Car Troubles!

Well it's a sad sad day. My car is having major issues again. I swear every time mom and dad go out of town I have a major car crisis. Maybe it's better that way though so mom doesn't have to worry and dad doesn't have to stress. So here is what happened. Wednesdays for me are always very long and busy days. I had staff meeting from 8:30 to 1:00. Then I had to throw some paperwork together, do some casenotes, and then run out to Salt Lake to visit one of my clients in the hosptial. I was only going to spend an hour or so at the hosptial because I had to be back to my office in Centerville to meet with another client at 5:30. Things were going oh so well until I pulled into the parking garage at the hospital. I started smelling this weird smell and I figured it was just another car. The parking garage at LDS Hospital is always packed. Anyway I finally found a parking spot after driving around forever and I smelled smoke really bad. Well come to find out the smoke is coming from MY CAR! Yeah totally smoking like crazy. I was just looking at the smoke and thought, well I gotta get to the hosptial so I'll deal with this later. I get out of the car and I see this trail of antifreeze all the way down the parking lot. I'm talking A LOT of anitfreeze. I thought I'd better get out of there before anyone saw me. I mean it was very obvious where the antifreeze was coming from...MY CAR. I ran into the hosptial to take care of business. On the way I called my second father- Mike Evans who works for dad at the shop- and he told me not to worry about it and he would take care of everything. He said he'd send a tow truck for my car and a ride for me when I was ready to go. What a relief! So I was able to meet with my client in the hosptial which went really well and then when I got done, Mike was on his way to pick me up from the hospital. I am lucky to have so many people that take such good care of me, especially when dad is out of town. Mike had also arranged another car for me to drive so that I could make it back to work by 5:30. Hopefully they can fix my car so that I can be back on the road again. Car problems are just SO frustrating!

What's the Deal?

Alright so I just have to complain for a minute! So I'm not sure if other people have this problem but I can't wear a pair of nylons without getting a hole in them the first time I wear them. It doesn't matter what kind I buy or how much money I spend, I always get a hole in them in the toes. I've been wearing thigh-highs recently which I LOVE! Control top nylons and a big pregnant belly just don't go well together (unless you are Nat, he he!) Anyway part of the dress code at LDS Family Services is nylons. Well for over a year and a half I refused to wear them. A lady from headquarters came to visit our agency and interviewed each of us. I of course was NOT wearing nylons and she said to me..."so I see you don't like our nylon policy" I tried to come up with a great excuse but all I could say was, "no I don't like nylons because I end up getting a hole in them the first time I wear them and I just don't want to spend $7 a week on nylons." I don't think she was too happy with my answer, but I didn't get fired. I've tried to be better about wearing them, but am still having the same problem. All of my nylons are coated with clear polish on the toes to try and salvage them! If any of you have a solution, I would love to hear it!!

Mindi Sissorhands!

So this post is more for Nat and Brent. So my dad is ALWAYS on ebay bidding on something. We are always laughing at him because he is a little addicted! You just never know what he is going to buy, and sometimes if you are lucky, he buys something for you. Well one day he presented Mindi with 5 pairs of sissors for her to cut hair. Min leaves her sheerz at work many times and so when someone needs a hair cut when she is at home, sometimes you are just out of luck. Well dad had a solution to this problem (or so he thought). Mind tested out the new sissors on Chill. It was quite a show. Dad was adjusting each pair and using WD-40 to make them work better and Mindi was complaining the whole time about how horrible they were. In the end, Chill got a pretty good hair cut. Thanks Min!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

Okay everyone, it's time again for my monthly update. I am the worst blogger on the earth I know and most of you probably get sick of waiting for updates and I apologize. I always use the excuse that life is crazy...and it is. I have two clients that I have been working with about 2 to 3 times a week and it takes up a lot of my time. Both of them are due next week so hopefully after next week, things will slow down and I can start preparing for motherhood. Ha Ha. Anyway I just needed to thank Marsha, Katie, and Dee Dee for throwing me a family baby shower. We had it on February 23rd up in Logan. It was SO much fun! Lots of the family traveled hours to make it to the shower and I really appreciated it. It is always fun to get the girls together. We had GREAT FOOD and I got some great stuff. People were just so nice and so generous in the gifts that they gave. Here are a few pictures from the shower.

These were the cute party favors. Candy bars with this cute wrapper.
Mom, Mindi, Grandma B and Me! Wow now that is a belly!
My best friend Shell (Sargie) was able to make it. I haven't seen her forever so I was glad she made it. There were many more pictures taken of the shower, but I thought I'd post just a few.

Big Day!

So today was such a fun day. It started early this morning with my mom bringing my dad's truck over to my house so that we could go pick up the nursery furniture. Poor Chill having to do most of the work by himself. I know he was thinking my mom and I (mainly me) weren't much help as we tried to carry the heavy boxes into the house. The good news is, I can tell people I have my crib. (It is not put together, but it is in the house so that counts right?) After picking up the furniture I had to cruise over to a ward baby shower that Molly threw for me with the help of Ayesha and Micheal. It was so much fun. We had waffles, bagels, muffins, etc. played a game, and enjoyed each others company. I got some really cute things for the baby and can't wait to put them to good use. My mom also came with me and got to meet all the fun girls from my ward. It was fun to have my mom with me, plus she gave me some really cute clothes, a blanket, and a stuffed animal. Moms are the best! After the shower it was off to the mall for my mom and I. We made a stop at motherhood maternity and then we both had to get home to plan our lessons for Sunday. When I got home Chill was doing some plumging projects and there was a nasty odor in the house. I thought I really might die. I stayed in the house as long as I could and then told Chill we had to get out. We went to look for a washer and dryer, but the store we went to was closed :( We haven't had a washer and dryer for quite sometime due to some plumbing problems and so home repairs and remodels so I have been hauling my laundry to my parents house a few times a week I have been spoiled becasue my mom does my laundry for me. How pathetic am I... My mom still does my laundry! Since the store was closed it was off to Lowe's to get clothes rods for our closet. Now to all of you that might not seem exciting, but to me it was music to my ears when Chill said he'd hang the rods today. I have not had a closet for almost a year. My clothes have been in a room upstairs scattered all over the place. I was so happy and so excited to bring my clothes downstairs. I can't believe I am going to be able to get dressed right in the comfort of my own bedroom, it is so wonderful! We don't have doors yet for the closet, but it's all good. We'll get to that soon. Chill and I both organized our clothes in the closet and then called it a day. This was a big day for me and now I am exhausted and ready to go to bed!

Some of the cute girls from my ward. I forgot to take pictures during the shower so to those of you that were at the shower and not in this picture...I am really sorry. I was just having so much fun and forgot to get my camera out. Thanks again girls for the FUN TIME! (In the picture: Rebecca, Ayesha, Michael, Me, and Molly)

The cute gifts I received at the shower. I was so happy to see that they really do make cute stuff for boys. Blue is going to be my new favorite color that is for sure.

Chill hanging up the clothes rods. Who knew I could get so excited over something like this.

Here is our happy little closet with all our clothes in it. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have my clothes downstairs again. The only problem is about 90% of them don't fit me right now!!!

Arizona!

I took one last trip to Arizona with my mom, dad, and Brent before the baby comes. (Min and Chill both had to work and couldn't make it) Mom and dad left Wednesday afternoon and drove to Arizona and Brent and I flew on Thursday morning. We had such a great time and the weather was BEAUTIFUL! I didn't want to come home because I knew more snow was on the way. We did a lot of shopping, eating, and just hanging out. It was a much needed vacation. It was nice to get away and enjoy the sun. I flew home on Monday (dr.'s orders) and Mom, Dad, and Brent made the long road trip home. These are the only pictures I took on the trip.


Lexi's favorite thing to do was feed the ducks right outside of their apartment with grandma. I tried to take a picture of her feeding the ducks, but she ran off before I got the picture.

We celebrated Lexi's birthday while we were there. We had a party with presents and cupcakes. I told her I wanted to take a picture and this is what I got!

We went to the grocery store and while everyone shopped, Lexi and I went and got a donut. She only wanted the chocolate frosting so she at the top off the donut and left the rest.

Grandma Feet

Okay so I know this picture is not great (photography isn't my thing). I had planned to go to Arizona to visit Nat and Jared and after talking to my dr. I found out it was okay for me to fly, but that I needed to buy some compression socks. I did what I was told and went and got myself some knee highs. I chose what I thought was a good color, but I came to find out that it was a total grandma color. I had to wear them and I was not about to go pay $15 for another color. I wore them and really loved them. They are very comfortable. The only problem is they just make your feet look so grandmaish. Well I flew home Monday morning, ran home, put on a skirt, grabbed some black shoes and ran to work. When I got to work all I could do was look at my feet and laugh. I kind of felt stupid for wearing my goofy socks and then to top it off the shoes were just ugly! I just dealt with it for the rest of the day. I couldn't wait to get home and get those off of my feet!