Wait I'm 22 years old...when did this happen?

First of all this year has just FLOWN by! I can't believe that I turned 22 last Friday. It seems like just yesterday I was getting ready to go on my 21st Birthday Cruise! This year for my birthday, all I wanted to do was just sit at home and RELAX! As most of you know, I've had quite the busy schedule with two jobs and five online classes. I just wanted a day to not do anything but veg out on the couch! And I got just that! I got caught up on all the DVR shows that were taking up space and even got some video game time in there! It may not sound like the dream birthday celebration but to me it was!

I had told Matthew a couple months ago we should go to the Suns game since they would be playing on my birthday. He bought tickets and we were so excited to go. He's a HUGE Suns fan! Since he paid for the tickets, I was pretty convinced that going to the game was my only present. I was content with that but I decided I would ask what else I was getting...haha. I thought maybe I would get a jersey since he asked me who my favorite player was. But when I approached him about it, he told me that I wasn't getting anything else and he was just wondering who my favorite player was because they were doing a poll at his work. I believed him. We went to bed that night and in the morning, he left for work. I didn't sleep in too much that day but a couple of hours was all I needed. I got up and went into the living room and saw a present waiting for me. I started laughing. I opened it to find a Suns jersey and a neck massager. Oh and a card that made me cry....happy tears :) I was so surprised!

When Matthew got home from work, we headed out to the game. I wasn't sure where our seats were because I didn't look at the tickets but turns out the mister got some good ones! We were in Row 15 on the lower level! So SO SO close! It was awesome! Totally another surprise. The game was AMAZING! It went into DOUBLE over time! That's right DOUBLE over time! It was so intense. Don't worry, the Suns won!!!

All in all, it was a wonderful birthday! I got everything I wanted and then some! Thanks for all the birthday wishes I received.

xoxo
Megs

Matthew & I at the game

Double Overtime!!

Slam Dunk Half Time Show

Matthew & I again

Halloween

For Halloween, Matthew and I were able to travel home to the mother land. I was so excited to be able to finally take a trip home and see everyone! On Friday night, we visited my sister and her family for a little bit. The kids were really excited because I came baring gifts. Apparently, when we saw them back in July, I had promised my niece I would buy her a princess belle costume for her birthday. I didn't think she would remember....but she did! Don't underestimate the mind of a 3 almost 4 year old!!! She was quite disappointed when no Belle dress showed up for her birthday in September. I told her I would make it up to her and visit on Halloween. When I pulled out the dress on Friday she was so excited. Her face was priceless! I wish I would've gotten a picture of it! She stared at it for a few minutes and then I told her to go put it on. I'm pretty sure she wore that thing all weekend! She was in LOVE with it! After my sister's house, we went to Jessica & Dixon's house for dinner. We planned a little friend get together. I was nice to sit down with everyone and eat a fantastic home cooked meal. In the spirit of Halloween, we dressed up!! Matthew & I were 80's Jazzercisers, Laura & Ian were Katy Perry & Russell Brand, Clare was Medusa and Tyler was a lumberjack, and Dixon surprised us by putting on his Hannah Montana costume from a couple years ago. I was fun to just joke around and laugh! On Saturday, we were able to spend the majority of it with my sister and her family. The kids were SO excited to go trick-or-treating. They almost didn't go because it started to rain around 5 o'clock. After dinner the rain had subsided and we agreed to take them around to a few houses in the neighborhood. They were so excited they ran from house to house! I'm glad I was able to spend the day with them.

xoxo
Megs

Orion, Phoenix, Aeris

Me, Clare, Laura, Jessica

Ian, Matthew, Dixon

D-Back Game

On Sunday, Matthew & I went to a Diamond Backs game. I had won free tickets and when I went to pick them up, I got an extra set. We invited Matthew's friends Troy & Sara to the game. We had a great time. I was happy that they play in an indoor stadium. It was well over 100 degrees that day and the game started at 1 o'clock.

xoxo
Megs

Entertaining ourselves during the boring parts

Our view

Life Lately

Just thought I'd give an update since it's been a minute or two! Life has been busy, busy, busy lately. On a typical day, I work two jobs and work on homework from my five online classes! Most days I want to tear my hair out, but some how I make it through.

Things I'm Looking Forward To:

Moving Out of My Apartment
I'm getting ready move out of my apartment at the end of next month. I'm excited because this will save me rent money, which in turn will help me pay off my credit card. Whooot! If everything goes as planned, I should have it paid off by my birthday! Yahooo! I'm SO FREAKING excited! I have been "paying it off" for the last FOUR years! Wowzers! I've come close a few times but ended up using it again. Once I pay it off, I going to get rid of it!!! Ha!

Visiting UTI'm excited to go back home to visit friends and family in October. Matthew & I are taking a trip to visit my sister up north. While I'm there, I will finally get to see Jessica's baby! I'm so excited to meet this little one in person! Plus I get to take my niece trick or treating on Halloween!

My 22nd Birthday
Holy Crap! Where did the time go?! I can't believe it's almost my birthday again. It seems like just yesterday I was saying goodbye to 2009! Haha! I don't have any big plans for my birthday this year. I think Matthew & I might go to a Sun's game because they are playing that day. Other than that, I'm just excited to hang out....maybe get a massage or something. :)

ThanksgivingI'm excited to go up to UT for Thanksgiving this year. Last year, I spent it at home, steam cleaning my carpets. Yeah I know...I'm a winner! haha! This year I get to spend it with my WHOLE family! Everyone will be there. Drea & her family, John & his family, Chris & his family, and my dad! It will be a crazy trip but so worth it!

Well that is all for now. Thanks for reading :)

xoxo
Megs

The Great Outdoors...

Over the weekend, Matthew and I took a camping trip to Woods Canyon Lake with his friends Troy & Sarah. We had a great time. We camped, cooked, fished and hiked! We all survived the trip but have plenty of bug bites to prove it.

Baby bald eagle

Sarah-Jane & I fishing for crawdads

Matthew fishing

Matthew & I

On another note, my workout routine has been going well. I know I'm only one week into it but I feel better already. Surprisingly enough, I am excited to go running. It has been a struggle to finish the running each day (I blame it mostly on my bad ankle and crappy shoes). I'm going to end up repeating the first week but hopefully I'll be able to start week 2 next week.

xoxo
Megs

C25K

I have decided that I need to start exercising a little bit more. I came across this running program called Couch 2 5K. Since then I have been thinking about starting it. For about 2 or 3 years now, I have been saying I want to run a marathon. Which, if you know me, is really bizarre for me to say! haha! I HATE running! But I think that I finally found a way to ease into! Couch 2 5K is a 9 week running program that requires you to run 20 - 30 minutes, 3 times a week.

I read that to maintain your current weight, you need to do 30 minutes of physical activity 3 times a week. Because I want to get into better shape, I've also decided that I am going to start Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I plan on alternating between both because I tend to get pretty bored with the same thing every day.

I suspect that I will probably have to repeat a couple of weeks in the Couch 2 5K running program but hope that I can keep with it! And once I graduate the C25K, maybe I might start their 10K running program. Don't worry, I'll keep you all posted on how I'm doing :)

xoxo
Megs

Laughlin, NV

This past weekend, Matthew & I made the journey to Laughlin, NV for a semi family reunion. Haha! Most of my family was there and some of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. It was nice to see them all since it had been months and even years since I'd seen some of them. We arrived on Friday night around 10 pm and were too tired to go out and about. Plus we knew we had a long day at the lake tomorrow. So we hit the hay early.

Saturday morning, my mom texted me around 6 am....I know right?! Me, up at 6 am on a weekend...she must be crazy. It's safe to say that we didn't make the first boat trip out on the lake haha! We woke up around 9 am to catch the 10 boat to the other side where my family was hanging out. Little did we know that my family was pretty strict on what time we were suppose to be there. Ha! We got to the lake around 10ish but still had to find parking. After driving around for 5 mins, we finally found a spot. We parked and made our way down to the dock. We looked around for any signs of my family and I couldn't see anyone. We waited and waited until finally I saw two of my aunts walking up. We walked over and they said we had just missed the boat. Grr! haha! We were pretty frustrated because we had been standing there the whole time. They then told us that nobody would be coming back until 1! Just then, my brother Chris walked down to the dock and we told him the same story.My aunts decided that they would recruit Matthew & I to go back into town and get jet skis. I figured since no one was coming back until 1 we might as well. Boy was I wrong! haha! We drove back into town and every place was sold out of jet skis. And I later found out, my family had made several trips back to find us. Too late for that!We got back to the dock around 11:30 and decided to grab a bite to eat. Matthew & I were both starving because we had skipped breakfast. We ate at the restaurant on the dock and enjoyed some interesting conversations with my aunts.

Finally 1 o'clock rolled around and someone came and picked us all up. We made the VERY short journey across the lake where my mom & sister were waiting. I was excited to see everyone. We spent the rest of the afternoon swimming and playing.That night we went out to eat with my family at Chili's. Our waitress looked like she pretty much hated life. haha! My order was correct but I think pretty much everyone else had something wrong with it. After dinner, my brother & sister decided to go back to their hotel rooms because their kids were pretty worn out from the whole day. Matthew & I made our way to the Casino that the majority of my family was staying out. We played a few slot machines but didn't really win anything.

The next day, we went to lunch with my brother & sister-in-law at Outback. I got some potato soup that was so delicious! After lunch we decided that we better make the 4 hr journey back home. I told Matthew he could drive because I was a little sleepy. I'm so glad he did because on our way home we got a flat tire! Luckily he was able to pull over before there was too much damage done. The only bad thing was we were in the middle of no where and still 2 hours away from home. Thankfully, he has triple A! Since I have the worlds crappiest jack set for my car, we were unable to get the tire off. We had to wait about 40 mins before someone came out and put my spare on. We were able to make it all the way back to Phoenix with out any problems.

All in all it was a great trip! I'm so glad that Matthew came with me and that I was able to see my family. I didn't take a lot of pictures but here are a few.

xoxo
Megs

Keira & I

Gavin

Aeris & her stuffed thing named Ice Cream

Aeris, Ice Cream, Keira, Angela

Matthew & I

Keira & Gavin

Aeris after a long day at the lake

Matthew walking on the wobbly dock

Aeris

The fish I was pretty certain was going to eat Matthew's hand off!

Just a couple of Ducks waiting for a boat ride!