Adorable!!

OK so I want to make one thing clear.....I am NOT baby hungry, BUT I do love little girl UGA dresses. I am obsessed. Don't ask, I just do! So I found these dresses today online and almost died. I mean how stinkin cute! I just had to share it with everyone, enjoy.....

Our Bodies

Well we had just a wonderful weekend, so I thought I would share it with everyone. We first, on Friday night carved pumpkins with our friends the Carter's. We had a great time and some great laughs. Aaron carved a "Y" on his pumpkin for BYU and I just went with your typical pumpkin face.



Saturday Aaron started off his day with playing some football with his brothers, which is probably his all time favorite thing to do, and then we were headed off to the BYU vs. UNLV football game. "Stop em cougs!" Pretty close game, but BYU played well and pulled off a win in the end.

Then that night Aaron and I, and some of our best friends Zane and Michelle all headed up to Salt Lake City to attend the exhibit, Body Worlds. For those of you who might not be familiar, it is an amazing exhibit where human bodies and body parts are put on display to show just how amazing our bodies really are. Now a lot of you are probably freaked out by now, but I am telling you it is science and art at its best. I could go on and on about how truly amazing our bodies are. This is one thing I personally feel so strongly about. When I tell people I am a dance major, pretty much the only response I get from people is, "Oh how FUN!" In peoples minds all they think is that I dance all day and some how that earns me a college degree, which is so far from the truth. Now don't get me wrong there is so many hours during the week that I am physically dancing, but I would say that I am in a classroom setting just as much. While in the classes I get to learn so much about our bodies and how we connect to people through movement, how we can use our bodies to create art, how our body can create aesthetically pleasing movement, and how are bodies function. I just finished an anatomy course this past summer, which was the hardest class I will ever take, but was truly so rewarding. Can I just attest to how beautiful and inspiring the human body is and how it works. Again Body Worlds was just another reminder for me of how blessed I am to have my healthy body, how I am able to move it through space on a daily basis. Even if I am just walking or dancing. From the modern dancer within me I encourage everyone to re-discover their body, move like you have never moved before, notice the space and energy around your body. Indulge in movement, and find connections within your body that you never knew existed. What a beautiful tool we have been given, make sure to always treasure it.

Happy Birthday Connor!!!

So today October 23rd, marks the birthday of my amazing brother, Connor Jonathan Ensign. Where do I even begin....this kid is amazing!!! Connor has been my example, my strength, and my inspiration throughout life. Connor truly knows how to live life to his fullest. He just simply knows how to be happy and how to genuinely care for others. He touches many lives, but most deeply has touched mine. Thanks Connor for being the best brother in the WORLD!!! I love you dearly. I hope you have a wonderful day.....I am thinking of you buddy. Happy 18th Birthday man!!!

Connor a few years ago lived one of his dreams, and had the opportunity to go to China. Connor loved every minute of it. If you ask him what his favorite part of the trip was he would just simply say, "Oh making friends with the Chinese delegates." (As if its no big deal.) People just love you Connor! No matter where you are in the world you always seem to make people smile.

Happy Autumn

I have loved the season of autumn this year. Usually I despise the change of weather out here in Utah because that means that snow is just around the corner. But this year has been a little different. It has been beautiful outside and I have just loved every minute. I've made Aaron join in on my love for autumn this year by helping me buy a pumpkin, eating apple pie with me (the lattice top one from Costco...heaven sent!!!), making carmel apples, and eating so many candy corns and the little pumpkins. I have been one happy girl!!

Last night we had so much fun going to a corn maize down at Thanksgiving Point. We went with Adam and one of our good friends from Georgia, Kate Heniger. It was truly a blast. We had fun going through the haunted corn maize, shooting pumpkins out of a gun, riding in a cow train, racing each other on bikes, jumping on a huge air pillow, and much more. It was pretty much the ultimate autumn celebration. The four of us really had a great time. Here are some pictures.....enjoy!

My boys....

So lately I have been so grateful for the family that I have married into. The Young's. I don't believe that anyone is as lucky as I am. I have the most WONDERFUL parent-in-laws and sibling-in-laws, also might I add the CUTEST nieces and nephew. I cant even begin to tell you how blessed I am to have such an amazing family. But what has truly been the best is having three of Aaron's brothers live 3 minutes down the street. Adam, Daniel and Kevin are lets just say, my guys!! I have LOVED every minute of having three older brothers just right down the street. It is my absolute favorite when they just randomly stop by our apartment just to say hi, or invite us over to have dinner with them. There has been a few times where I finish with class and Ill just go over to their place to catch up on life or sword fight (if you will). I LOVE IT!!!

One of the best things happened the other night when the four of them were playing flag football against some of my freshman year guy friends. One of the boys on the other team saw me sitting and watching on the side lines and yelled over, "Is that Megan Ensign?" With no hesitation all my brothers put that boy in his place and said, "No son, that's Megan Young!!" Aaron of course made sure to inform him that I was HIS wife. The kid was a little embarrassed since he got such a quick response, but we all seemed to get a good laugh out of it.

I cant begin to tell you how much I love these boys. They truly make my day when I see anyone of them. Again I feel so truly blessed to have three older brothers so close. Love you guys dearly!!

Megan

General Conference Oct. 2008

It is 11:41pm on Sunday night and i am still awake ponderingon the many blessings the Lord has given us. I feel so grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. As most everybody else who will read this blog, Megan and I had the blessing of watching the sessions of both saturday and sunday. What a blessing it is to live in a day of Prophets and Apostles who lead and guide this church. What a blessing to know that amist all the political turmoil, and economic unrest, and unceasing wars and contention, we have inspired leaders who recieve revelation from God to lead and guide us. After waitching conference we would like to add our testimony to millions of others world wide that God lives and that he loves us. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. The Book of Mormon is true and testifies of Christ. Jesus Christ is the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. How blessed we are to have this knowledge.

The 2nd session on sunday was a very special session for me. The talk given by Elder Gavarret of the seventy was especially inspiring. I served in the Peru Lima North Mission and had the chance to serve with President Carlos Perez. In his talk, Elder Gavarret spoke of missionary and member work of reactivating the members of 14 stakes and 3 districts. He also spoke of a stake president in the Puente Piedra stake named President Alarcon. I had the blessing of serving in President Alarcon's ward and also of joing in the teachign of the hospel to his mother who was baptized.

Also the work of reactivating inacitve members was inspired by my mission president Carlos Perez, i was personally there when he told us of his inspired plan to work with the less active. He instructed us that every companionship in the whole mission would meet with there bishop every week, pray with them, and get a list of 10 inactive families to visit, as this work went on my time to leave the mission came. Now that i have been home for almost a year, i can see how the fruits of that great and marvalous plan. I have spoken with president perez recently and he has shared with me the progress that the missionaries are having with activating the members.

My heart is full of gratitude for the Lord and his inspired work. I am grateful for inspired leaders called of God to help in the Lord's work. Of those inspired leaders, President Perez has helped mold me into who i am today. I hope that everyone was able to feel of the spirit as we listened to General Conference this year and that we may all go forward willing to help in the Lord's work.

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