JURY DUTY, AGAIN!!!

Yes, it's true. I have jury duty, yet again. that's 3 times in 3 years!! Jonathan hardly ever gets a jury summons and the one time he did, he didn't even have to go because they dismissed it!!! I don't really mind going and waiting, it's actually kind of exciting!! it's the driving to Phoenix that i don't like!! growing up in the mesa bubble, Phoenix and it's one-way streets have always scared me a little. my dad laughs every time i get a summons because i have to drive all the way to Phoenix and he always gets summoned to the downtown mesa courthouse!! what the heck!!! anyone else get summoned this much?!

new year, new blog background

happy new year!! i hope everyone had a fun one!! i am sad to get rid of the christmas themed background and music :( but i do love change, so here it is. jen j, let me know if the colors hurt your eyes. i will probably be changing the background a lot because i can never find one i absolutely love. not that it matters a whole lot, but i liked logging in and seeing my old green grass background. it always made me smile.
anyway, this past sunday was carsons first sunday in sharing time as a sunbeam. since i'm the secretary in the primary presidency i had him give the first scripture. i was so nervous for him and for me. i actually had a nightmare that i went up to help him say the scripture and he started yelling at the top of his lungs that he wasn't going to do it and that i was stupid. and there i was shame-faced and red and carson running around pell-mell. i'm so glad it didn't happen like that at all!! we went into the primary room before primary started and practiced a little. primary was crowded with all the new sunbeams parents and parents of the children who had talks. he was sitting in his assigned "scripture" chair looking all confident like he'd done it a million times. he totally said it like a pro. i actually almost missed it!! i was making copies and raced back to hear him recite it in a VERY loud voice. it was so cute!! later on, at home jonathan asked him how he liked primary and he said it wasn't bad, it was really super cool. i'm so happy for the smooth transition!!!
these past couple weeks have been oh so crazy!! let me break it down for you:
we moved into the saragers house four days before christmas
i had to scramble to find the now packed christmas presents between the boxes at the saragers and the boxes at my parents house
crystal had her sweet baby girl liddelle, who i have not yet seen :(
aubreys mother passed away and we attended the funeral (which was so great, by the way)
emily zoe got engaged to an awesome guy and are getting married in march
talk about crazy!! but at the height of all the craziness, i feel so blessed.
preschool is starting back up tomorrow and i don't know if i'm ready. this holiday had been so nice with no obligations or anywhere to go. i like it. i'm sure i will get back into the swing of things real soon, but i'm not looking forward to it!! i've loved sleeping in!! but now that i think of it, i have missed the kids smiling faces and warm hugs!! well, that's about it!! i will hopefully post some christmas pictures soon!! sorry this is such a long post!!

i love christmas time!!

i've been listening to christmas music since september. yeah, i know. i only have 1 christmas cd which happens to be my favorite (obviously otherwise i'd purchase another one). harry connick, jr.-when my heart finds christmas. turns out he has like a million christmas albums. i feel very deprived. anyway, now carson only wants harry connick, jr. all the time!! we listen to the radio sometimes but he just ends up wanting harry. i'll look into the rear view mirror to see him mouthing every single word. we were at a store the other day and they were playing christmas music overhead. of course, it was harry. and of course, carson yells, "mom!! it's harry connick, jr.!!" i was very proud. his cd just reminds me of making christmas treats with my family for our neighbors and his cd would be on repeat!! it seriously wouldn't be christmas without him!! enough obsessing about harry, but that's why there's a whole bunch of his christmas songs on here now, in case you were wondering...
i love christmas time. i truly am in a better mood ( i think) and seem to appreciate things more during this time of year. that, and i love giving gifts. not to mention receiving a few myself. i love visiting the temple lights with my family. i love the beautiful christmas songs, especially in church. i love, absolutely love going christmas caroling!! i've been learning christmas songs on my ukulele and practicing really hard so it will accompany me this year!! (still not good, but good enough for my kids!!)
christmas for children is so magical and i love seeing the twinkle in their trusting eyes when they see santa(especially when santa can call them by name), and on christmas morning. it makes me want to giggle and jump up and down for joy just thinking about it!! anyway, bring on the magic, giggles, jumping and don't forget the hot chocolate!! i hope everyone will have a happy, magical, meaningful christmas!!

Cody's Shenanigans

last week on monday night, cody and carson were running along the couch trying to jump from the couch to the coffee table. it's quite a jump so, earlier in the day i moved the coffee table a little closer to the couch but not touching the couch. so, cody was running along and his leg went between the couch and coffee table and SMACK!!! he split his juicy little cheek on the side of the coffee table. last time something like this happened to carson, i did not take him to get stitches (jonathan wasn't home.) he needed them. probably six or so, but i did not take him. anyway, we decided to take cody to get stitches(it was a super quick decision.) there is a phoenix children's urgent care right by our house, and he got 4 stitches. it was sad watching jonathan holding him down and co crying, but i'm glad we did. he got them out on friday and i made jonathan take him to get them out. he had a black eye too for about 5 days. it was really sad. it didn't really bother him though. no excess of crying or trying to take the band aid off his face or anything. now there is just a line on his face that looks like a paper cut.