Megan Nicole Hamblen!

This post is to welcome Baby Megan Nicole into the world. Lori and David were finally in the hospital at about 1 PST when there was an open bed. Emily stayed at her Grandma's playing with cousin Kendal. Megan finally came after 10 minutes of pushing at 9:05 PST. She was 8 lb 7 oz with a head full of dark hair.


The Family with Megan, Emily was too tired to go to the hospital.

My first 'college' experience

I think I can dub this moment as my first college experience. I have recently moved in with new roommates for 2 reasons. 1) I was having serious contention issues with one of my old ones that she was not willing to resolve and I didn't want to have the tension from. 2) Me and my REALLY good friend (who was also having problems with a roommate) wanted to move in with each other. So it just happened that 2 other girls in our ward had an opening in their room! 'Convenient', right? Haha, anyway I LOVE my new roommates. We're always sitting in the living room watching Gilmore Girls together instead of being in our rooms with our doors clothes like my old roommates. Even better, when we're watching TV, we aren't really watching because we're too busy talking. Last night we had the TV on, but one of my roommates brought out her old journal so we all got distracted with tales of high school and past loves. We started at 9, and I was thinking that I should go to bed in like an hour. Right about when I was getting ready to take a shower, another of my roommates took a shower. Ok so I'd wait til she got out and take one. She got out, I was still talking with my roommates (at that point reading a 3rd person story of my roommate Sarah's day). So then it got later, another roommate took a shower, I still didn't. Finally it was 12:30 at night, and we were STILL talking when we hear a ukulele outside our door. Sarah went to look out the peep hole and see what the HECK was going on. She starts laughing and tell us that this creepy guy is looking in our peep hole seductively and playing a ukulele! Scary! I looked, as did my other two roommates, Brittany and Megan. Then, he knocks on the door, and we all run into our individual bedrooms and slam the door haha! He got the picture pretty fast, but it was soo funny! We stayed up til like 1:15 when I FINALLY took a shower, didn't blowdry my hair (and it actually looks hot today too) and crashed in my bed! I was sleepy today, but it was SO worth it!

The Happiest Moment of My Life!

Ok, so this is going to sound SO geeky, but this is seriously the happiest moment of my life! So as some of you may know I decided at the beginning of this year to switch my major from Music Education with an emphasis in flute to Flute Performance. This is a huge deal, it requires a new audition and it is twice as hard to get into, Flute Performance has a suggested 4 hours of practice a day, Music Ed only suggests 1 or 2. BIG deal! When I first told my flute professor this she said 'Ok... well maybe you'll be ready to audition by Spring Jury." Whenever I brought it up on lessons she sorta just blew it off, like I wouldn't ever be ready for it. Last week she told me that she was acting that way to make sure I was motivated enough to get it myself, and she knew that I was now ready for it! So yesterday she told me that we were moving my audition up to the jury in December!! It is so amazing to see my hard work pay off!! I couldn't help but be the most excited person ever!

The "Boy"

Ok... well you all asked about the boy. Here it goes. He isn't the boy anymore. There was this guy I met in band. I thought he was really great. I thought he was really cute. I thought the fact that he wasn't a member wouldn't be an issue. Boy was I wrong. I didn't have a problem with him. We cuddled and held hands the entire trip. People noticed. And then, when I should have started liking him more, I began to feel uncomfortable. It felt so wrong. I kept thinking about my future. I kept thinking of my Heavenly Father. I prayed about it... a lot, and today, I told him that it just wouldn't work. I have dreams of having a very religious family, of being married in the temple, of a husband who respects me as a Daughter of God and loves Heavenly Father just as much as I do. I need someone who will go to sacrament with me, someone whose mere prayers will make my heart swoon. I realized that he was a great friend, but I was more crazy about the idea of a boyfriend than the actual boy. I feel miserable. I wish I could take back the hand holding and the hopes I gave him, but I can't. I just knew that I had to stop it now, before we grew even closer, and I definitely didn't want any more regrets. We have decided to still be friends.

I'm so happy for trials such as this. It makes me realize how true the church is and makes me feel even closer to Heavenly Father. I'm so happy that He was there to listen to my prayers and let me know what I needed to do. I wish I had listened to Him sooner, but I'm so happy that He knows me and knows what I need in life. I'm so happy to know that He will always be there, and that He has someone out there that will be right for me.

So... the REAL "Boy" Requirements:

Must be a strong member of the church, temple marriage is non-negotiable.
Being cute is definitely nice
Cannot be overly prideful, it is SUCH a turn off
Must be light and playful sometimes, but serious at others
Must be able to understand that practicing 4 hours a day is a BIG requirement in my life
Must be interested in going to Broadway Musicals, Symphony Concerts, etc.
Ability to at least pretend to understand my musical jargon, excitements, etc. is helpful
Must be able to provide for a family, flute playing doesn't bring in that much money
MUST be good with kids, and be ok with having 4-8 children
And Finally...
Must have a crazy fun family, and be able to keep up with my even crazier family!

My Motto:: "Every day I pray that God made someone tolerable enough to put up with my unique ways, and that I'm understanding enough to put up with his"

If anyone knows a guy of this description... WHY AM I NOT DATING HIM YET!? Seriously folks, hook the little sister up!

My Dearest Sisters

While packing today for the band trip that will be taking place over the weekend (yes, there will be pictures), I finally realized how my sisters have taught me the most important lesson of all. It's ALLL about the size of your cosmetics bag! I remember as a child being befuddled as how Rachel could have enough stuff to fit into that giant bag (which was always amazingly cute). Being in college, I've grown a little older, a little wiser, and evidently way more interested in my looks! I'm sure I wouldn't pack 1/2 this stuff if there wasn't the cute guy on the band trip to impress, but I now have a bag the size of Rachel's that is packed full. The sad part is: I still feel like I'm skimping out on myself!! No hairspray... I'm praying someone else will have theirs, no straightener, my hair looks hot without being straightened now (:D!), I'm planning on using the hotel's free body wash, covering up all body parts so shaving won't be required. The things we do for boys, or more, the impression of. So girls, remember life's biggest lesson, which I was lucky enough to get from my older sisters, it's ALLL about the size of your cosmetics bag!

The New-Doo

So I just barely got my hair cut today, I wanted something different. Mine was really unruly and wasn't keeping form very well. The girl who cut my hair had very similar hair to mine, fine, flat, and unruly, so she gave me some great hints on how to make it look good when styling, and gave me a great cut for my hair and face!! I was super happy, so I wanted to show you all the new look!

Happy Halloween!

We had a floor decorating party last night. Not many people turned up. Actually, at one point, it was just me, my roommate, our RA, and his girlfriend decorating, but it doesn't matter because it still looks beyond awesome if you ask me. Sadly i don't think you can see any of the decorations in the pictures.. well... besides the ones we're playing with...

Our RA, Matt, making the torn creepy cloth look more torn and creepy. We now understand why cats get such a kick out of destroying things, it's super fun!

The decorating crew. Janis playing with balloons up front, Matt taping behind her, and Lauren streamering behind him

It wouldn't be fun if we didn't have a balloon sword fight

Me with sexy spider web hair.

Matt making another Torn Creepy Cloth live up to it's description... except I think he's stuck...