Rain Rain and more Rain

Today it has been raining ALL day. Rain is starting to get a little old now. Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I was really tired. School is going good. I still don't understand anything for the most part. I had spianish on Monday but I don't think I will be able to do spanish because it is hard enough to learn Swedish. Its really hard to learn swedish and spanish at the same time. So hopefully they will be able to find something else for me to do. Oh and just so you know my pie turned out pretty great! I was very very happy about that. For today it rained all day like i said earlier. School was pretty good. I had P.E. today but it was odd because we had to walk a few blocks away for it. Its kinda odd to not have teachers watching your every step. For P.E. we did cardio and it was hard because there were 20 kids in a room about the size of my downstairs living room. It was really really hot in there. But then you went outside and it was pretty cold and you got drenched to go with it. It was awsome! So at about 3 school got over so I went out to wait for the bus. I waited there for about 30 minutes and decided that the bus had forgot me. So I walked all the way back to the school to see the bus sitting there. Are you kidding me? I guess the bus didn't take anyone. So I got a ride from Thomas. When I got home Ann made me waffles haha :). They were really good. Then I got a package from mom which made my day. Well that was pretty much everything for today and yesterday. I have decided that Swedish people do not go easy on the brakes. Holy cow they don't use the brakes until the very last second. I think thats why everyone wears seatbelts so they don't fly through the windsheild. But oh well, whatever floats their boats. Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah

Church!

Well today Kamilla and her husband and daughter (Agnus 1 yr) came and picked me up and we went ot church in Halmstad. It was really really fun. I saw the Sister missionaries again. All together there were about 15-20 member there. Half of them being kids under the age of 3 haha. It was a noisy sacrament but it was pretty fun. I had to have people translate for me but they were happy to. I went to Young Womens first and there were 2 other girls. It was really cool because I introduced myself, where I was from, my age, my hobbies, and my favorite scripture all in Svenska (swedish)!!!!! I felt so proud of myself! After YW I went to adult sunday school and then I went to Sacrament. The stake president was there so it was pretty good. There was only one person passing the sacrament and it was a man because there are no boys to pass the sacrament. After sacrament we had dinner in the Relief Society room. It was a pot luck and it was really really good. I had a great time getting to know everyone. When I got home Ann and I rode bikes to the stable and watched Matilda train. It only rained on us once while we were riding over there. I rode with Matilda back in the car and Ann and Hakan took rode the bikes back since Hakan wanted to ride the bike. It was a BEAUTIFUL sunset tonight! It was awsome. I got some pictures of it that I might post later. Well that was my. Oh wait! I made my creation and it didn't work out as well as I had planned haha. But we will how it sets up over night. Cross your fingers! Hope everyone is doing great!
love,
Micah

Another Rainy day in Sveriege!

Well this morning I was woken up at about 6:30 in the morning by a major thunder and lightning storm. It was soooo loud. It was kinda scary but I lived. A couple of times the thunder was so great that it actually kinda shook the house. It was really really cool. It rained like crazy all day. But in the afternoon it got a little bit better so Ann and I rode bikes to Maxi and got some ingredients for a dessert that I am making. The dessert is kind of a creation. I have no recipe so I am just kinda putting things together but I think it will turn out great. Today has been kind of a lazy day since it has been raining all day. But tonight Ann, Håkan, and I went to dinner with Ann's 2 cousins and their spouses and one of their daughters. It was really nice and we all had a really good time. I had a lobster soup which was a little odd but it was good for the most part. Then we had some sirloin and for dessert we had a weird pudding thing and ice cream. I have decided that swedish people really like to light candles and also to eat ice cream which they glass. Well that was pretty much my day! Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah

Game Day!

Hej everyone!
Well today at school all we did was play games. The first game we played we had to fill up a tube with holes on both ends. We then had to pass it down the line of our teammates to a little dish and put the water in it and then start over again. It was harder than it sounds. My team didn't win that one. For the next game everyone on my team had to put on snorkling masks that had been duct taped so we could see anything. Our teacher put us into a random circle and we had to put ourselves into another circle from oldest to youngest. The next game we had to pick 4 people on our team and they had to put as many marshmallows as they could in the mouth without eating them and still be able to say "funny bunny" it was pretty funny. We also played musical chairs with the snokling masks. It was a pretty fun day. I also met with the sister missionaries today. It was really really nice talking to them. Hope everything is going great!
Love,
micah

Rock Video

Today for school we got into groups with the 2nd and 3rd years and made a rock video. We had to make a music video to the song We Weren't Born to Follow by Bon Jovi. It was kinda funny everytime that they wanted me to do something they say "Meekah do..." haha I guess you have to have an American accent to pronounce my name right haha. It was a good day. I had a headache afterwards cause of concentrating so hard but it just goes to show that I am trying to figure something out. When I got home Ann had to leave so I was home alone for the better part of the evening but thats ok it gave me time to rest my brain haha. It was also really cool because the sister missionaries in Halmstad contacted me and they are going to come by tomorrow evening so that I can meet them. Pretty excited haha :). OH MY GOSH!!!! DEVIN COMES HOME TODAY!!!!!! I have been thinking about it all today. Even though I'm not at home I am still uper-duper-super excited! LOVE YOU BUNCHES DEVIN!!!! Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah

Second Day

Well today was the second day of school. Itw was kind of a hard day today because I don't understand anyting  so it is really really hard to be in class and concentrate. It is really hard but I keep trying. Today at school we got into groups with 2nd and 3rd years to make a rock video. My group is about 5 girls and 1 boy. Afterwards we split into our classes and went over some worksheets that I couldn't really do since they were all in swedish. After school today I had a headache because it was just sooo much concentration. But its all good. Tonight I met my Bishop and his sister. So I will be going to church in Halmstead on Sunday! I am excited. Well thats realy all for today. Have fun!
Love,
Micah

First Day of School!

Well today was the First day of school which so happens to be my birthday also haha. So now I am 16 and able to date but not for another year because of Rotary Rules. Its kinda crazy to think that I can actually date now haha and drive by myself! which is also against rotary rules haha.
Well anyway back to the important stuff. School was good. We started at 9:30 and ended at about 2:30ish. It was really good. There are about 25 kids in my class and more boys than girls. Everyone is really nice they are just all shy to speak english haha. There was one girl there who was from Washington but now lives in Sweden. I didn't understand anything anyone was saying so I just sat in class and smiled haha. At 12 everyone went down to the cafeteria which is a restaurant and we sat at a big table and ate a 3 course lunch. We had shrimp in a dill sauce on bread. Then we had meat and potatoes and then for dessert we had a cheesecake kind of thing. Between each course two teachers would introduce themselves. It was really good and fun. After that school was out for the day. So I think that the first day of school was a success. It was funny. The principal had to bring me home haha. Everyone kind of looked at me weird when he asked me if I was ready to go haha. Oh Well. When I got home I made a cheese cake for dessert. At about 7pm everyone came. Everyone as in Anns brother Ulf and his wife Begita. Cal and Cathrine my 2nd host parents. My rotarty representative and his wife and then Sebbe and Matilda. It was really good and we all had a really good time. I ate crawfish for the first time so that was fun. I had another 3 course meal for dinner. We had crawfish then chicken rapped in bacon with cheese on the inside and salad then for dessert we had my cheesecake. For birthday presents I got a sweatshirt and a couple of books and some body wash (they must be saying I smell bad or something haha jk) and a bracelet. It was really good and we had a great time. Everyone is still amazed at my piano playing. Its nice to have an audience who really and truely enjoys your talent haha. Well it was a good successful day. Hopefully tomorrow will hold success too. Hope everything is going great! Love you all.
Love,
Micah

Lighthouse

This morning I made French Toast for everyone (Ann, Håkan, Matilda, Sebbe, and me.) It went good and we ate all of it so they must have liked it. After that Håkan Ann and I went to a little town about an hour from Mellbystrand and we hiked to a lighthouse that was around there. It was a really really pretty view. It was a harbor by the ocean that was surrounded by cliffs. I will have to post pictures later but it was really pretty. We saw some cows but they looked more like Yacks. It was pretty cool. I had a fun time and I got my excersise but now I am really tired. Well tomorrow is my birthday, it doesn't seem like I'm really going to be 16 haha. School starts tomorrow also. I am kinda nervous but I know everything will work out. It will be pretty awsome. I can't remember what I did yesterday for some reason. NO WAIT! I do remember haha. I went to Båstad and helped Ann and Matilda help with a Pony jumping competition. It was really boring except that I got to yell out to girls and Ann would make fun of my American accent haha. It was pretty funny. The girls would look at me kinda funny when I would try to pernounce their name haha. After that we met up with Ann's sister in law and her sister in laws sister in law haha. It was really good. We went to the beach and played in the sand with Anki (the second sister in law) had two kids Vigo (4) and Lika (1 1/2). They were really cute and it was really fun. Well hope everything is awsome!
Love,
Micah 

Rotary Meeting!

Well yesterday (Friday) I went to my first Rotary meeting. It was pretty awsome. It was mostly old guys  but a few young guys and one woman other than Ann and myself. It was really nice to talk to everyone. There was one guy go had really really bright pink pants on. It kinda made me giggle. It turns out that that guy is going to be my 2nd Host Dad. haha. Carma! The meeting went like the rotary meetings in Lander just that we didn't sing a song and no money fund thingamajigers. The speakers were from KRIS which is an organization that help Criminals Returning Into Society. Since I didn't understand pretty much anything that they said I just sat there and tried to pick out the words that I did know(not many). It rained most of the day, so it was pretty cold. Afterwards we came home and did nothing for a little while. Finally Matilda and I went and got Sebbe and we went to the movie rental place and got "How Do You Know" and tons of gudis which is where there are isles of candy and you just pick out what you want and put it in a bag. I think we got 3 bags 1/2 filled up haha. It was awsome! We stayed up pretty late and watched the movie. It was a slow movie so Matilda fell asleep but it was nice to do something.  Hope everything is FANTABULOUS in little ol' Wyoming!
Love everyone bunches,
Micah :) :)

Shopping

I think today I shopped so much that my feet are swollen haha. I really didn't shop all that much but I fought enough :). This morning I made French Toast for Ann who had never had anything like it. She really liked it so it's one point for me haha :). Ann and I went to Halmstead and looked around the market place. Also we went and exchange some money so now I can actually buy stuff. I got a little back so I can carry all my stuff, it was on sale. It was really cool in Halmstad because there are shops all over the place. Its kinda like an open air mall. We went into a really really big church but Ann said that it wasn't really all that special like some. But I thought it was awsome. After we got home I opened the package that I got from Mom and it was really nice to get a sweatshirt of mine! After we had lunch Hakan came by and picked me up and we went to Halsingborg. We went to go and get a internet thingy-majiger for the computer. I looked around in the biggest Mall in Sweden. It was pretty awsome but really really big. After that we went to IKEA and looked around. When I get my furniture I'm getting IKEA. Its way cool. So I have been all over and shopping the whole time. Its been a good day. Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah

RAIN!!!

Well its really late so I'll write about the rain tomorrow!
love ya,
Micah

BROWNIES/CAKE!

Well today was kind of another one of those lazy days. I finished the book I had started back home. It was really good. For about half of the day I was home alone. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but its always nice to have someone around. When Ann got home we walked the beach and I found a really cool shell. She didn't think it was so cool but I thought it was pretty awsome, so I kept it. We then got home and ate dinner. After dinner the neighbor kids, Hannah and Antone (I think thats how you spell his name anyway.) they came over and we baked a chocolate cake. It turned out more like a brownie. But it was pretty good. Sometime inbetween eating it and making it Seb (Matilda's boyfriend) came over and it was really fun because he and Antone know really good english so they would translate for me and we talked alot. It was really nice. Everything is going great. Just going to go hang out with Seb and Matilda for the rest of the night. don't know what we are going to do at 10 at night. but we will see! haha. Hope everything is great in Wyoming. Love everyone,
Love always,
Micah

Lazy day

Today was kind of a lazy day. I was proud of myself because I kinda woke up at 9 a.m. but then I kinda fell back asleep so that didn't really work out for me. haha. First Ann and I went on a walk with the dogs. It rained last night but not to bad, so it was a little chilly in the morning but not too bad. We also went to Laholm and kinda walked around and then we went to the library and Ann got me some language CD's to work with haha...its hard to have it all at once. I also got a book while I was there to read if I had anytime. After the Library we went and got some bread and came home. I was home alone for about 2 hrs while Ann and Matilda went to stables and everything. I just watched TV and worked on some of the Svenska I had. I have a headache now because of all the noise and Svenska. Overall it was a lazy day and I wasn't all that busy but I guess that's ok everynow and again. Hope everyone is doing great!
Love always,
Micah

Båstad

Today Ann, Lillie, and I rode bikes all day! It is really really really flat here so its really easy to ride bikes for long distances without getting to extremely tired. We rode all the way to Båstad and looked at my school. It is pretty cool. Smaller than I thought it would be but not to bad. It turns out that there are 80 kids in my school all together. Kinda a big change from Lander. It was really fun to ride along the coast and to see the harbor. It was a really nice day today since it wasn't raining. The Swedish hate the rain. I was very excited to accomplish the words right and left today! haha. Very simple but a big step for me. The  pronounciations are the hardest for me since alot of the words are said in the back of the throat. So its a little ackward for me. Other than that the language is coming slowly but surely. It was really fun to see everything today and to spend time with Lillie since she leaves to go back to Spain for the winter :(. Talked to Mom and Colby and G-pa and G-ma Irene and Tyler and Lisa today which was really really good. Love everyone so much. Hope everyone is doing great in Lander.
Miss you so much,
Micah

FISH!

Had some pretty freaking amazing salmon for dinner. All she did was put salt on it and bake it, but it was amazingly tasty and tender and not one bone. She also had some dill sauce that could go with it that was way good. We also had some company over for dinner before they leave for the winter to go back to Spain. The girl (Lily) is going to college in England so it was really really nice to talk to her in english and not have to pause every 5 seconds to translate haha not that I don't mind stopping to translate. Well the dogs are konked out on my bed and its getting time for me to go to sleep. I hope everything is great in the U.S.. Don't forget lil 'ol me across the ocean.
Love always,
Micah 

Horses Horses and More Horses

Today the whole family (including the dogs) went to one of Matilda's Horse jumping competitions. There were a ton of horses. All those pampered horses. haha. There were no trucks at all. All the trailers were pulled by little volvo's. Oh my gosh that reminds me I saw a "cowboy" yesterday night at the restaurang that Matilda works at. haha. Or at least he calls himself a cowboy haha. I guess he went to Texas on a vacation and bought a cowboy hat and boots and a cowboy shirt. I wouldn't call him a cowboy but Ann was convinced that he was. I guess whatever floats his boat. Oh another thing that was funny today was that there was a horse at the competition that was a brown and white pinto. Haha the funny part was that they call a pinto an Indian horse hahahahahahahaha. They call it that because they think all the Native Americans in North America ride pintos only (from what they had seen on Cowboy and Indian movies.) Oh my gosh it took all my control not to burst out laughing. hahahaha. It made me laugh inside so hard I could have busted a gut. It was the only pinto there. I had my first hambuger here today. It was pretty good. Well I am having dinner with the neighbors today. I better go help Ann with dinner. Hope everything is going great in Wyoming. Keep me updated.
Love,
Micah

Meeting Everyone

Well today Ann and I went to Kristianstad where I met all of the other inbound students in my district. There are about 12 in my district. They are all really cool. Most of them are from the United States. Some are from Australia and Argentina and one is from South Africa. It was really fun to meet everyone. It was a really great day. We went to a gym and did alot of aerobics to music. We basically danced alot for excersise. It was tons of fun. In September we are going on a wilderness camp. I am so excited to see everyone again. It was really fun. Hope everything is going great in Wyoming. It's still raining here.
Love,
Micah

First Day

Well today was a good day. First Ann, Matilda, and I went to Halsingborg which is only about an 1/2 and hour away and is about the size of Salt Lake City. It was AWSOME!!! The buildings were amazing and the streets were super super skinny. There were shops everywhere. Clothing shops, shoe shops, candy shops, cafe's, etc. We looked in a few shops but not many. Matilda got some shoes. It has been raining all day. After Halsingborg we headed to the stables where Matildas horses are kept. Man, Wyoming horses are so different from Swedish horses in the way they are handled. Wyoming horses graze in a pasture while these horses sit in a stall all day long. I'd rather be a Wyoming horse. Swedish horses are pampered.
After taking care if the horses Ann and I went shopping for food. Holy Cow! Shopping here is sooooo different from Lander. First to get your cart you either put in money or you have a little key thing that you put into the cart that unhooks it from a chain that is on all the others. After you have your cart you walk into the store and you swipe your card that shows your a member. The machine will give you a number and you find the little scanner thing that has that number. As you go shopping around you scan the items you want to buy. Its kind of like a Safeway do it yourself scan except that you do it as you go throughout the store. It was super super cool. The milk is in cartons and so his the yogurt. Most of the other things are pretty much the same except that bread is made a little different. When you get milk you don't get Whole milk, or 1% or 2% you can get light milk, middle milk, or fat milk. haha. It was kind of funny. They also have rows and rows of bins of candy and you just get a bag and pick out which candies you want and put them in the bag. In the end you weigh it and the machine gives you a little sticker that has the barcode that you scan. When your done shopping you just go to a machine and drop off your scanner and then you go to another machine and you pay because the little scanner thing already told that machine what you bought. It was really nifty.
Another thing that I noticed is that the Swedish people  are VERY law abiding people, which is very good. They always go the speed limit no matter what and they always wear their seatbelts and they always scan every item that they want to purchase at the store. It's pretty nice knowing that the majority of the Swedish people abide by the law. And you very very very rarely see a cop around. It's pretty awsome.
Hope everything is well in Lander, Wyoming.
Love,
Micah

HEJ!

Hej everyone,
I made it to Mellbystrand, Sweden! I flew into Altlanta, GA and it was really really hot. It so turned out that my gate for my flight to Copenhagen was on the totally opposite side of the airport so I practically had to run all the way there. But I made it there on time and was good. The flight to Copenhagen was very long but good. The landing into Copenhagen was really really really rough and I about lost my breakfast but I didn't! :) My host family picked me up and I am now at my new house for however long. They have two cute little dogs that are very obsessed with a bounce ball. It is windy today and not warm but not cold. I took a 3 hour nap and it rained while I was sleeping haha. I am extremely tired but overall happy!
Hope everything is going well.
Love,
Micah

Flight Plans!

Hey everyone,
I got my flight itenerary. I fly out of Salt Lake City on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. I then fly into Atlanta, Georgia. At about 6:15 p.m I head to Copenhagen, Denmark. I will arrive in Copenhagen at about 9:45 a.m. the next day (Copenhagen time). There my host family would pick me up and take me to Mellbystrand, Sweden. So there's my basic plan!
Have a wonderful day,
Micah

Visa Finally!

I finally got my visa. Everything is starting to fall into place. Now that that is off the checklist its onto making flight plans. I hope to be flighing out this weekend! :) Exciting but reality has really hit now haha. Oh well it had to hit sometime or another.
Hope everyone is doing great!
Love,
Micah