Summer Bucket List

Me Last Summer with Scott Stephan carrying Me across a river on our Stake's Pioneer Trek

Every year I love to do a bunch of random things over Summer, but this year I have been really into going on spontaneous adventures. I mainly go on my adventures with my friend Hayden, who is going up to BYU for college in August. In order to send him off properly, I am determined to go on the most amazing adventures with him before he leaves. I started making a list of things I will do over the Summer, and everyday I have pretty much added something new. I only have 7 days to add new things though!! Here is a preview of a few things I am going to complete:

1. Take a picture in front of Mackenzie St.

2. Wear something belonging to a male figure all day

3. Have a board game party

4. People watch at Disneyland

5. Go to the park and swing on the swings

6. Play a large game of Hide and Go Seek

7. Go to the beach and color with a coloring book and crayons

8. Give a man a manicure

9. Get a milkshake really early in the morning

10. Have a cupcake decorating contest

11. Ride a city bus

12. Have a picnic

13. Go on a Scavenger Hunt

14. Give a random guy a ring pop and ask them to marry you

15. Have a fake marriage at Ikea

16. Go to Old Town Orange

17. Dress up in gnarly costumes and go shopping

18. Go goth far a day

19. Go Fast Food Hopping

20. Go roller skating

These are just a few of our wonderful ideas! I hope they are as fun as they sound.

HA I'm ready for school to end (My 8th grade year, I got voted as most likely to sing on Broadway. Oh and by the way, I made the Chamber Choir at my school next year!!!)

My Life's Notes

Me and My Friends are the coolest/weirdest.. Whichever you prefer

Me as a young babe, It looks like I have orange hair

Dear Last Weekend,
I loved that I could hangout with all of my friends and babysit 3 separate times. I fit everything into my Friday and Saturday, then on Sunday I got my special Joseph of Egypt award at Seminary Graduation.

Dear Girls who are going on their 4th year at girls camp in my stake,
I have some rad things planned for you. Seriously though, you will wonder why everyone thinks the first years are immature, when really it's my friends and I.

Dear School,
I'm really grateful there is only a week left.

Dear Summer,
I would say come faster, but you're coming fast enough... So don't slow down!!

Dear Laundry,
Is there a way you could finish yourself? I would appreciate it.

Dear Baby G,
I died over your cheeks last night even though you did drool and spit up all over me. It was most definitely worth it.

Dear Rube Goldberg Project,
You're dumb.

Dear Everyone,
Have a great week!! And go eat some Waffles.

With much excitement and joy,

Kenzie

My Life's Notes

Weren't we cute as kids??

Dear Weather,
I seriously dislike you. I want it to be sunny, not gloomy and dreadful.

Dear School,
Please end. NOW.

Dear Friday,
You cannot come soon enough.

Dear Grass,
I so not appreciate the cuts i have all over my legs from ice blocking on Saturday.

Dear "Don't Drop That Thun Thun Thun",
You may be a fun song to dance to, but when it comes to everyday life, you suck. It isn't even a good song children.

Dear Freshmen,
Watch out because this girl is a part of LINK CREW next year. Yep, that's right, I will be giving you your tours and all. Enjoy it, please.

Dear Music Lovers,
Watch this and die of love:

Sincerely,

Yours Truly

P.S. Only 4 days of Seminary left, and 12 days of school(not all of those are full days either). 

My Life's Notes

Dear Everybody,
Me and my friends are freaks. Just watch the video to believe me. If you don't know me and my friends, then you won't know how well this describes our friendship, like seriously it's ridiculous.

Dear STAR Testing,
One more year left. Now that's all I have to say about that.

Dear Girls Camp,
Be here ALREADY!! I am soooo stoked to teach all the youngins' about some cloud formations and how to tell if you have a broken bone. Seriously stoked, especially for the indian face paint.

Dear Disneyland,
I am so happy to finally have a pass again! I mean, it had been 2 months since I had been.

Dear Neighbor,
Thank you for watering your bushes in such a "neat" way on Saturday, you really add to the video^^

Dear Life,

I'm finally really happy

NOW GO WATCH THAT VIDEO!!!^^

Much Love and Consideration,

Kenzie

My Life's Notes

Sister

2 story hotel rooms without parents rock

Dear Me,
Stop eating chocolate while you write this. You aren't even a fan of chocolate.

Dear Sunday School teacher,
You are pretty cool. And the fact you were on Broadway with Les Miserables is so freaking awesome.

Dear Weather,
LOVE

Dear Chocolate milk,
Every morning I am woken up by the deliciousness that you are. So basically I love chocolate milk with a large passion.

Dear Disneyland passholders,
Boy am I jealous of you right now. I seriously just want to go to Disneyland and enjoy the rides and pretty scenery with everyone, but then I have to remind myself: "Mackenzie, you are broke. It isn't good to want things, especially a Disneyland pass, when you have no money because then you get sad"

Dear Debate partner,
You'll probably win considering I am just browsing the internet when I should be coming up with great arguments, so I'l just say your welcome now :)

Lots of Love,

Kenzie

My Life's Notes(Late yet again)

I have extremely hot friends

I got a spray tan once... It looked good for about 2 days, then I was scrubbing hard

Dear AP Students,
Thank you so much for having a bunch of AP tests this week. Since I'm in advanced classes, but not AP I am able to take it easy and sleep in class. Heaven.

Dear Seminary Sub,
You are really cool, and you will be even cooler if you bring your wife in on "bring your wife to seminary day" created by Maddie.

Dear Boys,
I be loving me some bow ties. The end.

Dear Hair,
You really annoy me a lot.

Dear Pinterest,
Boy are you my favorite. I'm addicted to pinterest and instagram. Follow me at @kenzibrooke for instagram and kenzibjones for Pinterest.

Dear Skin,
Stop being so white. It's embarrassing, and I'm ready to have pretty, tan legs.

Dear Everyone,
Live in the present, and forget the past.

Sincerely,

Kenzie

Welcome to Utah(AKA Land of the Mormons)

Last Tuesday on April 24,2012, My aunt passed away from cancer after a long battle. Even though we knew she was going to pass away soon, it was still really sad to the whole family. Her husband, wrote a lovely little blog post about her passing here if you would like to read it, and her whole battle experience is written here.

A short summary would be that she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and from her radiation she got a brain tumor which ultimately was what caused her passing. Through all of the trials she stood strong, and was always positive. Her journey is one of strength. She left behind her husband, daughter, and 3 sons.

This weekend though, my family went to her funeral in Centerville, Utah on Monday. It was a beautiful service.

Here is my Aunt's casket at the Cemetery with her husband, daughter, and 3 sons

At the luncheon after the funeral

Since we drove 11 hours to Utah, we found all the time we could get to go visit some of the newly remodeled areas in Salt Lake City. Here are some pictures in the new shopping center that was recently remodeled:

Everyone, but Mom

My sister and I

Our whole family in front of the Salt Lake City Temple

A cool water feature that makes it look like you are standing in the water

Temple again

The car ride home consisted of LOLLIPOPS

We had a 2 story Hotel room... No Biggie

We did think it was pretty cool though, especially because our parents were on the other side of the hotel ;)