3 Week Count Down

Here I am posting my first blog message ever! Melissa, I am finally posting something! So y'all have heard by now that I am pregnant. (I put in a picture of me 7 months pregnant. I'm a little bigger than that now.) I am actually only 3 weeks away from my due date and I'm feeling larger than life. We are having a girl. We are going to name her Kira Olivia. We are really excited to have our first. We are still living in Kentucky which we love. Kentucky's a good ol' place to live. We miss everybody though and wish we could see everyone more often! I am excited to be done teaching though. I'm going to take the rest of the year off after the baby's born. Hope everyone is well and has a fabulous Christmas!

Costa RIca trip

VIVA COSTA RICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO pretty much, I want to move to Costa Rica. I have been there a couple times, and I really think that I could live my life happily in Central America. The lifestyle is so chill and relaxed, I would fit right in.

I spent my Thanksgiving vacation in Costa Rica and had a blast. We went hiking, cliff jumping, surfing (lets be honest, I laid out during this activity), and zip lining through the rain forest. I could not have asked for a better vacation. We even rolled our car down the side of a mountain, walked out okay from it, and ran into Melinda Edwards from the Alta ward, and her husband Heath Bailey, some of you might remember the Baileys from the Harmony ward, you know the ones with all the HOT boys in the family. Anyway, they picked us up off the side of the road in Costa Rica after our car was rolled. It was such a blessing and a wonderful vacation. In fact, I have decided to put together a trip for my students to Costa Rica at the end of May. I have already gotten several studdents to sign up. I met a man out there who leads trips, so I am using his company. We will river raft, rock climb, hike, kayak, and do some splunking. It is going to be so AWESOME!!!!!! I cannot wait.

This is my buds and I at a Thanksgiving dinner. It was a beautiful restaurant right on the beach.

Here is the rolled car at the bottom of the slight hill we rolled down. HAHA. It really makes for a good story. Especially since, I could not stop laughing and giggling, while my roommies were weeping. You know me, laughing is my defense mechanism. Alas, my roommies started to get really mad at me, but I could not control it, so I had to walk away. It was just soooo funny.

Anyway, that is my update. I am pretty busy with end of the year grading and finals for grad. school. I cannot wait till this semester is over with.

Happy Holidays everyone, and I will see you in a week...hopefully.

Katy.

Blogging

I am not good at the Blogging stuff either, but I really do enjoy blog surfing! I hate trying new stuff but I just need to conquer that fear and attempt it. I will try to set time aside next week to let everyone know what is going on with the Melvin Family!

Look at this picture I Found

So.............I am still unpacking, It's never ending. I found this picture in a box. So does anyone remember this special night? I thought it was way cute and just thought it would be fun to bring back some fun memories of the good old days. Hope this brings a smile.

Also I talked to Kimmy this week. She says she is as big as a house, but I don't believe her. She is due on the 9th of January. She's having a girl and she has a name picked out, hopefully she will blog........... so I won't spoil the surprise. Just wanted everyone to know she was doing great!

Star Wars Halloween

I have always wanted the whole family to dress up in the same theme for halloween. Two and three yers ago, I wanted the family to dress up as Harry potter characters. Last year it was Star Wars. I was going to be Princess Leia and Andy was going to be Han Solo. It never happened. This year, I atleast got all the kids to agree on Star Wars, so maybe next year Andy and I can join them. Drew is Jengo Fett, Sara is Yoda (obviously), Jace is a Clone Trooper and Nate is Boba Fett. Drew got his costume a week before halloween and he wore it everyday. He has worn a costume (he has several) everyday since then. My boys constantly "play" Star Wars. It is their favorite movie, their favorite video game, and their favorite pretend imagination game. Sara joins in now and again, but she prefers to stick with her "pretties", her purses, bracelets, shoes...anything that makes her pretty.

Leave your calendars open!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry that I have not posted anything yet. I am still trying to learn this whole blog thing. I am moving and it has been crazy, not to mention my computer is not hooked up yet.

Kevin and I went to AZ last weekend for our anniversary. We are trying to go to a new temple every year on our anniversary for fun. I didn't to see Katy because she has started a relationship with this guy, however I did speak with her. We are going to plan a friends get-together for the 21st of December. We will have dinner at my house, visit, and, Marc, bring encore. As I remember the GIRLS always won, because we are the ones that listened to country music so we had the advantage. I can't wait to have Steph and Holly play with us to bring back the good old days.

Look for an invitation to come in the mail in December, but I wanted to give you all a heads up. The 21st is the ONLY day Katy will be cable to be with us.

Our family is doing well, hopefully we can stay put for a little while, but who knows. I hope all of you are well and I totally miss you all. We really should see each other more. Love ya and I will try to learn this whole blog thing and when I get my computer up I will post some pics and be a better blogger.

Well, this idea has not worked as well as I thought it might. I know that we all get really busy, so I am not that shocked. But, I thought that I would write a little update.

Since moving to Arizona, I have started a new job, gained a new roommate, restarted school, and started a relationship. I am so tired. I want to have a normal life back where I just go to work and come home and socialize till one in the morning. I want my boring redundant life back

I am posting some pictures of my recent getaways. the first one is of my visit back home to DC. Here I am with my buds at a fall festival. I love the fall in the East.

The other picture is of my nephew, Zaks kid, and I went trick or treating this year as Hermione and Draco-Harry Potter characters. I am a nerd.

Okay, I am going to try and post more often. I would love to virtually here from all of you, especially see pictures of your cute kids.

Love You