In the life of Mr and Mrs. Haynes: Surprise Visits

Holy Smokes. Christmas Break.

Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year. Ask my friends... they know. Oh MAN do they know. They knew that I was watching Christmas movies at the beginning of November. (And between you and me, I may have even watched one before Halloween). And they still loved me anyway.

That's how you know you have a quality friendship.

Getting home from school was great. I needed a break. My brain needed to rest. And I missed my family. It was so good to be home for my brothers engagement. It was so good to be home and spend time with my brothers and my amazing mother. It was so good to be home.

That being said, I hate not being busy. Being home, I had way too much down time on my hands. (I'm sure my mother will tell me that I couldn't helped out a little more with the chores I was going a little crazy. But I knew that the last week I was home was going to be crazy fun. We had a lot if activities planned. We were going to go to the zoo lights, we were going to stay at the beach for a few days, and have a pinochle party. It was going to be SO FUNNNN!

So imagine this. I am sitting at the computer (I actually got ready for the day [put on make up] because my mom told me that we were going out for lunch), and my mom comes in from "work". I look at her and the next thing you know, MATT WALKS IN!! One of my closest and very best friends was here to visit! I couldn't believe it. Especially because my mom and I had talked about driving down to Utah to surprise him and his family! He was in town for a wedding of some of the members that he taught on his mission, and he was staying with us. Whoop whoop!

This is the face you make when one of
your closest friends shows up at your
house as a surprise.

And this is what happens when you have to say goodbye

Something I've learned... if you're going to get your trash kicked in a snowball fight, at least do it with a smile
on your face.

And this is what happens when you get tackled
for taking too many pictures... you take another
picture of getting tackled just to tick him off hahaha

That tiny human in those pictures down on those rocks... yeah that's Matthew.

Holy Moly I love and adore his boy

Our trip consisted of going to the beach, climbing on cliffs, freezing our butts off at the zoo lights, attempting to play soccer in the freezing cold, kicking their trash playing football on the beach, late night movies, sliding into a ditch (TWICE) at 11:30 p.m., a wedding, hanging out with the elders, and so much more. It was so much fun. Sorry not sorry for monopolizing all of your time bro.