Thanksgiving

Benjamin and I went down to Orem, Utah and we picked up Jonathan on the way and went to Aunt Phyllis's for the holiday. :)


Rolling out the dough for the apple pie top.Aunt Phyllis and I.Jonathan, Phyllis, and Alyssa smiling :)I helped Jonathan lift up the crust to make a weave pattern for the pie top.Sorry, the comp didn't turn the pic, but it is Jonathan displaying his wonderful homemade apple pie.Jonathan, Alyssa, Mallory, me, and Benjamin (the 2 of us happen to be in our footed pj's-of course).

Nov. 22nd Our Front Room

So, we arranged our front room, for more space, for the winter time, and for a Christmas tree spot. Good times. So now our place looks like this:

Dedicated to my Nettina

All to you sister. Some of the bugs on here, I know you have, so zoom in and use the names!!! I love using my resources! *wink*wink*

Nov. 20th Nose Strip Day

My face has been bugging me. That's the story. So Benjamin and I tried an experiment. I hope you enjoy the evidence of this fun trial!


Ewe, now that you have seen it works, go out and try it yourselves! Its fun to do for FHE. It only stays on your face for like 10-15 minutes. It rocks!

Nov. 19th Gas Day

Hooray!!!! On this day, in Rexburg, Idaho, gas fell below $2.00. What an amazing day. So, to celebrate and document this day, I took a picture!

Nov 17th Whie Driving

Holy Cow!!! So as I was doing my bus runs the other day, I happened to pull up behind a semi truck. I looked down and saw the license plate and pulled out my camera asap. How crazy to be in Idaho, see a PA plate, its on a semi truck, and its an old plate too. Wow!!! Here's to PA!!!

For Isaac, my youngest brother

Here is a picture of the oil pastel I was working on the other night when I called you for like an hour about what to do with my time cause I was so bored. I hope you like it!

Also, here is a picture of my art wall, which only lasted about a week, cause we just moved everything around in the front room, so now I need to find a new place for it.

For Mom

So, Benjamin was cooking and did not want to get anything on his footed pj's so I pulled out his apron (which he uses like all the time now) and I took this picture.

His hair reminds me of the dude's hair in that one Christmas movie with Heat Miser and Snow Miser. Or whatever their names are. Love it!!!!

Bail Me Out Please!!!

So, Benjamin and I love to go eat at Craigo's. The other night we were there and they had this posted on their advertisement board.

Nov. 13th Girls' Night

So, at my work, the Little Academy, also known as the day care, we have a girls' night out once a month. This month we went out for pizza and then wandered around Walmart (yes, its that cool of a thing to do) for like an hour. Here is a picture of me as a Christmas wreath. And then me and my boss, Brittany, showing a little bit of Christmas spirit!

Nov. 10th FHE Heartattack

So, because my husband is always gone to school and studying, I got bored and also, it was FHE and also, I wanted to show him how much I love him so I heart attacked his side of the bedroom.

Nov. 9th Cookie Day

We made cookies. Peanut butter ones with a kiss on top. Yummy! We only ate a couple and then I quickly proceeded to give the rest away so we could watch our sugar intake. Here I am showing off the cookies we made. Its kinda obvious that I already ate one (at least).
Benjamin and the cookies too. Hooray for footed pj's!!!

Random Melissa

Here is a look at the random life of Melissa A Bowman. Enjoy:

Me as a clown. Notice the shoes how they are 5 sizes too big for me. (That's because they're Benjamin's shoes). He's a nice husband who let me borrow them.
A close up of my beautiful happy face!!!

I did my hair like this and it actually worked for the first time ever! Benjamin met me at the concert and saw me like that and couldn't stop smiling cause he thought I was the most beautiful girl ever!


Me yet again. I did my hair like my Mom used to pull it back when she brushed it. I like this picture too. Its a good shot.


This truck proves how crazy I am. I did not do it. I only saw it and documented it because it was so random. Matt, Nettina and I were walking from the stadium and saw it. I busted up laughing and pulled out my camera and captured the moment. Poor truck, I don't think it looks like a fart. I know what farts look like believe it or not, and this is not a fart. So says Melissa.

Melissa the Homemaker

My Halloween Jack'O'Lantern. Designed by my wonderful husband, Benjamin! Because of the railing shadow, it looks like its in jail. LOL.


My Manicotti. It was delicious!


The chocolate cake I made for FHE treat one night. Scrumptious!

Mrs. Bowman- The #1 Teacher

Teaching was awesome! I got to sub 4th grade at a local elementary school. The day went so well. I knew all the kids by name in less than 2 hours. I know, I'm amazing, what can I say?
Me sitting in the classroom during lunch.
So yes, it was a great day. I get to teach/sub 1st grade on Friday. I'm excited about that. It is for one of my friends I graduated with who needs the day off. Hopefully more sub jobs will be coming along! Thanks for your prayers & encouragement!