So Tender

So this past weekend, Dad was coming up the stairs are heard this:

Andrew: "I miss Grandma"
Tucker: "me too"
Thad: "me too"
Eric: "me too. She would always hold me on her bed and play with me."

I couldn't believe it that Eric remembered that! He was only 19 months old when Mom passed away. There weren't any adults around (as far as the kids knew) when they were talking. They didn't see Dad until he rounded the corner.

Halloween's coming!

I'm really sad I can't find my camera still. Eric and Aubrey look so cute in their costumes. :( Today is their Fall Festival at the daycare, so the kids get to dress up in their costumes and play games, etc. Zac and I will meet them later on today for the parade and such. Eric is Peter Pan this year and Aubrey is Tinkerbell. She actually let me put those rollers in her hair that you sleep with. Her hair had such tight curls this morning, but I threw it into a pony tail and it looks great with the tight curls.

This past weekend Lisa came down from Idaho with her kids. We went to Ikea and I took her to Tai Pan. She had never been to Tai Pan, I couldn't believe it! I get addicted to that store. Zac hates it when I go there. I had never had Ikea's meatballs, but they weren't that bad. We went to Dad's after and ALL of the kids slept over. By all, I mean ALL. Nathan and Bobby dropped their kids off that night. They were going to work on their house Saturday morning, and I was suppose to watch them, but since the Idaho cousins were down, we wanted to make sure they got some great playing time.

So if you haven't heard, wheat is going to be tripling in price in January, and it won't be coming back down. So Zac went a little crazy and bought 1,000 pounds of wheat. WHAT?! I told him to buy 50 pounds, but I guess we definitely have our 1 year supply of wheat now. I guess the next purchase will need to be a wheat grinder. Zac's really into food storage. We just got the water barrells about a month ago as well. Usually we would just buy a case of this and that, etc. Now he is really starting to get us bulked up. I think dehydrated onions are next on the list.

That's about it, the week wasn't very eventful, which I'm grateful for. Although at work my secretary quit, and the other paralegal that helps me is on military leave. I am so incredibly busy I haven't even had time for lunch. It gets frustrating because I work constantly and I don't even feel like I put a dent into my paperwork. Hopefully we get someone new hired on soon. (Which the soonest would be 6 months after the background checks, etc.) So at least at my home life it is pretty easy going right now. :)

The Court battle continues...

Zac got his LSAT score back yesterday. He scored the best he ever did on any of the tests that he had taken. So we are pretty happy...he doesn't want me to post his score though so don't ask. :) We had a big hearing on our lawsuit with the HOA. The HOA was trying to dismiss our case, I filed a memo in opposition, etc., they wanted an Order signed, I requested a hearing, so we got our oral argument hearing going. I had a feeling that they were going to try to change their motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment, so we came prepared with our rebuttal. Sure enough, they tried to do just that, we argued it (kindly) and the Judge saw it our way and told them that we were not having a Summary Judgment hearing, etc., that the papers they filed with the Country Recorder and completely ambigious, so we set it for trial in the Spring. I'm actually pretty happy with the results. Zac did a great job presenting our case so far in Court. I prepare all the paperwork and he can do the talking.

BUSY BUSY!

On Thursday I was playing volleyball. I spiked the ball and landed on my foot weird, twisted my ankle, etc. I survived the pain, went to Idaho, went to Zac's Uncle's funeral, then finally went to the doctor on Monday evening. I had this constant throbbing on my foot. If I tilted my foot slightly, I felt like my whole leg would give out and it hurt like crazy. I had x-rays taken, and my foot is not broken. However, I apparently snapped the ligament in two that runs from the back of my ankle to the side of my foot. I also have a lot of soft tissue damage that has been causing it to bleed internally....that was the throbbing that I felt. The bleeding has stopped, and I have to wear this "air cast" for a couple weeks. If the bleeding starts again, then I will have to have surgery, but I will be careful to make sure I don't do anything to make it start bleeding. I look like a dork though wearing this cast with a dress, etc. It is not very flattering.

Idaho was fun while we were there for that short period of time. Justin and Lisa's new house is beautiful! I'm so glad that Andrew got baptized. He is setting a great example for his neices and nephews. Eric wants to do everything that Andrew does, and he is now really excited to get baptized. We got into Idaho late Friday night and stayed with Tammi. Devin drove up with us so we got to listen to some great music all the way up. Tammi, I completely forgot to thank you for letting us stay. We were in such a rush to get back to UT after the baptism that I forgot to come find you and thank you!

Zac's Uncle Randy passed away on Thursday. He was 59 yrs old. Nobody knows what happened. They had an autopsy performed, but the results won't be back for several weeks. Zac's Dad flew in on Saturday, the viewing was Sunday, and the funeral on Monday. Zac's Dad flew out Monday night after the funeral. Eric became quite attached to Grandpa Nielson. Last night he refused to sleep in his bed, he wanted to sleep in the same bed that Grandpa Nielson slept in. We were really glad that he could stay with us this time. Eric has told me several times that we need to go see Grandpa Nielson's house now.

On another note, I have no clue where I put the camera. I wanted to take lots of pictures this weekend, but couldn't find that stinkin camera. I came to work today hopeful that I left it here, but it's not. So until I find it, you will be without pictures on this blog.

The LSAT

So the big day came and went. Zac finally took the LSAT. I think the waiting for his score is almost as rough as taking it! Zac figured out that his brain doesn't "click" until about 2 sections into the test. So before he has been taking any practice tests, he will take 2 sections, then go into the testing center. So the day of the test, he got there 2 hours early to do his sections. He was the only person there. So he started. He got to question #9, when a guy came and sat down RIGHT next to him and started talking to Zac about how nervous he is, etc. Zac kindly told him, that's great, but I'm actually taking a section right now so..." Anyways, he didn't get the hint, and then a group of people got around him and were talking. So he moved. By then there were so many people there, that he couldn't concentrate and finish the 2 sections pre-test. So here's hoping that he did great! :) It's hard knowing that this one test will determine our future. Zac will only apply to BYU and the U of U. Neither of us want to move, etc.

So I started my new calling this past Sunday as relief society pianist. I am just so lucky to ALWAYS work with weird people! The chorister never gave me the list of songs that I needed to play, but I can pretty much sight-read anything, so no biggy. However, I do like to practice it just once before to make sure I really can play it. So during Gospel Doctrine, she pulls me out and states that we are going to sing hymn number 1.....3......9 (it took her forever to tell me this number) I ask her what hymn is that? She had no clue, but she had a dream about that number the night before and she was inspired. Oh dear. She later came to me and said that 139 was a bad choice for today, how about a different hymn. I tried very hard not to laugh. I am now curious as to what hymn number 139 is? I should have looked, but forgot. Anyways, I asked her about getting a list of songs for the rest of the year that are relevant with the topics, etc. She told me that she is still waiting on inspiration for ALL of the songs and she will get back to me. This actually doesn't annoy me (which is unusual for me) I actually find it hilarious, and I am quite anxious to see what hymn "inspired" her for the next Sunday I play.