Butterfingers, PeanutButter Cups and Granola Bars - OH MY!!

I think my sister wanted to humiliate me by "tagging" me. I have been meaning to post, but have nothing really to post about. So I am willing to cooperate :)

Rules of the game, dump out your purse and name everything this is in there. Now when your purse becomes your diaper back or vise versa it can be a scary/overwhelming thing. Ross always mocks me because my diaper bag used to be so big that it wouldn't fit in the "storage bin" under the stroller. But since Anna no longer has blow outs; therefore, resulting in not always having to bring a change of clothes everwhere, oh wait...my daughter pukes all the time so I still have to do that sometimes - DANG! And I don't feel like Ross should mock me when he is the one sticking some of his loot for me to carry around for him.

** Disclaimer ** before everyone laughs at all that I carry on a daily basis, I want it to be known that although it may appear otherwise, I am a very organized person. All of these items are NEEDED and have a SPECIFIC spot in the diaper bag. I can always tell when someone (Ross) gets into it because things are not where they should be. It may sound anal, but I like to be able to get to what I need when I need it and QUICK.

I have also been able to bail out many mom's with what I always have "in stock." (Chelsie please refer to the "incident" in Park City when your son had a blow out and you had no diaper or wipes) Alrighty then...here we go

- Diaper & Wipes

-Toys for Anna: today it is my old cell phone, a rubber ducky the dentist gave her, a race car and a book.

-The "toys" Annabelle actually plays with: my wallet (so many cards and so fun to pull them ALL out to throw on the ground) keys, infant finger nail clippers (yes I have needed these when least expected and so have other mom's) and my cell phone (they are both Razors, that both work, but she likes mine better for some reason)

-Annabelle's immunization card (if I don't always have it in my bag I will forget it in my rush to get to the doctors on time)

-Food: Fiber One bars (for me), Apple Strawberry Puffs (for Anna) and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Butterfingers (for Ross)

-Check book, pen and notepad (it always has my "to-do" list for the day, grocery list and the hot deals on grocery items for the week.

-A Ziploc bag with coupons (they usually correspond with them above grocery list. I mentioned in a previous "tag" I really LOVE getting good deals on everything) and gift cards to various restaurants and for a massage - why have I not redeemed that yet?!

-Burt's Bees chapstick (it's the best) and lip gloss

-Tide to go (I swear if I wear white I WILL spill something on myself)

-Anti-bacterial hand gel - a must for a kid who still wants to put everything she touches in her mouth.

-Tums - as of last summer I have an uber sensitive tummy and we have purchased 4 bottles only to be used once because next time we are out, I get sick, don't have tums, buy some AGAIN and leave them at home and the cycle repeats itself. I have since learned to always have some with me.

I tag Alexis, Marcia (so that maybe you will freaking post! Forget the fact you are prego and moving - love ya!) and KariAnn.

On a side note, Ross and I got new couches last weekend. Please ignore my bare white walls - I will be so excited for the day we are not renting so we can paint. I am so sick of white! The pillows aren't great - they came with the couch. So if anyone sees super cute pillows for my couch - HOLLA!

This normally wouldn't be so awesome, but for those who saw the hand-me-downs that I like to refer to as the "Christmas furniture," you will understand my excitement. Not to mention, this are much easier to clean the spills from Anna's milk and keep free of my hair (that would be Ross's favorite feature).

Annoying high school kids

So I know I am not that "grown up" but I am sure you will all agree with me when you are in a public place, be it the mall, movies or the grocery store, there are teenagers around usually acting...well, like most teens do. I think to myself, "How much more giggly can those girls get?", or"how much more obnoxious can those boys be?" etc. But then I remember WAY BACK WHEN...

My friend Jacque and I thought it would be funny to pay for an entire pizza with our big jar full of pennies (I think we saw it on "The Tom Green Show"). The lady was SO not amused by us, but she counted out all our change anyhow.

We would go to McDonalds to play at their playground. I think we all thought it was so funny/cool to get kicked out of places. Why?!

Get in "wars" with our guy friends and egg/water balloon/toilet paper them. They usually got us back much worse. For instance, who would have thought of syrup and toilet papering together?

Sleep out on the football field graduation night. Only to be drenched by the sprinklers - then move to the track and then wake up to old ladies stepping over you cause they are exercising.

We eventually made our own club to get back at guys who had "wronged" us in any way (really?! Oh teenage drama) We toilet papered/seran wrapped/poured rotten cottage cheese/egged, basically trashed their house and/or car. We even had sweatshirts and titles - I was the secretary. Shout out for MILE 10!

I had the biggest obsession with "Roswell." At least I can look back and laugh at myself and my husband doesn't think less of me - hopefully, he did buy me all 3 seasons on DVD.

I even took a trip to California with my mom and stalked the cast. They weren't at the Paramount Lot but we found them shooting on location at some reservoir. And in case your wondering this is Shiri Appleby walking towards me (she played the main character).

This is Jason Behr and Katherine Heigl off in the distance. I remember being so angry with these pictures because my camera sucked it made it look like I was so far away (drama again), when in reality I was pretty close. I have like 3 rolls of film from my trip - Jeesh. Now I know why when my sister found her old diary she had written "Megan is .... different."

But to conclude this long, random post..Even though I look back and realized what a dork I truly was, I am glad I have those crazy, fun memories with all of my great friends. I just apologize to anyone who interacted with us at the time.

Thanks for going down a trip of memory lane with me :)

Our Weekend

Ross and I didn't do much for Valentines Day - I had great intentions of surprising Ross with a McDonalds breakfast (he REALLY loves fast food), so I woke up earlier than normal to go to the gym and then get breakfast afterwards. Well, since we had that huge snow storm the night before and the wind is always blowing extra hard here, the snow drifts were almost as tall as me. By the time I got his car dug out and cleaned off I didn't have time to go. So his present was a snow free car instead. Ross also got me a heart rate monitor to help with my triathlon training and a card that said he "hoped I would love it with all my HEART." Get it? He is such a spaz! He made felafel's for dinner AND did the dishes - that was the best present :)


He brought home some balloons for Annabelle and she loves chasing them around the house. It is hilarious to watch.

Friday night we went to a Grizzlies hockey game with Ross's family. Annabelle enjoyed playing with her cousin Danika, watching the game and dancing to the music they played.

She did; however, have a hard time not being able to move about freely so we had to take her out and let her walk around a few times. Thanks again to the Dinsdale's for the tickets! We had a great time.

Saturday was my niece, Maddison's, first birthday. We played games, mostly the Wii, had dinner, cake and hung out at my mom's.




My mom got Dance Dance Revolution and only Ross had played before, which is hilarious because I have yet to see Ross dance. But I guess they played it a lot at the arcade on his PDay in Mexico. Here is Lacie attempting to play...notice it says "FAILED" across the screen. Nevertheless, we had fun.


Anna loves pushing the stroller and grocery cart my mom has at her house. So why not make her useful and let her take Cooper for a walk?

The Birthday girl and her cake. Chelsie, Lacie and I had way too much fun frosting the cake and making a mess with the sprinkles. It is a piece of art ;)

Photo Shoot

I have been meaning to get Annabelle's 1 year old pictures done for a while now (she is almost 14 months - I am a slacker) but I wanted something different than the regular "Kiddie Kandids." Don't get me wrong, I like them a lot, I just wanted something different. So a couple of weeks ago I had my friend Kelley, who has her own photography business take some pictures of Anna.


Anna was not in her element, that is for sure. The little stinker didn't want to smile. She was so indifferent in the pictures....oh well.


But Kelley worked her magic and took LOTS of pictures and I think they turned out great! She had this idea that a red chair would be cute. I am so glad she got that idea because those pictures are some of my favorite.
After the photo shoot we went to my mom's house where Anna's cousins Cooper and Maddison were hanging out. Like I have mentioned before, Anna loves to pull EVERYTHING out of cupboards and climb inside. So we decided to give her some company. Maddison is on the left, then Anna and Cooper is on the right (I think he doesn't know what to think of his two crazy cousins?!)

Bring on Summertime!

This weekend we headed out with some friends to get away from the snow and bask in the warmth that is St. George. My dear friend Barb has a brother with a vacation home down there and offered up his humble abode.

We didn't really do a lot and it was perfect that way. We basically hung out and spent a lot of time on their patio in the sun. 60 degrees never felt so good! We went out to dinner (where I ran into an old roommate from Dixie -crazy!) and watched "Oceans 13" - totally reccommend it!

Annabelle and Austin had fun throwing rocks into the little waterfall/pond and although they never really played together, they were thoroughly amused by each others presence.

Annabelle kept trying to eat the rocks.

Me and my brother-in-law will be doing a triathlon in St. George in April and I wanted to go check out the course to see what I was getting myself into. So Barb and I went running on the course on Saturday morning - I was in heaven. I have missed running outside so much! Afterwards we met up with our friend Brynn and we all went to breakfast at Bear Paw. Mmmmm!

We roasted marshmellows, made s'mores and the guys roasted corn dogs (?!) over the fire pit.

Annabelle had marshmellows for the first time - she seemed to like them,

Austin and Annabelle had fun crawling in and out of the empty cupboards and playing peek-a-boo.

When we were getting ready to leave Austin and Anna just stood by the window and talked to each other. I think they were talking about how they were sad to go home because playing outside isn't much of an option there.

Before we left, I made Ross stop by the Dixie rock so we could take some pictures. Thanks again Barb and John for inviting us and to your brother for letting us stay at his house. We had an awesome time and I miss St. George already!

Whatever happened to "freeze tag?"

I was tagged by my dear friends Barb & Tori...good thing it was the same TAG and A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. B: Each player answers the questions about themselves. C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago today...
I was in the 9th grade and wondering when I would ever hit puberty (too much info?) I was overly concerned with getting good grades, but not as overly concerned I waas wanting to be cool. Which I wasn't, but I cared what people thought of me until my senior year, when I wanted to get out of high school so bad I could have cared less who liked me. But honestly, I don't remember much of the 9th grade. Either it was really uneventful or I've tried to block it out and succeeded.

5 things on my to-do list today:
- Vacuum
- Vote
- Go running
- Shower/get ready (is it sad that I actually have to put this on my to-do list?)
- Make dinner

I enjoy:
spending time with Ross and Annabelle and the rest of my family for that matter. I love the feeling when I am done with a good run (not really as much when I am actually running). I love the sound of Annabelle's voice, her little laugh, and when she takes good naps. I love getting getting good deals, whether its on clothes or food - it doesn't matter. I enjoy Ross's crazy imagination and the different "plausible" scenarios he can come up with.

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?
Tithing, pay off Ross's student loans, build our dream home, INVEST, take a much needed week long vacation with my husband (to somewhere WARM), set aside money for each of our kids future, maybe even get Ross that XBox 360 he has been drooling over for so long :)

3 of my bad habits:
- If I don't get to exercise for the day, I tend to not be in the best mood. Ross was kind enough to point this out to me. I am working on it, especially since it's winter and these days have been coming more often, much to my dismay.
- Eating too many treats, especially at my mom's house.
- Prioritizing. I am not a procrastinator, but sometimes I get things done in an order that would have made more sense if I would have reversed it. Usually in that I put off getting ready till I absolutely have to and then I end up having to rush it. I think I like the feeling of being in a hurry to get ready or something.

5 places I have lived:
-North Ogden
-St. George
-Logan
-Lehi
-Do different places within St. George and Logan count, if not, then I have only lived in 4 places. How lame am I?!

5 jobs I have had:
- Sodbuster Turf Farm (It was my first job, I sat in a shed and basically answered the phone). When I told people where I worked, they thought I said Blockbusters Turd Farm. So I usually just told people I sold grass, but then they thought I meant weed.
-Quality Quick Print - Holla Brandon for QQP
-Western Watts (in both St. George and Logan) I was a supervisor, which basically means I got paid to do basically nothing. This was my most boring job ever!
-ColdStone Creamery - I had to quit cause the pay wasn't good and the hours were lame....but mostly because I gained 15 pounds in like 3 months.
-Chevron. Yep, I worked at a gas station in Ogden. I had a hard time finding a job for just the summer after I graduated from Dixie and before I moved to attend USU. I learned so much about tobacco and alcohol that I would have never learned otherwise. I also found out that people actually eat gas station food (i.e. corn dogs eeewww) and that after a summer of getting hit on by nasty white trash guys, telling them my name was Chelsie (my sister) and giving them her cell # didn't make for a happy sibling or for happy guys next time they came into the store...oops!

5 things people don't know about me:

- I went to speach therapy when I was in elementary school because I couldn't say my "r" - along the same lines at Elmer Fudd. I had blocked this out and suddenly remembered it one day in high school when I was with a friend. She pointed out that they had created a monster. Thanks!
-I broke my leg when I was in 1st grade sliding down the banister. My tibia broke in 2 and came out of my skin. When I tried to get my older sisters help, she just told me I was always too dramatic and I probably only had a scratch. When she finally came down to see it she screamed and Chelsie started bawling, "Megan's gonna die!"
-I had never seen the "original" Star Wars movies until I got married and Ross told me I wasn't "American" until I had.
-I have had relatively the same hair cut since 8th grade. Sometimes a little shorter/longer or with a few more layers (whenever I cut more than 3 inches I tend to cry.) My bravest move was 2 years ago I cut side swept bangs. When I called Ross afterwards and I wasn't crying he didn't believe I actually followed through with it. Maybe somebody should nominate me for Oprah's "Great American Hair Cut."
-My grandma thought Ross's name was "Garn" and called him that until her dying day. So all of my cousins/aunts/uncles on that side still call him that (that isn't really about me, but I couldn't think of any other ones and it was too funny to leave out.)


I tag- Kelley, Cassi and Kim

Our crazy lil' girl

Here are some funny pictures we have taken recently of Annabelle, well, just being Annabelle!

She took her socks and shoes off her feet and put them on her hands. She kept laughing at herself - she thinks she is pretty funny!

Ross went skiing last Saturday and Anna thought he was pretty weird with his crazy hat on. So he put it on her - she didn't know what to think at first.

Ross usually gives Anna her baths and the other day he took her bath crayons and got a little creative. He called me in to take a picture of our "tribal" daughter.

The other day I was cleaning up one of Anna's many messes in her bedroom and she already started making a new one in the kitchen. She emptied out the pots and pans under the stove and climbed right in!

And FINALLY Annabelle is taking steps by herself. She will take about 8 steps if we tease her with something she wants (like her blanky in the following video) but she rarely takes off on her own. And I still don't mind one bit :)

**By the way this video was shot on location at night time at our home, just before bed time. That would be why it is so dark and she gets tired and gives up.