And It Is All So Crystal Clear

I want to show you something cool. 

Something clear.

Something beautiful.

And that is WATER.

These are fountains of thin perfect streams of water.

To show you how thin, I had Garett break the stream with his finger.

As if a watery umbrella had a piece cut out of it.

I could not get over the pure beauty of it.

Perfect.

And when the wind blew it often looked like a jellyfish.

 

Maybe it was just me, but these fountains were beautifully designed.
I thank the designer of these fountains for giving me a little piece of happiness.
Hope I spread some to all of you.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

I think my art

history classes 

are getting to me.

=]

Meg

The Impressive Grasping Skills of Children

Sometimes I get in moods in the evenings where I REALLY don't want Garett to leave (more then usual).

This normally occurs when it is getting close to curfew.

I cover his eyes and tell him NOT to look at the clock.

...

Then he looks at the clock. =/

He tries to get ready to leave.

I try to take his shoes/backpack and hide them.

Then I hold onto his leg like Agnes does in this video (Time: 2:50-end).

Unlike Agnes, I am not that strong and he tickles me until I let go.

Then I pout.

But he always hugs me and tells me he will see me tomorrow.
Then I feel a little better and I let him leave. 

But I remind him if I did not do things like this every once in awhile, he would not know how much I love seeing him and spending time with him.

If only I could hold onto cling to people like kids can.

Oh well. 

 At least he knows how much I care. =] 

Anyone else up for 

some kids movies?

They're the best!

Meg

Oh the Mini Adventures We Have in the Comfort of Our Livingrooms

Tonight Garett had to use the bathroom.

As he comes out from the hallway what do I see?

...

...

...

Garett holding a HUGE soap bubble in his hands!

And what does he do with it?

He shoves it in my face and it pops on my nose.

He laughs and runs away back to the bathroom.

What a silly man.

Isn't he great?

I'm getting better at

this thing call cooking

It's normally edible, 

not TOO burnt and

might even smell good. 

Meg

Sometimes

 
Garett and I are really silly.
And by "sometimes" I mean always.
And sometimes happiness comes in the form of a 5'11" sweet blonde man.
Making me a very happy Megan.

Yours truly,

Meg 

I Have Found A New Love

I actually enjoy cooking.

There is something joyful about creating something delicious.

It is seeing ingredients slowly build together to create something I get to enjoy.

Plus I think Garett enjoys me cooking too.

It's exciting from the beginning as I pick out the ingredients at the store in preparation for something yummy.

This is normally where Garett gives me funny looks as a I resist the urge to jump up and down in the store as my taste buds are anxious to enjoy this food.

Even better is attempting to recreate my mother's recipes. Not gonna lie, it is hard to recreate 20 years of perfecting my mom's recipe. It still went rather well regardless.

This is where I say YUM!!!!

Sometimes Garett decides it is his turn to cook. He makes stew that is DELICIOUS. He tries to pretend like it is no big deal, but actually it's quite impressive. ;D

A new recipe I have been trying which is a Veggie Rotini Pasta Salad and it was DELICIOUS and somewhat addicting.

Garett and I got in a baking mood and made 72 tiny cupcakes. Cute huh? Oh and homemade icing. =]

Some where regular icing (lighter colors). The darker were hot cocoa flavored and VERY good. =]













Then after he devours everything I/we make, he likes to curl up and take a nap. Apparently my lap makes a good pillow. But I don't mind because as long as he is with me, I am happy. =]

                                              

I'm sad to say Garett does not like me taking pictures when he sleeps. But what else is there to do when my man is napping? Regardless he's so cute when he naps and I have to keep record of these moments or one day I might forget.

Anyway hope you're having a lovely day!

Meg

My 200th Post

Originally I wanted to do something cool or awesome for my 200th post. I thought of doing one about Rexburg and how I've grown to love it despite the snow and wind here. I thought of doing one on all my new cooking experiences. I thought of doing one on Garett since I am so fond of him. Even thought of doing one about Thanksgiving and my family. But looking through it all I could not decide so I came up with something else.

I like where I am in life. I am on my own. I am learning and growing academically as well as spiritually. I attend the temple weekly. I am learning to cook. I have a wonderful boyfriend that makes me happy beyond reason. I live in a cute little college town that Garett and I can explore to no end. I've discovered many cool things and places about my town. My family is close by whether around the corner or a state below.

I have not forgotten my friends and home back east though. North Carolina will forever hold a place in my heart. I have friends and memories there that I could not and will not forget, friends that have shaped me into the person I am today, friends I will love forever.

As I look toward the future  I see many blurred lines and colors. I have an idea of the future, a minimal outline, but I cannot see all the details no matter how much I try. I guess this post is not about trying to see the details of my life, but to see it as a whole. I chose the picture above for a reason. It is an overlook of the city of Provo, Utah at night, but without the details, you would never know, it would be just another city. But sometimes it is better to not see everything, enjoy looking at the colors of lights and how they merge and contrast with one another. You know there is something out there, you cannot quite see what everything is though.

Life is not about knowing all the details. Let us plan a little at a time, embrace the uncertainty and the adventures that lie ahead. Where I will be in a year, I have no clue, I have an idea, but I do not know. All the same, I am fine with where I am. I am content with the life given to me and as I make it my own, I'll become the woman I was meant to be.

-Meg

Wonderings

You know sometimes I get caught up in my day-to-day routine. I get lost among the school work, work and social aspects of my life, and I forget to look back and see how far I've come. I've gone through a great deal in my young life. I've had times of great strength and others of great weakness. I came from a small town, being one of a few that shared my own beliefs at school. I grew up in a rather culturally diverse area, with the extremes of each season, where you knew a good 1/3-1/2 of your graduating class from when you started kindergarten.

I've been in college for over a year now. I'm surrounded by LDS young adults. I've been on my own for awhile now. I support myself a good bit. I maintain a part time job, while being a full time student, only to add a relationship that I didn't even think I would have time for. Not to mention trying not to completely forget about my friends and family and keeping up those relations.

I'm juggling more than I ever thought I could handle. I'm not saying I'm ungrateful for all of it, on the contrary, I am very grateful for all these opportunities. It is interesting to see how far I've come. My work allows me to handle criticism. My schooling teaches me about art, history, a combination of both, lots about the gospel that I never knew before, and much more.

My relationship is teaching me to trust and have faith. I am one that likes security and if there is one thing I am learning, relationships are never secure. It is a balancing act, a learning process, one that is exciting and terrifying all at once. But at least I am certain that I would not want to be on this adventure with anyone else. We're both learning and growing together and I know he will always be right by my side.

I guess the one point of all this is that I am not who I was 6 months, 1 year or 5 years ago. Though I have always been somewhat terrified of growing up, I am realizing I have been in the process of it for awhile now. It is scary, but I know with the Lord's help, all things are possible. Faith is easier said than done, and this is one of those times where I need faith more than ever.

I hope y'all can also learn to trust in Him. This time in your life may be easy, hard, scary, or exciting but I promise it will get better if you will put your trust in Him.

Meg

A Dream Come True

Garett and I watched "Howl's Moving Castle" tonight.

He hadn't seen it before.

He liked it.

I fell asleep.

He was really happy that I fell asleep.

He has always had a strange desire to see me asleep.

Silly boy.

But he got his wish.

Now I am off to bed to fall asleep holding his jacket,

until I give it back tomorrow.

I like him. =]

Sometimes I like

to act like a child 

and throw silly 

little fits. It's fun.

Meg

Dear Sun, I Miss You

Oh the days when the sun shown and there was no snow....

I'm already beginning to miss those days.

But look how cute this mini house is:

I can't wait to see my dear parents in 2 weeks! 

I miss them already (though I saw them 2 weeks ago).

Aren't they cute?

I also miss Aaron and Rachel. 

I would miss Jenny but she's one of my roommates.

(Left to right: Aaron, Rachel, Jenny).

I also miss my fluff ball:

Oh Emily, you are a cute ball of fur.

Finally your thick fur will come in handy.

North Carolina girls are the best in the world ;D

Wanna measure the snow?

Family and basically family.

Only cool people can lick their noses.*

And what would my life be without this man?

Not nearly so happy, entertaining and fun as it is now. 

Isn't he so cute when he is sleeping??

(That's what happens when you scratch his back).

Gosh is he not the cutest thing you ever did see????

(The answer is YES)

I'm so very fond of him.

Now if only Thanksgiving will hurry up!

It's going to be quite a fun adventure, meeting his family

and him getting to meet my family.

Yup he's such a cutie! 

Pssst! That boy in the above picture, he's my boyfriend.

Don't be jealous, even though you should be. ;D 

Snow snow go away

Let's skip to April

so you can go away.

Meg


*Yes I can touch my nose with my tongue.

I'm PRETTY sure I'm crazy...

In the back of my head there's this little voice that says I'm insane.

 But then I realize how happy I am and there must be some sanity in my joy right?

Happy happy happy happy happy.

 I totally beat him at making puffy faces,

He just makes me really happy. =] =] =]

Also he knows ALLLL the words to ALL the Disney songs pretty much.

He loves Spite and Malice (Now that I've taught him how) and he's kind of addicted to it. But can you blame him?

We like to cook lots =]

We love taking walks and talking

We're very silly together

He's a great reader

And a momma's boy. =]

And he is hilarious and makes me laugh constantly. 

Maybe I'm crazy, but he's pretty gosh darn great. =]

"I thought they were trying

to steal me from my mom!"

Meg

I Like Him!

"Are you sure???"

"Yup, he's good. I can tell."

I'm pretty darn fond of Garett. 

I recently discovered that he knows ALL of Gaston's songs in "Beauty and the Beast"

as well as "Just Around The River Bend" from "Pocahontas".

He loves hugs and giving them, which is good because I like receiving them.

He can quote Disney movies pretty darn well.

We like to make puffy faces.

He doesn't like raspberries.

  He is a milk addict like me =D 

(whole milk Albert, yup like you he likes all the fat he can get)

We play thumb wars a bunch, I think he lets me win sometimes....curse having small hands.

I am slowly educating him on old movies. We watched "Shall We Dance" last night.

Good ol' Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers!

And he thinks everything I do is cute, still don't fully understand that one.

O.o

He's pretty ridiculous and goofy but I'll save some of his funny stories for later.

This is Garett =] Hope y'all like him.

Told you he's not going anywhere.

When I was young I ate 4 dozen eggs

to help me so that I could grow large

Now that I am big I eat 5 dozen eggs

So I'm roughly the size of a barge!

Meg

More Surprises

So basically this guy right here is pretty much amazing.

I'll tell y'all more about him later, but for now here are the basics.

His name is Garett.

I met him through my roommate Nikki.

He's from southern California.

He just got back from serving his mission in Zimbabwe about a month ago.

He's very cute, fun, sweet and smart.

He's a bio major.

He likes to talk, walk and hike along with all board involved sports. 

We've gone on 2 dates and they were pretty much awesome.

The first was a straw maze, followed by taking a walk 

and enjoying white raspberry and hazelnut hot cocoa.

Today we hiked R Mountain with LOTS of wind, 

shrubs and a gorgeous view over all of Idaho.

Yup so this is Garett. =] Might wanna remember his name, 

I think he's gonna stay around awhile longer.

Why do we do everything backwards?

Because it is more amusing that way!

Meg

Unexpected

I love unexpected things.  

I love coming to the Academy of Comedy and being surprisingly entertained. 

(On campus comedy group; I expected them to be kinda lame, sorry!)

I love laughing my head off at said show.

I love meeting people in the most random ways

and then realizing hanging out with them is the best thing ever.

I love going to the Temple regularly.

I love when my classes get canceled.

I love Rexburg despite it being a high of 40 degrees here.

In general this week has been surprisingly great.

And I think it is only going to get better from here. =]

=] =] =] =] =] =] =] =]

What do you get when you

cross a snowman with a vampire?

 ...

Frostbite

Meg

A Brief Intermission

I just wanted to say that I am happy =]

Life is pretty darn great!

I hope y'all are all having a wonderful time.

That is all.

"My friend was chasing me with a knife?"
"Why? Wait was this real or a dream?"
"Oh geez no it was a dream! "
"Oh! Phew! Scared me there...."
Meg

Changing, Always Changing

I would love to tell you about how grand my weekend was, all the details of taking a walk with Haley, sleepovers with Haley and Rachel, going to the Temple 2 days in a row, one of those times my dear little brother was even able to join me. I'd love to go on and on about how after going to the Temple, my family showed up and I got to spend some time with them, and Rachel arrived from Provo, I got a letter from my dear friend Elder Michael Gmeiner, I went to dinner with my family and Rachel. We spent the evening chatting it up. Saturday after spending the morning at the Temple for the 2nd time I got to go to Mesa Falls with my family and friends. All in all it was a wonderful weekend. Not to mention a wonderful church, dinner with Rachel before she left and an evening chatting with Haley. It was wonderful. I could go into more details, but just know wonderful memories were made this weekend and I was grateful to spend time with those I was with.

I guess what I want to focus on is the idea of change. I am currently going through a change that even I cannot fully comprehend. I only know the Lord has much in store for me to learn and grow and I must work diligently to heed to His words and grow where is needed.

This is a change that is quite new to me. I have never gone through anything quite like this. Normally it is physical, emotional or more of a straight forward spiritual learning. This one though is very much blind, going in with nothing but faith and coming out as what the Lord wants me to be. It is challenging in ways words of this language cannot describe. I think we all go through similar things in our lives. We are faced with challenges that we cannot at present comprehend. This is the Lord's way of saying "put your trust in Me, and I will mold you into something better".

We all change and all grow. People come and go in and out of our lives and at the end of the day you have to take it for what it is and apply what you learned. It is not always easy. I feel more often than not it is difficult and unpleasant. It requires stepping out of our comfort zones in order to grow. For some this is easier than others but for myself it can be hard. I guess we all have to trust in the Lord at one point or another.

As it is said in the hymn "Come Thou Fount"- "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart, oh take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above". This is my time to give Him my heart and see where it takes me. I hope y'all are able to do the same sometime. It is quite an experience.

"A world where love is not the stuff from greeting cards but a trench war worth fighting" -Andrew McMahon from Jack's Mannequin
Meg

Those Little Moments

I had one of those moments, well more than just a moment.....but one of those things that just make your day infinitely better. A moment something like this from "Elizabethtown". Sorry about the captions and the wording is slightly off, but you get the idea.

One of those conversations that go on and on. It goes on while one of you is walking home from class, making lunch/dinner and doing homework. It continues while the other is out shopping and running errands, eating dinner and surfing the web. No matter whether you are peeing while on the phone or doing something else you keep talking about whatever the heck you end up talking about. And it's not until 4 hours later when previous engagements force you to hang up the phone that your conversation ends. But you know it's not really over, because one day you'll pick up the phone, give um a call and it will be like nothing changed. It will still feel like they left yesterday.

I love those moments. Those happy little happenings that make the world better. Don't you?

So pick up the phone, give someone a call and see where it takes you.
You may just surprise yourself.

If only the world were a little smaller
and you were a little closer
How different it would be.
Meg

The Good, Bad and Awesome

This weekend after a long hard week I decided to indulge myself.

With what may you ask?

Some good friends
Roman Holiday (found friends who love old movies as much/maybe even more than I do)*
And what is a good movie and friends without pizookie?

(Yes it was even better than it looks)

These are my B&W well educated film loving friends:

(Left to Right: Janae, Haley, Katelynn, Jenny, Myself)

To add to my joy, THIS fabulous girl is coming to see me this weekend!!!!!

Isn't she the cutest and prettiest and most amazing girl you ever did see?

I like to think so.

I am extremely biased though.

I haven't seen her since August and I am ready to party it up with her!

What would this world be without best friends?

Very sad for sure.

Speaking of which, I got to skype this kid last Thursday:This is Tyler in case y'all forgot.
He was here last semester rooming in Albert's apartment.
Anyway he's pretty much awesome and pretty hilarious.

On a side note: I cut my own bangs last night.

I'm not sure how I feel about them yet.

They might be good, but probably bad.
(Hence no picture)

Guess we'll see...

I want a cheese sandwich
Pepperjack is the way to go
Why are you hiding behind the couch??
Meg

*Thank you mom and dad for raising me on good movies!

Dream Big

Elaine S. Dalton spoke at our devotional yesterday.
She is the Young Women's General President of our church.

She said 3 things:
1) Dream Big
2) Step out of your comfort zone
3) Have confidence (through faith in the Lord)

He has given us so much.
She said "We must give up the plans we have for the the plans He has for us".

No matter what you're going through, He is by your side.

He is omnipotent and we must remember that.
We must write His name on our hearts over and over.
Never forget Him, He never forgets you.

Today is a gift
That is why it is called
PRESENT
Meg

Catching Up

Some things that have happened or been on my mind lately:

This talk here. I highly recommend reading it. It is one of my favorites. The image below is a small piece of it typed up and put with one of my favorite images of the Tetons last fall. I know I have showed this before, but this video (that goes along with the talk) is incredible and should be watched regularly.

It snowed last week. Not cool Rexburg, not cool.

Regardless, my roommates and I stood out in this for an hour to get sandwiches at Jimmy John's for a dollar.

Poor girl. Don't worry, the rain melted it the next day and it has been sunny all weekend (and actually feeling like fall now!)

This is what I miss it looking like:

I made pasta salad. It made for a great lunch, but bad breathe.
Guess who is going to brush her teeth before going to her New Testament class.
This girl! (What can I say? There are cut boys in that class and I can't be smelling like pasta salad around cute boys!)

For all those who heard about my fall in the caves, here is what my battle wounds originally looked like:

My knee looked better at first....

This was a few days later: This image doesn't do it justice.

It was much darker and more of a greenish/yellow/purple color.

I painted my laptop:

I went to conference with my family =]

Aaron slept in the corner of the room like a dog:

We thought it was pretty strange and funny.

I have had a great deal on my mind lately.

Pondering is essential.

"Embrace this day with an enthusiastic welcome, no matter how it looks."
-F. Enzio Busche

I just remembered I have
Izzes! Oh the little things in life!
Meg