'Tis The Season...

During this holiday season Meghann and Daniel would like each and every one that is dear to us, Happy Holidays. We wish that we were able to spend it with each of you and hope that your holiday season is everything you wish it to be.

This being our first Christmas together we began by setting a few ground rules. Rule number one came from Daniel: No decorating of the house or playing of Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. Number two came from Meghann: All decorations will be of the Disney variety. Number three was mutual: Meghann makes cookies, Christmas or not, on the first Sunday of the month.

Thanksgiving passed and on the 1st we decided to start the Tracy Tradition of picking out the perfect Christmas tree. We packed into the car, put on the Christmas tunes, bundled up and made our way to the place where Christmas trees reside (Wal-Mart). We rushed into the store and scavenged up and down each aisle in search of the perfect tree. After 15 mins of searching and asking the worker to search the back room we decided that the most perfect tree was right in front of us. Daniel fancied for the fiber optic tree but Meghann vetoed that idea and we purchased a 3 foot imitation Colorado Pine. Daniel is realizing that during the Christmas season Meghann is in charge. We rushed home and were bursting with the holiday spirit trying to select the optimal spot in the living room. We decided that it would look best in the corner (the only corner unoccupied in our living room). While Daniel assembled the base of the tree Meghann put on the most appropriate music and in just seconds we were blasting some good-ole Mariah Carey Christmas. One by one the ornaments were carefully hung and as the last Disney ornament (thanks Furnells for the Disney decorations) was placed on the tree, we could swear that we heard James Stewart (from It’s a Wonderful Life) shouting, “Merry Christmas!” It was the end to the best family home evening ever!

We Tracys from Rexburg would like to wish all a Merry Christmas and hope that you have the best holidays! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

















Daniel wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas all by himself! He tried to get Meghann to jam along as well but she was a bit camera shy. It is hard to think that Meghann is camera shy, ok she really isn't, she just wanted to let Daniel shine in the spotlight :) Anyone willing to offer him a record deal?

Real Salt Lake vs. New York RedBulls!!!

This is our Week End Warrior edition! Last week we traveled down to lovely Sandy, Utah in search of the MLS playoff matchup of Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls. It was a memorial game which, unfortunately, Real Salt Lake lost but we really had the time of our lives. Real Salt Lake outshot the Redbulls 24 to 8 and hit the post three times. Remember the movie Mighty Ducks and the triple deik?? "A quarter inch and it would have gone in." That is what it felt like all night long. It was an exciting game and we got to share it with 20,008 fans in the brand new Rio Tinto Stadium. After the game we all talked about how it was probably the most exciting sports game that Daniel and Meghann have ever been too! We even got to eat out at Meghann’s favorite sushi restaurant Happy Sumo. We were lucky enough to even have Meghann sport a soccer jersey. Anyways, we had a fun time and had the company of cousin Mike and some friends from Rexburg, Jordon and Kristen, to help us route on Real Salt Lake.

Ron and Denise let us stay the night at their house (thanks so much) and Daniel shnuckered Ron to staying up till two in the morning playing some hearts. Let it be known that Mike is still considered to be playing in the, “Blue Bird Club.”

This week was uneventful other than Daniel working everyday and Meghann going to class. But this upcoming week we have some big plans. Thanksgiving will be fun because we are going to see Daniel and Meghann's favorite niece on the Tracy side and having a feast with the Johnsons. Then on Friday we will be heading back down to Utah to meet up with Adam and Karen. Meghann is excited to give Karen and the expected new-born her little contribution. Daniel is excited to get out and play some football and totally annihilate the Hill boys. Karen, if you are reading this, you should tell them to take some pain pills before they suit up!!

Anyways, that has been our lives for the last two weeks. Stay tuned!

"A day in the Life of a Pumpkin"

Say ello to my little friend! (you have to say it like Al Pacino in Scar face)


We wanted to let everyone out there know that we had a happy Halloween and hope that you all had a great one! As you can see, we started a halloween tradition of picking out the perfect calabasa (pumpkin) and transforming it into 'Patty the pirate.' You might be asking yourself how did "Patty" come into existence, and if you didn't, well we are going to tell you anyway.


Patty started out as the perfect midsized pumpkin which Meghann masterfully picked out of the Wal-Mart, "every pumpkin for $5" bin. We even bought the handy dandy plastic set of tools to aid us in our endeavor.

Even though we scraped all the insides out of Patty, remarkably he didn't feel thing. We then began the process of poking, jabbing, and cutting until we had the bestest Halloween Jack-O-Lantern this side of the Mississippi!





We carved the pumpkin on the Monday before Halloween, FHE :), so that everyone knows how scary it is to live with Daniel. In fact, did you know that he dances while he cleans??? Yeah, Meg didn't know either but... she still loves him!

So, beginning this Halloween, we have created another tradtion of our own...hucking the pumpkin off of the third story!


While we know that we will not always be living on the third floor, we will however continue to smash our own pumpkins.

*Note to parents*

Meghann felt so bad when she hurled the pumpkin onto the grass below where people walk, she shortly went down and cleaned it up.

Conference Weekend

Yeah Conference Weekend!!!

Yes as you can tell, we were able to attend conference this past weekend, the Sunday morning session to be more specific. We had tickets on the plaza level and it was the closest Daniel has ever been!! It was also a special time learning that the Kansas City area will be getting a Temple! We also found out from Jason that the Temple will be in the Liberty Stake, shoal creek area in MISSOURI! (sorry Kansas)

We were also very blessed to spend the weekend with Meghann's parents. Daniel was very excited because he was able to spend all day Friday walking from store to store as Meghann and Cheryl paraded in their new threads. Daniel also learned a life lesson from Jerry when in the Gap store. When asked how to maintain enthusiasm during countless, "Does this look good on me?" Jerry, with his head tilted back against the wall, replies, "just take a nap and all will be fine." Wise words from a man with such experience.

So, after another two or three stores Daniel decides to implement such tactics. To his deteriment, and the fact that he doesn't like to take naps, he was forced to purchase Pac-Man and play it on his phone. Thank goodness for those little applications you can buy on your phone!

Shopping and pedicures aside, we were very excited to see Mom and Dad Furnell, and have the opportunity to spend the weekend with them! All was good and fun until the time came to take them back to the airport. That's when the fountains began to flow. Daniel never likes to see his woman cry and it seems to always happen when we say good bye. On a side note... it only took Mom and Dad Furnell 13 mins. to get through that notorious Salt Lake Security ;)

Thanks for the great weekend!

*picture Meghann giving the thumbs up*

The first day of Intramurals

In that old spirit of taking a picture on the first day of school; we took one of Daniel on his first day of Intramural sports at BYU-I. I mean come on, what does he have to look forward too now that he is not in school anymore? Anyways, you can kinda see that he did have a full head of hair, BYU-I made him cut it to play. :(

But on the bright side we were able to partake in the festivities of the annual Jensen Elise Tracy Birthday Party!!! Both sets of grandparents were able to make it and her most favoritist Uncle Daniel and favoritist Aunt Meghann were there. Plus we had the most decadent fun-fetti cup cakes that have ever graced the earth and Jensen was loving them.

Isn't she a cutie?

I'm a MONSTER!!!!

Ok, well maybe a cookie/brownie monster. Last week Daniel got creative and upset the whole dessert world by turning it upside down! He made his brownies (the box kind where all you need is an egg and oil) and then made cookie dough (again, the kind where all you need is water and an egg) and combined them together! Genius!

He even took a picture so that all would be able to see the creative mastermind he is. He even had one of those Frankenstein moments. You know, where the doctor stands by the monster and yells, "it's alive," in that creepy voice as lighting strikes. Then as soon afterwards, he munched up the corner piece.






Now past our adventures in cooking... Meghann took a giant leap as she cut off more than 6 inches of hair this past week. She bravely called up a member of the ward who is a stylist and made the appointment herself. After four years of letting it grow she couldn't stand it long anymore and, well, see for yourself.

Oppps, wrong picture... wait... here it is.

Doesn't she look GORGEOUS! So on another note, today Meghann and I taught our first lesson in Gospel Doctrine!! Yay! Anyways, thanks to a good object lesson from none other than the queen of object lessons Sis. Furnell, things went very smoothly. We even think that more than 80% of the audience were paying attention! We were even congratulated on how well we teach together; that made us happy. Well, it is Sunday afternoon and what do married couples do in the afternoon.... time to take our naps! We love you all!

Hello from Idaho....!!

Due to the increasing amount of family members on both the Tracy and Furnell side that have devoted time and effort in updating everyone on how their lives are progressing... and feeling the ever so silent pressure to compete with who has the best family... The Tracy's have joined the ranks of Bloggers! *Chorus of Angels singing their praises!*

So, to keep up with what Daniel and Meghann do on a daily basis you need to be living in the fast lane. We hustle and bustle everywhere we go... wait... no... we really don't. Life in Rexburg has us running to the REDBOX periodically hoping to find new releases. I don't think that any of you have any idea of how much stuff there is to do in Rexburg. Ok, that was a joke... Last week I think we rented the last movie out of the RedBox that we haven't seen.

Joking aside, Daniel is now a full fledged Life Insurance Advisor. Wow, that looks better written than the actually job is, Trust Me! The job has me working a 8 to 5 Monday through Friday. Meghann is doing the whole Hip High School Thing while working for Hollister. She is a trooper in that she doesn't like the commute or the job itself, but until school starts that's where you will find her.

That's our quick little update. Keep checking back as more of the fabulous life of Daniel and Meghann will be blogged as new and exciting events cross our paths.

P.S. Ohhhh, I got Meghann to watch the Lord of the Rings!!!!