whew, what a weekend!

i've been m.i.a--i know, i know. my best friend came in town last weekend (phoebe) and had no time to blog! but now i have fun pictures and stories. saturday we decided to do a photo shoot out in the country--which lasted two hours and consisted of four hundred thirty-seven photos. a little excessive if i do say so myself.

 {note the irony of the "women" sign above us-ha}

 {we started going crazy after 300 pictures!}

 we're blessed to have each other <3

{keep in mind it was 100 degrees so we were happy to see water}

so. funny story. when we were at the little house with the women's sign everyone was posed for pictures as i start screaming "take my boot off!! take my boot off!!!" everyone looks at me like i'm crazy and start laughing as i hop around screaming trying to pull my boot off--finally haley pulls it off, unfortunately it was after the bee stung me on my ankle and after i made myself look like a fool. did i mention it was not an abandon house, but rather in the middle of a busy canoe rental?  needless to say, the next two days my ankle felt like it was broken

later that night we went to jazz on the lawn {an event held at our local winery where you can sit among the vineyard or dance to live music--the whole town is there} phoebe got to see a lot of the people i grew up with so it was nice. 

{it's been a long day--so ignore the fact that i look rough}

sunday was spent relaxing on the river and then i was back to reality. oh! update: going strong in my water drinking :) be proud. although i may be cheating. i'm adding this to my water:

no calories or anything--experts out there--am i cheating? regardless, if you guys haven't tried these, GET them! they are so good. be looking for a vlog later, because i am going to be participating in a vlog link-up. {either tonight or tomorrow}

yours truly,

kelley mackenzie

just your average day at the nelson's house...

SO. I thought i'd have nothing interesting to tell you guys today--i went swimming for the first time this entire summer and i've been out of school since the end of april..insane right? might even be a crime. I went with the most adorable little girl ever. Lily Isabelle.

{she's clint's niece and has such a spunky personality}

BUT. that's not even the most exciting part. came home, spending quality time with the family, hanging out outside grilling--mom making french fries in the oven when all of a sudden we hear screaming and low and behold-she started a fire. {and if you knew my mom, you'd know that this isn't surprising at ALL--no offense mom, if you're reading this} never a dull moment in this household. we couldn't even see two inches in front of us because there was SO much smoke. once all the madness died down i took a picture 

{keep in mind that this is just clean up}

{we had fans sucking out the smoke}

{and the front door open to speed up the process}

we were inhaling smoke for almost an hour--good times. :) clearly our home isn't filled with Martha Stewart's and Betty Crocker's--we can't be the only ones this happens to, right? {you can say yes just to make us feel better, i won't mind} now off to watch BIG BROTHER! may have to post later with my thoughts :) we'll see! 

yours truly,

kelley mackenzie

it's official...

 {this is what this dress makes me want to do--and twirl}

due to y'alls encouragement/advice, today was my first day of just water. a lot of you are proooobably thinking "wow this girl is dramatic" but let me tell you--if you cut me open, i'd probably bleed sweet tea--so this is going to be a challenge.

i even made it through a meal at taco bell without ordering their raspberry sweet tea--so here goes, this may be an epic fail, but all of you promise better skin so it's worth a shot! other than that, today was very low key-lots of family time and it ended with a taco bell date, can't complain right?

PS! you're about to see me at my MOST excited--tomorrow is the start of my favorite show: big brother!!! any other fans out there? i maay be the only one, but i'm not only kind of ashamed to admit i'm obsessed!

yours truly,

kelley mackenzie

tourists?

by the amount of pictures we took--you would have thought we were tourists. i'll even go as far as to say we were probably embarrassing {even stopped traffic to pose--so yes, i'd say we accomplished embarrassing}
i'll spare you and only post some of them:

 {my amazing parents}

 {we found elvis-no big deal}

{adorable little boy playing the fiddle in the street}

my night in photos--what did y'all do?

on another note--i've been thinking about starting a little challenge: only drinking water for a month, i hate water..BUT i thought just maaaybe it'd make my skin like me again because we're currently in a little battle..more like full on war. so-any water drinkers out there? think it will help?

yours truly,

kelley mackenzie

date night! (oh & happy 4th!)

considering my family and I aren't going out until later tonight for our 4th of july festivities--I'm going to have to postpone my 4th of july post! our plans are a riverside fireworks show--complete with a darius rucker!

this is kind of a random post--i'm home for the summer and my hometown {not very big or exciting} just got a Buffalo Wild Wings so clint & I had a mini-date and got lunch there--it's pretty much constantly packed! when we get something new here-it's the talk of the town&boy let me tell you-you can't go there without seeing someone you know.. {kind of like walmart-ha!}

&&&now a special treat--i was playing fetch my baby outside and one {of many} reasons i love {and am kind of obsessed with} her is the fact that she prances like an antelope--take a look:

now here is one of an antelope:

cute huh?! y'all have a safe 4th of july!

yours truly,

kelley mackenzie

look what's special sunday: younglife

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." 

James 1:17

I'm going to try something new on sundays..we'll see if it sticks! I want to share something that is special to me/something I am thankful for! What's better than sharing why we're blessed? If y'all want to join in feel free! I'll post a button if y'all want to use it! It doesn't have to be a person or anything big, sometimes the little things are the best--like sharing a dinner with someone special or getting spend a day with friends.

Today I want to share with you an organization I joined this year, Younglife. {check out the website-a great thing to get involved with} It's an organization where adults volunteer to share the word of God with high school students. This past year I spent going through training to become a leader. Towards the end of the year I was placed at a high school and in the fall when school starts I will get my own group of girls. I am SO excited. but SO nervous. I haven't been involved long, but it's already completely changed my life. I've met all of my roommates {aka best friends} through Younglife and it's crazy how quickly we bonded because God is what brought us together.

{a group of us doing work crew at Sharptop Cove}

but enough about me, I'd love to hear what is special to y'all--comment or let me know if you have your own post so I can read!

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yours truly, 

kelley mackenzie

amazing times to come..

so most of today/all of yesterday was spent moving/priming my new room! 

{unfortunately, i've got battle wounds to prove it--not to mention half my body is covered in paint} 

i'm not going to share pictures of my room just yet because i want to give y'all a big reveal as soon as it's all finished! we can't go back down there for another two weeks so i'll just have to try and be patient! but--I did get to spend the past two days with two (out of 4) of my roommates&&it just made me that much more excited! I am sooo lucky blessed! check out my new casa:

{pictures are kind of blurry-sorry about that}

the house came furnished--some of the decorations have changed since the photos were taken, but what do you think?! I can't wait to finish my room and share it with y'all! wellll it's time for me to spend the rest of the day relaxinggg--i've got a sinus infection so this face describes perfectly how i feel:

I hope y'all are enjoying your BEAUTIFUL/long weekend :)

yours truly,

kelley mackenzie