Do you see what I see?

I love the ocean.  It is my happy place.  The sights, the sounds, the smell... I love it all!  My heart sings whenever I am there!

So today for the last time in a long time, Steve took me to the coast so I can have the sand between my toes (because he is a sweetheart like that).  It was a fun filled day with squeaky sand, cooling winds, seashells and round rocks, crashing waves, salty air, noisy birds, romantic walks, childish games, tender love notes, and moments of absolute bliss.  My heart was smiling and my soul was at peace.

After the beach and shopping at Lincoln City (found a great pair of board shorts for Steve... and I was reminded again why I don't like shopping for swimsuits) we headed down to Depot Bay which is the whale capitol of the world... or something like that.  While we were enjoying the waves beat against the rocks and feeding the squirrelers, I looked up and saw the backside of a whale disappear under a wave!  Can you believe it?!?  I was so stoked!  (You should hear the camera footage... I was screaming I was so excited!)  Unfortunately I wasn't able to point it out to Steve in time.  After another five minutes of looking, I started second guessing myself and decided that it must have been something else.  It seemed to be too close to the rocks.

About 45 minutes later, Steve and I were enjoying a FABULOUS meal at Tidal Raves (highly recommended to anyone in the area... thank you Troy!).  It was a beautiful moment when the clouds cleared up and revealed a glorious blue sky and golden sun!  I hear Steve gasp and "There's a whale!"  Sure enough... there was a whale as close as was the earlier one.  We enjoyed watching the mist from the blow hole and the back rolling across the bay.  

Then, Steve said the most amazing seven words... "Honey, I was wrong... You were right."

:)

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Hi I am Steve I am new at blog activities. This Blog will contain info  on me and my sweetheart Melissa Gunnell. on day not sure when we will be the Allreds. Until that happens we will keep track of our joint activities, this includes dates, road trips, camping, ER visits, and many others.

Melissa and I meet one sunday morning in May (17 may 2009) she and her roommates had a "new roommate" open house, this included craps (thats why I was there, food). We took a quick interest in each other, I was interested in her Half-Marathon training and she thought I was cute. Due to some recent events I needed a new ward to go to, most of the people at her place went to the Canyon Road Ward. As friendly as they all were I found myself feeling very welcome.

At church James decided that we were going to have a movie night at Beth's place (Its the same place that Melissa lives). Melissa and I pulled up at about the same time so she waited for me while I parked, as we walked up together. I couldn't believe how tis super cute girl was in to me. as the movie started seats were shuffled and we ended up sitting next to each other, then the talk started. We talked as if we had been friends for years, very comfortable and friendly. It was a click, instant best friends. With the end of the movie we exchanges some texts and decided that we should go on a date.

I was supper excited to see her at FHE however she had to work. i thought it would be nice if i just so happened to stop by her work and say hi (this is when I learned she didn't work at the Washington Square Mall). I stopped at the Gap and didn't see her, with a few texts and some humble pie we planed to meet at Target parking lot. Not far from there we found BK and got some milkshakes, again it was like old friends our first date was a third and a fifth all in one (we were there so long that they had to kick us out)