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Hello,  my name is Megan and I am a Song Pop addict.

Yes… Its sad but true, I broke down… played song pop…. and became addicted. Its not as if I don’t have enough to do… My house is a mess, I need to finish pricing stuff for the yard sale, I should be looking at my lesson for Sunday, go to bed so I can get up early… Instead I decided to share my love of Song Pop with you. Please love me still : )

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Justin and I finally went on a long camping trip this summer! Its been something that we have been looking forward to, but just haven’t had time to do! In fact it was so long our water tanks showed…EMPTY, we both read 1 1/2 books, played countless games of Ticket to Ride, Skip Bo, and Phase Forever, watched a few episodes of Friends on a tiny screen, made a new friend…. who we later killed… Those darling mice that they show in cartoons aren’t so nice when they get into your new camper!!! Darn thing! Don’t worry, its gone now, and everything has been sterilized… those of you who know me well know that I have a germ phobia… you had better believe that I wore a mask and gloves (Justin did too hehe) to clean up after the thing! The boys did great up in the mountains! They love it when they can just run and play! We are getting better at fetch… well Levi is, Orion just looks at us like “gee you dummy why did you throw that? Don’t tell me to go get it, you go get it!” We do great at sit (when we aren’t too excited), and they are experts at “go potty”.  They are cute little stinkers!

After our wonderful relaxing weekend away it has been busy. We have cleaned the camp trailer, got 4 loads of dirt for the yard and have started spreading them, found our garbage cans (the garbage man took them by mistake… he was supposed to pick up a family’s down the road that are moving), worked on sprinkler systems (I don’t know how I keep getting roped into helping in this little business of Justin and Bronson’s), and I have been working on some baby blankets…

notice that cleaning has not been mentioned… it hasn’t been done…

Today I got to go celebrate a wonderful man in my life. Grandpa Smith has been a great example to me since I was a kid. He has the greatest stories and he is one of the most amazing people I know. Happy 76th Grandpa! I love you!

I lent my camera out to a little guy… He took the greatest pictures! I had many a picture of bellies and belt buckles, busts and bums… I decided not  to post all the pictures… but Nicole and Javin… these are for you! (Yes Nicole, I found one of you too ; ))

SuMmEr TiMe!!!!

We are loving summer around here! We have been BUSY BUSY BUSY! (Hence the absence of blogging…) I don’t even know where to start…. I guess I’ll go by pictures!

First and foremost… Meet LEVI!!! Justin and I decided to get another dog. Levi is 15 days older than Orion. The family that bought him as a puppy found out that the dad was severely allergic to dogs… so we were able to add him to our family.Even though Levi and Orion aren’t from the same litter, they sure do act like brothers. We love him to death, he has been a great addition to the family!

Watchin’ Kyce play T-ball—and eating snow cones!

The day after we picked up Levi, we went camping for a few days. We had a great time! We are lovin the camper, and hope to go a lot more this summer! Here are a few pictures of what we did.

Played with the “POUPIES”.

RoDe BiKeS

Balanced on LoGs! Yes 1 footed even!

RaCeD on 4-WhEeLeRs

 

CeLeBrAteD CoDy’S BiRtHdAy!

 

Played…

And Played

The Boys and Dad

The Boys and Mom

And wore ourselves out!

Justin and I headed up to Yellowstone for Kelby’s wedding. It was a great get away for us! They were married in the park, since we had to go up because Justin was in his line, and since we had to pay the park pass anyways, we hit a lot of the park. We hadn’t been to Yellowstone since our Honeymoon (5 years ago!!!), it was fun to see the beautiful Wyoming scenery again!

Oh Yes… He even lit the Candles…

Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon

Good Ol’ Old Faithful

I got a new do… yup I chopped my hair! I love it so much more than it being long! I don’t have to take 15 minutes out of my day to blow dry it, no tangles, no pony’s… just pure easy! I love it!

Then came the 4th. We were pretty tired from our Yellowstone trip, so we stayed home this year. We got to spend time with family which was nice. The fireworks weren’t too bad either. The boys hated the sprinkler at Jim and Celeste’s house… Hopefully they will like the water as they grow!

Last night we went to the American Idol Concert! It was a blast! I still do NOT like Phillip Phillips. We couldn’t understand a word he said, or a song a sang… He did have 1 good song… but that was it! Colton on the other hand….. AWESOME! I can’t wait for his Album to come out! You can bet that I’ll be buying it! Elise, Skyler, Hollie… all awesome as well. Thanks Dr. Clifford for the Christmas in July party! It was a blast!

Here is a pic of the boys tonight… Its not the greatest, the don’t like to hold still! They are HUGE! There permanent teeth are coming in, and they are already on adult food! I can’t believe how big they are getting!

I’ve been busy with my callings… if its not practicing the organ… then its holding choir practice…. and if its not choir practice…. its primary. We have been getting ready for the parade, which hopefully will turn out great! I’ve had a lot on my plate, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Its amazing how inspired callings are. I’m so thankful for the callings that I do have!

Oh ya… here are pictures of our couches… We have been spending lots of time on them watching Friends… What a wonderful life! Hopefully I’ll do better blogging… but we will see : )

Updating…

Seriously… I can’t believe how busy a sister graduating from HS, a sister going on a mission… and a brother going on a mission makes us! It has been a really crazy couple of months! We are doing pretty good! Orion is growing like crazy… despite his tummy issues. Poor boy has been sick, well his little bum has been sick, but he acts fine. We’ve taken him to the vet, and he gave him some bacterial culture to sprinkle on his food to promote good intestinal health, but it has yet to start working. Hopefully we get this under control soon!

                                  Orion and Koda

Natalie Graduated. Yea : ) I made us some cute graduation caps that we had ice cream sundaes in afterwards to celebrate!

Because I had people coming over.. I even got some vinyl cut for my walls!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justin and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on the 1st. Its crazy to think that it has been that long, but it has been a wonderful 5 years! We spent ALL day at a dealership. I mean ALL day, but we came home with this brand new toy. We are so excited to get up in the mountains and get camping! We have been looking for a camper for a long time, but never found one that had everything we wanted. Then after seriously a year or more of searching, Justin found this one. It had the bunks and bathtub that I wanted, It was a fifth wheel like Justin wanted. Plus it had a lot of upgrades that we weren’t expecting! Speakers on the outside and inside, 2 skylights, upgraded countertops and fridge, Propane hook up for a camp chef, outdoor shower, all in its 25 ft. We were pretty excited, and decided that is what we would get for our anniversary. I think we’ve got it decked out and ready to head up to the hills!

Landon left for his mission on Wednesday. It was a good day, but pretty emotional! He will do great! We are so happy for him! We got to go to Lagoon with him before he left, and on Wed. went and shot off a HUGE rocket, the biggest one we’d ever done before we took him to the MTC. It was a good time!

Well, this is all for now. Hopefully I will get better at blogging both on my blog, and my brother and sisters letters on their blog! On to my primary lesson for tomorrow, and tying quilts for the camper!

Orion

Meet our BOY!  We brought him home yesterday, and are already so in LOVE!!!