MELANIE AND JOE: February 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

28

Well, it's official! I've turned 28 years old today. So, I thought I'd give a little reflection back on my life and come up with 28 things that I've done over my lifetime.

1. Married Joe on February 5, 2005.
2. I am expecting my first child, Calvin sometime in April
3. When I was 6 I had my appendix removed
4. I've been to Hawaii 6 times.
5. I served a full-time mission in the Louisville Kentucky Mission, Spanish Speaking
6. I'v had the same best friend, Heather for 24 years (we met in preschool)
7. I've worked at D'boni's Pizza, Moss Rose Bakery, Stanislaus Medical Society, Blockbuster, Bed Bath & Beyond, In-N-Out Burger, Franklin Mechanical, and was a hostess for model homes in Stockton
8. I've played several instruments over the years including guitar, piano, clarinet, oboe and accordian
9. I've attended MJC and received my AA in culinary arts
10. I decorate cakes and have made approximately 100 cakes and cookies for family, friends, and other clients
11. In highschool I went from being the slowest runner on the cross country team (2 miles in 27 minutes) to being on the top 7 varsity team (3 miles in 21 minutes). I also was the starting right halfback for my highschool soccer team
12. I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on February 4, 2001.
13. I went skydiving in May of 2008
14. I've learned to speak Spanish fluently
15. I've served in Primary as a Sunbeam teacher, Valient 11 teacher, CTR 5 teacher and am currently 2nd Councelor in the Primary Presidency at the Modesto 5th Ward
16. I have stood in 19 of the United States of America
17. I have lived in California, Utah, Kentucky, and Indiana
18. I have biked down from the top of a crater on a mountain in Hawaii
19. I was a straight-A student in school and graduated 3rd in my class
20. I have been to many concerts including: Jack Johnson, Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Linkin Park, and went to Summerfest twice
21. I have seen Phantom of the Opera, Aida, Carmen, Rent, A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, and Riverdance live
22. I've mastered saying the Alphabet backwards very quickly
23. I've had pixy short hair all the way to hair that goes down my back
24. I have read the Book of Mormon completely in both English and Spanish
25. I've been to 11 temples so far
26. I have been a part of 9 people entering in the Waters of Baptism
27. I have seen in the wild one of the most rarest sea creatures (the whale shark)
28. I have had the best life so far with such great family and friends. That is the biggest accomplishment so far. I continue to want to try new things including traveling, food, learning new skills and have a strong desire to continue my formal education. 28 is GREAT!!

MORE CAKES

Here are my latest cakes. The top one is a boy baby shower cake that I did for a family friend.
And the bottom one was for the first birthday of my friend Tami's little girl, Nikell. Yay for cake!!!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS VALENTINE'S WEEKEND

Well, I'm back from going to see Joe in Texas. It was a really fun trip. I got to Wichita Falls Friday afternoon. I picked Joe up from the Air Force Base that evening. I was tired, so we ordered Chinese Food and took it back to our hotel room. Then we pretty much just hung out that night. Saturday he took me to the mall where we hung out and met some of the guys that are in his squadron. They all get their hair cut by Joe and were telling me how cool my hubby is. After the mall we drove around town and then Joe bought me a locket for Valentine's Day (no picture of that yet). It was very sweet. Now I will be able to put his picture in there along with Calvin's in a few months!!! We were going to go to Red Lobster that night but it was packed so we had a really romantic dinner of Taco Bell and Burger King after a really romantic movie "Paul Blart, Mall Cop". It was a pretty funny movie by the way. Sunday we pretty much just hung out. He took me down to the base where he showed me where he goes to school, a bunch of planes and other little sites. Not much going on that day because everything was closed for the weekend. Then we decided to drive up to the Oklahoma border which was only about 15 minutes away. Then we realized that there was nothing to do that direction so we headed back down to Wichita Falls. We kept going a little south to Arrowhead Lake. We got there and well, it was pretty much the same...nothing to do. So, we came back to town saw another movie and then went to Red Lobster for our belated romantic dinner. Monday we totally just vegged at the hotel. I was so glad I got to spend real quality time with Joe. It was fun to just hang out and goof off (what we do best!). I love him so much. I hate being apart. I know it's going by quickly but there's nothing like having your best friend around. Here are some pics from our little reunion......

Joe and I waiting for our pizza

AWWWWWW.....how cute are we

okay, these next few photos are backwards. At Red Lobster I totally got Joe shoving his mouth full of food so he took these beauties of me. Payback is not so cool

Shove it in Joe!!!!

I took this picture for my dad. He loves to fish

This is Wichita Falls

There are all of these oil drills around the countryside

We ate lunch from our car at the base while we looked at the airplanes.

Here we are at the mall

This little restaurant was so cute. They gave everyone little Valentine's packages with your purchase. By the way, everyone is so friendly in Texas.

More of my cute hubby.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

AIR FORCE UPDATE

Okay, so I thought I'd do a little air force update. Say goodbye to Italy everybody. Now it's exoctic ARIZONA!!!! We will now be going to Luke Air Force Base which is located near Phoenix. At first I was a bit dissapointed about not getting to go to Italy. But, Arizona was one of my top picks if we stayed in the US. And more people will get to come and visit, I'll get to come home to visit a little more often and it won't be quite a culture shock first time around in the military life-style.

Okay, so incase you didn't know already, this is the F-16 fighter plane that Joe will be working on. He will be crew chief and basically have to know everything about this plane. Pretty cool I think. He really wants to fly one but for now working on them will be the next best thing.

And here is where our base will be located. It is north of Phoenix, near Glendale.

Friday, February 6, 2009

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

So, this is a day late. Sorry Joe. But we've now been married 4 years as of yesterday, February 5. It has been an amazing and crazy journey with you and I can't wait to see what our future has in store for us. I am so happy to be married to a funloving and caring man. You are talented and always think I should shoot for the moon. Thank you for being such a motivating force in my life to accomplish my goals. I hope that you know how much I love you and miss you. I was pretty bummed yesterday for not getting to be with you. But I know you are working hard to graduate from tech school. Keep up the good work. And here's to many more anniversaries to come. Love you with all my heart......Melanie