Wednesday, December 21, 2011

its about time i get caught up!
i hate that i am not a good blogger. i feel like i have every intention of blogging every event, i even take a lot of pictures.i decided instead of making a post for everything since i have like 10 events i would like to post, i am going to do a quick re-cap of all and vow to be better.

LONG BEACH:
we went to long beach on a little vacation. we ate, slept, ate, went to the beach ate and went to an angels game. we ate at our favorite mexican restrau
rant like 6 times and we were there for 4 days! it was so fun and just what we needed.

i promise we have our swimsuits on!!!

maybe the yummiest mexican food ever!


ST GEORGE MARATHON:
good job to jordan who ran his second marathon. he killed his last time and i am so proud of him!


1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY DATE:
we went to tiburon and it was delicious! when you have a little extra money you should go. i kept saying this is so good and the next course would co
me out and it was so good too! mmm...


RAGNAR LAS VEGAS:
jordan and i ran wasatch back in june of this year and decided to run las vegas because we got a fun medal for running both. i can't even believe i ran another ragnar because i told everyone that i would never do it again. its hard and you get no sleep and you have to ride in a car FOREVER... i wouldn't say this was fun until after its over.my goal was to finish without walking and i did it!
leg 1 about 3 miles. feeling good, glad to get this thing started
leg 2 about 5 miles. tired. had to run in the middle of the night. scared i would get eatin by wolves.
leg 3 7.7 miles. hated my life when i saw the first hill... h
ated it even more when i saw the next 2. thought i was going to die. if i remeber correctly the "map" showed no hills. cryed real tears when i saw the finish line. puked and pooped the rest of the night. TMI? oh well, just telling it like it was! i have always said that ragnar is harder then a marathon, jordan disagrees. ragnar is so exhausting in every way. you get no sleep, you eat crappy all day AND you are stuck in a car for hours. after the 26.2 i never felt the way i did after i ran those 7.7 miles. funny story, after crossing the finish line, getting our awesome saints and sinners medals and eating we went to our hotel to sho
wer and relax... no lie jordan and i were asleep in 3 minutes. i woke up still in my running clothes and on top of the covers.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMMIE!
as you know ammie may be the best grandma on
this earth. i love her and all she does for me. we had a little bday party for her at our house. it was super fun and i am so glad we could get together with the madsens.
THANKSGIVING:
we went to my mom and dads and boy was it delicious. it was a small affair this year but so fun!
i am so grateful for all that i have.

i hate that this is sideways. oh well. love my mama!



CRAFTS:
for the last year we have been having craft night once a month. i love it! here are a few things we have made in the last few months.
halloween




thanksgiving
i made a really cute gobble and turkey but can't find the pictures.
christmas

i made the 3 trees with ribbon. bought the rest.




Friday, October 7, 2011

1 year down.

1 year ago was the best day of my life.

1 year ago i got married.


this year has gone by in a wink.

the. best. year. yet.


no this year hasn't been perfect.

yes sometimes we fight.

sometimes our dogs poop in all the wrong places.

sometimes j uses the bathroom right after i clean it.


we have had sick days, grumpy days, over budget days.

days that are hard.


those not so good days are nothing to the days that "take my breath away"


the TMBA days may not have been in the bahamas and we still haven't won the lottery.

but coming home to jordan is so special.


jordan makes me smile when im sad.

laugh when im grumpy.

calm when im anxious.


i have grown to love jordan more and more and more everyday.

he gets me. he knows me. he loves me.


i couldn't ask for anyone better, more handsome.


thank you to him for making me want to be a good person.

thank you to him for letting me be and believe as i choose.

thank you to him for supporting me.

making me feel pretty even thought i wear sweat pants EVERYDAY.

loving our dogs.

not making fun of me when i cry while watching the X factor.

being dedicated to our marriage.

saying sorry more then i have.

being nice when i am mean.

changing the bed sheets to the "sleeping sheets".

motivating me.


i thought i knew how happy i would be as his wife, i didn't know it would be like this.

i love jordan with all of my heart. i am so excited to see what life will bring us.


love FOREVER,

meghan.

































Sunday, September 11, 2011

9/11

there are not too many days that i remember like i do september 11, 2001.


i remember sitting in mr. martin's class 1st period. as we listened to the radio, we heard that a plane had crashed into one of the wtc towers, we all carried on talking lightly of the situation and the radio was turned off. as i walked to my second period (mr. bowman's math class) i had no idea what i was about to see on the tv. what i saw will forever be in my mind... the other tower hit, one starting to crumble. i was terrified. my class sat in silence. i couldn't wait to get out just to call my mom. i went to wendy's with my friend kelly, as she sat and ordered i cried and begged my mom to check me out of school. i totally thought utah was their next target. my mom wouldn't let me come home, she thought it was best if i stayed at school. i learned nothing at murray high that day.

i can't imagine how the people of nyc felt that day. i can't imagine getting a call from a loved one saying their plane had been hijacked or that they were stuck in a tower. i can't imagine fearing that i would never see my loved one again. and i can't imagine being in a plane or in a tower knowing that i was going to die that day.

this week as i have watched specials on every channel. i felt so much sadness for the families that lost so much that day. i cried as i read the stories about kids who lost their dads, and i hurt inside so much for those who never met them.

i am so very grateful that i live in this country. i love my freedom and i love each person that sacrifices to fight for my freedom. i am grateful that there are brave men and women that fight for our country, fight crime, go into burning homes or crashing towers to save their fellow man. they are my hero's.

it brings me peace to know that one day the evil of this world will no longer exist. that those who served that day and everyday will have a special place in heaven.


Monday, August 29, 2011

the inside-- downstairs.

i am on a blogging role!! here is the rest of our house!

i have no before pictures. just to give you an idea of what it used to look like, one wall was yellow and one wall was navy blue. and yes i am serious. the carpet stayed the same. downstairs also has a bathroom, a storage room aka jordan's closet and the laundry room.



we hang out down here more
then anywhere else. we love it!
thanks again to my parents for helping paint, and to
ammie for our quilt on the couch!


Sunday, August 28, 2011

the inside-- upstairs

here are some before and afters of the upstairs. i wish now that i would have taken more pictures of before but these will have to do!

the kitchen. BEFORE.

don't mind the faces in any of these pictures.
here i am getting started with the cupboard doors.
like i said i wish i would have taken a picture of the complete
kitchen BEFORE. :(


thanks so much to angie, my mom,
amy and jordan for helping me tackle
this huge project. painting cabinets
is awful.



grandma lund in all the madness!


the original color of the cabinets.


the original counter tops.


jordan getting ready to
rip out the tile.


the mess. the gray blue pieces you see is what
we got when we moved in. the yellow is
what was underneath.

a giant thank you to ben for helping with
the demolition and to spencer helping
lay the tile and providing the
tile cutter!

the kitchen AFTER:


i love it! good thing amy and wendy talked me
into doing green cabinets.
i am so glad that we did the corner cabinet
a different color.. still need to
paint the doors for that.
we changed the wall color twice.
love my little table for two. it fits perfect!
love my chalk board! (the last pic, if you can't tell)
jordan did the back splash all by himself!

the front room. BEFORE.



the ONLY picture before.
notice the ugly green carpet and
walls. blah!

the front room. AFTER.


thanks to tasha's grandma and everyone
in her family for hating these pictures.
i love them, and so glad i could have them.
i had been looking for old, painted pictures!




i love how this room turned out too!
thanks jordan for giving in and
buying me leather couches, even though you hate
sitting on leather.
we had an accent wall in this room
it was purple and turned out ugly, making
the couches look purple. so i repainted it
and am glad i did!
thanks to my mom for talking me into putting
the couches in these places, i would have never
thought of putting them like this.
the front door is just to the right in the
first pic.
putting the shelf up, also in the first pic,
was hell! good thing ammie has an old house too
and knows how to handle plaster walls.



our room. BEFORE.


the walls were some sort of peach. and if you look close
you can see the orange wood floors. i know
the pictures of me and jordan are really cute. thanks.
angie also helped us paint this room.
thanks again ang.

our room. AFTER.

gray is one of my favorite room colors.
and mustard yellow i love love.
ammie helped me make my head board.
i stole her idea of rapping it around from
window to window.
love how it turned out.
i think i bought ten different sheets sets
before deciding on the very first
one i purchased.
grandma lund made us our quilt that is
at the bottom corner in the first
picture. love that too!





this is the hallway looking into our room.
to the right is a bathroom. we have
done nothing to either bath.
i would love to rip it all out, but
that costs money that we don't have.
and behind is another bed room.
which is, for now, the dog room.
we painted it a light pink and i intend
to use it as my "get ready" room. i just need to
get rid of all the dog kennels and put
in the cutest vanity. maybe one day.


our wood floors. i am so happy these are throughout the
upstairs. and in good condition. when we moved in
they were different shades of orange. gross.
thanks to my mom and dad for paying to have them
refinished. love them!



well, this is the upstairs. we love it! thanks again to all that helped us transform this house to our home. we couldn't have done it without you!

basement pictures coming soon!