Here's to you Blue Monday!

These people in their cars will tell ya that January bites. They are now out of their cars and hiking up our hill. 

Sorry if I am about to offend any of you January Birthdays out there BUT. . . January has got to be the worst month ever!  From August until November you have the pretty fall leaves changing colors and Thanksgiving. I mean who doesn't love a holiday where all you do is eat and watch football?! Then you anticipate Christmas in December and the opportunities that come with it... Family,Temple Square lights, hearts and thoughts toward the Savior. There's always fun Christmas parties to go, good movies at the theater, skiing (not so much this past december), and the feeling that you have gotten fatter this year, because welp... ya did.  Then you have February (which I love because I am a florist) and you sense the weather will be changing soon.  I Absolutely LOVE the springtime! Then comes my birthday in June. (Go June-babies! Alec and little Miles). Then the Simmons family North Carolina beach trip in July. . . boo-yeah (if anyone says that anymore, I don't know). So. . . what does January have? . . besides Alec's mom's birthday? (Happy birthday Janice) Absolutey nothin.' Blank, dreary, nothing-to-do January.  I have always disliked January because it's so depressing. I have to give it to January this year. It was in fact the most enjoyable January due to it's spring like weather and sunshine. Did you know that the fourth Monday in JANUARY is Scientifically Proven to be the most depressing day of the YEAR!!!!! That's today people! So if you have had a terrible blue day today, it's most likely that you are experiencing BLUE MONDAY, the most depressing day of the year.

Rick Reilly

I don't really like Rick Reilly's stuff...ever, but this article gives a shout out to a good cause.

Merry Photos

So there’s this Christmas game on the iPhone that’s pretty fun, but the coolest part about the game is how you can make these holiday photos with photos you have on your phone. So yeah, that explains these photos.

Spoiler alert - these may be our Christmas card photos this year.



I think if I could grow a 'stache and beard like this, I might consider not shaving.

If you weren't a Jimmy Fallon fan before. . .

. . .maybe this will help. You may have seen this before, but it just got us laughing.

Best October ever!

So, you would think that because I am a stay-at-home mom (with a shift or two of work on the side) that I would have all the time in the world to post our everydays (I wish that were the case). But, now that I have PNEUMONIA! that's right people, PNEUMONIA! I have nothing to do but nap with the babe, lay low and type. So prepare for a blog marathon this coming week.

I kind of pride myself on the fact that I rarely get sick. People call Alec and I germ-a-phobes (if that's how you spell it, or if it's really a word like "funner.") but really, we are just trying to spare ourselves from feeling lousy. If you know how to wash your hands, I promise you, you will be saving yourself from a couple days or week of feeling terrible.

Alright October, where did you go? and so quickly? Normally, I HATE OCTOBER! (no offense October birthdays, I still love ya). Most everyone loves when the leaves fall and when they change colors. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty for like a DAY and then the word "DEAD" always pops into my mind. The snow follows way too soon (which i love for skiing don't get me wrong), but then it all turns to gray yuckiness. Then I get asthma attacks because of the nasty Salt Lake air, and believe me when I say that this is me thinking POSITIVE.

So back to October. It actually was one of the best Octobers I have had. Lots of fun pumpkin carving with the fam, a trip to Gardner Village, our Halloween tradition of Yankee pranks on the Parks (who are Red Sock fans). . . And who could forget the best part of all?! MILES FIRST HALLOWEEN! We had to put little Mi in his first Halloween costume, therefore, we purchased a little cow costume. Mostly because it was cheap (they are like 39 bucks! we got it for 9, go us). 

So we dressed him up and pridefully (or shamelessly you might call it) took him trick-or-treating at foothill village. He won his parents some fine candy! Whoop! Whoop! The best part of October though was spending nearly the whole month in AUSTRALIA with the mission president PADRE and MADRE Simmons. Thats a whole nother post! (Alec likes to make fun of the fact that I always say, "Nother," especially when I say, "the nother". . . it just flows for me. Whatever, I don't need to explain myself haha.) XoxO, Megs P.S. I looooooooveeeee these people!

This would freak me out

I saw this on the world wide internet web for computers this morning. This dude has guts!