Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

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We stayed in Midway, UT for the first 2 nights of our honeymoon. Around our little Swiss get away, were all of these little crater pond things. You can see our little cottage in the background of this picture. On Monday we went to the Crater at Homestead. The water is warm and very blue. Many people go scuba diving here, but we just swam around. Ok, so I didn't swim too much. I more of just floated around. They make you wear a life jacket, which meant I got to just relax. I was so relaxed that I even look dead in this picture. We had a nice woman in a wheelchair take a picture of us. She took a lot more than one. She kept telling us to do something different. I decided not to put all of the pictures on here. She really wanted to take one of us in the tunnel. Here we are outside of the tunnel. Once we changed, we got into the car and headed up to Yellowstone. We spent Tuesday seeing the sights in Yellowstone. Within minutes we had to stop because there were some bison in t...

I know Easter was last month, but I've been a bit busy with wedding planning and the end of a school year. Anyways, here is my first Easter with the Bayless Family! Andy and I got plenty of candy from his mother. Easter egg hunt inside the house. Savanah and Marissa were quite good at finding eggs. Avery loved all the festivities. She is just adorable! Here is their traditional Easter Bunny Jello, and they don't even like jello. Easter egg hunt outside! This is where the real eggs were hidden. Chevon had to keep turning around so I could get a picture of Avery. Jonathan has some crazy eyes. Here are the kids and a couple of adults. The egg hunt was a success! Marissa's egg even matches her dress. I think Miles is still looking for some eggs. Brenden needed a little help from his dad (Adam) to get this egg.

Okay, I know I'm way behind on my blog, but buying a house keeps one busy. Well, here is my new house. I've worked on the flower beds some, but we have yet to get our new lawn mower out of its box. I do love the rain we've been getting lately because it has helped the grass to get green. My soon to be in-laws helped as well by spreading fertilizer everywhere. I love my flower beds. I've weeded this flower bed a couple of times, but if you look closely you will see those evil weeds popping back up. . My dad and stepmom bought us some flowers and helped me plant them. The tulips were already growing when we moved in. Andy also took some violets of other starter plants from his parents yard. This is the only inside picture you will get so far because the house still needs to be put together. Most of the walls in our house were green when we first moved in. Thankfully I had Spring Break to work on painting the kitchen and living room. The downstairs went from oliv...

Over a month ago, Andy and I made heart crayons for my students. I gave them each one for Valentines Day. It turned out to be a fun date, and the crayons were pretty simple to make. Directions: 1. Break up old dull or broken crayons into small pieces. 2. Place them into a mold in any design you would like. 3. Put them in the oven @ 300 degrees for about 10 minutes or until melted. 4. Take them out of the oven and put them into the freezer to cool for 5-10 minutes. 5. Take them out on a soft surface. You don't want to dump them on the counter, or they might break. Now you have multi-colored crayons in a fun new shape. My students loved them. I think one of my students hugged me 5 times that day while thanking me for his new crayon. The heart on the right kind of looked like a real heart with veins, so I gave that one to the pharmacist...Andy.

In order to tell the story of our engagement, I will have to first tell you the story of our first date. For those of you who don't know, Andy and I were set up on a blind date by my Aunt Mary and Uncle Fred (more Mary). We met on August 27th when he picked me up for our date. Andy was well prepared for our first date. He planned on going up to canyon for a picnic and walking around the falls. He even had picked up some yummy sandwiches, but I didn't know about that then. Well, it happened to be raining that day, so he gave me the option of going to this authentic pizza place. I chose that plan since it was raining. We went to the pizza place where I ate pizza with corn on it for my first time. After dinner he started driving me back home, and then he noticed that it had stopped raining. We decided to try the canyon anyways. We went up to Canyon Glen and started walking the trail towards Bridal Veil Falls. For those of you who know me well, you know that I can easil...

Over Christmas break, my sister and I were looking at ways to make necklace organizers. We were looking for her, but once I saw some ideas, I wanted to make one too. I forgot to take pictures along the way, but I will still explain how to make one. You will need a plaque or a piece of wood, paint, scrapbook paper, mod podge, ribbon, door knobs, a drill and a seesaw hook. Paint the wood, and then mod podge an assortment of scrapbook paper on the front. After it all dries, you can mod podge some ribbon around the edges or even between the different paper. Then you will want to decide where you want your door knobs placed. Drill the holes, and then screw in the door knobs. You will also want to attach a seesaw hook to the back, so that you can hang it on the wall. Andy actually helped me with this craft. He picked out the ribbon, provided the drill, and drilled the holes for me. I did drill a couple of holes, but he is the one that really did it. Then we put in the door knobs t...