Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all! We hope you had a great Christmas! I wrote on my blog about ours so go there for more pics. Here are just a few of us today.
On Saturday before I left utah, I was able to see Ashley, Steve and Elli before they flew out. I am so glad they drove down a little early so we could meet at PF Changs for lunch.

Here is me and Elli

The cute Johnston Fam

Please post pics soon! I am the only that is posting and it is kindof boring for me. I want to see you all!!!! Love you all! Merry Christmas!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLI!!!

ELLI IS ONE YEAR OLD!

SEE HOW SHE HAS GROWN.

WE LOVE YOU ELLI! YOU ARE SO GORGEOUS AND HAVE STOLEN ALL OF OUR HEARTS! ASHLEY AND STEVE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GIRL AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO KNOW YOUR CUTE LITTLE FAMILY!

HAPPY ONE YEAR!

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Christmas look...

So I didn't have very much work to do today and decided to mess around and make a fun Christmas banner for our blog. It's nothing special cause of course right as I got started I got work and so I didn't have quite as much time to spend on it as I thought I would. Anyway, it's nothing special. Just thought it would be fun for Christmas. Sorry if you don't like the background white. I was going to do a fun background too, but I didn't have time. Maybe if I get time I'll put a cuter background on than just plain white. Hope all is well!

Merry December! :)

Robin is alive..

Robin finally called me back today. I have tried a couple times and she never called back. But today she finally did. She has not had internet for a coupole months because they bought a HOUSE!!! And haven't set it up yet. So I tolded her to text me some pics of Shelby and that I would post them for her. There are not the best quality but look how ADORABLE she is!!! Robin said she has so much hair and she has been meaning to order some bows for you Ash but she has not had the internet. Robin just gets to be at home with her and loves it. So, she is alive and well. She said she will post as soon as they get internet!

Hey

Um...no we're not dating....yet that is. I don't know if we are going to or not, but we've been hanging out a little, and so far things seem to be going good. I think he is a slow mover, and it doesn't help that these girls here who also like him are a bit spiteful...It really has turned into a soap opera with them. I'll keep you posted if things change with us, but so far It's been going good and I'm enjoying hanging out with him.
How was everyone's Thanksgiving? I went to Portland and visited my aunt. I had a lot of fun. I was able to see some old high school friends which is always a good time. I am flying home for Christmas, and I can't wait to be home again. What does everyone else have planned for Christmas?
Well I hope that everyone is doing well.
Talk to you soon.
Love ya,
Bobbie

Me as a Celebrity

Well, I am pretty bored here in the hotel. It is snowing outside and so we haven't been doing much. No one is posting. Where is everybody???? We haven't seen pics of Elli or Shelby in a long while!! And Bobbie are you dating that guy?

I decided to do me as a celebrity. I always have loved Shirley Temple. She was always so cute. And the others-they are okay.

So, here I am:



I hope you are all doing well. Love ya!

Thanksgiving Fun!

Hey Guys...hate to do this again, but I just posted like four new posts on my Fish Family blog and it would just be easier to direct you there to check it out instead of trying to get them all over here. So check them out if you get the chance!

http://brysonandkatiefish.blogspot.com/

I hope all is well with everyone. Melissa, thank you for the nice previous post. We really are all so lucky to have each other for friends!

I love you all!!


Oh...ps...yeah, the new look is fun! I've actually been working on a little something for this blog as well, a new look, but I just haven't had the chance to finish it. I'll finish it if you want or we can just leave it like this. I don't care either way!

I am thankful...

Well in the spirit of Thanksgiving I have been thinking about each of you lately! I am so thankful to have such good friends. I had wonderful friends in High School and I was so lucky to have wonderful friends in college! I am grateful for each of you and the friendship that we have. We had so many good times together and still have a few here and there. I wish we all lived closer so that we could be with eachother more but I always konw that how ever far we are apart we can still count on eachother. Thank you! I love each one of you!

Well, not much is happening here. Donald was able to come home this weekend. We didn't do too much. Just helped my mom out around the house and hung out. Donald will be done with training on tuesday and will be home for Thanksgiving. I am so excited. And then we are moving that next thursday. Which I am not too excited about. I am just sad to leave and to live in a hotel for awhile. We still haven't found a place to live. So that is kindof stinky. But I think everything will be fine. I just have loved living here and don't want to leave. But I know it is for the best for Donald's career and it will be good in the end.

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!

PS How do you like the new look?

BUSTED!!!

Sorry I know that I've created some drafts, but failed to complete them...oops! Anyways, how is everyone? I am doing good! Still working like crazy...teaching kids to sound like the smartest in their class.
So to update you on the boy situation. Well as most of you know I'm the biggest chicken when it comes to boys...but I mustered up some courage and asked him to hangout...so we had our first official "hang-out" in October. A few weeks after that I invited him to my company work party. We were having game night. It was a lot of fun. He wasn't awkward which I was really nervous that he was going to be an "awkward mark." After that he went to Utah for 10 days, so I've been a little bored. I will keep you posted on how things go.

I don't know if I told you that I have a calling in the Primary. I teach the 5 year olds. We have been practicing for the primary program, and I'm pretty sure that I am going to struggle keeping a straight face. The little boy in my class has the need to shout the songs! Its hilarious to watch him.

Well nothing else is really going on, but I promise to post more often.
Love ya,
Bobbie

Weekend

Okay, Here am I! I wasn't going to post until Bobbie or Robin post but here I am!

This weekend, my friend from NM came to see me with her husband and baby Porter! It was so much fun to see her and see how fast her baby has grown. I took them up to Salt Lake to shop and to see Temple Square. We had a ton of fun eating and talking! The only bad thing is her husband and baby got sick on Saturday night. Let's just say, I had to change my shirt and wash a lot of blankets that night! he was trying to break me in for when I am a mom! Anyways here are a few pics!

This is Porter and his mommy Staci! I took them to eat at Otavios in provo. They had an accordion player who is so good. I love going there because the food is awesome and it just feels like you are in Italy.

Then we went to the Conference Center and around Temple Sqaure. It was a great day. We saw many brides which was so fun. We went to Brigham Young's home and around the museum. It was just an awesome day. This is all of us in front of the Christus. Oh, and the picture of President Hinckley was in the Conference center. I just love that man and I loved this picture of him.

I was released today from YW and had to talk in Sacrement Meeting. It was kindof an emotional day for me. I love the YW and my ward so much that it is hard to say goodbye. I still have 2 more weeks but being released just kindof hit home! Donald is in Colorado until next wed. He didn't get to come home this weekend either. It will be so nice to be together after he is done with this training. We might buy a mobile home in Sheridan. It is really nice-3 bedroom, 2 bath. There is nothing to rent up there and houses are just too expensive. But I will be happy as long as I don't have to be in a hotel! And this one that we want is really nice and it has only been owned by an older couple. We will see if the loan and stuff goes through.

Other than that, not much other news.

I hope all of you are doing well. POST POST POST!!!!!

Love ya all, Melissa

Just a few things...

A. Where the heck is everybody?? This post is becoming very sad and lonely. :(

B. So I went to the Edit Posts link on here and saw that there are quite a few "drafts" from people that never actually got posted...when I looked at them I saw one from Bobbie that never got posted from October and one from Robin that said she was posting more pics of Shelby from September that never got posted!!! Which means...people are alive out there, just not posting...or almost posting but not quite going through with it!!! GUYS...we want to hear about everything! I miss hearing from Bobbie and I miss hearing from Robin and seeing pictures of Shelby! I order everyone to post..NOW! :) haha! Just kidding...but we would like to hear how everyone is doing!

C. I was going to post some pictures, but I'm on strike until more people post. Just kidding...it would just be much easier to have you all click here instead cause I really need to get back to work...sooo...click here:

http://brysonandkatiefish.blogspot.com/

Halloween PICS!!

Okay, here's our halloween pictures I promised. Enjoy!

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Happy Belated Birthday

Katie,

You've had a Birthday

Shout HOO-RAY!

We want to sing to you TODAY(saturday)

One year older and wiser too!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Please forgive us for not posting sooner!

I hope it was wonderful!

Love ya!

Melissa

Anybody alive....

Come on girlies! I know all of you have carved pumpkins or have done something festivist this Halloween! POST POST POST!! And where the heck is Robin and Bobbie???and Shelby?

Well We had the ward carnival this week that our Youth put on. It was a big success thanks to the youth and leaders! Here are a couple pics.

Me and 2 leaders I serve with.

And here is me and my favorite monkey and skunk! Aren't they adorable??

Not much is happening right now. Donald is still away at training. He doesn't come home this weekend. I really miss him right now. But I am going up there on thursday to see him and we are going to try to find a place to live. He is going up there tomorrow and so I am excited to hear how it is. It doesn't really matter at this point because it is already said and done, but I am anxious to hear and then see for myself!

Anyways, somebody else needs to post some pictures! I want to see those cute adorable girls in their little costumes!!! Or if you guys dress up for a party or Halloween-post the pictures!!

I hope all is well with each of you!

Melissa

I am here...

Sorry it has been too long! It seems like since Donald has been at training I have not stopped. I am supposed to be packing and I have not packed one box since he left 2 weeks ago!! EEK! I just realized today that we only have about 5 weeks left. So I need to get going! Anyways, Here are a few things I have been up to lately.

My aunts dog had 5 puppies when they were all in California. I was able to watch them all weekend. I didn't have to birth them-Thank goodness! But here is my favorite. He is my little cow! Then, last weekend when Donald was home we went to Garnder Village. They have all sorts of witches and little shops. it was pretty fun. We are goin gback this weekend with my sister and mom.

Tonight our YW had a Halloween party and it was so much fun. We had them feel gross stuff and guess what it was and ate and ate and played some other games. Here is the cute 7 layer bean dip one of the leaders made! She also made ice cubes made of punch with gummy worms in them! They were awesome!
Here is me and one of my Laurels! She is one of my YW that is just so genuine! And here is the quote of the week! GO SWIMMERS!!!!



Well, I hope you all are doing well. Robin where is Shelby????? I think it has been WAY too long since we have seen her! And Bobbie how is the boy situation?? Details We want Details! Ash I love your new little links on your website. And Katie I love the new look to your blog!

I love you all!

Melissa

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Where is everybody??

I decided since there have been barely any new blogs lately that I would post something. Even though I don't really have anything to post. Bryson and I have been kept very busy doing anything but having fun! :) No, we've still been having fun...the two or three hours a day that we actually get to spend not working or doing school work, but we haven't really done much worthy of posting, so that's my excuse. Bryson has just been crazy busy with school and with work (he works from home as a web designer) and I have been crazy busy with work, typing like 8 to 9 hours a day! That's A LOT of typing in one day! It's good for the money...but it will be nice when I can go back to my normal 5 to 6 hours a day. Those extra few hours are killer. Luckily we both work from home so we still get to see each other and we get to lean over and give each other kisses while we both slave away, so that's nice but we are in desperate need of getting out of the house and doing something other than working and eating! :) Really...we have nothing to complain about. It's just been a bit busier than normal the past few weeks, but over all life is still GREAT! My birthday is coming up not this weekend but next and we are going down to Park City to meet up with my sister and her husband. We're staying in her husband's family's condo for the weekend and just hanging out and partying. We're SO excited for that! Anyway, that's really all that is new with me.

OH...also...today I decided I needed to not type for a couple hours and do something else besides type just to help you know, keep me sane, so I decided to redo our personal Fish Family blog. I had so much fun and am pretty proud that I was able to do most of it by myself (Bryson, my wonderful teacher, had to help me with a few things). So go check it out and let me know what you think! Sorry...I know I have to beg people to go look at my blog, but otherwise if I don't, I don't think anyone looks at it! :) It's a lonely boring blog...but hey...at least it's cool looking! :) haha..okay, I'm done...I really need to get back to typing!

Hope all is well with everyone!

http://brysonandkatiefish.blogspot.com/

Prima Ballerina

Okay, does she have the right form Katie?!?!?!!!! :o) Check out that plie. Yeah, and what a turn-out this girl has. Hahahaa!!! I just thought these pics were too cute. And why has the blog like DIED lately?? No more of that!!

So, I have seen these little tutus on little baby boutiques lately and decided, hey, I can make those. So, I am going to perfect them a bit, and then list them on the blog. I think. We'll see.

How long will YOU live???

So according to this website, my "real" age (according to how healthy, happy, etc I am) is 6.1 years old and my life expectancy is 91.9 years old! According to this I can expect to live approximately another 24,800 more days! Pretty sweet huh?? Luckily Bryson will be there with me all along....and then some! Bryson's "real" age is 5.8 and his life expectancy is 93.2 years old!! He will live approximately 24,900 more days! LUCKY!

Try it out...how old are each of you?? Can you beat us?? :)

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Conference Weekend

Donald was able to come home this weekend. Only for 2 days but I was sure glad to see him. We were supposed to go to NM over the weekend but ended up not going and so we were able to see Ash, Elli and Steve for a couple hours. We all ate at PF Changs and went and looked in a couple stores at the mall. Did you find a coat for Elli, Ash? Thanks for going to lunch with us! I hope you guys got home safe!

Anyways, here are just some adorable picutres of Elli. Look at that bow! It seriously is sooooo cute ashley! I love it!

Donald, Steve and Elli at PF Changs.

Ashley and Me

Another of the beautiful little girl!

Then, on sunday on the way to the airport, after the first session of conference, we took a drive to see the leaves. It was so gorgoues because it had snowed at the top of Timpanogos! It was so pretty!

I hope all of you are doing well! Nobody has posted in a long while so I hope all is going good!!I just loved Conference and can't wait to get the Ensign to read the talks again.

Love you all

Melissa

Las Vegas

I went to Las Vegas this past weekend with my brother and his girlfriend Kim. My mom flew down for her convention and so we went to stay with her at the Venetian and saw Phantom of the Opera!! It was SPECTACULAR! It is a must see! The hotel was soooo nice. It was very fancy. I posted tonz of pics on my blog but here are a few I didn't post there.

This is me waiting at the St George Temple for my brother and Kim.

The New York New York hotel. This is the canals that run throught the Venetian. It is a great hotel. And you really feel like you are in Italy. Except throught the casino part! BLAH! These are the gardens at the Balagio. It was so pretty there! Already for fall!!!
And the Phantom sign! It was AWESOME!!It gave teh goosebumps through the whole thing! They are amazing singers and just the whole show was amazing!
Well, I hope all is well with everybody!It is becoming cold here and the leaves are all changing! YEAH fall is here! I love it!

Bobby it is so good to hear from you! And Robin I love the pictures of Shelby! Post them on the blog! They are so adorable! Katie and Ash-how is idaho? I love you all! RObin are you coming up soon so we can meet little shelby and see you?!?!?

Happy Fall! Love ya, Melissa

PS Does anybody know anything about Sheridan WY??????

Hello

Hi guys sorry that I've been such a slacker with posting. I loved the pictures what a blast from the past!!! Thats great--we had some good times at Heritage...remember Natalia dancing in her swimming suit? Thats a story I'll never forget!

So lets see an update on my life...well work is going great. I have 56 clients that I see each week, so my days go by quickly. I love it though - the kids are great, and it's so fun to see the light turn on for them.

As far as my social life...there are not a lot of singles here as I think I've already stated...but most recently I've found out that I'm the girl that everyone hates. Specifically the girls here are not the biggest fan of BOBBIE--in fact they've started their own little group called "I hate Bobbie" and there are three confirmed members...who knew I had such fans!! I really just think its so funny. They don't care for me because I am good friends with all of the eligible bachelors here, and they think I'm stepping on their territory. I know we all left Junior High years ago, but I've come to conclude that this town hasn't matured to that point yet. I remember in High School seeing girls hate certain girls because all the guys gave them attention...so really it's fun I've never been the girl that everyone hates.

I have found a potential prospect which is the guy that everyone is so upset that I'm friends with. But lets be honest I'm just too cute for him to resist my charm. He just graduated from BYU in April in English, and is planning on going to Grad school next fall to get a Creative Writing degree. He is a great guy...a little socially awkward, so I secretly turned him into one of my clients...to work on social skills, and I am proud to say that he is progressing nicely :)! We've gone from just saying hi and making a mad dash to a full on conversation, so he is doing well. I will keep you posted on the events that take place with this one. Who knows he might be out of my league since he comes from very wealthy family and I come from a family from the sticks kind of two different worlds. Now it's just fun for me to watch the girls give nasty glares when I talk to him!!

Other than the Junior High drama nothing else is really going on. I flew home over Labor Day weekend to see my family it was so fun to see everyone again. I miss being able to go home whenever I like, but I'll see everyone again during Christmas. My family is going good. I have 6 nieces and nephews...I really need to get on the ban wagon.

I hope that everyone is doing great. I'll post again soon!

Love ya all,
Bobbie

I couldn't resist....

Okay, so today while buying books with Bryson we realized that today was the anniversary of September 11th. I immediately thought of this funny picture that Ashley and I took a couple years ago on the anniversary of September 11th as a "tribute to September 11th" and as soon as we got home I went searching for it. We really meant no disrespect by this photo, we were just being silly...hope no one is offended by it...this is for you Ash!:
And then while I was trying to find the picture I started to look at all my old photos and thought I'd share a few fun ones I found from our very first semester all together. Haha, we were awesome! And Bobbie...I'm sorry I don't have any pictures of you! :(

Singing in the car on the way to Idaho Falls for Christmas shopping:

Robin and I always ended up being twins...an accident, we had a class together mid day and we'd walk in separately and start laughing cause we were twins...again:
Yummy Blue Snow!!!!:
Playing Solitaire in our matching PJ bottoms hand crafted so loverly by Ashley (I still have mine!):
Robin and Ashley "flying"...poor Ashley's broken arm!:Oh dear 80's...I know you posted one like this earlier Melissa, but I couldn't help it, they are too funny:
Ashley...remember this game??? Where you would copy me exactly and we would play FOREVER!! hahaha, I bet our roommates loved us! :), we were so obnoxious! :
Remember when I moved my bed into Robin & Sheryl's room cause my roommate was stinky...it was awesome...a slumber party every night!:
Roomies: