Happy Valentines Day!!

Our Exciting News...

..most of you already know, but I had never posted about it so I thought now would be a good time. I am pregnant!! I am due on December 8 and am about 16 weeks right now, well into the second trimester. I have gotten over the nausea and you should be happy you didn't have to hear me complain!! We find out what it is on the 16th of July so we will keep you posted!!

Giraffes

My mom and I took Jack to the zoo today. On the way there we explained to him where we were going and what some of the animals were that we would be seeing. He repeated all of the names but got really excited to see the giraffes. All through the zoo he would say "where giraffes?" We had lots of fun seeing all of the animals, but of course it is more fun to see Jack's reaction.

Jack didn't like turning his back on the giraffe, even to take a picture.

Jack and Grandma.

Girls Night Out

It's Tea Time!!

My friend Sarah invited me to a Girl's Night Out Tea Party. This group of women started getting together every month a couple of months ago. I am glad to be invited to join!! This month we went to the adorable little Tea House in Farmington (that is sadly closing it's doors on Saturday) for a English Tea Party. Complete with scones, lemon curd, cucumber sandwiches and some yummy fruity herbal tea. Everyone got all dressed up and spent a night having fun with the girls!! Thanks Jenny for putting it together!!

Sarah and Sarah

The Group (minus a few who left a little early)

Sidewalk Chalk

Jack had some fun with the sidewalk chalk today while I had some fun with the camera.

Though this picture is fuzzy you can feel his emotion as the chalk is taken away and it's time to go take a bath.

The Results

I am sure you have all been waiting anxiously for the results of what happened today. I wish I could tell you more. You see, I was dismissed before the Arbitrator came to his decision. My lawyer said he would call once the decision was made. I never received a call so I am assuming that he is still thinking it over. Other than not having the actual results I feel that it went really well. I won't bore you to death with all of the details, but as my lawyer put it, this was a "nothing accident". My attorney had done his homework and found that the majority of what she said during her deposition was untrue.

Arbitration

Tomorrow is my arbitration hearing. For those of you who don't know, I am being sued.

I bumped, well barely nudged, into the back of a ladies car almost five years ago. My insurance company told me the damage to her car was not even $300. If the car companies had gone back to using rubber bumpers, as my Grandpa Christensen lobbied for them to do when he was President of All-State, then we would of shook hands and been on our merry ways. But no, she wasn't going to let it go that easily.

Last summer I received the papers that she was suing me for an absurd amount of money. It was strange because it had been almost four years since the accident. I then found out that in Utah if you don't file the lawsuit within four years of the accident you loose the chance to. I got the papers two weeks before the chance would of expired.

So over the last year we have had depositions and all of the fun legal stuff that has to happen. Like the "discovery" period where they find out all sorts of stuff about the people involved. Then two months ago I get the letter that instead of going to trial we are going to have an arbitration and hopefully end this once and for all. I was relieved, especially since I had two months to mentally prepare for it.

Now I have less than 24 hours and I can feel my stomach slowly turning into knots. I had a freak out yesterday about nothing, Sean was nice enough to say it was from the stress. So I am writing this to let you all know that you should never hit anyone, OK a little out of our control. But if you do call me in the next 24 hours and I am not as chipper as normal, now you know why.

I will post the results tomorrow. Hopefully it all goes well.

My New Do

So yesterday I went in to get my hair cut and colored. Sheree (the girl who does my hair) sat me down and asked the question - "how much are we cutting off?" I didn't reply. I had been having an internal struggle the whole day as to whether I should just trim my hair or go completely different. I was sick of feeling frumpy and wanted something new, but I couldn't decide if that meant going short. Well as you can see I went short...kind of a tribute back to my high school days. Hope you like it. But if you don't it doesn't matter because it is done!!

And You, You Complete Me

I know what everyone is thinking,"shut up, just shut up...you had me at hello." I love movies. There is only one other person that I have met that likes movies as much or more than I do...I married her. Funny thing is, we know and remember completely different things about movies. For instance if we are at a restaurant looking at the menu I would suggest something for Sarah and undoubtedly she would turn it down to stick with what she knows. Being the funny guy I am, I generally would spit out a line like,"In 50 years don't you want to say you had the guts to get in the car." (this is an obvious line) Sometimes it takes her a couple minutes to pick out the movie but from there I receive a plethora of knowledge. You see, while I remember lines in every movie I watch (even just once). She can tell me who wrote it, who directed it, and little things like who they were thinking about having for the lead role and why they didn't get it. Sarah, the love of my life, completes me. Together we know more about any movie out there (except R rated) than even the "Academy." Well, maybe not, but you get the point. We watched Juno tonight. I'm sure either Sarah or I will be writing a review on it soon but there is one point in the movie where the father is giving love advice to his 16 year old daughter who has just lost hope in humanity. *In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your... That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.* That's Sarah, plus she is one terrific mother! I definitely lucked out.