Memorial Weekend

So this last weekend, Memorial weekend, was awesome!!!

Saturday:
Saturday, was another book club meeting at the Blue Bird Cafe in Logan. Amazing turnout, I think their were 8 of us. It was so fun, we spent 1 and a half hours digging into our last book, Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale. After that, we got to see the new house that Lauren and Skyler Giles where moving into... so cute. I am jealous that they are already in a house:( but very happy for them too. The rest of Saturday day Ashton and I got to hang out with Cori and Craig and their cute babies. Craig brought up his cool motorcycle and let Ashton ride it around the block a couple of times. He looked so cute on it, even though he was a little nervous. It was his first time ever really driving one (Ashton you are a babe). Later that night the family went to pizza, and then Lauren, Skyler, Cori, Craig, Ashton and I all pulled a late night. Starting with Prince Caspian (kind of a disappointment) and then the Village Inn for a late night treat. I think we all left for home around 1 AM. I felt like a teenager again, it was a blast!
Sunday:
Sunday morning, I got to sing in my parents ward, which was really fun for me, most of the family came to listen, thanks guys. After church the whole lot of us went for a hike behind mom and dad's house. We hiked for two hours strait up and strait down. I really thought my ankles were going to break on the way down because they kept giving out causing me to come crashing down. Cori and I held hands and weathered the storm together, falling every couple of seconds until our husbands took over. I didn't fall again after Ashton took my hand, thanks Ashton for being the mountain man gentleman that you are. Wow it was so breathtaking at the top, I sometimes forget how beautiful Logan is, and how lucky I am to live here. After the hike we had dinner and just hung out together which brought back memories of the good old days with my family. Cori, Craig and their babies left later that evening and so Ashton and I met up with our friends and spent the rest of Sunday enjoying various nature walks around Cache Valley. By the end of the night I was ready for bed.
Monday:
Monday, Memorial day, I woke up at four in the morning and started reading the Host, yeah I know, I am pathetic. Ashton came down the stairs at 6 ish looking really tired and confused and I really couldn't explain myself but to say "I am feeding my obsession." He smiled and shook his head, this hasn't been the first time I have done this, nor will it be the last, oh well. Any ways, Ashton was out the door by six am to go fishing with his friend Matt for a couple of hours, which gave me enough time to; sweep and mop the floors, vacuum, clean my room, hem my jeans, decorate the table for a memorial breakfast at our house, and get showered and ready just as they got back at 9am. Matt and Courtney, our good friends, spent the day with us. We started with Waffles and eggs at our house, then went to Brigham to a memorial service. Turns out the weather decided to be violently windy, rainy and cold. They had to cut the program short, but we still got to release our balloons together. After that we hit up a pond out in Corinne, Courtney and I fished for a couple of minutes and then read our books for the next hour, which was really nice and relaxing being able to read out in nature. It really made it feel like a vacation. Ashton and Matt fished until all of our bladders were about to burst, and then we all went to a cute and historic restaurant in Brigham City called, Idle Isle. After dinner we found a spot on the Bear River where Ashton and Matt could fish and Courtney and I could go for a walk. The weather held out for about and hour or two until it couldn't hold it's moisture any longer. That was our cue to head home. The end of the night was spent eating cake and ice cream for Nicks b-day, sorry the weather was so bad for your birthday Nick. We were in bed by 11. Wow what a weekend.

Life Saver

So for my job I pretty much sit at a desk all day, not counting the 4 to 5 times I have to take a trip up to the third story, or the couple of trips to the lady's room. I was beginning to worry that my fanny would fuse to my chair and that body would forever hate me for what my office job was doing to it so I decided to switch out my chair for a body ball. The first time Ashton came to my office, after I had made the switch, he kind of gave me a puzzled look and said..."Okay Dwight." If any of you know or watch the office their in an episode where Dwight gets a body ball to sit in at his desk (totally hilarious.) I couldn't help myself, even though I don't bounce around obnoxiously or do hip thrusts with deep breathing... I had to laugh at the still evident similarity. Anyways, I am going on three weeks of it now and love it. I can't imagine going back to a normal office chair. Plus my waist line, legs, and buns have stayed the same if not gotten smaller, which is always a plus. Thank you BELL (the company that makes my body ball)!!!

Food Storage

Pretty much from the beginning of our marriage Ashton and I have been working on our food storage and we were doing pretty well. We always kept everything organized on some shelves we bought from Home Depot that we put in our downstairs closet. However, the last little while we have both been so busy that we kind of just got in the habit of throwing things in there randomly. So what does this lead to? It leads to me not being able to see what we have, then forgetting about it, and ultimately having to throw it away. What a waste! Well this last weekend I bought a 25 lb bag of flour from the bishops storehouse (or rather the building connected to it) and when I came home I decided it was time to go through the food storage closet. I took everything out and before I could put it all back I had to package up my older bag of whole wheat flour and my new bag of white flour. It was pretty interesting. I had to stand on a stole because the bucket on the counter was too high and my little arms couldn't reach the top of the bucket while holding a 25 lb bag of flour. Ashton kept looking over at me from the family room where he was studying. I knew he was laughing at me secretly, but I can't say that I blame him. Every now and then he would sneak into the kitchen just as I began to pour the flour and start kissing me, in hopes to distract me. Lets just say it took a lot longer than I thought, but by the end everything was neatly packaged and tidily placed in the newly reorganized closet where it would be easy to see and get to. On the other hand, my kitchen and I were anything but tidy, all covered with a nice white layer of flour. (PS The key to cleaning up flour is keeping water out of the picture, unless you enjoy cleaning up the pasty white glue that flour and water create). All in all something about having a clean closet made me feel so good that I decided to go through all of the other closets in the house. So as of right now all of the closets in our house are clean and organized, what a great feeling.

Jumpin' on the band wagon

So I did it...I finally decided to jump on the band wagon and learn how to sew. I bought my first ever sewing machine, and I love it. I got the Singer 2932 that comes with 35 built in stitches and a bunch of other really cool features. The best part is, I got it for only 99.00 buckaroos. Yep...it was on sale!!! I will be spending this weekend learning how to run it... Considering that half of my closet contains clothing that I have to alter to fit my short body, I hope you all know what getting a sewing machine means. Finally I will be able to hem up my pants sew down the back cuts of my pencil skirts and hem up the sleeves of my jackets. No more rolling for me:) Wish me luck...because I really have NO idea of what I am doing when it comes to sewing. Thanks mom for helping me pick one out!!!

I have the best mother:)

I just wanted to take a second to let everyone know how lucky I am. I have the best mother in the world! She sat by me patiently when I took 5 min to put one shoe on because I wanted to do it myself. She spent at least ten minutes every night tucking me into bed. She played for me on stage when I sang Somewhere Over The Rainbow at age 8. She taught me how to clean and she taught me how to cook. She gently held my head through the night when an earache kept me from sleeping. She fell to her knees in the quiet of her closet to pray for me. She gave me encouragement to push on when the storm of life made me question my abilities. She taught me how to care, how to be kind, how to forgive, how to love, how to hope, how to dream, how to be. She pulled my face up to the light when all I could see was darkness. She reminded me of who I really am.

Thank you momma, I love you.

A Tribute to the Kids

Mommy is always a good place to take a nap!

Wow Ethan sure does have some of dad's Meaker blood in him.

They remind me of cute, bald, little old men!!!

My little Hannah bean was my buddy that day. Wow she looks like mom when she was a little girl!

I am a college graduate:)

Well, I finally am done with college!!! Last Saturday, May 3rd was the big day!!! And not only that, I got to graduate at the same time and from the same college as my sister Tashi, pretty cool!!! I was so glad that my family could be there to share it with me. It made it so special for me. Thanks you guys. I love you all so much!From the left; Tarah, Heather, Tashi, Meghan (me), Cori, and Mom

Ashton congratulating me with kisses! Ooh la'la

Me and Tashi
Me and Tashi on the bull (I guess it is a USU tradition).

I don't think you will ever see a bigger or goofier smile from me. Oh well, to be honest, I had no idea what I was doing...I even forgot to stop and formally pose. Oh well:)