Birthdays, Belated Wishes

Happy 17th Birthday to my dear sweet niece, Kazhia.

Tomorrow is my parents 44th Wedding Anniversary.
This picture was taken while they were on their mission in Nauvoo.

Belated Birthday wishes to my sister in law, Mimi.
I don't know why this picture came out so yellow
but it is still a cute picture of their family anyway!

Happy Birthday Julie and Happy Anniversary, too!
Also, my sister's birthday was earlier this month ( 1/11)
and Julie and Kent's Anniversary (1/4)! wow! 17?
You're marriage is as old as Kazhia!

Happy Yesterday Birthday Dan!
This mostly just shows his daughter, Aubrey, and her fish she caught,
it's down by Dan's foot!
(This made me realize that I don't have many pictures of my siblings!)

Happy Anniversary to Derek and Julie!
You guys made it a whole 2 years!
(See, I don't have pictures of these guys either!)

Anyway, Happy Celebrations to all!!!!!!!

Ivy Camille Porter

Welcome to the World, Ivy!
My newest niece was born on
Friday, January 25th at 9:07

Lindsey is doing great!
Thanks Rich and Lindsey for giving me another adorable niece!

How are the Mellors like...

...everyone born before electricity was invented? Because we now know what it is like to live without electricity! I would have pictures, but it was too dark to take any.
We were notified about 3 weeks ago that we had a problem in our electrical box outside. SO, we called an electrician and he ripped into the box and found that things were much more deteriorated than we thought. We had to get a new electrical panel... I thought "okay, so we are thinking, a few hundred and he can replace it today?" I say "Nay, Nay", I didn't realize that I would have to get a building permit. I got the permit ($170, ouch, for a piece of paper!), then we had to get SRP to shut off the power, and were told that it would be off from 8 am to 2 pm. I got to know our electrician pretty well and found out his older brother graduated with me from Mesa High (anyone remember Kirk Huffaker?)
Well, 2 pm came rolling around, the panel was finished, and the City of Mesa had sent it's clearance to SRP to come out and inspect and turn the power on. Nope! They sent the wrong kind of inspector out and the right kind had gone home for the day. We were stuck. So, we went to Walmart, got some flashlights and a lantern (that are going into the 72 hour kit) and saw where we were lacking in the preparedness arena. We also realized that in the case of a real emergency, Arby's wouldn't be open for dinner... we can do better.
Finally after many minutes on the phone the next morning (Cold night, everyone bundled and Hayden slept in between Curt and I) the right inspector showed up, and finally around 1:30 we had power again. I have never been so happy to hear the refrigerator running, the heat turn on and reset the clocks!
I have never thought that I was spoiled, but now realize that I am... I have to have a TV, Radio and computer. I got a lot of cross stitching done, but it was too quiet, other than the airplanes flying overhead. I hope that we never have to go 36 hours without power again, but now I can slightly sympathize with people back East who lose their power in storms and such, but at least it wasn't Mother Nature who took ours out and the problem was soved fairly easily... Also, our house is a bit safer and the electrical box won't be exploding anytime soon.

Kitchen Sink Philosophy

I am often told that I have an interesting way of viewing the world. A friend once told me that she would "love to jump inside that head and see what colors you have in there". Well, here is your chance.
I have lots of friends, some close, some - not as close and a slight few who know what my "colors" really are. I hope you enjoy my view of the world around me. You can find the link under "Happy Chatter".

Happy Anniversary Curtis!

Wow! What a ride! In honor of the 13th Anniversary. Here are 13 things that most people don't know about Curtis and I... oh and a cute montage from over the years.

1. I had sworn off men when I met Curt. I had broken off a relationship less than two months before and I wasn't looking for someone to date. I was wrong.

2. Curt and I wanted 5 kids. We agreed on that when he proposed. (Geniel beat me to that one!) We have realized that it is not in our control, we'll take what we get.

3. Curt and I were in the same ward for about 3 months and didn't meet, but knew the same people, (1992-1993 ish), we later met in July of 1994.

4. We went to school after we were married together to go into Landscape Management and Design. We both failed accounting and that was it... but we both would still love to garden and landscape, but don't have a big yard, that's one of our goals.

5. We still love to watch Beavis and Butthead as long as the kids aren't around.

6. Curt served his mission in Seattle and I am most happy on overcast, rainy days. We both want to live somewhere gloomy, rainy and dark to truly be happy.

7. Until Curt, I thought that Taco Bell was the only acceptable form of Mexican food other than cheese crisps. He opened up a whole new world for me. Thanks Chalo's and La Casita also, Globe's not that weird of a place after all. (still, I never want to live there)

8. Until I came along, Curt didn't really like Saurkraut or Corned Beef and Cabbage, and I sure changed that! We love der Weinerzschnitzel and if we ever move, that is one place that had better be close by! Corned Beef is one of Aaron's favorite too.

9. The night we met (Friday), my truck's battery died. He sat there and let another girl hook up her car cables to jump it, so I could get home. He was too busy scamming on another girl. He has since apologized, but it is still really funny.

10. We love the beach, we secretly harbor the hope that as tragic as the event might be, "Cauliforneeah" will sink into the ocean and Arizona will have a wonderful beach to hang out at. Well, maybe just the part of Cali around Tiajuana...

11. Here's our timeline. Friday, meet for the first time at Dave Thompson's Party and find out Curt's name. Saturday, go to the country dance and dance with Curt 8 times straight, make him say "uncle" when we get tangled up doing the pretzel (his fault). Sunday, go "scam" on him in his ward and give him my phone number. Mon, Tues, Wed, wait by phone waiting for him to call. On Thursday, he calls and asks me out on Sat. Saturday, we go roller blading, I get wrapped around a "stop" sign trying to stop and all of our "friends" ditch us to fall in like, then love. We haven't gone more than 2 days without each other since then.

12. Out of all the surgeries I have had, his was the last face I remember, then first face I have seen when I woke up and was my rock through them all. He is the one that I cry with, yell the loudest at and laugh the hardest with. He is my joy and my one and only. He is my match, my equal, my best buddy. Our song is "Saved the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams and we can both play it on the piano.

13. HOLY COW! Thirteen Years... Most people don't think that we are that old. We are... BUT,that's quite a record in the real world... Excuse me, I am going to hug my husband...

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