Monday, December 31, 2007
A Caucusing We Will Go!
Winter Hassel.... This is my story!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
MY HONEY!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
NEW PJ'S
Friday, December 28, 2007
Gillespie Year In Review
- Garrans new semester started.
- Moved into a new house.
- Snow Snow and more Snow.
- Started a new work out program. Lots of working out at 5:00am.
FEBRUARY
- Valentines Day Date .... I got a new robe out of the day...
- Still lots of snow.
- Still lots of working out.
MARCH
- Finished weight loss program. Losing a total of around 30 lbs.
- Started boot camp at the YMCA.. I think I was crazy.
- Did I mention the snow.
APRIL
- Celebrated our 3 anniversary.
- I got the best hair cut I think I have ever received in my life. Thank you very much Lindsay.
MAY
- Gave Garran his first ever surprise birthday party. He was very surprised.
- Planned and planned for our big vacation.
- Did a lot of playing outside.
JUNE
- We got our new van.... Yeahhh
- Let the multitude of tests begin for my leg and back pain.
- Oh yes Gall Bladder surgery!
- Oh yeah we traded Garrans beloved truck for a more family friendly car. Sorry honey.
JULY
- Our first ever family vacation. 3 states in two and a half weeks. DE, VA, and NC.. All in our new van with an 18 month old and a 7 month old. What a great adventure. We had so much fun. Cullan loved the ocean.
- Lice attack one and two.
AUGUST
- Back Surgery.....Yippee
- Palmers famous Salsa party
- Kael took his first steps. What a big boy!
SEPTEMBER
- Spending days at the botanical gardens.
- Kael visits the specialist about his seizures.
- parking drama (You can read more on our blog)
OCTOBER
- Cullan and Kaels birthday party. It was great. Just like the invitations read. "Double the trouble, double the fun, Cullans turning two, and Kael is turning One!"
- Cullans first haircut.. It was painful but the curls are still here... Yippee again.
- more parking drama
- Pumpkin Land... Kael is the new Goat whisperer.
- Garran giving blood. If any of you read our blog.. you know this was hilarious.
- Trunk or treat.. the boys finally got it this year. We had a blast.
NOVEMBER
- We went to a great Roda.. Brazilian.. sounds like hoda. Also check blog.
- Stinky box disaster.
- First snow of the year well for this season.
- Happy Birthday to Meg!
- Great Furniture Find... I am the champion of great deals when it comes to this one...
- A trip to the ER for Cullan... Apparently thyroid pills look yummy.
- Writer's strike...... Where have all the good shows gone...
DECEMBER
- Decorating our charlie brown tree
- ginger bread houses
- the polar express about a million times
- my first ever jury duty... wow was it boring .. also amazed at how many convicted felons you can meet in just one sitting.
- oh yeas another trip to the ER for Cullan .. This time he thought it would be fun to touch the iron. Now everything is hot and we have to blow on it until ice forms.
This year by far has not been our best. Garran and I have been talking recently about how we are ready for this year to just be over with. Granted there have been good things that have happened this year and for those things we are greatful. But of all the things we have been through this year, the biggest lesson I have learned is how greatful I am for my family. I love them all. I especially love Garran and the boys. I do not know what I would do without them. Garran is my best bud and always knows just what to say to make things better when I feel like I am at the end of my rope. His year has been stressful this year with school, work, my multiple surgeries and other stressers and yet he never complains. I love that about him. He is great. Cullan and Kael are two of the sweetest boys. The are so funny. Every day brings a new adventure. What would I do without there sweet smile and sloppy kisses. I just want to say how important family is to me and how greatful I am for mine especially today.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
A blog for our Friendly Neighbors!
So this is how it went: Me: "Are you excited about Christmas this year?"
PB: "Yes, I am very excited!"
Garran: "Do you think Santa will be coming to your house this year?"
PB: "I don't know"
Me: "Well have you been a good girl this year?"
PB: "I don't know, I am still waiting to find out!"
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Gillespie-Loden Christmas
This year we spent actual Christmas Day with Garran's parents. It was fun. We decorated some Christmas cookies. The kids really liked that, well just licking the frosting off. And then we played some card games but really just did a lot of hanging out. Hope everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Our Family Christmas!
Christmas with Grandpa Jeff
This weekend my Dad came up to have an early Christmas with Garran, myself and the boys. We also celebrated his birthday due to the fact that it is on the 30th of this month. We had a great visit and really enjoyed our time together even though we are in the middle of a small blizzard. Hopefully everyone gets home safely today. The roads still look pretty gross. Hope everyone is getting excited about Christmas. We are having our own little family Christmas tonight and then are spending actual Christmas with Garrans family. All for now. Hope you enjoy the slide show.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Obsessed with cute feet!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Indoor Playground
Today we went to an indoor playground due to the Yucky weather we have had recently. Things have been kind of blah lately so I thought it would be good for us to get out of the house for a while. Here are some pictures and a video of our day. Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Unexpected Holiday Kindness!
More Sugary Fun
SPT
This is my favorite picture of Cullan and I at his first Christmas. I love his little smile.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Christmas Traditions
So every year we do certain traditions. As stated in my spt blog, each year we make home made ornament. Garrans family had a tradition of making ginger bread houses. So each year we make ginger bread houses with his family. Here are the end results. I also just threw in some cute pics of Kael I found on Garrans moms camera. Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
SPT
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AT CHRISTMAS IS TO MAKE HOMEMADE ORNAMENTS. MY MOM INTRODUCED THIS IDEA WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. WE MADE ALL KINDS OF HOMEMADE DOUGH ORNAMENTS. THEY ARE MY FAVORITE. THE FIRST YEAR GARRAN AND I WERE MARRIED WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY, SO I CALLED MY MOM, GOT THE RECEIPT AND TA DA WE HAD SOMETHING TO DECORATE OUR TREE WITH. WE HAVE SAVED THEM AND ADDED TO THEM EACH YEAR. THEY ARE NOT FANCY, BUT I LOVE THE WAY OUR TREE LOOKS EACH YEAR WITH OUR LITTLE DOUGH ORNAMENTS HANGING ON IT.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Moments that I Never Want to Forget!
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Happy Happy Birthday Mandy!
Friday, December 7, 2007
FLASHBACK FRIDAY
TODAY MY FLASHBACK FRIDAY IS ABOUT OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS AS PARENTS. WE WERE SO EXCITED TO HAVE CULLAN AND TO SHOW HIM OFF. WE SPENT CHRISTMAS AT MY MOMS HOUSE. CULLAN WAS SO SWEET DRESSED IN HIS SANTA OUTFIT. IT IS FUNNY HOW CAREFUL YOU ARE AND CAUTIOUS YOU ARE WITH THE FIRST ONE AND HOW MUCH YOU RELAX WITH BABY TWO AND THREE ETC. ANYWAYS ENJOY OUR PICTURES.. I REMEMBER BEING SO EXCITED TO HAVE CULLAN WITH US FOR CHRISTMAS.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
RAK
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
What a talented GUY!
SPT
We are boring and just display them on the door. I hate to admit this, but those are cards from last year that I had to put up because I have not got any Christmas cards yet this year =( Maybe someday soon!
JURY DUTY.......BLAH BLAH BLAH
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Ahh another trip to the ER!!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
FLASH BACK FRIDAY--ON SATURDAY
THINGS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE HECTIC AND I FORGOT TO DO MY FLASH BACK FRIDAY. SO NOT ONLY AM I DOING IT A DAY LATE, I AM STEALING MY FRIEND MANDY'S TOPIC. TODAY I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT GARRAN AND MYSELF AND THE DAY THAT HE PROPOSED SINCE IT IS COMING UP ANYWAYS. ON DECEMBER 13TH 5 YEARS AGO GARRAN CAME OVER TO MY APARTMENT. I HAD NOT BEEN FEELING WELL AND
SO I WAS STILL IN MY PJ'S! (MY MOST FAVORITE SWEATS). SO ANYWAYS I WAS LAYING ON THE COUCH WHEN GARRAN SHOWED UP. I WAS WATCHING BRAVE HEART ON TV AND HE CAME IN AND WE SAT DOWN AND STARTED WATCHING IT TOGETHER. (SIDE NOTE: WE HAD BEEN DATING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND MARRIAGE HAD COME UP BUT IT SEEMED AS IF FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON!) SO ANYWAYS WE WERE WATCHING TV AND IT WAS THE PART OF THE MOVIE WHEN MEL GIBSON PROPOSES TO THE BRUNETTE LADY. JUST THEN GARRAN STARTED ACTING KIND OF FIDGETY. SO I DID NOT REALLY PAY MUCH MIND TO IT. BUT HE STARTED ASKING ME ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND BEING VERY SWEET. I COULD TELL HE WAS NERVOUS, BUT IN MY MIND I KIND OF THOUGHT IS HE GETTING READY TO DUMP ME OR SOMETHING. SO ANYWAYS AS WE WERE SITTING THERE TALKING HE SAID WELL I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET MARRIED. I DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW IF HE WAS STATING OR ASKING SO I JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID OK. I DID NOT KNOW TILL LATER THAT HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH MY RESPONSE BUT I HONESTLY DID NOT KNOW HE WAS ASKING. SO FINALLY I SAID ARE YOU ASKING ME. AND HE SAID YES. SO THEN I SAID YES. THEN HE LOOKED AT THE CLOCK AND HAD 5 MINUTES TO BE THERE. HE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS GOING TO PROPOSE SO HE DID NOT HAVE THE RING OR ANYTHING. AS HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR, I YELLED DOWN THE STAIRCASE (I LIVED ON THE THIRD FLOOR) AND SAID I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD COME BACK AFTER WORK .. WE HAVE SOME STUFF TO TALK ABOUT. HE AGREED. AND IT IS ALL HISTORY FROM THERE. I THINK I MIGHT GIVE MY BOYS ADVICE ON PROPOSING IF THEY WANT IT. NOT THAT MINE WAS BAD BUT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE PROPOSAL CAN BE TO THE GIRL. =)
Thursday, November 29, 2007
PAYBACK!! SHOULD THIS BE OUR CHRISTMAS CARD?
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
OH WISH I MAY.. OH WISH I MIGHT......
Friday, November 23, 2007
FLASH BACK FRIDAY
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT GARRAN. BUT MY FLASHBACK FRIDAY HAS TO DO WITH MY HUBBY. UNFORTUNATELY SINCE WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED GARRAN HAS BEEN THE BRUNT OF SOME OF MY FUNNIER STORIES. WHEN I WAS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS PREGO WITH CULLAN GARRAN DECIDED THAT I SHOULD CUT HIS HAIR TO SAVE MONEY. SO WE WENT AND BOUGHT CLIPPERS AND TRIED THIS NEW ADVENTURE OUT. GARRAN SAT DOWN IN OUR KITCHEN AND I STARTED BUZZING AWAY. FOR THE MOST PART IT WENT PRETTY WELL, A LITTLE SHORTER THAN WE HAD PLANNED BUT IT WAS NOT HORRIBLE. SO THEN I TOOK THE GUARD OFF TO DO HIS NECK AND BY HIS EARS. AS I WAS FINISHING UP HIS NECK, I TOOK A SMALL SECOND BECAUSE I COULD FEEL A SNEEZE COMING ON. SO AS I SNEEZED, THE CLIPPERS STILL BUZZING, LUNGED FORWARD AND TOOK A HUGH CHUNK OF HAIR OUT OF THE BACK OF GARRANS HEAD. THERE WAS A HUGH BALD SPOT. I STARTED LAUGHING AND THEN CRYING A TAD BIT. GARRAN ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG AND I SAID NOTHING AT FIRST BUT KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO FESS UP, BECAUSE AS SOON AS HE LEFT THE HOUSE SOMEONE WOULD ASK HIM WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO HIS HAIR. GARRAN STILL TRUSTS ME TO CUT HIS HAIR, WHAT A BRAVE SOUL.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Vintage Meg
FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR!
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
WHY I MARRIED THIS MAN!
SO I HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT A GREAT HUSBAND I HAVE AND JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM. HE IS A PERFECT MATCH I THINK. WE BOTH HAVE OUR LITTLE QUIRKS BUT HE MAKES ME SO HAPPY. FOR MY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR MONEY WAS A LITTLE TIGHT AS IT ALWAYS IS THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR US BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF TRAVELING AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY TO SEE. ANYWAYS THAT IS BESIDES THE POINT. SO I KNOW GARRAN HAD SOME IDEAS OF GIFTS BUT HE HAD TO SCRAP THEM SO THAT WE COULD DO OTHER THINGS THAT WERE MORE IMPORTANT TO ME. MY HUBBY BEING THE GREAT MAN THAT HE IS DID NOT LEAVE ME EMPTY HANDED ON MY BIG BIRTHDAY. I WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING TO BREAKFAST IN BED. FRENCH TOAST AND FRUIT. YUMMY! THEN AS I GOT UP (OH YEAH I GOT TO SLEEP IN KID FREE =) BUT AS I GOT UP I WAS WAKING UP TO A SPOTLESS HOUSE PEOPLE. NO NOT A TIDY HOUSE AN ABSOLUTE SPOTLESS HOUSE. EVERYTHING WAS SPARKLING CLEAN, NOTHING ON THE FLOOR. NO TOYS, NO CLOTHES, NOTHING. AND IT WAS NOT JUST THE LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN, BUT EVERY SINGLE ROOM. i WAS SO IMPRESSED AND EXCITED. GARRAN KNOWS HOW MUCH I LOVE A CLEAN HOUSE. THEN HE SAID HIS GIFT TO ME WAS A DAY OF NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. IF THE BOYS WERE ACTING UP HE TOOK CARE OF IT. HE DEALT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE DAY. IT WAS A PERFECT DAY AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR A MAN THAT REALLY GETS ME ENOUGH, THAT EVEN WHEN MONEY IS TIGHT, HE STILL MAKES MY BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL... i LOVE YA HONEY!
our story
- meghan
- Midwest, United States
- I love the saying "the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother". My husband does an amazing job of that. I am truly married to my best friend. We laugh often and try to see the best in every situation, or at least find the humor in it. We have four beautiful children. Cullan (7) Kael (6) Briea (3) and Ayla (2). We are currently living in Illinois while Garran attends Grad School. He is a talented print maker and is enjoying his time here. He has a website if you are interested. www.garrangillespie.com Right now we are living every day to the fullest and trying to have as much fun as possible along the way!!
~megs blogs~
This explains why I blog so much RIGHT?
“What could you do better for your children and your children’s children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?”
Elder Spencer W Kimball!
I need to read this every morning!
-President Gordon B. Hinckley
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