Merry Christmas?...Yes, Yes It Was... :)

So, as you all know, yesterday was Christmas, oh glorious Christmas. The time we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. What a wonderful time of year. I wish every day was Christmas, and no, not for the presents, but for the FEELING. Everyone just seems to be extra nice and totally generous, truly bringing the spirit of Christ. So much love and brotherly kindness is displayed at this time of year, I just wish it was ALWAYS like that :).

Yesterday was a good day although I was EXTREMEMLY tired from a major lack of sleep the night before. But, nevertheless, it was good. The misionaries came over for Christmas breakfast along with my friend Wade (who is currently investigating the Church). They stayed for several hours and we all had a really good time. I made them cute missionary stockings (if I remember, I'll post pics in a little bit). Around 1:30 my Grandma Sackett (my dad's mom) came over as well as my sister Lyndsy, bro-in-law Elijah, my niece Emerie, and my nephew Ammon. We opened presents and then my relatives from Gillette, WY came over for a little bit. We all ate dinner and then everything died down so I went to my room and watched Marley & Me so that I could just lay in my bed and relax. A few hours later I went and visited one of my best friend's Devon and got to visit with her, her husband Aj, her 15 month old son Adley, and her 2 month old daughter Jaydyn. (Including her other family members).It was alot of fun and so so great to see all of them since I haven't in AGES!

I Miss...

Living in Arizona...and all the fun I had with the friends I made down there (not to mention the LOADS of fun I had down there wih my best friend Jessica whom I've known since we were 10!!)...I just miss the fun times...I feel like we're getting old even though we're not!!! Lol....A lot of my friends are getting married..and it's just WEIRD!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!.....Anyway, the reason I'm saying this is because I was going through my pics on my laptop looking for a particular one and then all of a sudden I get brought to all the pics and videos I ever took when I was living in Mesa last year and they just brought back SO many memories!!!!...It's totally true when they say a picture is worth a thousand words! Haha....Well old Mesa friends, I miss you all and hope that your lives are going wonderfully these days!!! :)

New Teeth...kinda

So, whether you can see them or not, I did indeed get "invisalign"...Some of you reading this may ask "Why?" because my teeth really aren't all that bad but....to me, they are. I've got some gaps on my lower right side that need to be closed and some crowding on the lower left side that need to be spaced (so pretty much my mandibular teeth need to be shifted slightly to the right lol)...as for my maxillary (upper) teeth, the two teeth on either side of my front teeth are turned so much that they overlap the front teeth and idk, to me, the fact that these two teeth are turned kinda makes them look tiny hahaha (yeah I have small teeth as it is)...anyway, I got these invisalign hoping to correct these minor things so that I'll feel a little bit better about my smile. :)

Groped..Felt Up...Violated...Whatever You Wanna Call it!!!

WHOA! That's all I can say about last night lol...

My friend Ashley and I decided we wanted to go iceskating (which did in fact end up being really fun). Well, we were at the college dorms about ready to leave and when we walked downstairs to the commons a bunch of other people in the dorm were sitting there talking. They asked us where we were going and when we told them iceskating this guy Cody decides he wants to tag along. I figured it'd be ok since both Ashley and I have boyfriends and Cody has a girlfriend....So, we get to the rink, lace up our skates, and start skating....Well, I hadn't been iceskating since Thanksgiving of 08 so I was a little scared at first and very wobbly. There was one point where I was about to fall down and Cody and Ashley immediately caught my arms to prevent that from happening....RIGHT after they saved me, all of a sudden I feel Cody's hand slide over to my chest, it stops, and then he squeezes!! YES...HE SQUEEZED MY BOOB! Then all of a sudden he lets go and is laughing saying "sorry, I didn't mean to grope you." But people I know very well that he DID mean to grope me!!! It wasn't some accidental thing where my boob is what he happened to grab when I was falling and he was tring to catch me...NO...I was standing up straight already and was totally fine then WHAM..Mr.Frisky Fingers decides to pull one on me...SICK......

Other than that, the iceskating was fun, Ashley and I plan on going quite a bit, and I'm looking forward to that :)....


OH YEAH!!!! Today I got another calling in church and I am soooo excited for it! About two months ago I was called as a teacher in the Relief Society (so far that calling has been working out great :D) and today I was extended another calling which is to be a Sunday School/Gospel Doctrine teacher! I am so grateful for it!!!! I'm a little nervous just because I've never taught this stuff before and a lot of it I myself don't even know, but, I know that my Heavenly Father will help me through it and that I am going to grow and learn so much!!! :)

Anyway...here are some pics from the "photo shoot" Ashley and I had during the day and then iceskating last night :)

I Suck

I think I'm officially the worst blogger in the history of blogging. Ha....Seriously though, I'll be going good for a while and then WHAM! No more Kellsi to report on her (often uneventful and dull) life. Oh brother. Who wants to follow me anyway? Lol....

So, I just got done doing a little Rosetta Stone for the night (practicing my espanol) and am debating on heading out to the gym....Oh how I would love to just have the motivation to get off my lazy rear end and high tail it over to the YMCA without that feeling of "I just want to sit here and relax, work was long, and I'm tired". It doesn't help that these past few nights I've been going to bed past two (no idea why!) and then getting up at seven! Less than five hours of sleep a night is not good for this old fart!....Haha, ok, I know I'm not anywhere NEAR old, but, I am OLDER every day and I can totally feel it sometimes lol. How lame am I?! Ahhhhh...Anyway, I seriously WILL get up and go to the gym after this, I'm going to force myself...Dang you swine flu for wiping me out and taking away my ability to get into the gym like I used to and actually WANT to be there and work my butt off (literally...I want this butt to be smaller people! lol)...Dang you swine flu!!! GRRRRRRRRRR.

Well, now that that's done with..lol.....Life has been going pretty well lately, my days are still flying by and I can't believe it's already almost Thanksgiving!! (There is no way in heck I'm going to be complaining about the speed at which my days are traveling because each day that passes is another day closer to my hunka hunka burnin love! WOO!)...I've managed to kick Time's butt for over 15 months now and I know I can survive another 8 months and 2 weeks!

Oh yeah! I am officially (once again) a student at MCC (Mesa Community College) in Arizona for the Spring 2010 semester! :)....I'm taking all online classes so that I can continue to live in Sheridan and work full time...Yeah, I know I'm pretty much going to have no life, but honestly, I don't care lol. I want to get my degree over and done with and save money like a maniac! Haha (as well as being able to pay off my car...pay rent, bills, food, etc.)...I like being able to provide for myself. It feels good! :)

Well, I think that's all for now....my head is about to burst (headache dang it) so I'm gonna go take something and then see if this old woman can get herself to the gym and pump some iron. ha....Or at least run off this butt of mine (which Ryan will be extremely upset about might I add lol).....Tootles!

Oh babies...

I'm now an aunt 3 times over!

Last night close to 11pm my 2nd oldest sister Lyndsy and her husband Elijah had their 2nd baby and 1st son Ammon Isaac Schlup! He weighed 9lbs 3oz (and I'm not sure how long he was lol)


I can't to go home this weekend and meet him!!

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Other than that today is also my niece Shea's birthday (my eldest sister Jilian's daughter). She is now 3 years old. I called her on the phone this evending and she told me all about how they were going to go to Chuck'E'Cheese....I wish I could go. I miss her!!! But, thankfully I'll be flying down to Arizona for a week on New Years Eve! I can't wait!! :)

Family Home Evening...

I love it!!!

I wish that I would have gone more often in the past, but, I'm proud to say that from now on I'm going to be more active when it comes to attending FHE!

Tonight there were like....idk, 20? of us there. It was a great turn out in my opinion! We played volleyball and this silly game with tennis rackets and a ping pong ball...but, it was fun!!!!

:)

oink oink

Ugh...

I have swine flu.

kill.me.now.

blehhh.

YEAH!!

WOO!!!! All the working out I've been doing has been paying off!!!!!

So, I got home from work tonight and walked over to the dog pen to say hi to my girls like I do every night (my girls aka my huskies Ella and Suka). Well.....they were gone..My cousin Brandon and I went out in our cars and started driving around looking for them. I decided to go and look on this pathway that I usually take them for walks on and what do ya know? There they were next to Kendrick Mansion (which is next to the path). Ella, being the sweet little attention seeker that she is, automatically ran to me as soon as she saw me, so, I was able to get her into my car. Suka, on the other hand, knew what was comin to her and wasn't about to let her moment of freedom get shortened, and she BOLTED! lol. Soooo.....here there I was chasing her around at full speed for about half a flippin mile, through people's yards mind you, when finally, she got tired and slowed down to a trot and I was able to get my last ounce of energy and sprint up to her and latch onto her collar lol.......Just so you know, for the past week I've been diligently going to the gym each night and bumping up my workouts so that I can push myself harder...These past few nights I've been running 5-6 miles on the treadmill to get my heart rate up....Welllll I owe the fact that I was able to keep up with Suka and eventually catch her to the fact that I've been working out!!! YAY FOR EXERCISE!! I know without a doubt that I wouldn't have been able to get her otherwise lol. So, I will most definitely continue going to the gym from now on!!!! haha......I brought the girls home and stuck them back in their pen....gave them a good talkin to and told them they were stuck in doggy prison for being bad......how lame am I?! lol

Mine and Ryan's little escape artists: Suka and Ella (licking the water off her nose)

A Few Things I've Learned in the Past 19 Years...

*to embrace the fact that I will never be taller that 5 feet 3 inches.
*that even when I feel all alone in the world, God is always with me.
*to not sweat the petty stuff and not pet the sweaty stuff (haha).
*to appreciate the little things in life.
*that sometimes people will tell you they love you without actually knowing the true meaning of the word.
*that family comes first. no exceptions.
*to keep all my promises.
*that modest is hottest!
*that it doesn't matter how mean people are to me, or how poorly I'm treated , I can never stoop down to that level and must show love, kindess, and respect to everyone.
*it's ok to have a bad day once in a while, but it's never ok take my frustrations out on my loved ones.
*hugs really do make everything better.

........and more to come!

Fit For a Princess

So, once again I'm getting REALLY bad about writing on this thing on a regular basis. Sorry! I'll try harder lol...

Anyway, this week has been a nice one.
Sunday- Spent time with my family in Newcastle....drove back in a bad storm, but, it was ok.
Monday- Got a TOTALLY amazing email from Ryan, not because it was mushy or whatever, but, because it was freaking funny! Oooh that boy lol. I'm glad that even though we're thousands of miles away with no communication other than emailing, and we haven't seen each other in almost 14 months, that we're still extremely close and can make each other laugh. Ha. I love it, and I love him!
Tuesday- My friend Katie's 19th birthday. Went out with her and a few other girls and ate at Sanford's (yum) and played around town taking pictures with random statues. Fun! :P
Wednesday - Got to meet up with my personal trainer again and go over the results of my assessment. Well, I'm in pretty dang good shape supposedly, BUT, I need to lose a little weight. Yes, some people may say "psh" and roll their eyes at this statement, but, someone who is only 5'2 1/2" (yup there IS a 1/2 in there, she even said it lol) shouldn't weigh as much as I do unless it's muscle. Haha. So, I aim to lose 10 pounds and then I'll be the PERFECT size. lol...anyway....I totally LOOOOVE the program the personal trainer has set up for me and I am so excited to start it on Monday!
Today - Went to Enrichment tonight at the church for Relief Society and we had our own little manicure/pedicure night and it was SOOO relaxing, like my title says, it was "Fit for a princess". We got to take home our manicure tubs along with these cute little manicure/pedicure bags with all sorts of goodies inside. :D

I'm hoping tomorrow will be a great day, but, I'm WAAAAY excited for Saturday because it's our ward (erm, branch lol) Temple trip and I just can't wait!!! I freaking LOVE the temple and I'm stoked to be able to go and spend time with my branch. Even though they're pretty much all newlywed couples, they're awesome to hang out with, and what makes it even better is that like over half of these couples are ones where the wives waited for their husbands while they were on their missions...so, being with them gives me THAT much more hope for Ryan and I (even though I'm not worried about us not working out :P).....

Whelp, I'd better go read my scriptures now! I'm working on the 3 week challenge Ryan set for me....This challenge is to read The Book of Mormon in just 3 weeks!! I aim to be done exactly on General Conference Sunday (October 4) so, wish me luck!

Holy Moly!

Time has been going by muy muy rapido!!! lol. Buuuut I absolutely LOVE it!!!! =D.

I have soooo many things to look forward to between now and summer of 2010 and here is a monthly list!! lol..

October 2009 - General Conference in Utah with my parental unit :)
November - My nephew Ammon Lucas will be born, along with Devon's little girl!!
December - Christmas (duh), visiting the Fosters in Nebraska, TALKING TO RYAN ON THE PHONE!, spending time with my family, and possibly taking a week and visiting friends and family in Arizona :D (not to mention lots of snowboarding adventures!)
January 2010- Snowboarding and more of my visiting friends and family :D
February - My 20th birthday...I'll no longer have "teen" behind my age!! lol. weird.
March - April - Possibly taking a trip down to Utah :D
May-July - Maybe some adventures with Jessica!!
August - RYAN COMES HOME, RYAN COMES HOME, RYAN COMES HOME!!! WOOOOO!!!!!

Yeah....I'm sure there will be a lot more things that I have to look forward to each month, but, those are some big ones....I'm just so stinking blessed to have the life I do, and I'm so grateful for all the people who are in it!!!

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Anywho, not much is new with me lately. Like I said before, time has been going by FASSSSST!! lol. I've just been work, work, working and doing a whole lotta nothin else, ok, maybe I do go hang out sometimes, but, usually I'm sittin at home messin around on the net and then reading my scriptures (which definitely isn't a bad thing anyway :P)...A few weeks ago Ryan challenged me to read the Book of Mormon in 3 weeks, so, I started that a few days ago and plan to be finished by October 4, General Conference! :D Wish me luck!

A Walk in the Park

Just wanted to post some pics of the walk my 8 year cousin Kaitlin and I took this afternoon with mine and Ryan's puppy Ella. =)

Promptly Follow the Promptings of the Holy Spirit...

The title of this blog post is what Elder Randy Funk of the Quorum of the Seventy said today during our stake conference. Man, how important is that?! I'd say VERY important. Just listening to the still small voice can keep us out of a lot of sticky situations. It can keep us safe in times of trouble. It can even prompt us to do things that are great for us and our future and that we may not have done otherwise had we not been listening. Honestly, I haven't always followed the promptings of the Spirit, but, I can testify that when I HAVE, good things have always come from it. Heck, if I hadn't listened to the Spirit in the summer of 2008, I never would have started the amazing relationship I have with my special guy. And hey, waiting for a missionary was NOT something I ever saw myself doing, in fact, I was EXTREMELY against it since I was about 13 years old and witnessed my eldest sister get her heart broken after waiting faithfully and patiently for the whole 2 years for her then missionary to return. In fact, I was dating someone once who asked me if I would wait for him when he went on a mission and even though I cared a lot about him I said no, because I never wanted to wait for a missionary. Needless to say, our relationship slowly fizzled out. But anyway, my point is..LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT!!!! Lol. It doesn't even have to be about big things like that. Even just listening to promptings that may tell you someone is having a hard time, and that you need to call them or get ahold of them in some way is an amazing thing to do.

Well, enough of my little sermon for the day....I'm just so grateful for this gospel and want to try my hardest every single day to be worthy of the blessings I recieve. :)

Dance Dance

Soooooo last night I went to a dance with my friend Katie at Sheridan College and I must say that people make me so mad sometimes!!!! We were enjoying our time dancing and goofing off and having a lot of fun when all of a sudden I look behind me and there is this stupid boy recording us withthe camera on his cell phone and he and his girlfriend were laughing!!! I stopped dancing and just stood there watching them and so I poked Katie (she was still dancing) and told her what was going on. As soon as I did this the guy shut his phone really quick and looked away like he hadn't been doing anything and then he and his girlfriend started laughing again. GRRRRRR!!!! Katie's roommate knows the guy I guess and so she went and asked him what the heck he was doing and he said "I wasn't really recording, I was just acting like it". Who in the world "pretends" to record people they don't even know?!!!!! I know he wasn't joking and I wish I would have just gone up to him myself and told him to knock it off, but, being the nonconfrontational person that I am I just blew it off....But, that TOTALLY ruined mine and Katie's entire night, we just felt really weird after that and dancing felt awkard to us. So, we left and hung out in her dorm room the rest of the night....STUPID PEOPLE!!!! Argh. I wish people wouldn't be so dumb, lol. Everyone should just mind their own business and let everyone else enjoy themselves! Just because we were goofing off while we were dancing (and probably looking like retards) doesn't mean anyone else has the right to record us...ew. I felt violated haha....Oh well, such is life these days it seems....sad.

Katie and I

So we're a little crazy...

Sigh

Whelp, nothing too exciting about my day today. Unless you want to count the massive calorie overload I had today as something to get worked up about. I swear, unless I cook dinner, I tend to let myself eat like a flippin pig...Not necessarily by eating great amounts of food at once, but the things I choose to put into my body even AFTER the fact that I went to college to be a personal trainer and KNOW BETTER!!! Grrrr....My friend Katie and I gave in to our gurgling tummies tonight and took a late night drive over to Dairy Queen and got ourselves some cheeseburgers, fries, and icecream blizzards...Not to count the pop we had in her dorm room right after we got back.....Talk about feeling like a disgusting slob after downing that meal. Ha...So, we made a pact that we're gonna start working out together (YAY!!!! Since I'm meeting with my personal trainer on Monday the 14th to figure out all my stats and then get my own personal program! Whoop!!!! Haha....yes, I in fact need a personal trainer for myself even though I'm qualified to do it, because, I need someone to literally tell me what I'm doing wrong and get on my butt and MOTIVATE me. Lol. I'm terrible). Anyway, I'm more than ready to get THAT ball rolling....I wanna look like a smokin hot babe by the time Ryan gets home next summer so that he'll know exactly what he's been missing for two freakin years and never wanna leave again! haha....

FHE with the Sheridan College Branch

So, I just got back from FHE and LOVED it!!!

We played this game called "Partini" which is kind of like Cranium and is SOOO much fun! There were only 11 of us in attendance tonight (yeah, sad I know). But, considering the fact that there are only like 20 people in our branch, and over half of them being married couples, I can see how FHE wouldn't sound like something enjoyable. But, regardless of the size of our group, it truly was a blast and I'm glad I went!

I can just tell that I'm going to make some great friends in my branch whether or not they're all married doesn't even matter lol, they are just awesome! Haha.

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I know this has nothing to do with FHE, but, I figured that since I didn't even have this blog until today, that, I would share a little bit of my day yesterday. :)

So, yesterday I was really debating whether or not I wanted to go to church. Yes, I know that's terrible of me, but, it wasn't exactly the fact that I didn't want to go or was dreading church or something, but, I had a LOT to do and was wanting to get it all done...Well, my conscience (sp?) got the best of me and I decided that going to church was most definitely what I wanted and NEEDED to do. So, I got all gussied up (ok, maybe not THAT much lol) and went off to church...k, so we had Relief Society and Sunday school and then last hour we had Sacrament Meeting. At the start of the meeting the branch president stood and announced that I have been called as a Relief Society teacher, a calling which I am GREATLY excited for and can't wait to do!! =) I know that this is the EXACT calling that I've desperately needed and I know that Heavenly Father was mindful of that. I feel extremely blessed because some things that the branch president said in my setting apart blessing were some of the same things that were mentioned in my patriarchal blessing when I was 14 years old! I truly truly know that the priesthood holders in our church are called of God and his words were another testament of that to me!!

Yesterday of course was fast Sunday therefore Sacrament Meeting turned into Fast and Testimony Meeting. Ever since May I have done a wonderful job of bearing my testimony each month regardless of the fact that getting up to that podium scares me to death! Well, I had told myself that even though I've been doing such a good job, this Sunday I wasn't going to bear my testimony cuz I was too nervous....The clock ticked, time kept passing, and more and more people stood to bear their testimonies (and it went QUICK because of what few members we have). Finally, at the very last possible minute, my conscience once again got the best of me and I got up out of my seat and bore my testimony. I KNEW that it's what I needed to do and I KNEW that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't get up and bear my testimony of the gospel and Jesus Christ.

What I guess I'm trying to get at, is that I'm grateful that I followed the promptings of the Holy Ghost that I had to get up and go to church. Had I not gone, I wouldn't have been able to bear my testimony nor would I have gotten set apart as a Relief Society teacher as soon as I was...

I love the church that I have the privilege to be a member of, I love my Savior Jesus Christ, I love the gospel, and I love my family!!!