'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.