Megan Lynn

6 Months...

2011-06-28T16:53:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been six months since I had surgery. After a couple of months of physical therapy, I feel that I am doing really well. I recenlty got a gym membership and have been working out as much as I can. I'm pretty sure my legs are about the same size now.

My scar is looking good, although I think it may have gotten darker while I was outside one day. I don't really have much pain anymore, here and there I'll get a pins and needle feeling on the area that is still numb. My ankle feels a little tight some times in the morning but as I go throughout the day, it lossens up.

xoxo,
Megs

4 Months (Almost)...

2011-04-21T20:51:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been almost four months since surgery. Yesterday, was my last day of physical therapy. While I'm still not 100% better, I'm on the road....a LONG road. On day one, I could barely inverse my foot. Now I'm at about twenty degrees. Going the other way isn't too easy, I can only go about ten degrees. My physical therapist gave several new exercises in addition to the ones I was doing. The new exercises will help with my range of motion and strengthen my tendons.

Ankle Update...

2011-03-29T18:31:00.000-07:00

I've been pretty busy lately with physical therapy and working, but I figured I should update the ol' blog. After about a month of physical therapy, I'm starting to feel back to normal. I'm able to walk like a normal person. Before I went in, I walked with a limp because my heel cord was too tight. I've also gained 15 degrees when I move my foot to the left (inversion). With that said, I still have a long way to go. My physical therapist said that I am making great progress because I have been doing my at home exercises. Hopefully after the next month of therapy, I will be back to normal...or close to it.

Day 1 of Physical Therapy...

2011-03-08T23:15:00.000-07:00

Today was my first day of Physical Therapy! It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. When I got there, the doctor came and examined my ankle. He than told me that my ankle is SUPER tight and he was going to "earn his money" by working with me. Haha.

Because my ankle is so tight from not walking for two months, he had my sit with my foot in a whirlpool for 15 minutes. It actually felt quite nice. The water is the perfect temperature. Basically there is a jet that moves your ankle around.

After the whirlpool, they had me sit on a table and they hooked up an electroshock thing to my foot. This wasn't too fun. Although I was scared at first, it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. The purpose of this was to loosen up/relax my ankle. I was hooked up to that for about 15 minutes.

Once that was complete, he demonstrated the exorcises he wants me to do as much as I can. They are as follows:

Put a soup can or water bottle under the arch of your foot. Practice rolling it back and forth (pointing and flexing). When you go forward, you want to try and touch the ground with your toes. When you go backwards, you focus on touching your heel to the ground.

To give you an idea of how tight my ankle is, I can barley touch with my toes and when I roll backwards, it doesn't even look like I'm trying to touch the floor with my heel but I totally am!

Put a golf ball under the arch of your foot. Practice pointing and flexing as well as rolling it side to side. This will help break up the scar tissue that has built up and get my range of motion back.
With a stretchy band or towel practice pointing and flexing. The band should be placed around the top of your foot, just under the toes. Also practice rotating the ankle. Make sure you are moving your ankle and not your leg. (I struggled with that)
Put varies size marbles on the floor and practice picking them up with your toes and gently dropping them into a small, paper cup.

Other things I can do include stationary biking and swimming. Although when I go swimming, he wants me to wear a aquatic shoe. He said that if I failed to do so, it wouldn't be long until my arch no longer existed. He also said that my days of walking around barefoot are over :( !!!! I'm not even allowed to wear flippy floppys! :( :( :(

Overall, I think that this will help me out greatly! Since I've been walking around without my beloved boot, I've noticed that it is hard to walk because I can barely point and flex my foot. I only wish I had been able to start therapy sooner or known some of these exercises to do at home. While spelling the ABC's was a good stretch, for me it was really hard to control and it didn't really look like it was working. I go back tomorrow and am interested to see what I will be doing.

xoxo

Megs

Time to say goodbye...

2011-03-01T15:14:00.001-07:00

To my boot that is!!!

Today I had another doctors appointment. As usual, everything is looking great. My scar if FULLY healed! Whoot! He also said that I am ready to start wearing shoes again. I'm only allowed to wear supportive shoes though (ie. Athletic shoes)...so no flats, heels, flip flops...etc. To help me ease into regular shoes, he suggested that I wear them in familiar territory. Like when I'm grocery shopping or at the mall. Places that have mostly flat, level ground.

My doctor has also decided to send me to physical therapy. I'll be going three times a week for a month. Physical therapy will help strengthen my tendons as well as help me improve my range of motion. Along with physical therapy, he still wants me to do at home therapy (ie. ABC exercise). The reason he wanted me to start and continue to do this is that it will help me once I am actually in physical therapy.

He also suggested that I gradually move out of the brace once I feel comfortable. He said that my ankle is very strong. He also said that this is the hardest part of recovery. For so long I've trying to protect my ankle and now I can finally start using it. Even last night I had to sleep with a sock on that foot to feel normal. He told me it is ok to sleep without the brace and when I do my exercises. It'll take some getting use to but I'm glad there is light at the end of the tunnel!

My next appointment is set for March 28th.

xoxo

Megs

2011-02-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

Last week, I had another follow up appointment. By the time I made it to my appointment, I was walking without crutches! I thought the day would never come!! I'm still wearing the boot but I am able to walk around. At my appointment, my doctor checked my scar to make sure it was healed. He said that for the most part it was looking good but there was a tiny, tiny portion of it that wasn't fully healed. He told me to let give it a week to heal.

Once it is healed, I can start progressing out of the boot. I was given a compression brace to assist me in walking without the boot. I opted to have a compression brace to help push the rest of the swelling out of my ankle. My doctor said that the swelling was right about where it should be. I was instructed to start doing exercises to get my range of motion back. These include the following: pointing & flexing, spelling the ABC's with my foot, and walking on it.

I go back on the 1st of March. My doctor said that after that appointment, he'll decide if I will be doing physical therapy. He hopes by that appointment, I will be able to start walking without the boot and be in regular shoes (yayy!).

xoxo

Megs

A Clean Foot...

2011-02-08T14:50:00.006-07:00

I am pleased to announce that after 6 freaking weeks, I can FINALLY wash my foot! Gross I know but it's the truth. Last night I was able to wash my foot for the first time. It still feels incredibly weird to touch it. There are areas on my foot that are still mostly numb. Another gross thing....all of my skin is can just be peeled off. Honestly, I think it's pretty awesome to peel skin off but some people are pretty repulsed by the idea. Anyways, here is a picture of my foot. Don't mind the brown substance you see on part of the scar, I didn't quite get it all off before I took the picture.

I also find it pretty cool that you can still see the stitch marks in my skin. I wonder how long it will be until they go away. Oh and sorry my foot looks rather disgusting.... :/

Other than washing my foot, I've started to put weight on it more and more each day. Although, I'm still on these blasted crutches. So far I think I can put about 25 - 30% of my weight on it while walking. If I'm just standing still, I feel like I can put a little more weight on it. I think I just have this idea in my head that my scar will rip open if I walk on it. I don't know how else to explain it, but I afraid to walk on it. It hurts a little but all in all it just feels weird after not being able to walk for over a month. Hopefully by next week I will be a little better. I have a doctors appointment on the 15th. I'm hoping that I'll be able to improve my walking by then.

I've also noticed that while in this stage, my foot tends to swell up after I've been walking around on it. From what my doctor said at my last appointment, this is a common thing. He told me to keep it elevated when I can.

xoxo

Megs

New Blog....

2011-02-07T12:41:00.003-07:00

Hello All,

I have decided to start a new blog http://mrmrsrenfro.blogspot.com/

I will still keep this blog up but will probably posting more frequently on our new blog.

xoxo
Megs

This Boot Was Made For Walking....

2011-02-02T18:16:00.003-07:00

It's true!

I have been cleared to start putting weight on my foot. The only downer....I still have this grey, smelly boot....at least for now. I'm excited to start walking again. I can't imagine being on these blasted crutches for much longer. Although I'll still have to use them until I can put 100% of my weight on that foot. Hopefully I'm make great progress and be walking in no time!

Other good news, my swelling is almost completely gone. The doctor said it is looking excellent. Also, my range of motion has improved. Although it's not superb, I can point and flex it better than I could a week ago. My doctor also said that after my next appointment, I will be starting physical therapy to get my range of motion back. For now it looks as though I will be doing it at home. How you may ask? By pretending to spell the alphabet with my toes. In no time I'll be writing sentences like a pro! haha! Lastly, in a few days I'll be able to remove the dressing on my foot and actually WASH it! Gross I know but that's what happens after surgery.

xoxo

Megs

One Month...

2011-01-26T18:27:00.004-07:00

Just got back from my one month check up. I'm happy to report that the stitches are FINALLY out! I was so nervous to get them taken out. Since this was my first time getting sutures taken out, I was hoping that it wouldn't hurt too bad. Matthew was unable to come to my appointment with me so his mother accompanied me.

This time, we started the appointment in a reclined position because I was nervous it was going to feel weird and make me want to pass out. Haha! I'm a baby when it comes to gross things. My doctor said that the swelling looked great. There is hardly any. He told me to keep it elevated if possible but I don't have to all the time, it just helps keep the swelling down. To remove the sutures, he clipped them down the middle and then just pulled them out. Since this made me a little queasy to think about, I didn't look. It actually didn't hurt that much. It just felt like I was getting pinched or plucking my eyebrows for the first time. Once all the stitches were removed, he picked off a little portion of scab and some dead skin.

I have an appointment set up for next week. He instructed me to be pretty cautious with it still because there was a little section that hasn't healed fully. He wants me to start moving it up and down (pointing/flexing) so that it won't be so stiff. I'm not allowed to walk on it yet but I can start to put some pressure on it. Hopefully within the next week or two, I'll be able to put more and more weight on it.

Sorry I didn't get any picutures. Hopefully next time I will be able to get one of it mostly healed.

xoxo

Megs

3 Week Post Surgery...

2011-01-14T14:27:00.006-07:00

Today was my three week appointment. I was hoping to finally get the stitches taken out but that was a no go. The doctor said that they aren't quite ready to come out yet. I have made another follow up appointment for the 26th. Hopefully they will be ready to come out. He also said that after my next appointment he is going to start having me move it more, so hopefully that means I'll be off these crutches soon!! As far as my swelling goes, he said that it is looking great. Just from my last appointment, I can tell that the swelling has gone down A LOT! I also asked him about the tingly sensation in my toes and near my stitches. He said that it is a normal thing and that as time goes on and swelling goes down, that sensation will go away.

Improvements Thus Far:

I am able to rest my foot on the ground while I'm standing or sitting
I can keep my foot down for longer periods of time without feeling like it's instantly swelling up
I've gotten a lot better at crutches
I'm able to drive myself around if needed
I can wiggle my toes....although it does take most of my concentration

xoxo

Megs

3 Weeks After Surgery

As you can tell, I have almost no muscle left in my leg :(

Frank-an-ankle

2010-12-30T10:15:00.003-07:00

Today was my one week follow up after my surgery. Although my doctor was unable to make it, he is currently snowed in in Iowa, a doctor who assisted with the surgery was able to see me. He said that everything looked really well. The swelling was really not that bad, although to me it looked horrible. Which is why I decided to call it Frank-an-ankle. Anywhoot, the doctor gave me a choice between another splint or a boot. I opted to have the boot for a few reasons. 1- I'll be moving to snow country soon and wouldn't be able to get a splint wet. 2- The idea of being in a boot sounded a lot better. 3- Now that I have a boot, I can wear actual clothes if needed (even though I do love lounging around in my jammies). Once I had made my decision, they wrapped Frank-an-ankle back up. I was glad they did because it was making me a queasy. While the boot it ALOT heavier, I already see the benefits of having it. It allows me to be a little more mobile. While I can not put weight on it, it does allow me to rest my foot more easily. Because I can remove it, I will be able to wear jeans and more weather appropriate clothing. It also allows my foot to sit straight. One thing I noticed is that my ankle doesn't sit straight in the splint and I don't want it healing crooked.

My Tips Thus Far:

1- Keep your foot elevated as much as possible. I've had my foot elevated everyday since surgery. Even while I sleep.

2- Ice that sucker. Since it is thickly wrapped, I was instructed to place the ice pack behind my knee. I can feel it working.

3- Take your meds. The first few days were really rough pain wise. I was taking pain killers every four hours. Now they last longer or maybe I don't have as much pain? Either way, I've been able to take half throughout the day and it will last me 6 to 8 hours. I usually take one before bed and than one in the morning. Other than that, they have me on an antibiotic which I take every 8 hours.

Welp, that's all for now.

xoxo

Megs

Christmas...

2010-12-27T07:59:00.003-07:00

For Christmas, we went over to Matthew's Mom's house in the morning. By the time I was able to hobble out of bed and get into the car, they had already opened most of the presents. When we got there, we had a couple of gifts to open. I got a new purse (yayy!) and Matthew got a Flip camera. Oh and we got kinect for Xbox!!! Wahoo! I'm excited to try it out when I can walk again. I've just been watching Matthew play all weekend long. Matthew's youngest brother also got kinect and dance central.

Around 2 o'clock, we made our way over to Matthew's Aunt & Uncle's house for dinner. His Aunt Lisa prepared an awesome Christmas dinner. We had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, and rolls. After we stuffed ourselves, we all sat around talking. Well actually everyone else was talking and I was drifting in and out because of the pain killers. Once we had digested some of our food, we opened more presents. Matthew and I received a tent and first aid kit. We are pretty excited about that since we both enjoy camping.

Day 2, 3 & 4 of Surgery

The second day was horrible! I woke up at 4 am in so much pain I was shaking. I have never felt that much pain in my life. I wanted to cut my whole leg off!! After taking some medication, I was able to fall asleep but didn't sleep that long. Day 3 wasn't as bad, but I still feel a lot of pain. The pain killers help but there is still a throbbing, dull pain in my ankle area. Also laying on the couch all day has started to cause my back to ache. I've been keeping it elevated as much as possible, even when I sleep. Day 4 is going pretty well so far. I've been able to go a little longer with out pain medication. Sleeping through the night is pretty hard though.

xoxo

Megs

Surgery

2010-12-24T10:49:00.002-07:00

Yesterday was the big day....my ankle surgery. I was pretty nervous the night before and couldn't eat after midnight. I had to be to the surgery center around 7 am to check in. Matthew and I woke up around 6 and got ready to leave. Once we signed in, they took me back pretty quickly. Once I was lying on the bed, I started to get really anxious. The nurse came over and started to put in my IV. For the most part, I did really well. After the IV was put in, I started to feel nauseous. I think it was everything hitting me all at once....surgery, not eating, pain killers, and needles. After dry heaving, I started to feel better. After that, my doctor came back to talk to me about what he was going to be doing. He had decided to add another procedure to the list. Altogether, he performed five different procedures. Luckily, he only had to make one incision. Being put to sleep wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was out after taking one breath. When I woke up, I had some pretty intense pain in my calf. After answering twenty questions, they gave me some more Demorol to help with the pain. Fifteen or twenty minutes passed before they allowed me to start getting dressed. After I was all dressed, they wheeled me into a waiting room where Matthew was waiting for me. The nurse went over a few things with him and gave us the prescriptions for some pain killers and antibiotics. For the most part, my foot was pretty tingly. Apparently, my doctor gave me some pretty awesome numbing medication before I woke up. Supposedly, I can last up to 30 hours.

Day 1
So far today hasn't been too bad. I woke up with some pain this morning. I had decided to take half of a pain killer before I went to bed so that I would be able to sleep. When I woke up this morning I took the other half. My foot is still tingly from the numbing medication. As far as dressing goes, it is wrapped in a splint that makes my foot look three times larger than it is.

That's all for now.

xoxo
Megs

A Rock Concert & A Proposal...

2010-12-22T10:56:00.006-07:00

On Saturday, Matthew played a reunion show with his band Haffo. It was really fun to see him play and sing. I could tell he really enjoyed it. There were a lot of people that showed up to support them. He even walked away with money in his pocket. After the show, we went to an after party at his band mates house.

Matthew & I before he went on

Matthew singing his song

On Sunday, we had planned to go hiking and watch the sunset. We didn't end up doing that because Matthew was still pretty worn out from the night before. Instead we played video games and took it kind of easy during the day. Later on, he asked if I still wanted to go up to the overlook. So I got ready and we started driving towards the mountian. When we go up there, the view was so pretty. You can literally see all of Phoenix from up there. The city looked like it was on fire from all the lights. While we were up there, he proposed. Of course I said yes!

Us and the view

The Ring!!!! :)

xoxo

Megs

The Results Are In....

2010-12-16T07:23:00.003-07:00

Yesterday, I had my highly anticipated follow up for my ankle. While the MRI showed there were no tears in my tendons (Yayy!), it did show some abnormalities. There are a few areas that will need some work done. For those of you who are like me and need to know everything (lol) I'll explain.

My MRI showed that my peroneal tendon doesn't sit in a groove like it should. Instead of my bone being grooved, it sort of bubbles out. Which in turn causes subluxation. This causes the tendon to become irritated and inflamed. While none of my tendons were torn, the MRI showed that they were inflamed or had thickened. There is also another area of my foot that part of the bone will need to be shaved down because it sticks out too far. This causes the tendon become inflamed and a fluid filled sac as developed to adjust this abnormality. There is also some scar tissue that will be removed.

He basically gave me two options. I could have surgery to correct the problems or I could wait another 5-6 months and see if anything has improved after wearing a brace and taking anti-inflamatories. I decided that it was probably best to go ahead and get the surgery. I explained to him that I didn't want to come back in another 5-6 months with the same problem. He said that most people with injuries like mine chose the same thing because they don't see improvement otherwise. According to my doctor, the normal recovery period for this type of surgery is 6 - 10 weeks. He thinks that I will recover faster since I am younger and in better health than most patients.

My surgery is scheduled for Wednesday. I'm a bit nervous but know that it's better in the long run to get it done. Before I go in, I have to have a blood test and EKG done. I'm hoping to get that done before the week is up. Come to think about it, I think I'm more nervous for a blood test lol!

xoxo
Megs

1 Semester Down...Plenty More to Go!

2010-12-14T12:48:00.002-07:00

Well the semester is finally over and Friday is my last day of work! Wahooo! I'm excited to just relax for a couple of weeks before I have to start again in the Spring! I will definitely be enjoying the 75+ degree weather that Arizona has to offer before a make the treacherous journey to Utah for the next semester.

In other news, I will find out tomorrow if I have to get surgery or not on my ankle. All I know is that I'll be pretty entertaining if I have to walk on crutches in the snow :/ Anywhoot, Happy Holidays All!

xoxo
Megs

Ankle Woes....

2010-12-03T11:09:00.006-07:00

As most of you know, I damaged my ankle pretty bad last year. After spending four months walking around on it and it never getting better, I finally decided to go to the doctor. There wasn't much that could be done at that point. I was given an ankle brace and instructed to wear it for a few months. I cooperated and was eventually able to stop wearing it. At my last doctor appointment, I was told I would have to wear a brace for the rest of my life while doing any physical activity or have surgery to fix the problem. I choose to wear the brace as I didn't really have the funds to get the surgery.

While trying to workout this summer, I realized that wearing the brace didn't really help that much. Trying to balance on that foot is another story. I recently went back to the doctor to see if there was anything that could be done (ie: surgery). After examining my foot and taking x-rays, He told me that the only possible problem with my ankle is that my Peroneal Tendon is popping and snapping up over my ankle bone (subluxation). Which causes the bone to become inflamed and create a dull, achy pain. He also believes that my tendons have flattened and are starting to tear. So what does this all mean? I'm getting an MRI on Monday which will hopefully illustrate what is going on. Depending on what the results are, surgery is probably the next step in this saga.

Why am I even writing this post?....I've been doing a lot of googleing over the last couple days and have been able to find very little information on this topic. I've decided that I should document my story for other people who may go through this.

Tukey Time....

2010-12-03T11:01:00.005-07:00

This year for Thanksgiving, Matthew and I took a trip to good ol' Beryl, UT. I was very excited to go because my WHOLE family was going to be there!!! The house was madness! But I loved every single day of being there. With 19 people in a 4 bedroom house, it was craziness. It was great to be able to spend the weekend with my brothers & sisters. We had a fun time staying up late playing Settlers of Catan and watching movies!

xoxo
Megs

Matthew & I

Dad & Mom

Dad & Aeris

Aeris and Keira

Wait I'm 22 years old...when did this happen?

2010-11-08T11:41:00.007-07:00

First of all this year has just FLOWN by! I can't believe that I turned 22 last Friday. It seems like just yesterday I was getting ready to go on my 21st Birthday Cruise! This year for my birthday, all I wanted to do was just sit at home and RELAX! As most of you know, I've had quite the busy schedule with two jobs and five online classes. I just wanted a day to not do anything but veg out on the couch! And I got just that! I got caught up on all the DVR shows that were taking up space and even got some video game time in there! It may not sound like the dream birthday celebration but to me it was!

I had told Matthew a couple months ago we should go to the Suns game since they would be playing on my birthday. He bought tickets and we were so excited to go. He's a HUGE Suns fan! Since he paid for the tickets, I was pretty convinced that going to the game was my only present. I was content with that but I decided I would ask what else I was getting...haha. I thought maybe I would get a jersey since he asked me who my favorite player was. But when I approached him about it, he told me that I wasn't getting anything else and he was just wondering who my favorite player was because they were doing a poll at his work. I believed him. We went to bed that night and in the morning, he left for work. I didn't sleep in too much that day but a couple of hours was all I needed. I got up and went into the living room and saw a present waiting for me. I started laughing. I opened it to find a Suns jersey and a neck massager. Oh and a card that made me cry....happy tears :) I was so surprised!

When Matthew got home from work, we headed out to the game. I wasn't sure where our seats were because I didn't look at the tickets but turns out the mister got some good ones! We were in Row 15 on the lower level! So SO SO close! It was awesome! Totally another surprise. The game was AMAZING! It went into DOUBLE over time! That's right DOUBLE over time! It was so intense. Don't worry, the Suns won!!!

All in all, it was a wonderful birthday! I got everything I wanted and then some! Thanks for all the birthday wishes I received.

xoxo
Megs

Matthew & I at the game

Double Overtime!!

Slam Dunk Half Time Show

Matthew & I again

Halloween

2010-10-31T15:37:00.001-07:00

For Halloween, Matthew and I were able to travel home to the mother land. I was so excited to be able to finally take a trip home and see everyone! On Friday night, we visited my sister and her family for a little bit. The kids were really excited because I came baring gifts. Apparently, when we saw them back in July, I had promised my niece I would buy her a princess belle costume for her birthday. I didn't think she would remember....but she did! Don't underestimate the mind of a 3 almost 4 year old!!! She was quite disappointed when no Belle dress showed up for her birthday in September. I told her I would make it up to her and visit on Halloween. When I pulled out the dress on Friday she was so excited. Her face was priceless! I wish I would've gotten a picture of it! She stared at it for a few minutes and then I told her to go put it on. I'm pretty sure she wore that thing all weekend! She was in LOVE with it! After my sister's house, we went to Jessica & Dixon's house for dinner. We planned a little friend get together. I was nice to sit down with everyone and eat a fantastic home cooked meal. In the spirit of Halloween, we dressed up!! Matthew & I were 80's Jazzercisers, Laura & Ian were Katy Perry & Russell Brand, Clare was Medusa and Tyler was a lumberjack, and Dixon surprised us by putting on his Hannah Montana costume from a couple years ago. I was fun to just joke around and laugh! On Saturday, we were able to spend the majority of it with my sister and her family. The kids were SO excited to go trick-or-treating. They almost didn't go because it started to rain around 5 o'clock. After dinner the rain had subsided and we agreed to take them around to a few houses in the neighborhood. They were so excited they ran from house to house! I'm glad I was able to spend the day with them.

xoxo
Megs

Orion, Phoenix, Aeris

Me, Clare, Laura, Jessica

Ian, Matthew, Dixon

D-Back Game

2010-09-29T11:33:00.005-07:00

On Sunday, Matthew & I went to a Diamond Backs game. I had won free tickets and when I went to pick them up, I got an extra set. We invited Matthew's friends Troy & Sara to the game. We had a great time. I was happy that they play in an indoor stadium. It was well over 100 degrees that day and the game started at 1 o'clock.

xoxo
Megs

Entertaining ourselves during the boring parts

Our view

Life Lately

2010-09-22T15:05:00.003-07:00

Just thought I'd give an update since it's been a minute or two! Life has been busy, busy, busy lately. On a typical day, I work two jobs and work on homework from my five online classes! Most days I want to tear my hair out, but some how I make it through.

Things I'm Looking Forward To:

Moving Out of My Apartment
I'm getting ready move out of my apartment at the end of next month. I'm excited because this will save me rent money, which in turn will help me pay off my credit card. Whooot! If everything goes as planned, I should have it paid off by my birthday! Yahooo! I'm SO FREAKING excited! I have been "paying it off" for the last FOUR years! Wowzers! I've come close a few times but ended up using it again. Once I pay it off, I going to get rid of it!!! Ha!

Visiting UT
I'm excited to go back home to visit friends and family in October. Matthew & I are taking a trip to visit my sister up north. While I'm there, I will finally get to see Jessica's baby! I'm so excited to meet this little one in person! Plus I get to take my niece trick or treating on Halloween!

My 22nd Birthday
Holy Crap! Where did the time go?! I can't believe it's almost my birthday again. It seems like just yesterday I was saying goodbye to 2009! Haha! I don't have any big plans for my birthday this year. I think Matthew & I might go to a Sun's game because they are playing that day. Other than that, I'm just excited to hang out....maybe get a massage or something. :)

Thanksgiving
I'm excited to go up to UT for Thanksgiving this year. Last year, I spent it at home, steam cleaning my carpets. Yeah I know...I'm a winner! haha! This year I get to spend it with my WHOLE family! Everyone will be there. Drea & her family, John & his family, Chris & his family, and my dad! It will be a crazy trip but so worth it!

Well that is all for now. Thanks for reading :)

xoxo
Megs

The Great Outdoors...

2010-08-16T13:39:00.010-07:00

Over the weekend, Matthew and I took a camping trip to Woods Canyon Lake with his friends Troy & Sarah. We had a great time. We camped, cooked, fished and hiked! We all survived the trip but have plenty of bug bites to prove it.

Baby bald eagle

Sarah-Jane & I fishing for crawdads

Matthew fishing

Matthew & I

On another note, my workout routine has been going well. I know I'm only one week into it but I feel better already. Surprisingly enough, I am excited to go running. It has been a struggle to finish the running each day (I blame it mostly on my bad ankle and crappy shoes). I'm going to end up repeating the first week but hopefully I'll be able to start week 2 next week.

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Megs

C25K

2010-08-05T09:57:00.005-07:00

I have decided that I need to start exercising a little bit more. I came across this running program called Couch 2 5K. Since then I have been thinking about starting it. For about 2 or 3 years now, I have been saying I want to run a marathon. Which, if you know me, is really bizarre for me to say! haha! I HATE running! But I think that I finally found a way to ease into! Couch 2 5K is a 9 week running program that requires you to run 20 - 30 minutes, 3 times a week.

I read that to maintain your current weight, you need to do 30 minutes of physical activity 3 times a week. Because I want to get into better shape, I've also decided that I am going to start Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I plan on alternating between both because I tend to get pretty bored with the same thing every day.

I suspect that I will probably have to repeat a couple of weeks in the Couch 2 5K running program but hope that I can keep with it! And once I graduate the C25K, maybe I might start their 10K running program. Don't worry, I'll keep you all posted on how I'm doing :)

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Megs

Laughlin, NV

2010-07-20T12:54:00.015-07:00

This past weekend, Matthew & I made the journey to Laughlin, NV for a semi family reunion. Haha! Most of my family was there and some of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. It was nice to see them all since it had been months and even years since I'd seen some of them. We arrived on Friday night around 10 pm and were too tired to go out and about. Plus we knew we had a long day at the lake tomorrow. So we hit the hay early.

Saturday morning, my mom texted me around 6 am....I know right?! Me, up at 6 am on a weekend...she must be crazy. It's safe to say that we didn't make the first boat trip out on the lake haha! We woke up around 9 am to catch the 10 boat to the other side where my family was hanging out. Little did we know that my family was pretty strict on what time we were suppose to be there. Ha! We got to the lake around 10ish but still had to find parking. After driving around for 5 mins, we finally found a spot. We parked and made our way down to the dock. We looked around for any signs of my family and I couldn't see anyone. We waited and waited until finally I saw two of my aunts walking up. We walked over and they said we had just missed the boat. Grr! haha! We were pretty frustrated because we had been standing there the whole time. They then told us that nobody would be coming back until 1! Just then, my brother Chris walked down to the dock and we told him the same story.My aunts decided that they would recruit Matthew & I to go back into town and get jet skis. I figured since no one was coming back until 1 we might as well. Boy was I wrong! haha! We drove back into town and every place was sold out of jet skis. And I later found out, my family had made several trips back to find us. Too late for that!We got back to the dock around 11:30 and decided to grab a bite to eat. Matthew & I were both starving because we had skipped breakfast. We ate at the restaurant on the dock and enjoyed some interesting conversations with my aunts.

Finally 1 o'clock rolled around and someone came and picked us all up. We made the VERY short journey across the lake where my mom & sister were waiting. I was excited to see everyone. We spent the rest of the afternoon swimming and playing.That night we went out to eat with my family at Chili's. Our waitress looked like she pretty much hated life. haha! My order was correct but I think pretty much everyone else had something wrong with it. After dinner, my brother & sister decided to go back to their hotel rooms because their kids were pretty worn out from the whole day. Matthew & I made our way to the Casino that the majority of my family was staying out. We played a few slot machines but didn't really win anything.

The next day, we went to lunch with my brother & sister-in-law at Outback. I got some potato soup that was so delicious! After lunch we decided that we better make the 4 hr journey back home. I told Matthew he could drive because I was a little sleepy. I'm so glad he did because on our way home we got a flat tire! Luckily he was able to pull over before there was too much damage done. The only bad thing was we were in the middle of no where and still 2 hours away from home. Thankfully, he has triple A! Since I have the worlds crappiest jack set for my car, we were unable to get the tire off. We had to wait about 40 mins before someone came out and put my spare on. We were able to make it all the way back to Phoenix with out any problems.

All in all it was a great trip! I'm so glad that Matthew came with me and that I was able to see my family. I didn't take a lot of pictures but here are a few.

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Megs

Keira & I

Gavin

Aeris & her stuffed thing named Ice Cream

Aeris, Ice Cream, Keira, Angela

Matthew & I

Keira & Gavin

Aeris after a long day at the lake

Matthew walking on the wobbly dock

Aeris

The fish I was pretty certain was going to eat Matthew's hand off!

Just a couple of Ducks waiting for a boat ride!

Been a while...

2010-07-14T13:23:00.005-07:00

So it's been a little while since I've posted. Not much has been going on with me lately. I've just been working away. I've been looking for a part time night job to make a little extra cash because I'm going back to school!

I'm excited to be back in school and doing what I'm set on doing for the rest of my life. haha! I thought I had it figured out last time I went back but soon realized I was out of my element. I've decided to switch my major to Communications. I hope to be able to finish my Bachelors degree in a couple of years.

Other than that, I've just been enjoying Matthew's company and trying to survive the 114 degree weather. Until next time....

xoxo
Megs

New Hair Cut...

2010-05-24T13:59:00.007-07:00

So this weekend, I decided to chop off 7 inches of my hair. I love having long hair but sometimes it is just too much to manage. My inspiration was Gwyneth Paltrow's shoulder length A-line.

Before

After

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Megs

California Trip : Kate Nash

2010-05-17T13:33:00.011-07:00

Last weekend, Matthew & I drove to California to see Kate Nash in concert. Since the concert wasn't until Tuesday, we decided to stay with our friend Rachel in San Diego for a few days. The first night, we went to the beach at sunset. Oh how I miss the beach! I love just watching the waves and feeling the crisp breeze. While we were in San Diego, we walked around and enjoyed the company of Rachel and her boyfriend Eric. One night we had a bonfire down by the pier and played sherades haha. It was a lot of fun. The day of the concert, we had decided that it would be cool to go to a taping of a show. We chose The Price is Right. I'm disappointed to say that we did not have that great of a time. We stood in line for about 4 hours and didn't even get in any of the crowd shots. After the Price is Right, we headed over to the El Rey Theater for Kate Nash. It was a really good concert. It was kind of a smaller venue so we were really close. The pictures didn't turn out as great as I hoped. Anyways, here are some pictures from the trip.

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Megs

Matthew frolicking on the Beach

Doing yoga on the beach

Rachel's yoga pose

Super Cute the band that opened for Kate Nash

Matthew & I at Kate Nash

Kate Nash

Grand Canyon!!!!

2010-05-08T13:16:00.006-07:00

I finally got to see the Grand Canyon! You would think after living in Utah for most of my life, I would've seen it before the age of 21 haha! Anyways, Matthew's friend Joe has a cabin up in Williams, AZ which is only about an hour drive to the Grand Canyon. Since we were up there for the weekend, we decided to take the trip since I had never been. We even took Marty haha. The poor little guy was so tried after walking about 2 miles. But everyone and I mean EVERYONE would walk past us and say "oh cute dog" or something to that effect. It was so funny. Even the macho tough guys would. And there was an old gramps that just loved him! On our way back, we saw this campground that was Flintstones themed. For $5 you can walk around and take pictures. So of course, I paid $5 to get some awesome pictures. So enjoy!!!

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Megs

Matthew & Marty at the Grand Canyon

Marty & I at the Grand Canyon

Marty after a 2 mile hike :)
Bed Rock

Matthew gettin a little lovin

Botanical Gardens

2010-05-01T13:03:00.006-07:00

So it's been a while since I've posted but Matthew and I went to the Botanical Gardens recently. They had a butterfly exhibit going on. It was really neat to see. There were about 10 or so different kinds of butterflies. It was neat to try and find them all. After we went to through the butterfly exhibit, we walked around the botanical gardens and saw some pretty neat plants. I went a little camera crazy haha! But here are a few pictures....

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Megs

Zebra Butterfly

Some other kind of Butterfly haha

Cactus & Flower

Matthew & I

Cactus & Flowers

Getting Fired = New Opportunities

2010-04-13T13:53:00.003-07:00

Well after being let go from my job on Friday, I've opened my eyes to the endless new opportunities out there. I applied for a job that I feel is right up my alley. It's for a marketing/design company. Today I received an email from the office manager requesting I give her a call to schedule an interview. I'm crossing my fingers that I get this job. It is exactly what I want to be doing with life and the pay isn't bad at all haha! Other than that, I've been looking into maybe being a Nanny. Although it's not my ideal job per say, I feel that it would be a very rewarding job and teach me alot about myself. Hopefully I will be able to find work again soon. A lot of stress was taken off by leaving the company I was working for. But new stress accompanied that by forcing me to look for a new job. I know everything happens for a reason and I'm lucky to have the support system I have here and back home. Love you all!

xoxo
Megs

Color Fest 2010

2010-04-12T10:14:00.004-07:00

It's that time of year again! As the end of March came and went, so did Color Fest. I was so happy I got to make the long journey to Utah and have a fun weekend with my friends. I don't realize how much I miss them until I have to say goodbye again! We had a lot of fun this year throwing colored powder at random people. This year, we decided to get there a little bit earlier. It was cool to see all of the other things going on this year. Inside the temple, they had food and dancing. Outside they were putting up a photobooth near the entrance. It's always interesting to see all of the people who show up. This year they had 2 events. One was held around 1 pm and the other around 4 pm. I can't wait for next year! As I promised I will be back every year! It's so much fun!

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Megs

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Renissance Festival 2010

2010-03-18T18:28:00.004-07:00

A couple of weekends ago, some friends from work and I went to the annual Renissance Festival. It was a lot of fun! We got our faces painted, watched a joust, ate turkey legs, and saw some rediculous people! It was awesome!

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Megs

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Out Of Africa

2010-02-24T19:47:00.005-07:00

Last weekend, some friends from work & I took a trip to the Out of Africa Wildlife Preserve in Camp Verde. Although it was rainy and cold the WHOLE time, it was A LOT of fun!!! We got to see all of the animals up close! They would walk right up to the fence and let you take pictures of them.

Before we went to Out of Africa, we had all printed out pictures of animals and colored them. We then made it a point to take a picture, with our picture and designated animal! haha!

When we first arrived, there weren't very many people. Actually, we were one of the first groups to arrive. Which was nice because there were no lines for to pay or to ride the tram around. Because we were some of the first people to arrive, we were able to be the first group to take a safari tour.

The Safari Tour was so awesome! When we got onto the bus, they gave us a carrot to feed the Giraffe. The Giraffe came right up to the bus and suck its head in. Haha! I was so scared. I fed it my carrot and was freaking out! ha! My friend Matt put the carrot in his mouth and let the giraffe eat it out! Gross...but AWESOME! We also go to see zebras, antelope, a camel, and some goats. All in all it was a pretty cool experience.

After the tour, we walked around the park. We saw plenty of tigers, a rhino, lions, wolves, bears, and tons of other animals.

Before we left, we watched the Tiger Splash show. While at the show, Sharon & I got "marked" by a tiger! Yup...that's right...we are now owned by a tiger :( haha! The show was pretty neat. Mostly just watching huge tigers chase people holding objects and jumping into a heated pool. haha!

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Megs

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Extreme Weather...

2010-01-21T19:19:00.004-07:00

So this whole week it has been raining on and off...but mostly on. Today has been the worst! There is even a tornado watch on the area of Arizona that I live in! Crazy!

Other than the weather, I have been doing well. I went to my follow up doctors appointment for my ankle today and everything is looking good. For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, I sprained my ankle so bad in Mexico that they were possibly going to need to do surgery to rebuild the ligiments on the outside because I had completely torn them off. I still have to wear my brace for the next few weeks but should be back in tip top shape within a month...fingers crossed!

Welp...that's all for now!

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Megs

Steph's Wedding

2010-01-20T20:56:00.003-07:00

Well it is official, Stephanie is now a married woman! Her and Cody tied the knot on the baseball field January 8, 2010! I was able to go back to St. George for a couple of days to be there. It was a very unique idea for a wedding and very tastefully done. Following the Ceremony, there was a Luncheon held just outside the baseball field where they served pretzels w/ cheese, mini hot dogs, and mini hamburgers. After the Luncheon, they took a break to get some pictures before the sun went down and at 4:00 the Reception started. There was the usual cake cutting, garter toss, dancing, and random photo shoot by my friends and I...haha! Around 6:00 we sent them off to their honeymoon in Hawaii!!! Congrats Steph!

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Megs

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Christmas!!

2009-12-28T20:24:00.005-07:00

This year for Christmas, I went to my parents house. Me and Marty made the journey up there Christmas Eve Morning. I met up with Mark in St. George for a little bit since his family was spending Christmas is northern Utah, we had a little time before he left.

I got out to my parents just in time for dinner. My mom made chicken, veggies, and baked potatos! It was delicious. We followed the usually tradition of opening one present on Christmas Eve. After the present opening, I decided to go to sleep since it had been a long day.

On Christmas, we woke up around 9 and opened presents. My dad was the one who got spoiled this year...I'm pretty sure he got everything on his list. I got a cook book and a couple of other things. I was really excited about the cook book since I like to cook! My mom got some delicious chocolates, a jacket and rice cooker/steamer thing.

That afternoon, we went down to St. George for our family Christmas Dinner. I got to see my newest cousin and we watched some old Christmas videos from when I was 14! Haha! They were pretty entertaining. After eating, we headed back to my parents house to watch my two nephews open their presents. They got A LOT of clothes and some cool toys.

On Saturday, I hung out with my family and then headed back down to St. George to hang out with some friends that were in town. We played Mario Kart on wii and chatted about old times. Later that evening, Mark arrived back in town so I went over to his parents house and hung out for a little while.

All in all it was a good trip. I wish I could've stayed longer to visit more people but I couldn't take work off. Hopefully next year I will be able to. I was just glad to spend the time with my family.

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Megs

Ugly Sweater Work Party

2009-12-20T12:23:00.005-07:00

For work, we had an ugly sweater party. Since I was unable to find any, me and Sharon decided we would make our own! Let me tell you...they were amazing!!!! Haha!

Felicia, Me, Matt, Sharon

Felicia, Me, Sharon

On another note, I am so ready to go home and see my family for Christmas. I wish I would be able to stay longer but I've pretty much used all of my paid time off haha!

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Megs

Happy Happy Birthday To ME!!!!!

2009-11-18T19:14:00.015-07:00

So as most of you know, I decided to celebrate big for my 21st birthday! I was a BLAST! I would recommend that

everyone should go on a cruise at least once in their life. Anyways...here is a play by play of how my 2 week celebration went down.....

***WARNING: LONG LONG POST....SORRY***

My friend Bryttni flew down to hang out with me on my actual birthday. Since my b-day was on a Thursday, I didn't really do much. I had to work that day so I settled for going out to dinner with some friends. And if any of you know me, you know that I yet again went to Olive Garden for my b-day dinner. For some reason, I always end up there! Haha! The food was tasty as always! For my birthday, some of the people at my work bought me a special present....a REAL LIFE PIMP CUP!!!! I have wanted one for years and years but I never got one! I was literally running around the office showing EVERYONE how awesome this thing was! It seriously made my day! I also got flowers, cake, and cards :) I was loving it! On Friday, I was still in Phoenix but had taken the day off of work to just relax and finish my packing. I went and got a pedicure from this awesome lady. If any of you are in the area, you should totally check out Smudges Boutique to get glitter toes, jewel toes, minx nails or whatever! Lisa does a FAB job!! After my pedicure, I followed it up with a 80 minute massage and a 40 minute facial! I was so relaxed that I actually fell asleep during the massage!! I found this awesome place that was doing 80 minute massages for a 50 minute price, plus I got $10 off on the facial. Needless to say, I could NOT pass that up!!! After all of my pampering, I went home and finished my packing. I didn't take me too long since I had started packing about 2 weeks prior. Ha! Around 8, Mark took me to dinner. I was so excited/nervous for the next day that I could hardly eat or sleep for that matter.

The next morning, Mark drove me to the airport to catch my flight to Vegas. Stephanie and I had decided to meet up in Vegas so she didn't have to drive all the way to LA by herself. She picked me up around 9am and then we started the long journey to California. We arrived in CA around 2ish which was perfect. That gave us 2 hours to make it onto the boat. Once we got on our boat (Norwegian Star), we found our room which was located on the 8th floor, close to the center of the boat. Shortly after getting on the boat, we had to attend a mandatory life saving drill. We pretty much learned how we would have to use the life boats in the event that the Cruise ship went down like the Titanic! After the drill, we made our way up to the pool deck for some good food and music. It was kind of chilly so we decided to go back to the room and see what events were going on. After looking over the agenda for that night, we decided a little retail therapy wouldn't hurt and headed down to one of the gift shops on the boat. While we were there, we met a few people. There were two older ladies from Texas that were really funny. We kept running into them over the next week and every time we saw them, we referred to them as our "Cruise Mom's". We also met Jeremy and Randy who we appointed our personal tour guides/body guards. Later that night, we went to an 80's dance party where we met a group of 4 guys that were all from Washington. At this point, we had pretty much met everyone our age on the boat! Ha! Seriously! After shaking our booties well into the night, we decided to go to sleep and made the journey back to our room.

The next day, we spent on the ship! We found some activities to keep us busy but we were ready to be in Mexico! We dressed up and went to dinner that night at a Tex Mex place on the ship. The food was alright but I think I was just to nervous to eat much since we were going to be in Cabo the next day!!!! After dinner, we went to the White Party where the had great music, snow, fog, and GLOW STICKS! We again worked off all of that food by grooving on the dance floor! haha!

The next morning when we arose, we could see the shoreline! I was SO ready to be off the boat and couldn't wait to see Mexico. To get off the boat, we had to take another little boat (also known as a tender) to the dock. Once on the dock, we navigated our way to the taxes with the help of our two tour guides. We then took a taxi to a beach about 15 minutes away from everyone else. I was so nice. There were little shade umbrellas and the water to amazing! While the guys went surfing...well they tried to go surfing but there weren't many waves, me and Steph did what we do best....laid on the beach! haha! Don't worry, I did wear sunscreen so I didn't get sunbruned. After about 2 hours, we decided to head back to where everyone else was. So we got back in our taxi and drove toward the dock. We decided to have the driver drop Randy and I off so that Steph and Jeremy could run back to the boat to grab more money and drop off the surf boards. While we were waiting for them to get back, we ordered some tacos and I met older couple. John and Francis (Franny) were really funny. They told us that they wanted to head to this place called Cabo Wabo before getting back on the boat so we decided to tag along. We told them that we needed to wait for Stephanie and Jeremy to get back before we could leave. A few minutes later, they showed up and we started to make our way down the streets of Mexico on foot. As we were walking, I felt this stinging sensation in my arm...when I looked down, there was this little black bug so I smashed it! Later on I would find out that this little bug had a big bite! It looked like I had some strange muscle on my arm! haha! On our way to Cabo Wabo, we met Diana! She is an awesome, free spirited girl!

The next day, we spent in Mazatlan! I really enjoyed Mazatlan the most. The vibe was just laid back and fun. When we first got there, Stephanie, Jeremy, Randy, Diana, and I all took these little buggie type taxis around. I seriously felt like I was on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disney Land! It was AWESOME! Once we arrived at the beach, we found a restaurant that had an awesome view and grabbed a few tables. We decided to rent a jet ski for an hour and let me tell you, I LOVED IT! I seriously was screaming and laughing the whole time I was riding it! I don't know how I EVER lived without riding one of those things! When we were coming back in, I thought I would do this cool back dive off of it...well it didn't work out so well. The water was about 2 ft. deep and I just ended up rolling my ankle pretty bad! It's still swollen! haha! It probably didn't help that 10 minutes later I was up dancing around on it! After a few hours of hanging out, we met up with this couple that Randy, Diana, and Jeremy had met earlier on it the trip. Tim and Sam are actually from Scottsdale (which is about 30 minutes away from where I live in AZ). We all decided to take a taxi together and we totally made the right decision. Our driver was so freaking awesome! He drove us all around so we could get awesome pictures. The guys were having a blast acting like monkeys while hanging out the back of a moving vehicle! haha! Once we got on the boat we made our way back to our rooms to get ready for dinner. We had all signed up to take part in a Murder Mystery dinner. I was pretty stoked about it. About half way through, Tim spilled the beans that he was in fact the murderer! We all laughed forever about that whole incident. Haha!

The next day we spent in Puerto Vallarta. The day started off kind of slow and we were all kind of grouchy. We ended up renting a car instead of trying to take taxis everywhere. It was actually a SMART idea! For $50 we got to see whatever we wanted to! We drove down to the beach to get some grub and then headed up into the jungle to find a waterfall. We had heard there was an awesome one and we did find it! There was a rope swing and waterfall slide! At first I was scared to try the rope swing but then I figured...What the heck I might as well! So I did it and screamed the whole way haha! After that, me and Steph made our way up to the waterfall slide. Again, I was scared to go down...but with a little push, I was on my way! It was awesome! The water was cold but it felt nice in the hot weather! After spending a good 4 hours up in the jungle, we decided to head back down. On our way down, we took alot of amazing pictures and had a great time laughing, screaming and joking around!

The next two days were spent at sea...and boy was I ready to get off that boat! There are only so many magic shows and movies you can watch without feeling bored! The first day wasn't too bad because we spent the whole day at the pool. The second day, however, was FREEZING! I was in sweats pretty much the whole day! On Saturday, we were back in LA and after getting off the boat and spending an hour in parking lot traffic, we were finally on our way to VEGAS!

Upon our arrival in Vegas, we met up with Stephanie's Fiance, Cody. Later that evening, Laura, Ian, Jessica, Dixon and T-bone all came down to hang out. We went to dinner at PF Chang's and I gambled for the first time. It was quite the experience! I won $0.03!!! Awesome! Laura won $25 on one machine so we decided to try her luck on another. She pulled the lever and won again. We started screaming and jumping up and down. Soon enough, there was a crowd of about 10 people around us asking how much she had won! When they found out it was only $18, they just shook their heads! We were pretty stoked about it haha! After dinner, everyone left back to UT and we made our way back to the hotel to sleep! I was so worn out from the whole trip that I just wanted to be home! The next day, we went to the Wax Museum in Las Vegas. I was kind of disappointed. The figures didn't look real at all! After a fun day, I got on a plane towards home! I was so so so so so happy to be home! Marty missed me bunches!

Anyways...that's pretty much most of my whole trip. Sorry if it was super long! haha. Until next time.

xoxo

Megs

The Wedding....

2009-10-16T22:55:00.016-07:00

The day has finally come and gone, Jess is a married woman! (picture left). The weekend started out like any other...flying to Vegas, almost missing my shuttle, the long ride to St. George and then finally, I was there! It felt so good to be back. Although the weather was a lot colder than I remember! Ha! I arrived on Thursday night. Since I had two friends getting married on Oct. 10th but would be unable to attend one of the weddings, we got the girls together for a dinner. Clare (my friend and former roomie) was getting married on the same day as Jessica. We rounded up the girls and went out to Olive Garden for dinner. I was so happy I got to see her before the big day! I'm so sad I couldn't make it to her wedding but I don't doubt she made a beautiful bride! On Friday, I arose early for I had many things to do. Later that night we were having Jessica's Bachelorette Party and who else would be able to make penis cakes if I didn't?! After baking and frosting, Me and Laura decided we needed a few more items to finish off Jessica's "Naughty" basket. So we ran to Target, picked up the essentials and went back to gather our things. We left St. George and made a quick stop in Cedar to pick up Kelsi. By 4:30, we were in Lehi. After getting checked into the hotel, we quickly got ready for dinner. But quickly didn't go so well since there were four of us in the room haha. We ended up being 30 minutes late but luckily we didn't lose our reservations. We went to this classy joint called Spark Lounge in Provo. They serve fancy drinks that are non-alcoholic. The appitizers were fabulos...the food...not so much! Along with our dinner, we enjoyed an extra special treat :) As you can see, the Bride to Be thourghly enjoyed them! After dinner, we made our way to Ogden to Adult Dance and Fitness. I had arranged for us to learn a specail moves by scheduling a pole dancing lesson. I was glad that everyone was open minded about it. The instructor was awesome. She showed us a few easy spins and even taught us a dance number. Before we knew it, the hour had flown by. We ended the session with a special dance number by none other than Jessica. Haha. Our instructor also showed us a few more complicated moves. All I have to say is that pole dancing was a work out! I was still sore two days later not to mention I had plenty of bruises to show off. Our lesson ended around 11 o'clock and we still had to drive about an hour to get back to the hotel. Since I new my way around northern Utah, Laura let me drive her car everywhere so that we wouldn't get lost. We made it back to the hotel around mid-night and went to bed as soon as we laid down. The next morning we awoke feeling rested but excited. Jessica's big day was finally here! It seemed crazy to me that in just a few hours my best friend would be marrying the love of her life. The four of us ventured down to breakfast and while eating reminisced about the nights adventures. Only to notice that Kelsi was still wearing her name tag (might I add it was penis shaped) haha! After breakfast, we went back to the room and started the showering process. Surprisingly, it didn't take us that long to get all four girls cleaned up! Jessica and Laura decided to go get pedicures while me and Kelsi got us checked out of the hotel and moved our luggage to my sister's house for the time being. My mom gave Kelsi and I a ride over to my sister's house where I got to see my neice and nephews. I was gald I got to see them for a little bit, but Jessica and Laura arrived about fifteen minutes after me and Kelsi. Jessica still had a few last minute things she needed to pick up so we drove over to Wal-Mart. Then we decided that we should probably eat lunch since we wouldn't really have time to eat later. We stopped at Noodles and Co. where I ordered the Mac & Cheese...So good!!! Once we had finished eating, we drove back to my sister's house to start doing our hair. Kelsi was in charge of doing Jessica's hair and she spent the next hour curling and pinning! We left around 2:30 because we still had to stop by Dixon's parents to get Jessica's dress. We had planned it so that Dixon would leave a few minutes before we got there (they had decided not to see eachother the day of the wedding). Everything went smoothly and we hurried off to the Ceremony site for rehersal. After the rehersal, we rushed up to the Bride room and finished getting ready. Jessica looked amazing! It still didn't seem real evan as she stepped into her dress. The photographer was there and everything but it still all felt like a dream. The Wedding Planner stopped to make sure we were ready before she made the annoucement to have everyone get seated. From the Bride room, we watched everyone walk out to their seats and then we saw Dixon come out. We had a true girl moment where all of us screamed. Apparently everyone could hear us because Dixon just looked up and smiled, pulled a camera out of his coat pocket and took a picture of me in the window. Haha! It was perfect. As we lined up outside the room to walk down the asile, the butterfiles kicked in. I think I was more nervous than Jessica was! Luckily, we all made it down the stairs without tripping and managed to hold back the tears as we watched our friend marry her one and only. After the Ceremony, the pictures began! The Reception followed the pictures along with dancing, food, cake fights and the first dance!

XOXO

Megs

New Home, New Hair, New Month....

2009-10-01T16:12:00.003-07:00

It's finally October!! Only one more month unitl my birthday...which means one more month until I'm legal to do ANYTHING I want!!! Yayyy!!! Anyways...sorry it's been a while since I posted, I've been busy moving, planning a Bachelorette Party and getting my Birthday plans figured out!

I'm finally moved out into my OWN 1 bedroom apt. and I LOVE it!!! It's so nice to be in my own place where I don't have to worry about other people. Marty loves it to! He can run around and isn't locked up in a tiny room all day! I'm still getting everything decorated but it's coming along. I bought a couch...yes a couch...which offically means I'm grown up! haha! I love being able to decorate my own place. I can even paint the walls...I'm still deciding if I want to.

Other than moving, nothing really big has happened. I'm going to UT in a week to watch my BFF get married :/ ....it's crazy to think about but I'm really happy for her! Love you Jess! I'm SUPER excited for my Birthday! I'm going on a 7 DAY cruise to MEXICO!!! WHOOOOOTTTT!!!! Don't worry, I'll take PLENTY of pictures!

XOXO

Megs

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-08T20:38:00.008-07:00

For Labor Day, me and Marty got in the car and made the long drive to Utah. The day started out like any normal day...at 5 in the morning haha! After missing my exit, getting stuck in traffic, and being choosen for a random security check at the Hoover Dam, we finally made it to Utah around 2 o'clock. I dropped off my stuff at my friends Stephanie's house because I was suppose to be in Cedar at 3 for Kelsi to do my hair. Well...I didn't make it there at 3 haha....more like 4. So we went to Kelsi's house for a bit and then decided to head back to St. George for a night out on the town. Once we landed back in St. George, we went to Stephanie's Boyfriend's house to pick him up. After dancing around and taking plenty of pictures, we decided to head over to our friend Kara's house to kick it. There we played in the pool, danced, and chatted with some old friends. About 3 am, we finally made it back home. And two hours later, Marty was up and ready to go for the day. I got up and took him out to go to the bathroom and then some how convinced him to go back to sleep. On Saturday, we had plans to go hiking, but since the air quality was bad and Steph has really bad allergies, we decided to just lay around the house until 2 when we finally got some motivation to do something. And that something was laying by the pool...haha! Later that night, we got all dolled up to to go eat dinner at the Olive Garden. After dinner, we met up with some friends and played a couple games of Scategories and Clue. On Sunday, we spent most of the day at the lake. I had made plans to go out to my parents house for dinner that night. I can't believe it had been almost a YEAR since I had been out to good old Beryl! But I made the trek since my mom had baked me a chicken pot pie! (I had been craving one for a couple of weeks). It was nice to visit them and I even got to see my nephews :) !!!! On Monday, I had decided to leave a little bit later in the day to try and squeeze in a few extra hours at the lake. Well that plan didn't go so well...Steph & I drove out to Sand Hallow to meet up with her parents and some neighbors. After sitting there for 30 + mins, we finally got a phone call back from them. They told us to wait at the dock and they would pick us up. After about 10 more minutes, we still didn't find them, turns out they were at Quail! So, I decided that me and Marty better get on the road. We were making good time until we hit the Hoover Dam. Sitting in bumper to bumper traffic for an hour was not great! That is the first time I've ever had to wait that long. Once we got past that, it was smooth sailing home! All in all, it was a great weekend. I forgot how much fun it was to hang out with my girls! I'm so glad I went.

On another note, I'm doing well. My job is going great, Marty is finally adjusting to my schedule, and I found a SMOKING hott deal on a 1 bedroom apartment! I'm moving in little less than two weeks !!! I'm so excited but kind of nervous. Other than that, I'm going to be back in Utah in October for Jessica's wedding. I still can't believe she's getting married.

xoxo
Megs

Me & Kelsi before Dinner

Marty on the drive to Utah

Steph, Me and Jess

Introducing....

2009-08-03T21:10:00.007-07:00

Marty!!! He is the most adorable little thing yet! At least I think so haha! I adopted him from the pound last week. He has been such a good dog thus far. On Saturday, we played in the pool for hours! Every time I tried to get him out, he just kept jumping back in. He's a swimming machine! Although he's not a puppy, I'm glad he's mine now! He's a 6 year old yorkie mix. I'm glad he's that old because he is house trained! Best thing ever...and I didn't even have to teach him! haha! He loves to be petted and explore the world. Riding in the car is pretty up there on his list of favorites! He jumps up to look out the window and stands in front of the air vent to feel the wind in his face! haha! The other day we went on an hour long walk...at 6 am! I know...me wake up at 6 am on a SATURDAY! Pssshhhh!!! Haha...but for him I will! I can't wait for his hair to grow back out! He had to be shaved since his hair was all matted from being at the pound for about a month! I rescued him in the nick of time! I get to take him to the vet on Wednesday and I hope everything is perfect with him! He seems to be adjusting well to his new life! Anyways...here are the before and after pictures! I saw past all the matted hair and couldn't stand to see him stay at the pound!

xoxo
Megs

Work, Passports, Engagements, And Dinner....

2009-07-28T18:57:00.008-07:00

Well it's been a while since I've posted one here so I figured I'd update everyone.

Lately I've just been working. I found a job towards the end of May and am glad to have found it. They pay well and the work isn't too bad...haha! It's just a normal desk job although I don't have to answer phones (thank heavens!). I work for a property management/HOA company. I work in the Financial Services or in other words...Collections. I'm not a collector which means I don't have to call any one and say "You owe us money...pay up!" haha...I just do all the dirty work basically.

Today I got my passport in the mail! I am SOOOOO excited to see the world. Now I can travel ANYWHERE in the world! My first out of the country trip is planned for my birthday! I'm going on a 5 day cruise to Mexico...got to go big for the BIG 21!!! Ahhh! That week long cruise will be followed up by a 3 day stay in Vegas! Like I said "Go big or go Home!" haha! I am really excited to turn 21.

In the last week, I've had two friends get engagaed. My old roomie Clare (picture left) was the first of the friends to be engaged. She is marrying her boyfriend of about a year October 10th in the St. George Temple. I'm excited for her to be able to be sealed for time and all eternity. Next came Jessica! She's FINALLY getting married to her boyfriend of about 2 years Dixon! (picture right) It's crazy to see two of my best friends get married, the sad part...she is also getting married Oct. 10th! So hard to choose which one to go to but I have decided to attend Jessica's. Reasons being: I've known her longer, I knew about hers first, she's my closest friend, and I couldn't not be there on her wedding day! I love you both and wish I could make them both! Congratulations Girls!

And Last but not least, the other day I made the most AMAZING dinner ever! I was so proud I had to take a picture of it! I got the recipie out of no other than Cosmo....yes the magazine! haha!
That's all for now!
xoxo
Megs

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-26T19:03:00.001-07:00

For Memorial Day Weekend, I had decided to go back to St. George. Besides missing my friends, I also had TWO weddings to attend on Saturday! So I left for St. George on Friday morning and made it safely there in about 5 or so hours! When I got there I went to Jessica's house and we met up with our friend Stephanie. Because I'm somewhat of a slacker, I still had to buy presents. So we ran over to target and pick out of few things for each wedding. While we were there, we decided that we should go camping that night since it is Summer and all. Jess was pretty much in charge of it and just like me, anything she plans usually doesn't run smoothly! Ha! So we met everyone in Washington and drove out to Oak Grove. When we got there, I spotted the PERFECT camping spot. We pulled the cars over and claimed our dirt! The boys that were with us started putting up tents...I know right...actual tents! I don't think I've been Big Boy camping in a few years! And of course while they were setting up tents, Me, Laura, and Jess were all taking pictures and laughing! After they had set up tents and built a monster of a fire, we decided to explore our surroundings. Let me just add...NEVER EVER wear flip flops camping haha! Ooopppsss!! Down below us, there was a river and A LOT of cactus! I managed to make it through without getting any cactus needles in my foot! After exploring, we went back and roasted some dogs and mallows. It was fun to sit around with my friends and just laugh! The next morning we awoke bright and early, packed up our shiz, and left! All in about an hour! Ha! We then went to Village Inn and got breakfast! After Breakfast me and Jess went shoe shopping! OMG!! I found these shoes that are so cute! Later that day, I attended both of the weddings. Both were so beautiful and of course the brides looked amazing! On Sunday, me and Jess went over to Laura's to go swimming. We cooked up some tacos and laid in the sun....just like old times! On Monday I drove home. I made good time that day too! It was a fun trip home and I'm glad I went! Hopefully I can make it back up there sometime soon.

xoxo
Megs

Recent Discovery....

2009-05-15T15:32:00.005-07:00

I am now just realizing how much I HATE doing interviews! Ugh! It like you turn in a resume and more than half the time no one even calls you back! Lame! Then you finally get someone to call you back, go in for an interview and get the same old response about "We'll let you know by the end of the week." Frustration!!! Geez! Either I just suck horribly at interviewing (good possibility) or there is someone more qualified for the position or they just think I'm 12 years old and wouldn't be allowed to work there legally anyways! Well...that is my venting for the day! Reason being I had an interview for a job I THOUGHT (being the key word) I would get no problem and have still yet to hear from them. They said they would have their decision by Friday and here it is...Friday, 3:43pm and still no word. So I'm assuming that I didn't get it.

On a better note, I am doing a temp. job right now but it is only for today. Hopefully I can find more temp. work so that I can get my bills paid. Or maybe find a full-time job. What can I say though?! I knew it was going to be tough when I moved out here but I just couldn't stand being in Utah and away from Mark one more day! 6 months of long distance was LONG enough!

xoxo
Megs

UPDATE:
4:47 pm!
So I guess I totally ROCKED that interview!!!!! EEEEEEE!!!!! I start on May 26th! Woot!!! That just totally made my whole week!

xoxo
Megs

Grils Night 2009

2009-05-13T10:01:00.004-07:00

Before I left for Arizona, some of the girls from my class got together for dinner. We did this last summer and loved it so much we decided to do it again. It's fun to see everyone and reminisce about old times. This year we only used one camera so I had to steal this picture from Amanda...thanks :)

New Adventures...

2009-05-08T17:42:00.003-07:00

I'm finally settled into my new place and getting used to the triple digit temperature. It's a nice change from snow and rain! Getting here was another story haha! I got lost in Vegas....not just lost but WAY lost! Luckily, Mark called me right when I was thinking I should probably get off the free way and have someone Google me! Mark was able to get me back on the right path and I made it pretty much all the way until I got lost a second time. So there I was driving on the freeway and all of the buildings start to disappear. Looking around I saw nothing but sage brush and a sign that said 100 miles (or so) to Tuscon!...not exactly where I wanted to be. Apparently, I was suppose to exit on some freeway and of course I didn't. I had to call several people before I finally got a hold of someone. Jess answered her phone and with Dixon's help, they were able to get me on the right track! After 6+ hours in the car, I had finally made it....only to find out that no one was in my house and the door was locked. After I got a hold of one of my room mates, I was finally able to start bringing in stuff and let me tell you, I have WAY WAY too much stuff! My poor little car was packed. I could barely see out of my side windows. After about an hour of unpacking, everything was out of my car. The next day I spent unpacking and organizing. On Tuesday I had an interview...didn't get the job :( and Wednesday I spent poolside :) . I'm just hoping I find a job soon. I have a few interviews set up for next week and I sent in hundreds of resumes to places....cross your fingers for me! Anyways...that's the update for now.

xoxo
Megs

100 Things....or less haha....

2009-04-11T11:20:00.003-07:00

Apperantly people don't know how to count...haha there are numbers missing

1. Last beverage→Water
2. Last phone call→ Mark
3. Last text message→ Daphne
4. Last song you listened to→ That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
5. Last time you cried→ The other night

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice → Nope
7. Been cheated on? → Who knows?! To my knowledge I haven't
8. Kissed someone & regretted it? → Bahaha! Long Story but yes!
9. Lost someone special?→ Not anyone I was really close with...thankfully!
10. Been depressed?→ Yeah...
11. Been drunk? – Hmm...people say I'm the soberest drunk they've ever met

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
12. Blue
13. Purple
14. Yellow

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU:
15. Made new friends→ Sure...
16. Fallen out of love → Nope!
17. Laughed until you cried → Many times!
18. Met someone who changed you→ Not really
19. Found out who your true friends were→ Yeah....always knew who they were
20. Found out someone was talking about you→ Hmm...dont' really care but I'm sure there was
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list→ Friend's list? What friend list?!

TRUTH
23. How many kids do you want to have → As many as I can provide for.....
24. Do you have any pets → Nope....I want a puppy though
25. Do you want to change your name→ Nope
26. What did you do for your last birthday→ Went to dinner the night before, had a girls lunch the next day
27. What time did you wake up today? 9:00ish
28. What were you doing at midnight last night? Sleeping!
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for → To move.... :) EEE
30. Last time you saw your father→ Hmm...been a while...probably at Christmas
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life → I wish I could live closer to Mark
32. What are you listening to right now →My boss talk to some lady about taxes
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom → Yup
34. What's getting on your nerves right now? → Nothing really
36. What's your full name → Megan Lynn Davis
37. Relationship Status → Taken!
38. Zodiac sign → Scorpio
39. Male or female→ Female
40. Primary School→ Primary? Like first one? Some private school in CA
42. High school → Enterprise High School
43. Hair color → Blonde in the summer, light brown in the winter
44. Long or short → Towards the longer side...
45. Height → 5'1" on a good day haha
46. Do you have a crush on someone? → Way more than a crush :)
47. What do you like about yourself?→ My eyes
48. Piercings → Ears
49. Tattoos → None
50. Righty or lefty → Mainly Righty

FIRSTS :
51. First surgery →Wisdom teeth hahaha
52. First piercing → My ears! I was in the 10th grade!
53. First tattoo → A fake one...
54. First best friend → Ricci...since we were freshman
55. First sport you joined → Dance
56. First pet - A lizard
57. First vacation- Most likely Disneyland or our family trip to Utah
58. First concert - Warped Tour
59. First crush-Ben
60. First alcoholic drink→ Margarita? haha my family used to drink them all the time...although I don't know if there was any alcohol in the ones I drank.

RIGHT NOW:
61. Eating → Nothing
62. Drink → Water
63. I'm about to → Go CRAZY!
64. Listening to → Talking
65. Waiting for → School to be done....
66. Want kids? → Eventually
67. Want to get married?→ Eventually
68. Careers in mind? → No comment?! Ha! I don't know anymore!

WHICH IS BETTER:
69. Lips or eyes → BOTH!!!
70. Hugs or kisses → BOTH
71. Shorter or taller → Taller!
72. Older or Younger → Older but not a lot!
73. Romantic or spontaneous → Both?! but if I have to pick one....romantic
74. Nice stomach or nice arms → Arms! But not big enough they look like they'll squeeze me to death
75. Tattoos or piercings?None!
76. Sensitive or loud → Sensitive for sure!
77. Hook-up or relationship → Depends....high school was all about the hook up...now....relationship
78. Trouble maker or hesitant→ A little bit of a trouble maker haha

HAVE YOU EVER :
79. Kissed a stranger → Probably
80. Drank hard liquor → Probably
81. Lost glasses/contacts → Never had them to lose!
82. Cried yourself to sleep- Uhh...I'm a girl!
82. Danced in the rain? → Yup! Probably one of my favorite things to do
83. Broken someone's heart → Probably! Who knows?!
84. Had your own heart broken → Yup! Sucked! But I've grown from it
85. Been arrested → Nawh! haha
86. Turned someone down→ Yeah...haha! Poor guys!
87. Cried when someone died → Yup!
88. Liked a friend more then just a friend → Yup....didn't work out though haha

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
89. Yourself → Somedays
90. Miracles → Yes
91. Love at first sight → Lust yes....Love no
92. Heaven → Yup!
93. Santa Claus → Somedays....
94. Kissing on the first date → Depends....but usually! haha
95. Angels → Yup

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
96. Is there one person you want to be with right now?→ Yes more than anything!
97. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? → Nawh....I'm not the player type
98. Do you believe it’s possible to remain faithful forever?→ Yes...but some people screw it up
99. What's the one thing you cannot live without?→ Music
100. One thing that most people don’t know about you → I hate to argue or fight with someone. I'm all talk! haha! I'm really a softy!
I tag - Melissa & Celisa
Here is what you do now...copy my answers and then create your own new note taking my answers out and putting yours in! Make sure to tag be back so I can see your answers!!!

xoxo
Megs

Holi: Festival of Colors 2009

2009-03-30T20:16:00.008-07:00

Ever since last year, I have been excited to go to Color Fest! I'm so glad I got to go this year, it was so much fun. I mean who wouldn't want to throw colored chalk in some random persons face?! Haha! Color fest is centered around an old Indian tradition. From what I understand it is to welcome Spring. Anyways, it's held every year in Spanish Fork at the Krishna temple. There are so many people that attend this thing...it's CRAZY! Well anyways, I convienced Jess, Steph, and Logan to all come up for it. And you know what...they were glad they did. We left my house around 4:30, got stuck in traffic for about 1/2 an hour but it was all worth it. When we arrived at the temple, we were told that they were all out of color. I was really sad when I found this out and it kind of put a damper on things for a minute. But it didn't last too long! Five minutes later, some lady started selling color again so me and Dixon joined in the mosh pit type crowd to get some. If any of you know me well, you know I don't do well in tightly confined spaces with large crowds! haha! Needless to say, we ended up scoring a few bags of color just in time to start throwing them. We made our way to the middle of the HUGE crowd and got drenched in color chalk. It was AWESOME!!!! I'm for sure going to try and make it next year...and I suggest that any of you who can make it should! It's one of the biggest things to happen in Utah every year. Anyways there are more pictures below...enjoy :D
xoxo
Megs

Jessica & I in the middle of the color throwing crowd

This is our whole group in front of the Krishna Temple. Front: Me & Stephanie Back: Dixon, Jessica, Kara, Logan.

Logan, Kara, Stephanie, Jessica, and Dixon

Jessica, Dixon, Me, and Stephanie at Color Fest

Spring Break...

2009-03-25T17:41:00.011-07:00

Over spring break I took another trip to Arizona. This time, I flew :) !!! I love to fly so much faster and nicer than driving! Anyways, I flew out of Salt Lake on Friday night and landed in Phoenix around 9. I was so excited to finally be in a place where I didn't need my jacket! Ha! Once I landed, I had to wait another hour or so before Mark could pick me up (he had to work until 9:30 that night). So there I sat at the Phoenix airport...and it was nice enough that I could sit outside, I was LOVING it!!! Finally Mark arrived and I was so happy to see him! We went to his house and just relaxed. It was so nice to finally just be able to see him again! Well the next day, we decided to go walk around downtown Tempe since he only lives like a 15 minute walk away. The weather was very NICE (shorts and tank top nice!). When we got there, we were both starving so we decided that we should get some grub. So where did we go...none other than Hooters! Ha! Ha!!! I'd never been there so I figured why not! Mark decided to get some mini hamburgers and came up with one of his many inventions. He has decided that he will make millions with "Ranchup" (ketchup & ranch...somewhat like Fry sauce). As you can tell from the picture on the above he thoroughly enjoyed the taste before it even hit his mouth! Once we were done eating, we decided to walk around a little more. Downtown Tempe (picture left) is really cool. There are a lot of neat little shops and great places to eat around. We walked down to what they call a lake (it looks more like a really wide river ha!) where you could rent paddle boats! I was way too excited to go on them and had been ever since I saw 10 Things I Hate About You. We had to wait a while before we could get one but while we were waiting, I totally looked over in the near by park and saw the Weinermobile! Awesome right?! There was a sort of music festival going on so I couldn't get a good picture but I was totally stoaked to see it! Once we got a boat, we had a whole hour just to paddle around. It was really fun...or at least I really enjoyed it haha! We took a lot of pictures...most of which are of me because Mark kept stealing my camera and I apparently can't take good pictures (so photo credit mostly goes to Mark :D )! After the paddle boats we walked back to Mark's house where I fell asleep until the next morning! :( Oops! haha! On Sunday we went to Scottsdale and ate at Grimaldi's (a famous pizza place from New York). The pizza was so delicious! After eating we decided to walk around the Mall. There was a dog store inside the mall so of course I had to go look! The puppies were so cute and I wanted to get one....only downside....they are like $600 + ....so needless to say, I didn't get one! After the puppies we went to go watch I Love You Man. We had an hour or so before it started so we went and got dessert at Kona Grill (very good food!). I ordered this fudged brownie that was amazing (picture above)! After the brownie, we went to the movie! If you haven't seen it, I recommend it! I was really funny! Once the movie was over, we went back to Mark's house where we relaxed and studied (he had school & a test the next day). On Monday, I was all by myself. Mark had school and then had to go straight to work after school. I decided to go walk around downtown some more since I didn't have a car. It was nice just to explore by myself. While I was there I had like three people come and ask me for directions...haha! I think that is really funny since I don't live there. Pretty much I just spent the day walking around and people watching! Mark got home around 9 that night but we didn't stay up too late since I had leave for the airport at 4 am! On Tuesday, we got up and Mark drove me to the airport. I was sad to be leaving :( REALLY sad!! Even though I didn't want to leave, I got on my flight and landed in Salt Lake to find none other than SNOW! Ugh! Needless to say, I got very depressed when I had to come back to the cold, lonely state of Utah!

xoxo

Megs

Ps. Sorry for the long post :)

Comments...

2009-03-11T21:41:00.002-07:00

So I've now been told twice that people aren't able to comment on my posts. I've changed a few things so hopefully now it's working...if not...I don't know what to do :(

xoxo
Megs

Thanks Ashlyn :D It's working again...yayy!!!!

xoxo
Megs

Love Day...

2009-02-17T13:47:00.001-07:00

For Valentines Day, I decided that I should take a ROAD TRIP to Arizona! I had driven down to St. George on Friday to spend the weekend with my friends. After realizing that pretty much everyone was busy, me and Stephanie decided to make a 6 hour drive to Arizona on Saturday afternoon. Before we left, all the girls got together and made breakfast. Stephanie made heart shaped pancakes, Clare made eggs and hash browns, and Laura and I cut up fruit. It was amazing! After breakfast, we got ready to head out. With our bags packed, Betsey the tour guide on hand, and an iPod full of the best tunes, we hit the road and 6 hours later we were pulling up in front of Mark's house! I was so excited/nervous because the last time I had seen him was Christmas! With butterflies in my stomach, I knocked on his door. He answered and gave a big hug :) Since it was almost 10 o'clock when we got there, me and Stephanie were starving. Mark took us out to dinner (main picture) at a pizza place called Uno. It was really good. Half way through, I started to feel sick and it wasn't until I realized that it was almost 1 am that I should probably get some sleep! So we went back to Mark's house to catch some Z's! The next morning, we decided to go eat Lunch and maybe do some shopping. We went to a really good restaurant. The food there was SOOOO GOOOOD!!!! After eating, we went and look at some stores. We didn't spend very long there because Me and Stephanie were planning on driving back that afternoon to St. George (I had a dentist appointment on Monday). So we got in the car and headed to Mark's. On the way back, we had to stop for gas. Mark got out and was filling up his car when I noticed a bum in a wheelchair (picture left). For those of you who don't know, for some reason I am fascinated by bums. Anyways this little old bum was wheeling around in his wheelchair and I was just watching him the whole time. Mark got back in the car and we started to leave when I saw the little old bum stand up and walk over to that blue bench (picture right)! Ha! What a faker! After getting back to Mark's house, I decided that I was too tired to make the drive back to St. George. So instead of driving home, we just watched TV! haha! But had to wake up at 4 am to make it home in time for my dentist appointment! I know right?! Who would've thought I, Megan Davis, could get up and function at 4 in the morning! But I did it! I drove 6 hours and made it on time! And to top it all off, I had to drive another 4 hours to make it back up north! Needless to say, I am a little over driving right now! haha! But it was all worth it! :)

xoxo

Megs

I always said...

2009-02-06T18:29:00.001-07:00

That I would never be able to go to a movie by myself....but today I did! I went and saw He's Just Not That Into You! Way funny! There were a few teary spots! Overall a really good movie. It was kind of weird to go to a movie all alone but oh well...do what you have to? huh?! Anyways...if you were planning on seeing that movie, I really suggest you go see it :D

xoxo
Megs

Same old...same old...

2009-02-03T14:54:00.001-07:00

Just thought I'd update everyone since it's been a while! Ha! I don't even know if anyone reads this but oh wells! Anywhoot! When I moved up here, I already had a job lined up which was/is nice. With the economy the way it is, I'm just glad to have a job! School has been going well. I figured out that I would only need about 4 more semesters until I can get my BFA-Graphic Design! Woot! The many art projects have been keeping me pretty busy! ha! At least it's fun homework! Hopefully February is more exciting than January was! I just can't wait until March! I finally get to go see Mark again! :) Yayy! Other than that, I have a stage 5 zit coming in on my forehead....lovely! hahahaha! Anyways....that's my life for now in a nut shell! Keep it real lovers!....ha.

xoxo
Megs

Snow....

2009-01-07T15:08:00.001-07:00

So I'm a little late in posting this...but this is what I awoke to the first week I was here! Don't worry...I only spent 30 minutes digging it out!! Grrr!!!

xoxo
Megs

New Year, New School, New Town

2009-01-05T11:01:00.001-07:00

Well it's official....I've moved! I no longer live in warm St. George. I now have to survive the Arctic conditions of Orem!!! It's SO cold up here that my car doesn't even want to start in the morning! Haha! Anyways I'm super excited to start school on Wednesday! It'll be nice to be doing something else instead of working the same job every single day! I like to be busy and I'm looking forward to the challenges of school again. So if any of you are up in the northern regions of Utah....holla! :D
XOXO
Megs

Very Merry Christmas

2008-12-29T20:10:00.002-07:00

My Christmas weekend started out with me flying to AZ to visit Mark! I was so excited to see him since the last time I had seen him was about 2 months before. I caught the shuttle to Vegas on Monday morning and had to sit in the airport for about 3 hours. Finally, I was able to get on my flight and couldn't even wait to be in AZ! After a quick 45 minute flight, I was there....but I still had to wait another hour before Mark was going to be able to pick me up. So there I sat for an hour...in the Phoenix airport....watching all the crazy people walk around. I went outside to get some fresh air and while I was sitting there, some random dude came up to me and asked if I smoked. I looked at him and said "No!" and he replied "I didn't think so." I kind of laughed to myself and a couple of seconds later I looked at a sign behind me and it said "No Smoking Area" Bahaha! Anyways Mark arrived shortly after that to pick me up. We went to dinner at The Native New Yorker (really good) and then just went back to his house. The next morning we woke up and went Christmas shopping. I had already finished mine, but he hadn't even started. After walking around most of the day, my feet were killing me so we just went back home and watched tv. Mark had to work on Christmas Eve until 2 pm so I just relaxed and waited for him to come back. When he got off of work, he picked me up and we started the long journey back to St. George! It was about an eight hour drive back and probably the ugliest scenery ever haha! Well there were a few cool things....like the cactus forest, the hoover dam, and Wickenburg (haha). After about eight hours of madness we were home!!!! On Christmas, I went to Mark's parents house and watched his family open presents. I spent all day there and had a lot of fun spending time with him. The next few days I spent with Mark...he had to leave on Sunday to go back to AZ. On Sunday we had a family Christmas party at my Aunt's house. It was crazy! Haha!! All of
my family was there! My sister came down from Orem with her husband and kids, John came down from Cedar with his girlfriend and their two kids, and best of all....my brother Chris came up from California with his wife and little girl! Anyways after a night of running around, chasing kids, and eating until I was stuffed, it was time for me to get a good nights sleep! Anyways...I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
xoxo
Megs

Happy Birthday!!!

2008-11-06T09:37:00.001-07:00

Oh how I just love birthdays!!!! As of yesterday, I am no longer a teenager! I can't believe that I am 20!!! It's crazy! Anyways, this year for my birthday, we went out to eat the night before. We went to Olive Garden and enjoyed a feast of all feasts!!!! I just can't get enough of their soup or bread sticks haha. After dinner, I went home to catch up on some much needed sleep. Only I never really get to bed as soon as I'd like. Anywhoot, the next morning I awoke and realized that it was my birthday! My day started off like any other day....working!! Lame I know but they let me leave at noon :) and then I went to lunch with my girls! Me, Laura, Jess, and Bryttni ate at Ruby Tuesdays where Sara works. She made me the most amazing cake ever! It was really good! After stuffing our selves to the brim, we went for a little relaxation trip to the mall. We didn't find anything we really wanted to buy so we decided we should just leave. So I drove home and took a little nap....it was nice! After my nap, I went to get my birthday present from my mother.....$20 is always a good present! Then I went over to Laura's house. She also baked me a cake (it's tradition :D)! Me, Laura, Bryttni, and Clare all played Imaginiff (really fun game...you should look into getting it). During the game, Mark called me to wish me a Happy Birthday and just talk. After listening to his crazy story about almost getting robbed at work, me and Bryttni decided that we should head on back to our house. She went to bed and I stayed up talking to Mark for an hour or so. All in all it was a good birthday! I thankful for my friends, family and especially Mark!
xoxo
Megs

Carving Pumpkins + Haunted Houses = Halloween

2008-11-04T12:58:00.002-07:00

Halloween this year was fun fun fun as usual!! I just love carving pumpkins (picture left). This year I got to do it twice. The first pumpkin I carved was suppose to look like a pedophile...haha and the second one I carved was suppose to look like Harry Potter...I didn't do a very good job on that one though. A couple of weeks before, I went to a costume party with my friend Stephanie. It was a lot of fun. I dressed up as Cruella De Vil, but I looked more like a twelve cent hooker. When we got to the party, there were so many creative costumes. One guy was dressed up as a robot!! It was nuts! I really enjoyed seeing everyone get into the Halloween spirit. The weekend after that, I went to the haunted corn maze with a group of friends. I was pretty scared, I even ran away from the whole group just to get out of there. A couple days after that, I went to the haunted house by the mall!! That was very very very very scary! I ran into a few walls, knocked over some baracades, and almost lost my voice from screaming so much! Let's just say I'll probably never go through that one again! And then the main event...Halloween night :D !! My friend Sara came over to get ready with me and while we were sitting there, the kids from my neighborhood kept knocking on the door. Me being totally amazing...not...had forgot that little kids go trick or treating and you're suppose to have candy to hand out...oops!! So we hung a sign on our door that read "No Candy Here! We're Lame!" After that, they stopped knocking. A little while later, Jess, Bryttni, and Jenny all showed up to get ready. Sara was Bat Girl, Jess was a Nurse, Bryttni was Minne Mouse, and Jenny & I were both Mrs. Claus (picture right). After we got all dolled up, we went over and picked up some guy friends. Tim was some pimp or something, Kaleb was a beer guy, and Bill was Mr. Claus (since me and Jenny were both Mrs. Claus we figured it could be like playboy style haha)(picture left). Once we were done taking pictures, we headed off the the Dixie College Dance. When we got there, the dance was packed. We had to wait in line for 15 minutes before we could even get up to where the dancing was going on. We eventually made our way up and danced our little booties off!! I was a lot of fun!!! I just can't even wait for next year!!
xoxo
Megs

Rappelling

2008-10-14T11:16:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I got to go rappelling for the second time in my life. Well I guess I really shouldn't say that I went, I thought about going. For those of you who know me, you know that I am terrified of heights. So going down a 200ft cliff isn't exactly my idea of fun. But none the less, I tagged along with a group of friends to watch them do it. While waiting for our friend Zach to arrive, we decided to have an impromptu dance party (pictures right) in the Stadium 8 parking lot. Oh how I love my friends. None of us were worried what we looked like and I'm pretty sure it was ridiculous looking...haha. All those poor old people leaving the movies at 5:00 sure did get a show :D !!! When Zach finally arrived, we headed out to Cougar Cliffs. For those of you who don't know where that is, it's on your way towards Enterprise. Just past mile marker 6. It's also a lovely place to enjoy a sunset picnic haha....very romantic!!! Anyways, we arrived at Cougar Cliffs with our rappelling gear in tow. Zach, the master rappeller, set up the rope and harness while us girls did what we do best....take pictures of ourselves and complain about the freezing cold wind...haha!!! Clare's boy toy (not really sure if they are together or what) Tyler was the first one to go down. He did it like a pro of course. Next up was Echo (A girl that Zach brought) and just a little fyi, she had never been rappelling before. I was very impressed by her! First time rappelling and she tackles a 200ft cliff! It must be easy I thought...oh was I wrong!!! Next up was Jess, my bestie for life! Don't worry, she as well tackled that cliff (main picture)! So then it was my turn. With the sun setting and one of my favorite shows about to start, I figured I'd better man up and do it (picture left). I was all ready to go and then I looked behind me...mistake!! After that, I couldn't talk myself into going. I gave up! Clare was up next after me. She as well had no fear about going down this 200ft cliff. She made it look so easy!!! When the sun finally went down, I swear the temperature dropped 20 degrees!! I was so cold!!! We ran to the car to get home in time for Gossip Girl to start. After an intense hour of Gossip Girl, we went and got some hot chocolate...yummy!!
xoxo
Megs

Flashbacks & Young Love

2008-10-04T18:30:00.002-07:00

Yesterday, I ventured back to the town of Enterprise. I surprised by how much it had changed since I'd last been there. Me, Jessica, Logan, and my room mate Kelsey went to the Enterprise High School homecoming game. It was so weird. Going back to high school functions is always a little awkward...seeing people you know but weren't really friends with, the awkward hellos and smiles...I'm not a big fan of it. But regardless, I went. I got to see some old classmates and kids that in my mind are still young cheer leading, dancing, and playing football. It was weird!!! But I made the best of it. Enjoyed some hot chocolate, hot dogs, nachos, and popcorn. Got to love concessions :D I mostly had to get my room mate Kelsey out of our house because her boyfriend was planning on proposing to her once we got back. When we got back to St. George, me and Kelsey returned to the apartment to find rose pedals and candles all around inside our house. She had no clue what was going on, but I was very aware haha!! I ran into the dining room and told her she should just go upstairs. She made her way upstairs to find her boyfriend in her room. Don't worry...she said yes. I wish them luck.
xoxo
Megs

Jess's B-day

2008-09-27T10:28:00.001-07:00

It was a day to remember...the day Jessica turned 20!!! We went to dinner the night before at Samuri 21. Where we shared good food and made many memories :) The waiter brought Jess cheesecake with a candle (picture above). She was so happy...just look at the excitement on her face! Well if you look at this picture, it looks like I'm more excited...but what can I say I couldn't let her have all the spot light....haha!!! Just kidding. After my beautiful rendition of Happy Birthday, she blew out that candle like she's been doing this for 20 years! I love my little Jessica! Well I guess she isn't really little since she is older than me. But you know what I mean. After dinner, we went outside and chatted for a hour or so. Good times by that fountain. I gave Jess her b-day "suprise". It started out with "the look"(picture right) and continued on with a very short but sweet dance :D !!!! Later we heard about some dance party and decided that maybe we would hit that up. When we got there however it seemed as though everyone was still in high school. So we quickly left....but not before Joel and Trevor could make fun of the high school cheerleaders that were walking in as we left. Next on the agenda was a good old house party. We went to Jenny's house and discovered that Jessica's brother (picture left) was at that exact same party!!! Crazy/Ackward/Weird!!!! We then ventured back to Jenny's house to play a little Rock Band 2!! We had Jess on the drums, me on the vocals, Joel on lead guitar, and Bryttni on bass. And oh yes....we ROCKED it!!!! At about 3:00 am we decided we should probably get a little shut eye. The next day I arose refreshed and rejuvenated! I had scheduled pedicures for me and Jess to help us relax. She was off at sucba class. Open water diving in Sand Hallow. Don't worry no crazy sea creatures have eaten her yet!!! Because of Scuba, she missed the pedicures and was very saddened. Later that night we decided to go up to a friend's cabin in Kolob and go camping for the night. Everyone sat around the campfire and told funny stories. We ate some amazing tasting chicken, played hide and seek in the woods, went four wheeling, and played yahtzee!!! After all the nights events, we finally found our way to bed. Of course there was no actual sleeping that went on....we were up all night laughing about random things and playing "thought now". And that is the story of Jessica's Birthday! I can't believe that you are 20!!! Crazy!!! Also want the give a happy birthday shout out to Mark!!! His birthday was also on the 27th but he was in AZ so I couldn't celebrate it with him :( Miss you!!!! Hope your day was fun!!! Love you all!!!

xoxo
Megs

Update on Life....

2008-09-25T14:46:00.001-07:00

So I figured that I might as well get a blog since everyone else on the earth has one...haha! Anyways for all of those who want an update on my life here it is :)

I got my Associate of Arts from Dixie in May 2008. A really big accomplishment for me...if only you knew the struggles of Spanish class!!! I've been working since then...welcome to reality right?! I'm trying to go back to school in January to get my Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design. Right now it's looking like UVU is my best option for that...although I would rather not move to that arctic!!!
xoxo
Megs