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Dean, Gidget & Adam.

Had a fun trip to Utah. Spent a few days with Adam and was able to visit Gidget our sweet dog that we adopted out when we moved to Florida...cuz we knew our resident alligator Albert would have eaten her alive like a "scoobie snack" had we moved her here. I was curious if she would remember me after 5 years (can you believe we have been in Florida for 5 years?) but she TOTALLY remembered me and it was so fun to see her. Adam is doing great, still in a band and loving his guitar and working for Musicians Friend in Draper and still dating Jessica (will be 2 year in August).

Hi Family,

Quite a busy time for the Melsom's. We just got back from a 2 week holiday in Dubai and now we are moving to Geneva, Switzerland! As most of you know, I was in California for almost 2 months in February and March, John was also in town, but for only a month, he was able to meet Grandma and Grandpa and some other family, lots of scum playing - it was great, think John injured his hand playing so much! I was also able to celebrate Di and Ben's engagement with them and the family, so that was really exciting.

Flew back to London, a couple days later, we flew out to Dubai. It was so hot, interesting place, lots of construction but cool restaurants and hotels there, and the malls are nuts, we went to one with a ski area inside! We didnt do much, lots of sleeping and eating. Went to the famous Burj al Arab for dinner and drinks (the sail hotel, that is supposed to be the most glamorous in the world) and went to the Jumierah beach which is the one shaped like the wave. For the first week we stayed at the Ritz Carlton, beautiful place and then the 2nd week we stayed at the Shangri La (guess George Clooney stayed there when they filmed Syriana). The Shangri La was really close to another famous landmark in Dubai, the Burj Dubai. It will be the tallest building in the world upon completion, it is nuts how tall it is. Our hotel had 42 floors and this was more than double in height. To give you an idea, the World Trade Center buildings were 1776 feet high, this is 2,064 feet high.

I flew back to London on Friday, meanwhile John flew to Nice. He had a friends stag weekend (bachelor party) and I had a friends hen weekend (bachelorette). Was lots of fun, we went paintballing and went on dirt buggies, was a very dirty weekend, but I really had a blast, was a bit nervous at first about the paintballing, but was really fun!

Im off to Geneva tomorrow, so have been busy getting things organized here. We will still have our flat here in London for a few more months until we figure out what is going on, we need a plan.

Busy month coming up for us. I will be in Geneva for a week, back to London, then off to Austin for a friends bachelorette party (im her matron of honour, how old does that sound) and then back to London, then we have 2 weddings on the next consecutive weekends (John is a groomsmen in both) then back to Geneva, so lots going on!

Will keep you posted on the Geneva happenings.

Lots of love

Dana and John

"people who say they sleep like a baby.....

usually don't have one"

Congrats to all the new babies in the family.

Miles is here!!! And it is NO April Fools Joke!!

Our lil Miles is finally here and he is as wonderful as we knew he would be. He was born at 12:19 April 1, 2008 and was 6 lbs 12 oz and 18 1/2 inches he's an April Fools baby. Congrats Stac and Rob and we love you!