The Mellors Blog

Today was my 23rd birthday! Funny how birthdays aren’t as good as they were when you were five, wish we could go back to those days! But I had a great birthday. I woke up and Matthew had made me breakfast which was quite a feat for him and I was very impressed! We had pancakes, sausage and juice. Then we took our time getting ready for the day and then we headed downtown Lincoln. We decided to stop and see the capital building and go for a tour. It was free which is always a good thing and we had a great and very funny tour guide. We were able to go up to the 14th floor outside observatory deck which gave a great view but Matthew and I felt like we took our lives in our hands getting up to it!! The elevator was VERY old, probably the first elevator ever made. It only held four people and it took FOREVER to get to the 14th floor and we just prayed that the door would open!! It is a beautiful building and we will have to take anyone who wants to go when you all come visit. Matthew took me to dinner at a place called MIsty’s for dinner. It is a local steakhouse, been around for over sixty years and the best prime rib I have ever had. Then we came home and had cake and opened presents. It was a wonderful birthday! Love you all and wish you could have been here!

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Everyone,

We made it to Lincoln.  The trip was long and hard on everyone, but we still made it with no major problems.  The loading and unloading went really slick and smooth, but now we are undertaking the daunting task of unpacking.  The downstairs is almost complete, but the office is the big task ahead of us.  We went to church for the first time in the Trendwood Ward and enjoyed it.  It seems like it mostly consists of graduate students and elderly citizens.  Derek and Nichole and Jim and Patty made it home alright and we sure do appreciate their help in moving (more than they will ever know!).  My parents are heading home in the morning and going as far as Cheyenne to visit Norman and Jaime.  We are so grateful for the help that they provided in getting us established a bit more in Lincoln.  We don’t have any new pictures to post just yet, but as soon as the townhouse is in order we will take a lot of pictures.  We have two weeks before Traci starts work, but we will have all of the unpacking done in the next couple of days.  We love you all!  We hope to hear from you all soon.

Matthew and Traci

We spent Memorial Day weekend and the following week up in Jackson. It was our last chance to be there before we move to Nebraska in a couple of weeks. The trip started by hauling a trailer for Pa that he bought here in Utah. It was my first time hauling a trailer, so I was a little nervous and probably more cautious than I needed to be. Hopefully this was just my first hauling experience and not necessarily my last. I didn’t ever have to back the trailer up, so one day I will have to practice doing that. We had a bbq with my family on Saturday to celebrate the holiday. Most of my cousins of the Roberston clan were there and Christie brought my grandma and grandpa over. After we ate we did the usual tradition and visited the local grave sites of my relatives. It was a bit of a rainy day so we weren’t at each site for too long. Traci’s grandparents came into town on Monday and stayed through Thursday. I didn’t get to spend much time with them because I was working graveyards for security on three of those nights. Traci was able to spend time with them, which was nice. They went up to the park and saw the new visitor center at Moose. That was a great experience for her grandfather who worked for the Park Service throughout his life. On Tuesday, I spent half the day with the Jackson Hole SWAT Team playing one of their bad guys in scenarios. Of course it was a blast for me and I walked away with some bruises and scrapes to prove I was some sort of help. We were able to destroy a house scheduled to be torn down (the blue house in the pictures), so that helped make the experience that much more enjoyable. Traci spent a lot of the week studying for her NECLEX which she will be taking on June 17th (two days before we leave for Nebraska). She is nervous, but she will do great. On Saturday night we ate dinner and had a little celebration for Grandma T. Her birthday wasn’t for a couple of days, but it was a chance for us to see them before we left town the next day. Seeing all our granparents in one trip was a lot of fun. On our way back to Ogden, we stopped in on my grandparents to see them one more time before we leave. It was nice to spend some time with them and to see Christie (who cooked us a fantastic meal…yummy!). It was great to see everyone and spend time with our families. Besides all the rain, it was a great weekend in Jackson!

Love you all and hope to hear from you soon!