Dear Bishop

Dear Bishop,

Thank you for the very "anonymous" letter you sent me in the mail today. I liked how you put the church address on the envelope. It could be from anyone, right? I also like how you wrapped our family picture in a blank piece of paper. My favorite part though is how you colored my hair in the picture bright/hot pink! You are a clever man!

It is SO on like Donkey Kong!

From,

Your favorite Primary Presidency Member, Melissa.

P.S. Hopefully you are not a blog reader. That will help me get you without you even knowing~!!!!

Valentine Wanted!!!!

So I am putting out a call to all you ladies out there. I want you to send me numbers/email address/facebook names of all the single guys you know!!! Am I joking? Kinda, but not really:) One of my besties needs a MAN as of yesterday. She is going to kill me when she reads this, (Sorry M!! I love you!!) but we need to find her a good man. Who better to ask than all my blogging peeps.

Here is a little about my friend:

-She's hot

-She has shoulder length brown hair with beautiful brown eyes

-She is a mommy to 2 beautiful kids

-She is 30

-She is very fashionable

-Her laugh is awesome

-She has a great sense of adventure and is up for pretty much anything

-She is honest, hardworking, reliable, compassionate, & loving

-She comes from a great family

-She is LDS

-She will DIE when she sees this:) I know I already put that in here, but she really will kill me:)

This is what I am looking for her:

-He should be attractive (Come on! I know it sounds shallow, but we all have hot spouses and I want that for her too:)

-He needs to have a job (She is not a Sugar Mama!)

-He needs to love kids. If he has some too I know she would be cool with that.

-He needs to be somewhat close to her age. (26-36 is safe I would think. But then again, age is only a number right?)

-He needs to be honest, hardworking, reliable, compassionate, & loving.

-She would prefer someone LDS. ( It makes it easier in the long run if you know what I mean:)

-Did I mention I would like him to be a Hottie?

In all seriousness, my girl could really use a good guy in her life. I wouldn't do this for just anyone. I have known this beautiful lady since 4th grade, and she is deserving of a prince charming. I know alot of us have wonderful men in our lives and I really want this for her.

So there it is ladies. Bring on the MEN!!!!!!!

Happy Valentines M!! I hope you still talk to me after this:) You will have to if you want to find out about all the hotties!!!

Need I say more??

-Kids Zumba lessons for Tay

-Scouts for Parker

-Basketball practice and games for Parker

-Girl Scouts for Tay

-Dance lessons for Oakley

-Sign-ups for Softball for Tay

-Ear Infection for Parker

-Dance lessons again for Oakley

-Activity Days for Tay

-Sign-ups for Swimming Lessons for Oakley

-Entertain a bunch of Kindergartener's at my house for a few hours:)

-Tues and Thurs work in the Kindergarten class

-Homework for 3 children ALL week ( I swear it is homework for me, not the kids!)

-Valentines to make for 75 children in my kids 3 classes

-Finish up Valentines for Primary (75 children plus 20 Adults)

-Plan a Sharing Time for Sunday

-Lunch with two of my besties

-Workout at the gym???

-Tanning (give me some slack, I need some alone time:)

-Body wrap 3 times a week (because I again need some alone time:)

-Pick up the hubby from the airport for his 2 day stay at our house.

-Take the hubby back to the airport for his 1 month long trip. ( I get to visit him out there. Yay!)

-Celebrate Aunt's Birthday and Dad's Birthday.

-Make a Family Tree for 4th grader.

-Make a clay Manatee for the 2nd grader.

Who says stay at home mom's don't work? :) Bless all you mom's out there that do this and work! I admire all you do!!!!

Taylor's Baptism

My cute little Taylor had her birthday on the 24th of January and she was baptized on the 30th. We were so glad that Matt was able to be in town for a week to get it done:) Taylor really enjoyed the week of her birthday and baptism. We had alot of great friends and family make it out which is always nice. Here are 8 things I love about Tay.....

1. She is very compassionate to others.

2. She has AMAZING hair.

3. She has big beautiful eyes.

4. Her giggle is contagious.

5. She is a great big sister.

6. She is incredibly smart.

7. She loves to give hugs.

8. I love her sense of fashion. (sometimes it's awesome, and sometimes it's pretty funny)

Vegas with the little's and my man

Oh the joys of a getaway with your little family! Matt was working at the Las Vegas Temple for a couple of weeks, so we thought it would be a great time to go down and stay with him. The kids didn't miss too much of school thanks to Martin Luther King, Jr Day. So the kids and I hit the roads on a Friday. They were so great to travel with. The girls watched movies, and Parker sat in front watching movies on his PSP. It took us 6 hours with 2 stops. Not too shabby!

Our first night we went to the M&M factory where the kids choose their "Oh so worth it", $20.00 per pound M&M's! Then we saw the Coke Factory where we had Coconut Coke and Watermelon Sprite! Yum!

We swam almost everyday. Even in the rain. The kids turn into fish whenever there is a pool around.

We went to the Las Vegas Natural Museum which I loved! We saw sharks, baby sharks still in the sack, dinosaur's, Apes, wildlife of Nevada, and all sorts of other neat things. I really loved the museum because there was something there for everyone.

My sweet best friend Napua from Hawaii had just moved with her family to Las Vegas last August and we were able to spend time with her. I love Napua and her family. They really took us in when we moved to Kona. They made us part of their Ohana, so it was nice to catch up with them.

The following Thursday we packed up and made the trip home with Matt in our car. Parker can't do a road trip without stopping and picking up a rock on the way home. He braved the cold winds and rain, and hiked up and found himself the perfect rock.

All in all it was a fabulous trip that we will always remember!

2010 Confessions

I have a friend who I will not name....but I will say she is known as one of the Em's. She has gone through alot these last few months. In her blogs she is brutally honest. She puts it all out there for us to read. Sometimes she might feel like she is going to be judged by her brutally honest posts, but I love her for them! I think all too often we think as women, mothers, wives, religious women, that we need to be great at everything we do. There is no room for failure, right? Blah!

So here is my dirty laundry for all of you to read. Laugh at it, judge me, think I am nuts.... I don't care!!:) I need to free myself and just let it all out!!

1. I workout in the early morning and then come home and go back to bed.

2. I miss my hubby pretty bad on this trip of his to Vegas, and it is taking everything I have to not drive down early to be with him. (We get to go on Friday to meet up with him, but I want to go NOW!)

3. I hate to clean with a passion. If I know you are coming over, I run around the house picking up like crazy!

4. Sometimes I eat nachos in bed while waiting for Matt to call me. Even though I have told myself not to eat anything past 7 p.m.

5. I often take on more than I should.

6. I don't know how to say "No" when I already have a million things going on. "Sure I will make those cupcakes. 60? No problem!"

7. I tell myself that my kids need alot of sleep and that it is o.k. that they start to get ready for bed at 8 p.m. Really I just want a hour to myself.

8. My bedroom is the biggest mess! I have bags of clothes for D.I. sitting around, crafts not finished, shoes all over.

9. I in the past have crash dieted for big things. Weddings, family pictures, vacations.

10. I can talk a ton. Ask any of my friends or neighbors. Put me in Sharing Time with the kids in Primary, and I freeze! I also don't do talks or prayers any better. Yesterday I had to say the prayer at church and I literally "prepared" my prayer. Yes, I practiced all of the 3 things that I said before I went up there.

11. I do pretty good with Matt being gone. In the sense that our house stays in order. The kids needs are taken care of. But I miss him like crazy! He completes me in so many ways that I miss seeing him drive up and spending the evenings with him.

12. I go tanning.

Thanks. I feel much better:)

Really?? So soon????

I just told Oakley (5) to grab her homework so we could start working on it. Her reply-"Oakley is not home right now, please leave a message after the beep. BEEEEEEPPPPP!"

It has started already hasn't it? So help me:)