Disney On Ice!!!

 We went to Disney on Ice last weekend...it was absolutely fabulous!!! You could feel the Disney magic and it just made me want to go to Disneyland even more than I already do!! It was called Mickey and Minnie's Adventures and they 'took us to different places'. The first was to Africa with all the Lion King characters, then we went Under the Sea with Arial and friends, then to Hawaii to meet Lilo, Stitch and the gang, then to London to meet Mary Poppins and then the Darling clan, then we flew to Never Never land with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, it was AMAZING!!!

 John, Michael and Wendy waving goodbye to Peter Pan and Tink as they flew back home!!!

 Timon and Pumba, aren't they cute?!

 Lilo and Stitch doing a little ice dance for everyone, they were sooo darling!

 Minnie and Mickey waving bye to us, and you can see Nala and Simba in the background too!!

All of the characters doing one last performance before the curtain closed!! I am so happy that Ry consented to go with me and that we had such a great time!!

Halloween Party

Ry and I had a super fun Halloween party with a few of our friends the Saturday before Halloween. I spent all day getting the food together while Ry went to Rexburg for "more important things" namely buying new snowmobiles. He sold mine and said he was going to get a better one. He called me on his way home to inform me that he had to buy two more and his reasoning was " I couldn't resist, they were such a good deal!!" I know i've probably used this phrase numerous times, (but on much smaller purchases,) so there wasn't much I could say, but get your bum home and help me finish getting our party together. He finally got home and helped me finish getting things together and we had a fabulous night!

 Famous black-bottom cupcakes with my mom's "very secret" frosting and little candy dishes full of treats (Ry's contribution).

 Mummy bread, monster finger breadsticks with bloody sauce, a cheeseball headstone  and guacamoldy with chips.

 Heart jello, mummy dogs and deviled egg eyeballs...

 Ry the pirate getting the witches brew together (doesn't he look great as a pirate!?)

 A rambunctious round of Ghosts and Goblins followed by a fiesty game of the Newlywed Game!!

 Pirate's Booty

 Cute, pregnant Charish and her husband, Clayton came even though she was exhausted and ready to pop, we excused them from the costume rule. Nat and her husband, Justin drove all the way from Twin; we have such awesome friends, thanks guys!!!

 The whole gang (minus our cute pregnant couple). Lyndsey as Minnie Mouse and her husband Justin as a dork, Ry and I as pirates, Ang as a pirate and her hubby Trevor a great hunter, ShaLynn as a cute witch and her soon-to-be fiance as a nerd/geek, and Nat as Cleopatra and her husband, Justin as a roman soldier. Great costumes, fabulous friends, yummy food, equals a fun party!!

The girls of the party!!!

Beehive Halloween Party

I have the greatest little Beehive class, and for one of our class activities in October we had a Halloween party at my house. The girls all made Halloweenish food, we watched Hocus Pocus, played Ghosts and Goblins, and the Mummy game---the girls had the time of their lives!!

 All of us surrounding the grub; mummy dogs, witch fingers, human (jello) heart, witches brew and much more.

 Playing Ghosts and Goblins...

 The after math of the Mummy wrap game...my livingroom was a disaster!!!

The girls decided that they should wrap up "Sister Ray" before the party was over, it just added to their fun.

Family Halloween Party

We have a Halloween Party at my parents' house every October fast Sunday. We always have the most delicious and appropriately themed food as well as fun games and family fun. 

 My traditional mummy bread...very scrumptious, if i do say so myself.

 The spread, including pumpkin meat pie, spider spagetti, mummy bread, Halloween jigglers, yummy salad...

 Ghosty cookies, spiderweb cheescake, eyeball cookies, jars of Halloween delights!

 Two very competitive people ready to play Ghosts and Goblins, don't let the smiles deceive you, we were out for blood!!! (Aren't our ghosts cute?)

The whole gang playing our traditional Ghosts and Goblins...we had such a blast. My parents house couldn't get anymore "Halloweeny" complete with monsters, punkins, music and much much more!!

Halloween Week at Work

I work with the greatest, most fun group of people!! Everyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Halloween, it is my most favorite holiday... so, I talked everyone into dressing up everyday the week of Halloween and everyone got really into it and we had an absolute blast! Here's a review of each day:

Monday: Blast from the past 80's style!!

 

 Tuesday: Wizard of Oz/Wicked

(Scarcrow: Andrew, Dorothy: ShaLynn, Glenda: Melinda, Dorothy: Me, Munchkin: Jill, The Wizard: Scott)

 Wednesday: Witches and Vampires

(Vampires: Andrew, Jolyn as Victoria, Scott as Edward, Melinda as Alice)

(Witches: ShaLynn, Jill and Me)

 Thursday: Pirates

(We played Pirates of the Carribean soundtrack all day, it was fabulous!! Yo ho, Yo ho a pirates life for me!!!)

Friday: Biker Babes

(My big group pictures was too blurry to see, so hear or the sexy biker babes!!)

September 24, 2010

Ry's 25th birthday was on September 24th, I woke up SUPER early to make him birthday breakfast before he had to go to work. We were all packed to head to St. George so as soon as we both got off we could hit the road.

I had been at work for about an hour when my Dad pulled into the parking lot and came into the clinic looking awful. I knew immediately that something was VERY wrong, I took him to a room and had Scott come, as I took his vital signs Scott listened to what my Dad said through labored breaths and words. Scott listened to his heart and said "Meg, you need to take your Dad to the ER right now!!" So through teary eyes and me trying to force myself to be calm I grabbed my stuff and helped my Dad to the car. I tried talking to him on the way to the hospital, but he didn't have the energy to talk to me. We walked straight into the emergency room through the ambulance bay, and they took him right into a room and hooked him up to an EKG machine. As soon as I saw the EKG I knew my dad was having a heart attack, shortly after that thought came to me the doctor told him, "sir, you are in full cardiac arrest" they gave him aspirin, nitroglycerin, and started running other tests. As all of this was going on I was making calls to find my Mom, who of course, doesn't have a cell phone. Ry came up immediately and my Mom made it up in time for them to transport my Dad up toe the Cath Lab at the Cardiovascular center. Ry and I followed the ambulance up to the CV unit... the next two hours were hell. We sat in the waiting room while he was in surgery waiting and praying that everything was going to be alright. Finally, two long hours later his very nice nurse, Cori, came and told us that he was okay and that we could go visit him for a short while. He had a major blockage in his descending artery, which is connected to the left ventricle, or major pump of your heart. Marcus and my Grandpas gave him a very nice blessing, and we visited him for a while and then let him get some rest. We are so greatful that he made it our of surgery and that he came in when he did, he has minimal heart damage, one stent and he is doing much better. It is truly amazing how short life is and how fast it can change, this event has made us all take nothing for granted and truly treasure every moment we have with each other.

After a very long and stressful day, Ry got off work and we were debating whether or not we should still go to St. George for his birthday trip. After we visited my Dad again, he said "I am fine, there's nothing you two can do now, just go have fun," so we did, and I am happy we did, because we did have a great time!!!

Golfing with my favorite boy!
Steph and I got talked into going with the boys this evening, it was a hot one!

Doing what he loves, great form Ry!

The Birthday Boys!!

Bowling date night, it was a blast!!!

Happy Birthday Babe, you're the best! I love you!!!