Why I love going home...

I had a blast in California with my family...I could have stayed out there for weeks...actually probably forever! The weather was amazing and I stayed busy doing lots of fun things! Getting a pedicure is always on the top of my list when going down there because they are so cheap(well not so much this time) and you wear flip flops the whole time so you have to! I also love the frozen yogurt craze down there...yummy! You make your own and they charge you by the ounce. There is actually a place like that in SLC now too!
Of course I hung out with my nieces and nephews the whole time! We went to the pool 2 days in a row! I loved it! The pic below didn't turn out too well, but the sunsets are always great at my parents house.
I was on the baby gear hunt the whole time too! I don't think my baby girl is going to have furniture in her room. I have expensive taste, but am the biggest bargain shopper! I am just going to have to face the fact that I am not going to find the right crib and dresser for the right price. Any tips? Thanks for all the response about registering. I did that too in CA. It was not nearly as fun as registering for my wedding! I can't believe how much things cost! I feel like I am going to change my registry a bunch because I just can't make up my mind. Before we registered my family ate at BJ'S! My favorite place ever...barbecue chicken pizza...I'm drooling!

One of my favorite parts of the trip...my diaper bag purchase! Many of you have heard of Ju-Ju-Be Diaper bags... Check out their website if you haven't! My moms bishop invented/founded the company so I got to go and pick out my bag from their garage! It's always hard to find the one you want because you can't buy them straight from the website, so I was so happy when he invited me over to get one(well, I invited myself!) I got an amazing deal and I love it!

Why do I live in Utah again...someone please remind me?

Another random thing I found...you know you'll do this too!

Here is what it came up with for

Megan Chase...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 51 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Megan Clark was 516...and Joshua Chase was 152.

Babysitting and Wedding...

We went to the most amazing wedding last night! (Luke and Hollie Whatcott's)It was gorgeous! It was a sit down, name card and all, 3 course dinner that was served to us. I loved it. Part of me wishes I did my wedding like that...and I kick myself all the time about not getting a darn wedding video done! The best part about the night was that Hollie is cousin's with Peter Brienholt, so he was part of the entertainment. Josh had fun hanging out with his high school friends. I love weddings...I wish planning weddings was part of my career, but maybe later in life. Right now I have fun hanging out with 5 year olds! p.s. they let us take apart the centerpieces at the end of the night and take all the roses home!

Wednesday and Thursday we got to stay with the Clark kids. They live down the street. We had so much fun with Millie, Sam, and Wilbur. They are the cutest kids with the best personalities. This would be way to long of a blog if I started quoting all the funny things they said. It was fun playing parents for a few days, especially with such trained, well behaved kids!

One of the CUTEST girls ever!

This is Tati (short for Tatianna)...she is one of the most behaved, adorable 3 year olds I know! We got to watch her last night and I had so much fun (besides the fact that I am sick and my head feels like it is going to explode!) She brought Mary Poppins, we made cookies, watercolored, and painted our nails! Josh really enjoyed her too...now lets see if we can produce a girl just as perfect as she is!

20 weeks and the ultra sound!

So, we had our appointment yesterday, and we are so excited! I was so happy about having a little girl! I can't wait! It was so fun having both of our mom's there...after the appointment we went straight to Old Navy to buy some cute little outfits and then my mother in law bought me some clothes at Motherhood Maternity. I can't wait to buy more for my little one, but I am trying not to go too crazy! Josh is neutral...excited, but hasn't really comprehended the whole idea! It was a fun day, ended with a great night at BUNCO! Life is awesome!

Brag session...

So, I am excited to post about our most amazing trip ever, but it will take a while so I need to do it later...check out my friend Adrienne's blog...she pretty much wrote the most detailed blog ever about our trip!

Anyway, back to my orginal post...my brother owns a graphic desgin and printing company in Southern California. He is way talented and has done work for well known companies. However, his most notable work is featured in People magazine this week. He designed and printed the wallpaper for Christina Aguilera's nursery! I would not have picked out this particular design...not my favorite at all. It has been interesting to hear all the behind the scene stories about it all, and I am excited to come up with the theme for my nursery. I am hoping my brother will come up with something super sweet for my babies room!

Expect another post very soon...I find out what I am having tomorrow! Yea! And, I will have to post another belly pic because I feel like I have popped out way more in the last week or so!

18 weeks and snow pics!

Me at 18 weeks! I think this picture makes me look bigger than I really am...I think it's the tight shirt or maybe I am just in denial! 1 and a half weeks till I am halfway done and find out what I am having! yea! Last night my sister in law waxed my legs (and burnt my eyebrows!) so I am all ready for Hawaii! 2 more days! I can't wait to wear flip flops!

These are pictures of the after math of the storm we had last week. After it stopped snowing, Josh went out and got to work! As you can tell, it was above his knees! It finally cleared up and we were still able to get out for the Super Bowl!

Web Cam and SNOW!

First of all, Josh and I got to talk with our good friends Jack and Sarah using a web cam. It was so cool! They've been living in Europe since October-ish and it was so fun to be able to see and talk to them. It made me want to get a web cam for everyone in my family so we can talk for free and see eachother while we talk. My nieces and nephews would love it too! So, one of my new favorite things is a web cam. I actually don't have one yet,(we used Josh's parents) but it's on my things to buy list!

The big news of the day is...we are snowed in! Ok, not literally, we can still open our front door, but even our church was canceled! This is part of an email from our bishop titled SNOW EMERGENCY...

RECOMMEND NO TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
IF YOU TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE AREA, CARRY A SNOW SHOVEL AND BLANKETS IF YOU GET STRANDED.
KEY HERE IS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PULLED SEVERAL FOLKS OUT OF THE SNOW DRIFTS...
UNLESS YOU HAVE 4 WHEEL DRIVE , DON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE. TAKE CARE OF YOURFAMILY FIRST, THEN HELP A NEIGHBOR.
ALL HOME TEACHERS CALL YOUR FAMILIES AND CHECK ON THEIR STATUS.
I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THOUGH A PLOW HAS BEEN ON SOME STREETS, CONDITIONS ARE SO BAD NOW THAT DRAPER IS NOT SENDING MORE PLOWS UNTIL THE STORM SUBSIDES.
IN SHORT, USE YOUR HEAD. KNOW YOUR CAPABILITIES...YOUR LIMITATIONS. DON’T PRESS BEYOND THEM.

Crazy huh! I wish I had a pic, but they aren't turning out too well, considering it is completely white outside! I swear I live in Antartica! This has been the worst winter ever! At least I only have 8 more days until I leave for Hawaii!

Hawaii...here we come!

Before you know it, Josh and I will be back in beautiful weather, living in our swimsuits and floppy hats! I can't wait. We thought we had better take at least one more sweet vacation before we enter into parenthood, so we booked a trip! We've always wanted to travel with friends, so we are excited to be going with Adrienne and J.D. We wasted no time and decided to go while it was still winter, so we are leaving in 20 days! We will be there for Valentines, Adriennes B-day and our anniversary! YEAH! The good thing is now we have time before July to fit another trip in, not counting CA!

Funny sleep habits...

So, Josh is a weird sleeper. He always wakes me up with his talking and weird movements. The funny part is, no matter how much he is talking to me, he really does not remember anything in the morning. Last night was the best...Most of you know that I am for sure a night person, and I didn't have school today, so I was going to stay up later than Josh. Of course I fell asleep watching TV... I finally woke up and went to bed. As soon as I opened the door to our bedroom, Josh flips off the blankets and jumps up out of bed. I freak out in the corner by the door and say things like, "What are you doing," "Josh wake up, you are freaking me out." Then he says, "Why do you always freak out when I get up at night?" I knew he wasn't awake. He continues to say, "I just want to get a cold glass of milk and pour it on your face!" Then I say, "Are you awake?" And he sleepily responds, "Yes," as he quickly falls right back to sleep. I laughed out loud for a few minutes and replayed it in my head so I wouldn't forget what he said. Of course my adrenaline was rushing too because for a second there I was really scared...And do you think he remembered this morning? NO!

Our weekend...

Goodbye Ford Ranger! Josh is finally getting a truck from work! His boss has told him the whole year that he would get one. Last week his boss told him that he could put his old truck up for sale...so he did. Josh was bored on Friday so I said put your truck on Craigslist and see what happens. He posted it and 2 minutes later a guy called him...5 minutes after that Josh was leaving to meet the guy to show him the truck...15 mins after that I was leaving because he had sold it and didn't have a ride home! Good thing we had 3 cars and he will have something to drive this week. We better get a new truck this week...anyone want to buy a Dodge neon?

Saturday, I had to take a test at UVSC at 7:30 am! For anyone who has their teaching degree, which lots of you actually do, I had to take the Praxis content test over again. I took it 5 years ago and got a 147. To get my level 2 license I had to get a 150. So I took it again. I will be lucky if I got a 100. It was so hard and random...I will let you know in 4 weeks what my score was...

The rest of the day we hung out with Adrienne and JD. We went golfing, went to Trolley Square, and then to the Jazz game. It was a lot of fun. Adrienne and I are such good sports! We even tried golfing on the 3 par course, but it was just to cold (and boring.) Josh and JD are connected at the hip, literally...see the dark pic above. Starting this week, JD is even working at Brite Nites with Josh. They have quite the life.

Miss Utah...

This is Jill Stevens...Miss Utah. She was my neighbor in the dorms my freshman year of college. She is so awesome! Lately I have become a huge fan because of the show Miss America: Reality Check on TLC. I love the channel and when I saw this was on I was excited to see what it is all about. There has only been one episode and Jill was in it a lot. It was fun to watch, and she even was voted into the top 3 by the judges! Anyways, the Miss America pageant is on TLC on January 26th and of course, like many reality TV shows, they are giving America a chance to vote.

"The Miss America organization has decided to involve fans in the pageant voting this year. Following the first episode of Miss America: Reality Check on TLC (which aired Friday, January 4), voting opened for viewers to select a surprise 16th pageant finalist in the competition.
Voting for the pageant's 16th finalist will run through midnight on January 25, and the contestant with the most votes, who is not already included as a Top 15 finalist, will become "America's Choice" to be revealed during the "Miss America Live!" finale that evening."

Anyways, if you are from Utah, or even if your not...vote for her! You can do it through TLC.com. Go Jill!

p.s. I am usually not into the whole pageant thing...I think it's fun because I know her...and you have to admit they are fun to watch when you catch them on TV!

The loves of my life...

I know I need to start posting pictures of Josh and I, and maybe someday pictures of my own kids, but as of now these are some of the most important people in my life! After spending over a week with them you would think they would drive me nuts, but they don't! I miss them already. I stole this pic off of my moms computer while in California and just had to post it. I am obsessed with my nieces and nephews!

Happy Belated New Year!

My only New Year's pic...Josh and my brothers lit all the trash we had from the cabin at midnight! Exciting night, huh? It was funny because we were all so busy watching them through the windows that we didn't even notice midnight had come and gone.
Above...one pro of living in Suncrest...great views!

Below...one con of living in Suncrest...more snow than you would believe! We had to hire someone to come do our driveway when we got back from CA because there was so much snow...and it never melts!

So, we were in California for a week and when we flew home my whole fam flew up with us. We all stayed at my parents cabin in Oakley, Utah...kind of by Park City. We had so much fun! I just can't get enough of my nieces and nephews! The only bummer was that I had to go back to school while everyone was still here...and get this...the night we got back to our house we had no water! I was so frustrated! I had to shower before school...so we called this emergency number and some crazy dude came out at 10:00 p.m. and fixed the problem. The meter out on the sidewalk had frozen. I got to shower before my first day back to school! YEA!

Our fun Christmas break...

Christmas morning rocked! I usually like the idea of a white Christmas, but not when you live in it all winter. Christmas at the beach is the best way to go. My niece and nephews slept in the guest house with my mom and dad and came tromping in at 6:30. The picture of the tree doesn't even do justice to how many presents there were under the tree. These kids are spoiled! There was even a bounce house waiting outside for them from Santa. We got the best deal on all the kids matching p.j.s at Gymboree and they looked so cute. They opened them on Christmas Eve, and Isaac put his back in his box and said, "This isn't the present I wanted to open," and he went to look for another one.

My cute class on the day of our class Christmas party. Santa came! It's been nice to have a break from these guys, but I sure do miss them!

We started off our Christmas with the drive through lights at Thanksgiving Point! LAME! I don't think it is very appealing to the mid 20's crowd. Somebody made the choice to go for family night on Monday night...there were hundreds of cars! Good thing we went with good company, but we learned a good lesson...never go again!

Some of the cutest kids ever...

Here is my sisters Christmas card...aren't her kids the cutest? I am a very proud aunt!

Something I am NOT looking forward to...

So, this was my house last year in January! What a mess...this tiny picture doesn't do justice...I get so much snow at my house! I am already annoyed with the little amount of snow I have outside right now and I can't imagine the trauma I will feel in the months to come. Luckily Josh got us a snow blower today. He will love that...no more shoveling! I really don't mind the snow when I am able to be inside all day, drinking hot chocolate and watching TV. However that is rare...I am usually braving the cold, snowy mornings trying to get to work on time! I miss summer!

Devoted and Ready to Start...

After many months of spending much time searching through many peoples blogs, most of whom I don't even know, I have decided to finally get my own blog up and running. Since I love when people update frequently, I am going to try to be like that and post often. We'll see how it goes, but I do think this is a great way to journal(something I am no good at) and to share thoughts, jokes, and funny school stories with people who actually care! Here it goes...A look into the lives of Megan and Josh...mostly Megan's!