Brett turns 24!!!!

This year we were in Hawaii for Brett's birthday and got to celebrate there and at home. The first two pictures are Brett in Hawaii eating his yummy ice. (Sense of Humor required for those pics ;)).

When we came home we celebrated his birthday with Laura, Matt and Katie. We went to dinner at Costa Vida and when we came home we surprised Brett with his very own Mint Chocolate Chip Baskin Robbins birthday cake (even with trick candles!!). It was a great day and fun to celebrate twice.

Happy 24th Brett!!

A Hawaiian Christmas

For Christmas this year, Brett and I joined my family in a trip to Kaua'i, Hawaii. We left on the 19th of December and came home on the 27th. It was an extremely fun and relaxing vacation. Here are just a few highlights from our tropical escape. :)

Lunch at a place called Fat Mama's. The burrito I got definitely fit the restaurant name.

A very intense rope swing where we spent many hours swinging from...

At a beautiful waterfall we kayaked and then hiked to. We walked behind it and you almost couldn't breathe with all the water that was falling behind you. Amazing!

At the Grand Canyon of Kaua'i....so pretty! The Wettest spot on earth is just about 1/2 mile from here...

The Zipline Explorers on Christmas Day!

Left: Me. Right: Brett. Center. The insane Zipline setup.

At the end of the zipline adventure we went swimming. Brett was the star of the show with backflips and tricks. It was great!

This was Brett's Birthday. We went to a fun lunch at a place call Keoki's. 24!!!

The day we left. You can tell we are tourists by the jeans that we wore preparing for freezing Utah air. We are devouring the yummy "Shave Ice" that they sell pretty much everywhere there. So scrumptious!

It was a wonderful trip!!! :) We loved spending time swimming, playing on the beach, and throwing the nerf football from pool to pool at our hotel. We were sad to come back to snow and back to chapped lips and dry skin....sad. But great to be home!!

Mahalo :)

Brett.

While we were waiting at the Zip Line in Kauai Josh took these funny pictures of Brett.

We were laughing so hard!! It made for a hilarious memory of going to Hawaii.

Christmas Card

Yes, this is our Christmas Card. :) We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Love, Brett and Whitney Mellor

4 o'clock

Today when I got home from work I went into my kitchen looking for a little 4:00pm-low-blood-sugar-treat. I had a couple cookies left over and decided that they would make a lovely treat. Mindlessly I grabbed the plastic zip-lock bag that I had stored them in and took one out.

As I sat with my cookie and glass of milk I decided that my "plastic cookie bags" weren't going to cut it any longer.

MY cookies deserve a better home.

They're too delicious to sit in a lame zip lock bag. which is why I decided I want a cookie jar. A cute one, obviously. One that will do my cookies justice. Because, taking a cookie out of a jar is a lot more fun than taking one out of a bag. Ha ha :)...just for fun...

Someday...

A Game for the Ages

The BYU vs. Utah game was yesterday at BYU. It was a fantastic game to finish the season. The game was tied at the end 20 to 20. In overtime Utah scored a field goal and it was then BYUs turn with the ball. On their second play, Max Hall threw the ball to George who carried it into the endzone. The fans rushed the field and celebrated the Cougar victory together on the Y field. An amazing game and one that we will remember forever.

Yes....we had season tickets on the 3rd row...awesome season...

Josh, Trev, Dad, me, and Brett....we have had so much fun this season!

Us in the group running the field...total RUSH!

The fans in the stadium...

Pandemonium...

George, our player of the winning touchdown in overtime!

Us after the game...cold, but too excited to care. Go Cougars! A great end to a great season. Cougar victory 26 to 23 against the Utah Utes.

Design That Makes Me Smile

Today I was thinking about all the things I'm grateful for. For those who don't know, I'm obsessed with design. I love it!

Please Enjoy :)

Beautiful :)

Wooden floors...a night stands that look like trees....colorful lamps full of light...a cozy sleigh bed...

A green kitchen full of fun cabinets...

God's colorful design...beautiful...

Meet Alice..she used to be old and she was made new....

Don't you wish you lived in a town where every building looked like this???

It makes my heart sing. (The Bertoia chair to the right is amazing as well...)

Another place I wished to live in...a place where you go outside in boots like this and an amazingly cute apron that was part of your everyday outfit...

Can't you just imagine your little girl getting into bed in her little bedroom where her little bed was nestled into a little nook in the wall :) ah...

Frank Lloyd Wright. Enough said.

The Pantheon. Give them credit, this is incredible.

The fireplace, the couch, the cute pillows, the amazing curtains...the roof and ceiling....ah..

The Macintosh School. It doesn't look like much, but the inside is truly inspired. A-mazing!

Robert McArthur.

I went in this home a couple years ago and cried. Cried. The little bedroom from above lies within this incredible home. The seperate garages, windows, wallpaper (yes, beautiful wallpaper!), small rooms, and design are...I'm speechless. I am without speech.

A blue cabinet...with red walls...

Little Green Notebook design...

Again Little Green is basically design on a dime but incredible! She inspires me.

I hope that you are smiling. :)

For the Love...

Read if you wish! :)

What are your middle names? Brett's is Lee and mine is Rose

How long have you been together? We met March of 2008 and married December 2008.

How long did you know each other before you started dating? Well...basically about 2 weeks before we decided we were together...when you know, you know! :)

Whose siblings do you see the most? We see my siblings more, but we see Brett's siblings for game nights and visits on sundays that we love as well!

Do you have any children together? Nope. Someday!

What about pets? Not yet, but we want a dog someday!

Did you go to the same school? We both went to dear ole' Davis High.

Who is the most sensitive? Definitely me. I used to not be a cryer, but one bad dream and I'll be bawling.

Where do you eat out most as a couple? We don't eat out often, but when we do we usually go to Winger's for wings and sticky finger salad. Yum!!

Where is the furthest you have ever traveled as a couple? Espana!

Who has the worst temper? We both don't have much of a temper, but I have a lil more than Brett.

Who does the cooking? Me. Though I know he can cook. Hmm...

Who is more social? I am. Although, if Brett is warmed up to the people then he is a social butterfly!

Who is the neat freak? We both are. I got lucky and married a man that loves a clean house as well!

Who is the most stubborn? Hm....neither of us. Ha ha we're both pretty easy going.

Who hogs the bed? Brett does. Once I get out of bed in the morning he rolls over and diagonally he covers the bed. We don't cuddle once we're sleeping, but the blanket is a little fought over through the night. :)

Who wakes up earlier? It depends on the day. Both of us LOVE our sleep, so hearing an alarm disturbs us both greatly.

Where was your first date? I went down to Provo for a Miss Utah meeting and we met on Friday. We went to a BYU Pow Wow (That he went to for extra credit for a class.) and then he gave me a tour of campus. After we went to Wendy's and went to a park. We found a sweet pine tree that we climbed up and ate our food and talked for hours...SOOOO cute!

Who has the bigger family? Brett has 3 siblings and I have 4.

Do you get flowers often? I don't like Brett to spend the money we have on flowers, but the times I have gotten them I have loved it!!

Who eats more? Hands down Brett. He will eat a pizza right before we go to bed. He can put it away, and he still stays in great shape without working out....I'm so jealous of that...

Who sings better? Brett. I'm a terrible singer.

Who does the laundry? I do. It's convenient for me because I usually do it when I'm working at home.

Who is better with the computer? Oh goodness Brett is incredible. I am useless when it comes to Techy-stuff. It's so sad!!

Who drives when you are together? Brett. I love to just ride in the passenger seat and hold his hand. :)

Who picks where you go to dinner? We pick together when we do go out. It usually takes us a while to figure it out. We have a list of places we want to go before we leave Provo, so we are currently working on that list. Any suggestions?

Who is the first one to admit when they are wrong? We're actually good at admitting when either of us are wrong. We work well together.

Who wears the pants in this relationship? Brett is head of household, but we make decisions together.

Who eats more sweets? Uh...definitely me. I love sweets!

Who cries more? I do. As mentioned above...

Where did you honeymoon? First the Grand America, and then we escaped to Island Park near Yellowstone. We loved it and recommend it!

Favorite date night? Dinner and a movie...typical I know. We also love playing games together. Our newest game is called Coloretto. Try it!

Favorite TV show to watch together? We love the Office, Lost and Friends.

Love you all!! Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Funny Thing...

(A Picture from our Wedding Dinner in December...good times!)

Funny Thing...

1. How the Chevron on University Parkway asks if I want a Car Wash...but there's no car wash at that location.

2. How I bought a "seedless watermelon" and was surprised to find little black things inside....hmm...

3. How cyclists and runners own the road in Provo...they are everywhere!

4. How the 80-year-old woman sitting next to me at the endowment session the other day told me 7 times during the session that her "hose" were cutting off her circulation and she thought her toes were going to fall off....

5. How I thought I would never cheer for BYU...but here I am in Provo living in on-campus housing wearing a BYU football shirt for this saturday...Go Cougars! :)

6. How sometimes I get a silence laugh inside of me when the carpool lane gets stuck in traffic as well...

7. How I'm 22 and it doesn't feel as old as I thought it would...

8. How I should be working right now doing my "Call Monitoring" job at home but I'm blogging...

9. How our neighbors have a yellow tiled bathroom...I don't know about you but that's nasty.

10. How my primary has 4 kids...Joy, Grace, Samuel and Fernanda. (Two of whom don't speak english...)

11. How Thanksgiving isn't here yet, but I'm already done Christmas shopping!

12. How my in-laws sent Brett and me Spain candy the other day and we ate ALL of it in one day...more like 1 hour :)...mmmm....

13. How crazy people are...

14. How I mentally compete with others at the gym...seriously if the girl or guy next to me keeps running I feel I have to as well, it's great!

15. How I listen to people on the phone with my call monitoring job that are hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and yet they want to buy a program that is $20,000+. Again...crazy people out there.

16. How excited I get to watch the Biggest Loser on Tuesday nights...

17. How excited I am for Brett to come home and for the Dustin family Thanksgiving next week!

Happy Wednesday :)