yellowstone

 "ate the kitchen sink" at ANgies :)

So i got a wonderful opportunity to go to yellowstone this weekend!! It was so much fun. There was a group of 10 of us!!!! WE went to park city for a day, logan and then onto yellowstone and the Tetons. I got to bath in the snake river and see a bison next to my car. I got to know how amazing the people i went with really were. We camped in tents one night and helped one of the girls earn here Junior Ranger Badge. The trip was so much fun and had tender mercies every where. I am so grateful the lord kept us safe and protected. Here are so pictures. ENJOY!!!!! - shayli 

okay so the animation shows what i did in a group of 15 people!!! ITs also one of my favorite things to do. DANCE!! Tonight i went to a fabulous dance party!!!! It was 3 hours of pure dance! I loved it!! There was a huge group  of people and we were just outside the apt complex. We went and crashed another persons dance party. it was just such a fun time!!  I came home totally pumped and full of energy that is something that is bad to have when you have to be going to sleep but i just loved being me and enjoying myself .. Thats not all that i have been so blessed to enjoy today. WOrk was great. My coworkers are fantastic. i went and got ice cream with one of my roommates. IT was great just to take time and get to know her better. Then lastly one of my friends invited me to go see The Dark knight rises midnight premier!! OH but it gets better! It  is  a Batman marathon. So i will get to see Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the Dark Knight rises. OH YAY!! i am so stoked. Also my aunt who got in a car accident is totally fine. She is safe and so are her kids. 

Having all these wonderful events take place made me realize just how i would not be able to experience this joy and peace without the atonement of my savior. Had he not atoned for me and borne my sorrows and griefs i would not know happiness or joy. I am so grateful that i am able to experience both the sorrows and the joys. I am so grateful that i have feelings and have a working body that can dance. LIfe is such a wonderful adventure in which the ups and downs are fantastic experiences. Summer is not what i planned... but it is even better than i could have imagined in so many ways. 

We would love to hear about your wonderful summer adventures!! 

till next time,

shayli 

okay so i am not sure what this post will be about or even what to title it, but this week has been... a turning point in my life.  I have been so busy with work and such that my spiritual gage has been on low and close to empty. I still went to the temple but i think it was like something to check off the list. I was just focusing on things that were good but not the things that were best. Then on Wednesday night i got really sick so i ended up not going to work  on Thursday. I was really stressed because i needed the money and i didn't want to miss a day of work. I was just not helping myself, but then i realized just what i tender mercy it really was that i got sick. i was able to spend 4-5 hours just studying the scriptures and praying and asking the Lord to help me with all that was going through my mind and heart. i have missed my friends so much lately. They are amazing people and i can't wait to see them all again, but while i was studying the lord brought peace to my heart and just helped me realize that if i put him first and all the things he asks of me then everything else will be fine. Since then i have been more dedicated to my spiritual studies and really walking by faith and its been fantastic!!

okay other update. so i am running a half marathon on August 3. So yesterday i ran 10.2 miles. My mistake was going later on in the day but i felt so good to actually finish. it wasn't the best time but i was proud of myself and i accomplished a goal. If i can do it, then you all can do it too :)

6 weeks in counting and then the Elite 3 will be united. YAY!!!

till next time,
shayli

You've Got Growin' Up To Do

Ahhhhhh...life.  I can't say that I am completely pleased with myself lately.  I have been slacking like crazy - in my workouts, spiritual life, my reading, and overall just a little bit of everything.  I lack motivation, and it frustrates me SO much!  In highschool I was beyond motivated.  I had goals in life, and I knew where I wanted to be...BYU.  This one goal made my ambition spill over in to all areas of my life, but now that I'm there, my sense of direction is completely gone.  I miss the old me, and I don't know how to get her back.  I have a major attitude problem too.  I just want to be better - ya know.  It frustrates me to see myself just doing nothing, when I have so much more potential than that.  I'm just frustrated.
However, I plan to rectify the situation.  There are some things that have happened lately that have begun to spark my fire.  During swim lessons the other day, I discovered that one of my students does not speak english!  I can't tell you how much I love to speak spanish!! I get excited and my entire mood changes entirely by saying just a few words.  It's insane.
I want to find my fire again!!  If you have any advice or suggestions, I would love to hear them!!

Muchos besos,
Kenzi

Slack Much?

Hey there.. so we haven't written in awhile, lo siento. Has been my turn? I don't know.. Anyways, I'm Back to revive the life of this wonderful blog. How is everyone? Hopefully good and happy! I am doing well :) Same story-- been working a lot and spending time with family and friends :) I realized that I am very blessed to be in the situation that I am in, being close to my family. They are great, especially my nieces, they are SO much fun! I have to admit, I probably spoil them.. but if you knew how cute they were you would too!!

I have a few new things happening in my life but I haven't it with my besties (just had to add that to my computers dictionary.. is it not a word or did I spell it wrong ;) haha) yet, so therefore I cannot post these things for the world to know yet! I will let the suspense set in. . .

Anywho-- I should get going, Sunday is a day to be with family; so I am going to entreat myself with their presence and maybe a little something that may or may not contain sugar.. AHH there I said it! I am going to eat something with sugar-- I deserve a little treat before I start my busy week of work and working out.. I vow that I will do better this week and keep my body happy and healthy! You should do the same :) Take Care!

Love-- Chels

Guardian angels ..... true friends

Hey guys! its me shayli. And i had to share about how truly amazing the other two girls who post with me are. First background on me, growing up i have never stayed in the same place for longer than 3 years. before you feel bad, DON'T. i absolutely loved it. It has shaped me to become the person i am today. I have gotten to see all walks of life, learn from them all and love them all. Another thing is that it has made me super close to my family. From all the moving, making super close and lasting friendships rarely happened. I had alot of amazing friends, but moving a year or two later made it a little more complicated for some to stay super close. Anyway : summary: i have never felt like i have had girlfriends who i could see being by my side for the rest of my life, until now. 

The lord works in marvelous ways. Let me tell you about how this elite three came together and you will see exactly what i mean. Freshman year of college, i had no idea where i was going to live, so i just asked the Lord to help me pick a place. I chose Wyview. Well little did i know that Chelsea  Baker chose wyview as well.... and so did Kenzi christensen. Chelsea and i were in the same ward but i didn't fully take the opportunity to get to know her. Lucky for me i was given a second chance sophmore year when we got to live in the same housing complex four doors down from each other. Enter Kenzi, from a story they will have to tell  they decided to live together. So all three of us at Belmont. The lord allowed Kenzi to be my visiting teacher and we became friends. Then from there i got to know Chelsea so much better and was inspired to ask them about living situations for junior year... and here we are. I am know rooming with two of the most amazing people i know. Two people who continually keep in touch and keep our friendship going no matter where any of us are.  They are angels in my life, who lift me up through texts, phone calls, skype dates and blog posts.Love them oh so much and can not wait to meet up with them in August and reunite the Elite three. LOVE YOU GUYS!

Baby Shower Anyone?

Here I be, sassy as a woodchuck and twice as handsome ;) haha random? yes. That was the first line of the monologue I performed as my Junior Miss Talent. Anyways--- Things here are going just great! Work has kept me pretty busy. Although this last week was pretty chill, I know the coming week will be more busy and crazy- which is alright by me.. wanna know why? More money! hehe

Y'all are probably wondering about the title of my post. Well yesterday I was able to attend a friends baby shower. I played six years of volleyball with this friend, and three years of softball. And she is having a baby now!!! It is so crazy!! I am very excited for her! She will be such a great mother! I can imagine being a mother and loving it, but the realization of it is kind of crazy to think about. I look at my relationship with my nieces and I love them SO MUCH! The are the most innocent precious cute beings on earth, and I have to think of myself having my very own little girls that I can love as my own children and it kind of scares me. Its a huge responsibility, but I think that is why its so important to chose to marry the right man, someone that will share the responsibility and hopefully calm a little bit of the anxiety. OK that's enough of a growing up spill for one Blog post!

OH! I met a new friend! I work with her and she is pretty great. I am very glad that I have met her and look forward to getting to know her even better. I love making new friends!! She and I have become workout buddies at a gym and have vowed to make each other keep on top of our goals.. So know if I don't succeed I will have four girls to answer to--- which is scary so I have no choice to succeed! haha I miss Kenzi and Shayli! It is days like today that I wish I could just pull both of them away from life and just go on a nice sunday walk with them and talk about randomness, and laugh about dumb things, and get teary-eyed over small tough things we have to face in this life. I love you guys!! Kenz come home so we can have a skype date with Shay again!!

Hello all the way from Madrid...that's right friends, as in Madrid, Espana!!! So as you can imagine, i'm pretty much livin' the high life. This is day two in Madrid, after a two day stay in Sao Paulo, a four day stay in rio de Janiero, and a two day stay in buenos aires. I have seen the most amazing things and have met the most amazing people. I can't even begin to describe how very blessed I am. This experience has literally changed my life. I'm so very grateful for those individuals who inspired me to pursue this crazy dream of mine. I truly thought I would never be able to fulfill this dream...but here I am, in Madrid sitting in a hostel after an entire day of exploring one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. NUTTERS!!!! Muchos besos...all the way across the Atlantic ocean Kenzi

the adventures of carpet cleaning

hey guys!!! sorry i am a little behind in posting. Life has been so crazy here in provo. i know that sounds hard to believe but provo life is so busy and wonderful. So one awesome story i want to share with you is called... " the van in the road". So for carpet cleaning the machine is inside the van. well a coworker and i were cleaning when the machine turned off we went out to find out what had happened. we turned on the car and we find out the car is empty on gas. haha so we figured we better go get some gas. Off we took on our wonderful adventure. we were like one minute away when we were turning into an intersection and the van just stopped. so here we are in the middle of the road and the van will not move. the best part of the whole thing was there was a gas station with a sign that said" don't get stranded"oh the irony :)  so my coworker ran down the street got some gas and came back. meanwhile i directed traffic and enjoyed that part of the adventure:) anyway life is wonderful. miss my friends dearly!!! as for the goals: money check. Getting fit: procession. blog: officially check


you guys are great!!
- shayli

Staying Busy in Washington

Hey Hey! This Chelsea, lucky for you it is my turn to post :) a little bit about me: Blonde, from Washington, known for random outbursts of craziness (in a fun way), saying things on my mind, and my favorite colors are green and yellow (--but not so much together, unless they are of a more pastel tint, that could be cute. I have to specify because when I say green and yellow together it reminds me of my school colors in Junior High, it was a forest-y kind of green and a banana yellow, repulsing right?), I love these girls, and I am blessed to know them! I am excited for this blog and to stay in touch this summer. I feel like whenever friends are going to part they always say that they will keep in touch and talk all the time but rarely does that occur. This blog will definitely help us out :)

EXAMPLE: Today-- I was thinking about this wonderful blog and the exciting opportunity that I have to post this week and then I realized I didn't know any of the blog account info (as far as the password and email address). So I whipped out my telephone and sent a text Kenzi's way, a couple hours later the dear woman called me :) It made me happy to see her name pop up as my phone was vibrating, as I answered I was able to talk with her a bit as well as get the information that I needed :) You see, this was special because she leaves for Utah today (She gets to see Shay, I won't say that I am jealous-- but ok yes, I am jealous!) and then to Brazil tomorrow! I am so excited for her!!! I hope she has a blast and comes back to me safely!
This example goes to show that this blog is really good for us, and well good for anyone reads this, who wouldn't want to be our friends (aka become subscribers)?

Alright, so this summer I am working at Yokes Fresh Market for the third summer in a row. I work with some pretty fascinating and fun people. Coming back this summer really feels like I never left for school; not a whole lot has changed, aside from wages and a few newbies. Its a good job and I am glad they were willing to take me back. Ah also- this summer I am lucky enough to be around for quite a few of my friends weddings. It is extremely weird for me so far, don't get me wrong, I am very excited for them, they are all so happy and are making good decisions, it is just weird for me. Anyways, Kenz and I went to our friend, Kassie (no longer Roundy)'s reception. It was a fun time, and oh my goodness did she look beautiful :) And she was just so happy, Her Husband is a great guy and someone that she deserves. It was neat to see them together along with their families. This was just the first of many, I hope that as they come and go it gets easier for me to see my friends get married. They are all wonderful.

Ok wow this is super long, I don't want it to seem like I am dominating this thing so I am going to stop now haha You are welcome to follow my personal blog if you enjoy my ramblings.(http://randommusingsofavivaciousblonde.blogspot.com/) Love you all! Hope all is going well for ya! Please let us (Shay, Kenz, and me) know if there is anything that you need, or wanna hear us talk about, we are here for y'all! Take Care!


Love-- Chelsea

love hard work

Hi guys!! Its me Shayli. So background on me. I am still living in provo. I live in Elite apt. 3 which is the apt that our wonderful group will be living in in the fall. :) Anyway I am loving the wonderful weather here in Provo.Today it was just beautiful. Anyway you maybe wondering about the caption of this post. Well recently i have acquired 2 1/2 jobs. I will explain. I work for a Carpet Cleaning business (thank you chelsea) and i work for BYU concessions. The 1/2 job is food prep. They just call me when they need extra hands. Anyway i have been working these jobs and i absolutely love them! I worked 12 hours with carpet cleaning and 13 1/2 hours, just alone yesterday, for concessions. You maybe thinking, oh thats terrible, but guess what?!?! I LOVE IT! i love the way i feel when i know i have worked hard all day long and then can enjoy my weekend. Anyway life here in Provo is just wonderful. One the goals 1. i am totally saving money 2. i have committed myself to getting in shape 3. I am totally planning for disney. i was already looking at it today and it got me so very excited!!!!  I am completely blessed here in provo !! keep on reading and hey post we wanna hear what you think and what you are up to :)

chao,
Shayli Sue

Operation Cinderella = Full Force

It's me, Kenzi.  And I have the fortunate opportunity of writing the first individual post.  Provo is now far behind me.  One extremely long 10 hour drive later, and a lot of money spent of gasoline, and I'm back the W-A!! Holla!!  I love this place! Nothing beats coming home, it's gotta be the very best feeling in the world.
But before I get to all that, our last night in Provo was a night to remember.  To put it simply, it was a night of shennanigans, war paint, wrapping paper, sparkling cider, loud music, videos, smiles, and lots of laughs...as well as little sleep - which proved to be slightly detrimental the following day while driving.  It was a fantastic way to end a school year.
Now I am home, and like I said, nothing beats coming home.  There's the hugs and smiles, the help of unpacking, and everyone wants to talk to you.  Then all that passes.  And there's the question...What in the world am I going to do with my life?  My two lovely parents have thoughtfully solved that problem for me.  I lovingly call it "Operation Cinderella".  Each of my lovely parents have created a chore wish list...just for yours truly.  Am I blessed, or what?  First task:  painting the downstairs bedroom.  Status of said task...not done...not even close.  But luckily I have all summer, that should make my mother happy :)
In other news, there is only 15 days until this chica takes off on my grand adventure.  Some like to call it a study abroad, I prefer the phrase "trip of a lifetime".  I mean who gets to travel to Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, and Spain in one round?  Oh, that's right, I DO!!  And in case you are wondering - I am BEYOND excited!!

Muchos besos,
Kenzi

Hello World!!

Hello World! It is We - the Elite Three!  Are you ready for us? I don't know...probably not.  This is us, united for the last time for four months. Not three, not two, not one...but FOUR!  We're not sure how we are gonna survive...BUT, if you buy two completos - it's only two dollar.  Haha! Jokes, we love jokes.   Anywho - we are hoping that this blog binds us together in the bonds of holy sisterhood...similar to that of those traveling pants, but this is a blog.  Much simpler and it truly does fit all of us :) 
Goals for the next four months.  Numero Uno get fit!! Fit and Fly!  Guuuuurl, look at that body!  It's the process of annoying each other via text message until we are skinny, hahaha!...but seriously.  Numero Dos, at least once a week blog...just to keep you readers happy, and if not for you, at least for our own sake!  Numero Tres - SAVE ALL THE MONEYS! We's be goin' to DisneyLand up in HERE!!...as in the end of the summer.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the read...while we enjoy our summer

Muchos Besos
Kenzi, Shayli, and Chels