How Much Damage Can a Mattress Do?

Apparently more than you would think. So Sara and I were driving to a florist looking for white carnations for her science fair project. We were on highway 75 going 60mph when all of the sudden we hit a stopped car in the middle of the highway. I don't even remember trying to brake or seeing any brake lights. It was night and by the time I saw it we hit it. Apparently there was a mattress in the middle of the road that they had ran into and stopped and then we hit them. Sara and I are fine. Sara was a little scared but perked right up when she got to go meet the police dog while we waited for the ambulance. I have a really sore chest, back, and neck and my nose is really beat up but for the most part everyone involved was ok. It makes me want to encourage everyone to make sure your mattress is tied down really well before you drive off. The police never did find who it belonged to which is to bad because if they had they would be paying for my car to get fixed instead of us.

Summer Vacation!!!

What's that you say you can't believe January is almost over- I can! And I am oh so excited! You see Jason and I are in the home stretch; this is his last semester and as long as we can survive the BAR this summer hopefully all of our hard work might just pay off. I say our hard work even though I haven't stepped foot in a law library or had to endure and 5 hour grueling exams, but I have had to live with someone who has. Which I have to say Jason has done a great job at working hard to succeed in school while still making plenty of time for me and the kids. He continues to be a great help to me that I could not live without. Which brings me to the scariest part of my life! The BAR exam!!! I have been warned that not only is the bar exam really hard on graduating attourneys, but I can pretty much plan on being completely a single parent for the 3 months it takes him to study for it and take it. I have never had to do that before not to mention I am trying to get to a point where I can work 30 hours a week while the kids are out of school. I know it sounds super scary right? Which is why I have already started planning the best summer vacation ever. Fun Valley Colorado is the best camping resort in the whole entire universe. It is like stepping back in time when the kids could just ride bikes around without worrying about crime and instead of playing video games and watching tv all day you can fish, play golf, surf the river, and hike some super awesome trails. Last year we stayed in a tent next to my in-laws awesome RV which was nice, but we didn't get a whole lot of sleep since Clayton would wake up with the sun at 6am and it did get pretty cold at night. So this year we made reservation to stay in a trailer with beds, a kitchen, bath, and living area! They have cabins and motels right there too but the trailers are super cheap at $60 a night and you are smack dab in the middle of beautiful mountains. So I can't wait, and all summer while I am losing my mind working and trying to handle the kids on my own I will be counting the days until my wonderful mountain get away! Just the break we will need before Jason jumps into his hopefully successful and extremely fast paced busy career.






Oh and I forgot the best part of it all is that the whole community is full of the nicest people on Earth. Everyone loves your kids even when they are sceaming. Everyone loves to hang out and chat, no one is in a hurry. I is like the perfect mayberry and the kids love all the friends they make. The ten days in never enough.

Polar Express

This year we decided to visit the North Pole on the Texas Railroad Polar Express. The kids had so much fun! We got to get on a real train, drink hot chocolate and eat cookies, see Santa and sing Christmas Carols!

Ward Christmas Party

Last night we had a wonderful time at our church Christmas party. Jason was even nice enough to take a short break from studying to come with us. The food was really good! And after a wonderful Christmas dinner we were entertained by some very talented singing. Sara was asked to sing a christmas song for everyone and she gladly accepted the invitation choosing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer for her performance. Sorry the video is not all that great, I was trying to record and help Sara since Jason was busy getting more food to eat.

The Curse of Law School Finals

So for the last two and a half years Jason and I have endured law school exams. Fortunately they only occur twice each year, and we are on our last year. We figured out very early on that not only was this an extremely high stressful time for both of us, but it is also a cursed time. His very first semester at SMU one week before his first final in law school he woke up one morning got ready for school and left only to come right back in the house with this completely defeated look on his face to tell me that someone had broken the window in his car and taken his radio and his back pack, which contained all of his notes from that semester. After that we would notice that every time finals came around something catastrophic would occur. Each time we would hope that we would escape the curse and each time we were proven wrong. So this year being the brilliant person that I am I anticipated this occurrence and tried to outsmart the curse. I knew that it would be especially hard for me because I am working during finals for the first time in retail around the holidays. So since most of our curse seems to revolve around my car leaving the kids and I stranded on the side of the highway somewhere while Jason is just beginning to take a five hour test I made sure my car was healthy. Two weeks ago I noticed it was taking a little more time to start so all on my own Clayton and I made a trip to Auto Zone. We had them test our battery and alternator and sure enough it showed we had a bad battery so I exchanged the battery and had the very nice mechanic in their parking lot change it out for me certain I would avoid disaster. So last night since my wonderful mother had the kids all weekend so I could work and Jason could study Jason and I thought we would grab a late dinner once he got home from the library. Just as we were approaching the restaurant my car started flashing all sorts of random warning lights so we immediately headed straight home only to become stranded in Dallas at 10:00 at night. Luckily we have really awesome friends and we were able to get a ride home and slowly work towards getting my car back to the garage. It turns out we will have to replace the alternator, but since it has to be ordered and Jason has a final exam Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, my car will be parked in the garage for the next week. Luckily we are able to barrow a vehicle from Jason's dad to get us through. And on the bright side at least this time I wasn't stranded on the side of the road by myself with the kids. But it makes me wonder what does the BAR Exam have in store for us. If final exams for law school are cursed does that include the biggest test Jason will ever take in his life that decides whether or not he can pursue his career goals? Is the curse going to get worse the worse the test? Only time will tell. I am very grateful we are in Dallas surrounded by wonderful family instead of Lubbock hundreds of miles away from help like we had originally planned. So if you happen to remember this and notice that it is either December or May or June July or August don't bother praying for us, but please consider sending us an email or giving us a call to see if we are in desperate need of assistance.