Stinson Beach

After our biking adventure through SF we decided we better take it easy the next day so we headed to Stinson Beach...where my mom always took me...our goal was to relax and hopefully get rid of our wicked awsome farmers tans from the day before as Dave demonstrates below.

It was also fun to go back because when Dave and I were dating I took him on a date here when he came to visit from Illinois.

Here's Dave boogie boarding and having tons of fun.

We took a walk down to the rocks

and saw some crabs and a star fish.

Maybe one day we'll buy a beach house here. I wouldn't mind that.

Overall...it was a wonderfully relaxing and fun day...but we still have farmer's tans.

San Fransisco

I'm doing catch up of our summer now...

Dave and I decided we better go out to my hometown for a few days before we shipped out to Illinois and became even poorer med school students who could never afford to go to California.

Besides visiting with all of my lovely family there we decided to do a few of my favorite things.

Our first California adventure was to bike ride down the coast of San Fransisco, from Embarcadero to the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge.

One of my favorite memories with my mom is when we did this together.

And now it's one of my favorite memories with my hubs.

So we woke up early and loaded ourselves and our bikes onto BART and headed over to SF.

We road around the new Giants stadium and then headed down all of the piers.

We saw seals and crazy street preformers and went in some of the shops.

We stopped for lunch at one of my favorite places...Boudines...and got ourselves some clam chowder bowls 

and checked out of of the fun bread animals they were making that day.

Then we headed past the famous "bush man" witnessesing him scare about 10 people to death as they walked past him on the street just in time for him to pop out and scare them.

I don't know why I get such a kick out of watching him do this but he's been there every time I've ever gone to SF growing up.

Then we stopped at the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts and explored and fed the ducks.

Then continued down to the beach where we stopped and had some yummy fruit we picked up at Pier 39 and chatted with some Australian girls.

And before we new it we had made it to the bridge. Where we kissed, rested, watched a couple get engaged right next to us and watched a wind surfer almost hit a barge. We rode all the way across to Sausalito and then back to Embarcadero to ride home on BART.

It was the perfect day. Perfect weather, perfect company, perfect views.

 When we got home we did used the website "map my run" and calculated that it was about 30 miles we had gone....it was so much fun...and we slept like babies that night. 

Wrestle a Cougar

I've been going through boxes of papers and trying to declutter our lives and today I came across this beauty.

BEHOLD

"Dave's Life Bucket List"

Own a ranch (minimum of 50 acres - 2000 acres maximum)

Go to Space

Cage diving with sharks

Helicopter over a volcano

Learn to fly

Scuba certified

Skydiving

Hang gliding

Wind Surfing

Swim with whales

Bear hunting

Seven wonders of the world

Wrestle a cougar

Wrestle an alligator

Olympics

Championship

Safari

Ninja Warrior

Lot of traveling

Cabin

Live in multiple countries

Climb the seven peaks

Heli-skiing

Ride a bike across the nation

Deep sea fishing

Run in Spain with the bulls

I laughed all the way through this and then I realized he could seriously get injured doing almost all of these things but if given the chance wouldn't hesitate to still do them.

Turns out he made this with his buddies when they should have been working in the BYU lab.

Oh BOYS!

End of the first trimester

Moving and starting a new phase of life has been a little exausting...

But getting to see this wiggly little bundle of joy inside of me last week gave me a burst of energy.

I wish I could get a sonogram and say hello to this little sugar booger everyday.

We are so excited to be done with the first trimester. I have been feeling really good lately and feel lucky to be able to take lots of naps, because I get wiped out really easily these days. Also it's nice to be able to actually EAT food again! I really missed food. lol

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary last Tuesday.

We're all settled into our new apartment.

We got to go to our new church's ward and we all ready LOVE IT HERE.

Dave spent last week in orientation for med school.

I got to go to a few events and meet his fellow class mates.

There are lots of wives and we have all ready hung out quite a few times and decided to keep each other company while our husbands are hard at work studying.

Today Dave started his first official day of classes in medical school.

I woke up, packed him a lunch and sent him off with a kiss.

I can't wait for him to come home so I can hear all about it.

Life is just too exciting with a baby on the way and a Doctor in the making.

Now I'm off to take another nap.

I'm exhausted.

love

This morning I was reminded that I am married to a MAN

a very cute man...

with a cute little bootay.

Oh how I love him!!!

Pregnant

I'm Pregnant!!!

Saying those words make me the happiest woman alive right now.

Our love bug is scheduled for delivery in February.

Dave and I have had a long road to recovery after we lost our little one last October and I can honestly say that although it was the most heart breaking expirience I've ever been through I am greatful for what has become of it. I know our little one is in a much much better place. I know we will meet our little one again one day, I'm excited to be growing their sibling. Dave and I have a firm and strong faith in our Heavenly Father's plan for us and our family. We are closer than we ever were.

Our two little ones all ready have a one thing in common.

They were conceived in the same month exactly one year apart from one another.

What are the odds.

Any sooner and I don't think I would have been ready emotionally.

Any later and I would have started getting anxious.

Heavenly Father just has PERFET timing.

This pregnancy is considered high risk, beacause my last miscarriage was well into my second trimester. At first this sounded really scary to me, but what that really means is that I get ultrasounds early and often and my doctor is really thorough and attentive.

Just what any mother could ask for.

At ten weeks we got our first ultrasound.

We saw the heartbeat, healthy and strong.

(the first heartbeat we've ever seen or heard)

It was amazing, I cried like the boob that I am. I was overwhelmed with how amazingly strong our little is all ready. Dave just sat there with a huge grin on his face and said nothing. It was adorable.

The best part was when "chubbies" waved their little arm as if to say "hey mommy and daddy" and we replied "hey chubbies" (our awsome nickname for them)

My first trimester has been good to me.

I sleep A LOT!

I eat when ever I can....my appetite has completely left me

(Shocking I know)

wintergreen TUMS are my best friend.

There has been a heat wave in St.Louis the past 18 days...and with the humidity it feels like it's 105-110 degrees outside and since I all ready feel hot all of the time I have been spending all of my time indoors reading, sleeping ,sewing, sleeping and catching up on good movies, after which I will take a good nap.

This baby is taking all of my energy....I'm convinced they are going to be awsome.

Dave and I both feel like it's going to be a boy, which means it will probably be a girl.

We can't wait to find out though.

Thank you to all of my wonderful friends and family who kept us in your prayers.

They totally worked....We're having a BABY!!!

We are still alive

Ok so I haven't posted anything since April...

and even then my posts were kind of lacking.

We have been on such a whirlwind of AWSOMENESS these past few months.

And with our computer packed away with all of our other belongings and my camera loaded with pictures...you can bet that one day very soon ya'll are going to get blogger overload from the Holts.

But for now, just know we are as happy as can be, surrounded by Holt family....

In this corn field covered place called Illinois.

(that I am learning to love)

NOPE

So my last post was about cosmotology school.

I was getting really excited about it and spoke with a director on the phone and was starting to work it all out.

After I said a prayer that sounded like this...."Heavenly Father, I have decided I'm going to Cosmotology school here and will start on this date..."ya da ya da...

Shortly after I had a very distinct answer given to me.

So I won't be going. I Very Sad at first and when I told Dave he said he was kind of relieved, because he didn't feel like it was a good time for it.

But I think that just means there is something else I need to be focusing on and will be blessed with.

So I am excited to find out what that is........

Cosmo Girl

Cosmetology school has been on my brain for a few years now.

I have always loved the idea of going.

but I always felt like I should get my degree

but although i love learning....I would much rather spend my time being creative

and I hate deadlines

plus tuition costs for cosmo school always scared me away.

This semster I have taken a career major and exploration class and a student sucess class.

I've learned so much about my learning style and what I love to do and what I would be good at.

and cosmotology school now seems to be back on my brain because all arrows point to the fact that I would love it.

So....yesterday I did my research on schools in Illinios.

Now I'm doing lots of praying.

I could get my liscense in 9 months but that would mean neither Dave nor I would be working...

which is a scary thought in medical school.

What's new with Dave??? He still has senioritis like crazy. It's really bad. He is getting so excited for our summer adventures and medical school. He is also excited for the BLUE&WHITE game this saturday where the byu football team has a scrimmage among themselves.

It will be our last football game for some time.

He is also slimming down and getting ripped and is one hot little potato.

Which translates into I need to get my but into gear for bathing suit season. I can't wait to have time to work out again. I miss it sooooooooo much.

Home Stretch

There are only a few weeks of school left.

This is great news.

Except that there are a million projects and things I need to study for in such a short amount of time.

Not to mention that we have oodles of family here now and coming in and out all month.

This month will be a true test of how efficient I can be with my time.

BRING IT!

Then we're off for our summer adventures from California to Maine.

yep we'll be traveling across the whole country.

WOOOO HOOOO!

Fun Fact Friday

I have been so busy I keep forgetting to post these fun facts...which is a shame because I love deciding what to post on this occasion.

this weeks fun fact...

My lovely sister ashley who is only 7 months prego with a GYNORMOUS baby officially weighs more than me now!

BY ONE POUND!

ignore the fact that I'm fat and enjoy this moment with me!

This has never happened in our life and will probably never happen again.

She is so dang cute!

She brought me cookies on my birthday and Dave and I giggled while her belly bounced when she laughed.

I also got to feel my nephew move around like crazy for the first time.

It was a great birthday gift package.

Thanks Sis!

Blessed

This last weekend we took a road trip to Logan

to visit with our good friends the Mathews and attend their little Tucker's baby blessing.

We had our semi annual trip to Texas Road House together and

a red box movie night.

Tucker's dad gave him such a wonderful heart felt blessing Sunday.

They are such good parents.

These three will dearly be missed when we head out to the mid west.

but there are just some people in life that even if you don't see them for a few months or years....you always pick up right where you left off.

We look forward to lots of fun trips to visit each other in the future!!!

JAPAN

Our HEARTS and Prayers go out to Japan.

I can't help but cry when I think about all of these people and the fear,

devastation and loss they are dealing with

after an earthquake, a tsunami and now nuclear plant danger too.

I wish I could fly there now and help.

But We are praying numerous times a day for our brothers and sisters in Japan.

puppy search

Dave saw this poster hanging at B.Y.U. this week

and brought it home to show me.

And I knew I needed to help share as well.

If you can't read what it says on the poster I posted it below the picture...

"Name: Sir Bubbalouie. Bubba or The Bubbs to his friends

Last seen: Chilling on the couch, with nothing but love in his heart and a rumbling in his tummy, both his heart and tummy are big

Has a shiny black coat with a majestic white face and chest, big brown eyes, and a little tail that curls like a cinnamon roll.

Not ashamed of any bodily finctions, they give him a sense of accomplishment

Has two loves: Friends and Food

Not interested in mainstream things like politics, reality TV or baths

Not lost, just wanted to show you how awsome my dog is."

How funny is that!!!

NEEDLESS TO SAY...We are so excited to get a dog once we find an apartment in Illinios. We can't decide what kind, but this poster made us seriously consider this dog.

other types we have thought of

Shi-poo

Shitzu

Pomeranian

Pug

Yorky

French Bulldog

chi wawa (all Dave, I am not sure about that)

What do you guys think we should get???

Friday Fun Fact

Friday Fun Fact

We are going to live with my brother Chad in his new craftsmen style house in Lehi for the month of May.

(they haven't even started moving in yet.)

in return for their kindness we will be cooking them amazing meals here.

when I say we I really mean Dave. We all know he is the mastermind in the kitchen.

The kitchen is AWSOME!

We are going to have so much fun with them

and my little neice is the cutest thing EVER.

(The latest proof that she is adorable)

Plus we get to save on rent for a month also

which is great because moving is expensive.

WOO HOO

Chad you are awsome!!!

Time to Party Again

After throwing a space mission birthday for the boy I nanny in January I didn't know how we were ever going to top it.

The boys and girl has so much stinking fun at the Space Center in PG on their simulated space mission and talked about it for weeks after.

But now it's time for his sisters birthday!

She loves Fashion and make-up and all things girlie

She actually is sketching pictures of designs all the time and we make clothes for her american girl dolls sometimes. She is a STAR and always wants to be the center of attention.

I am using all my free time from mid terms and research papers to prepare

for her birthday party this weekend.

We are doing a movie and makeover party.

perfect theme for her right???

Each girl gets her hair and make-up done.

jewelry

a feather boa

wears their best red carpet dress

and then gets to walk the red carpet down the stairs

while getting her photo taken

and they will all end up downstairs in the newly finished movie theatre

where they will watch Mega Mind in 3-D

Lots of planning for me

but I am looking forward to the end results this weekend

Should be lots of fun.

Did I mention I love my Job!!!!!!

I can't believe this is the third round of birthdays I will be celebrating with the

little munchkins.

FEVER SCARE

This morning when I woke up the girls for school they were burning up.

They were tossing and turning in their beds.

Had a case of the sweats.

I ran down stairs to get the thermometer.

and ran back up as fast as I could

I sat them up to take their tempature.

they could barely hold still.

after seeing the results I was relieved to realize they just had

Bieber Fever

They are going to be just fine it turn out

The Dr can't tell me how long this is sappose to last though

we saw "Never Say Never" last night, the Justin Bierber concert movie

needless to say they LOVED it and are having a few side effects

haha

On the Brain

Day 27

People keep telling me that it is common to not get a positive until you actually go into the doctor and get tested.

A friend at church today told me her sister in law went in being 2 months late like me and bingo, she was totally prego!

I haven't heard back form Dr. Grover, but I am making an appointment first thing tomorrow after noon.

If it's a negative still...

Dave and I plan to go to Sushi in SLC this weekend and try harder lol

If it's a positive....I'll let cha know.

Either way...

I know Heavenly Father knows what's up

I am "practicing my patience"

just like I always tell the kids I nanny to do.

Dave and I have talked multiple times about if we should wait to tell people when I get pregnant again until we are in the safe zone...

but technically I was in the "safe" zone last time

So we have both decided that there is no point in waiting next time.

(I am also horrible at keeping secrets of my own)

So we plan to share the news in a timely manner

and if I do end up miscarrying again, at least I will have friends and family to help comfort me again.

It's a scary thought that I might have to go through all of the emotions all over again.

But I would do it a hundred times if I got a beautiful baby in the end.

And it is comforting to know that about myself.

My due date was March 12th. So Dave and I have signed up to run in the Rex Lee Run that day.

Which is something to celebrate, because Dave purposed to me the same day I ran the Rex Lee Run in 2008. I am looking forward to having a day full of wonderful memories and recognizing how blessed I am to be healthy and strong with a husband I adore.

YOU should come join us!

Friday Fun Fact

Do you see a resemblance?

It's pretty silly...

but when Dave was on his mission I developed a huge crush on

Jerry O'Connell

because he reminded me of Dave

lol

I used to watch his show all the time.

But now that I have my Dave back I could care less.

whenever I see Mr. O'Connell now I just laugh to myself

T.M.I.

Day 23

and still no visit from aunt flow

but no positive yet either

hm....

Life is a mystery isn't it!

I am debating if I should call Dr. Grover or wait a couple weeks longer?!?

but for now I'm going to relax from a long morning at school before I have a long night at work.

Dream Bedroom

Dave and I both agree. We are in love with this room.

One day, far far from now, when we build our house this will be the inspiration for the

master bedroom.

Fun Fact Friday

Okay--Here is our Fun Fact of the Day!

( I will list two because I missed last week)

#1. Dave and I have decided when we have a baby girl her middle name will be Lynn

after our mother's names Lynda and Jolynn. (They ROCK)

Isn't that precious lol

I am pattening the name Emma Lynn Holt right now.

I LOVE IT.

It's ours. Use it and you will feel the wrath of the Holt House.

I'm serious.

lol

seriouslythough.

lol

#2. Dave and I eat a bowl of ice cream in bed almost every night.

Yes, this is why we are fat!

But we just love ice cream.

( I am giving this habbit up though to become skinny with my bestie Jaimee)

Dear Jaimee- please call me and remind me not to have ice cream in bed tonight!!!!!

-Loves ya, Megan

Be My Valentine

Dave and I both had a busy Monday planned with school and work and we agreed to both get all of our stuff done and come home at 7pm from work and school and then we would just have a relaxing night and celebrate our Valentines on Tuesday night by having dinner at Carabba's when we would both have more energy and time. Only when I snuck home early (5pm) to try and be sneaky and surprise Dave with a home made candle lit dinner and more.....as soon as I walked into the door I realized he had beat me to the punch lol. He popped out from behind the door and covered my eyes and rushed me to the bedroom where I was locked while Dave snuck around the apartment for 2 hours preparing something....

7pm rolls around and Mr. Handsome came knocking on the door. Blindfolded and being led to the kitchen My wonderful husband revealed a GORGEOUS dinner for two arranged just like the dinner we had on the Eiffel Tower on our last trip to Paris. He had the same food, the same music, flowers, candle light, a card that was so sweet it made me cry (like always). He poored the maritinelli's in our fancy glasses just like our waiter did lol. Topped with dessert, X's and O's, it was confirmed again....My husband is awsome. I love him with all my heart!

He is smart, hardworking, cute, faithful, sweet, thoughtful, genuine, playful, manly, protective, honest, confident and so so much more.

Turns out he only got home 5 minutes before me....but I'm glad he did. I wouldn't have wanted our valentine's day any other way.

Another 2011 Valentine's suprise...being handed a lovely rose from a stranger at school with a note saying "Remember you are loved".

Day 13

Day 13!

Dave and I have had such a fun weekend.

We went to the Utah Vs. BYU basketball game.

only to get a seat in the all sports pass section we had to get there extremely early, and spent an hour or two studying for tests together and trying not to have ADD with everything going on around us.

Attended our Stake Valentine's Dance.

Caught up on our shows

(Glee, Community, Office, Outsourced, Bachelor)

We just spent a lovely Sunday morning preparing my lesson for Relief Society.

Dave is such a sport and will pretend like my R.S. and I will give him the lesson and he will periodically shoot his hand up and, in a women's voice, ask questions that he thinks will be asked.

It is so funny yet extremely helpful, and helps me be less nervous.

(which I always am and don't know why)

Tonight we are off to Aunt Jeralee's for a cousin's Valentine dinner.

One of my favorite Sunday activities is going there to hang out with the family gang.

and to top it all off....the family I nanny is on a Disney cruise for one whole week.

so I get to plan a nice Valentines Day with my hubby and have....

FREEDOM!!!! / but the little munchkins will be missed

lots of sewing and baking is about to go down!

THe WAIT

The hardest thing about my life these days I would say is the unknown. I find myself counting the days until I am suppose to start my period and then counting the days I am late, getting my hopes up that I am pregnant and then starting. It's a vicious cycle. Right now I am in the "getting my hopes up day 10" stage. Dave has really helped me stay positive and patient over the months. We have decided that I am not allowed to buy a pregnancy test until he gives the go ahead. This saves me from taking them too early or too often and being heartbroken its negative again. Its the perfect plan for us! If I didn't have school this semester to keep my mind so busy I think I would be going crazy! But this morning I had a great reminder. Whether I am pregnant or not, God has blessed our lives in so many ways and for those reasons alone I can go through out each day with joy and gratitude. It's hard to believe that our little one would have came just a few short weeks from now if it had been Heavenly Father's will. I trust my Heavenly Father and love him for all of the blessings he gives Dave and I each day. I love my husband soooooo much.

Now we're off to be studious!!!!

Monday Muse

My Inspiration for this weekends sewing project.....ambitious...being as how I still stink at sewing....but bought my material yestarday.

I will post a picture when I am done.

Friday Fun Fact

This weeks Friday Fun Fact...

We love to frolic in fields of grass

and we don't care who knows it.

FACT: you can't do it without laughing and smiling.

You should try it sometime!

Oh no no no no no

Are we really moving here????

Here is a picture of roads in illinois today...02.02.11

People just abandon there cars there the storm was so bad.

I've decided I will just have to be a hermit in the winters there..

and I am ok with that.

Monday Muse

Monday Muse

(also late but just as good)

‎"I believe in pink.

I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.

I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.

I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

♥ ♥ Audrey Hepburn

Fun Fact Friday

Friday Fun Fact

A late but still just as fun....

Dave and I love goats.

We think they are just hilarious.

One day when we have our own house and some land we want some baby goat friends.

Desktop

The current picture on our computer's desktop is so wonderful I had to share it.

Paris in Winter

Monday Muse

I have been bitten by the Paris bug!

Some days I sit and wonder.....did we really go to Paris in September? I all ready want to go back. I have to keep reminding myself that medical school and children are first....then it's back to "Pareeee" for me. I recently fell in love with this photo on etsy.com. I have looked at it multiple times in the past 3 weeks and plan to have my husband surprise me with it for my birthday (hehe) and hang it in our room(he's seen it and thinks it's silly because we have hundreds of pictures all ready that we took, so feel free to surprise me instead). It would be the perfect thing to look at while I day dream of all the wonderful memories we made in Europe and matches our duvet perfectly... how convenient.

Fun Fact Friday

K I have decided that every friday I will post a fun fact about Dave or Myself or both of us...

So what is the fun fact of today you might ask?

Dave was voted "best butt" in high school!

...and I would have to agree! ;)

(FYI he is shooting a rifle in this picture if you are wondering, and I was standing where I knew I would have the best view lol)

I can hear the illiNOISE

It's Decided.

In June 2011 Dave and I will be moving to Illinois to attend University of Illinois.

We will live in St.Louis for June and July with Dave's parents while we find a place to live, sleep in, act like bums, work on making babies very discretely, read all of the books we have on our list of "books we want to read" and anything we can think of that we can do together or with family as much as possible before Dave devotes his life to becoming a doctor again.

School starts on August 16th....our 3 year anniversary.

We will attend our first year at UOI's campus in Champagne IL and our last three in Peoria IL.

Then we will make the other big decision of where to do his residency

We're thinking St.Luois, but who knows.

We are getting really "trunkee", Dave has a huge case of senioritis, he day dreams in class all day and forgets to do homework all the time.....and will still get all A's like always, and I have a huge case of the "IloveschoolbutIhopeitgoesquickthissemestercauseIcan'twaitforanewadventureITIS."

BYU has been good to us and will be missed....but it will be great one day to bring our kids back and check them into the dorms, show them where dad and I met, where we lived, where we would go to feed the duckies almost every sunday afternoon, where our favorite hole in the wall burger joint was, where we had our first kiss, where we used to sit and talk for hours, where we went to church, where we studied together in the library and then deck ourselves out for a BYU football game together.

I'm so proud of my husband and all of his hard work...he makes all our dreams come true.

I love you Dr.Dave

I am amazed at the amount of JOY we have in our lives after this experience and am thankful for all of your prayers and hugs and smiles. It's only been 4 moths now.

9:34pm

It's 9:34p.m. on Sunday January 9, 2011...and I am exhausted! I just finished my first week of being back in school. I'm taking 17 credits in hopes to finish up my schooling before Dave and I are headed out. I have English, Philosophy, Health, Geology, and Student Success. I love school so much. I love that I am constantly being forced to challenge myself on a daily basis. I am definitely out of my comfort zone, but I am loving every minute of it. As a reward to myself I made sure to sign up for an advanced volleyball class, where I basically get to just have open gym 3 days a week. I am enjoying getting to know my professors and the people in my classes. I didn't know how I would be with my time management when it came to 17 credits and working still and then being in charge of preparing the R.S. lesson today. I don't have much free time anymore but interestingly enough I had just enough energy to finish all of the tasks required of me this week and as soon as I finished my very last task of making Dave his batch of Sunday cookies....every ounce of energy left my body....I know that Heavenly Father is watching over me and routing me on. I could not be more grateful for Him, along with a husband who does the dishes and lets me go to sleep at 9pm on school nights (yes I should be in bed now, I have class at 7am) even though he wants to stay up and play and makes me cups of hot coa coa while I'm typing away at my first research paper because he knew it would make me remember to smile and stop worrying that I am not a genius!

It's 9:44pm Sunday January 9, 2011 and I am exhausted, but I wouldn't want it any other way!

Chicago

We found out end of December that Dave also got accepted to University of Illinois, Chicago. HOORAH! However this only makes choosing a place to go even harder. We we set on Kansas City but are now seriously considering UIC. The great thing about Illinois is that it is cheaper because Dave is a resident and he can also apply for multiple scholarships there. So as of today it seems as though we are going to be in Illinois for med school at 1 of their 4 campuses.

To say the least, there is lots of praying going on at the Holt House these days.

sew happy

I am SEW HAPPY!

My sister and I got matching sewing machines and are having SEW much fun. We spent all day Wednesday learning how to sew a straight line, make a bobbin, thread the machine and then I taylored one of Dave's old collared shirts to fit me. I'm in love with my new sewing machine and think we have a long amazing future together!

If anyone has any awsome websites with sewing ideas send em on over!

what's next

Dave got accepted to all of four the medical schools he interviewed at and we will hear back from the fifth at the end of this month. We couldn't be more excited that we have options on where to live for the next few years of our life. We love De Moines, Iowa and we LOVE Kansas City, MO....so as of right now we are deciding between those two. And then if we get into UIC in Chicago we will definately be considering that school too. So what I'm really wondering.....is where would you all come to visit us??? Chicago, De Moines or Kansas City?

Dave finished classes for the semester officially and is just relaxing and studying for his exams.

CAN YOU BELIEVE HE ONLY HAS UNTIL APRIL. Then we move.

I secretly wish we had longer....We just love BYU so much!!!!

I am doing better these days...I have enrolled in my last semester at UVU, training for my half marathon again, having the time of my life being Santa for my husband this year, Learning how to sew with my sister.....I still feel like I'm climbing back up to where I need to be emotionally, mentally and physically but one step at a time....I'm getting closer. Luckily I have Dave's big shoulder to lean on when I fall back a few steps.

THIA Yumm!

Dave and I have decided this is our favorite home made meal......

Thai Curry

My AMAZING mother in law taught me to make this last Christmas. We have been making it at least every month and make enough of it for quite a few left over meals.

When I was cooking this on Sunday Dave kept calling me a 4 burner wife

like johnny lingo's "8 cow wife"hehe

Yuuuummmmmmmmmm!!!

facing my emotions

I'm making this post today for those of you who have gone through a loss like this.

I hope it can help in some way.

Yesterday I had a doctors appointment to get my hormone levels checked and set up another ultrasound to make sure that nothing is still in there that shouldn't be. Before I was about to get up and leave my doctor asked me how I was doing emotionally and I suprised myself and began balling before I could even answer him....

and after a long talk we agreed I should see a pshycologist.

I think I am a happy person and have so much to be happy for and want to be happy all of the time and because of that

I don't think I have let myself go through the grieving process fully of having a miscarriage in my second trimester. I have only let out my emotions a little bit at a time then put them away and put on a happy face for the rest of my days.

Its been a month now, which seems like forever but then somedays like no time at all.

So today I faced my emotions head on.

I had my meeting with the phsycologist and I'm glad to say it helped so much.

It was relieving to have someone to lay it all out on the table with and help me sort through what I'm feeling.

someone who had a fresh look at the situation and wasn't wrapped up emotionally like family and friends are.

and yes I went through a whole box of kleenex in 1 hour.

I learned that I hate to "rain on peoples parades", and because there are so many wonderful things going on in my life to people whom I love so much I have pushed my feelings aside so that I could enjoy those happy moments with them.

....I can be happy and excited for others but still need to deal with what I'm going through.

We talked a lot about....

you can be sad and greatful at the same time

it's okay to be sad

It's healthy to grieve

what to do when I feel sad

***give it time***

and numerous other things that are personal to what I went through.

So yes I am heartbroken still and am learning how to deal with it still....but I am greatful for my testimony always and today for this.....

Yesterday DAVE opened his second med school acceptance letter to Kanas City.

That makes 2 schools now we can go to and there are even more interviews and acceptances to come I'm sure.

My husband makes me happy/proud always....no matter the circumstances.

And one day he will be the bestest dad ever!

Mindy Gledhill, I feel like I'm in a happy dream when I listen to her music

SUPER SEASON

byu vs. unlv

Dear Megan,

Welcome to a little thing we like to call SUPER SEASON....When Football season and Basketball season at BYU overlap and your adorable husband asks you to go to all of the home games with him, and you can't say no. Yes, it just so happens that this week that means...BYU Basketball game friday night, a ward football scrimmage in the morning and a BYU football game saturday afternoon. It's a good thing your husband is such a stud and you have so much fun cheering at the top of your lungs with him and dancing to the blaring music. SUPER SEASON....we love you, but don't make me loose my voice please.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO COUGARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sincerely,

the wife of a very happy sports fan named Dave

we are cherishing our last season with our all sports passes before we leave to med school...

to say the least!