And The Winner Is...

KYRA GAMBLE!!!!!:D

Congrats on winning the LOVE BLING Lady!:)

Your prize will be sent to you soon!:)

Thank you all for your comments and participation,

I enjoyed reading all of them!:)

Stayed tuned,

There will be many more giveaways in the future!:)

Happy Sunday Sammie Eleven Lovers!:)

Stay Classy;)

Chels:)

Sammie Eleven Giveaway!!

Happy Summer Sammie Eleven Followers!:)

In honor of all this sunshine,

My Missionary,

And Philadelphia,

Sammie Eleven is having their very first

GIVEAWAY!:D

Philadelphia is known as the,

"City Of Brotherly Love"

And found in,

"Love Park"

Is the ever famous,

"Love Sculpture"

I'm sure you have all seen it,

It looks a little bit like this...

So with all this love going around,

I had to share!:)

So,

The Giveaway comes from my most favorite place in Rexburg!

LULU BELLA!:D

Here's what we have to give away today!:)

One lucky Sammie Eleven follower will win what I like to call,

LOVE BLING!:)

This Giveaway includes all 5 pieces,

And can all be worn together,

Or separate:)
You love-lies can decide!!

Here's what you have to do to win:

. Comment below on this post and tell me something you LOVE!:)

. If it wont let you comment for some crazy reason, e-mail me at,

chelsiehawker@gmail.com

With the same response, tell me something you LOVE!:)

This Giveaway will close Saturday at midnight!!

Winner will be revealed Sunday,

And the LOVE BLING will be sent out Monday to the winner!:)

So what are you waiting for,

Tell me something YOU LOVE!:)

Stay Classy;)

Chels:)

How Many Months Do You Have Left?

Today for some reason,

I got asked the question,

"How many months do you have until Sam comes home??"

Multiple times.

Oh ladies and gents,

I LOVE this question so much:):)

This is how I responded to my fellow peeps on the street...

I gave them one of these,

A big ONE HANDED high FIVE!!!

Five months left:)

Oh life is good:)

Stay Classy;)

Chels:)

19 Months

"Believe you can, and your halfway there."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Today,

This is the moto I have lived by:)

Every month,

I stay up till midnight to ring in the new month mark!:)

I've done this since Sam left starting with month one,

All the way to month nineteen!

I've heard people describe what five minutes can feel like,

But no one will understand time ticking slowly until they wait for,

11:59 to change to 12:00!

It's the longest minute I experience every month, haha:)

But this midnight month mark celebration was much different from the rest.

As the clock changed to midnight,

And I rang in month nineteen,

I realized I could count now on one hand how many months I had left!!

Let me try and describe what I did from there...

I THREW my covers off my body,

Jumped up on my bed,

And silently celebrated!!:):):)
{I would of loudly celebrated,

but I didn't want to wake up the fam, hehe}

The quote I mentioned above has been on my mind all day.

I'm there,

I'm beyond halfway,

I can count the months on one hand for goodness sakes!!!

And ya know what?!

I am so excited:):)

I'm ready for the adventure that awaits these next five months:)
To my sweet Elder in Phila,

HAPPY 19 MONTHS!:):):):):)

19 down...

5 TO GO!:)

20 Fast Sundays under our belt!

And still ahead,

Many more letters, emails, and memories to experience:)

I'll see you soon Elder:)

 

Stay Classy;)

Chels:)

Life Lately According To My I-Phone

Stay Classy;)

- Chels:)

26.2

To some of you...

26.2 might be just another number,

But for me,

It was the number that took me from being a girl to a woman;)

I RAN A MARATHON TODAY!:D

It was the greatest and hardenst thing I have ever done!:)

While I worked hard for this goal,

There are a few people I would like to recognize,

I wouldn't have been able to accomplish this goal without them!:)

I dedicated each mile to a special person in my life,

Who has encourgaed, helped, and cheered me on these past couple of months in preparation.
Thank you to the 26 people who inspired me,

I love you guys!:)

Mile 1* Ellie

Mile 2* Blake

Mile 3* Alex

Mile 4* Dad

Mile 5* Mom

Mile 6* Royce

Mile 7* Madie

Mile 8* Kyra Gamble

Mile 9* Nana

Mile 10* Grandma and Grandpa McGarry

Mile 11* Elder Cannon

Mile 12* Papa and Momma Cannon

Mile 13* Joe and Emily Hoehne

Mile 14* Alice Cannon

Mile 15* Sarah Cannon

Mile 16* Abby Cannon

Mile 17* Hannah Cannon

Mile 18* Brooke Cannon

Mile 19* Grandma Bonnie

Mile 20* Papa

Mile 21* Coach Morton

Mile 22* Tanece Thompson {Sister Thompson}

Mile 23* Lacey Hokanson

Mile 24* Marcus Matson

Mile 25* Kallie Matson

Mile 26* Holly Fox

Although I don't remember much from the marathon,
{I must say, running 26.2 miles does something to your body and mind, haha}

I don't think I'll ever forget the feeling of crossing that finish line:)

All the hard work had finally paid off!:)
Seeing my family at the end during the last stretch,

Crossing the finish line with Hol,

And being awarded my medal by Momma Cannon,

Are memories I'll never forget!:)

I ran the whole marathon today with my best friend Holly,

Thanks friend for pushing me through all the blood, sweat, and tears!

I couldn't of done it without ya!:)

Now come on!

Let's go sign up for another race!;)

One more shout out!:)

To the Elder in Philadelphia,

Thank you for your support and encouragement,

I couldn't of done it without you!:)

{background story}

The night before Sam left on his mission,

We decided to make a poster,

And fill it with goals that we wanted to accomplish while we were apart for 2 years.

One of the goals I put on the poster was,

"RUN A MARATHON!"

This morning as I was leaving my house,

I opened my drawer by my desk looking for some chap stick,

And found some of my,

I LOVE MY MISSIONARY stickers:)

So I stuck one on my heart,

And ran out the door to run my marathon:)

Thanks Sammie for setting goals with me so many months ago:)
Even being so far away,

You continue to push me and help me accomplish goals:)

Thanks to everyone who came and supported me today!:)

Your cheers and smiles pulled me along the way when I thought my feet might not be able to.

My Mom and Sister ran the half today, they did AMAZING!:)

Tommy Vaughn 2013 Marathon

Stay Classy Sammie Eleven Followers;)

I'll see ya in a couple of days when I can move again;)

- Chels:)

18 Months

Hello There Sammie Eleven Lovers,

My my my...

Has it been awhile or what?!

I'm almost ashamed that I haven't blogged in 3 months...

And that I left you guys hanging on the "Love Letters"

But the past couple of months have been cray!!

{You catchin' my lingo??}

So here is my update,

I'll start from the beginning;)

Five months ago
{during Fall Semester}
I was seriously considering going on a mission.

I had my interview ready to go,

Was already looking into all the cute missionary clothing,

And I was prepared to go wherever the Lord would have me go.

But through all the excitement and willingness to serve,

Something didn't feel right.

And so I decided to go home for Christmas and spend time with the fam and see how I was feeling after the break.

I continued to ponder about the decision through the Winter Semester,

And continued to prepare.

I realize now that I received my answer many months ago whether I was to serve or not.

And the answer was and is still no.

Although I have such a desire to serve,

I know a mission is not what I'm suppose to be doing right now,

And guess what,

I'm ok with that:)

Next,

I'M AN AUNT!!!:D

I'm pretty sure I have more pictures of my little Ellie then I do of Sam.
Ok...

Maybe not...
But little Ellie is coming very close to having more, hehe!!

{hint hint to my missionary,
you best be sending some more pics;)}

The Hawker Fam is quite obsessed with little Ellie,

And we are so so happy she is here with us:)

We are enjoying her to pieces:)
WE LOVE YOU ELLIE!!!

Thirdly,

I'm in the last semester of the Medical Assisting Program!

HOORAY!:D

This is partially why I haven't blogged in many months...

School seems to suck all the time you have in your life,

And at the end of the day when I had thoughts to blog...

Sleep sounded more appetizing,

Hehe:)

School is busy,

But school is oh so wonderful!

I feel blessed to be here at BYU-Idaho:)

But enough about me,

Can we talk about Sam already?!

Today Sam has reached 18 MONTHS!!!!!:D

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

WOW!!!

A month I thought existed only in other Missionary Girlfriend blogs is finally here!!

Folks,

This journey and adventure has been amazing,

And although I never want to wait for another Missionary,

I would do it again in a heartbeat for Sam:)

The last 6 months are here,

And I am beyond excited:)

I guess this is the time when I should start,

. Going to the gym and pumping some iron

. Familiarize myself on how to get ready for the day again
AND

. Start watching Homecoming Videos

{They used to make me sad when Sam had only been out for a few months, but time has changed, I think I would like them now;)}

The list continues on,

But I'll stop there for today:)

Can I tell you guys something?

I have learned a lot.

A lot about myself mostly.

I have lived my life these past 18 months,

I've gone away to school and started a career,

Learned how to cook,
{ok still working on that one}

Dated,

Gone through trials,

And experienced many triumphant moments along the way!

While things have changed with me though,

My feelings for my Elder Cannon in Philadelphia haven't.

With each day,

Letter,

E-mail,

And monthly countdown,

I love that missionary of mine more and more!:)

{Ok, excuse the mushy gushy-ness, I haven't posted in awhile;)}

 

But that's exactly why I'm still here.

My feelings haven't changed,

They have just gotten stronger for Sam.

The answer to a mission was no for a reason,

The answer to the few people I went on dates with, didn't work out for a reason,

Continuing my education and waiting is exactly what I'm supposed to be doing,

And I'm so happy to do it:)

So Elder C,

When you read this sometime down the road,

I hope you know,

How proud of you I am.

How much I have missed you.

And just how excited I am for these next 6 months:)

Let the countdown continue...

This Missionary Girlfriend is still waiting patiently for her boy!:)

I hope you guys have been keepin' it classy,

I know I haven't been here to much to remind ya;)

- Chels :)