Melissa Brodhead

Melissa Brodhead

Melissa is currently serving as the CTR 6 primary teacher in our ward. She met her husband Dave at a singles ward potluck and they now how 4 beautiful children: Sophia and Katie (5 year old twins), Benjamin (3) and Nora (1). Their favorite thing to do as a family is going on walks while playing Pokemon Go. They also like watching the show Star Wars Rebels

In her spare time, Melissa enjoys reading and she would highly recommend the book Cinder by Marissa Meyer. At first, when she heard it was like the fairytale Cinderella she thought it was going to be like every other copycat story of Cinderella, but she feels Marissa Meyer made her version a completely compelling and original story. 

Melissa loves gardening and her favorite flowers are: Dahlias, Japanese Wisteria and Japanese Camellia. She also enjoys crafts and  likes browsing Pinterest for dream gardens or craft ideas. She  also hopes to one day learn how to draw and be good enough to do it professionally. 

Her favorite restart is the Cheesecake Factory where she usually orders their chicken piccata and red velvet cheese cake. Speaking of red velvet, that is her favorite candle scent along with the smell of Pecan pie. 

If Melissa won a million dollars she would buy a bigger house with a large property and a pond so she could create her dream garden. She would also most definitely hire a personal chef since she is not a fan of cooking. 

Her favorite "vacation" was when she was 10 years old and her parents pretended to turn their home into "The Prete Family Hotel". Her mom dressed up in funny clothes, made up a funny English accent and pretended to be a wacky hotel receptionist to welcome them to their "new"home. They got lots of candy that week which was a big deal because normally they never got any because her dad was a dentist. They had Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert Menus and a secret maid (her mom) made their beds and left a little piece of candy on their pillows. They even had "do not disturb signs" for their rooms if they wanted them. Then each day that we they went to a local attraction as a family. It was a simple but a super fun and memorable vacation. 

Melissa is most grateful for her husband and 4 wonderful kids. Sometimes they drive her crazy, but they give her life meaning and their sweet innocence makes it all worthwhile.