Here We Go....

So, where did we leave off before nursing school started consuming my life?

Oh yes, the movie!

Well, after I blogged some 3 months ago, I got an email almost immediately. I got a call back for the next day as a secret service agent! No pics from this day, but basically, I sat around for 8 hours, and then went to the outdoor set for an hour. And then went home.

The next day I got called to be a tourist. 

Outside of the "White House"

The N. Korean Motorcade

Inside of the gate- complete with fountain and lawn security. 

The rest of the White House will be CGI'd in later.

The next 8 hours, I spent running from explosions, both real and fake.

My first Hollywood Explosion!

I may or may not have gotten hurt....

But don't worry...I wasn't on the bus.

All in all, a really great experience! The set was so impressive! Besides the heat, I got to meet Gerard Butler (Not so nice to anyone...), Aaron Ekhart, Robert Forster, and Rick Yune. I got paid a little, too!

Look for me in theaters June 2014. :)

"Olympus Has Fallen"

After filming, I really took it easy for the last 2 weeks of summer.

We have had a little fun since school started though. We went down to southern Louisiana, to Pierre Part. Since we moved to Louisiana I have been a pretty big fan of the television show "Swamp People" and my favorite is Troy Landry.

So we went down to see Troy Landry bring in some gators since its Gator Season, and to meet the King of the Swamp!

The camera crew boat.

Troy's Boat- complete with gator blood!

Troy's Choot Em' Truck!

13 foot gator head!

The Wright's with The King!

Troy's catch of the day!

Annette with Troy and his nephew, Holden Landry.

Me with Troy's 11 foot catch!

On the swamp!

Dallas driving the fan boat!

Dallas caught a gator with his bare hands!

And then I held it!

(Disregard the awkward arm...I was scared)

A friend of the family took us to his "Camp." 

The end of a very long day on the swamp. It was beautiful and peaceful.

Whew.

Our last adventure was my birthday celebration to Aggieland to watch the Aggies Beat the Hell Outta Arkansas!

And Beat the Hell Outta them, they did!

It was a sweet redemption from last year, and Dallas' Dad was there to watch it. I, like a nice daughter- in-law, did not make him do any Aggie yells. :) I also have no pictures because of the rain. But we had the best time, and I felt like I was home again.

I can't believe I am already midterm through my first semester of clinicals. It has been so amazing, and so fulfilling. I think my clinical instructors are straight from heaven. I could not have asked for more experienced and educated nurses and mentors to teach me to care for other people. It's the most difficult and rewarding experience I have had, and I have been making some great friends that I know I will have forever. I finally feel like I am where I am supposed to be where my career is concerned. There is no doubt though, its going to be a tough few semesters!

Dallas is going TDY for a bit, and then we will be traveling to Houston for my Cousin's wedding, and coincidentally, the International Quilt Market is that weekend!!! 

I sense no one else is as excited as I, though. I know Dallas is less than thrilled. :)

Speaking of Dallas....he has just been living the dream. Flyin' planes, working out and playing golf. He is now officially Captain Select, and will be pinning on next year! So proud of my man!

That's all for now....

Megan and Dallas

Wedding Post and Other Exciting News

I'm back from Florida. We had a great time, and I came back with a little tan!! 

But I'm still white. I don't think my skin is capable of any other color.

Before I get to that, here are the long awaited (To those 2 people who read. :)) photos from Jameson and Taryn's wedding {2 months ago}.

The Beautiful Cathedral!

Saber Arch!

Kiss under the Saber Arch!

The Bride and Groom! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!

Inside the Cathedral!

At the reception waiting for the Bride and Groom to enter.

Table 5- AKA The Party Table

Freshman Roomies!

Taking the obligatory shot of Jameson Whiskey

All of us!

Again, Table 5- the Party Table!

"If You're Standin', You're Dancin'"

We had a seriously good time at this wedding! We love Jameson and Taryn, and pray for a long, happy marriage! AND we hope to see them just for a visit (Not wedding or graduation) in the future! :)

Now on to the Florida Trip!

We had a great time with Dylan, Lesly, Nana and Grandpa! And even though Dallas had a to leave really early, there was no magic lost in this trip!

You See, Dylan is one sneaky little dude!

He and his girlfriend Lesly have been together for 3 years. In fact, we first met Lesly at our wedding!

 I have been bugging him for the past year about when he is going to propose! He kept telling me not to worry about it. (I like to be in the inner circle...AKA....I'm Nosy.) 

Well I decided to quit asking, and when we least expected it- he did it!

He wanted to wait until he was with his family- to be able to share it with the ones he loves! (He is soo sweet! Seriously!)

He asked her to go walking down the beach to look for shells....

Then he pulled out a shell ring box he found- and got down on one knee! 

{I saw that from a distance!}

The Newly Engaged Couple after they savored the moment alone on the beach for a little while!

Their congrats dessert at the Beach Club! (Lunch)

Yum!

Me and Dallas....Almost sunset!

(Its too dark, I know)

And we are so so so excited to have Lesly in our family!

Needless to say, we had an awesome trip!

This weekend we are off to Hot Springs, AR for the Wright Family Reunion.

Other things we are excited about: The Olympics. Obviously. I am counting down- and cannot wait! 

Cheers

P.S. For the past month or so, they have been building a White House Replica near our house. We found out they are shooting a movie there soon called "Olympus Has Fallen." So, logically, I applied to be an extra in the film. It has Gerard Butler, Ashley Judd, Dylan McDermott and Aaron Ekhart in it! We will see if they pick me! Haha.

3 Amazing Years

July 4 was our 3 year anniversary. 

It has been an amazing three years.

I don't think I have ever told our story on the ol' blog- so here it is.

Me and Dallas met in 8th grade. My sister Cyndi, had a good friend named Dee Wright. (One of the loudest, uninhibited person I have ever met- she always told you what she thought- and believed everyone had success in them- just an amazing person)

 One Saturday, Cyndi asked if I wanted to go to Dee's sons birthday party- It's at the rock gym. And we were the same age.

I didn't really want to, but Cyndi also promised to take me to Papasitos after, so I went. When I met him, I was definitely less than impressed. Ha. I was a cheerleader and he played video games and was on the debate team. But I hung out- and we became friends. He was a nice guy- very different from the people I normally would hang out with. He was smart and played the drums. He would also burn some really sweet mixed CD's for me- which I just found again during our last move.

The next  "date" was to the movies, and then I agreed to go to the 9th grade homecoming dance with him.

 Everyone loves this picture- its definitely a conversation piece. That was 11 years ago. Circa 2001

We stayed in touch over the next few years, hung out occasionally- and then I went to Texas A&M while Dallas graduated from High School. I hadn't seen him in a about a year when Cyndi called me after she went to his graduation party and told me Dallas had really buffed up (WHAT?!) and I should go see him. And Oh Yeah- he got a Vice Presidential Nomination to the Air Force Academy and that he would be leaving at the end of June.

Summer 2005. He changed just a little bit. :)

I happened to be living with my dad that summer, which, by the sweet grace of God, was about 7 minutes from Dallas' house. We hung out about every day until he left- and I loved loved loved his family- They treated me like their own daughter/sister- which I eventually legally became. :) The same day he left for basic training was the same day I left with my dad for summer vacation in Mexico- and weirdly- we both spent our first few days on vacation/basic training with strep throat. (We didn't find that out until later when we finally got to see each other again.)

The next 3 and a half years of long distance (plus the rigor of the Air Force Academy and him studying Physics and being broke college students- so not alot of visits) were tough, but worth it, and I finally moved up to be with him in Colorado Springs while he finished school and I got my first real job, graduated and we finally got married.

The past three years have been amazing. We both have had great loss in our lives separately and together in the past 2 years, but I feel that this has bonded us more than anything else. The blessing with our losses has been that we learned extremely hard and valuable life lessons much earlier than most people, and have really grown from this. I feel that we now realize what is TRULY important in our lives.

We have been through pilot training, career changes (already), and 3 moves. We have been able to make a happy life wherever we are, and are grateful we have been together through it all (without deployment, so far). And for that, we are thankful and praise God everyday.

Some people say the first year of marriage is hard. I disagree. Nothing about our three years of marriage has been hard, especially our first year.  (I think we were just so excited to not have the Air Force Academy tell us when we could and couldn't see each other. :))

I can definitely say that in 8th grade, I never imagined my life would be where it is right now. But I am so happy to be where I am, and to have Dallas to share my life with. I am so proud of all of his accomplishments and love him more than life itself. He is my best friend, and I thank God for giving me such an amazing man.


Its been a while since I have posted- I still owe you all a post on Jameson and Taryn's wedding, which was just beautiful and exquisite and so, so special! We had a great time and were happy to see these two get married! :)

Here's a little throw back:

This is Dallas and Jameson (Middle) from freshman year at the Academy. This was one of the first pictures I was sent when he had access to the computer after basic training :) The other guy didn't make it past freshman year- and spent the second semester eating pizza and watching the OC. That definitely wont cut it there.

Next week we are heading to Florida to see Dallas' grandparents in Naples, FL. We were supposed to be heading to Disney also- but, again, the Air Force scheduled mandatory training for Dallas right in the middle of our trip. (Seriously, story of our lives- first the cruise now Disney) Dallas is coming home early and only staying for 3 days, and I am staying the whole week to enjoy getting spoiled by Nana and Grandpa and go to the beach! Sorry Dallas! Duty Calls, right? :)

Hope you had a great 4th of July- We sure did! :)

Cheers,

Megan

The New Casa!

Here it is! Our New Home!

We absolutely love it! Here a few things we have done to make it our own!

We couldn't take the blood red dining room, or guest bedroom, so we painted them immediately before we got our stuff in. (Thanks to Amy and my parents- this got done!)

After

I love the color- and it looks really great- the first thing that came out just as I envisioned!

We also put the built-in book shelf next to the fire place. It came out wonderfully thanks to our awesome carpenter!

The back of the living room, dining room is the the right

Our kitchen

Breakfast area.

Thats all I have for now, but we do have some more things to do to really make our new place our own!

It has definitely been a whirlwind of a couple of weeks- right after I finished my finals- it was time to pack up and get moving! (Thanks to my Mom and Step Dad for helping us move- we would probably still be moving if it wasn't for them!)

We are finally breathing- and enjoying our new home. This weekend we are off to Detroit, MI for some very good friends' wedding- Finally! Jameson and Taryn have been engaged for about 4 years while Taryn was finishing dental school! We have never been to the motor city- so we will see whats in store for us this weekend!

I am enjoying my summer off- but am starting to get restless already. I just keep thinking how busy I will be in the fall with clinicals. :)

Thats all for now- but I will eventually post more pictures of the house!

Have a great weekend,

Cheers