Mallory had to hide behind me to keep my veil in place. It wanted to fly up, up and away.

The lighting makes this one not quite a cool as it could have been, but you get to see my train! It was way longer than I had planned on getting, but I love it!

This one is Krista's favorite!

I was cleaning up my flash drive today and found some of my bridal pictures. Originally I had no intention of doing bridals, but Wesley asked me to and so did his mom and his sister. What was I to say? We didn't hire a photographer, they just took the pictures, so it really didn't cost me anything! We went to the American Fork amphitheatre, which is beautiful stone. All of Wesley's sisters came, along with both of our moms. I like them! I can't wait for my wedding pictures!

Well, I posted pictures of my new hair on facebook, but neglected to do so here. On President's Day, Wesley had to work so I went to my parent's house at seven a.m. (Yuck!) Both of my brothers needed haircuts and as I just learned how to cut Wesley's hair, they let me get some practice in. Katelyn decided that she wanted a haircut too and so did my mom. I had been thinking about cutting my hair for a while and since my friend who has cut my hair for the past year and who did it for my wedding was working, we decided to all go get our hair cut too. I sat down in her chair and said, "Melanie, I am donating my hair! What can you do with it?" She got all excited and showed me how much ten inches was. I actually wanted my hair shorter than that, so she ended up cutting off 14 inches to donate plus more to style my hair. I now have an A-line that goes a little past my chin. I love it! It is a million times lighter, (even though it is thicker again) and takes half the time to do in the morning. I can't french braid it anymore when I don't feel like doing anything, but I can do two short little ponytails. It is great. Wesley always told me he liked my long hair because he could play with it, but he has played with my short hair more in the week and half that I have had it, than he played with my long hair since I got home from Mexico. Go figure!

Here is what the car is supposed to look like...

...and here is what it looks like!

So, about a week after we got married, Wesley was in a car accident. Some 16 year old girl tried to cross all lanes of traffic without looking. She ran right into him. He wasn't hurt, but the front right of our car was crushed in. The turn signal is gone, the headlight doesn't work and the wheel grinds against the casing every time we turn left. It was clearly her fault, (despite her trying to convince Daddy it wasn't) and we got her insurance information. Turns out, she gave us the wrong information. We thought it could be an honest mistake, so we tried calling. Again. And again. And again. We talked to them twice and each time they told us that the car wasn't there and they would call us back. So, we would wait. And then call again. We called the officer who took the accident report and he called them with no results. Finally, we got Wesley's uncle involved and got the information directly from the insurance company. That took three weeks. They sent out a claims adjuster who discovered far more damage than we had thought. The car is considered totaled because the damage is 3,200 dollars and they were willing to give us 2,800 dollars. So, we went out yesterday and bought a new car. It is sad, because a) we loved our little car with manual gears, sun roof and v-tek engine and b) now we have a car payment. I do like our new car. It is a gold 2000 Honda Accord. It is a bigger car and had four doors instead of two. We like the space, the turn radius, the headlights and the CD player that actually works!

Wesley got a job!!!!

Yay! Wesley finally got a job! He began training yesterday at 7a.m. Last Friday he got a phone call asking him to come to an interview at a place called Teleperformance. It is a fiberoptic support center, where people call in for help with their internet. Wesley didn't even remember applying there, he had applied at so many places. He had two interviews and they hired him right then. He then spent another forty-five minutes filling out paperwork. He has five weeks of training from 7a.m. until 3:30p.m. and then he officially starts. It is good pay, plus benefits. He does have to leave around 6:30a.m. That means that we have to wake up at 5:30a.m. Wow, that takes me back to high school. I haven't gotten up that early consistently for a very long time! He drops me off at BYU and then drives on up to Lindon, where the call center is located. I spend 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours doing homework in the morning and he picks me up on his way home. We are very, very, VERY grateful that he now has a job. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us! We love you!