Flower Girl Baskets...

I was actually very productive today. I had the day off work and I made the most of it. I had to go take my finals in the morning... which I did OK on. I then went to the craft store and bought the stuff I need for flower girl baskets. I then went home, turned on a movie... and started being crafty. Here are the finished products...

Hopefully the flower girls with like them.

Yesterday we watched Mike's Niece and Nephew for a few hours. They wanted me to get some pictures of them in their cool hats.
This is Saleen in her Cool Dora Hat. Saleen is going to be one of my flower girls.

Dallas in his Dallas Cowboys hat and jersey. Dallas is in his terrible twos... so the best way we can entertain him... is to bring out the bubble wrap from when we moved in. That seems to entertain him for a little while. Anyways... it is always fun having them over. They are cute kids. I love how they say my name. Saleen calls me Mowissa and Dallas calls me Missa.

Well I need to get going. I just got paid today so off I go to Walmart for groceries!

Back to Reality...

We are now home. It sucks to be back home and have to face work tomorrow. It was a very fun trip though, and was very much needed. Yesterday we all went to Mesquite for dinner. It was fun. My family all made fun of me because I was too chicken to ask the grill guy for a cheeseburger. He was a scary looking guy. Kristy finally went up with me and ordered it for me. The guy making it, looked really angry that we made him work. The whole time he was making it he had this angry look. I was a bit worried. The cheeseburger was good once I finally got it. It was a ton of fun joking around with my family.

Today Mike and I slept in until 10 am. It was nice. We then got up and just bummed around until everyone got home from church. We then had my favorite meal (fried
chicken, potatoes, and Milk gravy) for dinner. Linda and my mom made it. It was sooo good! I haven't had it in a long time! It was kinda crazy with all the kids running around the house though.

After dinner (and one game of Apples to Apples) Mike and I packed up and headed out. The drive home wasn't too bad, but there were some scary rainy areas with very little visibility. We managed so survive and make it home in one piece though. Now we have the fun task of unpacking. It was well worth it for that vacation.
Everyone just Chillin waiting for dinner to get done.

Linda and Mom making dinner. Yummy!

Brian Head

So far, St. George has been fun. We got here Thursday night and went to Tuacahn and saw Les Miserabe (I dunno how its spelled). Seeing the play was a great idea (Thanks Tiffini). It was fun but very long. Mike and I were both tired and going off little sleep. It was neat though. I went to school at Tuacahn so it was a trip down memory lane for me. It was fun getting to show Mike where I went to school. After the play, they did some fire works that were neat.

Today we got up and headed to Brian Head. We spent a few hours four wheeling. Mike and I were on the four wheeler while my parents were both on the side by side aka Rhino. Molly had a blast. She started out in the back of the rhino, but was going nuts. she figured out she could jump out so she kept running in front of us. It was fun... she just felt she had to lead us. We then would stop and let her ride for awhile. It was a ton of fun.



After we got back from Brian Head, we gathered up the family and went to The Cracker Barrel. That was fun. We had Mike, me, my parents, Linda, Shelley, and Kristy. It was a hoot. I always love getting the family together because it guarantees a laugh. It was nice being able to go to The Cracker Barrel because that is a tradition for Mike and I. It was an added bonus getting to go with my family. Anyways... tomorrow we are planning on a Mesquite trip, so there will be another post coming soon.

Marathon

So I just wanted to brag about my wonderful Fiance (I love saying that). Mike ran the Deseret News Marathon this morning. I got up at 2:45 am and dropped him off at Rice Eccles Stadium to catch his bus up to the start line. I then came home and went back to sleep for 4 hours. I then got up again at 7:45 am and headed down to Liberty Park to watch him cross the finish line. I got there early (thank goodness). I didn't expect Mike to come across the finish line when he did. I expected another half hour before seeing him. He set a new Personal Record. He did the marathon in about 3 hrs and 29 minutes. I was shocked when I saw him come around the bend towards the finish line. I was even more shocked when I met up with him in the runners area and he was still functioning after running 26.2 miles. we were able to walk to the car without him stopping to lay down every 10 feet. It was nice. He was really happy with his time, and I am just really proud of him. This was his 11th Marathon, and he still has 4 more Marathons he is planning on running this year... Crazy kid!

Other good news... we are headed to St. George today, YAY!! I am overdue for a vacation and I happen to have the next few days off of work. So I am going to allow Mike a few hours to recuperate before forcing him to sit in the car for 4 hrs with cramping legs. It will be nice to see my parents and to go "home" for a few days. I am very excited! so the next entry should be all about my St. George trip.

Memories...

So I decided I wanted to be cool like everyone else and do the Memory thing. So here are the rules:
Here is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. On your mark... get set... blog those memories!
One of the many memories I have is living in my old neighborhood. I remember always playing Night Games and always walking down to Albertsons, Fashion Gal's, and Seven Eleven. I loved that neighborhood!

Engagement

So we just got the picture from the Ogden Marathon with Mike wearing the shirt he proposed to me with. A friend of Mike's bought the picture for us which just got here yesterday. If anyone has ever tried to buy the pictures they take during races...they are not cheap. Anyways I am excited we have it. So I took a picture of it (hence the bad quality) and decided to put it on here for everyone else to see. I think I will recap the story for those who never got to hear how he proposed...

Mike ran the Ogden Marathon back in May. I always go with him on his marathons and sit at the finish line waiting for him. Well this was the second year he was running this marathon. We went to Ogden the night before and spent the night in a scary Motel. I say scary because at 2 am we woke up to someone trying to get into our room. Mike peaked his head outside and said it looked like a prostitute. She finally gave up and left. I have never been so scared in my life! Anyways we got up bright and early the next morning so we could go drop Mike off at the buses that would take him to the start of the Marathon. I remember he came out of the bathroom with a bulging side pocket. He said he put an extra shirt in his pocket to keep him warm at the start line of the marathon. I didn't think anything of it... in fact I think I teased him about it. So off he goes to run his marathon.
--- Fast Forward 3 1/2 Hours---
I am sitting at the finish line waiting for him to come across. I got a seat on the bleachers like I did the prior year and kept watch. I usually watch for whatever shirt he left in that morning so I can tell its him coming from further away. Well I happened to see him but was confused because he was not wearing what I remember him wearing. He saw me in the bleachers and pointed at me and then at his shirt which said "Melissa will You Marry Me??". I did not see that coming. I was in complete shock. So he runs across the finish line and I headed down off the bleachers to find him. I remember people kept asking if I was Melissa and then Congratulating me. I walked over to the runners area to find him while fighting back tears. As soon as I saw him in the runners area I hugged him and cried. I had not expected it and the fact that someone would go to so much trouble for me shocked me! He then put a temporary ring on my finger (we had gone ring shopping the week before and My ring was not going to be ready for another week...Hence why I didn't expect him to propose). He then laid down for about 15 minutes to recuperate since he had just run 26.2 Miles with a shirt and ring in his pocket. He said he stopped right before he turned the corner to the finish line and put the shirt on for me. anyways it was cute! I am glad that I have a cute story to tell about our proposal. He did a good job. It still blows me away that he would go thru so much trouble for me. I guess he really loves me :-)

Creepy!

So odd things have been happening at my house lately. I wouldn't give much credit to my experience because I am just a chicken and probably watch too much "Ghost Hunters". Mike, on the other hand, does not get scared easily and he is not quick to blame things on the paranormal. When we had first moved into our house we did some major remodeling and updating. Anyways He had an incident where his Farting toy kept going off when no one was near. And also the closet in our guest room would be open every time we went in there, but we both were annoyed with each other thinking each other to be the ones opening it. We just brushed those little incidents off thinking we are just in a new house and just trying to get use to all quirks of the house.
One thing I do think is that we have a ghost cat in the house. I have seen cat out of the corner of my eye and have even felt something brush up against my leg like a cat does... when there is nothing there. One day I was folding laundry in our room. Molly was standing in the doorway of the bedroom and I watched her head move like she was watching something (about eye level with her) walk from one end of the hall, past her, and down to the other end. She didn't growl or anything... just watched all interested.
Anyways...I wouldn't let myself think the house is haunted and I still don't know that it is. I do think the cat is here (The past owner had a beloved cat die which is probably buried in the back yard), but that doesn't scare me nor warrant this house being haunted.
So last night I woke up to Mike looking out the bedroom window. i asked that was going on and he said he had woken up and heard three distinct knocks coming from the Game room (The room next to ours). He said it sounded like someone knocking on the window. He didn't see anyone outside though and was too lazy to go look in that room. I had forgotten about that incident until I woke up and heard banging around in our Guest room. I am too much of a chicken to investigate and Mike wasn't home. So i just avoided that room until Mike came home. Nothing looks amiss in either rooms (The guest room nor game room). So I dunno... Like I said before... Mike does not believe the house is haunted and is very critical of ghosts and noises.. but he heard something last night and we don't know what it was. Kinda Creepy....

Company!!

Yesterday was a fun day. In the morning Mike and I (although Mainly Mike) refinished a sofa table. His boss had given him this sofa table for free but it didnt match anything we have. So we decided to refinish it.
This is what the table started out looking like.

Then we started the long process of sanding it down. The next step was applying the finish.
Here is the backside of the finished product. It now matches our decore better. I told Mike we are never refinishing another peice of furniture again. Next time we will just buy it in the shade we want. It was too much work for me...although once again, Mike did do most of the work. I think it turned out rather nice.
while I was taking pictures if the table... I got sidetracked and had to take a picture of the side walk chalk drawing Mike's Neice did for me. She loves me :-)

Last night my parents, Shelley and her boys came and spent the night on their way back home. It was fun having company over. My guest bedroom does not get used very often.
Today we just hung around at home most the day. Mike got up at 5 AM and ran 21 miles this morning so he was a bit worn out. Then this evening we went out to dinner with Mike's friend Nate and his wife Heidi. It was fun. We dont get to go out with them too often but we have a blast when we do. It was lots of fun.

4th of July

Yesterday was actually a really fun day. The Northern Utah Mustang Owners Association (the club Mike and his family are all a part of) were in the Sandy Parade yesterday. They had cars of all years. Lucky me got to drive Mike's 1994 Mustang Convertible. I hate being the center of attention so it was awkward. Mike drove his 1965 Fastback so he was in the lead... and I was a ways back. Anyways it was a very slow drive with lots of people staring at me, but I survived. We actually bowed out of the parade a little early due to the fact that all of the early year Mustangs were overheating. That was fine with me though because I had had more than enough attention.
After the parade (and after letting the cars cool) we all went to Sizzlers for a late dinner. Mike's sister invited us out to her house to do fireworks, so after dinner we went and put the nice cars away and picked up Molly before heading to his sisters house.
We spent the next few hours watching them light fireworks. They happened to have some *cough* illegal *cough* fireworks that shot up into the sky. well one of them tipped over and started throwing flaming balls in every which direction. It was scary because we didn't know where to run. They were shooting everywhere! One happened to explode on the hood of a truck and left a slight burn mark. It was rather scary.. but was rather funny after the fact. Mike's nephew took a hit but luckily it didn't explode until it bounced off his chest and went the other direction. He had a nice bruise. After that incident we stuck to the Utah Fireworks.
It was a fun night. We didn't get home until after 1 am (which is really late for us). I would have to say that was probably the most entertaining 4Th of July I have had in a while.

This was taken in the staging area before the start of the parade. Mike's 1965 Light Blue Mustang he drove is the first car on the right. I drove the Teal Blue Convertible that is the 2nd car back on the left.

Stress

I am stressing myself out. I just realized that we have a little over two months left to get everything done and in order for the wedding. I still have soo much to do! I still have to find an officiator. I also have to get everything altogether for my wedding dress... and I still have to buy flowers and everything else. The biggest stress is we still have not figured out a honeymoon yet. We both have the time off of work to go on one... but where do we go? we wanted to go back to the New England states but that might be too expensive. We really want to go somewhere that wont be too expensive is actually outside of utah. Let me know if you have any ideas for me!
Anyways I need to get some studying in. I have a test for school tomorrow and I havent studied at all! I am actually tired of school. I am thinking I wont go next semester (mainly because I will be planning a wedding). It will be nice to have a break from weekly tests.
I had a lot more I wanted to say on here, but I dont have time. Off I go to study!!