and life goes on...

this week i have been enjoying the sunshine in Arizona with em and eden. i love them both so much! we have had such fun at the zoo, shopping, playing at the park, taking pictures by waterfalls, and enjoying the easter pageant at the Mesa temple. but amid all of the fun and games there has been some sadness. once again, the insemination did not work this month and our hopes for a family are pushed back again. it's like a horrible nightmare playing over and over in my head. someday i'll wake up from it though and we'll be able to start a family. it's so hard to try not to get my hopes up, but subconsciously i do and then it's a steep drop down when i find out i'm not pregnant. i'm glad i found out while i was down here though. emilie has been a huge support for me, even though i don't say much. she has always been a rock for me whenever i have needed her. i do love her dearly. it's been hard to be away from jon during this time, but i feel closer to him now than ever before. i am so blessed to have him in my life and know i have taken him for granted at times. i so appreciate all he does for me and the life that we have together. i love that i get to love him!

anyway, i've been snapping away like mad with my camera and have a bazillion shots of eden, i just haven't had a chance to sort through them all yet to post some fun ones. i'll try to soon.

have a great weekend! :)

uh, mrs. law, did you know you have a warrant out for your arrest?

that's what the sherrif's officer asked me when he pulled me over this morning! No Joke! so here's the whole story:

last december i got a speeding ticket in south jordan. long story short, i thought jon paid it and he thought i had paid it. so they sent me a bunch of notices in the mail, but they all went to our old address since i hadn't updated my address with the dmv yet. (honestly, i just thought i could wait until my license expired to update my address. i didn't think they really used it for anything!) so a couple of weeks ago i went to renew my license and am shocked to hear that my license is about to be suspended! so i call the south jordan court to find out how much the ticket was so i can pay it and the lady says, "let me have you talk to the court officer so you can work out payment options." so i asked her "why do i need payments? wasn't it about $100?" "well," she says, "it originally was, but we've had to issue a warrant for the failure to appear and that added $300." WHAT!!! a warrant? like a real warrant where i could be arrested if i get pulled over?!?!? oh my gosh! so i tried to talk to the court officer, but he didn't answer or return my call (this was last thursday) and i had planned on trying again this afternoon.

my plans, however, lurched forward suddenly when i was pulled over this morning for not signaling and not having a front license plate! luckily, the officer was really cool and decided not to arrest me today and i got off with a warning to take care of the license plate thing and the warrant. WHEW! so i drove away not knowing whether to laugh or cry, so i did both! man, it was crazy!

and the best part is, i was on my way to a job interview for the court system and they have to run a background check...a warrant always looks good, rigth? ah geez! anyway, that was my comedy for the day!

i hope you are all having a good laugh and a better day than mine started out to be! i guess i should apologize to my dad for giving him a near heart attack (he's a justice court judge in weber county) when i called him to seek his council. :)

spring time!

what gorgeous weather we've had! this weekend jon and i set up the trampoline and i just can't tell you how happy i am! i love it, love it, love it! we had some of the nieces and nephews over to help stretch it out and they couldn't get enough! we've decided that we're going to be needing a fence really soon though, as the neighbor kids hover like vultures waiting for the chance to jump! i really didn't forsee feeling so possessive and greedy with my trampoline, but i really haven't wanted any kids on it, other than family and friends! silly, isn't it? i'm trying to convince myself that it's just because i'm concerned about liability, but really i'm just being selfish. :) i'm working on it!

maybe i'll talk someone into taking some pictures of me while i'm flipping around on it so i can show y'all how much i enjoy it! so if anyone feels like they need a good bounce, you know where to come! :)

happiest place on earth

so here are a few of our disneyland pictures. it really was amazing to feel the difference in environments at each park. disneyland is definately a service focused park with happy, helpful, enthusiastic employees, while six flags was totally ghetto. employees barely looked you in the eye, some didn't even speak english, the lines were long and horribly managed. just such a different feeling. the rides were great though, and that's what we were there for so we enjoyed that. disneyland was just truly a happy place with families laughing, kids squealing, non-stop entertainment, and yummy ice cream! i can't wait until we have kids and can take them there!

*have a good week, everyone!*

enchanting

i'm sorry it's been forever since i posted! i was oblivious to the outside world since i was so focused on my 10 page paper and presentation for school. yuck! so glad that's done! and then after i finished that we trotted off to southern california for a weekend getaway, with a quick stopover in st. george. here's the low down of our trip:

on friday we hit disneyalnd and california adventure. i swear we walked about 50 miles this weekend! it was such a blast! my favorite rides were: california screamin', soaring over california, tower of terror, and indiana jones.

on saturday we went to six flags magic mountain. man, i love those rollercoasters! we started out with X, which shook my brain up too much, and then hit viper, scream, riddler's revenge, batman, goliath, and ended with my favorite new ride - tatsu - where you are actually flipped on your stomach and fly through the air like superman. it was incredible! that night we headed to santa monica, had dinner on 3rd avenue, and walked down to the pier. it was so romantic!

on sunday we headed to vegas to check out the 'bodies' exhibit. unfortunately for jon, he had a horrible kidney stone attack that morning and had to leave the exhibit 4 times to throw up, but nothing would come out. as we headed to st. george to meet up with sara and wade, jon threw up in mesquite and again as soon as we stopped for gas in st. george. i've never seen anyone in so much pain! he was dry heaving so much that he broke the blood vessels around his eyes and looked like he had been in a fight. so we took him to the instacare in st. george and got a perscription for some nausea medication. we had hoped we would make it home that night, but the motion of the car was too much for jon's nausea so we stayed over at sara and wade's (a HUGE thanks to them for their hospitality!) and were able to leave the next morning.

it turned out to be quite an adventurous weekend and i'm so glad that jon is feeling better now. he's even had his motorcycle out in this nice warm weather! i'll post some pictures of our trip as soon as i get them from becky. i hope everyone is having a good week! :) and congrats to heather and samuel on your sealing in st. george! sorry we missed it!