Dancing in the Moonlight!

So, in the life of Mary Ann. My life has been a little crazy (but not too crazy).

However, this past weekend was amazing!

My mom was really cool and allowed Rachel, Seth and I take her car to Florida to see our grandparents in The Villages. For the first two hours down, we had a major dance party and it was extremely fun. Later, we got tired and did whatever. It poured rain over half the way. Hello, Andrea.

But, the best part was definitely being hanging out with everybody. That night Granddad gave us a tennis lesson from the French Open. Grandma made us dinner #hungry ;). They are the coolest EVER! haha, it's true though. For the first night, we were all really tired and I talked to Rachel for a few hours in my room. We joked about how a # on twitter or whatever is replacing 'I am...'
     Ex: #hungry
           #ready to eat
           #tired
           #chilling at the beach
           #SWAG (Own that swagger?)

And, (our weird, twisted humor) we started talking about the ending 'er'.

"Hey Rachel, do you know what a police officer is?
"<Says exactly what it is>"
"Nope, it is a person who offices police!"

"Do you know what a headbutter is?"
*pause*
"A person who butts heads!"

We were laughing about that for ever. (Also known as, we were so slap happy we thought the strangest stuff was funny.

Before we went to sleep, Grandma joined us for scriptures. She is insightful and told us stuff that were really meaningful. We had a good discussion going and at the end we had a group hug. presh.

The next day it poured rain. For breakfast we all went to IHOP. It was my first time and I tried the "Cinn-A-Stack" Pancakes, yummm.
I was very pleased.

Later everyone played 'Triple E' together, without the poker portion. Rachel had the most crazy luck in the planet, haha. She ended up with ALL the chips. It is pretty ironic because the next day, while everyone was napping, I played 'Sorry' with Grandma. The first game when she got all of her guys to home, one of my colors were all in start. We played again because I figured, "How could my luck get any worse?" Well, I was sorta right. I got relatively far, especially in retrospect. When Grandma won again, we decided to see how many turns it would take for all my pieces to 'home'. Mistake. It took me over half the deck to get there. "Move backwards 4," haha, poor yellow. 

After, we played 'Triple E' Rachel and I went to the pool. Keep in mind that it is still pouring rain. We had a blast. We had the pool all to ourselves. We talked and Rachel told me all about this guy. Let's call him Jack. Rachel and Jack have been getting to know each other, therefore Rachel has been texting him throughout our travels. It was so excessive that Seth started to make fun of her. At first, Rachel denied that she was flirting with Jack and vice-versa. HA! Anyways, on the way home there is a really funny story about that. 

We ended up watching "42" (the movie is about Jackie Robinson). The "Barn Storm Theater" was pretty fancy.  

Finally, the rain stopped on Friday and Saturday. You know what that means? Tennis!

Granddad is seriously the best coach I could have ever asked for in a million years. He knows when to give you praise, to be hard on you, and actually teaches you how to do it. I admire him and I have improved immensely, long story short. 

Friday night, going to the square the super fun with Seth and Rachel.

On the way home, we swung by Hilton Head (beautiful), Chick-fil-a, and this historical church from the 1750s. The church grounds were truly fascinating.

Those were the highlights and I loved the whole trip.

On Sunday, church was super, super good. A returned  missionary, Michael Dropla, spoke on faith. Amazing! Later, President Mayo spoke on the restoration.

Mission prep. that night was the best I had ever done. Amber, my companion, and I spoke on how we believe in Jesus Christ. I related it to having an older brother and how Seth saved me from drowning in a pool. It was nice and simple. :) Brother Crocker, our teacher, is amazing. Think of his teaching style this way:

Brother Crocker: Mission Prep.::Granddad Jerry: Tennis

Yesterday, I went to a StuCo (Student Council) meeting. It was very productive and we have an amazing council this year. I can't wait to work with them this coming up year.


Y'all are amazing. Remember who you are. Never give up.