ATTENTION!!

Concerning all bugs:
MY BODY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY ALL VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED

My body is neither an all you can eat food buffet or an open bar (that's for you dirty skeeters!) Please refrain from coming near me.

" but Meagan we are supposed to live among the bugs" Why so harsh you may ask?? ...allow me to share a story

I awoke the other morning thinking to myself, man why does my lip feel swollen. I asked Garrett if maybe I had hit myself in the night, to which he had no recollection. My seemingly "busted" lip left me puzzled all day...until I again went to bed, then I arose for my nightly urination. As I was washing my hands I lifted my head towards the mirror only to cast my eyes upon....






Yes people, I am sorry the image isn't completely clear, but that is a SPIDER BITE! ON MY FRIGGIN LIP! I mean fine, whatever I put up with you biting my arm, and my leg, and on occasion my back..but my LIP! That is where I draw the line. So bugs of the south...CRAM IT!

Home Sweet Home

So here are some pics of our humble abode. Its not completely done yet so please excuse the boxes. Okay so here we go.

Here is the laundry area and part of the kitchen. It has TONS of cabinets which is super nice.

And here is the rest of the kitchen. Yes folks those are BOILED PEANUTS on the stove...mmm.

Here is the living room area view #1

and view #2....like I said, please ignore the boxes...just pretend super hard that they aren't there :)


Here is our little hall way area

And Bathroom 1

Bathroom 2

And our bed....the rest of the room...is still in progress so Ill post more later when the room is done

So thats it. All and All I like it so far...except for the bugs, but hey its the South and not much you can do about intruders of the many legged kind ;) We are still trying to hang a few more things but our walls are pretty much concrete so its rather hard. Anyway, this is where we live!

Bunches of Bradhams!

So I finally flew to GA. Yes I basically had to be pealed apart from my babies :( Depression I know....however, being amongst the Bradhams made me feel ALL better. Well, almost all the way better ;)

I had some wonderful girl time with my Mamsi. We ate chocolate, watched girl shows and chick flicks and teased the boys. It was glorious. Then Papsi and Garrett finally arrived and the real fun began. We went boating on friday and had a blast. Sadly, I neglected to bring my camera so pictures from the event will have to be left to your own imagination. We had fun tubing and wake boarding. I of course did not wake board, but Garrett did for the first time and was awesome. I enjoyed watching the twins eat it..suckers ;) Its okay, they know I love them.

The next day was Mamsi's Bday! HOOORAY Mamsi! Hotest 50 year old around :) We spent the day in Helen GA and had the time of our lives. We had the immense pleasure of floating the river with the most white trash people in America. To the boys dismay, the only cute girl there was their sister ;) lol j/k. Next was a pic-nick by the creek where they boys all preceded to attempt playing god by trying to make their own waterfall. It was of course my husbands idea, which... surprisingly failed. Next adventure was hiking to Ruby Anna falls. HOT as HECK, but worth it. the only picture I have of the day was from here. Sad I know. I need to get better...oh well. Anyway, my sweet brother Spencer gave me a flower from the falls that he took in front of a ranger. He is the more risky brother. Thanks Spence, I still have the flower. Our final destination was putt putt of course! One of our favorite pass times. We had fun like usual and as usual, the boys left their mark...a new Bradham tradition. That night we had a GINORMOUS feast of seafood...MMMMM. We even ate King Crab. Grant was finally able to join us. I was sad he had to work all weekend, but such is life. Anyway, we headed home on sunday...so I am now in South Carolina with my man at last.

Total Eclipse of my Heart

Oh glorious movie! How I loved thee!! Eclipse was amazing! Me and Korks made our own shirts...they were the best there if I do say so myself ;) We started waiting in line at 5...it actually flew by pretty fast until we were in the theater and had to wait the last hour...KILLER! It esp. helped that my sweet uncle brought us dinner and dessert! Thanks Lukie poo...here are some pics from the blessed event.

Sissy displaying our emotion on the book


Our Rockin' apparel



This is how we felt the last hour...but it was worth it :)

Hooray for Dads

So during my 5 months of terror, I called up my dad crying and told him I needed to spend some quality time with him. Being the kind father he is, he said yes. So he asked me what I wanted to do, he even offered to take me to Hawaii! but..part of my "healing" process was releasing my inner child. What better place to be a kid again than DISNEYLAND! My dear daddy took time off work during a big international project, AND dropped everything during my families huge move to Texas. What a great dad. We had a total blast and it was just what I needed. We spent the first day at Magical Kingdom and thanks to the magical fast passes we got to ride Space Mountain 4 times, Splash mountain 2, Haunted Mansion 2, and Pirates 2!! We ate Turkey legs and I even got a yummy Mickey ice cram bar..MY FAV! It was a great day...I think the funniest part was watching a bird swoop down and literally rip this ladies turkey legs right from her hands and fly off...HILARIOUS! Here are a few of my favorite pics of that day...


mmm Turkey Leg


He makes me laugh






Day two we split between Animal Kingdom and Epcot. Let me just say on this day...I felt like I was on the surface of the sun. HOLY FRIGGIN HOT!!! But it was worth it...esp since my dad bought me a water fan friend. We went to Animal Kingdom first and that is where I fell in love. The second we stepped into Asia I knew this was going to be something special..and then...it happened. My eyes locked and the mystical mountain that lay before us...upon that sky scraping mountain...tracks. YEA baby...this sucker is a RIDE! HOLY AWESOME!!Everest had my at "pull your seats down" I easily could have ridden Everest ALL ....DAY....LONG! it was incredible.I was however disappointed in the "exotic animal" petting zoo...LAME-O. But the train ride there was pretty sweet, I did get to see a Mama elephant and her yiddle calf. We also went to Dinoland...I made a few friends there...and so did Dad. We rode a kiddy ride with some twins and he kept cracking them up...it was pretty cute. (by the way, don't you just L-O-V-E all my run on sentences) So yea Animal Kingdom was awesome. Africa was my favorite country there....oh one day I shall go and bring home a cute little black baby boy...one day. So then we headed to Epcot....ummm AWESOME! They didn't have the best rides...but I love studying other cultures (hence the anthropology major) it was soo well done and the fireworks at the end were spectacular! Here are my favorite moments from this day.

So excited for Everest!!!


and it is now currently BLOWING MY MIND




Its tough to be a bug









Thanks Dad for such a wonderful trip! It was great and I am so glad we got to spend extra time together :)

The Melody

Okay so here I am.....3 short days from my departure. 3 days from leaving family that I have grown so close to and acquired so much love for. Its gonna be hard not to play with "my" babies everyday, not being able to watch them grow and learn new things. Its gonna be hard not to laugh and giggle with Kourtney late at night, I am gonna miss our cuddle sessions and dance parties. Its even gonna be hard to not have Drake around to share his insane imagination with me. Its gonna be hard to leave my giving uncle who always has my back and never fails to make me laugh when I need it. Its gonna be SUPER hard to leave behind my aunt who has become one of my closest friends. But even though ALL of that along with several other things, is going to be hard. The hardest part is coming up with a way to thank them all. How do you thank someone who had put the melody back into your song? I have posted a little about some struggle I was going through, but it was REALLY bad. It was hands down the most difficult 5 months of my life and I could barely function...literally, while I was working through a lot of different issues. While I was blessed enough to have a very supportive husband, it wasn't enough. What he couldn't do for me, or I was unable to do for myself, my aunt did. For so long, I felt like I couldn't breathe...I feel like I can now, and not only can I breathe, but the air is so sweet. So how do you even begin to thank someone who had such a huge part of that. I don't know. I feel like a simple "Thank you" is just simply ....not enough. I am not even sure how I could express how I feel about it....so for now..until I come up with something better...I'm letting Miley explain for me...don't judge. Or you can judge, I really don't care, I am not ashamed of my love for her. Miley....YOU GO GIRL!

"Everybody needs inspiration, everybody needs a song. A beautiful melody when the nights are long. Cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy. When my world is falling apart, when there's no light to break up the dark, that's when I look at you. When the waves are flooding the shore and I can't find my home anymore, that's when I look at you."