tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53051970182258086162024-03-14T00:27:26.887-07:00Sweatpants and Sweet Potato FriesOur life: the smiles, the frowns, the ups, and the downs.MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-75602698575092717762013-01-31T12:54:00.001-08:002013-02-18T09:28:26.681-08:00Macchu PicchuMacchu Picchu was the high point of this trip for sure! The hidden city is way up in the Andean Mountains. The Incans put it up there so they could be closer to the Sun God. 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This October I was able to join him and his company on the trip of a lifetime! To Cuzco, Peru!! <br />
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See his side of the story with most of the details of the trip here:<br />
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While I was there I wrote down some of the things that I observed, and I'm glad I did! Now I can share all of the great things I was able to see and not necessarily capture on my camera :)<br />
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Peru Observations:<br />
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-Most of the buildings were Huts/ adobe shacks<br />
-Women carrying stuff on their backs, really heavy loads, with blankets used to wrap the materials close to their bodies<br />
- Hundreds of Mangy dogs running around, they ruled the streets!<br />
- The Scenery was like a really green rural utah<br />
-Holes were carved out of the steep hillside and covered with tarps for homes<br />
-People seen climbing up the steep hills<br />
-the cows were very skinny!!<br />
-"No roof no pay taxes" rule makes all homes roofs unfinished. Most buildings were 3-4 stories high and the first few floors would be where the families lived and had shops where they worked, but the top floor remained unfinished and usually had clothes lines with clothes hanging all over.<br />
-Cusco is very high in elevation, so the Air is thin, feels like a brick is on your chest.<br />
-Little boy looks like he's 3 running home from school by himself on a busy street, lots of children running around unsupervised.<br />
-Women in traditional clothing<br />
-People everywhere sitting on the street, don't they have some place to be?<br />
-One LDS church among the dirty unfinished buildings, was like a beacon in the dirty city!<br />
-Honking means: I'm turning. Don't walk out in front of me. Don't slow down! Screw you! <br />
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Service Project Day:<br />
Self sufficient schools/orphanages <br />
Girls: learn sewing, knitting, baking/cake decorating, ceramics<br />
Boys: agriculture, farming, baking, ceramics, cooking, carpentry, metal work, dairy<br />
Had various chapels, dentist, barber, 2 psychologists on staff, as well as housing orphans<br />
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Apparently I am unable to update on the regular. Which is a tangent from my tangent. So here's the thing, I feel like Instagram was created directly for me. I wish I had had it as a teenager, and all through college. Don't get me wrong, I have always taking many pictures, mostly of myself of course, but I haven't always had an avenue to share them! And INSTANTLY! Sometimes I wonder whether it not people will actually enjoy my posted pictures, but even when someone else posts something lame, I love looking at them! So, I might as well share too! Really this just gives me an avenue to selfishly share pictures of my food, activities, and outfits :) so, I am going to continue posting to my hearts content! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GeQV71ikIA8/UQmTK-QBybI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/G9xygZ1XP6E/s640/blogger-image-115314316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GeQV71ikIA8/UQmTK-QBybI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/G9xygZ1XP6E/s640/blogger-image-115314316.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-itPXtMPSbEg/UQmTNZyok_I/AAAAAAAAAjY/nWuS1FuvfQw/s640/blogger-image-366818393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-itPXtMPSbEg/UQmTNZyok_I/AAAAAAAAAjY/nWuS1FuvfQw/s640/blogger-image-366818393.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5ASRqv4B0-I/UQmTIswkKUI/AAAAAAAAAjI/hwbUNyDLz5c/s640/blogger-image--1689715893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5ASRqv4B0-I/UQmTIswkKUI/AAAAAAAAAjI/hwbUNyDLz5c/s640/blogger-image--1689715893.jpg" /></a></div>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-26999343953639176842012-09-16T21:42:00.000-07:002013-01-30T22:14:27.602-08:00Summer Wraps UpWell, as summer comes to a close, Kevin and I worked on "Spring Cleaning" this weekend and I am feeling pretty good about it... <br />
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Also, pretty much if you have been wondering what I am up to, I recently discovered Instagram and I am a chronic Instagramer now :) Literally, I am ALWAYS posting photos. It is probably my most favorite thing right now. :)<br />
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And... After I got back from Newport Beach grand opening, I went to the San Jose California Grand opening! It was crazy and busy!<br />
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Mostly, I am excited for fall to start :)<br />
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.5493295027776752" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recently
my wife Melanie went to California for a couple of weeks to help train
employees at a new Chick-fil-A store in New Port Beach, CA. Since my
mission area was just about 20 minutes away from where she was staying I
wanted to go visit while she was there, but with my work and everything
else going on I couldn’t go. Luckily she brought some of the best parts
trip back to Utah for me to enjoy.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roscoe’s
is a delicious restaurant in southern California that serves up an
unlikely combination of chicken and waffles all on the same plate.
Although I would have loved to have some of their food brought back for
me, I got the next best thing, a sweet t-shirt. To wear with my new
t-shirt I also got an incredible pair of new sandals. In San Clemente,
CA there is a factory discount store for Rainbow sandals. If you have
never had a pair I would highly recommend them. Once you break them in
they are incredibly comfortable, and at their store in San Clemente you
can get a pair at a great price.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since
I am hard to surprise, and I knew the shirt and sandals were coming
there were two more surprises waiting for me when Melanie got home. The
first was a crayon ring. I first saw crayon rings a couple of years ago
online and thought they were an awesome idea, so when my wife saw them
at a store she grabbed one. The last surprise was a huge bad full of my
favorite lotion, orange ginger from bath and body works. I don’t know
what it is but I love the smell. So when Melanie saw that her hotel had
free mini bottles of it she just grabbed one every day she was there, so
two weeks later I now have a full supply. My wife is aweome!</span>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-39880179271825432192012-06-18T01:56:00.002-07:002012-06-18T01:56:34.532-07:00Newport Beach Work VacationWell folks, i am typing this on my iPhone, so if I misspell, don't hate.
I am sitting in my room in the Marriott resort and spa hotel in Newport Beach, California, right across from the Fashion Island Mall with a beautiful view of a green green golf course and the blue blue sea :) I can see the sail boats and fancy houses... Though I flew out here with the intention of working hard, turns out I am hardly working!
The Chick-fil-A opened in the Fashion Island mall on June 14th, and it is full of upscale shopping and in one of the most affluent areas in the country. Everyone is BEAUTIFUL and extremely FASHIONABLE and well dressed... Everyone has a "pocket pooch" with crazy outfits and bedazzled collars on. I even saw a man pushing around a stroller FULL OF PUPPIES! Really!? I don't understand. But all in all, everyone seems really nice.
I have driven up the pacific coast highway (or the PCH as the locals say) all the way to Oxnard through Malibu and seen the many beautiful scenes of fanciful houses and beaches... We went to Hollywood and saw the Chick-fil-A there... We ate at Roscoes chicken and waffles... We went to the rainbow sandals outlet and purchased fancy flippy floppies... And we have made s'mores and ordered pizza and hung out around the hotel... I have loved meeting and getting to know the other trainers and learning their life stories :) I have one more week before I fly back to land locked Utah and my only goal is to get to the beach!!
Happy vacationing to me!!MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-71029021797239406112012-06-04T23:30:00.001-07:002012-06-04T23:30:25.396-07:00LAST UPDATE... Feb. 2012- June 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vinyl Monster performs at Muse Music again!<br />
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The HILARIOUS video of Kevin and Jamie dancing to the Kinect Dance game :)<br />
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In March I was a grand opening trainer for the Chick-fil-A in City Creek Center! It was HUGE and wonderful! I met some wonderful people there :)<br />
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Grayson....<br />
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Brittani... and the wontons...<br />
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Andrew, the wonderful Operator of that location...<br />
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I helped my home location (in American Fork) at many Thanksgiving Point events :)<br />
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I made my sisters AWESOME Easter baskets :)<br />
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Went on a few very fun dates with my love...<br />
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Attended the wedding of STACEY and LANDON :)<br />
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My ladies!!<br />
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For Kevin's 26th birthday we....<br />
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got dinosaurs....<br />
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Ate yummy omlettes....<br />
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Had our favorite, the Red Iguana :)<br />
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Luckily it was Cinco de Mayo so lots of drunkies joined us :)<br />
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Free tres Leches cake!!! Feliz Cumpleanos baby!<br />
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Walking around City Creek :)<br />
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AAAAnnnndd Hair changes, YET again.<br />
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Ombre this time!!<br />
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we flew to Houston!!!<br />
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I found them this way after church :) how precious...<br />
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Game night!!<br />
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My cute husband!!<br />
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Mother Dear in the coolest car ever!!<br />
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We went to NASA!!!<br />
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Kevin got me this FABULOUS ring for our 2nd anniversary!!<br />
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We stayed in a sweet hotel in downtown Houston.<br />
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The Breakfast Klub the next morning!!<br />
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Well we drove to Rexburg... and helped David and Ashley organize and got David a desk!</div>
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We watched conference with them and I cut Ashley's hair!<br />
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The next weekend we went to Boise to visit and helped Margaret re-arrange her Family room.<br />
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We attended a dance party/ Kevin and his group performed again.<br />
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I changed my hair... AGAIN... I also did my student teaching at Lehi High School... It was quite enjoyable.<br />
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Thanksgiving was nice... the entire Dunning clan (my mom's family) came into town to visit... except my parents.<br />
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On my birthday Kevin was in Costa Rica for his job at 4 life and I was doing a grand opening in Ammon, Idaho... since we couldn't be together... he sent me flowers!!<br />
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We MOVED to Draper!!<br />
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For Christmas this year, we visited Germany!!<br />
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Kevin and Mike!<br />
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Look at how cute it all is! It was such a neat experience! I will never forget it!!<br />
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When we got home, Kevin bought a bike!<br />
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My beautiful mother came to visit lots as my grandmother got sicker...<br />
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After teaching, I decided Chick-fil-a was my calling in life and I continued to work there!<br />
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<i> </i>I bought Liv some cute things....<br />
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Chick-fil-A in American Fork received business of the year!!<br />
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We went on some dates... We won lots of tickets!!<br />
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Us at the Blue Iguana... that is red inside...<br />
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Art??<br />
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Almost done!MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-90693310546093653612012-06-03T23:04:00.000-07:002012-06-03T23:04:18.194-07:00Update continued....July 2011- Aug 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Watched a movie in the park....<br />
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And met.... TYLER CHAD DIETZ :)<br />
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We went swimming....<br />
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And had cute moments like this :)<br />
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I met the CEO of Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy with my crew! :)<br />
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I graduated!! ...kind of...<br />
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Amy and Me! We met at our Freshmen Orientation and have been friends ever since :)<br />
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Me and my Kevin :)<br />
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My parents!!<br />
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We went to the Martenson Family Reunion!!<br />
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Grandma Martenson!<br />
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BYU football!!!<br />
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I love Samantha being in Utah!!<br />
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Death to lemondrop!! A drunk driver hit her one night when she was parked in front of our house!! It was a big ordeal... and may she RIP....<br />
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Alex came to visit!!<br />
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We played games :)<br />
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We went to HOUSTON for Amanda and Jamie's Wedding :)</div>
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And of course no trip to Texas is complete without Whataburger :)<br />
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Kevin turned 25!!!<br />
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Typical Birthday Dinner for a Cinco de Mayo baby! Mexican food!!<br />
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Temple for Amanda's wedding!!<br />
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Luncheon at the BBQ place after!<br />
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The head table :)<br />
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Alex congratulating the happy couple.<br />
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YAY!<br />
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Me and Samantha :)<br />
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Father and I catching some rays :)<br />
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I was pretty proud of my food display!! Thanks for teaching me everything I know, Missy!<br />
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Tamsen, Liv, and Grandma Maryana...<br />
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Guess who moved next door!! JAMIE and AMANDA did!! Kevin and Jamie enjoyed many nights of video game playing :)<br />
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Scrabble when the Parental units came to visit!!<br />
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Theme nights at Chick-fil-A!! Beach party night!!!<br />
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Ballerina night!!<br />
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The CUTEST ballerina's of them all!!!<br />
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4th of July!! The Peterson's came to visit!! We watched the Provo City Parade!! :)MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-6079341984501778912012-06-03T22:12:00.001-07:002012-06-03T22:12:14.982-07:00Update Continued... Mar. 2011- May 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Orchard's came to visit!!</div>
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Aubrey looks mega-fierce :)<br />
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Alex CRACKS me UP!!!<br />
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Epic moving shot of Kevin at work at Chick-fil-a....<br />
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Shopping with Amanda!!<br />
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Happy Bridal Shower Amanda!!<br />
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Amanda's Birthday... the classic chocolate bunny I always gave her... only super sized :)<br />
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Amanda's Second bridal shower :)<br />
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Aaaaaaaaand hair's back to normal.... ish....<br />
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The Orchard's came to visit again!!!<br />
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Fun at the park!!!<br />
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JuliAnn was hitting Kevin with her shoes :)<br />
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Awe look how cute we are in the slide....<br />
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Missy flew in for Kevin's graduation!!<br />
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Me sitting with the visitors!!<br />
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Me with my graduate!!<br />
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Us leaving room for Mike who had to stay in Germany...<br />
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Roommate lunch and hang out!!<br />
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Amanda's art work was on display!!<br />
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Us at Christina and Robert's wedding!!<br />
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Me with the happy couple :)<br />
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Awe the cute Bridesmaids!!!<br />
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A sight I never thought I'd see.... them dancing together!! :)<br />
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And again, here we go!!!</div>
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Court side seats to see BYU basketball team play!<br />
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We decorated our new home!! and yes, it does look like an IKEA showroom! Literally, everything was purchased there!! :)<br />
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And believe it or not, Kevin picked a lot of it! It wasn't just Melanie style only...<br />
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We drove to Boise for Thanksgiving, and it snowed like CRAZY on the way up there...<br />
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Uncle Kevin in a pushup competition with the Orchard family!!<br />
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Aubrey Apple showing off her muscles!!<br />
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JuliAnn is so strong!!<br />
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Kevin and me at my last orchestra concert at BYU!<br />
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Amanda came to watch too!!<br />
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Kevin DJ'ed a show at Muse Music in Provo!! He was so excited!!<br />
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We bought our first Christmas Tree!!!<br />
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It was REAL and I was SO excited!!<br />
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This is what they made cadillac's for right!? <br />
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When we got home- a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! Kevin is so great to me!!<br />
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Two of my freshmen roommates... looking classy as ever...<br />
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3 of my favorite people stopped by!!!<br />
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Kevin and I at my choir concert!<br />
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Yay its all decorated!!!<br />
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Decorating our first tree!!!<br />
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Flying to Houston the week before Christmas for a quick trip!<br />
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Guess who got bored with her hair again!?<br />
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I DID!!!!!<br />
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Christmas in Boise!!<br />
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We stopped in Rexburg on our way back to see David and Ashley!! :)<br />
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Amanda and Jamie GOT ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Us looking fly :)<br />
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Grandma made us her awesome Valentine's Day cookies!!!!<br />
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Did i mention I work at Chick-fil-A now?? Me and the COW.... pretty sure this was KEVIN!! He doesn't like to talk about his brief stint there as the occasional cow and cashier extraordinaire! <br />
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AMY & ALEX got married!!! I met these two my freshmen year and they wrote all through his mission!! <br />
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Kevin and I at their wedding!! I was a bridesmaid!! :)<br />
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Watching JIMMER do his thing!!<br />
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WOW. 2 years is a long time....MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-8705517974809323182012-06-02T23:09:00.002-07:002012-06-02T23:09:48.796-07:00Update continued... May 2010-October 2010Alrighty.... here we go on the VERY brief update of 2 years...<br />
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We visited Boise for Kevin's nephew Jacob's baptism...<br />
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Kevin's Dad, Mike, came into town from Germany for the event! :)<br />
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After 1 month of looking... I got a job at the Olive Garden... which after 2 ish months I then left for Chick-fil-A.... sorry OG!<br />
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We rode a scooter around for awhile... then it broke.<br />
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My grandparents were nice enough to let us live in their house while they were on a mission in Houston, Texas! It was SO wonderful to not have to worry about buying furniture or anything! We will forever remember their kindness for that!<br />
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We went on dates to Salt Lake City! This was in the train station!<br />
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This was at our favorite place, the red Iguana! Kevin has a creepy mustache... AND i'm pretty sure we went to see THE LION KING broadway show this same day! It was amazing!<br />
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We bought a Cadillac! We called her "Lemondrop" and she was an '87....<br />
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My parents came into town to help us fix lemondrop...<br />
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We went to a BYU football game with them while they were in town! and Amanda introduced her NEW boyfriend!! Jamie!! They were "in like" at EFY many years ago, when she was 15 and he was 16... i think.<br />
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The girls all attended Women's conference.... i think... again, this was 2 years ago.<br />
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Kevin and Alex hung out :)<br />
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and then.... WE MOVED!<br />
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More on the last two years... to come!!MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-67941843882473517992012-06-02T22:52:00.001-07:002012-06-02T23:27:47.918-07:00HOLY 2 YEARS BATMAN!!!Guess what?? I'm baaaaaaack!<br />
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If all you knew about me was that I was about to get married, then what a sad state of affairs! You might think I died or something! Turns out, I GOT MARRIED! And we just had our 2nd anniversary! Here are a few summary photo's of the May 2010....<br />
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May 15th, 2012- We were married and sealed for time and all eternity....
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My mom and her mom watching us...<br />
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My family...<br />
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Kevin's family with Mike and Missy<br />
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My siblings...<br />
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Kevin's family with his mom<br />
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Me and my Grandpa and Grandma Dunning... we lost my beautiful grandmother to pancreatic cancer this last February, so this picture is especially near and dear to me.<br />
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We went on a cruise for our honeymoon.... which was the BEST decision we ever made....<br />
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It stopped in Cozumel, where we saw beautiful pyramids.<br />
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AND Grand Cayman Island... that coconut was gross by the way...<br />
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After our cruise we drove from Houston back to Utah... we stopped at the Alamo...<br />
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Spent the night in Pheonix at my Aunt Tamsen's house.... Saw the grand canyon....<br />
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Stopped in Zion's national park for a bit...<br />
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And then we made it back!! This was my first baking endeavor as a wife :) A pavlova, which is delicious!!<br />
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I think that is all I can muster updating for now... We will see what I can do next!MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-11130922353282720032010-04-15T16:16:00.000-07:002010-04-15T16:41:14.334-07:00ONE MONTH!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S8eiRF6wLkI/AAAAAAAAADs/Umo3jFVJRTA/s1600/IMG_5980.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460511487740096066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S8eiRF6wLkI/AAAAAAAAADs/Umo3jFVJRTA/s400/IMG_5980.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>EXCITEMENT!!!!!!! I can NOT even believe we are only/STILL ONE month away from getting married! ONE month from being sealed for time and all eternity!! I CAN NOT wait. We have a week and half left of school/finals, and then we fly back to Houston (Kevin and I). Kevin will stay for a few days so we can get our marriage liscence and I can GO THROUGH THE TEMPLE!!! Then Kevin flies back to Utah because he has to work. :( While that is a sad thing, I am very happy to get to spend 3 weeks with my wonderful Mother!! and the rest of my family :) I get to help with all of the last minute plans and things, which I am actually very excited about. :) I get to fly back out to go to Kevin's sister's wedding in Boise the weekend before our wedding, which should be fun. And then I fly back to be home for our final preparations while Kevin and his Dad drive out to Houston. Life is going to be crazy for the next few weeks, but it is going to be worth it and SO exciting!! YAY!!!!</div>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-64383566706513011682010-04-05T20:21:00.000-07:002010-04-05T20:52:07.074-07:00Engagement Pictures!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qqmCM0JjI/AAAAAAAAADk/ZcilNRAPZNA/s1600/_MG_6587.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456861468915148338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qqmCM0JjI/AAAAAAAAADk/ZcilNRAPZNA/s400/_MG_6587.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qqKY9KwFI/AAAAAAAAADc/UvGwtimrC-s/s1600/IMG_6009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456860993987199058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qqKY9KwFI/AAAAAAAAADc/UvGwtimrC-s/s400/IMG_6009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qp4W03brI/AAAAAAAAADU/nMBi1Fss8Ws/s1600/IMG_5936.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456860684177862322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qp4W03brI/AAAAAAAAADU/nMBi1Fss8Ws/s400/IMG_5936.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qpkSOK5OI/AAAAAAAAADM/pPl8fM9Sd7M/s1600/IMG_5928.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456860339344434402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qpkSOK5OI/AAAAAAAAADM/pPl8fM9Sd7M/s400/IMG_5928.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qpODq1R1I/AAAAAAAAADE/L2hciIY07yM/s1600/_MG_6552.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456859957480998738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S7qpODq1R1I/AAAAAAAAADE/L2hciIY07yM/s400/_MG_6552.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We took these awhile ago, but I still wanted to share. :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-2600308294742181112010-03-21T23:52:00.000-07:002010-03-22T01:29:53.694-07:00Skiing!!<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cp_HYzkSI/AAAAAAAAAC8/uhckxTtwijI/s1600-h/20s+dance,+skiing,+bridal+shower+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451372038246863138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cp_HYzkSI/AAAAAAAAAC8/uhckxTtwijI/s320/20s+dance,+skiing,+bridal+shower+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> Kevin and I looking rather cute all bundled up.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cpemnLlPI/AAAAAAAAAC0/9Sg7un0172U/s1600-h/photo2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451371479692973298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cpemnLlPI/AAAAAAAAAC0/9Sg7un0172U/s320/photo2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Kevin is good at skiing :)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cpMwpIopI/AAAAAAAAACs/ShoiiEBA8Hs/s1600-h/photo6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451371173147878034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cpMwpIopI/AAAAAAAAACs/ShoiiEBA8Hs/s320/photo6.jpg" border="0" /></a> Enjoying a sunny lunch.<br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6coz6buchI/AAAAAAAAACk/XV0RH_k_xaY/s1600-h/photo3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451370746279260690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6coz6buchI/AAAAAAAAACk/XV0RH_k_xaY/s320/photo3.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me, not so much.<br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;">SO. Since most of my life has been spent in Houston, Texas, I never really had the opportunity to go skiing growing up. The only time I had gone before this weekend was over spring break my senior year, when my mother took all the kids. She just made us take a small lesson and then waited at the bottom of the hill while we tried skiing. The whole idea of strapping flat sticks to your feet to slide down an icey mountain seems crazy to me, but I tried it anyway. I HATED it. Mostly because I only enjoy doing things that I am good at, so the fact that it did not come naturally was frustrating. I swore that I would never do it again, but then this Christmas, Kevin's dad gave us two passes to go to Brighton, so I decided to try again. Kevin is an excellent skiier and was quite excited to go with me. I was pretty nervous about it. But we rented everything we needed and Kevin just made me go right up on the chair lift. Unfortunately, neither of us realized that there was a smaller slope, but I did the real one just fine, kind of. When I started, I didn't do very well, It took almost an hour to get down. And Kevin was very patient with me, he used his swim lesson instructor voice :) It was pretty funny. I went down one more time, but then my muscles were shot so i just let Kevin go down the harder slopes for his own enjoyment. :) We enjoyed a nice lunch, and then I read a book while he finished skiing. I think next time we go I will try and go down the mountain more than twice... It was really fun. :) I do have some pictures from the day though, so enjoy :)</span><br /></div><div align="left"></div></div></div><br /></div>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-42382679321327647522010-03-21T23:27:00.001-07:002010-03-21T23:30:13.202-07:0020s dance picture :)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cONNl0wbI/AAAAAAAAACc/roCPanbRVWk/s1600-h/20s+dance,+skiing,+bridal+shower+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451341494104670642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S6cONNl0wbI/AAAAAAAAACc/roCPanbRVWk/s400/20s+dance,+skiing,+bridal+shower+003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Not a very great/close up picture... but we looked pretty great :) Especially me, if I do say so myself ;)</span></div>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-19662244136881714472010-03-01T01:21:00.000-08:002010-03-01T01:25:13.907-08:00Date Night=Great NightKevin and I went on TWO dates!! It was pretty fabulous. Friday night I arranged this big group date with 3 freshmen girls from my hall, and 3 of Kevin's mission buddies. Us girls, since we have dining plus meal plans, each bought a pizza from legends gille and then brought it to Kevin's house where the boys were all waiting for us. We had a few awkward moments until Kevin decided to have us all play some get to know you games, 2 truths and a lie. The goal is to tell the group 2 true things about yourself, and one lie (not in any specific order) then have the, guess which one was the lie. Mine were, I have 3 citizenships, I have gone skydiving, and I love riding horses. For those of you who didn't guess right away, my lie was that I love riding horses. I actually hate even being near them. Partially because that was always my sister's "thing" growing up, partially because they could kill me, but mostly because I just hate animals. I think I will allow my children to have pet rocks. Maybe low maintenance fish, but that is ALL. Kevin can have a dog if it lives outside and I don't have to ever smell it, pet it, or hear it bark. So probably not. :) ANYWAY- then we drove to Fat Cats (a bowling alley)... Kevin and I played DDR (Dance Dance Revolution arcade game) while we waited for lanes. Then we bowled for an hour. It was fun, but my backwards-between-my-legs bowling style is starting to fail me. I have resorted to throwing the bowling ball like a basketball chest pass down the center of the lane. That was okay, but not great for accuracy. I think I am doomed to being awful at that sport for the rest of my life. I am okay with this. Then we walked across the street to the Malt Shoppe and got yummy milkshakes. I do love those guys. :) That was a great night. Saturday, after doing homework through the last BYU home game against New Mexico. Kevin and I went to IN-n-Out Burger for dinner. Personally, I don't see what the big hype is, but Kevin and his family seem to threaten to disown me everytime I mention that fact :) Then we went to the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra Concert featuring my freshman roommate, Allison, as CONCERT MASTER, err concertmastress? anyway, she is the BEST violinist in the BYU School of Music right now... and that is saying a lot. It was REALLY a great concert, but since it was 2 hours long, Kevin fell asleep for a little bit :) It's okay though, it was a really slow, soft part.... then we hurried to the BYU Preference "Great Gatsby" dance. It was super cool and 20's themed. SO neat. It was in the Provo library big banquet room upstairs and they had this sweet live jazz band playing, "mocktails" (unalcoholic cocktail drinks...), and a few of the BYU Ballroom dance team members even performed a couple dances that were popular at the time... It was super neat. Kevin and I got all dressed up for it. :) I had a great time. We even rented the Great Gatsby movie to watch after. What a fabulously 20s night. :) I sure loved our fun dates this weekend. I love my Kevin :)MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-9960007436541385912010-02-26T16:46:00.000-08:002010-02-26T17:39:22.883-08:00Are we there yet??<span style="font-family:arial;">So, as fun as being engaged is... Is it over yet!? Things have been really great. I really love planning everything and it hasn't seemed all that crazy yet. But I'm sure it will get more so.... 76 more days!!!!! That seems soooo long. But every time I tell my mother, she kind of gets stressed. :) probably because there is so much to do still. But I really really wish it would go by faster. Kevin made me a REALLY cute countdown for Valentine's day, "100 Day Countdown To The Marriage of Melanie & Kevin" :) It was super cute and it helps me keep track. But to be honest, I started counting down the days all the way back at 115 days :) When I was young, I used to do that for the last day of school, days until I went to EFY or girl's camp, and days until big dances I was excited for. Now I am counting down the days until I get to start the rest of my life with a wonderful husband! :) Everyday I fall in love more and more. And I will continue to count down the days until the happiest day of my life!! :) </span>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-57124125776946912192010-01-29T16:16:00.000-08:002010-01-29T16:28:32.909-08:00I like you<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S2N9BUCT7jI/AAAAAAAAAB8/hURZR5ij2XI/s1600-h/135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432323037050695218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_addgw-sqk9M/S2N9BUCT7jI/AAAAAAAAAB8/hURZR5ij2XI/s400/135.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">I like you, By Sandol Stoddard :)</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I like you<br />And I know why<br />I like you because<br />You are a good person<br />To like<br />I like you because<br />When I tell you something special<br />You know it’s special<br />And you remember it<br />A long long time<br />You say remember when<br />You told me<br />Something special<br />And both of us remember<br />When I say something is important<br />You think it’s important too<br />We have good ideas<br />When I say something funny<br />You laugh<br />I think I’m funny and<br />You think I’m funny too<br />Haha<br />I like you because<br />You know where I’m tickleish<br />And you don’t tickle me there<br />Except<br />Just a little tiny bit sometimes<br />But if you do then I know where to tickle you too<br />You know how to be silly<br />That’s why I like you<br />Boy are you ever silly<br />I never met anybody sillier that me<br />Till I met you<br />I like you because<br />You know when it’s time to stop being silly<br />Maybe day after tomorrow<br />Maybe never<br />Oops too late<br />It’s quarter past silly<br />We fool around the same way all the time<br />Sometimes we don’t say a word<br />We snurkle under fences<br />We spy secret places<br />If I am a goofus on the roofus<br />Hoolering my head off<br />You are one too<br />If I pretend I am drowning<br />You pretend you are saving me<br />If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag<br />Then you are getting ready to jump<br />That’s because you really like me<br />You really like me<br />Don’t you<br />And I really like you back<br />And you like me back<br />And I like you back<br />And that’s the way we keep on going<br />Everyday<br />If you go away then I go away too<br />Or if I stay home<br />You send me a postcard<br />You don/t just say<br />Well see you around<br />Sometime<br />Bye<br />I like you a lot because of that<br />If I go away<br />I send you a post card too<br />And I like you because<br />If we go away together<br />And if we are lost in Grand Central Station<br />And if I get lost<br />Then you are the one that is yelling for me<br />Hey where are you<br />Here I am<br />And I like you because<br />When I am feeling sad<br />You don’t always cheer me up right away<br />Sometimes it is better to be sad<br />You can’t stand the others being so googly and gaggly<br />Every single minute<br />You want to think about things<br />It takes time<br />I like you because if I am mad at you<br />Then you are mad at me too<br />It’s aweful when the other person isn’t<br />Phooey<br />They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could<br />Just about punch them in the nose<br />I like you because if I think I am going to throw up then you are really sorry<br />You don’t just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that<br />You say maybe it was something you ate<br />You say the same thing happened to me one time<br />And the same thing did<br />If you find two four-leaf clovers<br />You give me one<br />If I find four<br />I give you two<br />If we only find three<br />We keep on looking<br />Sometimes we have good luck<br />And sometimes we don’t<br />If I break my arm and<br />You break your arm too<br />Then it is fun to have a broken arm<br />I tell you about mine<br />You tell me about yours<br />We are both sorry<br />We write our names and draw pictures<br />We show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm too<br />I like you because<br />I don’t know why but<br />Everything that happens<br />Is nicer with you<br />I can’t remember when I didn’t like you<br />It must have been lonesome then<br />I like you because<br />I forget why<br />But I do<br />So many reasons<br />On the fourth of july<br />I like you because<br />It’s the fourth of july<br />On the fifth of july<br />I like you too<br />If you and I had some drums<br />And some horns and some horses<br />If we had some hats and some<br />Flags and some fire engines<br />We could be a HOLIDAY<br />We could be a CELEBRATION<br />We could be a WHOLE PARADE<br />See what I mean?<br />Even if it was the nine hundred and ninety-ninth of July<br />Even if it was August<br />Even if it was way down at the bottom of November<br />Even if it was no place particular in January<br />I would go on choosing you<br />And you would go on choosing me<br />Over and over again<br />That’s how it would happen every time<br />I don’t know why<br />I guess I don’t know why I like you really<br />Why do I like you<br />I guess I just like you<br />I guess I just like you<br />Because I like you</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /></div>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-52014232565891125882010-01-26T22:10:00.000-08:002010-01-29T16:10:08.408-08:00The Beginning: His Story<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I was kind of a chubby and awkward kid growing up. I assumed for a large part of my younger years that I was not destined to talk to any pretty girls. Then in JR. High a funny thing happened, girls began to acknowledge my existence, not only that, but I even mustered up the courage to talk to a few myself. Soon a shift in my thinking occurred, not only did I know that I could talk to any girl, but I was sure in the fact that any girl was approachable. Then the culmination of my shift from awkward kid to bustling teenager occurred when I suddenly knew that I had it all wrong, not only was I able to talk to pretty girls but I could get them to like me, maybe even love me I thought. Soon I was more selective in the girls I would pursue and hang out with, only the prettiest would do as I searched out countless crowded classrooms.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Now flash forward from 12 to 22, I am done with my mission and eagerly looking for that next pretty girl I could talk to. Before going to BYU my expectations of endless lovely ladies were very high. However, the dream did not exactly meet that reality, or that is until I began Resident Assistant training.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Scanning a crowd of enthusiastic college kids my hopes were high again, but from the lessons of my youth I knew only the prettiest and only the best would do. I don’t think Melanie was the first girl I saw those first couple days of training, but she is the only one I remember, and the only one I wanted to talk to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Introductions are always the hardest. What to say to a girl who has probably heard it all? No matter I thought, any other girl here would be a waste of my time compared to this one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">My chance to talk to Melanie came as most chances in my life do: pure luck. As the line for dinner formed I saw Melanie at the end and I hurried to be the lucky guy next in line. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Think quick Kevin, she has had guys flirting with her all day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">“Nice earings.” Is what I think came out first, hopping she would like the fact I noticed her earrings were mismatched.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Success, conversation followed, and we found our first similarity in our argyle socks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">After my first few words with Melanie I knew I liked her, and let myself have a glimmer of hope that she would like me back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So I did what any young man should do when he likes a girl, I avoided her and did everything possible to make her think I was not interested. With so many other girls there, it was easy to find a few in eye shot of Melanie to talk to. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">It must have worked because a funny thing started to happen: where ever I went, Melanie would happen across me to start back up the conversation we had earlier in the food line. I had her, or at least I hoped I did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Soon my hope turned into a late night trip to Wal-Mart with just the two of us. She made me wait by the phone all night, but all good things you have to wait for.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I knew from our first adventure that Melanie was fun and spontaneous; I mean how many girls ask a guy out so she can buy a Dora the Explorer backpack?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I remember calling my friend Monte that night to talk to him about how awesome Melanie was. I still wasn’t sure if the feeling was mutual, but I was certainly convinced. Not just convinced that I liked her but convinced (and kind of scared) of the fact that Melanie was not only the prettiest girl in my RA class but the prettiest girl I knew and exactly the kind of girl I would be lucky enough to marry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I figured it was time to stop playing the make-Melanie-think-I-don’t-like-her game, and begin the much harder task of not kissing her too quickly. Sounds easy enough, but when every day someone commented on how big or nice Melanie’s lips are, the goal became increasingly more difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I finally gave in after driving Melanie home from her friend Amy’s house, where we discovered what was soon to become our favorite kissing corner, next to the back door of her apartment. I had no intentions of kissing Melanie that night, but her beautiful brown eyes made me think different. Then as Melanie lingered and avoided the final good night I guess I could not help but give Melanie what I could have only hoped she wanted, an amazing kiss goodnight . I never would have guessed as I said my final goodbye that night that although the night was ending one of the best things to ever happen to me, my life was just begining. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The rest I guess you could say is history, but really it is history that lead me to Melanie. Thanks to all those pretty girls who gave awkward me a chance I was able to have the confidence to finally kiss the prettiest girl I will ever know. That night she liked me, now she loves me. So I guess I was right.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305197018225808616.post-38372893308651964942010-01-11T23:46:00.000-08:002010-01-29T16:12:15.768-08:00The Beginning: Her Story<span style="font-family:arial;">So. I (Melanie) am going to tell my side of the story of how Kevin and I met. It's quite a story, and I have our first week practically engrained in my memory. I went to the first day of RA training, kind of nervous about starting my new semester and my new job. I knew a few of the other girl RAs from Heritage and tried to hang out around them as much as possible. As I met my co-workers, I was being my outgoing, dancing self and really enjoyed that first day. We were up in this huge house down past Springfield doing all sorts of games and getting to know you activities. The first thing i remember about Kevin was sitting in the circle during meal time, i think he had talked to me in the line ;) and he was talking to this girl named Jordan who was in his major. I remember thinking how cute he was and that I wished he was talking to me instead of her. We probably flirted a little bit, and I was really loving talking to everyone. Tuesday during the day, Kevin mentioned that he had a car. Looking for a reason to hang out with him, and also needed a ride to WalMart, I netioned he should give me a ride to WalMart. during one of our many classes, I was playing with his rather complicated phone and figured out how to put my phone number in so he would have it... I felt pretty bold considering he hadn't asked for it :) That night, after a rather long and unpleasant date with some other guy, I called Kevin and we drove to WalMart. I loved talking to him and listening to all his crazy music. One the way I told him I needed to buy a backpack- but it was going to be a special one. I told his to guess what it was, he said, "Dora the Explorer?" (I'm pretty sure he was just joking, but I responded with, "YES!! How did you know!?" :) Wednesday the RA training took us to Salt Lake where we texted pretty much all day, and even though we were in separate vans and groups, we managed to hang around each other and talk A TON. That night I went to watch a movie at his friend Monte's house, with his girlfriend (now wife) Nikki, where Kevin held my hand for the first time! :) Thursday, we went to Camp Williams and did out door type things... I'm sure we hung out Friday, but Saturday night i had to go to this wedding reception as a blind date, long story, but when I got back Kevin and I went to my good friend Amy's house and helped her build a desk from Ikea and then when Kevin took me home that night, when we were talking at the back door, he kissed me goodnight!! It was pretty wonderful i tell ya. Sunday we hung out again, and that night decided to start dating. Pretty fast, but I wouldn't change a thing about how things began. Life has been pretty wonderful since that first crazy week. We've had many ups and downs, but I have ended pretty much everyday with a smile :)<br /><br />XOXOX<br />~Melanie</span>MeLaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148741253943331378noreply@blogger.com1