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March 14-20, 2016

January 18-24, 2016

I was able to have a very fun week.  We started out having a girls night at Saba in SLC with my cousins.  We laugh until we cry which is always a good thing.  We had some hilarious moments with Kylo Ren and Cara Lauren that made us all die laughing.  These ladies just get me and I love them.  This weekend Emma and I rented a car and headed to sunny Vegas for a surprise 40th birthday celebration for Jana.  I can't believe we are 40.  Well she is, I am much younger.  We had the best time on the strip.  It is great that Emma and Anneka love each other as much as Jana and I do.  Seriously, I haven't laughed this hard a in a long time.  We did come to the conclusion that we are like an old married couple which made it even better.  I sure love this gir and wish her the best 40th  year ever.  

Crazy death eater.  I am not sure how she is doing this but it was super impressive.

Chicago 2015

The Vogels flew me out for a week of Chicago Style fun

Meeting my Nephew

I took a trip out to DC from October 18h to October 25th. When I planned the trip I didn't realize how sick I was going to be. I had the best of intentions to go out there, spend memory making moments with my niece, snuggle my cute new nephew, and spoil my sister and brother in law. I was completely disappointment that I couldn't manage to do any of this. In fact poor Ryan would have to come home from work and take care of Maren and me. It was great that I got to meet Benjamin and good to see all of them I just wish I had been more helpful.

Even more lame we didn't take any pictures except these three winners.  I do love Lulu in this pic though.

Proof of me holding Benjamin

This was a scene you could see everyday.  All of us passed out.

Maren from pure exhaustion and me from sickness and the kids having a nap.

I hope next time I am better suited to help her out.  I need to stop having grand illusions.  It really makes it hard when you can't live up to even half of what you wanted to do. 

Off you go...

JJ finally got to head to Washington DC.

He is the only one in the family that hasn't been.  When mama and papa said they were going I might have asked if JJ could tag along.  Uncle Carl was flying with them stand by, so it meant that JJ had a better chance of getting on the plane. JJ was really excited/nervous to go.  He had never been on a big plane and he didn't really know what to think about it.  We sure hope that you have a wonderful time.  It is the perfect city for JJ.

Pentagon City and the Chicken dinner (Day 4)

We took a day off today and let the kids rest in front of movie after movie. They watched Sound of Music and Annie. Maren grew up watching Annie over and over and over so it only seemed fitting to introduce my girls to Annie with Aunt Maren there. What we learned though is that Maren and I have never actually seen all of Annie. We had a recorded version from the TV. They left out a lot. There were songs we had never seen. It was crazy.

After sitting around all day we left to pick up Ryan. Then we headed to Pentagon CIty to go shopping for JJ and Emma. I wanted to get them something from DC.



After we headed to 7-11 to get me a coke Slurpee. While I was in the store a Hispanic man came up behind me in line. I turned around and we made eye contact.
Man: "Hey" Eyebrows raised in a come and get it sort of way.
Me: "Hi"
Man: "What's your name?" in a seductive creepy sounding way
Me: "Megan, and yours?" In a I am married and have four kids kind of way
Man: "You married?"
Me: "Yep!" as I showed him my ring
Man: "Are you sure?" In a I am way beyond creepy and you should be freaked out now way
Me: "VERY" In a could you get me out of here fast enough
As I left I got eyed up and down by this "nice" man. I will have to say as creepy as it was and as DESPERATE as he was it does feel good to know that someone out there still thinks I am worth looking at. Even if he was a creepy guy.

I have never been so grateful to have a van waiting from me outside with the engine going and people inside.

My two little sickos

That night we ate in. We had Artichoke Chicken thanks to Ryan and yummy bread from Wegman's. Okay, so this dinner was eaten at 9:30 that night. We were all a little crazy and I think this is the day Ryan wished Ellie's ruby red shoes could really click together and send us home. He never made us feel that way, but I can just imagine he did. How could he not with two sick kids, and a sick mother-in-law. I had all these plans of going and helping Maren out and really all I could do was help my kids and try to keep them away from Lucy.