This is my FAVORITE picture from our trip.
Ann & Ryan B are our friends that are moving soon. Ann is doing a residency in radiation. She is a vet. Now I have a reason to go to Virgina! We are trying to spend as much time with them as we can.
We bought a GC on Groupon.com to Pizzicato Pizza. Everyday they have a great deal on something. So delish! This place is walking distance from my work! You can see Owen wanted to eat the box too! I ordered the Thai Pizza. Yes Thai. And we had the wild mushroom pizza.
I painted my nails the most awsome aqua color. It's my new favorite. So it started a short photo shoot. 
Luaren and Jason adopted a boston terrier. Frankie. He is almost 1 year. I get to dog sit at the end of May!
Birthday Brunch at Urban Solace! So Yummy. Fun with Friends!
We have been talking about starting our veggie garden. So we wanted to clean the mess of stuff hidden behind the fence and take the wood fence down. The gate was wanting to fall off so we just took it down today. We love that we can see our yard and that it will be part of a usable space. 
It is crazy! I have had Owen as my best friend for over 6 years! We have been married for 5.5 years and i have loved every second! Thanks for a wonderful weekend. I love strolling down memory lane with you. It doesn't get any better then you Babe! Thanks for all the love a support you give me! I love you, Back! Sweetart*
We have a friend who lives out in Campo and has a ranch out there. We love to go and hang with our pals Jim and Nelda. Owen helped jim build an arena for his horses. We also like going because it gives us a reason to wear our Western hats! Plus it is so beautiful out there!!!
Three mornings of work and I now have a Beautiful Shed. Owen painted the door for me but I did everything else myself! It feels pretty nice. We want to paint our house in a simular fashion so I thought the shed would be a great trial. What do you think? 
I like to look at it now:) Next we are going to run power to the shed. I can't wait for that!
Before: So white and boring!
As you can see Janet doesn't want to let go of Lala! We feel the same way. We ware so glad we made it out to Utah for her blessing. We just wish that we lived closer so we could be there more. She is so cute! She loves her Uncle Owen.
Olea you did such a beautiful job making her dress. Keep sewing girl! You guys are so much fun and we miss you a ton! Thanks for letting us crash with you! We owe you!!!
We got a really cool oppertunity to tour Jeff Decker's studio. He is based out of Art City ,Utah. Which is super close to Adam and Olea. Adam has meet him through his work. Jeff is a famous bronze artist. He is 1 of 2 people that are aloud the use the Harley Davidson logo in his art work. He has a wonderful Motorcycle collection which he uncovered each one and gave us a discription! He owns Elvis' old bike!!! Such a nice guy!!! We love the hot rod culture and so we are big fans of Jeff. Check out his work it is really cool. 
My Brother-in-law works in a foundery. When we went up to visit them he gave all of his family members a tour. When we came they did a pouring of a bunch bronze sculptures. We learned about the enter proccess from start to finish. Pretty cool place. Man does it get hot in there. It is a lot of work to make a sculpture! If you ever get the chance to go jump on it!
Adam, I love your outfit! Thanks again!!!
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! We are spending time together and with friends! We had a wonderful dinner at our friends Jim and Nelda last night! Man can Jim cook! I hope you all can step back and ponder on the reason for the season! We can not forget about Jesus! I hope as you go about your traditions that you stop and take it all in. As soon as it starts it is over! I loved seeing Owens reaction to his lepord bean bag he got! We love each of you and wish we could be with each and every one of you! Merry Christmas! OXOX Melinda and Owen
This is Magnus. He a 2 year old with tons of turbo energy! He is the baby. But not for long Owen's big sis Jess is having her 4th! We are hoping for a healthy baby! And if it was a girl we wouldn't frown.
This is Garland. He is named after Owen Garland and his great grandpa Garland. He is the middle boy. Every time I came over he wanted me to take his picture. "Where's your camera?" he would ask.
This is Lavender. She is Olea's first. All of Owen's sisters are in the Mom club. We flew to Utah for her blessing. She is almost 4 months. She loves he Uncle Dude!
These 3 cuties are just 3 out of my 17, soon to be 18 nieces and nephews! I love them all.
Fun in the backyard! We spend many hours out in OUR yard. We have done some much needed work. For example, The nice wood fence Owen and Matty built. Which I am so in love with! Before there was a chain link fence. Our neighbors yard is a big eye sore and they have 3 barking dogs. So to say the least I love that we can use our yard and not be barked to death. I trimmed the tree that is pictured this weekend. Before it was so over grown. Now it looks like a tree and not a bush. 
On this new fence of ours we are going to paint a mural. It is shown on the fence in this photo. Owen and I traced the image and the guys are going to paint it on Thursday. It will look super cool as the fence weathers! Are you surprised that it is a bike theme image? I'm not. We love our bikes.
Today when I got home Owen was on a mission to find this cord he needed. It hooks into his iPod and then into the projector. It took a while to find but once he did it is so cool! Now we can plug in his iPod and watch the movies that he records on his iPod. We also found that it works with the iPhone. You can watch YOUTUBE (Or any video on your phone) on the projector. So who needs a Drive In anyway? We have our own in our backyard. More photos of the yard to come as we do more work!
We had MIKEY since Owen's first birthday after we where married. So over 4 years. He was just a feeder fish I got at Petsmart. We would come a kiss your finger when you feed him. He liked to be alone. He didn't like sharing his tank. Such a fun fish. He lived in the kitchen and although it is sad he is gone I am happy about having my counter back!
Our friend Jason handed a set of four chairs down to use. The before is pretty scary!
But look at the Redo! It is so nice now that all four chairs are done and looking stylish! 
I had the fabric on hand. I buy fabric sometimes and keep it for when I have a project. I bought a yard of clear vinyl and we added a bit of new foam. Some sandpaper and a couple cans of spray paint and this is what you get! I am proud of how they came out! Much better.
We went to Mr. Tiki's Lounge for Owen's birthday. He turned 30! I can't beleive how time flies.
