Favorite Weekend so far

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I know I posted about my lame weekend, but I am so over it! Everything has worked out just fine. Now I am focusing on the fun weekend I had with Matt.

A week ago I was able to fly out to Houston and spend a FABULOUS weekend with Matt. We went out to eat WAY too much, saw movies without the kids, and rented a car and took a road-trip to Louisiana!!!

Can I just say I LOVE the south!?! I love the wrap around porches, the big leaf porch fans, I feel like I am on the set for "Gone with the Wind" or "Sweet Home Alabama." Check out Lake Charles, Louisiana. That is where we went and I fell in love with the little town!!!

I wanted to go on a Swamp Cruise to see a Gator, but we had to go further south and we had already drove for a few hours. Next time:)

I just want to say how much I love Matt. I won't write down all the sweet things he did for me, ( I promised it would not show up on FB or my blog:), but the guy really is the sweetest. I will say he bought me roses and gave them to me when I arrived at the airport. Such a sweet guy!!!

Not my favorite weekend.

I am not going to lie. This weekend was SO not cool:)!!!! We are finishing our basement and my dad was working on it Saturday. He needed some help taking down the beams and asked me to help. No biggie. We took down one, and learned they are solid redwood. Not the fake hollow ones we have upstairs. I said "Don't drop it on my head!!" One done and onto the next. That one dropped on my head. Twice. I blame myself. I totally attracted it with the whole "Don't drop it on my head comment!"

Today I am running around crazy trying to get out of the house and get to church to setup and do my sharing time. I run out to the kids who are already in the car and realize my car it tilting. Not one, but two flat tires down to the rim on the passenger side. Really??Really, Really??

Well I will just have to take Matt's work truck. Only thing is it is full of all the crap we ripped out of the basement. Not tied down. So help me!! I drove it a whole 2 miles per hour to church so that nothing would fall out. We made it there and back without dropping anything:)

As I am doing my sharing time, I am trying really hard to concentrate. My head is pounding. I call a few kids the wrong names.

No wheels to drive, no birthday party at my Mother-In-Laws which I was so looking forward to going to. Catch up on gossip, eat amazing food, hang with awesome people. What's not to love?

While all this is going on, my kids managed to eat 4 boxes of Samoa Girl Scout Cookies, and 1 box of Thin Mints. The ONLY box of thin mints that I ordered!! I told them to start running before I could catch them. :P

I know that tomorrow will be an amazing day. Right?

The picture says it all!!!!

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)