It's Going to Happen!

Okay, so I am going to try another fitness thing. . . . that means that I will be posting on my "Don't Mind Me" blog again. . . . so head over there and check it out!

Birthdays

Aren't birthdays a funny thing?  I have always wondered why we celebrate the day that someone is born into the world.  Is it because we are celebrating the fact that the little life that has just begun has the power to change the world?  Are we celebrating the end of an era of pregnancy that the mother endured for 9 months before the baby came into the world?  What exactly is it that we are celebrating?
Yesterday was my 31st birthday and I thought about it alot. 
I thought about what were the hopes and dreams that my parents had for me when I was born? 
Who did they want me to become? 
Who did they want me to look like? 
What personality traits did they hope that I would inherit?
What aspirations did they have for me?
I just can't help but wonder if I have lived up to everything that they have hoped for me.
Am I smart enough?
Am I creative enough?
Am I responsible enough?
Have I set a good enough example for my younger siblings?
Do I work hard enough?
Am I spiritual enough?
Am I headed in the direction in life that they would want me to go?
What have I accomplished in my life?
Is it good enough for them?
Is it good enough for me?
The last question was the hardest for me to answer.  I spent the whole day thinking about my life and where I am and where I want to be.  I am currently the mother of 5 beautiful living babies and one angel baby.  I have a house and 2 vehicles.  I do not have a University degree, but I teach piano, and digital scrapbooking.  I am aspiring to receive my Red Seal for cooking so that I can have a piece of paper to back up my passion for food and catering.  There is nothing that brings me closer to God than through music.  Music is a very powerful tool in my life and in the life of my family.  I would be lost and alone without it.  I currently serve in my church as part of a presidency over the children.  I love this!  I love being around children and helping them learn.
I love to cook.
Let me write that again. . .
I LOVE to COOK!!!!
I love to watch my Abby play basketball and learn how to see the game.
I love to wake up every morning to the deep, melodic sounds of Abby's cello as she practices and to the wavering notes on the piano as Anne and Caroline learn how to play the piano.
I LOVE the mountains!
I love warm weather.
I love my family and the one thing that I have always wanted more than anything else is to feel included in my family.
When I turned 30, I had a bit of a crisis and I decided that I would try and do things that I normally wouldn't do.  Since I turned 30 I really stuck to that goal and I have experienced some AMAZING things and learned a few lessons along the way.  I have sung in an American Idol competition in Walt Disney World, run in a 10K race, coached basketball for Abby, answered "yes" to a survey, sung in a Women's Chorus which performs for Senior Citizens, gone on a trip to Mexico with just my mom and myself, endured 4 days of torture stuck in an airport in Houston, gone horseback riding in the ocean in Jamaica, climbed a waterfall, gone tubing down a river, planned a garden, taught digital scrapbooking at home parties (I hate home parties, so this was a big step for me), and more.
My goals for being 31 are to enjoy my family more and to grow closer to my husband.  I also have some goals about my education and I will post those later, once I hear more about my registration.
So, turning 31 has made me reflect on my life.  Am I where I want to be?  I think so.  Am I who my parents want me to be?  I hope so.  Where am I going?  Well, only time will tell, and I do hope that I have a lot of time left to find out.

Proof!

Here's proof that I did it!
Thanks again Jay for running it with me!

I did it!

Well, Jason and I ran the race this morning and it was great. The course was quite challenging but so beautiful! Jason was a bit disappointed because his goal was to run the race in under an hour and he ran it in an hour and 16 seconds. My goal was to finish the race. My fastest time that I had ever run 10 km was an hour and 26 minutes. There were 600 people racing today and Jason came in around 141st overall and I came in 319th but I had beat my personal best time by running the race in an hour and 21 minutes and 34 seconds. I am happy that I was able to accomplish this goal because when I started training in June, I probably wouldn't have even been able to walk 10 K's much less run them.
So now, for the rest of the weekend I plan on relaxing and playing with my brother and parents!
Thanks for running this with me Jay! And thanks for coming with us mom and dad! It was really nice to have people cheering for me at the finish line!

My Love Language

I feel loved when...

The Five Love Languages

My Primary Love Language is Quality Time

My Detailed Results:
Quality Time:	9
Acts of Service:	8
Words of Affirmation:	8
Receiving Gifts:	3
Physical Touch:	2

About this quiz

Unhappiness in relationships is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. It can be helpful to know what language you speak and what language those around you speak.

Tag 3 people so they can find out what their love language is.

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New woman

So today I feel like a new woman! My Aunt Judi is taking family pictures for us on Monday morning, so I decided that I didn't want to look like a frumpy mom for the pictures and so I called up my cousin Amber and asked her if she could give me a new "do" for the pics. Well she was great and she totally helped me out! So I decided that I would post some of the impromptu pics of my new hair. I LOVE getting my hair done!! It always makes me feel like a new woman! Please excuse the pics though, I did take them like 2 seconds ago and as you can see I am sans make-up and in my sweats. . . oh well. . . I guess I'm not a COMPLETELY new woman!

Birthday

It was my birthday on May 3rd. I had a wonderful weekend and it was one of the best birthdays ever!! Everyone is teasing me because I will be 30 next year and they think that I am getting old. Some days when all of the kiddies are going crazy, I feel old. But usually I don't think about it at all. I know I am an unusual 29 year old because I have 5 kids, but I wouldn't trade them for anything.
Because its my 29th birthday, I thought I would post 29 little tidbits about myself that you may or may not know:
1 - My middle name used to be Leigh
2 - I prefer veggies over fruit
3 - I used to think that I would have 6 boys
4 - My favorite colors are green and brown
5 - I LOVE flowers
6 - I love to mow the lawn
7 - I can't seem to keep indoor plants alive
8 - I love to garden
9 - I love newborn babies
10 - I am a sucker for puppies
11 - I only like chocolate if it is high quality chocolate or a kit kat bar
12 - I love to try new foods
13 - I love to cook
14 - I am a HUGE fan of digital scrapbooking
15 - My Grandma is my best friend
16 - I am not very coordinated
17 - I believe that music is incredible powerful. . . for good and bad
18 - My favorite sound in the whole wide world is a child singing
19 - My favorite movie is Cool Runnings
20 - Tardiness really bugs me
21 - I am actually quite shy and I prefer to be the behind the scenes girl
22 - I would rather buy clothes for my kids than myself
23 - I love to read
24 - I prefer baths to showers
25 - I am a hoarder
26 - I love slurpees
27 - My favorite flavor for just about anything is vanilla
28 - My children can draw better than me
29 - I still play the piano for at least 1/2 an hour every day

So there you have it. . . 29 randoms about Megan! I hope you learned something about me that you didn't know!

A Little Piece of Me

Well, today Lee and I went over to my cousin Amber's house and my cousin Lindsey dyed and cut my hair. I got to spend a little time on myself and I felt as though I got a little piece of myself back after having the baby. The weight gain that I had while I was pregnant with Lee was really hard for me to take because it has left me heavier than I have ever been. I LOVE my new hair color! And I even got. . . .wait for it. . . .BANGS!!! Yep, I haven't had bangs in over 10 years, so it is taking a little getting used to, but it is great. Otto really likes my haircut, which means alot to me (more than he will ever know). Abby noticed right away, but Anne didn't notice at all. I told Otto that if I hadn't noticed Anne's haircut right away that she would have never let me hear the end of it! We both had a good laugh over that.
It's hard to believe that Lee is going to be 4 weeks old tomorrow. The poor little guy has had quite the initiation into life. I hope that he won't have any long lasting effects and that he can live a full and healthy life. I know that this is what every mother wishes for their child, and I am not any different.