My Kids

Oh how I wish I could teach them another year!! I miss these kiddos so much!

Baby Project #1

A few weeks ago when my mom and I went to a quilt shop, I saw a pattern for a car seat cover that was really neat. It was different than any cover I had seen before, and I liked it a lot! So, I bought the pattern and this week my dear mother helped me put it together. It was kind of a pain in the butt to sew, but it turned out really cute!

Here are a few of the features that make it different than all the other car seat covers out there.

It has a zipper down the front so the cover can either be closed....

Or open!

A few loops on the inside to hang some toys

And a snap in the back so you can bustle the cover up.

Pretty cute huh? I can't decide if I want to try to make another one or not...... Maybe the second one would go together easier since I've made one. Maybe.

Hump day!

Happy hump day!

I always love getting to the half way point of things in my life. I'd much rather be counting down than counting the days until I reach the half way point! You know that feeling when you're driving home from some far away place and you realize you're half way home? It's a great feeling! The end is finally in sight and you start feeling a little excited about all the things you are going to do when you finally get back home? thats how I feel right now. anyway.......

Today marks 20 weeks of being pregnant (20 down, 20 to go!). The time seems to have moved really quick up to this point, and I just hope that it continues to speed on by until November when we finally get to meet our little........

BOY!!!

Curtis and I are so excited to be having a little baby boy. He is growing quickly, and is already the size of a small cantaloupe. Can you believe that? I can't... that is until I look at myself in the mirror and see a little belly starting to poke out. I always love seeing others' belly pictures, so.... here's mine.

Incase You Haven't Already Heard.....

I'm pregnant!

Expected arrival date: November 30, 2011.

We find out if baby is a boy or girl in two short weeks, I can't wait!!

My Life

Pretty much follows this pattern every day.

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Car Accident

Well it happened again! On Monday January 10, 2011 I was on my way to work. I had just recently left the house and was at the intersection where Main street turns into Geneva Road and State street crosses over it. As I got to the intersection my light was already green so I continued on through. As I got about half way through the intersection all of a sudden I heard the unmistakable crash of metal hitting metal and I knew I was in a car crash. I heard the airbag deploy and felt it hit my face. I felt my car spinning a bit and when I stopped I looked up to try and figure out what just happened to me. "Did I just run a red light?" I looked up and saw my light was green. I tried to take off my seat belt and get out of my car but it was locked in so instead I worked on punching down the airbag to get it out of my face. I opened up the door and there were a few people who had been waiting at the red light who ran over to see if I was doing okay. An old man came running over and told me he was an ER doctor and he checked my neck and a few of my reflexes to make sure I wasn't seriously hurt. After he left I got out of my car and a few people had gathered around. It took me a while to find my cell phone but when I did find it I called curtis and told him I had been in an accident and I needed him to come get me. One lady who stopped hugged me and noticed that I was shaking. It was pretty early in the morning (7:15) and was still REALLY cold out. I'd have to estimate somewhere around 10 degrees. However, I couldn't feel the cold. She kept asking if I needed a blanket but I kept telling her I was fine. They finally realized that I was probably just in shock and went and got the blankets and made me wrap up in them. Once the police got to the accident one of them had me go and sit in the back of his truck while they took care of everything. They called the paramedics but once they arrived I was feeling fine and they didn't do anything. The police called tow trucks to come get both of our cars and when I saw them loading up the other lady's car I realized that she didn't hit me.... I HIT HER. She ran the red light but had crossed in front of me and I had hit her passenger side door. "How did this happen?" I kept thinking, "I didn't even see her coming!"

So now my car sits in the Gene Harvey Chevrolet of American Fork towed car lot.

I'm so sad to lose my car but there are a few thing that I became EXTREMELY thankful for this day. I'm very thankful that I was kept from more harm. 1/2 a second of me driving faster and she would have hit my drivers side door and I, no doubt, would have been hurt very badly. I'm so thankful that I was able to walk away from this with a few bruises and sore muscles.

I'm also thankful for car insurance, for they will give me a nice check that will help pay for a new car =)

But one thing that keeps eating me up inside is the fact that ALL morning while I was getting ready to leave I kept thinking "I need to eat breakfast today." Usually I don't think about eating breakfast, if there's time I eat and if there isn't time then I don't eat. I chose to ignore this thought and went without breakfast thinking i'd be fine to just wait a few hours until lunch at school. I really feel that this was the spirit trying to protect me. Bu t unfortunately I didn't eat and crashed my car. If I would have taken the 5 minutes to eat would I have not gotten in an accident? I don't know.

I love how life is a learning experience. Everything we experience or go through is an opportunity for growth and development. I feel like I am able to recognize that little thought in my head that tells me to do something and better follow the promptings of the spirit.

One other thing that I am so grateful for is a husband that is so loving, patient, and understanding. All I could talk about the day the accident happened was the fact that it wasn't my fault and how angry I was that it even happened. He kept telling me that he didn't care whose fault it was, all he cared about was that I was safe. I'm thankful for a family who too, loves and cares for me very much and lets me know! What would I ever do without them, for they are truly my best friends.

And here are a few pictures of my long lost car.

update: My insurance came through and paid us the money we needed to go buy a new car. We decided to get a Subaru b9 Tribeca. It's got everything, and I absolutely love it! Ill post some pictures soon.

Real Teeth?

So today after all of the kids had left and filed out of the room for specialties a student was staying after to call her mom and see if she could bring some shorts for her to wear for P.E. since we are dancing and her pants are quite tight. After she calls her mom she looks at me all nervous and says, "Mrs. Jones? Can i ask you a question and do you promise not to get mad at me?" My mind starts racing and wondering what she could be asking. "ummmm Sure!" i say. Nervously she starts to speak, "well... your teeth are always really white and so i was just wondering if they are real or are they fake?" It took all i had in me not to bust out laughing as hard as i could. "No, they're real!" i said. She kind of just said "oh... .okay." "It's because i brush them lots!" i said to her.

I love my job!