My grandpa is more awesome then your grandpa!!

:)

I love my family!

My cute Grandma and Grandpa Winterton and my Aunt Crystal came to visit me this week!

I really had so much fun with them, I am really blessed to have family that really cares about me and what I'm doing in my life. I realized this is the most time I have probably spent with my grandparents and that makes me sad, I'll be sure to spend some more time with them once I get home thats for sure!

This was the only photo we have of all of us that we took while they were here.

It's right after we got off from the Jungle Cruise.

My Grandpa wanted to go on every roller coaster my Aunt Crystal wanted to go on. It scared me cause I didn't want him to get hurt but thankfully he did good and enjoyed all the rides too! He went on Indiana Jones, Space Mountain, Tower of Terror, and the Matterhorn. While they went on most of those rides me and my Grandma sat and waited for them and had some nice little chats. I'm glad we got that time alone together cause I really did have fun just talking with her about life.

I'm so glad they came to see me! I really needed a break from all the tough decisions I'm going to make here soon that it was kinda stressing me out so this was the perfect vacation for me, and really I do have the best grandparents! Oh and my aunt Crystal is the best too! I always have so much fun with her! I might just have to move to St. George and live by her someday haha.

I love this picture of my Grandparents so so much it's just adorable!

Someday I'll find myself a guy to live happily ever after with :)

Scrub-a-dub-dub

Being clean makes me happy,

also having an awesome camera makes me happy.

:)

Shenanigans

Here is an update of the random shenanigans I have been up to lately....

Every thursday there is a farmers market on the street in front of my apartment building. We used to go every thursday but we haven't gone for awhile. We finally got a group together and went!

This chair was just sitting by one of the kiosks and it reminded me of a throne and it was just calling my name so of course I sat on it, and I must say it was mighty comfy too!

It isn't a proper farmer's market without a crepe :) yummm

It was so cute they put mustaches on our crepe boxes :)

I think every to go box should have a mustache on it!

Just down the street from my apartment building is the practice rink for the anaheim ducks.

My college program put together an activity for us so we got to skate there for free! It was loads of fun and reminded me of home, especially cause it was cold inside haha.

So one morning I wake up and I was in a pretty down mood, and my roommates had this amazing idea to make some colorful waffles! Then we realized that day was the day world of color opened to the public! So it was perfect we called them our world of color waffles!

And they also made brightened up my day :)

Just take a look at them, don't they look fun and delicious?

Oh ya I almost forgot, I got to see World of Color before it was open I was so stoked! These were my tickets to our show.

Oh and if you were wondering, World of Color is amazing, and when I say amazing I mean it will blow your mind away and make you fall in love with Disney all over again!!!

Ok well thats about it!

Until next time!

T.T.F.N.

Sisterly fun!

My sister Keri and her husband Austin came to visit me awhile ago and I have been too busy to blog about it but hey, better late then never right?

I just picked a few of my favorite pictures that we took while they were here...

We rode lots of fun rides,

Met lots of awesome characters,

found some pirate treasure,

played around like the little kids inside us love to do,

shared lots of smiles,

even had our own mad tea party,

had some fine dinning,

and united as a team!

I really have missed my sister Keri so much and we had so much fun while they were here and sadly the 3 days flew by too fast. After I dropped them off at the airport I realized I can't live without this girl in my life!

So after lots of praying and constant not knowing what I should do, I finally know that it's right that I need to come home after my program.

It's going to be hard to leave the life I have started here and go back to little Utah, but I love it there and I miss it so much that I think I'll survive ;)

T.T.F.N.

This picture....

....makes me happier than this kid....

...every time I look at it :)

I can't believe it's almost June...

So today I looked at my phone and realized the date was May 24th, really is it almost June?

That means it's only about a month until my birthday, and about 2 and a half months until my program is over and I move back to Utah :(

Time please don't fly by anymore.

Thanks,

Love Melissa

For all the ways you've helped me grow I want to say I love you so

I love you Mom!!

My wonderful mother, and my aunt Brenda came to visit me,

and other than being with my mom for a couple days this was my highlight:

We went on a beach adventure!

My mom and aunt Brenda LOVE the beach and I had been dying to go to the beach for awhile, especially with my new camera.

It was a nice warm day and the beach was almost empty and it was so pretty! I loved it!

Here are some of my favorite shots:

(Click on the pics to enlarge)

Sailboat

Sand

Seashells

It was so good to see my mom again, I love her so much and have really missed here! The only downside about being here is that it's so far away from home.

I love you mom!!

Mac & cheese, and octopus dogs!

Lately I have been craving Mac & Cheese and thats the only thing I want to eat for dinner, lucky for me it's filling and cheap! Well Rob told me about his favorite mac & cheese which is the Kraft Deluxe kind, with a cheese sauce instead of the powder kind and he bought me some to try.

So I was making it for my dinner and decided to put some hot dogs in my mac & cheese like my dad always did when I was a kid, when Janell asked me if I was going to make some octopus dogs. This surprised me cause I have never heard of such a thing, well Janell taught me how to make them and well let me just tell you I was just giddy like a little kid to eat my mound of mac & cheese with my octopus dogs!

Best dinner ever.

P.s. don't mind my beach bum hair, this amazing event wasn't planned and I was so excited I didn't realize I just got out of the shower and looked like a wreck, hope the amazing octopus dogs make up for my bad appearance.

reflection

re·flec·tion:

1. The act of reflection or the state of being reflected.

2. Something, such as light, radiant heat, sound, or an image, that is reflected.

3. a. Metal concentration; careful consideration.

b. A thought or an opinion resulting from such consideration

4. An indirect expression of censure or discredit: a reflection on his integrity.

5. A manifestation or result: Her achievements are a reflection of her courage.