Freebies2deals!

So I have a few deal sites I follow, but one of my faves is freebies2deals. She is a local Utah girl so she always has the best Utah only deals around PLUS online and nationwide deals! I have scored so many great deals including 2 fandango tickets for $9-$10! I've done it several times and can you say Harry Potter opening week and Eclipse? I just snagged 2 more and have them reserved for Breaking Dawn the Sat after it opens! $5 to see a spanking new movie? Heck yah! I've even already shopped for Christmas ( no hating!) I got Sorry adn the Game of Life for $4 each, a stuffed Alice doll (18inches) for $6 (shipped) from the Disney store, $10 Kinex box of 325 pieces ( free to store shippint), and FREE mag subscriptions like Better homes and Garden, Woman's Day and Car and Driver for Riley.

The long and short of it is- if you haven't checked her out or gotten into the groove of $ saving yet you gotta go visit Melea! Freebies2deals.com!

Time to Revisit :)

So remember my post last October about finding who Megan is? Well I think this has to be a yearly thing lol Because again I got frustrated with myself today...:( Boo! I went to Micheals and had a bit of buyers remorse hehe! SO I re-read my last post, evaluated it, and have discovered some very interesting results.

I am still a funny girl, an avid reader ,an artist, a chill mom, anda tom boy! I am still working on not neglecting my art ( part of the frustration btw :D) I have added at least one thing to my AM list though. I am also a student now- I enrolled in UVU this semester for 2 classes. I am enjoying it even though one of the classes is math! Blah!  I am also working on  a Health class, but I need to crack down on that a bit more- it is an online class so i am schedualing myself.

I'm still not a girly girl, thin ( DAMN!) :D,  super mom, or a super crafter. The last one is still on my struggle list, and I am setting up a plan to rectify it. I think I get involved in too much, and some things have to give when that happens. And although I am not super mom I am ironically on the PTA now hehe! I do the birthday board at Daae's school now. And I get up at 7:30 AM now people! LoL That is amazing people! Like the world has slipped into an alternate dimension!

And then there was the I want to become list. The first was a better daughter of God. I am happy to say that in the last year I have improved :) And Jaxon asks to say prayers and puts his little hands together, and says "Mamen" :D So if that isn't a step in the direction of building a stronger spiritual family I don't know what is! It's dang cute too LoL I do have a whole lot farther to go, but line upon line right?
I also wanted to be a better mom, and a better Megan as well. I think I have improved here too, but I do also have much more to work on!  Especially the figuring out the "things" I want to do and the things I need to pass on.

So here is my update! I am so glad I relooked up that post because I have felt like I was slipping back into the Who am I? mode. AH refreshing!!!!

Hello There!

I love how my blog has suffered for the summer LoL Suffice it to say that we have been busy little bees! Between getting Riley back in tip top shape, work, getting all my school stuff going on, and our summer to do list we have had a full summer. so here is a little photo montage of our summer exploits!

Splash Park!

Happy 24th of July!

Feed the Duckies!

Happy 6th birthday Daaelynn!

A Tinkerbell beauty set! Yeah!

Hello you Handsome Devil you!

Swinging at the park!

Bye bye cookies!

Happy 4th of July with cousins! ( and the LAST day Jax nursed btw :D )

Dancing at Aunt B's wedding!

Jaxon's first camping trip!

Holy T-Rex at BYU's paleontology museum!

Swimming at Payson pool!

Hi baby cow at Thanksgiving point!

Howdy farmer Jax!

Phew! We had a lot of summer fun, and we're not done yet! School is starting tomorrow, but we've still got some summer fun left to get to :) Well off to bed I must go to get up at 7:45.....I want to cry! LoL More back to school pics to come! 

Blessings!

So it's been a little while since I checked in. And things have been going along very well here in our home! Riley is doing great! He is healing nicely and even startted going back to work on Monday- he was getting stir crazy! I can't believe it was a month ago that we were doing Dr. appointments and finding out he was goign to have open heart surgery again. In that time we have had SO MANY blessings! And this post is to name all those blessings by name. Heather watched our kids as we left to go to the ER, and then IMC. Our Bishop met us at the ER and gave Riley a blessing. Riley's Uncle Scott has an AWESOME wife! She used travel points she had to put us up in a hotel close to the hospital for 2 nights, and my wonderful dad put us up for one. It was a HUGE blessing to be that close to Riley. My little sister, Anisa, came and stayed with me the Thursday- Sunday that Riley had his surgery and helped me with my lil Jaxie when he couldn't go into the ICU. Marci and Chad and the kids hosted my lil girl for the whole weekend, and Jaxon for a night- He broke though, and needed Mommy after one night LoL Riley's retro Ride buddies went ABOVE and BEYOND and jumped my battery the day it died at the Dr's office, then took it and fixed the AC compressor, and replaced the battery- and charged Riley nothing! Nothing!!! They are so wonderful! Our wonderful ward brought in dinner, and have helped us so much with the trials we've been given. Riley had several wonderful friends come and see him- Justin, Jeremy, and Rob. Riley's parents were an awesome support as well! Between rides up to the hospital, helping us when I had to go back to work, and taking care of some burdens that seem small, but really were huge- they have been wonderful. My parents are not physically here, but the emotional support, the daily phone calls and concerns, and helping with other obligations as well, have been invaluable to me! And then the support and prayers of our other family and friends have been felt and appreciated! And of course Heavenly Father for placing these amazing people into our lives. And helping us ( mostly me!) have faith in hard times. I know I will need it more and more as we go on with life. Thank you all so much again. We love you all!!!!

Oh My! Hello Irony!

WoW! So fun reading my last blog! LoL Well I guess I do actually have good things to report. My family and I had to wade through a whole lotta crap before we got to the good stuff, but sometimes that is what you need to happen to see all the good and all the miracles in your life.

So you know that ultrasound that my husband had? Well the ultrasound turned into a MRI and the MIR turned into a phone call to get my hubby to the nearest ER because they thought he had an aortic dissection ( blood is leaking between the layers of the aorta). EEK!!!! I looked it up...and probably went as pale as a ghost because I read that if the aorta ruptured there was a 80% mortality rate. Not the best moment in my life, just the opposite actually! So they life flighted him to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray and did a CT scan. The good news was that it was not an aortic dissection...the bad news is it was an aortic aneurysm, and there would be the same conclusion if it ruptured. His condition was urgent, but could wait a day for the Dr.s there to prepare to do open heart surgery and replace the aorta and the aortic valve with a mechanical graphite one.

So Thursday the 12th was probably the WORST day of my life so far. I was a bit of a wreck and my husband was scheduled to go into surgery the morning of the 13th...Friday the 13th btw :D After a blessing on him and on me I did feel much better though! I don;t know if you know what goes into doing a surgery like this, but it is a scary thought! There is a lung and heart machine involved, and blood draining, and cooling the body into suspended animation! Craziness and pretty scary!! But after everything he came out of it fine and is on his way to recovering right now. It will be quite a few weeks and months before I expect him to be tip top again, but I am just grateful he is here!!! And I will tell you that God has had his hand in this the entire time. I am amazed at how he has worked this in our lives. I know that we will have more trials come our way from this, but I am just blessed to have my husband and the father of my children here with me. I hope that we can live many many MANY more years with each other. For everyone who has helped and supported us- THANK YOU!!! We have AMAZING family that was able to help us, and an amazing ward that has already been such a comfort, and has offered so much! I am sure you will hear more from me as we get him home and settled! Till then keep us in your prayers, and check out how happy this little guy was to see his daddy!!

I'm Done

So my hubby has bronchitis, and also gets to go have an ultrasound of his heart tomorrow just to make sure it's ok. My son ran a temperature of 100-104.5 most of yesterday, and all of last night while I played the part of human pacifier, and temperature checker every hour- I got TONS of sleep!!! And I am about ready to delete my facebook because people are annoying me. These go in order of concern BTW- the facebook thing is a minor poo compared to the 1st two things! I am just worried and tired...and tired... and have no motivation for anything!!!! On a good note Jaxon has been fever free today, but way whiny and insistent on nursing whenever he gets a notion to do so :p GRRRR But Daae and I seem to be healthy! At least that is a little sunshine through the clouds! Hopefully I will only have good things to report next time!

Hello!!!

Hi there! Nope I didn't drop off the face of the earth :) I did however drop off the "loose weight" band wagon over our little vacation. Funny I worked out with my mom while I was down there but I drank about 6+ Dr. Peppers in a 3 day period- WOOPS!! And then I got home and I don't know if it was post vacation blues or weighing myself and realizing that I had gained weight over vaca, BUT I slacked off last week in a bad way. Which brings us to this last week! I'm getting better and back on the wagon! And although Vegas put some weight on me we had a great time! We went to the scary suspension bridge over the Hoover Dam- AH!!!!!!! I am not a heights person- I only got out there about a 1/4th of the way before I was ready to scoot back onto solid land! And there is about a 4 1/2- 5 foot railing on this thing! That's it!!!!!!!! SCARY!!!!!

We also went to my parent's Friday night date spot- the pinball place! I seriously think we need one here in Utah because it was way fun! I am planning on saving up for my own lord of the rings pinball machine for my basement someday...when I have a basement... :D
Jaxie riding in the car at the pinball place


We also went to the Mandalay Bay Shark Reef and saw all the fishies and petted some Rays- they were slimy, but oh so cute!!!!! I think Daae got a good kick out of the whole thing, and Jax enjoyed it when he finally woke up! Daae and the Big blue fish!

And fortunately both plane rides were very mellow and easy going... except when we were delayed by 3 hours going to Vegas- PAIN!!!! We were sad to go home though :( I REALLY wish my parents lived up here! REALLY! and my mom sometimes reads this blog so I am hoping she sees this! Hi Mom!!!! :D