Jury Duty

So a couple of weeks ago I got a letter in the mail summoning me to jury duty.  I wasn't too excited about it since it was on my week off and it was supposed to be a three day trial.  So last Tues morning I had to wait through the selection process which went pretty much all morning....I was number 14 out of 36 people.  They started taking everyone back and interviewing them personally which was taking FOREVER, and I didn't bring a book or anything so I was extremely bored.  It would have taken to late afternoon  to interview everyone but they interviewed me and about five other people and then they came back to tell us who they had selected.  I thought for sure they wouldn't pick me....but lo and behold I was one of the "lucky" ones.  My family joked that I should tell them I was racist or saw dead people or something, but we all were sworn in so I had to tell the truth dang it. :) All in all, it was actually a good experience for me.  I felt pretty cool when they said, "All arise for the jury" whenever we walked in the room.  So basically this girl was trying to sue her former friend from high school for an accident she felt was all his fault.  it happened five and a half years ago, so a long time, but what happened was she got on the back of his Jeep and he said he didn't know she was there, and then she fell off and hit her head and suffered head trauma and has memory problems today as well as losing her sense of taste and smell.  She tried to say he was negligent in his driving because he had his music loud and didn't check his rear view mirror even when he was driving forward.  In order for her to win the 1.1 million dollars that they were asking for, or even any money at all, it had to be what we felt as a jury more than 50% his fault.  The whole time through the trial I kept asking myself what the heck she was doing on the back of his Jeep with nothing to hold on to. And she didn't remember anything about the accident so of course she didn't know why she got on. It took between 6 to 8 seconds by the video they had to even drive out of the parking space in front of him, so she had plenty of time to get off.   Needless to say, she did not get any money.  We all felt bad as a jury that she had to go through so much, but it was kind of her fault for making that decision.  Anyways, it was pretty cool to be a part of it all, even if I did have to be away from Emma for two whole days.  I would do it again, if I had to, but hopefully it won't be for a long long while.

Valentines Day Craft

So I did my craftiness for the month..Chance's mom actually bought everything for us to make these cute little crafts!  Basically we rolled these felt strips into these roses and just hot glue guned them on a heart shaped wood piece that Chance's dad cut out...it turned out pretty darn cute and its perfect cuz I have zero Valentines decorations....but I do now!  We had fun making these and even the boys helped us out which is unusual but nice.  Happy Valentines Day!

Future Rock Climber

So the picture was just taken for fun, Emma was trying on my socks....funny girl.  But I seriously think Emma is going to be a rock climber when she grows up....

A little while ago I laid her down for a nap, she slept and then an hour or so later I heard her playing with her toys...yes she has officially at 18 months learned to climb out of her crib.  Before that she had been climbing out of her pack and play when she was at other people's houses.  Then to make matters worse, I tried to lay her down for a nap about a week ago, and then as I was trying to take down Christmas decorations, a couple of minutes later she was in my living room.  I thought that I maybe didn't shut the door or something, but I tried again and made sure I shut the door, within a minute she was in my living room again! The little stinker can now open doors! I am in big trouble!

Needless to say she tries to climb everything...if she hasn't climbed it before she will try to conquer new heights, literally.  And she is quick too.  On Tues. I checked on her and she was in her room, then not too long after that I needed to go somewhere so I went to go find her and she was in her bathroom on the counter.  Her toothbrush and toothpaste are in the drawer closest to the door, and she pulled out the drawer to get her toothbrush (she loves playing with her toothbrush).  So needless to say I go to open the door and I can't because the drawer is open and it will only open a crack.  I tried to explain to her to get down and close the drawer but she just sat there and laughed at me.  I think she knew she had locked me out and was rather enjoying it.  Then as I was trying with a hanger to get the drawer shut, she decided that the hand soap was shampoo and "washed' her hair over and over again.  I guess at least she wants to be clean right?  Finally between me and Chance we got the door open at last.  Now a child lock in on the door handle to the bathroom.  :) I didn't think I would have problems like these so early, I don't know what I am going to do with that child. I guess I will just have to love her. :)

Christmas and New Years Resolutions....

Christmas was very good at our home. For those of you that were wondering how the kitchen set turned out here is the final product:

I thought it turned out pretty good, esspecially due to my lack of craftiness.  I am so lucky to have a husband that is good with tools and making things though, he is the one that cut the doors to the microwave and stove and made the hole for the sink.  Emma loved it, she is always playing with the pots and pans.  she does always try to climb in the oven, I don't know if she fully realizes what everything is, but when she is old enough to understand I'm sure she will still love it.  She did roll up her sleeves to wash her hands in the sink though.  :)

I didn't take a lot of pictures on Christmas Day, which is why I have a New Years Resolution to take more pictures....but we all got spoiled for Christmas.  Emma got so much toys and clothes I don't think she knew what to do with them all.  We even hid some and will bring them out for her later so then she will think she has a new toy.  But mostly we loved spending Christmas with family and friends. 

So as far as the New Years goes I have made a few goals....

1. Take a picture everyday, thanks Val for inspiring me.  I couldn't find my camera until yesterday, so I'm off to a late start, but better late then never right?

2.  Blog at least three posts a month....I'm a blog slacker sometimes....

3.  Do one new craft idea a month.

I don't want to make too many goals because I might not achieve them all, but I love working on new things and trying to improve myself.  Hopefully I won't look back at the end of the year and be dissapointed!

18 months!

Our little cowgirl is already 18 months! She is getting so big I can't even stand it! Here are her stats:
33 1/4 inches, 90th percentile
22.6 lbs, 24th percentile
Head circ: 47 cm, 64th percntile
She is pretty tall, but still skinny as always!
She has become quite the picky eater, I never can seem to get her to eat her veggies. I swear she could live off of eggs, hot dogs, and mac and cheese, but thankfully I try and switch it up a bit for her.  She does love fruit, just not the veggies.
Here are some of the things she does now.....
She says "love you".  When she is pretending to talk on the phone, before she takes it away from her ear she says "love you".  How observant is that!
She can say "Affie", her aunt Afton worked hard to make her say that
Ask her to spank her bum and she will, its the cutest thing ever
We are working on the animal sounds but so far she can do dog, cat, and cow
She gives high five and rocks
She loves to put on mommy's make up and she is starting to really love my kitchen.  I clean up the  pots and pans sometimes four or five times a day. I hope she will revert to the kitchen set we are making for her after Christmas!
She still loves the bathroom and I'm constantly having to make sure the doors are closed.  When I catch her playing with the toilet paper, she instantly "blows her nose" into it so she can let me know she is putting it to good use!
She still speaks Chinese (she jabbers constantly). Grandpa Rasmussen taught her how to say "chop chop" and she puts her hands together and chops her hand.  Its hard to describe, but its funny....
She loves all of her cousins and loves to play with them!
It is so fun to see her evolve into her own little person, this is the funnest stage.  And next week she will officially be in nursery! Chance will finally be able to go to all of his meeting whether he wants to or not. :) It will be intersting to see how she does. Well, until next time!

Getting crafty!

Thanks to being inspired by Pintrest, I really want to do at least one thing crafty and useful every month! Pintrest has such good ideas and seem to make it easy for craft dummies like me....

I found these cute snowflakes made out of popsicles sticks. It was so super easy and it cost me 2 dollars.  My mother-in-law had a bunch of popsicle sticks and I just bought the spray paint. They turned out awesome!  And you really can't tell they are popsicle sticks!



And Chance's family had a big craft night when we celebrated Thanksgiving and I made this cute wreath.  Chance's mom was so thoughtful and knew I might like to make a BYU one so she bought all of the supplies.  It turned out so cute and it was easy to make as well!

And for Christmas we are making Emma a little kitchen set out of a night stand I bought for 10 dollars on KSL! It started out looking like this...

We took off the top part so it would be just her size.  We sanded it and painted it pink. We found all the assessories we will need for the oven knobs, sink, etc. at Home Depot and everything costed about thirty dollars. It is still in the making so no final pic yet,  you can take a look on my Pintrest board, and while it will be a different color, etc, hopefully it will turn out just as cute!!

Next month I am hoping to make something to hold all my jewlery so it wont get so tangled all of the time!  So many ideas and so little time!

Our little Leopard

A little while ago Emma was on Amoxicillin for a sinus infection. This is what she looked like after day 7....

Needless to say, she is allergic to Amoxocillin! :) It didn't seem to bug her but it definataly was noticable. And it took 3 days to go away. Poor thing, she looked like a leopard. Just thought I would share!