Goodbye Cache Valley Bank, you have been so good to me.

Because of Cache Valley Bank I...

• Am the master of the ten key. I can calculate addition equations like nobody's business

• Now have a phobia of talking to old people on the phone. Don't know why, but it gives me the hebi gebies...sorry no offense. 

• Think it should be against the law to have sloppy handwriting when writing a check. 

• Have to face all of my cash correctly

• Get grossed out by money. I now have an idea of how many (and what kind of) people touch money. Plus it turns my fingers black when I count it. My fingers turn BLACK!

• Now have almost every radio station commercials memorized

• Realized that you DO look like an idiot if you never have your account number on you every.single.time you come into the bank. (I use to do that so i can't judge)

• Love federal holidays

• Learned that hot flashes ARE real! 

• Now know what it feels like when someone is completely and irrationally rude to a customer service representative. We are just trying to help...geesh.

• Now know that if you don't balance your check book and reconcile your statement at the end of each month, bad things can happen...

• Am addicted to Dr. Pepper

• Almost answer my cell phone as follows..."Thank you for calling cache valley bank, this is book keeping, how may I help you..."

• Learned that you always, always, always answer your work phone professionally or else...bad things can happen. 

• Also learned that some people have absolutely no idea what they are doing when they get a loan. That is a scary thought.

• Learned that eating a twinkie in one bite because of a dare is NEVER a good idea.

• Observed that old people swearing is slightly totally hilarious.

• Found that company softball games are one of my favorite summer highlights

• Learned that company parties are the bomb dot com!

• Now have the ability to memorize 6 different passwords at a time

• Found that an unbalanced till can ruin your day. 

• Will never forget Lauren's face when she tripped in slow motion over the printer. SOOOOOOOOO funny!!!!

Tomorrow is my very last day at this wonderful place. I am really excited for my new chapter in life, but I feel sad about leaving so many memories and wonderful people at the bank. But I know this is not the last time they will hear from me. I will be back before they know it. Thanks for all the lessons and memories!!

Love Kelcey

Highlights and Lessons of 2012

Well, I'm a little late on posting this but I wanted to pay tribute to the lovely year of 2012. This post is dedicated to the highlights and lessons I learned during this year.

January

Highlight: Celebrating that 2011 was OVER!

Lesson: In case you didn't know 2011 was a REALLY rough, miserable, and hard year for me. I finally figured out in this month it was mostly because of my bad attitude. This is the month I tried my very best to see the light in every situation. So glad I made this decision because it totally changed my entire year. 

February

Highlight:If you can't tell from the picture we are trying to spell Moab with our hands, bless our hearts haha. Our random road trip to Moab was hands down the funnest trip EVER!!!

Lesson: I am a sucker for a man with a tucked in, button up shirt with flowers. Oh and likes to do laundry, I'll basically marry them on the spot.

 March
Highlight:Spring Break!!! Went back up to good ol'moses lake. It's always a party when I visit.
Lesson: I am capable of making enormously stupid decisions. And that our choices DO effect those around us.

April
Highlight: My BIRTHDAY! Of course ;)
Lesson: I heart being 21

May 
Highlight: Mother's day weekend. Went back to Moses Lake! 
Lesson: This was the month that tried my patience. 

June
Highlight: One of my very best friend's boyfriend called me up to help him with a secret mission...putting a ring on Andrea's finger. Haha it was hilarious and super successful.
Lesson: This month I tested the power of prayer and was pretty dependent on the Lord to help me through this month. 

July
Highlight: Our annual Yellowstone trip with the Jones family. This year we hit up Sun valley too. It was a blast like always :)
Lesson: Still learning more patience. 

August
Highlight: Our kick off Safari Saturday weekend. Who knew we could cram so many fun things to do in 3 total days! Seriously had so much fun. Except when Rachel almost died on Big Kahuna. Gave me a heart attack!!
Lesson: I learned that everybody has problems and I should stop worrying about what people thought of me because of mine. 

September
Highlight: Our Safari Saturday weekend down in Park City at Joe's house. We swam, ate pizza, golfed, shopped, hiked, took pictures, watched two movies, went to church, sat around the fire, tried to teach rachel how to "sink", laughed, four wheeled, hot tubed,  played chicken, tried to sit in a sauna, got matching tiger shirts, embarrassed Joe  laughed some more all in about 2 and a half days. It was a fantastic weekend. 
Lesson: This month I realized that you can laugh or cry about your troubles. The choice is yours. 

October
Highlight: Conference weekend. Spent almost the entire weekend with Marc. We basically goofed off, listened to the sessions, shopped at city creek, ate, and made fun of each other. It was such an uplifting and fun weekend.
Lesson: Heart break is the worst pain. 

November
Highlight: Thanksgiving at the Jones' house in Malad, Id. Hung out with the fam, ate, ate, and ate some more. Then we sloshed our full bellies around by playing some football and some soccer up at Malad high school. Fun times
Lesson: You can't rush recovery from heartbreak, it takes time. Just let it run it's course. 

December
Highlight: Being home for Christmas and getting my mission call. I seriously cherish, so much, the time I get to spend with my family. Since we live so far away from them it seems like the time apart is always way too much. This Christmas was very much needed family time together. Also getting my call and knowing where I am going with my life (serving the Lord) for the next 18 months brings joy I can not describe. 
Lesson: Family and the Gospel are really all that matter in life. 

Looking back on this year I can definitely say that it has been THE BEST year of my life. This year I started off by trying really hard to focus on the good. I tried taking every day and lived it to the fullest. I wanted to do this because I realized that life is such a blessing and shouldn't be taken for granted. Very shortly after I made this effort it wasn't hard to see the good at all. It was hard NOT to see the million reasons why we should be happy. This year was the happiest I have ever been. Happiness seemed like it was going to explode out of me. 

But I'll admit that this year definitely wasn't completely filled with butterflies and sunshine. I don't know if you could tell from the lesson's I learned this year. But this year was, by far, THE HARDEST year of my life! Ask my mom, she will tell you haha. There were countless nights I called her in tears. Many nights I spent praying/begging for help to make it through my trials. The Lord and I became close because I literally was counting on him to help me make it through some days. I don't really want to elaborate on the trials I went through to learn these lessons I did. Because, above all else the hugest, biggest lesson I learned this year is that I can only focus on the highlights/happy times in my life and what I learn from my trials. Then everything will be ok. Actually, everything will be more than ok, I can't help be anything but happy and absolutely nothing can get me down.  

 I read a quote this year, "The best year of your life should be the last one you lived, if you are doing things right." I want to make this the center goal of every year I live.

So Thank you 2012. I'm not sure I would like to live you all over again. But thanks for the good times, thanks for the bad times, and above all thanks for everything you taught me. 

Blast From the Past!

After having lunch with my Grandma Jones I hoped into Leo the Geo (my car) to head back to work. And that's when it happened...the radio decided to provide me with a sweet, trip down memory lane, treat. 

The song "Take a Look at my Girlfriend" by SuperTramp blasted through my speakers and I was immediately taken back to my junior year at the Moses Lake bowling alley where I was most likely ( I can't remember) kicking Rhoan Ashby's butt in bowling. When this song came on over the bowling alley's radio I told Rhoan I loved this song. He laughed and said he loved it to and somehow it kinda became our song. Super random, and a way long time ago but I always think of Rhoan when this song is played. 

I then started wondering if there is a song that people think of me when it comes on the radio. I know for a fact that all my old roommates have me ingrained in their brains forever when "It's a Great Day to Be Alive."-by Travis Tritt comes on the radio. It became my life goal to make them remember me forever from that song by blasting it basically every day I attended Byu-Idaho. 

It's funny how weird, random, and happy memories are brought back by song. Like every time I hear Bowling for Soup they bring me back to awkward brace-face Kelcey in junior high. "Heaven" reminds me of sweaty slow dancing prom night and Vitamin C takes every body back to graduation. 

I then started thinking about the other songs that reminded me of people and I got a pretty big list. Some are super super random, but its true I always think of you every. single.time. I hear the song. I hope you don't find it to creepy. haha

1."Sexy and I Know It"-By LMFAO 

'In a speedo trying to tan my cheeks..whattt?!' I can only hear that line in Marc Ortega's voice. When this song comes on its as if you are sitting in my passenger seat and we are on another road trip singing at the top of our lungs. aw man...good times haha

2."Boston"-Augustana

I always feel like I am mobbing in Jon Redford's green Jeep in the rain when I hear this goodie. 

3."Sexy Can I"-Ray J. 

Tyler Platt and our crazy rides to lunch. Tyler I remember this was your theme song in high school. Pretty sure it still is. 

4."She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"-Kenny Chesney

Garin Bergeson and his hilarious dance for Mr. Moses Lake pageant. Garin, that dance made you my hero! Too good!

5."Every Time we Touch"-Cascada 

Kiley (Williamson) Black, The Bullet, and I would bond by singing this at the top of our lungs while pointing and winking at random strangers. Kiley, we know they liked it. 

6."Domino"-Jessie J. 

hahahaha Jacy Jones hahahaha this will always be your theme song in my mind.

7. "It's America" -Rodney Atkins

After my prom date picked me up He blasted this song. He said Prom wouldn't be complete if we didn't listen to this song. I love this memory.

8. "Peace, Love, Happiness"-G.Love & Special Sauce

Rachel Drollinger because you bring so much peace, love, and happiness in my life ;)

9."The Way You Make Me Feel"-Michael Jackson

This song was the highest octave I have ever heard my dad's voice go in my entire life. It still brings tears of laughter to my eyes when I hear this song. 

10. "Silent Night"-Tayah McQuivey and Myself

Kayley Christensen did the best narration I have ever heard, while Tayah and I sang in the back ground. Best single we every created in my opinion. 

11."White Houses"-Vanessa Carlton

My first kiss ;) ;) You know who you are ;)

12."Jump Rope"-Blue October

This reminds me of when Alli Berger and I had to get up at the crack of dawn for I team meetings. They made us do this ridiculous dance to this song to wake us up, which i totally love, but NOT at 6 in the morning. 

13."Under the Boardwalk"-The Drifters

Bill our assistant soccer coach. He would play this on his guitar and make us play our kazoos and sing along. One of the very best memories of high school soccer. 

Well that's all the good ones I can think of right now. Hope you enjoyed and weren't creeped out that I think of you when I hear these songs. Man thanks for the great memories guys. 

Love you all!!

Moments

I was browsing on pinterest...(i know, i know, surprise surprise) and I stumbled upon this quote.

"There are moments which mark your life.

Moments when you realize nothing will

ever be the same and time is divided into

two parts, before this and after this."

-Unknown.

I also was reading on itjustgetsstranger.blogspot.com (another surprise)  and he posted this in one of his blog posts.

"Every once in a while you hit an exact moment where you realize that everything you see beyond that moment will always look different to you than before that moment and it's all because of that moment. I'm not talking about long drawn out life changing experiences- those certainly force you to view the world a completely different way. I'm talking about just small and quick exchanges that for whatever reason permanently shed light on life."

-Elli McCain

I agree that we all hit moments like these in all of our lives and I want to share some of mine.

1. When I was a kid I was terrified of everything, and I mean everything, like riding a bike for example. I hated laying on the grass, I was too chicken to jump off the high dive, and don't even get me started on roller coasters. Anything new that involved heights, or fun I was scared of it. I always got crap from my family because my younger sister, who wasn't born with an ounce of fear in her body, did everything I was too scared to do. Finally one day, after climbing up and down the latter on the high dive about 6 times, at the public pool, (in front of a hundred people) I closed my eyes. Said one final prayer to thank God for my beautiful short life, and I jumped off...And I LIVED! Ever since then I knew I could conquer any fear. 

2. The day I became high school soccer captain was the moment I realize childhood dreams do come true.

3. In 6th grade I was a student body officer (still have no idea how I became one) but us, student body officers, were required to perform a skit in front of the entire school. I went to the, butt crack of dawn, practices for weeks before the performance. I learned the dances and all of my lines. The night before the performance I had a nervous break down (remember I was a chicken back then). I told my mom I was quitting and I was NOT going to school the next day. In my mind, nothing, ever in a million years could get me to go up on that stage. (Except maybe twenty dollars and a baby bottle pop cause that was alot of money and the best flippen treat ever to a 6th grader.) After calming me down my mother and father proceeded to give me the lecture about, if I promise someone I will do something I can't break that promise. And if i started quitting things now, I will always be a quitter for the rest of my life. For some reason that lecture had a huge impact on me and my life. I did the skit the next day and so far, to this day, I have not quit anything that I promised I would do. 

4. When I crossing the finish line, after running in the worst hail storm cross country race ever, with the my personal record time. That was the moment I realized that pain is a mental battle, your body can do incredible things when pushed.  

5.Every Monday when I was on the high school soccer team, we had to do what is called the juggling challenge. One has to juggle the ball 30 times on their thighs to pass the first test. Then you move up to 40, then 50. Then it goes to just your feet in the same 30, 40, 50 pattern and then to your head. Each week you have a chance to try and pass off one of the tests. I was never really good at juggling and if you failed you had to do a fun run. (p.s. fun runs ARE NOT FUN!) So basically I passed the 30 thigh test miraculously one day but all the other days i had to do the stinking. not. so. really. fun. fun runs. The last Monday of my senior year I decided that I was going to pass the test if it killed me. Occasionally a girl on the team would fail but be really close and would ask for the double or nothing chance. If you failed a second time you had to do the unspeakable...run TWO FUN RUNS. *gasp!* I don't remember anyone actually passing the second time so hardly anybody ever did the double or nothing challenge. So I figured since it was my last chance I would do the double or nothing if worse came to worse. I had to get forty...how hard can that be ha ha (actually I had never gotten more than thirty...ever...but I was determined.) So it was my turn...I got 35 juggles. Shaking I looked up at my coach and said, I'll do double or nothing. He gave me the, are you sure, look. I nodded and kept practicing until it was my turn again. By my next turn alot of girls were done with their test and were watching because not very many girls ever did double or nothing. Second test...I got 38...almost teary eyed and still super shaky  I looked at my coach and with a strike of insanity I said...triple or nothing...all the girls gasped around the circle. My coach gave me the, you know i'm really gonna make you run three of the fun runs if you don't get this, look. I nodded practiced a couple more times then got ready for round three. Everybody was watching by now and was cheering me on. I couldn't breath, barely controlling my shaking I did my third test....i got 40 but my last juggle i kicked it too far away and dove...but missed it...if you don't catch the ball after getting 40 it doesn't count. Wanting to cry, I got up from the ground and looked at my coach and I was surprised to see that he was smiling, he said..."let me guess. Quadruple or nothing?" I said, "heck yeah!" I dominated that last test and did a victory lap!! That was the best soaring feeling ever! That was the moment I learned that perseverance will take you anywhere and that nothing feels better than achieving your goals.

6. Prom, that was the day that I learned that there is such a thing as a perfect day...cheesy, i know...but true.

7.One day while in gym class I found out some really nasty rumors had been spread about me. I was extremely hurt. After I stopped crying my friend Victor (my emo, Russian friend) told me that it doesn't matter what people think or say about you, the only thing that matters is what you think and what you know is true. There are so many times that I am reminded about what he said...

8. One night while going to school at Byu Idaho in Rexburg I received a phone call with some really bad news about my Grandpa Jones. While sobbing uncontrollably I called my boyfriend at the time and he comforted me on the phone while running the entire way (a mile) to get to my apartment...I never thought of about love the same way again.

9.I use to have this boss who I thought was very calloused and mean. She always seemed to be in a bad mood. Then one day while I was doing some file work in her office she tearfully told me about how it was the anniversary of her only son's death. He was tragically killed in a car accident around the same time her best friend passed away. Which was only a couple years after her mother lost the fight to cancer...I never thought about people the same way after that. 

10. Two days before a 3 day weekend my sister, rachel, marc and I planned a camping trip. (it was the middle of February) We dropped everything, drove 6 hours to Moab and camped out in 20 degree weather. I have never had a funner road trip in my life!! That was the moment I realized that the only thing that keeps me from doing extraordinary things is me.

11. I lost a bet once and became a True Aggie with a random stranger. That's when I learned it's ok to be spontaneously crazy sometimes.

12. My sister and I had hamsters when we were little kids. We use to take them out of their cages and "play" with them. Which usually consisted of pushing them down the little orange and blue slide...we didn't realize this probably wasn't fun for the hamsters. Please don't tell the animal rights activists...But one day my sister lost her hamster after we pushed it down the slide. It probably was trying to make it's escape for freedom. But one thing lead to another, my sister burst into tears and of coarse since I am the oldest it obviously was my fault and some how I get sent to time out. (I've noticed that this is a weird phenomenon that it only makes sense to blame the oldest for everything that goes wrong in the house.) Well, i remember stomping to time out and in my frustrated tears I said a prayer to Heavenly Father that Jacy would find her hamster and right when I finished my prayer my mom yelled "We found it!". I've always known the power of prayer since then.

13. In 7th grade my keyboarding teacher took his own life. That's when I learned that life is a gift and there is always something to live for.

14.Leaning against my car after realizing somebody I loved for four years didn't choose me, that's when I learned what a broken heart really feels like.

15. After the most depressing and hard year of my life my uncle was driving me to the airport to take me home for Christmas break. He gave me some advice and while he was talking it literally sounded like he spoke words that came from Heavenly Father's mouth. This isn't the first time but it was a moment that reminded me that Heavenly Father does speak through friends and family to answer our prayers and I need to make sure I listen.