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We are finally back. Happy to be home, but really didn’t want to leave beautiful Hawaii. We spent nine days on Oahu and had a blast! We enjoyed every bit of it. We saw some amazing places, did crazy things and met some great people. Here is a list of things we did:
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Friends: We met some people out there that were fantastic! They showed us such a great time and we miss them lots!

Dinner cruise: Wow, lots of food and we got to watch the sunset!
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Skydiving: The biggest thrill we have ever had, free-falling through the clouds!
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All day luau: Learned about the seven Polynesian islands and finished with dinner and some great dancing and fire throwing!
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Hiking: We took about a mile hike into the mountains and ended at a big waterfall and waterhole where we jumped off really high rocks. It was pretty scary for Aussie.
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Ocean/beaches: Of course, there was beautiful blue water, which made Jason a bit scared because he could see the rocks underneath and didn’t want to touch them. The water was warm. We looked like stupid people because we didn’t know what to do in the water.
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Goat Island: This island is kind of far from Oahu but you can walk across the ocean to get to it. It was a pretty cool little island.
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Drunken karaoke: Our friends took us to karaoke and found out we aren’t the greatest singers. But it was a damn good time.
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We stayed in Waikiki pretty close to the shore. Everything was beautiful. There was more to the trip, but we just wanted to give you the gist of what we did!
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Married life is great. We are just living each day and loving each other lots! “Aussie, I can’t go to sleep. I’m falling in love with you all over again.” — Jason

Well, talk to you later!
Love,
Jason and Aussie Ramos

Hi,

I’m sure everyone remembers from the Engaged and Underage episode but, yes, I stalked Jake in the 7th grade and finally won his heart in the 10th grade. I am so glad that I never gave up on him because, if I did, I wouldn’t be his wife today. It was our sophomore year in high school and we ended up having weight-lifting class together and, since our last names are next to each other in the alphabet, we ended up being spot buddies. He always flirted with me and vice versa until one day I decided to date his best friend to see if he would get mad. Well, it worked! Jake and I started dating that year and have been together ever since!

What’s going on? Mandy here!

Tonight I tried to cook some fish. One kind out of the many kinds we have in the freezer. Yeah, Josh likes to do the whole offshore fishing thing so we don’t ever have to buy food for dinner! Ha! Well, I cooked some tonight thinking it was the tripletail; it wasn’t. Josh came home from work and the house was all smoked out and our fish was burnt. It was tuna I was trying to fry!!! Gee, I guess tuna is unfryable (if that’s even a word). I ended up throwing the fish away and just made a bunch of spaghetti. It was good, but I was looking forward to making Josh a nice fish dinner.

Married life is awesome! It is definitely the best step I have taken in my life. It’s so nice to go to sleep and have the one you love next to you. There is always someone to talk to and be there to have fun with. I finally have a workout partner that I can count on to meet me at the gym! It does get somewhat stressful, but you learn to work through your problems. One piece of advice I have to give to all the couples getting married is to never go to bed mad at each other. It sucks when you go to bed mad and then you wake up and you are still mad, so make up before you fall asleep!

Oh, and Josh is always there for me to lean on, as well. Last week my mom was in and out of the hospital. She went in for a treatment that was supposed to help her disease and we all thought she would come out walking normally. That didn’t happen! Ends up when the doctors started putting the medicine in her neck she had a reaction to it. She had a seizure and then coded! Luckily, the nurses in the room were on top of things. They threw on some oxygen and started doing compressions. Thank God she came back right before they were about to zap her. Through it all, Josh has been there for me and has been the only one I have really been talking to about it. It’s so nice to have him around me all the time. I love him so much!

Other than that, my days are spent being a housewife. I have gone out and looked for jobs and whatnot, but I really haven’t tried hard enough to find one. Yesterday, I think I used up a whole tank of gas just driving around to places that looked OK to work. I’m only going to be here for about 28 more days, so that’s how long I would be working at a new job; it’s not worth it. I’m going to be moving very soon to where Josh will be going to school. Josh will move with me when the lease is up on the house. It stinks. I’m not looking forward to living by myself! Although I will have Jade with me, it’s just not going to be the same without my husband. Oh, and I will no longer be near the beach, which is where Josh and I first met like five or six years ago. Eventually we will come back to it but with Josh’s school it just doesn’t work out like that right now.

If you would like, you can check out our MySpace page at www.myspace.com/joshnmandymiller.

Later,Mandy

P.S. Oh, and an update on Kyle. I haven’t talked to him for about three weeks or so. Not sure where he has been, but the relationship between Josh and him hasn’t gotten any better or worse. It’s basically at a standstill for now. He lives five hours away from us, which makes it difficult to get together and go out whenever we feel like it. The last I heard was that his girlfriend’s purse got stolen and their cell phones were in there. I’ve tried to get in touch with him through one of his friends but that isn’t so easy! He is always on the go; you can never get a hold of him. Hopefully he will come down here soon and we can get together and go four-wheeling or whatnot!

My name is Tony Cianciolo. I am 18 and currently enrolled at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. Christian and I have been friends since our sophomore year in high school, where we played golf for three years. I can honestly say he is one of my best friends.

I actually met Angel through Chad (who was Christian’s best man at the wedding) and the two of us dated for about a month when we were in high school. Needless to say, the relationship didn’t work out between the two of us and soon Christian took over her life in full force. I remember that by our senior year the two of them were inseparable.

When I first heard that Angel was pregnant, I was hesitant about whether she and Christian were ready for such a major commitment. But I made it apparent to Christian that Chad and I would be there through the struggle. Then, with the birth of Christian and Angel’s son, Tanner Mason Bartonico, came the idea of marriage, which, in all honesty, I was completely against.

I felt that by getting married at a young age Christian was sacrificing his future and putting everything — including school, friends and family — on hold. I remember sitting on the couch the night before the wedding thinking that it would be the last time Christian would be able to let loose and just be himself. Seeing him constantly struggle to pay rent scared me so much that I vowed not to get married before I owned my own place.

The wedding itself was one of the most stressful days of my life. I think we took 10,000 pictures, and the bride’s mother kept yelling at the kids for not smiling. Seeing Christian shaking up until the minute they said “I do” just made me hope that my girlfriend didn’t get any ideas. In the end, I think it worked out for the best. Although Angel and Rose (Christian’s mom) still don’t see eye to eye, I think that eventually time will heal all of the broken bonds.

Hey you guys!

For those who want to know how Christian and I fell madly in love with each other — LOL — here’s our story.

I am super close to my grandparents, so during the summer I used to hang out at their house everyday with my brother Jeremy and cousin Ashleigh — it was a blast! Well, one day a cute guy moved in across the street and I was so excited because there weren’t any kids that hung out in the neighborhood.

The cute kid that moved in wasn’t Christian, it was Chad — lol! But we ended up hanging out a lot. I was starting to like Chad until one day he brought over someone who had just moved in down the street. That someone was Christian, and we fell in love instantly! We dated a few times in junior high school but it wasn’t until my junior year in high school that we started getting serious. We were so funny — we would date other people but never hang out with our boyfriend/girlfriend because we were always with each other!

I remember he used to always give me little kisses on my forehead when he hugged me. He was so good to me! The day he asked me out he brought huge balloons to school that said “I Love You” on them, a dozen roses and my favorite candy. The card said, “12 roses: 11 real, one fake,” and then inside it said, “I’ll love you till the last one dies”! I looked at my bouquet and in the middle of the red roses there was one white rose that was fake! It was the cutest thing ever! Of course, I said, YES! I asked him why he would always kiss me on the forehead and he said, “It’s the closet I ever got to actually kissing you!”
Well, that’s our love story!
Angel

Angel’s Advice for the Big Day

Hey you guys!
I love, love, love being married! I am so happy with the way the wedding turned out! Everything was perfect! And even more importantly … I didn’t fall down the stairs! It’s really funny to think back on all the months of planning and how it all went by in a day. It was totally worth it, though! My advice to anyone planning a wedding: Don’t stress it. Enjoy how much fun it is! Let everyone else worry about the small details. During the actual day you won’t notice a thing that goes wrong because everyone else will be helping out and making sure your day is perfect! So smile and enjoy the whole experience!
Angel

Christian: Being a Dad Is the Best
Hi.
Everything’s been awesome since the wedding! Angel and I have been stress-free now that the wedding is over. But being a young dad is a lot of work and responsibility! I’m only 18 and all the attention shifts to the baby; it’s never about you anymore. It’s tough to not be able to do whatever I want to do anymore, but being a dad is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wouldn’t change it for the world. Some advice for other young dads or soon-to-be dads: Listen to the mother of your child — lol!
Later,Christian

A Few Words From Christian

Hi.
For me, being married is the same as when we were boyfriend/girlfriend since we already lived together and had a kid. The only thing that’s different is it’s legal now. I love it!
Christian

Hello Everyone!

Our little peanut is almost HERE!

I would really like to keep everyone updated as much as possible! With everything that is going on with our lives, it can get hard, especially with our little peanut’s arrival soon. All I have been doing is sleeping and trying to get as ready as possible for the big day. I had my baby shower a few weeks ago. We got just about everything we need for the baby — I only had to get a few small things. It took me FOREVER to take all the tags and stickers off of all the clothes and make sure we had everything. I washed everything from clothes to bassinet sheets & blankets to bath towels and wash clothes. I just couldn’t wait!

I am just getting so anxious. I had my 36 week check-up at the doctor’s today and he said the baby’s head is down, and in position so I should be ready to go any week now. How exciting, right?! 4 weeks left..I think I am going to go early, though! I predict July 7th, but my due date is July 18th! Little Frank Jr. kicks and moves so much that it makes me even more anxious to meet him. Frank is more excited than you can imagine. He put the bassinet together a few days ago and was so proud of himself. I was so proud that I took pictures from beginning to end LOL. Check them out at www.myspace.com/iloveyoupeanut.

On another note, Frank just got a new job at FritoLay! It was a long process getting in there but he’s been training for about 3 weeks now. His schedule went from an 8a-5p job to 3am to 6pm, but he says it’s all worth it. He says he is doing it ALL for the two of us, meaning me and our little peanut. The job offers great health benefits, 401k, pension, and not to mention great pay. We needed more money and health benefits, but the other things are just more perks for the future! Frank is such a great husband and he would do anything he had to to support his family.

If you’re wondering whether or not he stopped going out to bars and drinking, the answer is yes. He goes to work, comes home, sleeps, and does it all over again the next day. When he does have time to do anything, we spend that time together. Even though I sleep next to him every night, I still miss him because I really don’t get to see him that much anymore. I stopped working about a week ago, but I will be going back to work once the baby is born, probably 8-10 weeks after our little peanut is here. We can’t WAIT!

I hope you all got to see the update show. If you didn’t, I am feeling much better about my brother/sister-in-laws. We have definately gotten a lot closer and now I have them watching Frank closely. They are always telling him that he better be doing certain things for me and helping me out around the house because I am pregnant. Also, his sisters got on him about going out to bars and drinking, too, because he has a family now. He stopped long before they ever said anything, anyway. It just feels good to know I have people to turn to now. I really do love Frank’s family and they all cannot wait for the baby to get here. Everything is just working out great and we are so happy!!!

I hope you enjoy the pictures and I will try to keep everyone as updated as possible with the baby coming and all!!!

Talk To You Soon!

Love Always,
Mr. & Mrs. Melasecca <3