Happy 35th Birthday Melessa!!!

Today's Thursday 13 is a tribute to Melessa on her 35th birthday. Since we are not writers (Christina doesn't have a blog and Lanie's hasn't been updated since August 2006), we decided to do a pictorial retrospective of our years together.

1. We met Melessa when we were 13 and she was 15. She was an innocent and shy girl. This is Melessa in her early Rainbow Years at Grand Assembly... at the yearly pizza party.

















2. We had dresses for every occasion. This one was her "Kyle" dress. She was 16 and going to meet a boy she liked at Conclave (the big DeMolay state dance) in July. She was so excited about her new dress that she had to show it to us at Grand Assembly in May. Doesn't Melessa look sweet?





















3. Melessa began breaking out of her shell with all of our encouragement. We danced and sang "Happy Birthday" in Mexican restaurants with regularity, wore sombreros and sometimes napkins on our heads (inside joke for Melessa.. hee hee).

















4. As hard as we tried to corrupt her, she still had enough sweetness and innocence to play Smurfette on our Christmas float.





















5. Prom night 1990- Melessa arranged for Christina and Lanie to have tickets for the junior/senior prom. We did everything together, this year we all even wore the same color. Melessa looked beautiful, especially now that her date has vanished (thanks to modern technology).





















6. Melessa was Worthy Advisor (president) of Norman Assembly #18. These were her faithful subjects...
















7. Melessa as Worthy Advisor in her "Beauty and the Beast" Dress. (We just loved this dress.)





















8. Prom 1992- Melessa was at OU but still had time to be Christina's date, since the boys were intimidated by their overwhelming attraction to her.














9. Hola Senoritas... another Mexican restaurant, Tulio's. Election night 1992, Melessa was the only person to actually vote for Ross Perot. Melessa, John, Fergie, D2 and Christina met to celebrate being able to vote and Christina's birthday.



















10. Melessa and John at the Shrine Mosque in the hallway. Look how red John's hair is!!





















11. At Grand Assembly every year, we went to Eskimo Joe's for lunch on Saturday to celebrate Wendy's birthday. What most of you don't know about Melessa is that her life is a musical... all of our lives are. Aren't yours? Is that just us? You don't break out in song at inappropriate times? Hmm...
















12. Fast forward a couple of years, Melessa married Dave. She looked beautiful in her dress.



And for those who have heard about Lanie catching the bouquet at Melessa's wedding... pictures are worth a thousand words. (Look at Aunt M's face.)















13. Three years ago, Christina got married and had Melessa and Lanie as attendants. Melessa looks great especially considering she had Elisa two or three weeks before the wedding.














AND ONE TO GROW ON..... Happy Birthday Melessa!!!
We love you and are so proud of you!!




Love,

Lanie and Chris

P.S. We tried to get everything to line up (and it did in the preview) but IT LIED!!!

P.S.S It's fixed now. Yeah!