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Videos from Day One

These arae some videos from day one. For those of you who I have receive these blog posts in your e-mails be sure to visit the blog to watch the videos if they don't come through in the e-mail.
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This first video is of us finally getting out of town. We were excited!!!


Momma, Daddy and John Ryan...this video is for you. Can you guess where we are by our song? We REALLY were sad that you guys weren't with us. Yes, we are making new memoires on our own but it sure doesn't replace the old ones. And we have A LOT of old memories driving these roads with you guys.





This video is of us crossing into Colorado.....I thought I would burst with joy! I LOVE COLORADO! I didn't even care that it was night time and I couldn't see the mountains....I was just happy to be there. There is just something in the air there I tell ya...it's magical!
The only sad part was that I realized it was the first time I had been to Colorado without my parents...after 27 years of traveling to Colorado almost EVERY year it's pretty crazy that I had never been there without them. But, don't worry we are learning how to have fun without our families...but it sure is hard.......so on day two I will share the new memories Tristan and I made together as our own little family unit. Bethany, don't read into that! : )

P.S. Today is Bethany and John Ryan's San Angelo Shower....and Tristan and I are not there.....we are mourning! But, then I just think about the fact that we get to have Bethany forever and I am not AS sad that I am missing this memory. Did ya'll know I ADORE Bethany? Well....now you do! I love you B!

Day One

So....after a lot of dreaming we eventually decided we were going to make this trip no matter what. Tristan has made this summer a summer of making my dreams come true and this trip is no exception to that.  We are having the time of our lives!  

These photos are out of order....I still get it wrong every time.  oh well!  Day one we traveled 12 hours and drove from Brownwood to Canon City Colorado.  We left Brownwood at 1:00pm and arrived at in Canon at 12am Mountain Standard Time. It was an exciting day for us being that we were finally on the road.  We realized it is an easy drive to Canon  and that we need to make it more often.

OUT OF TEXAS!!!!!
Me
Tristan sleeping
Sweet potato lunch in the car...yum!
My Gnome, he travels with me everywhere. I love him.  Thanks John Ryan for the Gnome
My 25  road trip cent glasses that I got from a Garage Sale.  Perfect!
This is when we started.....when we finish this trip it will say something like 5,000!
Sweet Potato again..
Us.

With love...all the way from Seattle, Wa.....

Tristan and Melissa

Nov 2008-June 2009

This is the last 7 months in pictures.  Although, the pictures are in opposite order(June 2009-Now 2008).  I have to catch everything up now that I have iphoto back on my mac, and I want to do it before we leave so I can blog about our trip and not feel bad about the 7 months I neglected.  I should have about one or two more posts of updates before we leave.  

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When we visited Rand and Chaira in June all 6 of us went to the Museum of natural Science and History and we even watched an Imax film....the girls were GREAT during the whole thing!

My mom in a really hot dress that I wanted her to get for the wedding but it was too expensive. Momma, maybe it has gone on sale since then?

Tristan, Dr. Hall, and Mr. Summers at the Academy Graduation

Tristan, myself, John Wortham(who we are staying with in Seattle...woohoo), John Ryan and my beautiful sister Bethany.

John Ryan graduated in May from HPU with Summa Cum Laude Honors.  I am so proud of him and AMAZED at all the Lord has done in his life.

He's super smart, but also crazy.....and so is his college roomate Josh

Love that smile. : )

We visited Rand and Chiara for the 1st time in March I believe...it was wonderful to meet Sari for the first time...she is BEAUTIFUL!!!

We needed extra space in our kitchen, those industrial shelves make me feel like the real deal!
I made this shirt as a surprise for Tristan  and wore it to work on Valentines day to work.
We got to celebrate our 1 year anniversary(and Tristan's birthday and the new year) in Vail...it was wonderful.  This is our cake top that my mom sneakily saved for us...it was a great surprise and she wrapped it so meticulously that it tasted fresh...no joke!

My parents were so sweet and kept a tradition that my mom's parents started with them(my p's always celebrated anniversary's in Vail and my Pom Pom and Grandma always paid for them to go out to dinner) and they paid for us to go out to dinner at a VERY nice restaurant!  It was fantastic.
On the slopes....our favorite place to be!

Christmas in Lytle
Me messing around on the piano in Lytle
JR got a new MacBook...if you can't tell it was(is) a big deal!

Best Friends

Me with straight hair after B cut me some bangs.
Thanksgiving in Floresville with the Summers...how I love that family!

Tristan's first piece of Pumpkin Pie of the year!

Three of my favorite men at Sarah and Jimmy's wedding!  We love Chris Taylor!

A toast to John Ryan and Bethany

John Ryan and Bethany are getting married VERY soon and Tristan and I couldn't be happier about it.  These pictures and videos are a toast to them, the memories we have made together and all the many memories we(us and our kids, grandkids, etc) will make together in the future.  The Lord has made our lives rich with joy because of the two of you and  we are thankful.