Melton Memories

We're back! What a difference in temp. when you step off the plane into 110 degree weather, ugh! We had a wonderful time with the family!!! Basically our vacation followed this routine everyday. Wake up 8:00, have coffee, eat breakfast, go out on the boat about noon and have lunch then surf or wake board all day,come back home about 5:00 have dinner then go back out for a late night run (since it stays light out until about 10:00). We went to dinner one night for Betty (John's mom) 81st Birthday and with friends to a restaurant on the water another night, but otherwise we never left the house! It is probably one of the best times we have had all together in a long time!! If you can't tell I loved it all!!! I have been trying to add a link to the photos but for some reason it is not showing up, so I will keep trying. You can go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/srmelton/Montana2009# to see photos.

So we are still up in Montana and having a great time! I have learned to wakeboard and surf!! Wayne is already great at it and has been giving the rest of us pointers. I tried to upload a photo but my photo didn't seem to understand the bloggging world,so I will post photos when we get home, however the picture of us above is where we are. It is gorgeous up here and it really makes me want to move here, I mean who wouldn't want lakes, trees and great weather!! Well I have to run, be home next week!

Here are a few more photos I found on my CD, I thought they were so funny! Farmer and the Dell Look out.... what's he up to with that frying pan..... Gotta love this shot! LOL

I was cleaning out some of the drawers in my office when I came across this CD with pictures from our trip to Kansas (I think in 2003?) It was such a fun trip because everyone on my dad's side of the family made it out to Kansas were we spent a week goofing off and reminiscing . It has since become and even more special trip to me as my grandfather has pasted away and my dad's uncle Gerald in the photo has as well. It is just such a cool thing to me when you can get everyone together in a family and get photos that you can look back on and remember the Good 'Ole Days! I wish that we all lived closer together so that we could see each other more often, we seem to have spread out quite far between AZ, NY, AL, KS, Australia. Maybe one day soon we can all meet up half way again for some long over due family fun! Until then I will just have to keep looking at all my photos. :) Lori & I in a huge sunflower field Our whole family (minus James) on my Dad's side The ...

Ok, this will probably sound a little strange but I was so excited yesterday when I got to go on a ride along with Wayne's station! I had stopped by to bring the guys some ice cream to cool their day down and was told Wayne and his partner Brad were out on a call, so I hung out for a few minutes talking with his Capt. The tones rang out for the engine to join in on the call Wayne was at so his Capt. asked if I would like to ride along so of course I said heck yea!! It was a little funny because I had just been talking with my friend Jen (Brad's fiance) earlier in the afternoon about wanting to go on a ride along and low and behold I got my wish! :) Anyway I found out as we were in route that they were going to be bringing in a helicopter so that was another treat to see! It is just amazing to me to sit and observe the guys in action and see what they deal with on a day to day basis. I really do have huge respect for what these guys do to help people!! Here are a few pict...

Chloe just cracks us up when we are outside on the weekends. She wants to be in the pool so badly but just can't seem to get her brain to over ride her body wanting to get in. She will run around the pool trying to decide if she should get in or not (this usually goes on for about 10-15 mins.) before she will just get in on the top step. Neon on the other hand loves the water and will just come right on in and swim around like a fish. We were out in the pool and decided to see if Chloe would get onto one of the rafts and stay there and she did! Here are a few photos of her out in the pool with Wayne. One day maybe she will realize that the water is her friend!

We have added a new addition to our household, in some respects it feels to soon but in others not. I did not realize how much life Kota brought into our house until he was gone. All last week I dreaded going home each night knowing that he would not be there. Our other animals were feeling the emptiness as well, they just didn't seem to have that spunk or energy to play, everyone was in mourning. Wayne has been very good about letting me know that there was no right or wrong time to get another kitten that whenever I was ready he would go with me and we would see what we could find. So on Saturday we went to a woman's house that runs Foothills Animal Rescue and ended up looking at about 40-50 cats. Now mind you I could NEVER have 40-50 cats in my home, but I am glad that there are people out there that do not mind that because they are saving these poor little kitties from the heat of AZ! We ended up leaving without a cat (so that we could go home and discuss the pros a...