~Life of Ashton and Melissa~

Lol it's been awhile!

2010-08-03T01:53:00.000-07:00

Wow last post was almost 3 months ago and I'm a little embarrassed to report there really isn't anything that's changed lol. I'm working at the Chevron here in Spanish, which is a lot of fun I work with a great group of people. Summer has been going good, took Ashton fishing for the first time with his new Sponge Bob fishing pool which he broke today lol. He's very active and really just likes tinker with everything especially his grandpa's stuff. He has a huge bin of toys but rather get into anything he can and take it apart, little boys lol! Time is going by so fast he'll be 4 this year :(, baby is growing up. Other then that nothing much just same ol same ol, I got some pictures done by the fabulous Ms. Chelsey, her company is called Urbanite Imagery you can find her on my facebook friends she did a great job! Well hope all is well in your lives, love ya!

~~HAPPY MOTHERS DAY~~

2010-05-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated this thing in awhile goodness hold on let me dust off them cob webs..........okay all done! Yeah I know I'm lame like that ha ha ha. Well things have been going good I finally got a job which I'm super excited about. A very big thank you goes out to Leslie because she helped me get it yay! The people are super nice and very fun to work with, and I get to meet a lot of people. It's super easy job but I look forward to going to it every time I work, it is hard though leaving Ashton I've been out of work so long that we're always together. I do miss him a ton at work but I'm working for him so that's good. Ashton is learning new things each day and just amazes me all the time. He's always making me laugh with his little things or spur of the moment sayings lol. I love being his mother, I do wish I would've waited a bit longer to have him but I don't regret it one bit. My life would be worse off with out him, he helped me in a lot of ways and he doesn't know it. I'm so proud to be his momma! Let's see I'm still dating Steve, we haven't been able to see each other in a while because of certain circumstances but it's really made us a lot stronger. I've know him for almost seven years now and he's been a great friend the whole time. He's always been there for me to listen and help me through some tough times. I always really liked him but when one of us was single the other wasn't so it never really worked out. But last November luckily we both we single lol, I was kind of iffy at first just because I didn't want to ruin the friendship we had but then I didn't want to wonder always "What if?". Seven months later and I feel like I've been with him forever! He's such a great guy, he loves Ashton, and he treats me very well! I've always loved him I just never realized how much, and with all the crap I've put him through I love him even more as a friend and boyfriend. Other then that nothing else is new still going through the child custody thing but hopefully that goes through soon. I hope all you wonderful mothers have a great Mothers day I love you all!

Recently

2010-02-21T15:58:00.001-08:00

Phew it's been awhile since I've written anything. Nothing new much just still trying to goto school and all that good stuff. I did enter 971 zht Valentines Massacre and actually won the ring!!! I didn't think I was going to but heck I did whoop whoop, it's a beautiful ring I just really don't know what to do with it lol. Ashton is growing more and more everyday and getting very smart for his age lol. He's still very much into Thomas which is kind of a bad thing for me ha ha. Thomas is very expensive train, in my opinion he needs to come off his high horse and be a bit more affordable. Does he not know about the economy these days????? I'm proud to say also that Ashton is very much potty trained thank goodness because diapers are........EXPENSIVE!!!!! I'm glad to have a little bit of a breather there before I need to buy those gosh darn things again, but hopefully not to much of a gap ;) This year is going to be a tough one but also a good one, I have some great friends who have been there for me no matter what through thick and thin. I'm so very grateful to have joined the church also. This June will mark my one year since becoming a member of the LDS church which is just the greatest thing that could've ever happened to me, well except Ashton. I think that will help me get through the custody case that is about to happen. It's going to be hard but I just hope everything turns out and its in the best interest of Ashton. Well I think that's about it, I hope you all are doing well!

Park City!

2010-01-27T23:06:00.000-08:00

My Grandma was in town these past couple of days so we decided to go up to Park City. I live in Utah but I haven't been there since I was 9 kind of sad! It was so beautiful, just breath taking! Ashton had a great time running around playing in snow and seeing all the cool lights, and ice sculptures. Then we had dinner at a place called the Eating Establishment. It was pretty good and the orange juice there was DELICIOUS!! I only saw one celebrity and it was through the window. He was the actor from Lord of the Rings and Hidalgo, his name is Hugo something lol I forgot but my little sister Sassy loves him. I had a lot of fun especially getting to be with my Grandma. She is such a great woman and has accomplished so much, she really is a role model. She's worked very hard to get to where she is and it has truly paid off. She goes everywhere but she still down to earth. I'm so glad to call her my grandma, 80 but seems like she's only 50 0r 6o, going strong! Welp I'm not going to wait another 9 years to go back up there, I really want to see Park City during the summer!

Monster Trucks!

2010-01-10T02:43:00.000-08:00

Welp today I went to my first Monster Truck event! It was pretty fun being with Ashton, and Steve. The only truck there that I ever heard of was big foot, and there were three other monster trucks there but one of them broke down. It was small track so I didn't expect much, it was good though. Although I just wish they did more freestlye stuff instead of the racing. I hope they come back in the summer and do it at a bigger rink! Lol mainly I'm just saying it was fun and just being there with Ashton and Steve made it that much better! Life is good finally!

New Year, New Beginnings!

2010-01-05T10:44:00.000-08:00

So 2009 was a difficult year yet a happy ending! I made a lot of changes and I'm so happy that I did. I'm hoping and praying that 2010 will be happy and way better then 2009. So here are some of my New Years Resolutions:
1:Stop drinking Pepsi
2:Put myself on a diet
3:Get into school
4:Find a good paying job and stick with it.
Well those are my main ones and I swear I'm going to do them because those are part of my life changes I'm making. I'm struggling but I'm the happiest I've ever been. I wish you all the best in this new year and new decade, I love you all!

What a wonderful life.....I hope!

2009-12-17T22:12:00.000-08:00

I think the past year and a half has been one of the most hardest and worst year of my life. All around me things are falling apart, I don't know how much longer I can take it. They say God gives us only what we can handle and that it prepares us. Sometimes I say I can't handle this but I must keep going because God knows my strength and what I can do. I look around me and all I see is sadness and I'm constantly praying for everybody here on earth that things will get better. I hope we can all make this Christmas the best we can, remember to never take for granite the time you have with your loved ones. I know you say nothing will ever happen to my family everybody will always be around. I said it too but I learned the hard way that is not the case, live today like it could be your last. Never end the day being mad at someone or even leave them being mad. You should always say I love you and see you later! And always remember to be thankful for what you have because there a million people out there who have it ten times worse then you do.

People boggle me!

2009-11-06T11:08:00.000-08:00

I really don't understand the bird finger. Ok so I accidentally cut you off, honest mistake is it really necessary to flip me off? What does that accomplish, honestly? It's not like I singled you out and said to myself, "Hey I think I'm going to cut that person off....NOW!". Is there something I don't know about this one single finger. Does it do something to me? Let's all be adults and move on.

Halloween

2009-11-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

This year I have to say was a nice, calm, and fun Halloween! Ashton was a skeleton this year, he was a little against it in the beginning at first but finally came around. We went trunk or treating at the church and then went to a couple of houses. When we went back home for a break Ashton made the decision not to go back out and get more candy. All he wanted to do was hand it out to everybody that came to the door, it was so cute to watch him get all excited when the door bell rang. He would make sure to shout out to everyone that HE will answer it. He would get the bowl ready and make sure it was full for the treaters. I swear yesterday it was his first Halloween dressed up in a infant costume :(. Time just really flies, in the moment it doesn't seem like it but all the sudden it goes from that moment to three years later ha ha. Well hope you all had a great Halloween, and now its time for Christmas woo woo!

It's been awhile!

2009-10-06T19:58:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've posted anything, my bad! I've made a lot of life changes, I think the biggest decision was becoming a member of the LDS church. I've never been happier and just relaxed in my life then I am now. Everybody has their opinion on religion and that's good but this is mine and I don't judge anyone else for theirs. I've met a lot of great people that have helped me through some hard times and I've experienced some great things. I'm in some debt because of my past decisions which I've stressed out about so much but now I don't stress as much because I know it will all work out as long as I have faith. I'm getting ready to start school finally which I feel I'm ready for. Yes it's a little later then other people my age but eh who cares lol. I don't know what I want to goto school for just quite yet but hopefully something that I enjoy so much I would do it for free! Ashton just turned three this past month and is already gaining a teenager attitude lol. You think time goes by slow just wait till you have a kid, IT FLIES!! I swear I was in the hospital yesterday meeting him for the first time. I've had so many blessings in my life and I'm very grateful for each one. The biggest blessing yet was from my Aunt Cheryl, she gave me a car. That has helped me out so much and will help much more in the year to come! She's the most giving person I know, anybody would be lucky to know a person like her, I love her so much! Well thats what's been going on lately, and I'll try to keep this thing updated more often!

Spanish Fork Fiesta Days!

2009-08-01T00:50:00.000-07:00

I'm a little bummed that Fiesta Days have come and gone! They were a lot of fun, expensive, but fun. I must say though the carnival these days are EXPENSIVE. Other than that though it was all good. Since Ashton is older and understands more he was able to go on the rides and have a good time. The first time we went Leslie, Thayne, and Thiago came with, they both had a good time riding. The last ride Thiago and Ashton wanted to ride that night was the little boat ride. We were at the very beginning of the line and the boys were so excited to ride, even the lady who was running it was getting them hyped up. All the sudden though she came back and told us that she wasn't doing anymore rides! What the heck, GAY! They couldnt go past 10 oh goodness, I can understand the bigger rides with the teenagers and adults but when you get little kids hyped up and then say no, I'm not going to lie it's rude they're little kids for crying out loud. Hmmm oh I was bummed I didn't get to goto the rodeo either but oh well always next year right! Well anyway here are some pics!

Summer fun!

2009-07-20T00:44:00.000-07:00

So I gotta admit I'm a true Spanish Forkian lol! I've been so flippin excited for Fiesta days I contain it!! They started having activities this past weekend and one of them was the tiny concert by the library. It was bunches of fun and Ashton had a blast going up to random ppl, don't ask me why. He use to be really shy but now he'll just go up to anybody that looks interesting lol. The concert was nice and the food was good. It was kind of funny though to see everybody dancing, awww I love ppl! Ok I'm not gonna lie either, there are some cute guys on the SF police ha ha just putting it out there. Everything is about to start I can't wait to take Ashton to the Carnival this may be the first year he'll actually enjoy them. If you know him lol he's kind of a girly girl right now not to be mean lol. Just today he came in with a shoe that had a smashed bug on it. I got a diaper wipe and cleaned it off, then crumpled it up, I asked Ashton to throw it away and he screamed and started saying eww mom eww that yucky GROSS and wouldn't even touch it. I don't know why he can pick up a rollie pollie bug but not throw one away that wrapped up in a piece of trash. Ha ha kids are just the funnest they truly do make life interesting. Well there will be lots to post this week hope to see everyone there!!

Hiking

2009-07-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went on a hike with a group of ppl from my ward. We wanted to start at 730 but didn't leave spanish till about 830 and it was all the way in Nephi where we wanted to hike. We got there and oh geez it was getting dark so we had to hurry up to the falls. It was a pretty good hike and I was so proud of myself that I could keep up lol because I am not in the best shape. Today though I am paying for it, I'm so exhausted, tired, and my legs hurt! It was all worth it though lol. The scary part was hiking back down, oh we had to turn around because it was dark and Ricky didn't know how much further it would be. We were in bear country so that was freaky but I learned from my mom and grandpa what to watch out for and how to listen, that part was hard though because I think I'm a little deaf lol! Then we went to sonic and I had a yummy strawberry limeade YUM!!! I'm so glad that I made the decision to join the church, because I have never been so happy, I feel so much closer to my heavenly father, and I've met a lot of great people, seriously they're freaken awesome! I've been bad about keeping up with my blogging lol. Lets see I moved out my parents house, I was baptized, gone out on a couple of dates, and I'm butt poor but I'm so happy. I'm also really excited for September, I'll tell you why later lol some of you already know but yeah shhhh. I don't know why you have to be shh but oh well I feel like a giggly little girl ha ha ha.

Great friends are a must in life!

2009-06-23T03:45:00.000-07:00

People come and go in your life but friends, GREAT friends are always there. I know my life isn't the hardest compared to others but it just is to me. I've gone through a lot that has brought me here to this point in my life. I was with someone who somehow got me to distance myself from great friends and I don't know how this person did it but I'm glad that part of my life is over. I wouldn't be here today if it were not for these great friends. But the the greatest one is my friend Leslie! She is a freaken trooper and she is always the sunshine that turns my rainy day around. No matter what life has thrown at her she somehow always manages to overcome it. I really consider myself lucky to have found a best friend like her who's more of a sister to me then a friend. She has a great family, her husband Thayne and their beautiful son Thiago, they are such an amazing family that it makes me look forward to that day that I will have that. You guys are the best and I am so glad to have friends like you. I love you Leslie!

Our new blog!

2009-06-22T19:39:00.000-07:00

Well a lot has happened in the past month and now I am a single parent. I don't regret my decision because now I am the happiest I have ever been in my life besides the day I had my son Ashton. It has been tough and I it will get tougher but I know just by the people that I have around me, all will be okay! Ashton is the reason I wake up everyday and strive to keep going and to make something of myself, to show him that you yourself can succeed if you truly want to. One piece of advice to any parent, it is not in anyway good to stay with your spouse because of the kids. Although we commit our lives to our kids, we ourselves have to be truly happy in order to survive. I thought I could have been happy because at least my son was taken care of but going through the mental abuse and letting myself go was not good. And I started to feel like I was worth nothing and deserved nothing, but today that is truly different because now I want to be the best I can be for my son and set a great example! Anyway lol yeah I just started this new blog because I couldn't figure out how to change the web address to the other one I had that included my ex. I'll keep you all updated!