Mesquite + Volleyball = Fall Break!

Alright... so I haven't written in a while.. and I've been wanting to write abt fall break, but I haven't been on my computer with my pictures... so I haven't done it... but here I am now.. writing on MY computer WOO!! haha! :) So fall break was AWESOME! I went down to Mequite with Chris Thursday night after work on our way down we listened to the BYU game.. because thats what we do lol! And we also stopped at In-N-Out in St George! Oh how wonderful it is to have In-N-Out in SG now!! Makes life SO great!! hehe!! :) Then we finally got to Mequite, well we were both so pooped that the minute we layed in bed we were out! :)
Well I tell you I was stoked to sleep in on Friday morning... but did that happen? Nope... there were little children running a muck on our floor.. so thats all I heard outside.. so that didn't happen. But you better believe that we both layed in bed until a good 9o'clock! ha!! It was such a nice day.. it was warm, and beautiful!! I wanted to go out and just be outside in the nice weather... So we went and checked out the casino and then walked around outside. Then per request of Crob we went back to the room for a nappy-poo! ha! After our short but nice nap we decided to go find somewhere to eat lunch. We found this sweet little southwestern cafe.. it was pretty good. But I guess you can't expect much from Mesquite.. ha! We then went back to the hotel and hung out. It was such a nice day!! So relaxing and just fun to be with my man! Also Crob's sister, Katie and her family, Ryan, Colton and Ky all came down cuz Ryan was playing ball with Crob. As well as Seth, Danielle and Dan. It was fun to have everyone down there!
Saturday we Ryan and Crob played volleyball, it was a lot of fun watching them play and hanging out with Katie and the kids as well as Ryan's family. After ball we went and slept and then Ashley and Ben drove up from Vegas and hung out with us. We went swimming and just kicked it. Then we went to dinner with Dan, Seth and Danielle. We went to this cafe in the Casa Blanca... ya not the greatest food... oh well! ha! We did a little gambling and then went to bed! It was a bunch of fun!! I won $5!! haha!! First time gambling and I didn't lose a thing! :D
Sunday we went to brunch with Katie, Ryan, Colton, Ky, Ben and Ashley at the hotel. It was a lot of fun and the food was way yummy! Well then it was time to go home... BOO!! I always hate driving home from trips! Its the worst part about vacation.. that and packing and unpacking.. ha! But me and Crob stopped in SG to do a little shopping... Crob had a bit of a shopping spree in Mesquite so I thought.. I wanna shop at the outlets! Ha!! So we shopped a little and then drove home. We stopped in Filmore for lunch/dinner, boy was the an experience. haha! The ppl there were quite the interesting folk. If we had only driven to the next exit we would have been a little safer from the crazys!! haha!!! All in all it was a GREAT trip!! I had a blast being with Crob and our friends and his family! I can't wait till the next one! ha! whenever that might be... ;)
Here are some pics of the trip.. hope you enjoy!! Also I'm gunna post some pics of conference weekend... which was a blast too!!
Fun conference hike up the canyon with pretty waterfalls!

Mesquite on our way down... don't mind the not so cute no makeup look ha!
Hanging out before our nap... we play see how high you can blow the water lid!! haha!
We're goofs... what can I say :)
This is our friend cactus
Picture with the palm tree.... and I had to add the kissing one... hehe ;)

Me and Colton watching volleyball!! He's such a silly boy!

Crobby and Ryan kickin some butt at volleyball
And I had to include the man with the shorts.... oh boy!!! Light blue, corderoy, short shorts.... hmmmm..... idk! But I laughed!

Life...

life continues to get more exciting and better every day. Or course there are those days where you just don't know how much more you can take, you feel like you have lost it, or you just don't see anything moving forward. But in all reality life is moving forward every minute of the day! It just really depends on how you look at things. Well... things are great. Yes there have been bumps and struggles the last little bit, but all in all getting over those bumps and through those struggles is what makes you stronger! And I am so very thankful for those people I have in my life that help me get through those bumps and struggles. The few people I can count on... one of those people is Chris. I am so blessed to have him in my life, not only as my boyfriend, but as my best friend too! I tell you we have been through all most everything together! Ha! Guess thats what happens when you are friends for two years before you date! :) But that had to be the best decision I have made yet. To let my heart take a risk and give my heart to him. Its easy to talk to him, he can talk to me, and that is something that is SO important! We are not only growing as individuals, but as a couple. And that is something that I think is SO important! I am so glad that we can do that... that we can grow together and make our relationship stronger every day! Its something that everyone should experience. I never thought I'd be with someone who was so understanding, so caring and so much dang fun!! We have so much in common and I am more myself with him then I have ever been with anyone I've dated. I'm more myself then I am with a lot of my friends too... and plus we want the same things out of life.. which I've found hard to find. So yes, life is a bunch of bumps, struggles and other things... but as long as you keep true to yourself and those you love things will work out for the best!!

Anyways, I'm so excited for this weekend!! Tomorrow after work me and Chris are going to mesquite! He has a volleyball tournament saturday and really I just wanted one day to sleep in and not worry about anything. Really just do nothing ALL day!! So I am SO stoked for that!! WOO! I LOVE watching him play volleyball. Its nice to see him doing something he loves to do. And I don't mind watching my man hit some balls around.. hehe ;) And Marie, Michael and Gram are also going to come either meet us in Logandale to see Grandma and have dinner!! I'm just excited for a real vacation!!!

My Name

This is pretty cool... I got it from Cassidy! Enjoy

• There are fewer than 1,527 people in the U.S. with the first name Marley.

• There are 494,692 people in the U.S. with the last name Nelson.

• Statistically the 39th most popular last name.

• Famous people with the last name Nelson:
• Ben Nelson (My Grandpa)
  
• Bill Nelson
• Judd Nelson
• Lori Nelson (My Mama)
  
• Ozzie Nelson
• Ricky Nelson
• Willie Nelson

• There are 2 or fewer people in the U.S. named Marley Nelson!!

sometimes...

you just can't do anything right... At least thats how I've felt... its kinda been that way with a few things since tuesday night... ugh! The best you can do is learn from your mistakes, and hope that you can do better next time. Good luck to me! ha...

this is what happens....

when you have hair ADD!!!! I love it, hope you all do too!! hehe!! :)

Hair today.... gone tomorrow!

(See how long it used to be!) So for the last like year in a half I have been growing my hair out and have just had it my natural brown color. Which I have loved. I've been able to do all sorts of things with it. Curl it real pretty like, buns, braids, straight, curly, up, down, pony tails.. and the list could go on! I love was in love with my hair... couldn't be happier with it, but ever since I put blond in my hair I've been having some issues with it. I don't know if its not different enough or if its just cuz the blond tends to kill my hair. ha!! I mean going from dark brown to platinum in one setting usually isn't the best thing to do, ha!! But i haven't colored my hair in a long time so I thought why not.... so back in I think August this is what I did to my hair... ps, this is the longest my hair has been since high school....
It has the blond more towards the front on the right side, blond underneath and a section on blond towards the back on the left side. Well after a few months of having my hair like that I decided I was sick of my long hair and needed a change.... so I cute my hair to this length on a total whim....

And thats what it looked like ----->
It was just above my shoulders. It was WAY cute and I really liked it... but something still was just not right.... So I went an cut it again... I cut about an inch off and put a few more layers through out. That was... probably a month or two ago.
(can you tell its shorter?)
Well.... here I am.. with my hair short and thinking to myself... ugh I hate my hair. Now I'm not saying its not cute, but it just doesn't feel right. Something is just off. So I am going to change it again very soon.... I am not going to say when, but you will know when when it happens! Ha! But the question is... what am I going to do to it??? Am I going to color it? More blond? Back to all brown? Am I going to put color ie pink or purple, in the blond?? Am I going to get extensions or am I going to go shorter? Am I going to just buzz my head or am I going to some how have hair to my bum? What am I going to do with it??? IDK! But what I do know is that I need something different again... My hair ADD went away a while ago... I did real good at not changing my hair all the time... but its back again... and its driving me nuts!!! So we will see what happens... It'll be super sweet whatever it is!! And I'm sure I will like it!!! I hope I will like it, because most things aren't super easy to fix when it comes to hair.... So wish me luck on my hair adventure, and I will keep you updated!! Woo!

Dinner!

So my parents are gone for the next few days.... they were gone last night as well. So Chris was going to come over after his classes and we were going to watch a movie. Well I was going to get out of class early so I thought, why not make dinner... it'll save money and plus it'll be fun and it'll be a surprise to Chris!! So between my brakes I called Marie and Cassie to have them help me think of something to cook. I decided I was going to do pasta and chicken. So I bought some angel hair pasta, Alfredo sauce, vegies, stuff to make fruit dip and salad!! I got home and, well I've never cooked chicken before so I called Grammie to ask her how to cook it! She helped me out lots!! So I cooked the chicken, cooked the noodles and the sauce. I made the fruit dip, mixed the salad and steamed the vegies! Well I got done a little sooner then I thought, but Chris came over and we had a great dinner! It turned out real yummy and was a great experience for me! One day I will make some way yummy food for my family!! Can't wait for that day!!! :) So yes, dinner was a success and I plan on making more dinners in the near future!!

The final product!!!