Growing up

Today is marks officially less than a week before I move out.

Today was my last Sunday being at home. 

That though it somewhat sad to me.

I love being at home, especially on Sundays. 

I'm more than excited to move on to the next chapter of my life.

But to be honest i'm terrified. 

Some of the biggest decisions of my life are looking me face to face 

right now and in the near future!

Next Sunday I will have already stayed in my apartment and been on my own for a night, gone to my singles ward, with my roommates of course, and had Sunday dinner. Oh and also may have shed a lot of tears!

I'm so excited for the future and what it holds for me!

Oh and Go Aggies!

10

Well yes I am horrible about blog posts!

But that's just me.

But it's now only 10 months until Elder Frampton comes home!

So tomorrow I can say has 9 months and so many days.

Which means single digit months :) happy day!

Oh how I miss him!

Life has been good lately!

I went up to Utah State last week.

It was oh so good!

I scheduled all my classes and got all that figured out!

Story time....

So while I was up there at SOAR (student orientation, advising and registration) I got a pamphlet  about and opportunity to work at a preschool with disabled kids. In that pamphlet it talked about giving undergraduates a job there while they are going to school. It got me really interested. I called up the next day and asked about available positions. The lady emailed me all the info about it and asked when I would be available to work. K now to me this is like a dream job to me. First off, it's kids, and not just any kids but disabled kids....oh how I love those kids! Second...they are open Monday-Friday 8am-12pm. So I would never work the weekends and never work nights! Ahh lovely right!? I think so! Well they want me to come and visit the preschool on Thursday and see it. So i'm headed up to Logan....again! I'm stoked though! I may have to change up some classes and stuff so that I can work more often...but i'd do it in heartbeat! Oh and Go Aggies!

Today marks 11 months till Elder Frampton comes home! Happy day!

Today is fathers' day! Oh how I love that Dad of mine!

Today marks two days until Elder Hyer comes home! So excited!

Today was the Sabbath! Love that day!

Today marks 2 months and 1 day until I move up to Logan!

Also summer is here! Here are some pictures of summer happenings!

Springville Rodeo

Cayson, Megan, Me

Mini Golfing with Meg

Sub Zero with Ashley

Baby Jackson

Pleasant Grove Rodeo

Family BBQ with Roger's Family.

Roger, Me, and Kylee Pretending to be Rhinos

Camden and I

I love this boy more than can be put into words!

Isn't he the cutest!?

Lunch with Paige

Movie Night with Cayson

Randie, Kenzie, and I

Chillin on a Sunday

Love always,

Miss Kelsie Ann

history

Today history was made. 

I wanted to make a quick post about it.

Why?

Because when I look back at my blog I want to remember this day that is huge now

 and will be a big deal in the future.

Also I know that my kids will be learning about it and soon it will 

be in all the textbooks.

Today Osama Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. CIA and military.

How did I find out?

I was sitting on the couch in the front room.

 My whole family was over for Sunday dinner.

I had just gotten home from a Senior testimony meeting and 

a fireside that Sister Wixom, General Primary President, spoke to us at. 

Let me just say it was amazing! Loved it!

As I was sitting on the couch just hanging out with the family,

Brad, my bro-in-law came up from downstairs and said,

"Osama Bin Laden has just been killed" 

We all piped up and asked what was going on.

He said CNN just had the President Obama announce it.

We then proceeded to talk about it for a bit. 

Then just continued on with family chatting.

We then watched the news, it was all over it of course!

What a day in our country's history!

I'm so grateful that I was blessed to live in this country and for all of 

my rights and freedoms that I enjoy on a daily basis!

I'm so grateful for the men and women who sacrifice 

their lives for my freedom!

And last but not least I cannot put into words how grateful 

I am for the freedom of religion!

I would truly be lost without that freedom because I then would

 not be able to have the blessing of the Gospel in my life!

This picture to me is an example of the men and women who give so much service to our community's and our country. This is some firemen pulling out the picture of Christ from the Provo tabernacle.

Here's a better picture of it! But how amazing is that! That testifies to me that he lives!

That picture truly strengthens my testimony!

I'm so grateful for my Heavenly Father blessing me to live in the wonderful country!

updates

Happy Birthday to this boy

He's a big 20 year old!

I miss him! This week he has been on my mind a lot! It feels a lot like the week he left....a hard week! It feels like just yesterday that he left...but at the same time it feels like it has been years! Oh also today is his 11 month mark! One more month and we're on the countdown! So when people ask how long he has been out I can say how many months he has left instead of how many he has been out! I miss being around him. I miss going on dates with him. I miss feeling of the spirit that he always had with him. I miss his optimism. I miss the way he treated me, for example always opening my door no matter the situation. I miss his hugs. I miss his height. I miss his gentlemaness (if that's even a word).

All in all I miss him.

Also we got home from Mexico this past weekend! Such a blast! I will have to upload more pictures later but here is a couple.

Zip-lining and Repelling in Puerto Vallarta.

Abbie and I with pinkberry. Oh such yummy stuff.

It's like a spoon me but 100x better!

Love Always,

Miss Kelsie Ann

all about your heart

This Song has inspired my title.

I love this song.

It helps to remind me to become more Christ-like, in looking at people's heart and not their outward appearance or their past.

It also helps me look at my life and where my heart is. 

Are my desires what they should be?

Am I always striving to do good?

Do I think about my Heavenly Father and Brother 

Jesus Christ throughout my day?

Am I doing my best and being the best girl I can be?

Am I being an example to those around me?

Am I living in a way so that I can be an instrument in my 

Heavenly Father's hands?

I sure hope so!! I love the Gospel!

One day old

Oh how I love that little Maddie Leah!

Here are some pics that I took today!

Brad actually took this one last night. A little smile :)

The pink bow/flower I gave her

love her

One eye

Painting her nails! Yes I painted them when she was one day old!

:)

Not very good, but hey they're cute

precious little girl

i love her

twiner nails!

Love you my Maddie Leah!

The love of my life! Madison Leah Maxfield

Meet: Madison Leah Maxfield

Isn't she so precious and cute?

I'm lucky enough to be an aunt to this precious and beautiful baby girl! I love her so much! I saw one quick glance of her in the nursery and I fell in love with her in that instance. I knew I loved her more than words can explain, before I even held her! Every time I would walk out of the hospital room and leave her.... I just would get teary eyed thinking about how much I loved her! I'm not even one of her parents, and yet I wouldn't ever want anything to happen to her! If something was to happen to her I would do anything to prevent it! I can't even imagine how Brad and Callie feel!! Let alone our Heavenly Father. Truly today has strengthened my testimony so much!  The spirit has testified to me and confirmed to me that we all are children of the most loving Heavenly Father! 

As I was sitting holding little Maddie, I just stared at her and all of her features. How amazing the process is of bringing a new spirit into this world! As I was sitting there holding her, I started thinking about my future. I started thinking about how badly I want to be a mom, how excited I am to be a mom, and how truly how I could have a precious little spirit of my own in 5 years or less! A mix of every emotion came over me. Happy, excited, joy, scared, nervous, and overwhelmed! Heavenly Father is so trusting to let us to raise his precious spirits! I'm so glad that I have the gospel. And so grateful that I will one day get to have a little one of my own and be able to teach and raise my kids in the gospel!

What an amazing, wonderful, glorious, magnificent, lovely, incredible, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring day it has been!

Love you my Maddie Leah!

one more thing

So two posts in one day.....a first for me! 

Right after one another also! But I went to my facebook and someone

had posted a song on their page that I just love! I had to post in on here!

I may be in love with it...a lot!

Isn't it just so beautiful!? It just gives me the chills! 

Love,

Miss Kelsie Ann

oh high school

Well guess what!?

13 weeks till i'm graduated.

13 weeks till I technically don't ever have to 

go to school again. Would I do that though? no not a chance!

13 weeks till summer.

13 weeks till the next stage of my life starts.

13 weeks till I get my high school diploma that I 

have gone to 13 years of school for.

13 weeks and I will probably never seen 99 percent of the kids that I have grown up with, been in classes with since kindergarten, and shared so many experiences with.(which I am kinda sad about!)

Can you tell I kinda have senioritis kinda bad?

Well I do.

I know everyone tells me enjoy high school 

while you can. Enjoy being young. You'll miss

it once you're gone. Well I know for a fact

I will miss it a lot! I'm having fun now!

But I'm really excited for the next stage in my life....

COLLEGE! 

I will miss high school and everything about it. 

But ya i'm excited to be at college. 

Right now in Woodshop i'm making me a queen size bed.

It's a 5 panel bed. It's pretty cute...

well I guess not yet because it's just

some piles of wood right now. But it will be cute!

I'm also taking designer sowing as a class right now. Well we have to make a quilt in it. So I decided to make a bedspread for my bed in the making. It's absolutely so cute.

It was hard picking out the fabric.

Reason, because this bed i'm going to use when I get married so i'll also use the bedspread. So I didn't want the bedspread to be too girly. But I found oh so cute fabric that I found. Weird thought though the next time I use my bed and pull it and my bedspread out...will be when I get married. Because i'm not going to pull it out just for summer time while i'm home. Plus my room will probably turn into somewhat of a guest room and I don't want people sleeping in my new bed. Haha picky I know! I'm not taking it to college...because a queen bed won't fit in my dorm room! So that is my explanation! Crazy to think!

Well still loving my family and friends more than ever!

 All is well!

Love,

Miss Kelsie Ann

lately.

Well...i'm a little behind on blog posts! I can't believe it has already been almost a 

month since I have posted anything! Which is crazy cause that was Luke's eight month mark and I can't believe it's already, in five days, nine months! Time is sure flying by!

First off Happy Valentines Day!

So here are some updates on what has been happening lately...hmmm where to start.

Well February 1st came finally, thank heavens! All of my scholarships were turned in and done! 

Oh what a good feeling that was! 

Oh and I did pass my CNA test! Happy Day! But guess what!? My certificate came late like a week and a half late...so the job at the hospital was gonzo when I got my results! Super sad about that still!! Oh well thought I guess I wasn't suppose to have that job!

Well i've been hanging out with my fam lots lately!! Love them oh so much! I'm so grateful for them in my life and all they do for me! Truly my life would be even crazier than it already it is without them!! This includes extended family and great family friends! 

Here are some pics

My super adorable nephew Camden! Love that little boy! 

And yes i'm his favorite aunt! No questions asked!

Go Aggies! Aren't they the cutest!?

My cute cousin Ryker!!

Well life has been treating me good!! Yesterday I spoke in church because for new beginnings we did it in sacrament meeting! I spoke on the Young Women theme. It went really well! Also yesterday as I walking to young womens from sunday school President Danny Duncan, a member of our stake presidency, stopped me. He asked me to stop by the stake offices after church! I said yes of course. I thought it was going to be for girls camp. Because i'm going to be on senior life this year which is a youth leader. But you plan EVERYTHING for girls camp. And I mean every little detail. You have to have a worthiness interview for this calling. So I thought that's what this was all about. In fact I was positive that's what it was about. Well I was definitely wrong! Not even close to right. President Duncan pulled me into a room with him and President Patrick. After asking me how I was doing and all that President Duncan said well we should tell you why you're here. Guess what he said!? He said, " We would really like you to speak in stake conference!" Say what!? I think I about passed out right then and there! Ahhh! Well so they told me that they weren't going to give me a topic. They told me I knew what my peers are struggling with and if I pray about it sincerely I would know what they need to hear and what I need to speak on. So i'm trying to convince myself  ok ok ok I can do this. I'll have about 1 month to prepare. A week or two to pray about it and find my topic. Then a couple of weeks to write my talk. So I asked when is stake conference. They both replied, "Two weeks from today." Ya I stared freaking out even more!! I'm a little nervous, overwhelmed, scared, and emotional. But we'll see how it goes.

Also i've hung out with this boy a few times! I love hanging out with him and being with him! He's always so positive, happy, a very big gentleman, so fun to joke around with, and really easy going!

It has been such fun times hanging out with him!

That's all for now! Happy Valentines Day!

Love always,

Miss Kelsie Ann

so busy

Can you tell how well my new years resolutions are going!?

HORRIBLE!

Life has been so crazy and so busy! 

I find out tomorrow if I passes my CNA test! 

Oh how I hope so very badly that I passed!

Want to know why!?

Cause if I did there's a job opening at Payson Hospital. 

Yes where I did my internship. And having done my internship there, I have some connections! :)

So i'm officially half way done with my senior year! Crazy!

It has flown by! Before I know graduation and the senior all night party is going to be here! Yay!

So other news in the my life....today is Luke's 8th month mark!

Wahooooo!! 

Other news....i'm getting another nephew! Michelle is having a boy.

Other happy news in about a week and a half it will be Feb. 1st.

Do you know what that means?

That day is the deadline for all my USU scholarships. So all those will be done and turned in! And the stress that has come along with them will be all over and done also!

Love,

Miss Kelsie Ann 

life

Well as you can tell my new years resolution didn't work. 

I wanted it to so bad. But I can't even explain how busy I have been. Studying.

But tomorrow I take my test for my CNA! Ahhh

Tonight I went and watched Gerritt at his wrestling tournament! He won it! 

Ya i'm so proud of him!

after the match

His mom said look at each other, but we pulled a crazy face.

Me and Tricia!

one last pic

so done

I'm so ready to be done with school. Especially my CNA class! 

Ahh at times it's so frustrating. So I will be studying 24/7 till next Wednesday, when I take my state written and skills test. Thank heavens only a week away!

Here's how I excited I will be when this class is over. 

I will be even more happier than this! And I'm a bit tired so I can quite show my full and true excitement cause I don't have too much energy!

p.s. Could ya tell I didn't want to do my hair this morning!?

Love,

Miss Kelsie Ann

Piece of Paper

Today I got a very important piece of paper in the mail.  I've been waiting for it. and waiting for it some more! This one single piece of paper will change my life forever! Literally!

It came in a sealed envelope addressed to me. I ripped it open and this was the first line of what it said.

Dear Kelsie,
Congratulations! We are pleased to offer your admission to Utah State University!

Yay I was so excited! I haven't been able to stop smiling! I cannot wait to go there in the fall!

A picture of the oh so important and joyous piece of paper

A flyer that came with it. The front cover

The Inside of the flyer

Instructions: 1.Place hands in dotted lines.

2.Raise above head.

3. Run around screaming,"I'm in! I'm in! I'm an Aggie!"

The very inside of the flyer. And yes I will be at those games next winter in the spectrum!

The Back of the flyer.

With my piece of Paper

I'm In!

I applied for housing! At snow hall! It has a full kitchen! Yay I can cook! I love cooking, especially desserts!

2011

2011

Oh what this year has in store!

Graduation, College, moving out, friends coming home from missions,

so many new experiences, and adventures. I can't wait.

My New Year's Resoltions:

Finish The Book of Mormon

Say my Prayers every morning

Read my Scriptures every morning

Make a Blog Post every day

Take a picture every day

I cannot wait to finish the Book of Mormon! I love that book! Saying my prayers and reading my scriptures every morning. This one is going to be a challenge! I do both of those every night before I go to bed! But I want to start doing it every morning and get into the habit of it like I have at night! I think it would be a great way to start my day every morning. And i'm also hoping it will help me be more in tune with the spirit as I go throughout my day. I love looking back at my old blog posts! In a way it's a type of journal for me! I love writing in my personal journal. And taking a picture every day. I love taking pictures and especially looking at pictures. I did this the first part of my senior year and I absolutely loved it! So i'm hoping to do that and post it with my every day blog post! 

So bad but I totally forgot to do a post yesterday! Ya bad to start off my new years resolution by forgetting the first day. But here's the pic from yesterday.

So this is called me being lazy! Well just lazy about getting ready! Hair on top of my head with a headband, hardly any make up on, and a comfy t-shirt. I was studying doing and studying homework all day. So I got the munchies while I was studying and grabbed a bowl of cereal!

Here is today's picture

Probably the last day that the Christmas tree will be up! :( 

That makes me super sad! I love Christmas and i'm sad it's already over!

Hope your New Years was a lovely one and treated you well!

Love,

Miss Kelsie Ann