Ugly Sweaters, family photos, and Jelly Boy

I sure do love my friends, there are a lot of us so when we all get together it is quite the scene and we always know how to have a good time. Tuesday the 21 we all got together Tanya and I's day of birth and also to celebrate this wonderful season. Oh it was wonderful! We all donned the ugliest sweater we could find, and took an awkward family photo in them, we brought delicious snacks to eat, learned new games, Jelly boy (Big Booty on steroids) and running charades, it was brilliant! I needed a good laugh and they all sure did deliver! They are my best friends, I miss them, I love them, I hope you like our family photos!

Happy Holidays!

Au revoir, Seavas, Adios, Auf Wiedersehen, Cheerio, Good Bye

Dear Teenage years,
Tomorrow I say goodbye to you forever. What a crazy, sad, happy, amazing adventure these last years were. We have been together for some time now. And I will say. You have been good to me. You got me through many milestones, yeah sure we had our ups and downs, but overall we played harder than we worked, and laughed more than we cried! We made quite the pair , you and I, and every year you brought me something new, 13 you were just the beginning, the long adventure started, 14 We entered Junior high together, how cool were we!?! 15 Well all I can say is atleast we didn't completely total the Drivers Ed. Car, luckily we eventually learned how to drive, 16 you brought High School, the first date, first boyfriend, first kiss, first car and a state championship to finish it out! 17 we had our differences, you were full of drama, had a bad attitude and made mistakes, and together we paid the price while learning important lessons, I would not have wanted to do it with anyone but you. Thank you. You also brought my friends and I 12 speeding tickets with 9 different drivers! 18 we became a legal adult, I bought my first lottery ticket with you by my side, sadly we didn't win anything a poor way to spend 3 bucks, then we, you and I graduated from Rigby High School what a relief. Full of sadness and happiness all at once! And that leaves us at 19, you got me to and through my first year of college, on our own for the first time how amazing that we learned together, we met some really great people from all over the world, and you got me through some of the hardest goodbyes. So this is to the 7 of you. Thanks. You taught me lessons I will never forget and have sculpted me into the person I am today. I will miss you! You will always be some of my favorite memories full of immaturity and rebelliousness, all around full of wonderful times. Syonara.


Love,
Chelsey

Run to Feed the Hungry - 5K

It turns out that Idaho Falls has all sorts of little fun runs that you can do. Like they have one for every occasion, it is so cool. I just wish I knew about all of them before now. The Turkey Trot was on Thanksgiving morning so we (Amy, Brittany, and I) decided it would be perfect to run it seeing how they would be home for Thanksgiving. Little did we know that when we signed up for it, the ground would be covered in snow, and it was going to be 2 degrees. In other words it was FREEZING! But so much fun. It wasn't that hard of a race and I was able to run the whole thing despite the weather. There were quite a few people out ready to run it with us. They even got the missionaries to come and help direct us where to go. You could tell that some of them were seeing snow and below freezing temperatures for the first time in there lives! WE got to get our picture taken with the Turkey man and everything. It was so much fun, the path was so so beautiful all white and snow covered, and I am so thankful that I got to run it with my sisters! I love them!

Round 2

Did I go to the premiere of Harry Potter? Did I love it? Did I wear a I support Lord Voldemort shirt? The answer to all of the above is YES. My mom, Amy, Brittany and myself were one of the millions of fans that were present for the long awaited final HP film. We had a little Hogwarts feast, with Steak and Kidney Pies, Sugar wands, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Goose droppings, Worms, and Pumpkin Juice. It was perfect. And finally, decked out in our homemade Team LV shirts we arrived at about 10:30 to wait until they let us into the theatre. It was so worth it. Yeah it was slow but that is how it is in the movie. Yeah they could have put more detail in and left some things out, but I thought overall they did a MARVELOUS job. Only 8 more months till I get to see part 2. I can hardly wait.

The Potter Crew

An Ode to Obsession

As previously stated I have an obsession. Just one. Harry Potter. Well seeing how the first part of the last book comes out next week (7 days) I thought a little HP gathering was in order. So I text some of my friends that are also die hard fans and set to work planning a little movie marathon night. Last night was the perfect night seeing as I had the night off (Something that rarely happens I assure you) and this time Rexburg came to me. I made a Platform 9 3/4 sign, put on my new Harry Potter shirt, frosted and decorated cupcakes with HP shapes, and made homemade butter-beer complete with homemade pizza. P.S. Tanya it didn't turn out as good as our chicken Pizza. When everyone arrived we settled down and let the marathon begin. Well seeing how each movie is like a bi-gillion minutes long and curfew is at midnight, we were just able to watch the 1st one. But we still have a week so I have no fear. I do love this series but even more I love the people I got to share this experience with. The countdown has started and in one week I will be going to the midnight premiere with two of my sisters and my mom. So so excited.

October

A good month. Atleast until the end when a bad case of food poisoning prevented me from going out dressed up in my costume on Halloween. I was even going to be a fairy with huge wings. I have always wanted wings. But the rest of the month was filled with working my life away at Fred Meyers, chasing very energetic children around all day, carving pumpkins, going to haunted houses, getting my ears pierced, trips to Rexburg, birthdays and eating way too much chocolate! Happy Birthday Mom!

Girls Night

Despite the fact that everyone at work is older than I am I have become very close to most of them. But the two that I would consider my best friends would be Christina and Brittany. These girls are amazing. Christina is a 25 year old returned missionary, and is the most spiritual person I know, she is the reason I want to serve a mission next year, she never talks bad about anyone and if I am feeling down she can always make me smile. She has taught me so much. Brittany, is the one that is closest to me in age, she is 21 and has three adorable children. This girl knows how to make the best situation out of everything and I am often in awe when I see how she is always helping others. However she is leaving me in a couple of weeks to go back to a California base where her husband is a U.S. Marine. So in order to hang out as much as possible the three of us and sometimes a couple other girls go out every Tuesday night to either Applebees or Denny's and have a much needed girls night. They are the highlight of my week and always give me a reason to keep going. Usually I end up laughing so hard I nearly pee my pants and make it to the restroom just in time. Oh just thinking about it makes me smile and I can't wait for the next one! I love them so so much.

Me, Christina, Brittany