The luck of the Irish... Literally.

{Even though this will be posted on the 18th, remember that Sunday, March 17th, is the lucky day we're talking about here.}

Once upon a time, I became friends with these lovelies.

Jeni and Bayley are both in my ward. I knew Bayley first because she is on my floor and is roommates with my friend Katie (who helped me pick this floor when I was moving dorms between semesters). Jeni and Bayley were already friends before I moved in, and recently we have all been getting close and hanging out a bunch! We went to Salt Lake last weekend, had a sleepover, went laser tagging, dollar movies at midnight, etc. We are all a lot alike- we love vintage, have the same style, and are all around rockstars.

Back to this day of luck, St. Paddy's, this evening I went to hang out with Jeni and Bayley in the lobby (our weekly pool night with our friend Ben). Jeni and I were sitting on the couch and she asked me if I was Irish. Here's our conversation:

M- " Yeah, a little bit, I'm a Murphy."

J- " Really? I am too!"

M-" Yeah! My grandma's maiden name is Murphy."

J- "No way! That's my grandma's maiden name! What's your grandma's first name?"

M- "Marilyn!"

J- "What?! etc etc etc"

M- "What's your grandma's name?"

J- "Donna!"

At this point we are fa-reaking out because we realize that our grandmas are sisters. Not just regular sisters; they were uber close. They were best friends and did everything together! My grandma passed away over a year and a half ago, and I remember meeting Donna and Johnny at her funeral. Donna reminded me so much of Grandma, and I thought that she was the closest thing to Grandma. They live in California, so there was really no way of me ever getting to know them. 

Since 8 o'clock this evening, we have been chatting up a storm. We googled it, and we are definitely second cousins. We have the same great-grandparents. She is the youngest in her family, and I am also the youngest, and we have few cousins that are close to our age. My closest cousins and kindred spirit Maddie is a year and 30 days younger than me, so Jeni is a smidgen closer in age!

This is seriously so crazy and exciting. I am losin' my mind! 

I've literally been fulfilling my Parent Trap dream, except the grandparent edition. I have this photo of my grandparents when they were dating, and Jeni's grandparents happen to be cropped out of this version. Jeni's seen the whole photo so you know that scene in the Lindsay Lohan version where they're like- 

"That's my dad!"

"That's my mum!" as they compare the two photos?

We did that! Oh my soul.

It gets even better. We are now planning an epic post finals road trip to Jeni's home in California to see her mission farewell (She leaves to the Philippines in 53 days), DISNEYLAND, Balboa Island, Taiko sushi, antique shopping, regular shopping, beaching, the works! I'll also be able to hang out with Donna and Johnny which will be wonderful. 

All in all, this has so far been the best St. Patrick's Day ever. I'm pretty sure nothing will ever beat it. I mean, I found a long lost Irish cousin for mercy's sake! Fate, destiny- you are in my favor. Good thing I wore my four leaf clover necklace today. Lucky lucky luck!

Lots o' love,

Megan

P.S.

Up the Weekend Date {June 1-3}

The grad celebration has come and gone. My best friend Shannon came and went, and now my brother Matt and s-i-l Kate are here. We just had a delicious family dinner (roast beef and strawberry shortcake for dessert). I love the time I have to spend with my family- so much I am blogging now. All right, I'm used to be the only child at home. It's a minor adjustment having other bodies in the house, and bodies that look like you on top of that. To all my childhood friends who graduated from Bingham High this week- congratulations! I still bleed blue. I have a Bingham license plate decoration, among other things, to prove it.

So, here are a hodge-podge of photos from the other adventures had this grad weekend. 

Another grad party- Amazing Race style.

tired. si. 

 Here's a sneak preview from my time with Abby Dell photography on Thursday- spoiler alert!

 I have the sweetest home/visiting teachers ever- the Yamada's. They brought me the most beautiful graduation bouquet! 

 While missing her hubby who was in San Fran this weekend, we took a gander in Matt's baby box.

 Driving home Friday night, the moon was a-shining and the air was full of summer.

 Saturday brought a glorious visit to David'sTea. I left with a Jessie's Tea soy latte, and the strawberry ginger and flamingo loose leaf teas (caffeine free, calm down).

 twinned it up with seafolly.

 Oil change

 We took an adventure downtown once more. We needed to get to Cabin Fever, a used book store, but we neglected to check the address before paying for parking 20 blocks away. We took an opportunity to trek.

I was brought back to my Awesome/Radical roots. 

ankles were again exposed

 Ate at Joey's in Eau Claire- mucho fabulous.

And today I enjoyed my gluten-free (gf) lemon poppyseed pancakes, courtesy of Pinterest.

 Shannon departed for her homeland. Our Toms were to be separated once more.

 Shannon took the opportunity to use the Peter's Drive-In coupon she won at the aftergrad party. Farewells suck. and I know suck is an ugly, impolite word but oh well.

Facetimed with the twin and Squish!

I drank some tea and ate the most delicious yogurt combination known to man.

I went to church, learned about goals and such, and helped with nursery. I drew each kid cartoon style and they loved that!

Some final Sabbath Day notes:


We are what we want ourselves to be.
Align our image of ourselves to what we want to be.
Divinity is inside all of us. Recognize that, and you are going to be unstoppable. 
Remember, you are a child of God, and that's what matters most. 


Always remember who you are, what you stand for, and what you want. 

The more we follow God's counsel, the happier we will become. 


Two major life goals:
-Be of service to the Lord
-Be where the Lord wants us to be, no matter the sacrifice.


That's all for now, until next weekend, where I shall be one week  closer to being finished with high school!


Love,
Megan M.A.