CUSACK-LEWIS

cason's going away

2009-08-03T22:33:00.000-07:00

Tonight we had an impromptu going away party for Cason. I had a HORRIBLE day in the kitchen, my cupcakes fell apart, and my cookies turned out flat (SO BAD) but thankfully friends bought some yummy food and we had dessert in our backyard. We will miss our friends!

Christy and Chase-ward friends

The Simonsen's (ward friends-and my yoga buddy-and the cutest baby ever)

Andrew, Rachel, and Kailee (foreign language friends)

Kendall and Cason (roomates)

Madi and Alora playing with the duck

Jon Evans & Rod Hardy (ward & basketball buddies)

Alora making a frowny face and Rachel and Kailee

Kailee snoozing and Boston exploring

we might miss Utah just a little...

2009-08-02T11:08:00.000-07:00

Never thought I'd say that! To get you caught up, here are some pictures of a beautiful rainbow we saw probably 2 months ago. I've been wanting to post it for a long time!

Even though we are excited to move to Indy, we will miss the nice friends we have made in Utah. To distract myself, I'm looking forward to the beautiful fall colors of Autumn in Indy!

Me and Cate

2009-06-23T13:40:00.000-07:00

Taking a leisurely pontoon ride.

Cory and Riley

2009-06-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

Cory brought his new roommate, Riley to the lake. She is adorable and had so much fun with all of us and the rest of the dogs.

More Indian Lake Fun

2009-06-23T13:35:00.001-07:00

Celebrating Father's Day at the lake

The "New" Mom!!!

2009-06-23T13:23:00.001-07:00

Today I went to Indy to visit Melissa (Laurie's daughter) who is a master stylist and I knew she would recommend the best cut and color for me. She cut a ton off, softened my hair, highlighted my hair and for once in my life I have carmel colors in my hair. She promised me that I could straigten it quickly and still make it look good. I LOVE IT!!!

2009-06-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

My new address is: 2473 Quarry Stone Dr. Hilliard, OH 43026
:)

Catey's #23 birthday!!!

2009-06-02T06:09:00.000-07:00

We went to Marion's Pizza for Catey's birthday.

Shipshewana

2009-06-02T05:57:00.000-07:00

Catey and I had a great time in Shipshewana. We shopped and shopped, but it rained a little on the second day--but it didn't stop us! I think she wants to go again next year.

Good food at Indian Lake

2009-06-02T05:55:00.000-07:00

We had a great relaxing time at the lake

Fun at Indian lake

2009-06-02T05:52:00.000-07:00

Cory invited a couple of his friends, along with Brittany to the lake. We had good food and lots of tubing!

Indian Lake on Memorial Day!

2009-06-02T05:49:00.000-07:00

Brittany & Cory at Indian Lake.

sunny san diego

2009-05-31T08:27:00.000-07:00

Hello family from the sunny vales of San Diego, California,
Kaela and I had a long awaited vacation this past Memorial Day weekend. We met up with Kaela's parents and sister, Erin. We fit in so many things in a three day period, it was quite amazing actually. The weather in San Diego, is as they say, perfect. It doesn't change much year round. While we were there it flucuated between 60-65 degrees day or night.

Here are a few pictures of some of the things we did:
This is a picture of us outside the Hotel del Coronado, one of the oldest and prestigious hotels in the area. We didn't stay here but had one of the more awesome brunches we've ever had.
This is a hummingbird we saw in the gardens at Balboa Park. I was really surprised at the vegetation since this place probably doesn't get much rain. San Diego was filled with many kinds of trees, birds, and other life [more on this later...keep reading to find what I mean. Mom, if you're reading you might want to stop here. Let me just say that you'll find something akin to a snake or toad in the near future :-) ].

This is the awesome view from the roof of the beachhouse we stayed in. Not only is the view great but look how close we were to the ocean! We also spent an evening up here playing a board game and soaking up the sun. It was VERY relaxing.

Mom, this is not for your eyes. For all others interested, this is Cynthia the Sea Crab. She was hiding her perfectly camouflaged body in some kelp that had been washed onto the shore when a couple of curious people saw her and she tried to escape. Kaela got as close as possible and took this stellar shot and then I picked him up with my sandals and gently tossed her back to her watery home.

This is a picture of the sand at Mission Beach. Look how is sparkles! I mentioned to Kaela that it's no wonder people were excited to come to California in days of the Gold Rush, it looks like the ocean is washing up gold right on the beach! I would guess it's Pyrite (Fool's gold) but I'm not a certified geologist.

And lastly, San Diego has some AWESOME places to eat. While there we ate authentic border tacos, fish tacos, ballpark franks (Padres vs Cubs), New Zealand burgers and fries, and an amazing desert place. The picture below is a lemon bar from Extraordinary Desserts. I have never seen a place with such delectable desserts before. They put flower petals, and even a gold flec on top of every dessert. This was quite the afternoon treat. And while we ate at these places, there were soooo many more that we easily could have chosen from and been just as satisfied.

And another!!!

2009-05-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

This guy was hiding in the grass and I found him. Todd thinks there are alot of froggies in everyone's yard, but I have eagle eyes and just happen to spot them. Ugh....

Frogs invading my space!!!

2009-05-15T13:42:00.001-07:00

OK--here we go again---I was minding my own business, working in my garden and I look down and here he was. I told my neighbor, Ed about this guy, but by the time he came over, froggie jumped away.

Chloe & her new friend

2009-04-29T21:16:00.001-07:00

Sadie is the new girl next door--she is a pup and Chloe does not like the little ones, but she is trying to tolerate playing with her. Isn't she a doll???

Snake in the backyard!!!

2009-04-29T21:12:00.001-07:00

I think snakes know that I DO NOT PREFER to be around them, so they come around!!! It rained today, so when I got home, I walked in my backyard to see how my plants have blossomed and viola....here he is--sunning himself on our wood pile! I must have seen his sister on my front porch last week and his other relatives in my yard last year as I was weeding! Our neighbor, Ed, likes snakes, but has NEVER seen one in his yard...go figure.

Marian's Pizza!!

2009-04-27T19:24:00.000-07:00

When Cory comes home, it's Marians Pizza!

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Trisha and Todd relaxing.

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Cory and his friend--enjoying the ride.

A day at Indian Lake

2009-04-27T19:19:00.000-07:00

This is our first day at the lake--it was 84 degrees in April--who could believe it??? Gary and Trisha have a pontoon boat and it's a sweet ride.

2009-04-14T19:23:00.000-07:00

I finally get to have the china cabinet in a dining room!

2009-04-14T19:22:00.000-07:00

We replaced the closet doors...

2009-04-14T19:20:00.000-07:00

The bookshelves are gone!!! And I love the red!!!

My new dining room!

2009-04-14T19:18:00.000-07:00

Notice that we took the door off going down to the basement.
Cason's little footstool that he made in 7th grade is the home to
our Easter Lily.

Easter, 2009

2009-04-12T20:36:00.000-07:00

The "adult" table.

Easter, 2009

2009-04-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

Here is the "kid" table.

Easter, 2009

2009-04-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

Here we are at Terry and Cindy's for Easter with our little family.

Cason's new magazine rack

2009-04-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

Viola....here it is!

Cason's magazine rack

2009-04-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

Cason made this magazine rack when he was about 12 while in 4-H.
One of Catey's friend's used this and her straightener burned a mark on it. I decided to refinish this and.....

Dining room

2009-03-07T09:40:00.000-08:00

This is looking at the kitchen from the dining room. It will look so cool and when we all eat, we can all sprawl out! Margo will still be giving us her huge long dining room table, but perhaps after she leaves this world.

Dining room

2009-03-07T09:37:00.000-08:00

This is the wall we knocked out from the kitchen to our new dining room. The table and chairs was your dad's, but we are babysitting it until Catey has room for them.

AHHHHHHH.......

2009-03-06T20:05:00.000-08:00

Saying goodbye to Texas.

My happy children

2009-03-06T20:03:00.000-08:00

Poor Cason Marshall--he had the sun in his eyes!!!!!

Dining Room

2009-03-06T20:00:00.000-08:00

This is what our new "dining room" is looking like. It looks alot different with the bookshelves out.

blog-hog

2009-01-24T19:44:00.000-08:00

I feel like I'm hogging the blog, but Cason is such a star! I thought you all would enjoy this video of him doing yoga at home :) Be prepared to laugh!

TAG-it's someone else's turn to post.

spotlight.

2009-01-18T16:02:00.000-08:00

We have this SUPER spotlight guy in our ward. He does thorough interviews of guys in Cason's elder's quorum, and the summaries of these interviews are printed on the back of their program each week. It is well known not just of the guys in the quorum, but also their wives (!) who enjoy reading these often comical interviews each Sunday. This week, CASON was spotlighted! I thought you would enjoy reading about your brother/son. The following is the text of the interview as printed on the program today:

Cason Cusack
"Funny guy gets the girl." Like a page out of a Hollywood movie script, those words marked the beginning of Cason's romance with his wife Kaela. He had just arrived in Minnesota to sell alarms for the summer and wanted to meet some of the local ladies. Fate took Cason to craigslist.org where he stumbled upon a personal ad with that very tagline mentioned above. Reading further, Cason knew he was a sure match when the mystery woman listed John Cusack as one of her favorite actors. So, with all of his wit and charm Cason replied to the post and waited... And waited... And so it seemed that maybe it wasn't desinty... But you all know the rest, eventually there was a reply, and more exchanges, and a first date that had them running through sprinklers in the nighttime, and in the end, as with all good Hollywood romances, a wedding. Cason and Kaela were sealed in the SLC Temple on July '08. But long before Minnesota, Cason was born in Indianapois-the oldest of four. The family moved a lot and Cason finished his senior year of high school in Ohio. Wherever he was, Cason ran cross-country and played baseball (2nd base). After a mission in Argentina, Cason earned a degree in Global Studies at BYU. Cason had great appreciateion for foreign places, people, and especially languages-he has studies Spanish, Chinese, and Samoan. When he was 16, Cason spent 1 month living with a tribe in Samoa-he was invited by the Grand Cief's grandson. At BYU, Cason has lived in the Foreign Language Housing and remarks that the people he met there were exception-well grounded in the gospel, bright and talented, and possessing a special understanding of humanity from their travels around the world. Cason's not sure what his "dream job" is just yet, but he's sure it would be something on the international levle and would immerse him in a world of new people and cultures. In the meantime, Cason is working for Comcast, a job he describes as "not sexy," but is also quick to add that it has been a blessing for his family. Cason has a great entrepreneurial spirit and has several business plans in the works. In fact, he has a business partner-they meet weekly to discuss, plan, and put their ideas in motion. Cason wants to get an MBA. His frst choice would be a degree at Monterey, a world renowned program emphasizing international studies and languages. Cason's talents aren't limited to languages and business; he's the Elders Quorum Pianist and has a song he wrote about the Prophet Joseph Smith's time in Liberty Jail published by Tatera Records. Cason is also one of the War'ds Executive Secreatries. He loves "Man vs. Wild," "24," and ESPN. He also has a secret talent for yoga-don't be alarmed if Cason starts stretching during a conversation. Cason loves seafood of all varieties. Slow drivers hanging out in the left lane drive Cason crazy, but probably not as much as budding business owners who won't pay for a professional e-mail account: "businessname@hotmail.com" is NOT acceptable! Cason is a very practical man (never really seeing the purpose of Saturday morning cartoons). His wife decribes him as: considerate; comical; diligent. His favorite quote: "The common denominator of success is doing that which others are not willing do ."

something to make you laugh

2008-12-28T17:16:00.000-08:00

We are glad to hear everyone had a nice Christmas, and we look forward to seeing you soon, even though it's not under the best of circumstances.

Here is a funny video I took of Cason on Christmas day. I'll let him tell you what he was doing!

2008-12-23T11:31:00.000-08:00

Celebrating Christmas at Bob Evans with Becky's family. Tim, Todd,Cory, Jim, Becky, Alicia, Robin, Tammy

2008-12-23T11:28:00.000-08:00

Our guy right after his tonsilectomy.

The Bishop

2008-12-15T07:57:00.000-08:00

Here are Bishop and Sister Brazelton

The Busches

2008-12-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

Here are our friends, The Busches

Ward Christmas Party

2008-12-15T07:53:00.000-08:00

Here are the McMurtry's. They are celebrating their wedding anniversary (can you see their wedding picture Tom is holding).

My birthday dinner

2008-12-15T07:51:00.000-08:00

Here we are at Olive Garden, celebrating my birthday. Afterwards, we went home and did the web cam with Cason and

Kaela and phone with Carly and Paul. Great Birthday!!!!

Benny Boy

2008-12-15T07:47:00.000-08:00

This is our Benny-Boy, Catey's bunny whom she gave to a friend of ours. He lives outside in a nice cage and Todd and I visit him often.

THE INVITE PIC FINAL!

2008-12-14T22:33:00.000-08:00

OUR ANNOUNCEMENT PICS!

2008-12-14T22:04:00.000-08:00

Part of the family

2008-12-09T06:31:00.000-08:00

Here's part of our clan saying goodbye. We had a great day of good pizza, playing scrabble and touring our neighborhood.

Visit to South Bend

2008-12-09T06:28:00.000-08:00

We traveled to South Bend to visit with Cason and Kaela since they flew into Chicago to be with her parents. We felt so blessed to have been given this opportunity to see them. Do you know who this guy is? I remember when he complained that he couldnt grow a mustache!

"Our Bob Evans" Thanksgiving

2008-12-09T06:25:00.000-08:00

And we celebrate another Thanksgiving on the real day with Bob Evans. Catey had to work the night before and the day of Thanksgiving, so we ordered our "feast" from Bob and went to Cory's apt. for our meal. He was a gracious host and of course, we topped it off by going to our movie afterwards.

The "other" table

2008-12-09T06:22:00.000-08:00

Here are all our adult children, still eating together and not wanting to sit at the "older" table.

Lewis Thanksgiving

2008-12-09T06:16:00.000-08:00

This was the "adult" table for the Lewis Thanksgiving. We all had to laugh because all our kids at the "other" table were all adults except one! We had a wonderful time.

christmas tree!

2008-12-07T08:51:00.001-08:00

Since we will be in Utah for Christmas, we got a Christmas tree. A REAL Christmas tree! We threw it in the back of my PT cruiser and brought it home this week, and our landlords gave us a great deal because we bought it from their tree lot. It fits perfectly!

'tis the season.

2008-12-07T08:44:00.000-08:00

Cason and I went up to Salt Lake at the fancy Grand America Hotel to enjoy a night out for his Comcast Christmas party. They had a comedian, a U2 tribute band, and great food! I met several of his co-workers and bosses, and of course, Cason danced like a maniac. Here are some pictures.

2008-11-03T01:17:00.000-08:00

David carving pumpkins

my bedroom

pumpkin on halloween :)

happy halloween!

2008-11-03T00:55:00.000-08:00

looking toward the kitchen/living room

my front door and my pumpkins

my living room on halloween :)

looking into the living room from the kitchen

looking into the apt. from the from door

2008-11-03T00:53:00.000-08:00

my little home

Here are some pictures of my apartment you guys wanted so long ago!

2008-11-03T00:49:00.000-08:00

My kitchen

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My apartment :)

OSU

2008-10-28T15:11:00.000-07:00

me and justin chillin at the apttttt

2008-10-28T15:07:00.001-07:00

ok..i think this works now

2008-10-27T09:38:00.000-07:00

2008-10-27T06:32:00.000-07:00

Loading the raft... the last event

To the finish of the run and on to the raft... the end of 6 dreadful miles!

more running

heading to the finish of the bike and into the run

The got a pic of me from the window of the truck they were all in!

Carly's Triathlon from 18-Oct 08

2008-10-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Pcitures from the biking portion, my four-person team is wearing orange, that is Alisha and I.

At our first checkpoint, there is Amy helping me out. She let me use her bike for this. They are wearing all orange too for support!

Second checkpoint, we were waiting for the boys... they were slow;-)

Dion (one of the guys on my team) and I.

Alisha

BYU vs TCU football game

2008-10-27T06:22:00.000-07:00

Here is Paul and I! Finally posting these pics, sorry Mom. Here we are the game last Thursday (bad game, fun time:-))

Carly's triathalon

2008-10-20T07:37:00.000-07:00

Carly participated in her triathalon on Oct 18--please post pictures for us!! She said she did great!!!

Celebration dinner

2008-10-20T07:35:00.000-07:00

We all got together for a celebration dinner at Trisha and Garys.

About the cross the finish line

2008-10-20T07:33:00.000-07:00

We were all near the finish line, cheering Cory on. He was deep in concentration and PAIN.

"I'm done!"

2008-10-20T07:30:00.000-07:00

Cory was very tired upon finish. He was so glad he had a cheering section to welcome him back.

Our marathoner

2008-10-20T07:18:00.000-07:00

Cory was so excited and pumped for his marathon. He was in good spirits--but it was colddddd- 34 degrees.

Out to eat again

2008-10-06T06:26:00.000-07:00

When Margo and I arrived home, all of us went out to eat at Bob Evans. Brittany works there (Cory's NEW friend) and we had a wonderful time.

Yum, Yum food

2008-10-06T06:23:00.001-07:00

Bowling Green has a yummy restaurant called "Pollyeyes" and they serve the bestest stuffed breadsticks. Everytime we visited Carly, we had to go there and eat--these are her favorite. Carly, I just wanted to show you that we DID stop and eat there and again, their breadsticks were sooo yummy! Sorry you missed out.

BSGU Alumni Reunion

2008-10-06T06:17:00.000-07:00

I took Margo to her BGSU alumni reunion. She graduated in 1934 and she was recognized for being the oldest alumni there. The staff treated her so nicely and many people came up to her and wanted to talk with her.

Stenciling

2008-09-18T06:08:00.002-07:00

Well, this is part of my kitchen wall--I have wanted to stencil for a while, but now I'm done...what do ya think?

Praying mantis

2008-09-18T06:08:00.001-07:00

This guy was on our porch after the storm. Dznt he look cool?

Our windy day!

2008-09-18T06:08:00.000-07:00

As you all know, on Sunday, Sept 14, we had 50-60 mph winds and one of the tree limbs came crashing down on our deck, destroying our gazebo. We had alot of cleaning up to do, but we are thankful that this was the only damage we had, considering all the destruction in Texas.

"Funny Bunny"

2008-09-09T10:03:00.000-07:00

This is Bailey playing the "funny bunny" contest. Catey and Cory did this too and I videoed them, but I could not download the video onto this site. They were sooo funny. Catey won, however, with 7 large marshmellows--probably bc her mouth is sooo big--another talent she possesses!

Campfire

2008-09-09T09:59:00.000-07:00

We were roasting hotdogs over the campfire, however, the hot dog skewers were too short to reach the hot coals...so David thought of a good plan--to attach the skewer onto a long stick. That was pretty inventive!

Catey's talent

2008-09-09T09:56:00.000-07:00

Catey shared ONE of her talents of curling her tongue. I would like to encourage anyone else to post their talents as well.

Fun at Indian Lake

2008-09-09T09:51:00.001-07:00

Becky, Robin, Mikayla, Bailey and Cole came to the lake for a fun time with us. They all had a great time.

Surfing

2008-09-09T09:47:00.000-07:00

This was a video also-dont know why it dznt come up as a video--but, here is Cason, showing us all how to surf and show off!

An education on football

2008-09-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

Although this is a video, it didnt give me an option to add the video--anyway,. we all got Todd's view on football.

Our Family

2008-09-09T09:42:00.000-07:00

This is ONE of my choices for the family picture.

Carly's birthday

2008-09-09T08:14:00.000-07:00

Celebrating Carly's #25 birthday while at the wedding.

Kelly's Wedding

2008-09-09T08:09:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful bride Kelly made!!!

Our new nurse

2008-08-19T12:01:00.000-07:00

This is our new nurse, Catey Cusack, RN. Just thought all of you would like to see her new name tag!!!

update

2008-08-17T17:45:00.000-07:00

hello family,

it's been a while since anyone has really wrote on here...i love the pics from cason and kaelas sealing, they are so pretty! can't wait to see everyone at kelly's wedding!

just a little update on me: I am really enjoying my new job as a nurse but i think everyone has heard me say that i am struggling with reality shock: i still feel like a student or the nurse's aide, and i am still getting used to taking the responsibilities into my own hands! but i think i am really going to like it, especially the floor i work on. We treat everything from strokes to post-op brain surgeries and everyone from age 19-100.
I still love my little apartment, it is so cute and in a pretty good location. Cory lives like 5 miles from me right now so it has been nice to have a family member close.
I still work at applebee's here and there, so i keep pretty busy.

i think that is it! love you all!

Utah Mountains

2008-08-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

It is sooo beautiful up here--Todd and I feel that we belong in the mountains!

Ahhhhh...such a beautiful couple

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Beautiful!

Sealing

2008-08-14T13:03:00.000-07:00

Guys holding Kaela!

Cason and Kaela's Sealing

2008-08-14T13:00:00.000-07:00

This was such a beautiful and special day--Cason and Kaela's sealing at the Salt Lake Temple.

Indian Lake

2008-08-14T12:58:00.000-07:00

Todd, Chloe and I spent the day at the lake recently and this was the first time ever that Chloe was actually excited about jumping in the water all the time. She does get distracted so we have to stay by her!

2008-08-14T12:55:00.000-07:00

This is our '64 Ambassador. Looks cool, right? Well, Todd will be putting it up for sale on ebay--he just dznt have the time to put into both cars, so he decided to say bye-bye to this one.

Visiting Kelly

2008-08-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

July 12 & 13th, we went to Michigan to visit Kelly. We had a great time, saw her lovely home, took a walk in "Dow" gardens.

Memorial Day weekend

2008-06-06T08:13:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

Memorial Day weekend Kaela and I went to Las Vegas. Kaela's parents had flown in and we had a great couple of days there. Normally the weather is scorching hot, but it was pretty mild this time. That made it nice for walking around outside but not so nice for laying by the pool (the hot tub was actually cold). We stayed at one of the newer casinos, Red Rock Casino, which is not on the strip but very nice. It was refreshing to get away from Utah for a little bit and very nice. This was Kaela's first time to Vegas since she was 12 or so. We enjoyed the water show at Bellagio

We also were able to see the "O" show at Cirque de Soliel (sp?). Those guys are so athletic and put on a great show.

Our summer is sprinkled with a few little trips to breakup our time here in Utah. We look forward to seeing many of you this coming week at Catey's graduation.

Love you,

Kaela and Cason

Boating

2008-06-01T16:30:00.000-07:00

Here is Catey and David on Memorial Day at the lake. Our boat is fixed (yea, yea) and we had a great time on the water. Can't wait to see all of you.

The lake

2008-06-01T16:22:00.000-07:00

Here we are at the lake, Memorial weekend. From left to right is, Gary, Ben, Melissa, Trisha, Margo and Adele (Todd's cousin). The guys made a great fire and we stayed out there late into the evening, talking and making s'mores! Yum, yum. Wish you were all there.

Painting Napa

2008-05-30T13:11:00.001-07:00

I've been busy with alot of projects. The front of the store was in need of a new paint job. While I was in Utah, Todd rented the lift and primed the top half. When I returned, I primed the bottom and we rented the lift again and I told Todd I was willing to do the rest. This lift was a bit scary but easy to manuever. The bldg looks great now--except I have to do alot of triming.

Kelly and Chris visit

2008-05-30T13:07:00.001-07:00

Kelly needed her car fixed, so she and Chris came down for a visit. Aren't they cute???

Saying goodbye to Cory

2008-05-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

On May 8th, we packed up Cory and said goodbye to him. He traveled to Tampa with no problems and only 2 hrs of sleep.