Rainy Smiles

Today was a great day. I woke up to thunder and the pounding of rain on my window. ( It sounded really cool.) Mary and I (the little 5 year old I nanny ) dedided to celebrate after school the fact that Fall was officially here by putting on our fuzziest socks, making a massive amount of hot coa coa and then snuggling under a big soft blanky and watching a movie. She then fell asleep on my lap while I played with her hair.

It was a good Day!

Now off to the books.

Me and My study buddy

So this semester I have 14 crdits and am working full time....Dave 15 credits and working part time and volunteering enough of his time to be ghandi on top of that. In my sleep deprived, stressed out state I have really began to question if it is all worth it....and I have come to the conclusion.....YES! It is. I am so glad to be working towards my degree again. Dave has been an angel and holds my hand through it when I get nervous about a big paper or a test etc. I really don't know how he makes it look so easy....so life is rough and my free time is at a all time low....but I am adjusting and I am loving it!

Sunday naps are our new best friend!

Hunnington Beach Part 2

Here are a few more photos of our amazing trip down to southern Cali with my siblings.

Dave Boogie Boarding.

Dave and I

Kim and Chad, my older brother

Cute niece Kamryn and her mama

Sweet niece Nella

My nephew Teamon giving Nae some sweet kisses.

Riding bikes down the pier

The whole gang minus mom.....she was out boogie boarding!

( and my favorit picture is...)

My adorable Neice Kamryn. It was her first time at the beach!

Hunnington Beach: Part one

I haven't had much of anytime to post because school is in session folks. Dave and I have a full load and then some. We did, however, manage to sneak away to Southern California before it all started for some R&R with all of my siblings and my lovely mom.

We stayed in a beach house just down the street from Hunnington Beach and road these sweet bikes every morning to set up camp on the sand. After a full day of frisbee and boogie boarding and just hanging out in the sun, we would all relax in the hot tub back at the house, eat dinner on the rooftop, and stay up way too late playing games like "I have never". Thanks Kim for making us play that....so funny!

I Love my family!!!

(More pictures to come, but for now it's back to the books)

They said it couldn't be done!!!!

BYU BEAT OKLAHOMA......AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Seriously such a good game....We watched it at our friends the Hilliam's with a big group and then went for a victory ride on our scooter riding around and honking our horn and screaming with all the cougar fans that were roaming the streets yelling and driving honking their horns.......oh what a night!!!

F.Y.I.

I love football season!

Football season has begun

Here we are with Max Hall the byu quarter back at the BYU fall sports kickoff.

We've got our season tickets...check

BYU football shirts and sweats....check

Practice jersy signed by the whole team....check

all work overlapping games cleared...check

Blue Blood...check

I've decided Dave and I are hardcore ;) and I like it!

I can't wait for the game this weekend!!

GO COUGS!!

Back to School

It seems all my hard work is starting to reep the benefits.....

I got 100% on my first American Heritage paper!!!

Feelin' Good!

A+ on my first Health Exam.

Physics.....maybe next time. This class is no bueno so far. lol

Love Songs

After Dave and I met and spent an amazing summer together at BYU in 2004 it was time for me to head back to California and Dave to head home to prepare for his mission. My lovely roomate at the time made me a mix tape of love songs to keep me sane without Dave by my side. The CD wasn't labeled. The first song on there became mine and Dave's "song" you could say. He would always sing it to me and I would melt. When he was on his mission I think I listened to it on repeat for two years straight. But we never knew who sang it. We've never heard the song anywhere else besides on this CD.

So this Cd has been missing since we got married and was just rediscovered when I made Dave rearrange our bedroom last night. We played it this morning on repeat and he sang to me while I giggled like a little girl. Sounds cheesy....it is!!! But I love my husband and the life we have with eachother.

This morning I did a search from the lyrics in the song and found out who sings is finally.....only took 5 years. The song is Stephen Speak's "Out of my League". I put it on my playlist to share with all of you. Enjoy!

County Fair

I love this photo of the Ferris Wheel.

It wouldn't be a county fair without Dave hopping on a tractor and daydreaming!!

The cowboys lining up for the rodeo.

Cute baby goat.

Dave and I in our plaid shirts. Very festive.

Dave now wants an alpaca on his future farm. They are silly.

Our cute friends the Mathews, who invited us.

Here we all are at the rodeo.

Here they are dancing in the rain to the band music.

My favorite part...riding the tilt-a-whirl with Candace and crying because we were laughing so hard.

Can't wait for the State Fair next month.

My Heaven on Earth

Today Dave and I celebrated our first year of marriage. It has been heavenly. Thank you Dave for being such an amazing husband. I'm so lucky to be loved and be in love every day from now on. I look forward to eternity!!

With all my heart,

Your loving wife

Beauty is on the inside

I am so lucky to have a husband that makes me feel so beautiful regaurdless of the growing doughnut I wear around my waste and the slow speed at which I attempt to keep up with him while we run. However, I have lived a good summer/life and ate way too many delicious foods in very large portions. I am challenging myself to get back in shape, not so much for appearances, even though I feel a bit large and in charge at times, but so that I won't be winded when I run up the stairs or play tag with the kids or go hiking with my mom or play football with Dave. I'm hoping to report progress each week!

This last week I pushed myself at the gym....I'm happy to report I lost 3lbs and am feeling great! I've rediscovered how delicious cottage cheese and fruit is for lunch. And I made a relay course for the kids which required dashing around the yard in circles and finishing by jumping around on the trampoline (I was still winded but I like to think it was a tad bit less).

So here is to self improvement and feeling good about your self by accomplishing whatever you set out to do!

This song is rediculous but it made me giggle when I found it...

rainy day

courtesy of Etsy.com

I just walked out my door to get the mail to discover little ripples in the pool and a cool fresh breeze in the air. Hello rain, I've missed you. I'm going to go put on my boots and go for a walk in it until Dave gets home.

(Okay so Maybe it's not raining hard enough for boots)

I think I'll play Priscilla Ahn's, Rain on my Ipod as I walk. What a perfect song to fit my mood right now!!

Being Supportive

My husband has a thing for guns. He loves driving out into the country any evening of the week with me or some friends and just shooting around. Well after one year he has saved up and bought 4 guns (using his plasma money). Well last week we went with my family shooting and my sister in law kim turned to me and said "Megan you are so supportive of this whole gun thing".....I quickly replied..."well not really, there is just no stopping Dave once he decides he wants something" :) I love that he gets so passionate about things, that's one of the reasons why I married him. Well last week he bought a hand gun and I now am putting my foot down. No more guns until after med school. These guns need to last him like 15 years!!!!

Let's see how supportive he is of that decision shall we???

Here we are with Bishop Brown who likes to fuel Dave's fire every Sunday by talking about all of his guns and telling him which one he should get next.

I love her!!!

Yesterday was Chad & Kim's 4 year anniversary.

WOO HOO.....They are a cute couple getting cuter everyday!

But the cutest thing I've ever layed eyes on is this little chica...

I got the honor of watching litttle Kamryn for them so they

could enjoy their night out together.

( I love having a niece near by )

We layed outside on the grass and watched the wind blow the trees.

I gave her eskimo kisses for about an hour.

I rocked her on my shoulder to sleep,

and put her to bed in my room where she slept like an angel.

I can't wait to do it again!!!

Love you Kamryn!

-You auntie Megan

I just love this little girl so so so so much!

ROAD TRIP

Dave and I recently took a road trip from Provo to Spokane...

We were given the grand tour of Spokane by Dave sister Kari and fell in love some more with Washington State. We also spent a few days in Cour De Lane at their cabin with them.

Here is Dave and our nephew Alec riding up the mountain to pick Huckleberries. Alec was the allstar if the trip and was never afraid!

Us.

Chad let Dave chop down a dead tree in the back yard....He loved it!

Dave Jumping the wake

Getting back in the groove. I miss wake boarding too much!

I was having fun....promise lol

What a cutie.

Up the road from their cabin was the perfect swimming spot and a mountain side full of huckelberries we spent an hour picking!

I officially love this place!

Can't wait to go back soon!!!

Summer to do list

Here are a few things I plan to do with the remaining summer season.....

1. Throw an outdoor dinner party

2. Find an Orchard where we can pick our own fruit

3. Go camping

4. Find a great piece to add to my collection of pitchers and dishes

5. Make our own popsicles

6. Have a picnic in the park

FYI July is National Picnic month

7. Go to all the antique stores as humanly possible this summer and score

This will be and has been an amazing summer.

My #1: enjoy "summer Dave" while he lives....once he starts school again in Fall and me too, I fear we will just be busy bodies with little time together.

Pappy's BBQ

Dave and I found this amazing restraunt in St. Louis.

It's name....PAPPY'S.

If you are ever in St. Luois and are a lover of BBQ this is the place to be. It is just scrumdiddilyumptious!

Dave took the liberty of ordering "The Big Ben" which could have easily fed the whole family, but know we took the challenge and kept it all to ourselves!!!

( and in no way got near finishing half of it )

I'm pretty sure Dave was in heaven here!

Behold two lovers of Pappy's BBQ!

Lucky Lincoln

On our recent trip to the Land of Lincoln we visited New Salem, the small town where Lincoln lived for a few years. While walking down the dirt road touring the different cabins I became obsessed with the wild flowers and how beautiful they looked against the rustic wood. Needless to say I took way too many pictures of these beautiful flowers and very few of the town itself.