Also, I'm hungry.

Hum.

I don't know what I'm going to post about, tonight. All I know is I want to blog. Yes, these are the posts that tend to sound like a mediocre journal entry, but tonight I kind of don't care.

Craig left with a bunch of the guys in his family today on another hiking trip. You guys, its so cute to see how excited he gets for hiking trips. There is just a different look in his eyes and you can tell he is anxious to get out there. Its sweet. But boy do I miss him while he's gone! Even though he's never gone too long, I still get a little "homesick" being away from him. (i'm sappy, i know).

Tonight I hung out with several members of the lovely Lifferth family. We went swimming at a Country Club and then back to the Lifferth's to...hot tub. It would seem that we couldn't get enough of chlorinated water, today. As usual, I enjoyed myself. ...but can I tell you what I don't like? Bees that are obsessed with trying their very best to eat your dinner..right, Katie? Geez Louise.

Now switching gears..
Today I think it really, like really hit me that I am technically a grown up. I'm still definitely in awe that I am actually 21-years old and have all this independence, responsibility and freedom. Sometimes I swear I'm still in middle school.. But, no. I'm old.

Finally, I'll end this scattered, boring post with these two pieces of information. I have a Twitter and Instagram account. Here is my brilliant idea. If you have either of those..you should follow me?! :)

Twitter: misscheka
Instagram: chekawa 

And that, my dears, is all. Bedtime for Chelsea.
Love you.
Goodnight & sweet dreams.

Because Bigfoot Exists

This morning I, along with my family and quite a few other people, ran in the first ever Bigfoot Awareness 1k Run. I felt obligated to since Craig is a founder, plus I was just excited to run a 1k - since that is not something many other people can claim they have participated in, before. Anyway, I'd call it a huge success. More people showed up than they'd planned, everyone was happy and the race went very well. As far as I know, everyone finished it and there were zero injuries. Good stuff. Oh, also..look at the cute shirts we got!! Always a plus.

**Fun Fact: You know my daddy? He finished 11th, overall! He's awesome like that.

My family at the finish line of the big race!

 My love and I just enjoying the pretty summer morning, supporting a good cause.

After the morning festivities, my sisters and I accompanied many of the Lifferth's to 7 Peaks water park where we spent several very fun hours going down slides, swimming, enjoying each others company and all that jazz. It was such a good day, guys.

Yep. Such a good day.

funday

Sundays are the best. 

I had Ward Conference today where I was able to hear several incredibly amazing talks that made me happy, gave me goosebumps and gave me so much to look forward to and work for. It was everything I needed to hear. All while I was sitting in between my boyfriend and best friend. It was one of those moments where I was thinking...how can life get better than this? 

That is all.

craig & i at church

...& the day was even better because we got a new cute photograph...

spooky

I can't sleep tonight. Again. [shock.] So how about another post? 

I went on a date tonight. A very fun date! My date, Trevor, and I doubled with my best friend Dani and her boyfriend, Dallin. For this date, we went to Thanksgiving Points little Halloween fest, called, Cornbelly's. 

don't let this happy corn-man fool you...its scary there.

This place wasn't messing around. They had something there for everyone. We'd initially gone thinking there was just one haunted corn maze you go through. Turns out there was much, much more. Normal corn mazes, a haunted one, haunted "creatures" you walk through, a clown house and some more, but I won't bore you with the details.

We were brave people and took on the scary ones. I think its safe to say we were very, very scared. Or Dani and I were, at least. Very. I don't know why people do that kind of stuff for fun. Crazies. I can think of a million more fun things to do than scare yourself silly. I am a screamer and I feel like thats almost all I did tonight. It didn't help that I was that "lucky" person that kept getting scary people up in my face! Jeepers.. 

Regardless of the crazy scariness I partook in, I had a fabulous time with those three amazing people and feel pretty proud of us for braving such scary places - and I'm glad Trev didn't seem to mind me sticking like glue to him anytime I was scared. We made some pretty good memories there, too (: I'd share...but I think in this case, what happened in the corn maze, stays in the corn maze! 

 trevor & myself

dani & chels

sorry, didn't take a picture of myself with dallin ;) 

Thankful Day 8

BRAVERY

Today my best friend, Whitney, and I tried country dancing. We were scared. We had pretty much no idea what to expect and although we were super excited, we were also border-line chickening out. But, we stayed brave and we went and we had the BEST time! Who knew country dancing could be so, so fun?!

I am still a little dizzy, though. Lots and lots and lots of spinning! :)

Thankful Day 3

MY GIRLFRIENDS

I am the luckiest little lady in the land when it comes to friends, especially my girlfriends. They are fabulous and perfect and the greatest girls you'll ever, ever meet in your entire lifetimes. 

I'm so thankful that I've been blessed enough to meet each of them and get to know them so personally and share so many great memories with them. I know that if I ever need anything, I can turn to any one of them and they'd come to my rescue and help me out until I'm 100% better.

I'm so thankful for my friends :) :)

By the way, a lot of these pictures are from my phone and come with that annoying little black border... sorry!!

me & whit

me & katie

chelsea, me & sarah

kelsie & myself 

chelsea, whitney, me & sarah

chels, me & cassie

me & sarah

whitney & meee

kourtney & me

chelsea, kourtney, me, whitney, sarah..oh & brennan :)

amanda, me, whitney, sarah, aubrie, chelsea, kim, chelsi, kourtney

me & katie

chelsea, sarah, me, cassie (in disneyland)

chelsea&chelsea

kourt, me, cassie

me & jenna

chelsea, chelsea, cassie

me, whitney, sarah

jenna & chels

my bff's

I, Chelsea Kate Walker, am the luckiest girl on planet earth. 

Allow me to explain:

This morning I was alone for several hours. With all of my uninterrupted time, I decided to curl my hair, take some extra time on my make up, choose the perfect outfit and all of that good stuff that I always wish I had time to do. While I was listening to Glee and curling my hair, a song came on that made me think of my two best friends in the entire world, Savannah Klaire and Adeline Kayde. As I thought of their sweet little smiles and addicting personalities, I could NOT help but grin like a little kid who just got their first puppy. I laughed out loud at myself because I felt silly being so smiley and giddy all by myself (it didn't help that i was watching myself in the mirror) but then I thought about it...

My sisters are freakin' amazing! If you know them, there is no way that you couldn't agree. Savannah and Adi are the two most amazing souls that have walked this world. Why I was so incredibly blessed to have them both as my own little sisters, I will never, ever know, but I will forever and ever be very, very grateful for that lovely fact.

Savannah: aka Lil' Bizzie, Biz, Bann, Nan, Nanny, Banny, Banjo, Bug, etc, etc is my hero. This girl is only twelve and already she amazes me in so many ways. She is tough, strong, loyal and as close to perfect as they come. She is beautiful, so talented, incredibly easy to get along with, humble and all-in-all, she's an angel. She is the person who never ceases to impress me. 

Adeline: aka Lulu, Tiny, Adi-Kayde, Lu, Princess, Crazy, etc... is an incredible example to me. This young nine-year old gal is the sweetest soul you'll meet. I've never met anyone more selfless and thoughtful than her. In all honesty, I want to grow up and be just like her. Adi is small but she has a huge, beautiful personality. She's gorgeous and perfect and she is full of talents. She's amazing.

I feel so fortunate to have these two little munchkins as my sissy's. I see it so often, siblings who just don't get along. Savannah, Adi and I are not fighters, not at all. The three of us get along so well, its a blessing. Of course, we have our disagreements from time to time, but we've never been the kind to hold grudges against each other, it seems like as quickly as the fight took place, the apology comes just as fast and just like that we're best friends, again! We're a lucky, few...

In case you haven't noticed, there is a large gap in between me and the girls. I'm 8 years older than Savannah and 11 years older than Adi-lu. 

When I was younger, and an only child, I always wished I had older siblings or a few younger siblings, close to my age. However, now that life has played out and I have these two beauties, several years younger than me, I am SO glad I didn't get my way. I always tell my mom that I think if I had any brothers or sisters any closer to my age, I don't think I'd get along with them. I don't know why, I've just always thought that.. I think Heavenly Father knew that I'd be most happy if I had to wait a while to get the siblings I've always hoped and prayed for. Mm, I love how things work out! 

I love that they can look up to me and I love that they try so hard to be like me, it is the most flattering thing in the world to know these two perfect girls want nothing more than to be like me (for the most part.) Because of them, I am always trying that much harder to be a better person. They push me to be the best I can be without realizing it.

Adi & Savannah are everything to me. They've taught me the most important lessons, shown me real happiness, they're love is a lasting love that will never leave me, they are my partners in crime and the reason I am who I am. 

So, again, I say it:

I, Chelsea Kate Walker, am the luckiest girl on planet earth.

memory lane

High School and I were never best friends. We didn't have a good relationship and neither of us ever really tried to make it better. There are no hard feelings, thats just how it was. I do sort of regret not pushing myself academically, too much, but I'm making up for that in college, so no worries, okay?!

I figure I graduated with a pretty good GPA, I made amazing friends, I made lots of memories and most importantly, I went to dances. So those three years of my life were successful, in my opinion.

Lately, I've been taking numerous walks down memory lane. I always go back to my high school days. My favorite hs days were the dances. You know what? I miss dances. A lot. I miss the stress of wondering if you're going to get asked, I miss the stress of wondering what boy to ask...and of course I miss that added stress of trying to come up with a clever and original way to ask/answer your date... Ah, love it.

So, just because I want to, I am going to post my dance pictures.

::note:: My biggest high school regret is not taking pictures at every dance. For whatever reason, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. Well, I was stupid. It is a big deal. Pictures are better than the dances most the time. So, yes, its true, I don't have pictures of every dance that I went to :(

Kids, learn from my mistakes. ALWAYS take the pictures even if the line is long...you'll thank me later.

& since I was in high school whilst attending these dances, how about with each picture I add one thing I learned. Just for kicks and giggles.

preference with phe
learned: my friend rachelle has a pretty fireplace background for pictures.

last chance with phe
learned: i can't pull off the hat look.

homecoming with stuart
learned: i don't like wearing heels to dances.

sadies with bryant
learned: when you're riding piggy-back on a real tall guy...you are very high up.

morp with colton
leaned: its fun to ask people you don't know to dances.

sweethearts with colton
learned: my right side is NOT my good side.

preference with colton
learned: this is my favorite dance picture.

prom with colton
learned: this dress was a doozy to walk in.

sadies with james
learned: piggy-backs must be the pose you do for sadies.

christmas dance with jake
learned: fake eyelashes are ugly.

morp with jake
learned: that bird behind jake likes his bum.

senior ball with all my friends (not pictured, obviously)
learned: sarah has amazing dresses to borrow.

sweethearts with dave
learned: sometimes my hair decides to really curl and look inches shorter. and also, apparently sometimes i can look slightly chinese. 

preference with tyler
learned: i do NOT like four-fingered hands in the backgrounds of my pictures.

prom with jesse
learned: sometimes people you originally have a bad attitude about can be amazing people.

last chance with brady (last hs dance)
learned: that car is sexier than i pretended to be.

Now how about some group pictures?!

last chance
learned: this group is waaaay to big.

homecoming
learned: i should have laid my toes down.

sadies
learned: this pose was cuter in our heads.

morp
learned: i should have been more observant. i'm the only doofas wearing shoes.

sweethearts
learned: our whole group matched so nicely.
fun fact: on this date, at dinner, an anonymous person paid our entire dinner bill because they admired our modesty and good behavior. (we were there with some other...not-so-good groups...)

preference
learned: colton & i needed to be more creative in this one.

prom
learned: our photographer didn't care that we're so off-centered. & apparently i'm a giant.

sadies
learned: boys are heavy.

christmas dance
learned: you look like a dork when you stand closer to someone else's date rather than your own.

morp
learned: homemade pictures are cute, too.

preference
learned: that dress and that pose do not flatter my figure.

prom
learned: my dates hand is in a funny place & we should have listened to the memo that we weren't smiling.

last chance
learned: the couple with the pink headbands look a lot cooler than the rest of us.

So there you have it. I hope you enjoyed it. If not, I apologize.

Keep smiling!

And remember kids! TAKE DANCE PICTURES, ALWAYS!