar
15. learn at least 5 new difficult piano songs
16. camp on the beach in california
17. travel to one new country
18. do a hundred mile bike ride
19. keep my car clean
20. visit joes, moes, moab, or the city of rocks at least once 
     a month from april to october
21. be able to work from home
22. teach june how to roll over, play dead, and stick em’ up.
23. get pregnant
24. learn photoshop and start taking photography clients
25. make 5 new friends

k i n g o f p o p

happy birthday michael jackson

h i s b i r t h d a y

it's the husband's birthday today.

he is now twenty five

(a quarter of a century)

old... yet so so young.

things you should know:

my husband is ridiculously good looking.

he can climb with one leg like its nobody's business.

he is the cook and the better driver.

he is giving, sweet, and everyone's best friend.

i could dance all night, every night with him.
he doesn't hate a soul and is the most humble.
he will hate that i am writing this.
he puts me in my place and is just
as wild and random as me.

and i can still remember seeing him

for the first time in alaska.
i am so happy i said yes to alaska.
i said yes to camping.
and i said yes to boise.

"we will look back on these few days during our eternal time together and chuckle.. realizing it only helped with the production and creation of strength between us."

note from casey

on our lovely honeymoon days after his surgery.

since this is arguably one of the most

romantic songs... this is for him.

"so give me your forever
please your forever
not a day less will do
from you"

m a y 1 0

happy birthday to

casey lane

he turns the big 24 today.

i'm way sad he's at work in nevada,

but we're going to celebrate as

soon as he gets home on tuesday.

i can't believe i get to be lucky

enough to spend my life with him.

he is the funniest, sweetest, and most

thoughtful person i have ever met.

he is perfect. 

and there is no doubt i will 

love everyday of my life with him.

a m y f r o m m

loving this little song today.

watching blue valentine tonight

recommended by the lovely

amy fromm.
it happened to be her
birthday on tuesday.
ever since casey and i
have been together, amy has
been one of my best friends.
we share thrift store obsessions
and love for amazing music.
we tell each other pretty much everything,
p a r t y   t o g e t h e r
and joke about telling our future kids
all about our crazy days.
"your aunt amy and i..."

can't wait.

m a r c h 2 4

happy birthday to my friend

who happens to be on her honeymoon.

things we have achieved 

being f r i e n d s

1. almost making a car from

   a cardboard box

2. successfully crashing a 

   motorcycle off a jump

3. several girls only trips

4. making wings to fly away with

   from chicken feathers

5. made a cassette tape of us

   singing amazingly

6. getting through that "crazy"

   summer of ours alive

7. winning every poker game

   we've played

8. going on 16 years

b o b .

the good old bob marley's birthday

was s u n d a y.

so we had a b-day party after the

super bowl.

6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981

sundance was awesome!!

i've decided to spend every birthday there.

thanks for the birthday wishes

the cards, and dinner.

it was a lovely day.

best thing that was 

said to me yesterday-

life is like a book. each day is a new page. may your book be a bestseller with adventures to tell, lessons to learn, and tales of good deeds to remember. 

BRING IT ON 23

i have a lot for you in-store

g o o d b y e .

i have two far fetched goals for

my b i r f f d a y tomorrow. 

to get out of bed 

and

brush my teeth. 

i know, i'm a dreamer.

i am having a lot of thoughts.

thoughts about life.

it's 3 am

so forgive me.

i have decided this year

is the year to settle down

and achieve my goals.

goals i n

.traveling.

.health.

.love.

.running.

.work.

.spirituality.

.diet.

.rock climbing.

this year will be a good one.

i'm hoping.

i am going to start

the y e a r off

by going skiing.

headphones in.

boy on the chair lift next to me.

thoughts to myself and to nature.

farewell 22

i will miss you.

23-you scare the fuuuu out of me.

l i n l y .

N O V E M B E R 1 3

today is linly's birthday!!!

the big 18

i use to think she was a witch

cause she was born on Friday the 13th

linly is hands down the most

beautiful and sweetest person i know.

she would even do my chores when we were little.

she use to also be the shyest kid ever.

seriously.

(crying and hiding behind the couch when

our family would sing her happy birthday)

that wore off quickly though.

she was so excited this morning to tell me

she can now by dry ice. hahaha

to all the boys that come over

and buy her flowers and take her

on fancy dates-

stay away!

to all my guy friends-

stop asking to date her.

she is still my baby.

i told my dad i am sad to turn 23 in january.

he said "in anyone's book, you're an old maid"

:(