The Final Countdown

I cant believe how quickly time escapes you when you have so much to get done. It's almost comical. When I first came home from BYU-I the days seemed long and careless. Especially in contrast to my fleeting and stress filled days I have recently encountered.

However stressed or scared I may be I need to keep in mind that I am doing great things. This thought has been repeatedly brought up to me by my awesome mom and is something I try to keep in mind. I feel like a lot of the time I get so caught up in the checklist of things to do and things to worry about that I forget to just step back and breathe.

Breathe in, I can be stressed and happy. Breathe out, This is the right thing for me. Breathe in, I'm going to a beautiful place. Breathe out, and God will be with me every step of the way....

I'm so excited for my mission, and I still have 100% confidence that this is where I should be at this point in my life. I cant help but obsess over every detail and stress about the little things because that's just who I am. BUT that doesn't mean I cant enjoy today. My mission is coming fast! I need to make my last days here happy ones. I have so many loved ones supporting me and so many awesome things happening!

Here is just a few to prove it...

I turn NINETEEN in two days! On the 28th I will officially be old enough to serve a mission! It's funny to look back and see all the amazing experiences this last year has given me. I cant wait to see what this one brings!

ALSO.

I see Cameron soon!!!
For those of you who haven't seen my sappy Facebook posts, Cameron has been away at school for the past couple months and we haven't been able to see each other for quite some time (114 days to be exact.. haha) AND HE IS FINALLY COMING HOME! I see him next Wednesday and couldn't be more excited! He is my best friend and I love him to death. I'm sure my family is just as excited to have him back because I'm pretty positive I have been driving them crazy.

A lot of chapters in my life are coming to a close as my mission draws near...but I can keep smiling because "When God closes a door, somewhere He opens a window"

-Megan

Wizard of Oz, Birthday, Duke, and Countdown to Prom :)

Dear everyone that reads this blog (Which is probably only a handful),


I'm sorry I fell off the face of the earth. BUT I'm back, and in my defense I have been incredibly busy. Every ounce of my time has been dedicated to the musical and school. Literally. There was a week where I left for seminary at 6:00 and didn't get home untill 11:00 at night, pulled out of class 3 hours early for Tech and lots homework everyday. In the end it was all worth it, the show turned out great! Me and one of my friends Clarissa got to know eachother more and had a lot of good times and over all it was a (Stressful) but great expirience.

ANNNNNNNNND GUESS WHAT?? I'm now 17. Yesterday, April 28th, was my birthday. It was a great day, Cameron got to come over, we played games, watched movies, and of course....ate cake. (My mom got me an Elmo cake, haha she's the best.) Cool little fact is that Cam's birthday is the day after mine so we celebrated his too! It was fun. :)

I got him a "Minni Movie Theater" lol Popcorn, movies, candy, and rootbeer :)

This is the "Miller" style birthday opening ;) Super crazy i'm sure we scared him a little, lol :)

 He put the presents he got me in a pinata.. :) Super creative :)

 Lots of fun :)

 Elmo cake.. :) Thanks Mom :)

 Not a flattering pic, but I like it :)

Next topic to talk about is *DRUM ROLL* WE GOT A NEW PUPPY!?!?!?! His name is Duke and he is an 8-week-old Boxer. We love him, he's really soft, and spunky.

And LAST but not LEAST prom is this Saturday!!! I am so excited! I have a dress, shoes, date (Hehe) and i'm SET TO JET. I can't wait!

Love, Megan

P.s. Im sorry for such a long post!

Operation Birthday

Hello, haha so as some of you know I have an older sister named Jessica. She is pretty cool when she wants to be, and it just so happens that the other day (April 1st) was her 18th BIRTHDAY!!! :) and me, being the awesome person that I am *wink, wink* came up with a surprise!

Here's how it went down... We'll call it "Operation Birthday" Creative right?

Anyways these were the steps to success.
Step one) My family was driving to Taco Bell (Like we do almost EVERY saturday, Jess was working) when me and my mom got an idea! We wanted to surprise her some how.....

Step two) We pondered this awhile till BOOM the idea hit us... a sneak attack balloon surprise we saw on Pinterest

Step three) Convince my dad that it was a good idea, when in reality we were gonna do it anyway (Don't worry.. we passed)

Step four) After Taco Bell my mom sent me and my Younger sister Mariah to Dolllar Tree to get the supplies. Shopping list: 20 large balloons and a pack of seperate balloons.

Step five) Purchase Balloons. Status: Easy

Step six) Somehow shove allllllllll of the balloons into my tiny PT Cruiser.... It was halarious and they barely fit! I couldnt see anything while driving home besides out my front window. O.o

Step seven) Take balloons upstairs and hide them in my moms room untill attack.

Step eight) blow up 25 stickin balloons BY MYSELF. My head nearly exploded.

Step nine) When Jess got home I told her i'd sleep in her room for her birthday, she didnt suspect a thing.

Step ten) At THREE IN THE MORNING I snuck upstairs grabbed the balloons with my mom and planted them in her room. Mission completed.

Problems: When I got up it scared the crap out of her and she shot up really fast and nearly made me pee my pants, I told her to lay down and go to sleep... and also when me and my mom were planting the balloons she sat up and started saying something along the lines of "hasdfhf...jhdfa....." And we just told her to lay down and fall asleep....She doesnt remember a thing! She woke up in the morning surrounded by balloons :) Lots of fun.

           -Meg (A.k.a secret agent)