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Tech-no-lo-gical-RO-MANCE

2012-02-14T15:39:00.000-08:00

Chad and I are having a technological Valentines Day since he is a bajillion miles away this year.

I wait all year for Valentines, not because of the flowers or the candy or the hot steamy sex but it's when I get to watch Teen Girl Squad Episode 12 By: Strong Bad
Who ♥ed?

Enjoy...

Last year I spent a lot of time on a cutesy card for Chad

This year I bought a card and just wrote lots of dirty things in it, i'm willing to bet he liked this years card more and I barely had to go to any trouble since thinking of dirty things just comes natural to me.

Happy Valentimes Everybody!!

tines...tines...tines

Things I hate today

2012-02-10T15:36:00.000-08:00

My doctor and I have decided it was time to try and wean myself off of my anxiety meds, i'm still not sure why because I LOVE being medicated. Any way I start to notice the lack of meds running through my veins when I get really upset over small things. One of those things today was entering stupid verification codes online, This is an example although it is much better than the blurred mess of letters and numbers I encountered today after 4 attempts to put in the right sequence I threw my pen and muttered a string of swears. 5th time was a charm!

PS
Dear people who say "anyhoo" if you know me and associate with me please refrain from using such language in my presence. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Meg

Friends

2011-12-10T22:33:00.000-08:00

Friends are awesome and I have always been grateful for the many friends I have been blessed with throughout my life. When I married Chad I gained a bunch of new friends including Pat & Sarah, they are those friends that you just click with, they are such great people, Chad and I really enjoyed spending time with them especially because we all enjoy the same things, they are huge outdoor enthusiasts.

Well Pat & Sarah left us last summer for greener pastures, they moved back to Sarah's home state of Florida! I ran across this photo the other day and it made me realize how much I miss them! Thanks for being such great friends you two, we miss you and hope to come visit soon!

This is us with Pat & Sarah and their little girl Kathryn

To Hug or not to Hug? No Question!

2011-09-27T16:20:00.000-07:00

I have something to confess I have an aversion to hugging, there I said it and it feels so good! I believe it is truly genetic, I come from a long line of non-huggers and we are all aware and totally ok with it. We are a family full of love and I believe the way we show it is much more meaningful than with a silly hug. Don’t get me wrong I don’t think there is anything wrong with hugs in fact there is one hug I never mind giving or receiving and that is my Gma Hall’s, there is a powerful love behind her hugs and I can feel it, plus she loves hugs more than anything, but she is easily classified as a “hugger.”

My extended/immediate family has often discussed the fact that we are not huggers and if for some reason we do hug it is ALWAYS a side hug, you know the not so committed one armed hug, this is the preferred hugging method amongst my mom’s family that is if a hug must happen. My sisters and I rarely hug and if we do we know it’s just not right. We have a deep love for one another and there is something refreshing about knowing it without a hug being involved. This post was inspired by last nights events as my little sis came over to say goodbye because she left back to Rhode Island today we chatted for a bit and then said our goodbyes I walked her out and she left, no hug, nor was one needed we know we love each other, right Kaitie?

Do non-huggers find other non-huggers? Not always, my mom and dad for instance, Mom – non-hugger Dad – Hugger. It was at least true in mine and Chad’s case he is also a non-hugger however I love being wrapped in Chad’s arms anytime, but that’s different! I have the best friends in the whole world I will never ever deny that, we care about each other so much and would do anything for one another, yes we hug but not all the time just the important times like weddings or if we haven’t seen each other in while.

I found a How-to on hugging on WikiHow.com for you huggers out there and even you non-huggers you might like to read up on this.

1. Approach the person. It will be easy. Depending on the person's relationship to you, you might want to approach differently:

Family Hug: Approach kindly, but not too emotionally.
Friend Hug (girls): Approach caringly, sometimes humorously, and smile.
Friend Hug (guys): Approach genuinely, smile sweetly and if he is hugging another just make it obvious you're uncomfortable and he'll feel you deserve a hug too
Crush Hug: Approach carefully, but do not seem shy. Smile slightly and perhaps say a caring word or two.
Lover Hug: It doesn't matter who starts this; either can make it just as romantic. When approaching, put your hands on their shoulders and look them in the eyes. Say you love them, how much you care for them, and how much you are loving every second with them. Then fall into each other and hug with all your heart.

2. Embrace. Lean forward and wrap your arms around the person.

Family Hug: You can keep talking when hugging; it will not ruin the momentum. Where you place your hands is not important; the hugged won't think it over too much. Press gently; it is not necessary to have head-contact. Stroke your hands quickly across the top of the hugged's back. Smile when letting go.
Friend Hug (girls): Close your eyes and think about how much you love your friend when hugging. Press as much as you feel like. (But don't squish!) Do not clap the hugged on the shoulders or such; some girls think you don't like them if you do it that way.
Friend Hug (guys): Embrace strongly, and clap each other on the top of your backs. If it's an emotional moment, keep in the hugged position for a brief moment and do not clap each others backs.
Crush Hug: Press the hugged warmly towards you. If you are a man, her arms should be around your neck, and you should be embracing her around the waist. When pressing her against you, you can lift her up a bit, pressing her chest and upper stomach against yours. Keep it in that position for a while, and then let go. Look her in the eyes when you separate and continue the conversation naturally. If you are the woman, put your arms behind his neck and press your chest lightly onto his chest.
Lover Hug: 1) Males: Carefully sliding both your hands down from her shoulders, put them on her waist and slide them around her lower back. Put your head on her shoulder and press her towards you for as long as you like. If you want to, you can give her a small massage with your hands, and try to warm her. When separating, you can look into her eyes, smile genuinely and, if the situation is fitting, kiss her like you mean it and include some hair massage. 2) Females: Extend your arms toward him and hold them around his neck and shoulders. Lean as close as possible and press your torso against his. In situations of extreme intimacy, interlocking your leg in his is appropriate. Avoid holding your arms below his shoulders and/or embracing strongly and tensely, even if you're about the same height as him. It might seem weird but it'll work!

3. Don't hug too tightly. The best way to judge how tightly or loosely to hug is to let whomever you're hugging indicate what they want by how hard they squeeze. If they are soft, be soft back; if they like bear hugs and squeeze tightly, hug back the same way (but don't suffocate him/her).

4. Don't let go too early. A hug is a powerful way to communicate your caring for another person, as it can feel great and greatly improve one's mood. If someone hugs you, they may want a long, loving hug (maybe they are upset or down), so just go along with it and hug them until they let go or loosen their hold. If you try to end it early, it may seem awkward for both of you.

A good approach no matter what your relationship with the person you'll be hugging is...walk up to them from a few (maybe 3) feet away, arms open. When you get to them, wrap your arms around approximately their midsection. Hold for a few seconds, then let go.

Let’s talk about #4, how long is too long? For me if I have to hug I like it to be as short as possible. I get that someone might need a long hug, but I’m pretty sure there is someone else out there willing to give you the hug of a lifetime and if there really is nobody else I might compromise a few seconds.

Any of you non-huggers out there trying to turn a new leaf and try the hugging thing well then the above tips are for you! I think they are quite funny and who knew there was so much that went into hugging? Just one more reason to stay away from it all together!

Warnings!

Do not confuse a friend hug with a lover hug. Things might get complicated and awkward. (this is my favorite!)
Unless you've hugged the person before, don't hug them without asking first. In addition, use your best judgment in choosing when and where to hug someone. There are certain situations where one might be embarrassed to be seen hugging someone else.
Hug only when the person you want to hug has their arms out, they may not want to be hugged if their arms aren't out.
Avoid a hug with a running start unless the person being hugged is aware you are about to do so, if not, this may result in both of you falling over.
Make sure you are not stinking when hugging, or else she will run away from you next time. Try to use mild deodorant on your body.
Bad breath may drive away your partner. Get your breath check before you proceed.

http://www.wikihow.com/Hug

To all of you non-huggers out there, there is nothing wrong with you it is perfectly normal to show your affection in other ways and to all of you huggers out there I have nothing against you and I actually admire you just think of this quote when you don’t get as many hugs from those of us non-huggers…

“Just because somebody doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with everything they got” –Author Unknown

*I must clarify that hugs from the kids in my life make me happy I omit them from my self proclaimed non-hugger status.

"Jump Around, Jump Around, Jump Up Jump Up and Get Down"

2011-09-21T20:26:00.000-07:00

Apparently I like to jump...in a swim suit...in various places around the world

That is all.

Havasupai by Navajo Falls

(just to the right is where my life flashed before my eyes the previous year, but that's a story for another time!)

Caribbean cruise, this was in the Bahamas. The sand was like walking in warm flour, it was heavenly!

Lake Powell = Awesome, hence the jump!

I just remembered this sunset pic from a photo session with my cousin, I'm not in a swimsuit!
www.photographybyjocelin.com

The Spartan Race

2011-07-14T22:00:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Chad did the Spartan Race at Soldier Hollow. This is no ordinary race, it is 8+ miles of hills, heat and obstacles! I tried to get pictures of all the obstacles that I could see but there were so many more.

Here's a nice group shot just before the race

There's Chadwick smack dab in the middle getting all pumped to run for 8 miles

There's Mr Spartan man

And they're off...

Here is one of the obstacles, they had to throw javelins into these hay bails if it didn't stick they had to do 30 burpees, Chad had to do the burpees

Chad said he flew over this one no problem, which is good because I watched so many people get to the top and then slip and fall down, I just want to know how you get to be the guy with the hose, wait until they get to the top and then spray them down!

This one was awesome, army crawl in the mud under barbed wire, Chad said it smelled like horse crap which it probably was

This was right after the army mud crawl jumping over the ring of fire

I missed the best part, Amanda and I walked back to the finish line so I could get a picture of Chad fighting the Spartans to cross the finish line, after 45 minutes I started to get worried, I watched as his friends came in one by one so Amanda and I decided to start looking around to see where he could be. Well it turns out he already finished, I totally missed the whole thing. Even though I missed it I couldn't be more proud of my Darling Chadwick, he ended up finishing 16th overall way to go Bambino!

"I'm an athlete" - Chad Whiting

2011-07-11T13:27:00.000-07:00

Chad tells me all the time how he's an athlete he reminds me of Ash from Fantastic Mr. Fox! Here he is right before the Dirty Dash, he's so clean! PS uploading this picture and seeing myself I just came to the conclusion that I am going brunette again after the summer is over.

Here's the Canyon Sports crew

Beginning of the race nice and muddy!

There's my Darling Chadwick starting the slippery hill, Amanda and I watched so many people biff it on this hill

This looked so fun until they all told me that it was covered with dirt and sand it cut them all up

Here's Chadwick on the home stretch he just made it out of the mud pit

They all managed to stay pretty clean compared to a lot of people I saw

2011-03-21T20:40:00.000-07:00

I grew up with 2 little sisters and even though now I wouldn't trade them for anything I can't say I felt that way when I was growing up. I wanted a brother so bad and I would have traded them for one! I always felt like I was missing out on something, a wild and mysterious world outside of a house of girls. As I started getting older I realized I may never have brothers but I had the next best thing...COUSINS!

I have often felt how lucky I am to have such a wonderful family, we are all so close and our family get-togethers are far from boring. I may be a little biased but I believe these guys and all the other men of my family are the greatest guys on the face of this earth! Chad has made several comments to me about how impressed he is with these guys in his words "they are the most genuine people I have ever met." I am grateful for the example these guys (and my two cousins-in-law) have had on me, I knew the kind of man I wanted to marry and it's because of them. Chad came into my life and I knew he was what I was waiting for!!

Dinseyland!

2011-01-18T20:41:00.000-08:00

I've been hearing so much about Disneyland lately, from those planning trips or recent trips. It made me think about one of my favorite trips to Disneyland so I decided I would post some pics from a wonderful trip with some dear friends!

This was the first picture of the trip pulling out of Zach's house. Eric is resting his arms on the cooler that plugged into the cigarette lighter and kept our drinks cold. Cold drinks and lots of treats we were ready for the long night we had ahead of us!

This was our last stop before we finally made it to Anaheim. Some gas station in the middle of the night, we were too excited to be tired!

We finally made it to our hotel at about 5 am, took a quick nap then we made our way to the happiest place on earth! Can't you tell how happy Jenny and I are!

Here we are with Mr Potato Head waiting for our favorite ride...Toy Story Mania!

We're ready to go

Don't we make great Coppertone girls?

Just looking over California Adventure

Maestro Mickey!!

Way to get into character Zach!

Looks like Jenny and Eric have themselves an admirer

Here we are in our sweet ride!

Yay we waited and waited and finally Classic Mickey!!

So Jenny and I convinced the boys to wait in line with us to see the Princesses and wait we did...for 1 1/2 hours! There was only one princess I was dying to see and that was Aurora since they rotate I thought what are the odds she'll be in there when it's our turn. Well as we were approaching our turn we asked the worker which princesses were in there and Aurora was one of them, imagine my surprise! Here we are the next group of people to go in and we see Aurora walking out...NOOOO!! So my wonderful friend Jenny knowing how disappointed I was started yelling Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty once she caught her attention we motioned for her to come over to us and she did!!

I got my picture with my favorite princess!! I felt like a 6 year old I was so happy!

Oh Snow White!

Cinderella taught us how stand like Princes and Princesses

What?! Is that the Fairy Godmother? Why yes it is, apparently she's very rare so we felt very lucky. The boys were less than thrilled with waiting in line for that long just to see princesses but the magic overpowered them and we all skipped out of Princess Land holding hands while rainbows formed all around us, maybe that didn't happen but I think we all remember it that way!

To infinity and beyond! We were so lucky to see so many awesome characters!

Tower of Terror I love you! Disney workers were on fire the weekend we were there, they were so punny we loved it...ie "Welcome to the Tower of Terror, where the rates are always dropping mwaahaha!"

Zach's favorite Character is Donald Duck we searched the whole park for any sightings of him and one day we finally spotted him only we were too late they weren't letting any more people line up so poor Zach could only see Donald from afar.

Poor Zach all of his dreams dashed

In the meantime Jenny and I found Minnie!

What's this? Donald and Zach finally together it was a happy moment for all of us!

This is our last picture of the trip, leaving Disneyland, Zach just wasn't ready to go, he shed a single tear. What a perfect ending to a perfect trip!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-29T14:18:00.000-08:00

Chad & I had such a wonderful Christmas, I am so so so happy he didn't end up working on Christmas Day, we got to spend the whole day together which was the best gift he could have given me...even though I did get spoiled with all the stuff he gave me! I didn't make it very easy on him this year I only told him that I wanted to be surprised and surprised I was, I loved every single gift!

He got me my FAVORITE body wash

He gave me a calendar featuring my idol, you gotta love Audrey

He got me slip on Shoes because he knows how much I hate wearing socks even in the winter! I've wanted some TOMS forever!

He definitely surprised me with this Vestal watch I love it because I would never have bought it for myself and it's Purple my favorite color!

And this is where I wasn't just surprised I was Shocked he told me my main present was the Frye boots i've been wanting Forever holy cow he spoiled me! I'm so lucky to have a such a great husband and best friend!

I'm pretty sure he was stoked to get his present, I totally surprised him with an iPod Touch (which was something he would never ask for or buy for himself) he's been super preoccupied ever since, Angry Birds is soooo addicting!

Kaitie & Mike's Wedding

2010-11-10T22:00:00.000-08:00

August 28, 2010 my youngest sister was married in the Salt Lake Temple I was so excited to see the pictures so I decided to post a few! Check out www.winkfotos.com to see Emily's work!

Our little family is finally growing!

I'm pretty sure we are the luckiest girls in the world to have such a wonderful dad!

Another reason we are the luckiest girls...Our mom is all of our best friend!

Me and my Darling Chadwick! My mom used to tell me that I didn't need to see fireworks in order to fall in love but i'm here to say I saw the fireworks when I fell in love with Chad and those fireworks are still lighting up my sky!

Happy 30th Birthday Chadwick

2010-11-01T17:22:00.000-07:00

Oct 26th was my Darling Chadwick's 30th Birthday! We went to Momentum Indoor Climbing Gym to celebrate!

Whiting Family Vacay

2010-08-11T19:08:00.000-07:00

Norah & Chad

Dallas and Norah playing some baseball


Just catching some zzz's

The men of the family doing their morning workout!

Hailey and I striking a pose in our bikini's

Teag & Ashley had dinner this night and they spoiled us wrotten! Here's Teag and Chad grilling up the yummy T-Bone Steaks!

Chad and his best buddy Dallas

How about some grilled shrimp with our steaks, YUMMY, thank you Teag & Ashley

Here's Hailey enjoying her steak!

Rachel's Wedding

2010-05-25T21:47:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to see all of Emily's pictures of the wedding but until then here's a couple I snapped

Oh Chadwick he was such a good sport all day, I think secretly he wished it was our wedding all over again...NOT!!

Here is the cake that added 10 years to my life!! My first wedding cake!! I would like to thank Rachel & Denise for having faith in me I would have never been able to do it without your words of encouragement! This was definitely the biggest challenge I have faced in my days of baking but it was worth every second! Thanks for the challenge Rach, I love you!

2010-04-30T16:35:00.000-07:00

I am soooo sick of looking at the pictures from Christmas, so until I can get some new good pics up lets reminisce about my wedding that was 8 months ago...I can't believe it has already been 8 months and I still haven't printed any pictures!!! My goal is to have them printed by my 1st anniversary so I have 4 more months to procrastinate!!

Random Christmas Pics

2010-02-12T21:08:00.000-08:00

Chad and I need a better pose, preferably one that makes us look like we like each other a little more!

Chad and our niece Norah, these two are just the best of friends!

I love Norah's smile it makes me so happy!

We got to spend New Years Eve with two of my bestest friends! We ate a delicious dinner at Cafe Trang then went back to Jenny and Eric's house to play some Wii and hang out. Ashly and Sean were in town and I am so grateful we got to spend some time with them!

Rogaine sure does work! This was Chad's white elephant gift, it's so strange to see him with hair

This was a hit at our party, petrified owl puke it even comes with tools to dissect it!

This was my white elephant gift I brought, Em got them which turned out perfect to recreate the painting!

A Few Wedding Pics

2010-02-01T20:27:00.000-08:00

Me and my Honey on our Honeymoon!

2010-01-16T11:35:00.000-08:00

I'm finally getting around to blogging our Honeymoon!

Chad and I spent 4 days in DisneyWorld, we got made fun of by some people for going to the happiest place on earth for our honeymoon but we loved it!

We started our first day at Epcot

Here is Chad next to Poseidon

Here I am in France

Here's Chad playing with a wild panda in China, we liked to pretent we were really in these countries it made it much more fun!

Here we are on probably one of the best rides ever the Aerosmith ride in Hollywood Studios was awesome!

I had to get a picture with my favorite Disney villains, the Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp!

I was so excited that they had the Magic Kingdom decorated for Halloween I love Halloween!

Our first glimpse of the castle Chad was so giddy can't you tell??

He was such a good sport letting me take pictures of him!

This was in the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse, we liked to imagine ourselves living in a giant treehouse

I could live with that view outside my bedroom window! I was bummed though I didn't know that DisneyWorld doesn't have the Indiana Jones ride just this giant tree.

We lucked out I am the only one in this pic because there was a parade going on right in front of me and everyone was lined up on the street so I got to be the only one with the castle!

Chad got me to go on the stupid Tea Cups...I HATE the tea cups it took me a while to recover after that one, I really almost puked!

We got this pic for my dad we thought he would love to own a guitar as big as a house!

This was on our Jungle Safari in the Animal Kingdom

We ended our 4th day in the Animal Kingdom. It wasn't our favorite park but it was really pretty scenery. Our favorite was Hollywood Studios because of the rollercoaster and Toy Story Mania it was the longest wait in all of the parks. We never waited in line for anything except that one and Chad was having a hard time believing it would be worth it but he loved it!

We had a really hard time coming back to reality well I did at least and we can't wait for our next vacation!

Happy Birthday Joe

2009-10-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

Earlier this year my sisters best friend of all time was in a tragic accident involving a Trax Train. Today is Joe's 20th birthday and I just wanted to wish him a very happy birthday.

My sisters and I have always wanted a brother, growing up with all girls was fun but we have all said we wished for a brother. To us Joe was that brother, he spent a lot of time at our house, especially since he didn't have a car and he lived only a few houses down from us, I often referred to him as my little brother. I know he was just like a brother to Kaitie, they were extremely close they were like twins. They even fought like a brother and sister would, but when it came right down to it they always had each others backs.

Joe was a friendly giant, he was tall and very well built, which he was very proud of! He played basketball for West Jordan High and excelled at it. Joe was loved by everyone and had more friends than anyone I know. Joe was very adventurous, I remember one night he came over to our house and he was limping he then told the story of how he was snowboarding and he wanted to do one more run before the bus came, well the bus came and he was on the lift, his sister called him to let him know he was going to miss the bus, he then decided to jump off the lift to try and make the bus! He didn't make it!

I have so many great memories of Joe that make me laugh whenever I think of them. I can't even tell you how many times he would come over and drink from any glass on the counter, which usually was always my dad's, he always keeps a big glass of water on the bar. Later he would come up and yell "alright who drank all my water" and we would just laugh because it was always Joe!

Joe was very ticklish so we loved to try and tickle him. One time he was standing in the kitchen at the end of the bar and I snuck up behind him and started tickling his sides, i've never seen anyone so big fall so hard, he went straight down to the tile with a loud thud!

I would often receive random text messages from Joe sometimes in the middle of the night and they were usually always filled with big words, he loved big words and used them in everyday conversation. He would sometimes text me and ask how to spell some really long word that I usually had never heard of. He loved texting and texted all the time. Once he texted Kaitie 19 messages in a row to tell her about his dream he had.

Joe, we miss you and love you so very much. You are in our hearts everyday and we are grateful for the precious time we had with you. You have definitely left your giant handprint on all of our hearts. Because we knew you we have been changed for good!

One last thing Joe...you're so voluptuous!! (one of his favorite words and he used it incorrectly all the time and he said he knew that and didn't care because he loved the word!)

Bachelorette Party!!!!

2009-09-17T14:59:00.000-07:00

The only thing this party was missing was one of my very best friends, I told her we would get a bunch of pics for her! Ash these are for you, love ya!! This party was awesome, i'm so very grateful for all my dear friends who put it together, I had so much fun!

Robby did a fantastic job hosting, it was held at his house and he went above and beyone, fresh flower arrangements on all the tables, he had little jars of gumballs to give to all the girls as favors, it was so cute! He has been such a good friend to me since kindergarten!!

Robin Hood and Meghan Hood!

Those were our nicknames for each other in elementary

These girls planned a great party! Rachel and Cho made some yummy salad and Laura made some fantastic cupcakes and some individual trifles that tasted heavenly! Rachel put together a video of Chad being asked a series of questions, all the girls at the party were given the questions and they had to ask me and I had to guess what Chad said, then we watched what Chad's answer was, if I got it wrong then Rachel made me eat a piece of Double Bubble, she made me eat some everytime Chad had a long pause...I ate A LOT of bubble gum! It was super cute and Chad did such a good job!

Oh Jenny!!! What can I say other than I love you to pieces! Jenny was a co-party planner, she made mock pina coladas for everyone, I loved it!! I was thinking earlier in the week how I would love to have something like that and she read my mind! Thanks for being such a great friend Jenny!

Here's one table of girlfriends, there was another table in the formal dining room that was decorated so cute too!

Rachie and I, we have been friends since first grade, I love that we have stayed close through the years, we have so many awesome childhood memories together and I cherish them!

This is Rob and I totally dominating the game! I was blind folded and Robby had to direct me to put the stick through the toilet paper roll between his legs, I think we did it within seconds!!

Robby won those sexy pink undies for winning the game! Here we are just posing with our winnings and some of my presents!

Sisters!!! I love my little sisters and I especially love wearing all their clothes! Thanks Kaitie for supplying my ENTIRE outfit for the night!!!

Surprise Bachelorette Party!!!!

Rachel had asked me like a month in advance if we could plan a night right before my wedding to hang out, she was so sneaky making me think we would just spend a quiet night in chilling watching movies...The Monday before my wedding the girls came marching down to my room clothes in hand and said "put these on we're going out!!" So Nichole threw my hair up and Laura beautified me with colorful makeup

The mastermind behind this...none other than my bestest friend Rachel!

All our funky socks, it was a golfing party minus the golfing it was too cold so we went to a movie instead

Here was are at the District in these awesomly matching chairs, they complimented our outfits so well!

Rach and I hanging out in the theater waiting for the movie to start

The night before the big day!

I took my mom, sisters and Rach to get pedicures so all of our feet would look nice and pretty for the wedding. The girl that did mine kept trying to get me to put ugly stickers on my toes I think I said no 20 times! Then after she painted them she tried to get me to let her paint white flowers, NO WAY!! I ended up redoing them when I got home I gave myself gold glitter toes and they looked great!

My mom and I

I was starting to panic while we were getting pedi's my mom and I had to make 7 new centerpieces because we didn't have enough for the dinner, my mom and I don't know the first thing about arranging flowers, I started to feel a little in over my head, then Rachel called her mom and sister and they luckly came over. It was Denise to the rescue, her and Sarah put all the arrangements together and they looked amazing! I am so grateful for Rachel's family and how good they are to me, they have treated me like family throughout the years and I love them all so very much!

Catching up!

2009-09-15T13:51:00.000-07:00

Ozzy loves Chad everytime Chad sits down or lays anywhere Ozzy is right there and he'll choose Chad over any of us girls. I love this pic so much though, it's two of my favorite things a cat and Chad, now if only he were holding a cupcake instead of a remote then it would be complete!

This is the Oreo Rice Krispie Tower I made for Laura's bachelorette party, it tasted pretty good but not my favorite.

Mmmm....here are the oreo cupcakes I made for her party and they were yummy!!

Laura and Tommy's Wedding August 8, 2009

Poor Laura stressed about the weather for a week! It was kind of chilly but then the sun came out and it was a beautiful day.

Me with the bride, she definitely was the most beautiful bride that came out of the Temple that day, she was absolutely stunning!

Our's was next!! Being at Laura and Tommy's Wedding made us really excited for our own! Here's Chad and I at the reception they had it at Thanksgiving point and it was beautiful!

Laura gave all of us these chunky flower rings for Christmas so we all wore them with our bridesmaids dresses to the wedding.

Oh Rach, I asked her to take a pic of Chad and I and she snapped one of herself. I sure do love ya Rach!

Welcome Home Rach

2009-07-30T17:32:00.000-07:00

My best friend got home on July 2nd from her mission, she served in the Sacramento spanish speaking mission, we were all very excited for her to get home! This was our first girls night with Rachel home, we ate chinese food, watched Bride Wars and of course gabbed for hours!!

We went boating one night after work our friends Johnny and Snigga are so sweet to take all of us, we had so much fun! Here's all us girls and Chad's arm, what a good lookin arm!!

We also went boating the Saturday before with Laura, Tommy, Johnny & Snigga. Tommy had some great pictures and videos from that day but unfortunately his camera got stolen out of his car that night. While we were boating Chad ruptured his eardrum in one of his crashes poor guy! He even went back out a little later to get one last wake board ride in before we left. Later when I was taking him to work he said "Meg look" and I looked over and saw blood coming out of his ear, oh man it was traumatizing for me. Here he is after Rachels homecoming, poor guy was exhausted after our busy weekend of boating, ruptured eardrums, BBQ's and a homecoming, he zonked out in the chair, I couldn't even wake him up to move him to the couch.

Chad and I were driving down 7200 S in Ft Union with the windows rolled down and we heard this really strange noise and when I looked over a Dragon Fly flew into my moving car and went right into the driver seat, here he is stuck in my seat. We had to pull over so Chad could get it out.

Busy Busy Summer!!

2009-07-02T18:13:00.000-07:00

Sleepovers!!

Chad's neice Hailey and I had a sleepover one night and we baked all night long! She was a great sidekick! We decided that baking is even more fun when you wear cute aprons and feather boas!

Here's Hailey mixing her cupcakes

Hailey wrote my name on my forehead with frosting

Here's Hailey's cupcakes she made one for each member of the wedding party! The dark blue gel didn't show up on the chocolate but there is a letter on each one for all the names

She made a new friend with Ozzy, he loves to lay on his back and have his arm pitts rubbed, what a weirdo, he was in 7th heaven with Hailey

Another Birthday Party

A co-worker asked me to make a monkey cake for his nephew's first birthday, I was a little out of my league since I am definitely not an artist I don't free hand anything. My mom, sisters and I were laughing so hard as I started because we thought it looked like a teletubby!! I figured a 1 year old wouldn't be able to tell the difference! Apparently he just ripped into it anyway!

These are the new cupcakes I made for the party, they are a chocolate cupcake with a Reese's baked inside then a peanut butter frosting piped on top with another Reese's, if you like peanut butter these are the cupcakes for you!

First Wedding, which means mine's getting closer!!

My good friends Chris and Nichole finally got married on June 25th after dating for 3 years!! We were all really excited for them to finally take the plunge even though it has seemed like they have been married forever! This is us girls with Nichole after the ceremony

Here is Chad and I just posing for a pic!

Laura caught the bouquet, which is funny because she's the next wedding on August 8th

Here's another one of Chad and I under the tent, she had her reception in a big beautiful backyard and then they had a big tent.

Desolation Lake

One night after work Chad was dying to go on a hike and I was dying to get away from all my stress at work so we headed up to Desolation Lake it was so pretty! It had been raining and just cleared up as we started, so the sky was so pretty.

I told Chad to strike a pose!!

On our way back Chad bent over and pulled out his pocket knife and cut me a little bouquet of flowers it was so cute! I held them the whole way down and when we got home I put them in this little vase!

Happy 4th of July

Chad and I headed down to Delta for the 4th, it's my favorite place to be on this particular holiday. Kaitie, Chad and I started out Friday night camping in Oak City Canyon, we made a fire and cooked tin foil dinners then pitched the tent which turned out to be a good thing because it dumped rain on us all night long, surprise surprise. We woke up the next morning to a tent full of spiders and I HATE spiders the inside zipper was broken so they all found refuge from the rain in our tent! We then headed back down to town and watched the parade it's my favorite parade because they throw lots of candy!

Here's Chad enjoying the parade from his lounge chair

I am out with all the kids picking up candy, I kept waiting for all the good stuff like Frooties, those are my favorite, but unfortunatley we were up to our ears in salt water taffy, the first few pieces are good then you're just sick of them!

Here's Kaitie and I with my Grandpa, he is such a stud!!!

Here's my awesome Gram in her bling bling shades, they have rhinestones on the sides! She has been battling breast cancer and we are happy to say she's cancer free right now!!

Here's Chad and I waiting for the 35th annual Delta Demolition Derby, we had to go an hour and a half early to get good seats, it was soooo hot, but people watching made it worth it!

The red truck is my uncle, he ended up taking 3rd place!

Chad got to experience the Delta Rez we my mom's friend has property out at the resevoir and they were there with their boat so we went out and boated before our big party we had back at my grams. We had the whole family and then some for a big party my gourmet cook Aunt's made a huge spread of food, we all ate until we were sick!!

Days full of Baking!

2009-05-20T17:42:00.000-07:00

My Friend and I decided to try our hand at cupcake pops Bakerella gave us the instructions and we tried it out. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun!

This is what they look like once we dipped the tops in white chocolate I can't wait to try it again with different sprinkles and different colored chocolate!

And here is the final product, Individually wrapped and pretty tasty, look at www.bakerella.blogspot.com to see all of her different cupcake pops!

Here is one of my favorite things that I make, my rice krispy tower! I made this one for my friends birthday, I alternated each layer with fruity pebbles and plain rice krispy

One of my co-workers asked me to make cupcakes and a cake for his daughters 2nd birthday party I made one batch of my oreo cupcakes and another batch of white chocolate raspberry cupcakes, I think I found a new favorite, the frosting was so delicious!

Ta Da!! Here is the Elmo cake I had so much fun making it!!

2009-05-02T13:46:00.000-07:00

Two of my other dear friends are getting married too! Nichole's roommates had an engagement party for Nichole and Chris, we took this picture so we could send it to Rachel, poor girl was quite overwhelmed by all the news! Mine is the pastey white hand on the bottom! I can't believe we are all getting married within 3 months of each other, Nichole is June 25th, Laura is August 8th and i'm September 4th! It's funny how life works we could have never planned for this to happen it just did! The next few months are going to be extra exciting, planning a wedding and getting two other's before my own!

Here's Chad and I at the party, it was nice to see all my friends and get to show them the ring.

I wish I would have thought to get a picture of all us girls but at least I got one with Laura and Nichole.

I'm Engaged!!!!

2009-05-01T15:16:00.000-07:00

Chad proposed last night! I told him all I wanted was to be surprised since he told me the day he bought the ring, he told me the day the jeweler called him to tell him when it would arrive, and then he even told me the day he picked it up! He was just too excited! I did get my wish, he completely surprised me. He kept telling me he was going to do it after finals because he needed to focus. Well I took my last final yesterday and apparently he was just waiting until I finished mine.
I went over to his house last night because we were going to dinner. He took me into his room and told me he had something special to give me, so he held it behind his back and told me all sorts of sweet things and all I could think of was that he was going to get down on his knee in his bedroom!!! Then he said "I hope you accept this gift as a symbol of our love" and all I could say was "What are you doing?" Then he whipped out a fake tattoo from the gas station! He knows how much I love gas station tattoos! Then he told me he knew a great place to go to dinner and he drove us up the canyon. We had been driving for a bit and I told him, you know I am out of gas and he was like "do we need to turn around and get gas? and I told him I didn't know because I didn't know where he was taking me and he said "to the top!" So I told him I didn't know if we would have enough gas and he said "oh great, that ruins everything" that's when I started getting the hint that something was going to happen. So he took me to dinner at Silver Fork Lodge up the Canyon and he said so many sweet things and then he told me he had a question to ask and that's when he opened the ring and asked me to marry him!! So here we are at Silver Fork Lodge just getting engaged!!!

My mom took this picture of us a few weeks ago. I told Chad we have to start getting more pictures of us, he doesn't like pictures and that is why we don't have any!

This is on our way to Las Vegas we spent Valentine's shopping in Vegas!

This was the very first picture we ever took, it was on Christmas Eve, I was recovering from my tonsilectomy and these were our Christmas presents to each other.

2009-03-02T16:49:00.000-08:00

Robby took me to the Rascal Flatts concert last Thursday for an early birthday present! We had so much fun! Jessica Simpson opened for them to promote her new country album, she starts off a song by saying "this is my favorite song on the album" so halfway through the song she totally forgot the lyrics and stopped singing! It was so funny, but atleast she proved she does not lip sync!

Valentine's Formal

2009-02-24T12:23:00.000-08:00

The Friday night before Valentine's Day my girlfriends and I went to a Valentine party that some friends were throwing. I was just excited to dress up! I wish I had better pictures but they went all out, there was a table of nothing but candy (I hung out at that table most the night!) Spoon Me was there with frozen yogurt it was all decorated. They had it at Noah's which was a great venue for this event and what was even cooler is they made it into a Cancer Benefit, they charged $10 and the proceeds were donated to cancer research!

Mexico Baby!!

2009-02-19T17:47:00.000-08:00

My mom gave Kaitie and I a cruise for christmas so we went on a singles cruise to Mexico!! All my girlfriends went and there were like almost 300 hundred of us from SLC!!

Here we are in Mazatlan, this was probably my favorite day, we rented 4-wheelers and spent the day at this awesome resort on their private beach and they had an awesome pool. Then some of my friends rented wave runners and we spent an hour out in the ocean on wave runners having races around islands. Then we rode the 4-wheelers around the city, it was an eventful day!

This is in Puerto Vallarta at Senor Frogs

Cabo San Lucas Lovers Beach, this was just a handful of girls in our group!

Our dinner table was anything but boring, my friend blew powdered sugar all over me, I tasted declicious the rest of the night!

Titty Twister!! Our ship was full of naked paintings everywhere you turned, this was in one of the elevators.

All you need to know about S%#@

2009-01-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

We had our family Christmas party on the 26th at my cousins house and every year we do our white elephant gift exchange. This year my cousin told us that we had to write something about our white elephant that was true, something that would make people want it. So we went around the room and picked our favorites but we weren't allowed to open them. Then we each got a chance to steal. There were some really creative sayings but I would have to say the most popular was the one that had one little word on it...Porn! That one was pretty popular, but weren't the boys surprised when they found out what it was...

My uncle was the lucky recipient of this book, Porn for Women, it was a book of beautiful men without their shirts on saying funny things that would supposedly turn a woman on, for instance,

"As soon as I finish the laundry, I'll do the grocery shopping and I'll take the kids with me so you can relax."

The gift my mom brought had the saying "All you need to know about S@%#" My cousins husband got this one which was an awesome book called What's Your Poo Telling You, I also received one of these books at an earlier party. Its all true facts about your poo, it has different names like the Deja Poo, and The Honeymoon is over Poo, believe me it's a page turner!

The white elephant I picked said something about how great it would look hanging on a wall or something like that, I liked it because is was big, well it turned out to be a shrine of pictures of me that my cousin took. Last year at our party my cousin gave this clock that he made when he was young it had pictures of Steve Young and Jerry Rice in it, his sister was the lucky recipient of that treasure so for this years party she fixed it up with pictures of me and used it as her white elephant and I was the one that happened to receive it, crazy!!

This party was interesting because I still couldn't talk, I HATED it plus I didn't feel the best. I love talking and this family is a family of talkers I just sit in silence getting frustrated because I wanted to say so much, the good news is I woke up this morning talking with my real voice I can talk again!

Another big hit of the party, the kids got these little gun things for christmas and you shoot little marshmallows, there were marshmallows all over the room it looked like it was snowing inside, here is my brother-in-law wailing on my sister!

Day 7...

2008-12-24T21:27:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post about day 6 but just know that it was a little bit better, I felt a little more like myself I was talking a little more and wrapped some presents. So now to day 7 also christmas eve, I am now beyond starving, I am starting to feel more normal except my throat and ears still hurt like crazy. I tried to eat so real food today but it was not happening, everything tastes awful because of this nasty taste in the back of my throat and everything gets caught in my throat. I can't wait to eat chocolate cake!!

I totally forgot to post pictures from our annual Grinch Party! My friends Stacey and Johnny had us up to their house in Kaysville for a night of green food and the movie The Grinch! We had green soup, green crepes, green punch, green Jello, and green fruit pizza! Nichole and I didn't have enough time to dress up but Stacey made up for all of us!

This is Stacey's super cute christmas tree, it was so sparkly I loved it!!!

Christmas Dance

2008-12-22T15:42:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Day 5...

2008-12-22T14:17:00.000-08:00

Today is a lot like yesterday, crappy! I haven't moved much and I just feel drained my tongue is still numb and it's driving me crazy. I keep thinking of things I really want to eat, right now I really want chips and salsa but I have a feeling it's going to be a while before I eat chips.

I'm just posting random stuff now because I am out of my christmas festivity pics this is Robby and I at his 25th birthday pary

Day 4...

2008-12-21T16:20:00.000-08:00

My sister had her tonsils out a year ago and she has been warning me of this dreaded day 4, I really had a hard time believing that I could all of a sudden feel awful but it proved to be true, I woke up at 6:30 this morning in so much pain. I felt like my ears were going to explode! Today I haven't moved much i've done a lot of sleeping which kind of sucks because then my throat dries out and hurts!! All this means is I am one day closer to a full recovery!!

This is a picture of all my blonde girls! This was the party that we threw for Rochelle and Lacey's joint birthday party last week. These girls are awesome!!

The Birthday girls!!!

Day 3...

2008-12-20T12:42:00.000-08:00

I woke up today feeling much worse than yesterday, I feel drained and I avoid swallowing at all costs, ice cream doesn't even feel good, but its all worth it!!! So while i'm down and out for the count during my break lets reminisce about what i've done so far this holiday season.

Some of my friends do an annual christmas group date, ice skating and lights at temple square but by the time we were done ice skating we didn't have enough time to go downtown so instead we decided to go back to Nichole's and make gingerbread houses.

Ours were definitely the best out of the group, just kidding everyone did a great job!

This was our gingerbread lane, I wish I lived on it!

Day 2

2008-12-19T20:41:00.001-08:00

Well it's day 2 of my recovery, i'm definitely feeling it more today, yesterday felt really good and I talked normal, today I talk like I just had my tonsils out! My throat kills, I hate swallowing and did I mention that i'm starving!! I'm really not complaining though it's been pretty good so far.

Since I have this free time to devote to my blog I decided I would make up for lost time! This is the beginning of my yule tide spirit, what better way to welcome the holiday season than by going to temple square to see the lights!

Tonsils...I bid you Adieu!!

2008-12-18T14:02:00.000-08:00

This is me right before they took me back to take out my tonsils, I had a tonsillectomy today!! I have, rather had, chronic tonsilitis, so I finally had those suckers taken out. I was scheduled to do it over a year and a half ago but I cancelled because I really have a problem missing out on things and I didn't want to give up any of my time so here I am now, the Christmas i'll never forget! I am really excited to be all better and not have a sore throat everyday of my life, luckily I wasn't always getting strep throat like a lot of others that get their tonsils out but I had a sore throat everyday it was just annoying. The doctor told my mom that they were really small and filled with crap so Au Revoire tonsils and chronic tonsilitis!!

The first of many stories!

2008-11-17T18:29:00.000-08:00

My mom has been asking me to write on my blog so I promised her I would do it during class, what better time than during a 2 1/2 hour night class and what better story to start my blog off than the one that happened to me on my cruise...ok well one of them, I have some pretty awesome stories from my time in the Caribbean! There is one that stands out a bit more than the rest. So here it goes, let me paint you a picture, I'm on Carnival Pride somewhere in between Grand Cayman and Cozumel, it's our 5th night and I decided to head to the Casino with my new cruise BFF's Melissa and Shawn. Well on this particular night I was standing behind Melissa at the Black Jack table watching her when I noticed two men walk in, they were very good looking so naturally my eyes kind of followed them around the casino, after a bit I redirected my attention to the Black Jack table, then all of a sudden I noticed these two good looking men standing behind me. The thoughts in my head were "strike up a conversation here's your chance!!!" So I did, I turned around and said "are you guys going to play" to which they replied no, that they were only observing, this was the start of our conversation. I asked the taller gentleman who they were traveling with and he told me he was there with his daughter two sons and wife, I quickly looked at the other guy and looked back and said "this is your son??" and he told me it was one of them. I asked how old he was and he told me 19, I told him he did not look old enough to have a 19 year old son, he thanked me and told me that he aged well. I found out they were from Atlanta. I told them I was from Utah and they joked that it must all be new for me, I was a little confused and asked what and he said the gambling and alcohol! I just laughed! Now comes the point in the conversation with the introductions, he asked my name, shook my hand and introduced himself and his son. He wished me a great night and excused himself, leaving his son and I to talk.

His son and I continued talking in the casino, I asked him what he did out in Atlanta and he told me that he actually had a pretty sweet gig, so of course I asked what it was and he told me that he was a manager for a singer, so I asked who he managed, he told me it was actually his dad. Ok so now I am super intrigued so I ask "who's your dad?" he replies "Montell Jordan" I had to ask him who that was and he said "you know" then he began to sing..."this is how we do it" all I could say to this is "SHUT UP!!" So then him and I went to the magic show and once that was over we made plans to meet up the next day at 6 pm at the top of the water slide! Well after all this happened I couldn't wait to tell my friends about my night, well they all teased me and told me that I had to have been fooled, there was no way it was really him, so I got teased the whole next day, someone would say hey did you hear that 50 Cent is on our ship? Ha ha they thought they were so funny, but I didn't care I knew better. Well it didn't help that when we got back on the ship from Cozumel I went to the top of the water slide and he wasn't there!! I was 15 minutes late but my friends didn't care they thought it was so funny that I got stood up especially since they were all at the pool watching me!

The next day was our last day and I was bound and determined to find my cruise boyfriend, Shawn and I went to get our daily fix of sushi and I was telling him that I had to find this guy so I could prove to everyone that he existed, we decided we would go search the ship, well right then he walked right by, so I jumped up and ran over to him. He looked at me and said "I am so mad at you!!!" I asked why he could possibly be mad at ME, and he said "you stood me up last night" I told him it was quite the opposite! So apparently he was there at the top of the water slide he told me that he even went and looked all around when I didn't show up! So we forgave each other and sat down to have more sushi! Well next thing I know here comes Montell, this time people keep coming up to him and asking to get their picture taken with him. He eventually makes his way over to us and Chris says "hey dad, you remember Meg right?" then Montell shakes my hand and says "yes, how are you Meg?" I just looked up at him and said "hi Montell" all the while thinking wow i'm on a first name basis with Montell Jordan! So Chris and I chilled for a while and he told me that his dad was performing that night to promote his new album. He told me I should come and bring my friends so I could prove to them all that I was right! We didn't end up going to the show but we went in later, the girls all wanted to get their picture taken with him. He put his arm around me and said "hey Meg, i'm glad you made it to the show" I've never felt so cool!! ha ha

Here's me and my cruise boyfriend! If you are wondering if he is a good kisser just ask!!!!

Rome was not built in a day...

2008-09-14T16:09:00.000-07:00

and neither was my blog! I have finally done it, I am now a blogger!