The Pink Bible

Sometimes your best friends surprise you with a girls night.  Best. Thing. Ever.  It gets even better when the Pink Bible is involved.  Don't know what that is?  Well let me tell you about it!

Yep! It's the Mormon version of Pride and Prejudice!  I don't know how you can get more chicky-flicky then this :)


Some great advice from the Pink Bible (my favorite quotes from the movie):


"The clever huntress always looks her best. She never knows when big game will pass her way"


"Triple Choc-choc-choc-chocolate chunk or Uncle Bubba's Big Belly Butter Brickle?  Both." (Do these ice cream flavors exist?)


"Oh, this is just great girls. Here we've just spent 20 minutes picking out the perfect array of romantic items, and what do we come back to find? Two kegs of ice cream, pills for cramping, pills for bloating, and six super size boxes of Tampax? Why don't we just put up a big neon sign that says, 'Men, run for your lives! Menstruating monsters approaching!'"


Thanks Jer and Laur for making my night so much better!


Now to make some paper snowflakes! 

Words for Sunday

The doctrine taught in this song brings me a lot of comfort and understanding. Sometimes life gets hard and I begin to lose hope and then I remember these words:

Learn of Me

Janice Kapp Perry

I walk today along the path of life.

No more a child protected from the strife.

Now I must face whatever foes may comes

And fight with strength until the battle's one.

I trembling fear the task is far to great,

On every side the Tempter lies in wait.

What can I do? I plead to Him above,

Then hear Him speak these gentle words of love:

Learn of me and listen to my words,

Walk in the meekness of my light

And I will give you peace,

My love will never cease,

For I am Jesus Christ.

When I was yet a child so clean and pure,

I doubted not and knew God's love was sure.

I knew He lived for every bird and tree,

By breath and leaf, were witnesses to me.

But now the world would fill my mind with doubt,

And so my soul, in search of truth cries out.

How may I know? I plead to Him above

Then I recall these gentle words of love:

Learn of me and listen to my words,

Walk in the meekness of my light

And I will give you peace,

My love will never cease,

For I am Jesus Christ.

My life is blessed to have His sacred word,

To feel His love and know my prayers are heard.

With in my soul his light has found a place,

It leads the way as I receive His grace.

The peace I feel, my joy in sacred things,

Surpasses all the world could ever bring.

With humble heart I take a valiant stand.

I will obey this gentle sweet command:

Learn of me and listen to my words,

Walk in the meekness of my light

And I shall give you peace,

My love will never cease,

For I am Jesus Christ.

Jesus teaching Mary and Martha

Follow the yellow brick road!

There are a lot of movies that take me back to childhood but the Wizard of Oz is probably one of the ones I love most.

When I was younger, Jordan and I would watch this movie a lot.  He loved loved loved the cowardly lion, and we both loved watching the Wicked Witch of the West melt in the end (weird I know).

This movie wasn't always happy for me.  I used to think the flying monkeys lived in my basement.  I refused to go down by myself.  I thought they lived in the furnace room and would attack me if I went down there alone.

Once in third grade we did the play Christmas in Oz.  I was picked to be Dorothy!  My best friend Jamie played Toto.  That was so much fun and the best part was I got to wear ruby slippers.  Yep! They were even sparkly!

These ones are from Sears.com but this is exactly what they looked like!

I once had an institute teacher liken the Plan of Salvation to the Wizard of Oz... If you ponder it for a bit I bet you could see the connections.  (hint: Toto is compared to the Holy Ghost)

If you're looking for a good movie I highly recommend this one!
My only question is:

Source: Pinterest.com

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

My favorite part about the Holidays is the traditions we follow!  For Thanksgiving we always sit in our pjs and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!  It is my favorite!  This year is packed with celebrities that I love, including Lauren Graham and my favorite singer EVER Ingrid Michaelson.

Mom always makes her homemade rolls, they are the best, while we watch the parade.  For our Thanksgiving feast we usually go to my Aunt Deb's.  This is the case this year.  Pie, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, turkey, turkey, more turkey, and rolls!  I love it.

This year I am very thankful for my family, immediate and extended.  Sometimes we can be pretty dysfunctional but that is what makes life fun.

This is my momma's side of the family! (Family Motto:  Nobody belches like us Welchs!)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

What are you thankful for this year?

So I have not done a thankful list for a while so here is a big one!

• carrots dipped in ranch
• home teachers
• boy best friends
• teaching relief society
• a loving bishopric
• alone time
• late night chats
• Christmas music
• ugly sweaters
• hot cocoa with whipped cream
• dance parties
• boys playing with my hair
• shoulder massages
• DI
• friends marrying friends
• girl talk
• photoshop
• ugly boots
• Elf
• water
• cheese
• snowballs
• the night sky when it snows
• nail-biting basketball games
• knowledge of the Atonement and Plan of Salvation
• Religion in Life
• teaching practice
• oreo truffles
• free milk shakes
• lasagna

Thursdays with Jerrica and check out ENDLESSphotography!

So basically it is the BEST day ever because we got two men to join Pinterest!  Yep! Pinterest isn't just for bored women :)

Wanna know what some of the best food ever is? Lasagna!  That is what!

So MAJOR disappointment!  We went to Chick-fil-a to get free milkshakes and they ran out of cups!  They gave us cards that say we can come back and get a free one another day but still! I wanted one TODAY!

So my friend Mike is a photographer!  You should check out his page.

http://www.wix.com/endlessphotographymj/endlessphotography#!

There is a picture of me on there! Yep I'm that cool!

Audrey Hepburn

Favorite Stars.  We all have one.  Mine is Audrey Hepburn.  Not only was she an amazing actress, she has taught me so many amazing things.

Source: http://www.fabaudrey.com/

Words of Wisdom from Audrey:


"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!'"


"True friends are families you can select."


"I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles."


"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."


"If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all."

"The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years."


These are just a small handful of my favorites!


If you don't know anything about her life study up!  There is a lot we can learn from her! Life was not all glam for her.


Who is your favorite Star?

Hey I'm Screamin Atcho!

So, basically sometimes life is hard.  My solution for that is Mitchel Musso!  What a stud!  The splashing of color in this music video always brightens my day! Sploosh Splash!

One of my favorite parts of the week is Home Evening!  Tonight we talked about being grateful and happy.  We went around the room and each said one thing we were grateful for that day.  Some things mentioned were Hulu, waking up with energy, washing machines, and heat fans in the bathroom.  There are so many things we can be grateful for!

Meet Hank my thankful turkey!

I'm really grateful for all my friends, and today I decided to be thankful for Lauren!

What are you thankful for today?  Take a minute and write it down :) If you are thankful for someone let them know!  Make their day!

Infinite Power of Hope

"Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice even when all seems dark around us.  No matter how bleak the chapter of our lives may look today, because of the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ we may hope and be assured that the ending of the book of our lives will exceed our grandest expectations. 

Never give in.

Never surrender.

Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.

For the love of the Son of God pierces all darkness, softens all sorrow and gladdens every heart"

-Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I have a hard time never giving in and never allowing despair to overcome me.  This message reminds me that I should have hope and that my life is never hard enough to forget hope.  The Son of God has given me reason to hope!

Thankfulness:

• craft nights
• my laptop
• Aggie athletics
• neck massages
• modge podge
• meat
• girl venting
• silent Sunday mornings
• SNOW
• photography
• umbrellas
• rain puddles
• clinicals
• caring mentors
• car heaters
• Mormon Messages

Fingerpainting

Sometimes girls have stressful days.  Lets face it, being a college student can be pretty daunting.
So what do we do to release some of that stress?  We create art!  And what better way to do that then fingerpainting?!  POW is at it again! (explanation of POW: Perfectly Outrageous Women. This is the name of our trio.  Laurlaur, J-love and Mo!)

Lauren's painting of POW!

It was so intense Jerrica ended up with golden hands!

And now for your musical enjoyment!  

My Thankful List:

• finger paints
• funfetti cake
• movie nights
• venting
• milk
• bread
• eggs
• cheese
• toothbrushes
• nail polish
• no class
• the temple
• face wash
• money
• cameras 

My Life Rocks!

So a lot happened this weekend, really too much to blog about so I will stick to a thankful list for the past few days :)

• The testimonies of my friends
• warm coats
• food
• the sacrament
• being able to pay tithing
• my patriarchal blessing
• Mormon Messages
• modern day prophets
• fast offerings
• CES firesides
• modern technology
• fresh snow
• Sardine canyon in the winter
• day light savings
• day light savings cake
• the health of my family
• Andes mints
• church callings
• awesome roommates
• Aggie Basketball!!
• Kid History
• my brother Ben

What's in a name?

So today I was just sitting here thinking about my name.  So I decided to Google it!  My name means honey bee, it is Greek and feminine.  There is a phobia called Melissaphobia...it means fear of bees.  In Persian it means "red rose."  Melissa is a princess name, pretty fitting I think because I am a princess.  Just ask my daddy.  Some of my favorites from Urban Dictionary:

• Hottest girl  in the known universe
• A very beautiful person inside and out. 
• Will always make you laugh and give you a hug before you even know you need one! 
• Can be some what blunt. But at least you know she is truthful. Very sweet and easy to talk to. Loves the colour pink and loves her family more than anything else! 
• High morals. She sets her own ground.
• Falls in love easily (yup very true)

So then I got thinking about what songs have my name in them.  Basically none come to mind.  I did find one that I like.  Its "Melissa" by the Allman Brothers.  Look it up!

Basically I really love my name. (Is that conceited?) I have a lot of really good friends with the same name as me and I have loved them all!  

What does your name mean?

Here is my thankfulness list for today!

• Saltines
• Sprite
• warm hugs

• my warm bed
• pretty jewelry
• hair dryer
• straightener
• tears
• Hulu
• the guiding Spirit
• my home teachers
• the morning
• Cameron (can I say that again?)
• girl talks
• Liz, Marrie, Bri, and Janelle
• water
• POW!
• free time
• facebook hangouts 
• photoshop

Thankfulness

November.

I love this month.  The season of thankfulness

I am going to start posting all of the things I can think of that I am thankful for this month.  The list will be long (hopefully) but bear with me and get yourself in the thankful spirit because it makes life so good.  Someone once asked me what I would do if I woke up one morning and only had the things I thanked God for in my prayers the night before.  I don't say thank you near enough so what better time then November for me to work on that, right?

The list for today:

• my Savior Jesus Christ
• my testimony of Jesus Christ
• my cell phone
• coats
• socks
• nail polish
• caring professors
• my opportunity to go to school
• My best friend in the entire world: Momma
• my whole family
• My friends: specifically today Cameron, Mike, Jerrica, Lauren, Jamie, Travis, Ally, Stephanie, Rachel, Davin, Jaymie, and Cullen
• IWA and the girls I get to hangout with every week
• The Carpenters music
• iTunes
• the conference edition of the Ensign
• the Standard Works
• sunsets
• CVTD
• peanut butter
• couches
• blankets, blankets, and more blankets
• toilet paper
• warm water
• clean clothes
• my tooth brush

Okay, that is my list for today.  More to come because I am thankful for so much in my life! 

Peace out girl scouts :)