Wedding. The word starts to sound monotonous.

After picking the place, setting up the wedding party, and deciding on a for sure date... the wedding planning has drastically slowed down. It's exciting to know we're getting married in 59 days, but planning a wedding is A LOT more complicated than we expected. People asking me about flowers, and napkins, decorations, drinks, food, rentals... I just want the wedding to be planned on it's own!! We really just want our wedding to be simple, and FUN! We want the day to be beautiful for God, and to be a testimony to our friends and family of how it looks when Christ loves His church. So when I think of that, it makes me feel less anxious about planning the wedding.

We registered at Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond, and THAT'S overwhelming because we have nothing! Well... we have a little, but not enough to make a household on. It was also really fun to pick out items for our new house together! :) In November we're applying for Base housing! We'll get to live for FREE and it'll be close to both our work places!

Right now, I'm designing the invitations! It's the part that makes me most happy! I love being able to use my graphic designing skills for something now in life! Those should be sent out by next week! Or at least that's what everyone seems to expect of me.

Another thing we have check off the list is our honeymoon plans! We will be taking a cruise to Cabo San Lucas right after Christmas until New Years Eve. YAY! Then, Jason gets free tickets to Disneyland, so we're shooting for doing that right when we come back from the cruise! We're both very excited for a vacation!

In personal news, Jason is getting over a sickness, and Melissa is trying to stay away from getting sick! We're going through Pre-Marital counseling together with Pastor Tim from our church, and that has been incredibly eye opening! We're both very happy that he's telling us how it is, and not floofing it up and giving us an unreal idea of what to expect.

Pray for us: We're still making some big decisions for our upcoming life together with work and other situations.

Life outside the wedding planning.

Along with planning for the wedding, we have encountered many changes in our lives recently. This year is actually turning out to be much more life changing than either of us could imagine. Here's the scoop.


Jason has been in the Air Force for a little over a year now. Never did he imagine he'd be in Vegas of all places, but he's ok with the idea... for obvious reasons. Recently, he decided that being an officer in the Air Force might be a path he'd like to go down. Jason has been interested in having more of a leadership role during his service. He's studying like crazy for the Officer Training Test that he's taking this upcoming Friday morning to see if this is a door that will open up for him. If it does, that means there will be even MORE changes in the future, but if it does not, he’s quite content with where he is right now anyway. Keep him in your prayers as he continues to prepare for his test on Friday morning.


Melissa started off the year teaching 4th grade at Mt. View Elementary with 23 students. Things were starting off great, and then because of the "low number" of students in the school, three teachers had to surplus and move schools, she was one of those three. Luckily, there was another 4th grade opening about a half a mile up from this school at Cortez Elementary, only it's an all boys class with 32 students! We have spend the last week packing and unpacking and getting ready... once again and sadly said goodbye to Mt. View and hello to Cortez. Tomorrow she's starting with the new pack of boys, a new set of teachers, and a whole new classroom. Say a prayer for Melissa too... that stress won't get in the way of doing what she loves.

Things are stressful at times with planning this wedding, and quite frankly is a little more distracting than expected for us. Thankfully, we've settled on a place, which is a HUGE weight off our shoulders. Next... we'll be tackling the next big things: The guest list and invitations! But really, if you're reading this, stop and say a little prayer for us. We don't want this wedding to absorb us and cause us to loose sight on what this whole thing is about in the first place! To end... here's a few engagement pictures brought to you by Tobi Anderson and David Vander Meer. :) Enjoy!

Me oh my!

There once lived a boy named Jason who moved to Las Vegas to be stationed at Nellis Air Force base in January of 2009. He soon after started attending Spring Meadows where he saw a simple young...beeeeautiful girl named Melissa. Thinking he had nothing to loose he chased after this young maiden only to be majorly denied. It took the girl some time and some messing up to do before she could see this boy God put right in front of her eyes. She soon realized how stupid she was being and chased him back. Surprised...and confused that the girl stopped ignoring him... Jason liked this girl very much and asked her out on Cinco de Mayo. 4 short months later, the two became engaged and everyone was happy. Right away they set the date to be December 19... and the naive couple is still in pursuit of the actual place this wondrous wedding will take place.

But wait.. the story is not over yet. Stay tune for more information still to come!