hey its my 50th post

here is pleasure for the ears.
love me.
Surprises
here is a super cool song check it

He is We

and again

(this song is the story of my life)

awkward post of the day

So, lets talk about dating. Being recently engaged I am so ridiculously happy to not have to play the dating game. Granted some dates are a blast and there is nothing wrong with free food, but then there are always THOSE boys. You know, the weird ones. The one where the debate of free food vs an awkward two hours is presented in your mind. Well just for fun I'm going to post some of my best and worst dates.
BEST DATE GIRLS PLANNED
Not meaning to brag but my friends and I planned one heck of a date for our first date. It was in 2006 obviously and we had all reached the age of 16. Thanks to hookups from awesome friends we were able to plan a kayaking/rafting trip in Moab. We had a group of eight friends and it was so much fun. The river rafting was amazing and about half way down the river we found a huge mud hole in which we played in for hours. We then returned to a resort and showered and sat in the hot tub and ate pizza. Ridiculous amounts of fun.
BEST DATE BOYS PLANNED
All I'm saying is that Mesa boys know how to plan a date. The best date I probably went on was with thee Brian Bothwell. It was a group date which took place in Manti. Aaron and Pilar, Shane and Annie, and Brian and I all dressed up in couple themes. Aaron and Pilar were the nerds, Shane and Annie were the indians, and Brian and I were the emo's (we played it well). The date was a competition date against the other couples. It included a series of games. Indian hunter, egg toss and egg dye, math facts, spelling bee, twister. The overall winner was Shane Cody and Annie Anderson. Ummagumma then cooked us the most delicious dinner. It was seriously the best date ever.
Now for the fun ones
MOST POTENTIALLY AWKWARD DATE
Last Thanksgiving I went on a date with a guy who had previously gone on dates with my older sister. He is from Chicago and comes to visit his grandpa for the holidays so, he had been on a few dates with my sister before they both graduated high school. Almost 4 years later he was back visiting again when I was asked out. I thought it was quite hilarious and could be super awkward considering he had dated my sister but instead it was lots of fun. A double date with his friend from Seattle and my friend Becky turned out to be a serious laugh fest. These boys were ridiculous.
GOOD DATE IDEA GONE BAD
My senior year a junior set me up with his older brother who had graduated the previous year. It was a double date and we were going to go horse back riding and then have a cook out. I love horse back riding and was super excited. We get out on the horses finally and head out. Instead of the boys actually talking to us or making conversation they spent their time making a billion inside jokes with each other and throwing sticks at us. Yes i said sticks. Mature right? Finally we get off the horses so I thought there would be a little more interaction with each other on the hike. Instead we spent the time in the dark without flashlights hiking on the stupid mountain while the boys ran off and tried to scare us ever five minutes. They should have not ever asked us out and just gone on a date with each other. really.
SUPER STALKER DATE
My first day in Provo I get asked out my Kostia. My first college date. He originally asked me out for coffee so I informed him I was LDS so he changed it to hot chocolate. He seemed really nice and so I was excited. The date was fine and the conversation was good at the hot chocolate place. He loves music and so do I so we had a lot to talk about. We then decide to walk around BYU campus. As were walking around we sit on this bench by a fountain he then proceeds to ask him if he can rest his head in my lap and I can play with his hair. WHAT THE CHUFF? Uhm...no thanks. Keep your head away from me. So I after I say no it feels super awkward so we start walking back to the cars. He then proceeds to try and kiss me which i dodge and hurry and drive off as fast as I can. It doesn't stop here. He texts me for a month straight about how we would be the cutest couple in Provo and how beautiful I am and how we have so much in common and how he can't wait till our first kiss. I never texted this boy back but the texts cam coming Boys: never ever text a girl about how you will be such a cute couple after a first date and after she says she isn't interested its sick.
MOST SKETCH BOY
My first semester in college I took a dating and courtship institute class (yes you may laugh out loud now). The teacher's son was in the class and asked me out a few times. (yes i dated the teacher of dating and courtships son...laugh harder)He was a lot of fun so I wasn't against going out with him but I really wasn't interested in dating him seriously. Just a fun person to hang out with. Right before Christmas break we went hot tubing and then went our separate ways for the Holiday break. When I got back for the next semester he was engaged. I nearly died of laughter. Apparently he had a girlfriend going to BYU-I the whole time. I felt awful for the girl because i would be irate if my boyfriend had done that but needless to say I never talked to him again. Only in Provo, Utah.


Here are some of my date stories what are some of YOURS?

only 32 days till christmas

dear santa,
i've been real good this year.
plus---my room is currently spotless.
here is little tiny idea what would bring a smile to my face.
it has my name written all over it.
literally.
love marci
ps. taza, thanks for being a rockstar.

fact

while almost every single girl in this world will be attending new moon tonight, i will be throwing up in disgust. let it be known to the world that i marci dawn nielson hate twilight.
and i think edward seems like a psycho stalker obsessive boyfriend.

da story

So my dearest friend Annie, is the number one trickster in the world. You would think that you could trust a true friend in this day and age. but no. On Monday of this week, she connived against me. Her, under the direction of my boyfriend, picked up my ring in provottown. All of this being unknown to me. So, on Tuesday night annie calls me up and asks if I could bring home a package for her family. Apparently Dallin had some clothes that needed delivered for the school play. Tuesday night I picked up the package for Dallin and headed home on Wednesday. Brian and I spent a wonderful day together on Wednesday and later that evening informed me that he was going to take me out on that date he asked me on (a month prior) the following day, but i couldn't know what we would be doing. So on Thursday morning we got up really, really early to enjoy pancakes with the family and then get ready for our date. He finally informed me that on our date i would need a jacket(it was real cold), a sack lunch, and a camera. Part of the date would be a photography contest to see who could take the best picture. So around 11 we departed. Our first stop-the baseball fields. The baseball fields were the first place we met, and also batting cages were our first date activity, so we competed in a home run derby. In which i schooled him. of course. :) We then left and went to the store to pick up our lunchables ( my favorite) and to get gas. He then started driving south. He finally informed me half way to Blanding that we were going to gooseneck park. I was sooo excited. It's gorgeous there. THis is where i got the first hint that he might propose. on the way down we stopped in bluff at the twin rock cafe, where he ran inside and reemerged with two sacks. One carrying a dream catcher kit and another one was apparently a "Christmas present". I didn't think much of it. We stopped and played around at the bluff memorial site and saw the cabins he built with his grandpa. AFter the site we finally travelled down to gooseneck. It was sooo gorgeous and we took so many pictures. We ate, and made the dream catcher and had a lot of fun. There were so many opportunities for him to ask me to marry him but he never took any-so when he said that it was time to go and how that was such a fun date and blah blah blah. I was kinda somewhat heartbroken. Thinking for sure i would have to wait to December. So on the drive home i'm just quiet, not saying much cause my heart was crushed when he pulled off in the middle of nowhere. So we pull off the side of the road to this really really pretty place. He informs me its coloring time. So he starts drawing and coloring, and im taking pictures of random things and watching him color. (i used all my paper on the way down :))So he finally finishes his picture and turns to me and asks if i want my Christmas present. OF COURSE! So he has me stand up to come look at it. Inside is a jewelry box-still doesn't register. I was thinking there was no way he got my ring inside the cafe so it must be turquoise. So, he pops open the box and there is a ring!!!!!! so of courseeee i am freaking out. He gets down on one knee and asks me to marry him. i screamed yes and then he put on the ring. uhmmmmm that ring is gorgeous. I still can't stop staring at it. DREAM RING! So after freaking out for a bit this tourist van pulls up next to us and we ask them if they could take some pictures of us as a newly engaged couple. They loved it. I can't wait to go talk to my mom so we get back into the car and he explains the trickiest thing ever. He informs me that i have had my ring longer than he has...."say whaaa". apparently that little box annie needed me to deliver wasn't really a costume. It was my ring. So fact: i brought my own ring from provo to monticello without any idea whatsoever. Those two are tricksters. Thanksss annie love for doing that though. you're good my dear. Oh and sister anderson. you are amazing as well for being in on it. So the proposal was perfect. I am so glad we did it in the middle of nowhere in this gorgeous gorgeous area. It was everything I had hoped for. Soooo now i need to plan a wedding. uhmm..help?! i'm not good at things like this. Soooo, please any cool idea. Share. :)
ps...one of my bestest friends molly blogged about our little story. it's super cute. check it out here. she's da best.

nuff said. actually thats a lie. i'll post the FULL story tomorrow

yaaaa i know right. awesome.

A little loving for your eyes..

heres a little something i've been having fun with.
oh how i love photography.
love me.