Picture Survey - - bored at work!

Here's the deal...go to www.photobucket.com and type in the following questions and put in the picture code that best suites that question & you. Easy & Entertaining! (by the way you want to copy the HTML code so your picture will show up)

Relationship Status?



Type in your name..
----I guess my name is different so they didn't have anything....sorry

Favorite Color?



Celebrity Crush?



What band/artist did you last listen to?



Last Movie You Watched?



My favorite disney character?



My Dream Vacation?



My Favorite Thing To Do?



What do you love most in life?



What is your favorite candy?



My Favorite Shoes

Twilight...Finally

So Chris & I finally went to see Twilight last night! I do have to admit it wasn't as good as the book (are the movies ever as good as the book?). Anywho.., I still love Edward and I love Rob Pattinson in the movie I just don't like him in real life. A girl can dream though that Edward does actually exist and that him and Bella are real & alive somewhere. :) Ok I know I'm just being a silly girl who has an infactuation on an invisible character. ha ha! I now cannot wait for New Moon to come out I heard it will be released November 20, 2009. How exciting!

xoxo
Maggie

P.S. Did ya'll see Stephanie Meyer (author of Twilight) was in the movie as well??

Our weekend....

Ok so I caught a cold from my co-workers and started feeling it Friday morning. I hate being sick especially when it's in my sinus's (did I spell that right) it feels like my head is going to burst any minute. Anyway, Saturday I bundled up and went to dinner with my best friends Katelyn, Rachel & Shantelle. We decided to go to the Red Rock Brewery in Salt Lake and other then the parking being absolutely ridiculous the place had extremely good food. After dinner we headed to Temple Square (pictures to come) to see the Christmas Lights(note: next year do NOT go on a Saturday!!!). It was so busy we had to wait until their was a clearing in the crowd to get pictures in front of the reflection pond and let me tell you what that was a bit harder than it sounds people are so oblivious to others. Everytime we would get a clearing we would be about to take the picture and somebody would walk right in front of us and they would be in our picture. We definitely had a blast though and I love those girls to death I don't know where my life would be without them.



I then attempted to drive home after leaving the girls and I got on I-80 to go to I-215 because that only takes me about 10 minutes to get to my house. Well me being an idiot missed the I-215 entrance and started to head for Wendover. There was no place to turn around so I had to keep going until I hit Magna (not sure where that is) so instead of a 10 minute drive it took me an hour to get home. Needless to say I learned my lesson and now I know my way around that area.



Sunday, Chris called in sick (he had the 24 hour flu) and we both slept in bed and watched movies ALL DAY! Finally at about 3:00 we both got up and I started doing laundry (luckily the house was still clean so I didn't have to do much cleaning) and I made rolls and hot chocolate and we watched The Christmas Shoes.....

It is definitely a sad movie but it makes you realize what Christmas is really about. Chris and I cuddled on the couch w/ Kyra on top of us. Then after we bundled up and decided we needed to get out of the house and Kyra was getting annoyed with us just sitting at home all day. So we loaded her up in the truck and went and got hot chocolate and drove around and saw all of the Christmas lights around our blocks. There is one street that reminds me of Deck The Halls (great movie).

Anyway....that was our weekend. Now it's back to work and the count down is on to Christmas in Moab. I cannot wait!!!

Love,

C&M

Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then thesure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear,"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's lightThen he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.""It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me,I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while,But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,The red, white, and blue... an American flag.I can live through the cold and the being alone,Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another,Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..Who stand at the front against any and all,To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." " So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,Your family is waiting and I'll be all right.""But isn't there something I can do, at the least,"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,"Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,To stand your own watch, no matter how long.For when we come home, either standing or dead,To know you remember we fought and we bled.Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

Great Statement!

So I stole this from my friend Christine's page because I can relate to all of these! Sure makes you miss the good ol' days! Let me know if these ring a bell to you!

You Know You(or your kids) Grew Up In the 80's IF:

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.

2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do theCarlton

3. You know that 'WOAH' comes from Joey on Blossom

4. If you ever watched 'Fraggle Rock'

5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

9. You played the game 'MASH'(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

11. You know the profound meaning of ' WAX ON , WAX OFF'

12. You wanted to be a Goonie.

13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (Some of us...head-to-toe)

14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off, his cheeks shifted and his nationality became questionable.

15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

16. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.

17. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

18. You still get the urge to say 'NOT' after every sentence.

19. You thought your childhood friends would never leavebecause you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

20. THERE WASN'T A 20....NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO IT....

21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.

22. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying 'I know you are, but what am I?'

23. You remember 'I've fallen and I can't get up'

24. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

25. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

26. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.

28. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.

29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as 'NKOTB'

31. You knew all the characters names andtheir life stories on 'Saved By The Bell,' The ORIGINAL class.

32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

33. You just sang those words to yourself.

34. You still sing 'We are the World'

35. You tight rolled or french cuffed your jeans. And still debate on which is the right term!

36. You owned a bannana clip.

37. You remember 'Where's the Beef?'

38. You used to (and probably still do) say 'What you talkin' 'bout Willis?'

39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!


---This made my day thanks Christine!

Maggie

Four Christmases

Chris' dad Curt was in town the past 2 days and we absolutely love having him in town because we always go out to dinner and we get a night out and we have a part of his family with us (even if it is only for a day or so).

Well last night we decided to go to Iggy's at Jordan Landing and then we went and saw Four Christmases. I was laughing so hard I seriously thought I was going to pee my pants. There are a few parts (WARNING SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEEN IT ) where a baby throws up on Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn starts dry heaving and his facial expressions and the way he pretended to dry heave was killing me! I was laughing so hard I started snorting! If you haven't seen this movie it definitely is worth seeing especially if on Christmas or any other holiday you feel like you never get to relax because you have to rush rush rush to get to all of the family in just one day!

Here are a few movie frames...

The person on the left is Tim McGraw he plays one of Vince Vaughn's brothers

Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon trying to skip Christmas

This is one of the scenes where the baby throws up on Reese and Vince's face kills me!

The Cover! Reese is so short!!!

Go and see this movie it is great!!

Love,

C&M

Thanksgiving 2008 & First Photos Of Christmas

Hi everybody, Here are a few photos from Thanksgiving at my (Maggie's) grandparents house. There are only a few because my camera battery died right after taking the 4th picture. We had a great time and were so happy to be able to spend time with my family. Now, we can't wait for Christmas to spend time in Moab with Chris' family. I also have attached some photos of our Christmas tree and our Christmas decorations in our house as well as our lights on our house. We had a blast putting up our lights! Enjoy!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Love,

C&M

Just An Update!

Well it's been awhile since I have update this blog. Recently it has felt like I am getting behind in everything. We are officially moved into our house but I still have about 5 more boxes to unpack but it seems like I can never keep the house clean it's such a pain. Chris says it looks perfectly clean but me being a girl I'm a lot more picky! I have gotten behind in scrapbooking and keeping the family/friends updated on this blog.

Anyway....here are a few photos. I will have more once the holidays have come & gone!

Chris & I headed to the airport to go flying so he could practice for his flight instructor test!

Headed to dinner after finding out that Chris passed his flight instructor!

Love ,

C & M

Our New Home

Just an update! We finally got the keys to our new home! It's officially ours & will be for the next 30 years (or until we sale it). Now begins the process of moving! Twice in one year is twice too many!! Although, this move is definitely going to be worth it. There is a backyard, fully fenced, just for Kyra and our back door even has a doggie door! Here are some photos of the day we got the keys to our new place!

These are our Keys

Kyra! She already owns her back yard!

In the living room (hard wood floors) (also, the previous owners painted the inside and they left the paint for us in the garage so we can patch up holes and then paint over them, we thought we were going to have to buy new paint and try to match the colors)

The front yard with our keys (the front yard has a pond)

Carrying Me Over The Threshhold!
(What a gentleman)

Love

C&M

--- husband -- sort of ---

1. Where did you meet? At Parkway Crossing through Trace

2. How long did you date before you got married? We actually aren't married yet but we've been dating a year and 5 months

3. How long have you been married? refer to above

4. What does he do that surprises you? I'll come home from work and dinner is cooked or he'll take me to get a late night ice cream when we can't sleep

5. What is your favorite feature of his? His butt LOL (that's what he'd want me to say) I love his eyes and dimples and shoulder blades

6. What is your favorite quality of his? He is strong willed (I hope our kids have his want & will out of life)

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Pumpkin Pie

8. What is his favorite color? Blue/Green

9. What is his favorite food? Probably Steak

10. What is his favorite sport? Football

11. When and where was your first kiss? In his apartment after 3 weeks of spending time together

12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Afternoon walks, breakfast (on the little to no days that we have off together) & late night ice cream sitting in Sonic's parking lot

13. Do you have any children? If you call a dog (Kyra) & a cat (Joey) our kids

14. Does he have a hidden talent? Oh so many! Only I would probably enjoy most of them. He makes me laugh so hard!

15. How old is he? 23

16. Who said I love you first? He did, In Moab.

17. What's his favorite music? Country and rock

18. What do you admire most about him? His loving heart. He puts on this hard core exterior but really he's a big teddy bear.

19. Do you think he will read this? Probably not inless we log onto blogger together

Elk Hunt 2008

Chris & I went down to Moab the week of the 15th and spent the entire week in Moab. A vacation we definitely needed & deserved. For the first 4 days down in Moab we went up to Dark Canyon and spent the time camping, roasting marshmallows but most of all HUNTING! Not just any hunting but ELK hunting. If you have never seen an elk they are the size of a horse, possibly bigger. The following pictures are of the elk hunt and of us just out searching for the elk and then there are 2 photos of Kyra and her hole she dug in the back yard of Chris' parents home. She looks sad in one and then the other one she just acts like nothing is wrong, I guarantee if she could speak she would have said, "What mom? What hole? I didn't do anything I'm PERFECT!"

Take A Look!

LOVE

C&M

6 Facts About Maggie!

6 facts about Maggie....

1. I have horrible road rage (chris hates having me drive because of it)

2. I hate cheaters (it's the chicken way out of something)

3. I get hurt easily but 9 times out of 10 I will always forgive that person.

4. I have no idea where my life will be in a week let alone in 5 or 10 years.

5. I have dozens and dozens of shoes and purses, I take up a whole walk in closet.

6. I hate thunderstorms when I'm alone!

OK...now it's your turn, Christine, Kelsie, Erin & Tyler, Stef & John and anybody else!

Surgery -- July 15, 2008

Well, this is past news but I just got these pictures and wanted to post them on here because they are just perfectly cute!

I had surgery on my left knee on July 15, 2008 and I was laid up for about a week. The following pictures are about an hour after being out of surgery and being in our home in my bed! FINALLY! After such a long day I never thought this would come.

KYRA - MY GUARD DOG

KYRA & I -- SHE DEFINITELY KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH ME!

THAT IS MY KNEE ALL WRAPPED UP. IT WAS SWOLLEN THE SIZE OF AN ORANGE!

A CLOSE UP OF MY POST - ANESTHESIA STAGE

"FEELING GOOD"

THE 3 OF US -- THESE 2 MADE MY HEALING MUCH EASIER! THEY PUT UP WITH MY CRANKY SELF...

LOVE
C&M

Buying a home....

Buying a home is difficult, disappointing but a complete blast at the same time! I do not understand how all of these things can act together but they do. Chris and I have decided to start looking for a home in the South South Salt Lake area (a.k.a Sandy, Riverton, West Jordan, South Jordan etc...). Last night we got pre-approved for a home and when we gave the owner our offer he decided at 11:00 p.m. last night at the very last minute that he didn't want to sale it anymore and that he just wanted to rent it. We went through all of the paper work all of the hassle with the mortgage company for NOTHING! Atleast for now nothing! We have decided that, that specific home obviously was not meant for us.

Chris and I have noticed that when we are meant to have something, it pretty much just falls into our laps such as our apartment, Kyra and Chris' truck. All of these things came out of the blue and we acted upon them as soon as they were an option for us! Kyra I think was our biggest investment and our biggest suprise.

We're definitely hoping that this home buying process happens the same way because we haven't been disappointed in any of our earlier spree of the moment purchases!

If you have any suggestions on the process of buying a home please give me some incite! We do by the way have a great realitor! Her name is Tina Orr and she works with http://www.zipreality.com/

Love,

C&M

We Found A Dog

Chris and I have been out looking for homes in our area and just getting an idea of how much we'd like to spend and all those things you think about when getting a home. When we go out driving we always take the truck so Kyra can go along for the ride. It was Saturday August 16th. We were driving East on 7800 South and were about to 2200 West in West Jordan when we saw a Chocolate Lab running down the sidewalk. We decided to turn around and see if he had any tags. When we pulled over the dog wanted nothing to do with us and he ran off so we drove down the street and was calling to the dog. He stopped for a moment and we rolled past him and came to a stop. Kyra then proceeded to jump out of the back of the truck and went up to him which she gets in big trouble for doing that, but this dog stopped and Kyra went up to him and they sniffed each other and Chris put the tailgate down and he jumped right up in the back of the truck. He did not have tags so we decided to drive around in the neighborhood that he was wandering in but nobody had ever seen him before. We decided to call the vet to see if we could bring him in to see if he was chipped (which is something I highly recommend!!! So if you ever lose your dog he can be tracked). Sadly, he was not chipped. The vet told us to take him over to the humane society and they have kennels that you can put found animals in until Monday morning when they open. We drove over and it was the saddest, most inhumane place I had ever been to. There were 2 SMALL kennels (THAT'S IT) in the first kennel there was about 3 cats and 15 kittens, and in the second kennel there were 2 dogs already! With hardly any water! It was ridiculous! I started crying so hard and I told Chris I couldn't leave him here. He is such a sweet lab. His toenails were painted red and he knows how to sit and fetch. He is obviously a family dog. So we took him back to our apartment and him and Kyra have become best friends. For Joey though that's a different story. Joey ran away from the dog although he didn't ever go far just far enough where he could keep his eye on that dog. We're still not sure what we are going to do with him. We went and bought a travel kennel for Kyra to stay in and we put "Buddy" (we had to give him a name) in her big metal kennel. He's already house trained although we have a patio and Joey's bed is out there and he obviously wanted to prove to the cat that he's the boss cause he peed on it. Luckily! It was outside and we can get him a new bed. Other than that he's been a great dog. Yesterday afternoon we took them both to the dog park and played fetch with Buddy and Kyra played with all of the other dogs. I only have one photo of Buddy at the moment the others are on my camera and I will post them a little later. If anyone knows of somebody that lost a lab on Saturday in the West Jordan area please tell them to contact us.

UPDATE!!! We found the owner!

Love C&M

We Just Love Moab

Chris and I went to Moab July 20 - 21, 2008 and we had an absolute blast! We got in Saturday evening at about 5 and went straight over to Grandpa Keith's birthday party he turned 75 and he still acts like he's 20. Then we went home and decided to pull out the karaoke machine. That was pretty interesting. Chris and I know we can't sing but it's just a blast doing it anyways. Then Sunday we took the Razor's and Rhino's up to Dark Canyon to go fishing and have lunch.

LOVE
C&M