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This is a pretty typical afternoon around our house. Just thought I'd share.



The boots kill me. Pauly put them on next.

100th Post!

Woah! Can you believe it? 100 posts already. Well, including the previous blog, this is really our 142 post, but who is counting, right?

In honor of this accomplishment we decided to list 100 facts about our family. Here goes:

• 1. “Hey Big Spender” is my favorite song.
• 2. Ty often gets mistaken for David Duchovny (“Why don’t you love me?").
• 3. Ty’s first choice for dental school was not Harvard (He didn't get accepted to his first choice).
  
• 4. Ty hates “The Sound of Music”
• 5. But he loves “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”
• 6. Mckinlay blows kisses to everyone.
• 7. I cut Ty’s hair twice (by “twice” I mean a 1^st and last time.)
• 8. He made me cry.
• 9. Mckinlay likes to stick her fingers in my nose.
• 10. I make treats “twice a week.”
• 11. Ty calls my “Sevens” “Radio.”
• 12. My left eye is bigger than my right.
• 13. Mckinlay walks around the house brushing her teeth.
• 14. Ty is missing tooth #25.
• 15. Ty is very proud of his dental skills.
• 16. Although I grew up in Hawaii, I never rode on a boat until I moved to Utah.
• 17. Ty and I both got “chubby” on our honeymoon. Here's why:
• 18. We both think we are a lot cooler than we really are.
• 19. I hate to be called “Megs” by people that don’t know me.
• 20. When I was a kid I liked to suck the slime off of vienna sausages.
• 21. The thought of that now makes me throw up in my mouth.
• 22. Have you heard that Snoop Dogg is Mormon?
• 23. Pretty good April Fool’s joke, no?
• 24. Ty loves trees.
• 25. Mckinlay will tell you what an alligator says.
• 26. Bishop Briggs and I are Facebook friends.
• 27. Bishop Briggs and Ty will soon be facebook friends.
• 28. Bishop Briggs and all our ward friends who read this and have facebook accounts will soon be friends.
• 29. “I Only Have Eyes For You” is not our song.
• 30. “Everything I do, I do it for you” is our song.
  
• 31. Ty whispered “I love you” to me during it for the first time at a Stake Dance.
• 32. He just told me it was also his song with his 6^th grade girlfriend. Now it’s not so special.
• 33. I had a foot print on the ceiling above my bed at my Mountainwood apartment.
• 34. I would lay awake at night trying to figure out how it got there.
• 35. Ty’s dad would often call me at 6am while we were dating. (Ty and I, not Eric and I)
  
• 36. Mckinlay loves to hide food behind her back while in her highchair.
• 37. Ty “nah nah nahs” and whistles a lot while working on the computer.
• 38. Mckinlay uses the same word for: cheese, Jesus, shoes, peas, please and keys.
• 39. “Meg-less”, “Meg-a-rama”,”Meg-pie”, “Meggera”, “Meggie-bo-deggie” are a few of my nicknames.
• 40. Ty’s mom calls him “Glorious Son.”
• 41. Tuesday night use to be deemed “pick on Meghan night” in the Mckinlay home.
• 42. I miss watching Maddle dance.
• 43. I can’t dance.
• 44. I’ve never won a trophy.
• 45. Ty has a “crooked nose.”
• 46. We usually run into one of Ty’s old girlfriends at Stake Conference.
• 47. Mckinlay and I look “exactly alike.”
• 48. I love planning parties.
• 49. Mckinlay has a crown.
• 50. She likes to wear it to get the mail.
• 51. Sometimes getting the mail is the highlight of our day.
• 52. Sometimes I’m embarrassed to go to Target.
• 53. I feel like all the workers say, “She’s here again!?”
• 54. But I usually run into Emily there.
• 55. That makes me feel better.
• 56. I miss my Grandma.
• 57. Ty and I are about to watch BSG.
• 58. Ty’s going to rub my feet while we watch.
• 59. He doesn’t know that yet.
• 60. The writers strike was really crappy.
• 61. Ty day dreams a lot.
• 62. It makes his palms sweat...when he daydreams about heights, that is.
• 63. I have too many shoes.
• 64. So does Mckinlay.
• 65. People often tell me my daughter has a weird name.
• 66. Everyone still thinks she is a boy.
• 67. I can see 10 purses right now.
• 68. None of which I currently use.
• 69. Did I mention I have a hard time getting rid of things?
• 70. Ty only has one week of school off this summer.
• 71. During which, he is doing an oral surgery externship at VCU.
• 72. I once had a Hogi Yogi stalker.
• 73. He would make our time cards and name tags kiss.
• 74. My grandma, mom, Mckinlay and I all sit the same way.
• 75. The lady at playgroup says it is bad for your knees.
• 76. I disagree.
• 77. I thought this list would be super hard.
• 78. It’s not.
• 79. We subscribe to bloglines.
• 80. I use to have fake nails in high school.
• 81. The man who did them has an extremely long hair growing out if his mole.
• 82. Mckinlay loves fridge magnets.
• 83. We want a blonde pug.
• 84. His name will be Litman.
• 85. We decided that while on “The Big Island.”
• 86. Right after seeing a Nene Goose crossing sign.
• 87. I can’t spell.
• 88. You already know that since you read this blog.
• 89. I really like yellow houses.
• 90. Sometimes Mckinlay calls Ty “Ty.”
• 91. My mom and I wipe the kitchen counter the exact same way.
• 92. It drives Ty nuts.
• 93. Ty and I are “the same funny.”
• 94. Mckinlay loves Baby Einstein.
• 95. I often put in on “repeat play.”
• 96. Is that bad?
• 97. We really want to figure out a way to live in Hawaii for a year.
• 98. Mckinlay loves to play in the parking lot (under very close supervision of course.)
• 99. She kisses each and every pebble, stick and cigarette butt she picks up (Ok, so I draw the line at cigarette butts.)
• 100. We are considering 200 facts for our 200^th post. Whadda you say?

Day at the Arboretum

I'm so happy! We have had such amazing weather lately. I think I walk around all day smiling for no other reason than that it is so lovely outside!
Or maybe I'm smiling at Mckinlay's low-rider shorts...

We went to the Arnold Arboretum today with Laura, Brianne and the kiddos. Here are a few highlights:The trees were in full bloom. Marcus kept saying, "It's snowing!"
Mckinlay was being free with the kisses today (as usual). Evelyn didn't seem to mind. But she wasn't the only one passing out kisses like pretzels.
We caught Marcus kissing Mckinlay's knee...
Then he went for the cheek...followed by a full on body tackle and giant kiss! Obviously didn't get a picture of that one since we were trying to pry him off of her. Oh young love. Looks like he's giving Pauly a run for his money.
And all the while cute Brooklyn clapped and smiled for us.

We topped it all off with a picnic by the car, since you are not allowed to picnic in the park. Thanks for a fun day ladies, and thank you Mr. Golden Sun for making life so wonderful!

A daughter can brag.

My darling mom just finished re-doing her toy attic. It turned out so fabulous! Check it out here.
Mckinlay and I can't wait to come home and play!

Boston Marathon

After 3 years of living here, I finally made it to watch the Boston Marathon! This is my friend Amy. Mckinlay was right below us. Asleep. In her stroller. Don't ask me how she managed that one with all the noise.

It was awesome! We got to our spot just as the first two women were running by. What an inspiring site! Here were these two women surrounded by a police escort, with hundreds of people cheering for them, giving this race their all. It totally gave me the chills. These runnings were amazing! I was standing there clapping and cheering for an hour and I was tired. I can only imagine...
Whenever Melanie is around, Mckinlay prefers her to me. I think it is because she thinks Melanie might give her whatever it is that I wouldn't give to her. Or maybe Mckinlay just has really good taste. Probably both.

The winner is...

with:
Dear blog, happy 2nd birthday!!! We would like some cake via email, party hats would be nice too! 2 years is a long time.......favorite past entry.....hummmm......I think it would have to be the disco ty and megs bobble head thing. Dave and I almost wet our pants.....wait Dave did!! :-) Happy Bloging

Expect a wonderful surprise package shortly! If you're lucky, there will be party hats involved!

Thanks to everyone who commented! It was so fun reading what you had to say! And thanks for reading!

"JAFR"

Tomorrow is the last day to post a comment on the 2 year birthday post below. Winner will be announced tomorrow night!(Just because it is darling.)

2 years already!?

This is my 2nd birthday. I forgot how awesome our kitchen wallpaper was.

Someone else just celebrated their 2nd as well. OUR BLOG!! Can you believe we have been at this for 2 years? I know you're thinking, "What did I do before I had the Lovelesses blog to read?" Right? Ok, just humor me.

You guys have been there through it all with us. Like the time we ran the Boston Marathon, our different apartments, swollen feet, Mckinlay's birth, our Themed FHEs (which had it's one year anniversary last night!), vacations (remember how bald Mckinlay was?), celebrations, obsessions, holidays, and classic moments just to name a few.

To say thanks for reading about us, we thought it was time for another giveaway. Leave us a comment and you could win! Tell us your favorite past post, or something about you, or just say "hey"! We will put all the commenters names in a hat and draw a winner at random. As an added incentive, if you haven't commented before, we will add your name to the hat twice! We want to know who our readers are. The winner will receive something fabulous via the mail. We will even mail to Hong Kong if you happen to win (Hint hint). The contest will end in one week. You have until April 15th.

So happy commenting everyone and thanks for reading!

Semi-Annual Conference Brunch

I love General Conference weekend! For many reasons. We get to stay at home and listen to the words of the Prophet and all of our church leaders, we get to spend a lot of time together as a family, and we get to eat lots of carbs, I mean, yummy food with our friends!

Conference Brunch is a tradition my family has had ever since I can remember, so naturally we were going to carry it on once we moved away. Sunday morning, before the first session of conference, we get together and stuff our faces with all sorts of breakfast delights. Conference soufflé (thank you Melissa) has become a staple as has Melanie's pear pie. This year Ty made his homemade cinnamon rolls. Lucky for me we had 1 left. I'm eating it right now for breakfast.

We are so sad because this is the last time we will have this group together for brunch! Fillmores are leaving us for Minnesota and Turnbulls are off to Arizona for a year. Thankfully Christophers will still be here!

Thanks for the good food and good fun everyone! And thanks for the pictures Brianne!
With 6 kids, it's pretty much a guarantee all the photos you take will turn out about like this. No, these are not all Melanie's kids. She just happened to be holding 3 of the 6 when we decided to take the picture. (Anna, Marcus' bum, Brooklyn, Pauly, Mckinlay, and Avery.)
The dental students. Josh, Aaron, Ty and Jonathan. Aaron's toy is behind his knee.
Mckinlay and Avery. We're so sad you are leaving us Av! We are really going to miss you!

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Who else is excited?

Just the preview makes me happy!

Who wants to go with me? Pretty sure Ty would rather die first. Or maybe I should save it for next time I'm in labor since Pierce Brosnan is in it? (Long story.)