50 Ways I love my Dad!!!!!

Today is my Dad's 50th Birthday!!!! So I decided I would write 50 things I love about him.

I Love...........

1. His humor
2. His laugh
3. His smile
4. His testimony
5. His intelligence
6. His willingness to serve
7. His missing toe
8. He loves my mom
9. He loves Nicole
10. He loves me
11. He helps me
12. He supports me in whatever I want to do
13. He debates stuff with me
14. He works hard
15. He plays hard
16. He spoils his "girls" (Mom included)
17. He sacrifices for others
18. He's kind
19. He's giving
20. He makes me laugh
21. He helps me find solutions to my many problems
22. He loves everyone
23. He loves cruises/ vacations
24. He takes my mom on dates
25. He expects Nicole and I to succeed
26. HE is a worthy priesthood holder
27. He gives us blessings when we need them
28. He doesn't get mad I gave him gray hair
29. He never complains
30. He's good at his job
31. He supports our family
32. He is happy having all daughters
33. He taught me about cars and tools and stuff
34. He went on Choir Tour with my High School with me
35. He taught me how to drive
36. He taught me how to drive a stick
37. He raised Nicole and I in the Gospel
38. He went to my games when I was younger
39. He taught me the importance of the Gospel
40. He plays games with Friends
41. He helps my Grandparents
42. He loves Football
43. He uses Homer Simpson as an example of a father
44. He has taken me shopping for feminine hygiene products
45. And paid for them when I walked away....
46. He watches the same shows as I do... and has introduced me to them
47. He ensures everyone around him is happy
48. He'll talk to me for hours if I want/ need him to
49. He protects our border
50. He is the BEST DAD in the WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Dad, I love you so much and am so grateful that you are my Dad!!!!

Honesty IS the Best Policy!!!!

So when my teacher handed out our tests today I flipped through the pages to see how long it was and when I got to the biggest part of the test, the matching, all the answers were already filled in. Without even thinking I threw the test back at him and yelled "I'm not supposed to see that!" The whole class was silent as he debated what to do. I promised I hadn't memorized any of the answers in the 2.3 seconds I had it in my hands. So he let me take the test like normal. When I handed in the test at the very last second I could. (I was the last 3 out of 50 to finish the test). As I handed the test to him he said, "Thank-you for being honest. I would have never known that those answers were already on there. And I don't even know why they were..." I thought to myself "REALLY??? DANGIT!!!!" Then I thought of how clear of a conscience I had right then... worth way more than an "A" on this test. Then as I turned to go. He said "Michelle, write the word HONESTY in big letters on the top of your paper." I did as I was told even though I thought he was going crazy... he then said these sweet, sweet words to me "I'm giving you extra credit for being honest. It's the LEAST I can do." Thank you Brother Whiting! You are a crazy man sometimes that can be convinced to make our homework load as light as possible, but you are a just and fair man. Thank-you!!! With all the extra credit I am getting on this test, I should get a fairly good grade :)

Remember how...

Remember how I have been really cranky lately and I just want everyone to leave me alone... except for when I want to play...

Remember how I am almost done with my 5th Semester at BYU-Idaho and I want to kick everyone of my teachers.. minus Brother Gardner (he's awesome)

Remember how one of my teachers told me to go back to Beauty School

Remember how I told that teacher that I WOULD accomplish my dreams

Remember how Buddha's getting married in less than a month

Remember how all I want to do is see my sister and have her give me a hug... and a free rock

Remember how tax returns saved my life

Remember how I still don't have a job....

Remember how I can't wait to see my parents.... I wish April 8th was tomorrow

Remember how my parents are really good to me... and I don't deserve them

Remember how I failed my New Testament Test today and spent an hour and a half on it

Remember how I got a flip mino hd for my birthday and used it everyday for a month then now I barely have time to shower and haven't vlogged for 4 days in a row..

Remember how I am avoiding studying for my test by updating my blog because nothing new is happening on facebook

Remember how all I can think about is going to Bellingham/ Vegas for my break and I wish it was here tomorrow

Remember how I "THINK" I am only going to take a carry on with me....

Remember how we ALL know that ISN'T going to happen

Remember how this made a lot of my stress go away...

Perfect!

Back to studying!

Swimming in a stream of ......Compliments?

So this weekend has definitely been interesting. I got a call on Friday during my math class from our apartment management telling me that our hot water heater went out... AGAIN.. and this time for good. They are ordering us a new one and they are REALLLLYYY sorry... blah blah blah. So how long am I gonna be without water? The ladies' voice changed real quick and was told me the following... "Well, that's the thing, it's not only your water this time, it's your heat too. BUT we are ordering you a new one... and it will be here in about 8-10 business days." In my head since I was in my math class I was quick on my feet figuring how MISERABLE we would be in the middle of the artic here in Rexburg!! Anyways, she then told me they would be putting us up here..

Hey, it's the newest hotel in Rexburg, I am down!! SO... Friday night was a lot of running around trying to get everything figured out... But we are settled in and enjoying the free continential breakfast, hot tub/ swimming pool and maid service! :) So this is my home sweet home until the end of the week... possible longer. Hopefully we can get back home sooner rather than later. Next, Church.... Today as I walked out of Relief Society we walked out to all of the Priesthood brethren standing with stupid smiles on their faces like someone just paid them 10 bucks to smile. My friend and I walked up to one of them to discuss tomorrow's FHE plans and they started all this nonsense of compliments. My dress, my hair, my boots, my make-up.. the list goes on. At first I was like... well, duh! (just kidding!!!!) At first I was like, hmmm these boys want something... should I tell them now or later I can't cook for them for at LEAST a week... I decided to wait for a few more compliments before breaking the bad news to them. They told us they didn't want anything from us.. we decided to walk away asap and take the compliments and RUN!!!! I turned around and literally ran into Duke (not his real name but he was wearing a duke sweatshirt the first time I met him and can not ever remember his real name... so he answers to Duke) Duke immediately appologized and then told me how beautiful I looked today. He started with my dress (wow, wow, wow... started complimenting my dress... what were you thinking....) and I told them I had already herd that one a few times today... he kept trying to find something that hadn't been complimented.. apparently all that was left was my rings. He told me I had pretty fingers and my rings made my hands sparkle.... I laughed thanked Duke and walked away. Then I headed for my meeting and heard the whistle. (You know the one I am talking about, people do "the whistle" when they like what they see...) I of course didn't turn my head as there were about 4,654 people in the foyer. I kept walking. Got over to my meeting turned around and just as I turned around I heard the whistle AGAIN. I made eye contact with a boy from my ward and his jaw was dropped. He motioned for me to go see him so I went over there getting more compliments on the way. I got over to him (I call this one Redhot.... for obvious reasons) and he told me he whistled at me TWICE and it was very rude that I didn't respond. I told him usually the whistle isn't for me... so I don't even turn my head any more... this upset him and he restated EVERY compliment you could give a girl.... Duke came over and joined. I may have felt a little awkward but it was definitely appreciated. So after letting them go on for a few minutes I asked them why all of the sudden all these "Priesthood Brethren" were all of the sudden so nice and complimenting us so much. Redhot tried to say it was him and he told them all we need to appreciate the beautiful women of the ward more... Right..... Duke however just laughed, shook his head, and said the Bishop commanded us to compliment daughters of God more... A LOT more! Bahaha. Go Bishop!!! Hopefully it doesn't stop. I wouldn't mind swimming through a stream of compliments every Sunday... Just keep swimmin' Just keep Swimmin'

Blog to Vlog all because of one Birthday....

So if anyone has noticed... I have been MIA... or have I? In reality I haven't been. I have been going to school, lookin for a job... and ya know Vloggin'. What is Vloggin you may ask.. Well it's like bloggin only the "B" is changed to a "V" because you use a Video. (Get it!?! Clever huh!) And I got this handy dandy little video recorder called a flip for my birthday......

I am pretty excited!!! I love this little guy so much! He brings happiness to my heart. Although.. trying to edit his video brings me much frustration. However the happiness is much greater than the frustration so it all works out. My roommates and I have started a Vlog on youtube of our daily lives. Mostly it is us being stupid, but we enjoy doing it. So if you would like to stay up to date on my life and see what I do on a daily occurance go to www.youtube.com/mchapin87 and you can subscribe to my channel. Comments and rating the videos are always appreciated.

Noooowww.... onto the Greatest Day in February... MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Look who came up and visited me for my Birthday, Chyla!!!!!

We may have been apart for a few months, but it's like we were never apart...

Lucky to have 2 of my Best Friends from High School come with and share my special day with me!!! Love you Bonnie & Chyla!!

And who could forget my other Best Friend... Buddha

Who is much too pretty to take pictures next to... remind me next time.....

And little Lucy Lu! Bonnie and Tyler's lil girl! She is sooooo cute! Bonnie taught her how to say "Happy Birthday Aunt Shell" It made my day!!!

All in all it was an amazing birthday. I am so grateful to my parents and my sister for always thinking of me and putting me first! Thank you for the packages, cards, texts, facebook comments and everything else!!! I am so blessed and feel so loved!!!!

Thank-You TAYLOR SWIFT!!!!

This morning at 10:15 am I had 2 quizzes one class. Yes, my teacher tries to kill me at least once a week. The first quiz was on the Amendments, and it was matching. We had to match the phrase to the Amendment number. If you haven't read over the Constitution lately or even the Amendments, let me tell you... they aren't short!! So I should have been studying for the last week for this quiz... did I? Heck no!!! I started at 1am last night. Ooops! I just had no desire to memorize the Constitution. Knowing which Amendment is which is semi important in the life of a Political Science Major. But ugh! Doing it is different. So I decided to do flash cards (yes, like in 3rd Grade!). I wrote them all out and called it a night. Woke up this morning to start/ finish my reading for the second quiz. I finished in enough time to drive to school and sit in my car for 10 minutes memorizing 27 Amendments. I was getting desperate. I couldn't remember a few random ones.. like the 15th Amendment.. which has to do with the Right to Vote.... So I finally came up with this little phrase.... "Fifteen by Taylor Swift is what I would vote for!" It doesn't really make sense, but if the song Fifteen was up against another song on the radio, I would probably vote for Fifteen. And it totally worked!!! It came down to 3 I wasn't sure about. I reread them and reread them, then all of the sudden I saw the 15th Amendment phrase "right to vote" I thought "I would vote for Fifteen by Taylor Swift!!!!" And the other 2 just feel right into place!!! I don't know how I did it, but I had stupid phrases like that for all 27 Amendments... and I got 100%. I even amaze myself sometimes.....

Why am I so blessed?

Does anyone else ever ponder this question in their daily life?

Because today I have probably thought this question around 18 times.

I really am so blessed. I have such amazing support all around me. My family is absolutely so amazing and supportive of me. No matter the crazy decisions I decide. They love me and are there for me. No. Matter. WHAT! Friends are the same exact way. They love me and are there for me. I mean, who can say they had a friend help them put their pants on when they hurt their knee? Or had a friend sleep with them because they are scared to sleep alone at night? Or had a friend tell them the exact thing they needed to hear to decide the Church is true. Or have a friend that is the best example to them of Christ.... basically I could go on and on about how amazing my friends and family are to me. And how they are each in my life for a reason.

Ok, so basically if you can't tell my attitude from my last blog is completely different. I am happy. I love ... ok maybe like... life right now. I dropped a class and I couldn't be happier. School is going well and I don't feel so overwhelmed now. So that is dandy and swell.

Welp, all in all. I am happy. I am blessed. Sometimes I feel like Nephi... ya know... born of goodly parents. Soooo thank-you each and everyone of you for having an impact on my life. I hope you all are having a fabulous week.