One Year

This is a couple days late, but Jason and I have known each other for one Year! Last Saturday Nov. 7 marked the one year anniversary of our first date. I was so nervous to meet him that night...yet, as I opened the door and saw his smile and dimples, I knew it would be all right! I don't think I quit smiling all night. He took me to Bombay House for dinner. Afterwards, he had a list of things we could do depending on what happened on the date. Of course, I wanted to get to know him a little more so we went to a comedy club downtown (it was kind of dumb:)....but, I think I would have had a great time with him no matter what we had done. I couldn't wait to see him again. This is part of the email he sent to me the next day:

Good Morning Melissa,

Now that we have met and much of the uncertainty is gone, I will say I find myself more interested in you, by far then I did before. (and trust me I was pretty darn interested before). I just want to tell you that I had such a great time with you. I don't think it would have mattered much what we did or where we went, I was so thrilled to just have the chance to talk to you and get to know you a little better. It felt very natural to be around you, and I was amazed at how comfortable I felt interacting with you. I can't tell you what it is yet, but you are very easy to talk to. I love it! Why don't we just keep hanging out and talking until we are 92 years old? We'll drink some Diet Cokes, not eat tomatoes and somewhere in there I will grab your hand, maybe even a kiss, probably a slow soft one, you know the kind I'm talking about. Maybe we'll even do other stuff too but I don't know if it gets much better then kissing and drinking Diet Coke ;)

It is so fun to go back and re-read the emails that we wrote to each other. His emails always made me melt...he expresses himself so well! It was always so comfortable with him from the very beginning. I'm so glad I get to keep hanging out with my best friend until we're 92....hopefully I can kick the Diet Coke habit before then. I'm so lucky to have met Jason. I love him so much. He is perfect for me. Happy One Year Anniversary, Babe! I love you.

Woops, Halloween part 2!

I made a mistake of leaving out some very important people in our Halloween slide show. They Hoyal's were there also...here is a pic of their cute family. Happy Halloween.

Annual Hillam Halloween Party

Birthday Bowling

On Friday night I was able to go bowling at Fat Cats with two of my favorite girls, Alli & Kendra. Alli's birthday was on the 18th, she decided we should go bowling to celebrate. It was once again confirmed to me that bowling is not my speciality....both Kendra and Alli beat me. We had a lot of fun and were able to eat lots of pizza and yummy breadsticks. I'm so glad that they still like spending time with me. I have the best nephews & nieces, and love them all so much. We even had a sleep over that night. Thanks for a fun night girls!

"How the West was ONE"

I went with my sister Emily to a benefit concert at Kearns High school tonight. This concert involved four west side schools: Cyprus, Granger, Hunter, & Kearns High. Each high school sponsored a family or student from their school and worked on raising money for them. The concert consisted of performances from all the high schools madrigals and dance co. Each high school did a wonderful job. What a great way to bring together the surrounding communities. It was a great reminder to get outside of yourself. Sad, that I need this reminder sometimes.

Kearns high is sponsoring the Pyne family. Their mom has gone blind from diabetes and has to have weekly dialysis appointments. The students of Kearns high want to send them on a much needed family vacation because it is something that hasn't happened for many years. I was impressed by the number of students in attendance. We also found out that this has inspired the "East" side high schools to start "How the East was ONE". I wish the media would have been there to report on the great things that were happening with the "west" side schools. Funny how quickly they show up if there has been some sort of violence. I'm so glad I was able to attend this concert. What an inspiration these individuals are.

The Perfect Day

I love fall, it is my favorite season! I love the cooler temperatures and slight breezes! I love the splashes of fall colors all around. I love the sound of geese flying south. I love pumpkins, and Halloween! I love football games....especially BYU. There is just a different feeling in the air and I love it!

A Little Bit of Heaven

We decided to go to the cabin one last time this season. I have to admit it was a lot colder than I thought it was going to be, thank goodness for the fireplace! We had a great time relaxing and spending time together. Somehow food up at the cabin or camping always tastes better....why is that? Being at the cabin really is "A Little Bit of Heaven!"

Clay trying to keep warm while watching a movie!