every girls dream

I got my ring that I have been patiently waiting for. Menny came over and I had taken my other one off so I could do the dishes. He asked "Where is your ring, why don't you ever wear it?" I calmly replied that it was in on the sink and that I just hadn't put it back on. I went to grab it and it was gone.........

We frantically searched my apartment. He even dumped my purse out and all. We couldn't find it anywhere. I was about ready to cry. I was thinking he would definately not get my real ring if I couldn't even keep track of that one.

Just as I was about to lose it , Menny came in from the bathroom and grabbed my finger. He slipped a ring on my finger and said he found it behind the trash can. He said "Don't you dare lose it again!" I looked down and realized it wasn't gold ( the other one was a gold one from mexico). Then I freaked out.... end of story.

This is a picture of my actual ring. My camera lens is broke and not taking the greatest pictures right now, so this is from the jeweler's website.

I SAID YES

May 5 , 2007


OK! I know this is a little late. I don't have internet set up at my apartment yet and this last month has been a whirlwind. So... let me clue you in about how my life got flipped upside down and how I turned in my Hawaii tickets for 5 more years in the state that has the highest Wedding rates in the United States.

Menny decided he couldn't bare the thought of me being in Hawaii with all those Island boys , while he was stuck in Utah with "Utah girls". ( jk please don't take offense anyone)

He had it all planned and I had no idea. I had been to Utah the previous 2 weekends , so I thought it was only fair that he came to Idaho that weekend. He refused to come, stating that this was the only weekend his professor could take him flying and he wanted me to come also. I was MAD! I didn't understand why he would make me drive down again just because he wanted to go flying.

He came to my hotel Friday night with a bouquet of roses and then we went to Cafe Rio. :) ( which is good because he hates cafe rio) The next morning he picked me up around 8 to go to the airport. On our way to the aiport he got a call from a friend. He said we needed to go grab something from his house for the friend. What was really happening was; Menny and Matt ( one of the Elders we served with) had gotten up early that morning and set up card board boxes on the church lawn that spelled out "Will you marry me?". We were suppose to fly over it in the airplane. The wind had a different plan and the boxes were blowing all over the place. Matt called to tell him he better bring me over before they were all gone. So we went over and he made me close my eyes. He walked me over to the lawn and got down on his knee ( good boy), pulled out the box and said " Will you marry me , Melissa ?" In the background Matt was running around trying to keep all the boxes there so I could still tell what it said. I said yes of course. We went out to the airport to his professor's plane, but the wind had picked up even more and we weren't able to go flying after all. We had breakfast and a movie later. I was a REALLY good day!

So the wedding is planned ( well almost anyway). We will be sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple, September 29. We will have a reception at my mom and Chet's house that night, with a party in Juarez , Mexico the following weekend. I've had this day planned my whole life so it really hasn't been all that stressfull ( maybe to my mom a little :)).
I love Menny , he is such a great guy. I'm excited to share my life with him and have him help me raise my family.

Welcome back my long lost friend!

This is an official welcome back shout out for my good friend who has been gone for WAY too long! I think it happened some time on my mission... it just disappeared for about 2 years or so. They had the replacement flavor of cherry vanillla, but it just didn't cut it. Well as I sit at my desk drinking and reminiscing, I give a big huge THANK YOU to coke for bringing a staple of my diet back into my life.

Menny and Melissa

For those of you who have been patiently waiting on a picture. HERE WE ARE! HOW CUTE!

I am way swamped with finals this week and next. Then the next crazy week will be full of moving and finding jobs and and an apartment. I will try to keep ya all updated.

The tongue rolling fool grows up

Who knew that part of growing up meant that I would be able to finally roll my tongue like a true spanish speaker. After many failed attempts to roll my tongue on my mission, I had almost given up. When I worked at the portrait studio I had to come up with creative ways to get the kids to smile for me. Oneday, out of the middle of nowhere.... my tongue just started rolling. IT WORKED!! The kids loved it. I even had a grandma request the "tongue rolling thing" to get her to smile naturally in her family picture. By the end of the session we had the whole family laughing and doing the "tongue rolling thing" for grandma. That was one of my favorite sessions. I don't need it any more for photo sessions , but I am still so amped that I can finally roll my tongue with the best of them. :) oh yeah...this isn't a picture of me but maybe that's what my little girls will look like after I teach them the "tongue rolling thing".

I turned 25 in March. I honestly think I had a small little breakdown. I just did not feel like getting older!! I was pretty dang grumpy on my birthday (sorry mom). I did receive my favorite goods although. Somehow I scored 3 new dresses and 3 new pairs of shoes. I know , spoiled. I need to see the positve aspects of being this age... my insurance went down and I got a new picture on my driver's license. Those are good things right? It shouldn't matter that everywhere I go girls 6 years younger than me are getting married and having kids, or better yet done with school and getting a lot more money at their jobs than my lame salary. Then I get asked by everyother blessed little soul ; "When are you going to get married " or " When do you graduate?". Everything in it's own time....

Speaking of school... things are winding down for the semester and finals are creeping up around the corner ( like 2 weeks). I'm procrastinating my 10 page spanish paper on globalization. It's not my favorite pastime to bull crap 10 pages of a subject I don't understand and do it all in another language. Good thing I have a boyfriend who speaks spanish fluently and will help translate if he still wants to be that boyfriend....
I have a final photography project due also... but I'm drawing a blank. I have to do a series of 10 photos of something. ex: emotion, word or something. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! (ash , i'm counting on your brillance here) I'm actually not going back to school in the fall semester. ISU decided to raise the tuition 5%. As you can imagine a lot of students are not too pleased about this. Although, this is not the reason I will not be attending school for a little while. I'm moving back to Utah. ( no comments about melissa's moving habit, please) I decided to find a good full time job and pay off some stuff that has accumulated being a poor college student. I also realized that I can take advantage of a free class at the LDS Business college because I am one of their cherished Alumni of 3 years now. WOW! that was way cool to discover. Anyway that's the plan..... I know some of you may have heard some other details but those will be disclosed at a later date. I have really enjoyed school this year but I need a break and need to be a responsible 25 year-old for awhile.

Well...maybe I'll sign off for now and post more pictures after this weekend in Utah. Hopefully I get past this creative block and take some pics for my final. I will definately share.
Chao

you have got to be kidding me

OK This is hilarious!! You think it's bad when you feel like you get "dressed up" to go to Walmart? Come on people.