Josh and Melanie met in Provo in 1996, when Melanie was roommates with Kristin, one of Josh's childhood friends. After meeting and falling in love, getting married seemed like the natural next step. They've now been married for twelve years, have four kid and live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Posted By josh on November 26, 2008
We picked up the kids’ Christmas present today. It’s a cocker spaniel puppy and we have named him Boone. He’s about six weeks old and is really really cute. Here’s a photo of him as he’s asleep in his “house.”
Posted By josh on November 21, 2008
It’s really hard to not think my daughter is the sweetest little girl in the world. I received this email from her today.
i love you
love sombuty
Posted By melanie on November 21, 2008
When Josh was having his face fixed last month I asked my friend Alisha for a book recomendation. She said that Twilight was a fast and easy read. I thanked her then called Holly to see if I could borrow the book. She gave me the first three and I was off to the hospital. Now anyone who knows me can testify to this. I can’t stop reading once I start. I finished the first three over the weekend, got the fourth one from Holly and finished it that day. These were not my favorite books, but they were a fun read and I finally understood all the talk. I returned the books to Holly and she told me how her friend had rented out an entire theatre and still had some tickets for the midnight show. I thought what the heck, a girls night out, it will be fun. Well, I was so right! The theatres were sold out and they had 20 screens! For the midnight showing alone the theatre spent 20 thousand dollars on popcorn, candy, and soda. Holy cow!
The movie left a lot to be desired for me, but it was fun to be out that late with good friends. Anything can be made amazing when you win free stuff. Yup, I won that awesome twilight poster. Pretty sweet! Thanks girls for the amazing night amidst the teenage frenzy.
Now if I could just get my ears to stop ringing.
Posted By melanie on November 16, 2008
There are some days where your heart aches for dear friends. We have some fabulous friends who moved to Wisconsin recently and I thought a lot about them today. It is rare when your children find play mates in your friends as well. We miss you and think of you often.
Posted By melanie on November 16, 2008
Tonight a couple gal pals and myself ventured to the E center to relive NKOTB. The tickets, as josh said, were free so why not. We were jammin out with Natasha Bettingfield when we noticed that David Archuleta was right in front of us! Of course the cameras came out but we didn’t want to bother him while he was obviously enjoying Natasha. (Those AI viewers may remember she was on the show with him last season.) We were so excited! After Natasha finished he got up and left. That’s okay we still got to watch the New Kids do their stuff. After the second encore we decided to leave and beat most of the traffic. We got in the car and noticed David Archuleta right next to us. We screamed we love you, we voted for you every week, can we have your autograph, can we get a picture of you? In his sweet voice and with a shrug he said yeah!!!!!!!!!!! Now my NKOTB ticket is autographed by David and I have a picture with him. That was the high light of the night. I will post the picture and scan in his autograph at a later date. That was so much better than meeting Bob Shaw! This night will be remembered forever as the night David used my pen.
Posted By josh on November 15, 2008
I’m almost embarrassed to say it but my wife and a couple of her friends are going to the New Kids on the Block concert tonight. They scored some free tickets and decided to go. I had no idea they were even still together as a group. Now I kinda wish they weren’t.
Posted By josh on November 14, 2008
When we went to the funeral last week on Freedom, Idaho, I made sure to get a photo of Byron next to his great grandather’s grave marker. This is the person after whom he was named.
I’ve included the photo with this post.
Posted By josh on November 12, 2008
Some things I think I think:
Posted By josh on November 12, 2008
I bought tickets to the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, this Friday night. Nate, Nate, McKay and I are having a “guys night out” and are going to spend it watching what is hopefully as action-packed and exciting as it’s predecessor, Casino Royale. For me, Casino Royale set the bar for Bond movies and Daniel Craig is THE Bond. The torture scene in Royale was brutal but still had two of the best lines ever. I’m sure you all can guess which ones!
Posted By josh on November 12, 2008
Tonight, I’ve been listening to the following:
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic
The Wallflowers - Into the Mystic
I’m trying to decide which version of that song I like better. Either way, they’re both on my five star playlist.
Dave Mathews Band - DMB Live Trax album
This album is phenomenal. I don’t like a ton of the live versions of songs that I already know in their studio version. This, however, is different. I absolutely love the song Two Step. It’s about 13 minutes long but is really fantastic.
Jim Croce - I’ve Got a Name
This is a great 1970s song. I heard it on the soundtrack for the movie Invincible and put it on my list of songs to get when they were available on iTunes. I also got You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce as it’s a pretty fun song.
