A night to remember!!!

I must admit, that it was I who started the plague of Twilight at the Gap. I work in the greatest place. Seriously. I love it. Just about 8 months ago, I gave Twilight to a friend at work. She read it in a day, then passed it to the next. Then it was Tammy, Angie, Lindsey, Carissa, Karen, Kathy, Leigh Ann, Sarah, Jennifer, Jessie, Spring, Erin....you get my point. These poor new "seasonal" employees are probably asked in their interview, "Now, do you read Twilight?" It is the center of most of our conversations while at work. I didn't know that when I passed off this book as a simple gesture that it would start this virus. Well...last night we all requested work off and had a girls dinner and after go see the movie premiere! We had a delightful meal full of laughs and good company and it was great! My Italian meal portion was pathetic but it was so good.

And then came the movie. My opinions are always way out there...but I felt like it was more like an ABC Family "made for TV movie." BUT...it leaves plenty to improve on for the next movie!!

to love me is for you to get to know me!

My sister in law, Chrissy, tagged me to write down 5 things that are weird about myself that you may not know already.

1. Maybe this has been caused by working at the Gap, but I have to fold all of my clothes, and Ryan's too, into the "Gap fold." Jeans and everything. Ryan just looks at me with this, "you're crazy" but I keep folding. It keeps things looking fresh and organized. I know it's only Ryan and I looking into my closet but it keeps my OCD under control...somewhat :-)
2. In junior high, I thought my feet looked HUGE in every pair of shoes that I owned. I went through a very terrible stage of buying my shoes a 1/2-1 size DOWN from what I really wore so my feet would look small. Do not ask me why. I grew our of that phase quickly because my feet were complaining constantly.
3. Which leads into my next quirk, I have long toes. It's true. My dad calls them, sorry if this offends, but the Twin Towers. My pointer and middle twos are basically the same length. Trust me, everyone notices awkwardly long toes. I was teased beyond belief by my siblings and friends. But then I met Ryan and he thinks my feet and toes are perfect! So THERE!
4. My favorite words include:

Kosher

Seriously

No Dice (thanks to Esther Weller)

Regardless

Capiche?

"Bob's your Uncle"* usage is key*

5. My least favorite words: (I'm disgusted in myself for even typing them...ew)

Moist

Moisture

Crust

Lubricant

period (it makes everyone awkward and blush)

coagulate

I TAG: Kristine M, Jessie M, Christina B

dinner at the Hindmarsh's!

Last Sunday, Ryan and I were invited over to our friends, the Hindmarsh's, for dinner. Tom and Greta are the parents of
Ella (2 years)

and Audrey (almost 1 year)

I used to watch Ella and Audrey once/twice a week. I stopped babysitting about 6 weeks ago because Greta quickly found a great fit to watch the girls. I have missed the girls so much! We had so much fun together! Lots of Dora and Yo Gabba Gabba!! Greta told me that she had told Ella, "Meagan is coming over tomorrow!" and Ella screamed my name, "MEAGAN!" and ran to the door to watch for me. Greta then said, "She is coming over tomorrow, not today." So, when Ryan and I came over on Sunday, she ran to me and gave me a huge hug! She is such a sweetie! And I can't believe it but Audrey is taking her first steps, and has been for the last few weeks. She isn't even 1 yet! Greta and Tom prepared a wonderful roast and mashed potato dinner and for dessert was a beautiful cake! YUM! It had chocolate frosting on the outside and the filling had strawberries....YUM! We love the Hindmarsh's!

"It could have been so bad..."

My younger brother Jared FINALLY received his mission call. He left for Calgary, Alberta, Canada last Sunday to go visit his cousin, Craig who had just gotten home from his mission and to see all the family. We were notified by the Stake President on Friday, Oct 31 that SLC had changed his status to "Call Issued" so we knew the call was arriving in the mail while Jared was in Canada. Well, low and behold, a large white envelope arrived on Friday, Nov 7 so we had to wait 2 LONG days for Jared to arrive home. He decide to open his call alone in his room. He came out saying....

Arcadia California Spanish speaking!!! He kept saying, "It could have been so bad..." I laughed so hard! He was like, I seriously was imagining myself reading, Warsaw, Poland because sometimes the Church does crazy things like that!

He leaves December 17th!!!!!! And my mom will tell you, it's 5 1/2 weeks away!!!

We are planning on taking him through the Columbia Temple on November 25th. I can't wait! I love that Temple so much. This has been such a miracle in the Steele family. We are so excited that he will have this experience. He made a list of his 'Top 10' and California was listed as 7. He is so thrilled, and Ryan is pumped to write him letters in Spanish!