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*