Dear Summer,

Thanks for the last couple of weeks. They have just been full of perfect Summer fun!

Ross Park with Karissa, spending hours floating around the lazy river

Family Bike rides,
including Sarah weaving all over the road

plus sunglasses

Swimming at the Lemmon's,

Visiting Carly in Salt Lake,

The Choral Concert, International Art Exibit & dinner at Bro. Brigham's

Meat, potatoes, green beans, salad, rolls, and cake!

Cafe Rio, surely a summer gift if there ever was one,

Loving potatoes

Kenna's Birthday Celebration(I made the cakes!)

Single Ladies Camping in which I wear a skirt and watch everyone else set up the tent

I am looking forward to many more weeks filled with perfect summer fun!

Thank you Summer for finally arriving!

PLEASE STAY FOREVER!

Love,

Melissa the Beautiful

P.S. If you were a man, I would marry you.

DC, Here I Come!

Housing: Check!

Airfare: Check!

Fingerprints: Check!

On my way!

You Saved Three Lives Today

Sometimes giving blood can be a little dangerous. Especially if the lady taking the blood keeps making concerned faces, while saying "hmm I wonder where your vein is." Never a good sign.

Thankfully they had someone else do my other arm!Then they rewarded me with cookies and a pin!

One Gallon Baby!

Every Now and Then I Look Fabulous

Sometimes I just love my hair. And sometimes I just think it looks perfect.

Coming to America

Independence Day was crazy stormy! We had massive amounts of hail and rain. Notice the fact that my Father drops a hamburger on the ground then picks it up and puts it back on the plate. I am pretty sure I ate that one. Also, he thought I was taking a picture hence the standing and smiling. I love historical holidays!

* I kept repeating myself over and over "this is insane"!

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Several unfortunate things have happened to me this past week.

1) I almost lost my swimsuit bottoms while boating on Saturday. Luckily I grabbed them at just the right moment. Actually this is more hilarious than unfortunate. Now if the guys in the boat had to search for my swimsuit bottoms, that would have been unfortunate.

2) I hit a cat with my scooter. It ran right in front of me, without giving me a chance to stop. I think it was just a glancing blow because it ran off. I hope some old lady is waiting for her precious kitty to come home...

3) Clive, the devil's own dog, destroyed my journal. The journal I love, the journal I bought in Italy for many Euros.

I can laugh about the others, but I can't laugh about this one. Maybe next week.