18 years, in a nutshell

Hey everyone! For those of you that don’t already know, my name is Kourtney.. I would hope you knew that though if you were reading my blog. I don’t really like kreepers kreepin into my business ha.
This is my first blog post. EVER. I mean I have done the whole myspace and facebook, but of course, got bored of that so I decided to create my own blog. I told someone I was doing it and they said, and I quote “those are for people that have families and kids” well… I have neither! Wait, take that back.. I have a family but not the kind there referring to anyways! Hahaha.
I guess since I have already introduced myself, I will start by telling you about myself! And since I have never wrote a blog, I kind of have a lot to go over.. almost 18 years to be exact.
Hmm.. I just don’t know where to began. I guess for starters I will say that I am 17 years old. But my birthday is in 18 days. Yup. I’ll be the big 18 on June 26. Kind of weird to think that I made it this far with everything that I have been through but I did it and I think I turned out just fine :)
I grew up in a little town called Burley, Idaho… I miss those childhood days more than I ever thought. Even though when I was little I always just wanted to grow up! I wanted to be able to not eat my vegetables or drink milk with my dinner, because as my mom always told me, “I’m an adult so I don’t have to.” Looking back things like that were SO important to me. I miss the days of playing outside all day and not having to worry about where I was going to college or what to do with my life! But those days sadly have come and gone, and they are now in the past and since then I have learned a lot.
When I was in the sixth grade, my parents got divorced. I never really understood what divorce was until it happened to me. It was really tough on me. My mom got custody of us and took me and my little sister, oh yeah I kind of forgot to mention her, Kennedy, she is 14 now, to Smithfeild, Utah! If you don’t know where that is, it is like right by Logan about 15 or so miles away.
My dad got remarried, and from that I gained 3 step brothers, Rj, Nick and Jake and one step sister, Carrie.
Moving to Utah, I was a naïve, innocent little thing. But as the years went on I was introduced to MANY things I thought were only in movies. I developed many regretful habits and found myself in a world that I did not belong in. I prefer not to get into detail because it is a past that I do regret, but I have come a long, long, LONG way from there and have learned that life isn’t all about the party and being out all night, and I am so grateful I have learned this before it became too late.
The summer before my senior year, soo last summer, my step mom sat me down and really opened my eyes. She talked me into moving in with them and I am so glad that I did!
I moved back to Idaho, but this time in Rupert. I graduated from Minico High School and I had an awesome senior year and met a lot of great people. Some of which I am sure I will never see or talk to again, but there are a few that I won’t let out of my life that easy. I learned so many lessons over the year, and I have grown up so much. I guess the main lesson that I should have known all along was how good of a person I am. I was much better than the people I chose to surround myself with and they were only bringing me down. Finally, after tons of people had told me that “I was better than that” one person really made a difference and really opened my eyes. . and I haven’t brought myself to that lower level since.
I also learned not to be so selfish. Looking back on my actions I realize how self centered I was, and since then I have made more time for my family and others, rather than myself.
Well that’s my life in a nut-shell.. haa and it will be a story that will have a happy ending. Everyday I learn something new and become one step closer to becoming that person that I deserve to be! I can’t wait to see what life has in store for me :)