INTO THE LIFE OF

Hey World!

2008-12-17T21:43:00.000-08:00

I posted some pictures of Alysha, Michael, and Mark. Alysha is my sister that I love so much. Michael is Alysha's boyfriend; one of the coolest guys i have ever met, and Mark is the Brother of Michael, whom is now one of my very closest friends! I can't even begin to express my gratitude for Mark and Michael. I love them so very much and am grateful for all they have done for me!! They are wonderful people that I know that are meant to be in my life! I have the opportunity to go and hang out with my sister and their family all the time! Every Wednesday night we have dinner at their parents house, and that is so much fun. Tonight was my night to pick what we were having and I chose wings. They were so amazing. This past weekend we all, Michael and Mark's family, Alysha and I went to Dallas and stay the weekend to watch their Dad run a 26 mile marathon! It was so awesome. I really enjoy the time that I have had to spend with them! Life is treating me great. I have so many blessings, and I am so grateful for them all!

2008-12-17T21:40:00.000-08:00

My beautiful sister and me

Mark (Mawk)

Michael, Alysha's boyfriend

Alysha with my do Moo

They are so adorable!! Alysha and Michael

2008-12-17T21:38:00.001-08:00

Mark again

Michael again

Alysha and Michael

Moo, my dog

Alysha is learning how to fly a plane

A Quick run to Utah!!!!

2008-11-30T12:56:00.000-08:00

So my two sisters, Alysha and Ashley, and step dad, their biological father, and me flew to utah monday to pick up my stuff to drive it back to utah. we got in Monday night then only stayed for all Tuesday.I had to pack my stuff and get it ready to leave! I got to take my sister Alysha over to Melissa and Jeff's house for dinner! It was alot of fun to see them and spend time with them. They have been my friends since I was 14 years old. I was really sad to say goodbye. I picked up my dog from them and then had to be on my way! We stayed at amber, my friends, house for Monday and Tuesday night. Alysha and I were in my jeep and my step dad and other sister, Ashley were in a vehicle that my step dad bought while in Utah. Alysha and I drove straight through. we made it back Thursday morning at 7am. Alysha and I took a three hour nap at our house then we got up to go over to Alysha's boyfriend's house. We had thanksgiving over there! It was such a blast. a very memorable thanksgiving!! I really Love Michael's, my sis boyfriend, family. They are so great! We usually go over there once a week for dinner! Life has been so great! I really love where i am at and am so thankful for everything! Hope everyone had an amazing thanksgiving! I would have called but my phone has been off since two Sundays ago. I should be getting it turned back on tomorrow or the next few days! Miss everyone, hope life is treating you just as great if not better then it is me! PEACE

Weekend Trip

2008-11-16T17:04:00.000-08:00

So my sister and I spent the weekend at her friend, winfree's, house in Beaumont Texas. It was okay. My sister and I had fun regardless because we were making each other laugh all the time and just had fun always hanging with each other. Her friend is so controlling and gets jealous very easy. I have had to deal with some people like that so i know how to handle it. Alysha just doesn't put p with it. I am going to see the new James bond movie so hopefully it will be good! Well Hope all is well!

Chillen!

2008-11-13T19:29:00.000-08:00

So Today was a great day! I went with my sister to get the passenger door window fixed on her car because a week ago someone chattered the window and stole my GPS. It is kind of funny that some one will go out of there way for such a worldly thing. I just laughed it off. I felt more bad for my sisters' window. We then hung out with one of her friends, winfree, and just played some games. At around 6pm we went back to our house to meet up with Michael, Alysha's boyfriend, and his brother, Mark. They are so awesome. I love hanging with them and talking with them. Mark and I have amazing conversations all the time! well we went to this place in Houston called Cheddar's. It was very tasty! I got a Hawaiian salad. That was amazing. I am finally trying to get on a healthy diet!! Well all that reads this hope life is treating you as good as it is treating me! Love Michael

Grateful For Life!

2008-11-12T12:09:00.000-08:00

I just want the world to know that I am so grateful for the breath of life! I sit back and see the many blessings that A loving Heavenly Father has place before my path. The beauty in the world is what keeps me smiling. I am grateful for Family, both biological and adoptive. In all reality we all come from the same home. I am grateful for the knowledge of love and that I have been blesses with that ability. I am grateful for my understanding of the "Great Plan" That God has given us. It is my prayer that all will be blessed with the infinite and unconditional love that God has for everyone. All of his children regardless of anything. I love you all!

My Biological Father, Lester, and me

2008-11-10T16:31:00.000-08:00

Update!!

2008-11-10T16:14:00.000-08:00

I really am not the greatest at this Blog stuff! I will just give you an overview of what is been going on! I wanted to mention (But not cause any drama, that is why i waited so long to tell) I met My bbiological Father back in may when I went to arizona for a couple days with my best bud Judd! Him and I were companions on our mission! So I went with him to his home coming talk! After spending the weekend at his family's house in Showlow arizona we stayed for a day in Phoenix Arizona. That is were we found my Father in the mater of a couple hours!! It was very amazing. I will post some pictures! So I think that is pretty neat news for me! I then went to washington to work for the summer with my buddy Judd! I visited mom and Dad and the kids almost every other weekend. It was 3.5 hours one way! It was so worth it though. I always loved to watch my Mom's face light up when she saw me! It gave me a huge feeling of love from her! I then went back to utah after the summer job! I was there for a couple months then after not being able to find a solid job I became very discouraged. I talked with my bishop alot on what I should do. I prayed for a couple weeks about moving to Texas where two of my sisters live! I consider giving that a try! I felt the Lord giving me an answer to go there was a Yes! I discussed it with my bishop and he thought that was a great idea! So i went to try it out and in the first week of my visit I found a couple jobs! So i am now working and living in Texas! I love it. I love living with my youngest sister Alysha! We have such a blast! We have so much in common! Well That brings you up to date in a nut shell! I love everyone hope all is well.

2008-07-06T20:01:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Well I am at Mom's again with Tegan Judd! We got in at 2am then got up at 8:15am to go to church. Church was pretty good. we loved sunday school but testimony meeting was weird because all people seemed to know how to bare on was about freedom. I could understand that if they tied it into how it is because of Christ that we are free but that was not the case. Priesthood was way weird as well. Oh well you can sometimes only make the best of what you have! We had an awesome lunch/dinner with grandma and grandpa! Then it was off to bed for us. We were way tired. Now we are just chillen and having fun!

Leaving Mom's

2008-05-22T13:01:00.000-07:00

Monday Night we said our goodbye's to Mom because we were waking early Tuesday morning to go to the temple. Judd and I woke up at 3:30am to go to the Portland Temple before we had to head back up north to Rainy Everett Washington. I must say the visit with mom was very refreshing and amazing for both Judd and I. Two newly returned missionaries always loves to have that loving nurture of a mother! Thanks Mom for all you do! The Temple was so amazing. It is so beautiful. It is amazing how it can relieve so much stress! The trip back was about three hours so not to bad. We did take a nap when we got back waiting to be called for a job!. I really enjoy installing security systems!

2008-05-19T16:44:00.000-07:00

Mom and Me

Judd and Me
Judd and me
The Garden

More Garden

Mom and Me

Inside the Building

Judd, Mom, Me

So what has been going on in the world of Michael Drews?

2008-05-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

Well in the past four months I have went from 5 jobs down to 2. I was working for Farmers Insurance, Wal Mart, Herbal Life, Travel Agency, and Stone Security. At the same time I was attending BYU Provo. So I have been a busy little guy, so I apologize for taking so long to update. I will do better. I now only work for Stone Security and my Travel Agency. I am actually in Everett Washington working for the summer with Stone Security. I am a technician for the company. So I have the privilege of installing security systems in peoples homes. The cool thing is I have one of my very favorite missionary companions Tegan Judd working with me. So we have a lot of fun. This is the weekend that we had off so we came down to Vancouver to spend time with my Parents. Well mainly my Mom and little Brother and Sister. My Dad is in Missouri going through some trainings and meetings for his job. We have had so much fun! we got to go to this very cool catholic place called the Grotto. It was so beautiful! we have to head back up to Everett tomorrow morning to go work. How sad. Judd and I are going to the Portland Temple in the morning before we leave! That should be way fun. Well I will update more later. My love goes out to everyone. Miss you all. Please contact me some time!

RIP Ryan Bell

2008-01-26T22:38:00.001-08:00

Ryan Bell was Amy's boyfriend and one of my good friends that unfortunately took his life on Tuesday Jan 8th 2008. He was soon to turn 24. It has been really hard for Amy as well as me and the rest of those that Loved Ryan. Please keep us and his family in your prayers. Thank you for your support.

2008-01-26T22:37:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone here you go here is what has been goign on since i last wrote. Take care!

Going to Church

2008-01-26T22:35:00.000-08:00

CAR ACCIDENT

2008-01-26T22:19:00.000-08:00

This was one of the scariest times of my life. I was dramatized for days.

our trip to texas...Don't ASK

2008-01-26T22:10:00.000-08:00

My Jeep

2008-01-26T20:51:00.001-08:00

Our old house in Ramona CA

2008-01-26T20:41:00.001-08:00

having lunch with my sis in Ramona Ca at Mananas!

2008-01-26T20:37:00.000-08:00

Fun time with my niece and nephew in salt lake!

2008-01-26T20:23:00.000-08:00

Come and take a tour with me

2007-09-30T22:04:00.000-07:00

Hope you enjoy the pictures of the house!!

I will "Go and Do" the things which my father commands me!

2007-09-25T18:29:00.000-07:00

Valuable lesson learned on Saturday September 22, 2007

I woke up this morning to a note on the Kitchen table from my Father. It read " Mike will you clear off the deck and mow the lawn, thanks love Dad." My first reaction to this is, "I just mowed the lawn on wed, and it was on a low setting and the guy across the street just cut his today and ours looks as short as his. I can wait until Tuesday to cut it before the inspection people and other people come, so that it is freshly done and looks great." So i said out loud, I will wait until Dad gets home,He was getting some supplies from Costco, and talk to him about it. So I carried on about my business and went and cleared off the deck and swept it. Mom came out and gave me something. I turned to her and said "do you think I should just mow the lawn now?" she replied "well, yeah." I then said I felt like I should because I now how stressed poor dad is with everything. trying to get things done around the house and still doing his full time job from like 5:30 in the morning until 6 in the evening. I knew that there was a lot of stress and I didn't want to add to it, by trying to explain that it might be better to mow the law on Tuesday before everyone comes. So I mowed the lawn. To my surprise, the grass was longer than I thought. After now cut it looked immaculate. There were many compliments given on it. I felt good and bad at the same time. Good because it did look nice and the compliments were very kind. Bad because I murmured. I relate this to the story of Nephi and his brothers when they were commanded to go back to their home to get the plates. Lamen and Lemuel complained, but Nephi said And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them. 1Nephi 3:7. Nephi did as he was told. He didn't complain and he didn't murmur. He is smart enough to know why the Lord would give this commandment. At times in our life we are commanded to do things, many times we don't know why we have to do them. we think oh this is stupid, this doesn't work. However, if we just do what the Lord commands us then we are blessed. we can't comprehend with our finite minds what our creator has in store for us. This is why we should just do it. I am so grateful for this valuable lesson that I learned. Maybe I was right in the manner of waiting until Tuesday to cut the lawn. (I must say though that I was not right). But that is not the point. The point is I needed to learn this lesson so that I could grown both physically and spiritually. I thank our Heavenly Father for his beautiful ways of painting a picture that we get. I hope that this blog makes sense to all those that read it. If it doesn't, at least I understand! Love you all!

The Beautiful North West

2007-09-21T14:29:00.000-07:00

This is Elder Bischoff and me in Tacoma washington. Isn't that sunset beautiful!! He is one of my best companions and by far one of my best friends!

Life is great!

2007-09-21T11:25:00.000-07:00

I am really enjoying being home and spending alot of time with the family. Mom and I have been able to have many good conversations and catch up on things from the past two years. I will post some pictures of the mission since not many people got to see. Hope all is well for everyone.

these are pictures of MT. Rainer

This is my last companion in the mission field, Elder Young. Such a great guy.

This is Elder Bennin. I really enjoyed serving around him!

This is Elder Dearden we had a blast together.

This is Elder Lee, one of my god buddies

This is downtown Olympia, one of the areas I served in!

This is my MTC district, well not all but some on our last day in the mission!

this is My mission President and his wife on the day I was leaving to come home. We were at the Temple.

Two of my converts Mark and Hiliary

In rememberance of 9/11

2007-09-11T18:00:00.000-07:00

Please click the link that follows and listen carefully to what is being said. Let us never forget this sad day in history where 3000 of our brothers and sisters died.

http://wil92.com/media/bo_9-11_track.mp3