Journal~ #1

Since I have had a very bad consistency of posting, I have decided that I would make a new goal.

The goal is to post AT LEAST once a week and make it a journal.

For my first 10 journals I will be writing about what I am grateful for.

JOURNAL~#1

I am grateful for my family. They are the first thing I have every had

and they will be the last thing as well. We have grown together through the years

and we all love each other even though we don't admit it.

Flaming Gorge '05

Flaming Gorge '10

I love how much families can help you out. Your parents make dinner for you pay the bills and love you with all their heart. And even though you won't give me a mustang to drive, at least I can drive the lawn mower!
I also love my ward family. Especially the Young Women's. They treat you like a beautiful Daughter of God, and that no one can take that label away.
I love these girlies! They have been great friends and great leaders!
love ya!

Sweet, Sweet Victory!

Well, I did it! I ran 250 miles this summer! Some parts were hard, but I survived! Ha ha. Thanks Beka for making me run and working hard. I'm so very glad that you did, because if you didn't I would be one of those lazy people sitting on their butts all day with no leg muscle!

The whole reason I put SAVAGE on my bag is because that is what Claude (the coach) calls me. And I am so very sorry that I can't be on the team, skating is my top priority.

Sweet, Sweet VICTORY!

Rockstar!

I was walking home from a friends house one day and I heard a voice say,
"Chantel, don't go. . . you are their rockstar!"
Then I hear many little voices scream,
"CHANTEL!" as I see about 7 kids running up to give me a huge group hug. If you didn't notice already, those 7 or so kids are the ones that I have babysat. I love babysitting because when I babysit, it seems more like I am at a friends house.
Another expericence with "babysitting" is at church. On Sunday, I got to go up in the front of the chapel and recieve an advance to Mia-maid certificate. And once they called my name to go up there, 3 different kids whispered, "Yay Chantel!" and waived their arms up high so I as well as the Bishop could see thier excited faces. I know this because they sat on the row behind us and discussed mermaid calls. Haha
And also, we had a mother, daughter date at a park and all of the kids were on the swings. If you were standing any 20 or so feet. You could hear a lovely chorus of, " Chantel, give me underdog!" It was so funny that my friends my age started swinging and wanting underdogs! Haha great times!

Life is only as great as you make it.

love ya!

You never know what you have 'til you lose it. . .

A very nice friend of mine, "Ted", told me yesterday that she was trying to get back in touch with her roommates from college, but, she couldn't find them. She told me to stay close with my friends and never lose touch. And I really took that into consideration . . . what if when i get older, I lose what I have with all of my friends. "Ted" told me this while I was standing by my friend, "Joe". "Joe" just kiddingly said, "Oh, we will most likely be neighbors for the rest of our lives!" And now our inside joke is that our husbands are going to be great friends and we will buy a Duplex, name it Gilbert, and move in with our families. Ha ha Long story. Never lose sight of what is really important, because once it is gone.

It is pretty hard to get back.

Love ya!

P.S.( The picture is of my newly caught frogs one summer. )

EnDuRaNcE

Running gives me a new strength that I wasn't even aware of. I can ENDURE. While we were in Sun Valley (so pretty and allergy free!) I ran the 5k FUN RUN. It was amazingly fun, it didn't really push me to my limit. In Cross Country, they have taught us to never set a limit, because if you do, you never can really be the best that you can be.

Turns out, I am a pretty good runner. . . I won First place in the age group of under sixteen. I won the privilege to say I got first, Skull Candy Headphones, and a $25 gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods. Thank you Dad for letting me race, thank you Mom for believing in me, and a HUGE thank you to Beka for helping me run. Even though you weren't really there, your advice stuck with me the whole way.

Anybody can Endure. Stick your mind to it, and believe in yourself!

love ya!

MUD!!!!!

Well, long story. . . my dad dug a hole in our garden trying to find the leak that flooded our basement, and we found a leaking pipe. It flooded the hole, and we admired the mud,and had a party! We sat in it, played in it, and fought in it!

REMEMBER: to always be optimistic and spontanious.

Seek for the wholesome and happy things!

LOVE YA!

Be prepared. . .

Hello again. For a Science project, Me, Cierra, and Jessica worked together on EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS! Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R7BnJ5SciM

We also had many cookies

And took many pictures
hahaha we had fun