Thursday, October 16, 2008

So much to write about!!!

I have no idea where to start. I really am not very good at this whole blogging thing I have realized. I really have had so much going on in the two months I haven't been on here, whether they be the amazing life lessons or just challenges that made me more grateful for everything I have.
Let's start with the amazingly funny stuff!!!
I have been blessed to have amazing friends who make me laugh no matter what time of day. My two friends and I wanted to have a girls night so we went to dinner and were waiting for one of my friends parents to pick us up so we are like "Hey... Let's go to Starbucks!" We walk to starbucks in our five inch heels sit down and decide to take pictures. These RANDOM guys wanted us to take a picture of them so we did but my camera died... to make a long story short these guys were completely hitting on us and we decided to write two numbers on the back of the receipt, one was the rejection hot line number and the other was this girls number. It was so funny and actually was completely random. It was a good chance for all of us to actually sit there and be able to talk, that to me is really important.
I have realized, today mostly, I have had an extreme blessing in my life to have the people I do in my life. I have dealt with some weird stuff lately but honestly without some people keeping me strong and keeping me smiling I could not be who I am.
There are a group of people (who know who they are) who have made me into the person I am today. I have such amazing adults in my life to make it so much easier and just a lot happier. I am definitely not who I was this time last year, I look at so many things from last year and realize I have changed in so many ways. I stopped living by the stupidness of friends and started worrying more on school and the people who I know are worth my time. I can honestly say that if you look at who I was a year ago to the person I am now that you will definitely see a change and hopefully for the better. (There is more after the pictures! I know I know I write a lot but hey it's been two months!)




The church has become more and more important to me because of the people who have helped me. Not only has the church become more important, it has been a way of making me feel better about myself and more grateful for what I have. We have an amazing Young Women's program and that is all because of the leaders, the new ones and the just released ones. Those leaders have strengthened all of the girls there.
I still am so proud of the lives that those important people to me live. They make me strive to be the people they are, and that wont be an easy thing because they are some AMAZING people.
This year I have definitely lost some friends and am grateful that they are no longer in my life because it only makes me gain respect for those friends who make life worth living. I have learned you don't always realize how bad things were until that certain situation was all over. Heroes to me are people who pull everything together even on a bad day. With the adults that are a part of my life and the friends at school I have, that is all I need to be a better person and all I need to truly succeed. I really hope these people (who should know who they are) know how much I deeply love them and that I have amazing amounts of respect for them.
I have dealt with witnessing harsh and scary things along with facing somethings I didn't think would happen for a long time. I witnessed a man getting hit by a car in front of his child by some woman on drugs and I also faced losing someone who was a big part of my childhood. Nicole VonRuden was an amazing woman who was diagnosed with a tumor on her brain stem back in 2002. She lived an amazing life and did not let the tumor stop her. She believed in everyone and everything. Finding out she died August 7Th 2008 was something I didn't expect to happen but now I know that she is better and happier. She is so so greatly missed and always will be. Her smile burned into everyone's heart when you saw her.
I have been dealing a lot with everyone's different views on Prop 8 (forgive me if this is a touchy subject for you) I have continued to think about the way people see it. To me it seems like people are taking it to an extreme and making it appear like some kind of "hate crime" when it is just people having different views on life, which everyone is entitled to.

I cannot get over how blessed I have been and how much love people show me. I could never thank the people in my life enough. I really don't see where I could be in life today without the adults and friends who pull me along.
I am definitely a happy camper and no one can kill that. I hope the people in my life know how grateful I am and know that they can conquer anything as long as they believe in themselves, laugh, and smile, and you are good!
Love you all!!!!
Two weeks ago at school we got our graduation packets for our invites and cap and gowns. Let me tell you something... Sitting down with my mom and ordering stuff was the weirdest thing in the world along with the fact that it hit me hard that in 8 months I will be done with High School and hopefully off to San Luis Obispo for college (don't worry Sister Conroy, Sister Taylor, Sister O'Malley, and Sister Rigby, I will come visit as much as possible because I would miss you guys too much.)
I cannot believe I am a Senior this year and also how fast the year is going by for me. I guess the way I am going along in school is the way to continue!I am no longer worried about a social life because the only people worth spending time with are the ones who care.
Well, now it is about 1 o'clock and time for me to go to bed. I will write tomorrow!
Goodnight everyone who looks at this!
Remember to Live,Laugh, and Love but also to Smile, Laugh, and Remember who you are.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Where to start!

JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT I LOOK LIKE BLONDE!

I have no idea what to start with... The fact that I started my senior year and actually love it, or the fact that I am so excited for the 29Th. I can seriously say for the first time in so long I have everything and everyone I need in my life and that I am SO completely happy.
Lets start with school. School has been amazing so far. I cannot complain I mean I get out at noon everyday and my schedule is over all pretty easy. My English teacher gave us a assignment to write her a letter talking about ourselves asking us to explain our strengths and weaknesses and just all this stuff that was so hard for me to write. I don't like writing about myself at all. I do not like to talk about myself because somehow it always ends up conceited and that's not who I am.
I really did have an amazing week last week. But I have people to thank for that.
For some reason no matter how bad of a day I seem to be having there is always someone to pick up the pieces whether it be my mom, Holli, Lisa, Jazz, Tay,Cody,and of course the one and only Randi Rigby. The amazing thing is when I get online in the mornings most of the time I have this warm and loving message from Sis. Rigby on my facebook giving me her motherly advice even though I am not her kid and she just teaches me so much in one day. I always get so excited to see her every chance I get. Holli tells me she loves and misses me and how I'm sweet and all and actually includes me in her life I have met so many people from her and have gained so much for her and everyone else in my life. Lisa really actually listens to me even if I am rambling on and complaining and I know she loves me anyway and that she looks out for me like I am also a child to her. Jazz I don't even know where to start our latest thing is ""dude we would be the old ladies hitting on the younger men cause they still got that "spark" making them blush and talking crap about the other old ladies and how their velour jumpsuits don't match with their wheelchair hahahhahahaha"- Jasmine "RAZZ JAZZ" Dolla... On us being old ladies with 20 yr old husbands and being cougars haha.LOVE HER. SO funny and how Michael Phelps is a Greek god and is Zeus. Jasmine is an amazing girl she has gone through more then some of the 30,and 40 year old I know. Tay is Taylor Lisa's daughter and one of the most amazing 15 year old to date. She acts so much older then she is and is always a reliable person to talk to no matter what its about. She has made some of the best days for me when I needed them. This week she has continued to make me laugh. Cody is one of Lisa's sons he is so funny I don't know what I would do if he weren't there for me to pick on when I visited them, he really provides great amounts of entertainment. This week all these people have done so much for me even if I haven't talked to them that much just the fact that I know they care carries on throughout each day.
I am so excited for the 29th! I get to go to Pismo AGAIN by myself and have a blast with people and just to have fun in general. Basically 6 months till I am 18 and I couldn't be more excited. I get to maybe go to NYC (FINALLY!! HOLLI haha) and moreeee. Man I guess you could say this will be my year... It will be amazing. I can see it now, the random trips the amazing adentures meeting more new people hopefully going to San Diego and keeping each and every person in my life who is in it now.

Here are some random things that really need to be blog worthy...
My answer to Jasmine's comment "Seriously though think about it... You and I will be the cougars... We will be the ones with like 20 year old husbands and we will have the rich and famous housewives of orange county lives hahah! Except you will be famous and rich and I will be your roady for sure! I can see it now... me having JASMINE IS MY HERO written on shirts and signs with your picture on it hahahah. I see a fun future for us..."

"Don't forget to remember who you are, do good things and of course...always wear clean underwear. Love ya!
Ooh, one last motherly PS: Your smile is your best accessory--work it, work it!"- Randi Rigby

So I learned how to say prostitute in Italian and I got this " Great I spend my time teaching kids & all I taught you was a dirty word!"- Lisa haha MOMMY 2! Love the fact I got a 40 year old to say hoebag and now that she calls her sister Granny Hoebags.. LOVE IT.

"SON OF A BEE'S NEST!" "Stay perfect and kind and loving as you are.
Don't ever let "life" and others change who you are deep down.
I love you... and no matter how far away I am in miles.... it doesnt matter.
You are and will alwasy be in my life... forever."- Holli (Gary it was nice to meet you!)

I could go on and on. So everyone do as advised. Remember who you are and that no matter what a smile is the best accessory anyone could ask for. Remember that no matter what you can accomplish anything as long as you believe in yourself. Work what you got and don't change for ANYONE!!
HA I LOVE MY LIFE!
OH and I met this guy named Ken at car auctions I am kinda thinking its fate. too bad he is like 30 my mom and I were kidding about him being my husband in 6 months.. pretty bomb. HAHA.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

What a week....

I have had thee most amazing week. I have been around the most amazing people and have done some of the greatest things.

So My Mom Dad Brother and I went to the Stone Temple Pilots concert on Saturday in Paso Robles. It was overall so much fun. Before the concert I went and hung out with Shay my really good friend who I always have a good time with. We had the deep conversations along with the thousand moments of laughter...

So with the concert.. It was really good even though the lead singer was thrashed and just got worse as the concert went on and people blew smoke in my face from their joint it was not good. But the concert yet again was very good. Lots of old songs so I knew most of them and it was a fun family thing to do!

All week before the concert I had been looking forward to me going to Oceano to be with my second family till Tuesday and boy let me tell you that was insane. When I got there all the company was still there and it was so much fun to hang out. There was like 8 of us and 2 of them were guys I felt so bad for them having to sit through Mama Mia because if I were a guy I would shoot myself.. Tay and I provided Great entertainment! We had already seen the movie so we were singing every song and totally just laughing, it definitely made people laugh at us, you could say we enjoyed ourselves.
This all happened on Sunday!!!! So sunday night rolled around and we ate then watched Desperate Housewives from the first season.. I really forgot how insane it was. Everyone else was lame and went to bed at like 12 but Tay and I decided to stay up till 6 in the morning. MAN WE WERE HYPER!!!!!! Loved it though.. We talked laughed I even almost made her cry hahah.

Monday morning after I had woken up I got told that my Mommy #2 Lisa had read her 15 page letter for me and that she liked it and she deserved everything that was said in it. Let me tell you about my Mommy #2. She has been one of the greatest blessings in my life there is no doubt about that. She is the first person I would come to if something were wrong. I hate seeing her when she struggles because from everything she has gone through she deserves every good thing possible and im not making that up. I feel like I have not done as much for her as I can compared to everyone else but I know she knows how much I love her and how amazing she is.

We decided to go to burrito loco for lunch and I PAID because I CAN not because I had to but because I can and want to and thats something they will have to get over. It was so funny. On our way to Burrito Loco we listened to the Mama Mia soundtrack and we made poor Cody listen to is. aha. It was a relaxing day on monday and I was happy to be around people who I love so much. I had gone outside for about ten minutes that night and when I walked back in INSTANTLY, mommy #2 had asked what was wrong even though nothing was really bothering me. The fact that people who live for other people go through things that they do not deserve bothers me. The fact that a person I know and care about and always bails on me has not helped me as much as my amazing second family every little trial My mommy #2 faces makes me always want to be there to give her a hug and to always be happy. Anywho. So we watched Desperate Housewives more and some Moonlight.

For all those of you who didn't watch it missed out. This show is AMAZING and so much fun to watch. I had burned it on dvd for them and we watched it while we drank VIRGIN margaritas.

Tuesday was so much fun. We got up kind of late and I help #2 with some billing for the company so they weren't stressing out. We got dressed and went to SLO to go See Jazz Laura and Chris and we took some amazingly funny but awesome pictures. That was the life... We were like one huge family and I never realized how much I really miss all of them.

Overall I have learned things this week... That no matter how hard one person tries it never ends up the way you want it. That you can have fun just sitting around if you are with the people who you love and know are there. The people I have been around are people who know me almost better then I know myself. I owe Tay Lisa Jasmine Laura and like all the other people who I was around. I swear if you dont have them in your life you are really missing out they are my angels no doubt about that.
Tay has become the one of my friends who we sit and talk for hours. She is an amazing 15 year old and I want her to know that everything in the 9 pages of letter that I wrote her is true. She may only be 15 but I could never repay her for the friendship and sisterhood type thing she has given to me.
Mommy #2 definitely knows me better then I know myself and I know it. She is the one person I open up to and know that she will never judge me. The people who I love can never do anything to make me love them any less and that is the truth and something I told her. She needs to be proud of herself and love her for who she is which is an amazing woman. I have told her nothing I say or do can equal out to how many times she has been there for me.
Jasmine has become one of my best friends someone I know will have my back. I guess I have done good in life or I wouldnt have her Lisa, Taylor, Laura or Holli. Jasmine has gone through more then anyone can imagine and to finally see her happy is something that puts a smile on my face.
Laura well she is so funny. There is are no sweeter people then her, her daughter Jasmine, Lisa and Taylor. I am just lucky to have them all.. But don't worry I wont be a hog I will share!

Overall as you can see my week has been amazing. I have had the greatest opprotunity to learn new things. They have all taught me something and are people i love... We are all one huge family who has to stick together no matter what. I hope they all know how much I appriciate them. So yesterday I started volleyball.. can you say OUCH! I am so sore but love playing again. I love my team too. We have amazing personalities.

Here are Pictures from the week!


Shay and I.. Boy... we were blasting music and gettin all hyper!!


YOU MAKE ME GRRRRRR.


Lead singer of STP who was sooooo beyond wasted to where he fell! It was funny.


STP lead singer who was going crazy to the point where it was funny


HAHAHA Tay ME and Jazz. SO FUNNY this picture took forever to take!!! NOT LYING


Jazz and I with our INSANE eyes.


ITS A LISA SANDWHICH


HE GOT ALL INTO IT! This was after he fell.


Mommy #2 and My Tay Tay aka Little sister.

Basically, Live everyday the way you want to. Don't let anyone kill your happiness. Take all the people in your life who have been there for you as a blessing and tell them you love them when you can. I mean look at what I wrote above.. without these people I am nothing. I got told a few weeks ago by a good friend I should be a writer but I can't do that.I just write letters because I want people to know how much they have done for me. Everyone in my life has a purpose even the people I met back when I was in 6th grade who I didn't talk to for 5 years but that person has become a bigger part of me then anyone else..

Bless you all!

Live for you, no one else. Do things because you can and want to not because you have too..

Thats all for today. Tomorrow I wont be able to get out of bed! YIKES!!!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Definitely a Roller Coaster Month

The Month of July has been definitely a Roller Coaster. Bear with me with the fact I am new at this blogging. This month has provided me with many blessings but many moments of sadness. Before I get in to July I want to talk about an amazing moment that had happened June 13, 2008. My Uncle FINALLY married the woman who could not be better for him. Her Name is Lori and my most favorite Auntie. It was the most amazing day, I could not have been more excited to be there and to be a part of that Fairy-tale wedding. Before her and my Uncle officially had started dating her and I were like mother and daughter.




My Amazing Auntie cousin and I.

Now, Lets recap the month shall we. Well July 2nd my mom, dad, sister, and I went to Pismo Beach to see old friends and my brother. I was blessed to be around the people I care about most for the time I was there and that would be Lisa her husband Joel and the 3 kids Ashton, Taylor, and Cody, and I love them all deeply. Lisa even made me a Lemon Meringue Pie!!!!!!! We stayed till the 5th and I can back to the greatest feeling.


When I had arrived home I realized I got to see a person who has been such an amazing part to my life and someone who I have so much respect and love for and I also adore her children.
They would be Holli and her two daughters Hannah and Abbi. It was one of the most amazing weeks and totally made my summer so much better. I have spent time with amazing friends and have had so many wonderful adventures. After the time Holli and her daughters were here I spent a lot of time with my best friend named Michelle, this girl has always been around when Ineeded her and has cheered me up distracted me and provided me with entertainment. We went to go see Hell boy 2 last Thursday night and I strongly suggest you do not go see it.

That next morning I had heard news that still shocks me to this day. A girl who I went to Elementary School through Junior High with had gotten in a horrid accident and died. Her name was Addy Decker, she never left a bad impression with anyone people could never forget her and her bright smile filled with energy. That was the shock of a lifetime, knowing a girl who I was not really friends with but had good memories with, was gone and not coming back. It was a lesson to me to take it everyday at a time and live it to the best of your ability because you never know when it will be your last day.

I can honestly tell everyone that I would not be who I am today if I didn't have the opportunities that I do or the amazing people in my life and faced the trials I have faced. Advice I would like to give to everyone is: there are so many people who may not be as educated or wealthy as you, but those people are probably the ones who will impact your life for the better and can change who you are in so many ways. Life is too short to judge anyone. Always be happy because life has it's roller coasters but you gotta face it in a positive attitude and be a tough person like you are.

Rest In Peace Addison "Addy" Decker 07/17/08<3

This is Lisa someone like my other mother who I love so insanely much. I owe her for every little thing she has taught me. She is a blessing and a fighter. She never gives up and I love her for every little thing she has done for me and has gone through. Definitely one of the people who I call my angel and someone who will be in my life for sooo many years and I would not want it ANY other way.

This is Taylor. This girl is like my little sister and I look after her and love the person she is. She is probably the most amazing 15 year old I know. I am so proud of her and I want her to know that she has helped me become the person that I am. She is one of my best friends as well. We sit up at night when we are around each other and have thee most amazing talks and learn so much from eachother. She is such a mini version of me.


This is Shay, this girl is like my sister and my best friend. I dont know what else to say. She is amazing has has so much talent she is thee ultimate triple threat and so amazing. She is such a tough girl. We have our fights but we still realize we are too good of friends to ever throw it away. I love every minute we talk. There are seriously times where I feel she knows me better then I tend to know myself and is like me in so many ways. We both struggle but get through it knowing we are there for eachother.

This girl is Hannah one of Holli's daughters. I love everyday that I used to spend with her. She moved to NYC but it was a opportunity her mother could not pass up to make it for her and her daughters. Hannah is such an amazing young lady and will grow up to be an amazing woman like her mother. I love her so much and am so deeply proud of her for everything.

This is Michelle, she is my best friend. Cures any bad day and knows how to make me laugh and distract me.. She is a good friend and always there. I met her freshman year and since then we have always been friends. We have been there for eachother and we have fun with anything we do. Her and I are just the friends that we can go weeks without hanging out and really talking and just pick up right where we left off and have thee most intese heart to hearts.

Holli. I really could not be who I am with out the strength her and lisa have passed to me. She deserves absolute happiness and all around enjoyment. She never gives up and I want her to realize she could never be a failure. She is my angel along with everyone else up here. She has been one of my rocks when I have needed someone to lean on. She is thee ultimate blessing. I have to tell her A MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS and that she deserves it. She is now ENGAGED to a man who has definitely changed her life and is the perfect guy for her. I love Holli with every little inch of my body.

So that is my first blog post. Definitely not short but sweet. I am who I am and live my life as good as I can. As you can see it has been an amazing month full of blessings adventures and sadness.
Be who you are and just adore the people around you. God bless you all!

Kendall