greatest weekend.

So last week i went on a choir trip to CALIFORNIA! It was so fun. Here are some highlights:

1) My roommate, Laynie, and I had the same toothbrushes. what are the odds?!

2) On Thursday we went to this place called Medieval Times. It was so fun! As you walk in you get a colored crown. That is the color of the knight you cheer for. We got yellow.I got to sit in the front row! Yellow knight was so great. I'm pretty sure he has never had so many girls cheering for him. So he definately played that one up by blowing kisses and throwing roses, etc. So afterwards i got a picture with him. I loved it. Such a fun place. The green knight was the villian and looked lonely so we took a picture with him as well!! We ate dinner there, but we had to eat with our hands and no utensils!! It was so fun and disgusting at the same time. The knights had jousting tournaments. So fun to watch!

3) DISNEYLAND! It was my first time ever going to disneyland! i had such a fun time. the rides were fun. i was brave and went on all the rides that my friends took me on. some even twice!! Of course i had a disneyland churro!! they were so so good! Our choirs got to go backstage Toontown, learn disney songs, legitimately recorded them, headphones and all. then our voices were put to the scene of the movie. It was so cool and such a great experience!!

And yes i did survive the Tower of Terror!!







Anyway, i had a blast and was so glad i went!! And now i can say i have been to Disneyland!!

{much love}

melissa

update.

okay so i know i haven't updated in a long time. but for those that actually read my blog, here is an update. excuse the ugly fonts, i haven't figured out how to get cute ones on here. oh and there will be no pictures in this one. sorry.

So to start it off i went to Sadies on March 6. The theme was Sadies goes on Safari. It was so so fun!! i went with Joey Eddington who is a good friend of mine. We have been friends since elementary school and are in the same stake. so that made it even better!!! For our day activity we went and hiked the wind caves. after that we had Krazy sub for lunch.then we had a fire and play ultimate frisbee and just sat around and talked. it was super fun!! On the day of the dance, i went and picked up [yes i did finally get my license] Joey and one other couple, Sarah and Chad and we went to the Olsen residence to have pictures done and eat dinner! It was decorated so cute thanks so my mom, sister Olsen, and others who helped out!! We also watched The Lion King. i just love that movie!! we went to the dance for a little bit then went down to the farm for our night activity. Dan did a hayride for us and then we were supposed to have a bonfire and make smores but it started to rain so we just went to Walkers house and watched a movie. It ended up being such a Great night! Thanks DeeDee also for doing my hair! I loved it!

We also had volleyball for mutual these past few weeks. this week me and Hayley got there early this week and so we decided to take pictures. they are really funny. i will upload them later.

Matt is home until Monday when he is being deployed to Afghanistan.

anway i hope your weeks have been fun and exciting!! oh yeah one more thing. IT'S SPRING BREAK!! woohoo!

{much love}

proud.

Well i feel like i need to dedicate this post to my brother, Matt. Last year he decided he wanted to go into the Marine Corps. So he left for boot camp in San Diego in November of 2008. He finished in January of 2009 and my family had the opportunity to go to his graduation from boot camp. It was an amazing experience for us. Then in November of 2009 he informed us that he was going to be deployed to Afghanistan. I have to admit i was very scared to hear that because you never know what could happen. But we just have to know he in in the Lord's hands and everything will be done according to His will. The gospel has helped me so much through this. He has been in California training for about 2 months and leaves at the end of March. Here are some pictures of him.

top left:the family right before he left! top right:He was just made a "gunner" which is the person who sits on top of the hummers and shoots bad guys. Bottom left: up on top again! Bottom right: out in the field with his big gun!

I am very proud of him. I am a Proud Marine Sister. Your prayers would be grately appreciated!

{love}

obsession!?!

Okay i will be the first to admit it. I am obsessed with: THE BACHELOR!

I have watched every single episode whether on the computer or on the tv. doesn't matter. i am still in love with Jake. he is so sweet. FUnny part about it is my dad loves it too!! he watches it with me every monday or tuesday. he even has his favorites. I will just say Jake needs to get his act together and kick stupid Vienna off. (sorry if any of you like her) She is a little brat!!! anyway i am so excited for this weeks. we are going to watch this on Monday instead of 24. one of the other shows we are obsessed with and is on at the same time. anyway. yes i am obssesed with him. so just get over it!!

{much love}

a day at the farm...

Well we got to watch my niece and nephew, Ali & Cole. They both love to be outside and love animals. So we figured, hey lets take them out to the farm. So thats what we got to do on Saturday. spend all day at the farm.

Top left: me Cole and Ali with the cow! Top right: Cole is a REAl cowboy. his dad and some of his uncles are also cowboys, so it runs in the family!! Bottom left: this is the only horse i rode. it is plastic. Bottom right: Cole looking at the horses. he loves them!!

Anyway it was a very fun day. and afterwards they both crashed. we wore them out!! well im going to do another post. so much love.

{oh happy day}

Well okay. so little kids say the cutest things!!! so on sunday there was a new couple that was speaking in church. we have known them for a while and they juist moved back. so my mom got there early and offered to watch their 2 little girls.Brynlee is 5. so we were sitting there during the meeting and she says to Kristen, " The muffin man isn't real." so kristen, trying to act baffled, says "What!?!" and apparently little kids don't understand how to determing which what is being said. so she took it that kristen didn't hear her. so she says it once again but 10 times louder. "THE MUFFIN MAN IS NOT REAL!" we all got a laugh. and apparently the muffin man is not real. :(

On another note, i want to put up some pictures.

i love my niece Ryleigh.

well much love until next time.

a new year.

Well first let me start by letting you see this photo.

This is me right after my surgery.. i know i don't even look good but the drugs still hadn't really wore off yet.. But i am doing very good. At my one week post-op appointment my doctor said i could do really anything i wanted to. i am still a little sore every once in a while, but i am doing really good!!

But Christmas was really really good!! On Christmas Eve we were all sitting down to eat, and there was a knock on a door and someone also rang our doorbell.. expecting to see some treat left on our porch, most of us were suprised to see a baby girl sitting in her baby carrier on our porch. NO it wasn't just any little baby girl that someone left as a Christmas present. it was my niece Makenzie! My sister-in-law stepped out from around the corner. She had flown in to town from South Dakota for her sister's wedding and didn't tell us.. well some of us. it was probably the greatest suprise for us!!

My whole family went bowling for our family christmas gift. it was very very fun but i think i still like wii bowling better!!

New Years was alright.. i didn't do anything super fun. but hey it's 2010. I graduate in 3 more semesters!!

Last but not least, my brother Matt left today. He is a marine and is being deployed to Afghanistan in March or April. I am really sad but i love him and am proud of him so serving our country!! Good luck Matt!!