busy, lucky girl.

i've been so busy lately that it has been hard to get one of these guys written! so busy and SO amazing! 

 i feel like my life has been going up, up, UP lately and i am Loving it.. it seems like for every 10 great, amazing, fantastic things that happen in my life there is maybe one bad thing that happens. i'll take that ratio.

 everything has been working out and i can't help but smile when i think about it. 

i got a Job, which was a miracle in itself. i walked into the mall, going to apply for a different place, and just worked up the courage to walk into a salon that i had Always Loved but was too intimidated to walk in and talk to anyone. but this day, i did it. i walked in and the boss was there and asked if i would like to interview. right then. so she interviewed me and it went really well. i told her i would bring by my resume later. i went back later that day and interviewed with the manager. she called me only a short time after i got home and said i had the job. it just took a little courage. my feet pretty much just carried me in there. but now i have a job and i feel SO blessed.

 i am Loving school. it is hard, but so wonderful. i love learning and meeting So many new people.

  

so like i said, with every 10 good things that happen, one bad thing has to happen... i totaled my car a couple of weeks ago. bad thing. i was so upset. i'm okay, don't worry. but she was my baby. on the up-side i got to learn how to use the bus system...kind of... and learned even more how great my friends are. i am so lucky to have

  callie, 

and steph,

and hailey,

and taylor,

and maxwell,

and everyone who offered to and drove me to places that i needed to be. and who didn't want me to take the bus home from work because they were afraid for my safety. and who would find reasons to go to school on days they didn't have to so i didn't have to risk taking the bus and being late. these guys are all so great and i just love all of them. 

then i was car shopping online. on the phone with dad.. off the phone.. on the phone.. this went on for a few days. then my dad said he found one in logan, grandpa was going to test drive it the next day and he would let me know how it went. i got a phone call during school saying i had the car! i called my auntie when i got home from school and she offered to drive me to logan to pick it up that night!

  seriously how great is my family?? they are amazing and i don't think anyone even realizes, my family is the greatest there is. 

period. 

no argument. 

hands down. 

the best.

i am so lucky. 

blessed beyond measure really. 

and you know what? i love them. 

one more thing.

if you love the post underneath, you will love this video. just an insight to who my parents are working with while in the philippines. this is a man of whom i have such a deep respect and admiration for because of the charity he shows towards all people upon this earth, especially those less fortunate than himself.

Meet Dr. Geoff Williams.

i hope he inspires you, as he has me, to do anything you can to help those around you.

L.O.V.E.

today i was pondering the things i love the most in this world.

it was only because i was making some of the most delicious rice you would ever even try and i mentioned to my roommate about six times how much i LOVE Jasmine Rice. she knows the feeling. if you have never tried it, you must. i will even make some for you if you insist.
but then i thought about all of the things i really love and things i could not live without.

first and foremost are these two.

are they not just so lovely? i think they are. they are in the philippines right now and i am missing them, they are doing such good things there (for more info and another thing that i absolutely love click Here), but it leads me to the next thing i love:

today i was sitting on my computer, when it (the computer) started ringing, saying "call from kelsi" so i answered with a video (of course) and mom's smiling face was right there. she is so lovely. and i know she loves me. (i forgot they had kelsi's computer there.) she almost started crying when she saw My smiling face. so we had a short conversation, about how things were going there, how i was shocked she did not even feel like vomiting when she was in the o.r. watching a surgery being done, talking about how much i LOVE school so far and how well it is going, seeing each other laugh and make funny faces. so we started planning our next skype date, of which dad would be a part. talk about LOVE.

another reason why i am loving skype as well is because i get to see this:

baby e Loves to skype. and i love to skype. so it is a match made in heaven. so i pretty much get to see her cute little face whenever i want, even though she lives farther away from me now.

this a very short list of only a few of the things that i love most in this world.

but i think you are getting the picture.

family far away+skype= love.

love= family.

New Year. New Experiences.

Last year seems so far away already and I am feeling grateful for that. I had so many experiences last year. Highest of highs. Lowest of lows. and plenty in between.

I had so many blessings, a few including having so many sweet roommates, of whom have come some of my best friends which I will cherish the rest of my life; spending so much quality time with my family- traveling, just being at home, playing games, cooking, watching movies= love; my very best friend in the whole world Tamari got home from her mission on December 14 and I feel So blessed to have her as part of my life. She has always been such an example to me and I am forever in debt to her for her love and care.

I am so excited to begin this new year, new decade, new chapter of life. There are so many things starting to happen and all of it has come so fast. I rang in the new year with good friends and the loves of my life- my Family. It was so wonderful. With the new year always comes new resolutions, of which I was ready to jump right in. Mom started asking us what our goals were academically, physically, monetarily(she didn't ask this one, but I decided for myself that it is a good one to have in the mix), and spiritually.

So here is my list. 

Academically: work hard and study A Lot to get good grades in school :)

Physically: Get into better shape so I can feel better about what I look like, doing this by working out and eating healtier (I know, it's cliche but I know I can do it, so I just need to be better)

Monetarily: Get out of the debt that I'm in and have $1000 more in savings by the end of the year

Spiritually: Continue my study of the Book of Mormon but also start over and read it all by July (this is something my siblings are doing as well so I think it will be good to have them keep me on track)

2010.

It's going to be a great year, I can tell you that now.

School starts in the morning and I couldn't be more thrilled to go sit in a classroom for four hours.

it's official

i am now a wolverine.

not of scouts.

(my cousin davis asked)

but of uvu

utah valley university

also

today was orientation

they gave lots of free stuff

i told mom this, then corrected myself.

it is not free- it's included. 

i think danielle and steve would appreciate that. 

these "included items":

 

t shirts

stickers

food

water bottles

pens

hats

parking tickets.

yes, they were so generous to give me a parking ticket for my first day spent there.

but it is just fine.

i am so excited for this new adventure:

school

who would have ever thought they would hear me say that?

when the littlest sibling came

a couple of weeks ago...

THIS little precious came to visit me! and as i was looking at pictures from the weekend i realized i had no pictures of her. i love this girl so much and i felt bad about not having pictures from the fun weekend of  

  sleepovers and 

                         bakery shops and  

    3D movies with the funny glasses 

and pizza    

                   and (of course!!) girl talk. 

so this is for her. i rounded up some cute pictures of her that were on my computer. 

love you kelsa belsa.

 Last summer in Logan

At the nice dinner on our cruise to Alaska

 

Being crazy on a train in the mountains of Alaska

 

At a Seattle Mariner's game

A Story of Hallow's Eve

October 31, 2009 Halloween

Once upon a Hallow's eve, Michelle and Juline were getting ready for an evening of fun when there came a KNOCK on their door....

they answer and two, lovely Frenchmen walked into their humble abode.

What a WONDERFUL surprise!

A spontaneous dance party for four was held in the ladies dining area.

The guests left and the girls had a fantastic Hallow's eve filled with friends, food, and scary movies!