Sumo!!!

Scott got to show his competitive side while doing sumo wrestling on sunday. Here are some great pictures (and a video!) that captured the moment. He's the one in the red thong. :)

We're engaged!

We decided to take a mini-vacation to Lake Geneva (just 45 minutes NW of Scott's house) and Scott suprised me by taking me to a place called The French Country Inn on Lake Como. We spent the day walking around downtown Lake Geneva and went on a 2 hour mansion tour around the lake. We got to the Inn and Scott had a dozen roses in the room and after sitting out on the deck for awhile (in the rain) Scott got down on one knee and proposed. I said yes of course, and here are a few pictures of our day. We enjoyed the evening by sitting in the hot tub and listening to the rain fall. Even though it rained all day long, we didn't let it spoil our joy or excitement! We'll keep you posted on the details!

"When you find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." -When Harry Met Sally

Rain and a ring.

Oh, and here's the ring....

Our shelter from the rain

Scott's Pets

A few weeks ago Scott noticed a visitor at his back door. Each night he builds a huge web between Scott's house and the dog's backyard leash and waits. When Scott lets the dogs out, he turns on the light and that's when the spider gets his dinner. Bugs swarm the light and fall prey to the huge web. It's gross and terrifying to watch him, but at the same time, really cool to see how unique and creative God's creations are. This picture is the first web he built last night (I accidentally let the dogs come in too far on their leash and they knocked the web down) so he had to build another one.



This is him rebuilding his web after it got knocked down.


This is his second web-even bigger and more beautiful than before.


Here is a closeup



Here are Scott's real pets, Sydney and Precious. :) For those who know me well, you are probably thinking, "Wow! Mel is in love with a guy who has not one, but TWO dogs?" Yes, it's true, and I really like them. They remind me a lot of me and my sister. Precious is the older one and definitely more responsible. She likes to stay out of trouble (most of the time!). Sydney is the younger, wilder sister. She likes to play around a lot and gets into trouble (Jen I'm not saying you get into trouble :)). But they are just typical sisters, each having their own personalities. They are really fun to watch.

Sydney is on the right, Precious is on the left.


Sydney waiting for her dinner :)