It's A Small World After All

So a while ago my cousin Dan started dating this girl named Emily. I knew she was a returned missionary and older than him, but that was pretty much all of the info I had because I'm sort of out of the loop as far as family gossip goes. My mom, aunts, cousins and sisters decided to start a book club (which unfortunately I have yet to attend) and my cousin sent out an email to all of us about the book she had chosen. As I was glancing at the email addresses I noticed one name that stood out to me, Emily Kucera! I couldn't believe it. I know her! Emily, Dan's Emily, used to be in our ward at the Riv and was actually pretty good friends with Nate and I. It's such a small world. It's an even smaller Mormon world. Dan and Emily actually served in the same mission. And now they are getting married tomorrow! Congrats you guys! Welcome to our crazy family Emily! Best of luck to you both!

Garden time!

Well we are going to make another attempt to plant a garden this year. Grandpa Morley is letting us plant it in his yard again. We're trying to get a better start on it this year. This is our first attempt to grow peas. We started them in cups in the house and transplanted them to the garden. In our laziness we decided to just use tomato cages instead of concocting some sort of apparatus for them to grow on. We'll see how it works. Hopefully soon it will stay warm enough that we can get everything else in the ground.

So I've never really loved the look of Crocs. They are only cute when they come in tiny sizes. (I hope no one takes offense.) I must admit that they are my favorite gardening shoes. When we're done all I have to do is hose them off and they are as good as new!

Proud Aunt Wendee

My brother Jake was over at our apartment the other day and noticed that I have pictures of my niece Hannah displayed and no pictures his daughter Tori. I quickly told him it was because I didn't have any pictures of Tori. They just got her pictures done and the day I got one I put it out to display. Here's your proof Jake! Now we just need to work on getting her to look at me! The girl won't make eye contact! It's so funny!



I know taking pictures of pictures really doesn't do them justice but I think they are super cute girls!

Chop, Chop!

So I finally did it! I've been talking about cutting my hair for who knows how long. It's so embarrassing how long it had been since I'd cut it that I'm not even going to say. It got to the point where my hair was down for maybe an hour and then it was in a pony tail the rest of the day. I had my friend Ali cut it for me. She was my personal stylist in high school and miss her doing my hair all the time! She's super talented. I had intentions of going a little shorter and still may, but baby steps right? I had to post all of the pictures of my attempt to get a good shot of how long my hair was. Nate had already gone to work and I was running late. I didn't have time to mess with all of the angles in the mirror. I was laughing and getting frustrated at the same time. It took one shot to get the short hair picture with Nate's help.

Just to be fair I thought I'd post a picture of Nate's new hair cut. I did it myself! It's definitely not perfect so don't look too closely but he's not super picky. Plus we figure it saves us at least $150 a year.

And the Madness Begins

I was just wondering if anyone else's TV is stuck on one channel, Channel 2. I believe it started on Thursday and hasn't changed since. I've tried to change the channel but it seems that I have lost control. I must admit I knew exactly what I was getting into before I married Nate - so I'm not complaining really. I'm just worried about his mood if his team doesn't win. After the Jazz lost to the Laker's this week I can only imagine the mood he'll be in if North Carolina loses!

P.S. Happy Easter!

The Longest Day Ever?!?!?

Today felt like the longest day ever! I was subpoenaed to appear in court as a witness. I don't want to go into too much detail, but it has to do some fraud that I caught at work. I had to be at the DA's office at 8:15 am to speak with the prosecuting attourney and he gave me a run down on how things would go down. Then I had to go over to the courthouse to wait for the preliminary hearing to start so that I could testify. One of my co-workers was there as well and we sat and waited and waited.

We were told that the defense attourney had a busy morning and it would be a little while. I brought a book to read but couldn't concentrate because I was so anxious. I was supposed to go into work at 12, but that didn't happen! We sat around and waited for about 4 hours when we were told we could go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat or drink. When we came back up we were told that there was a possibility that the case would be continued on a different day. Luckily the judge decided to just reschedule for 3:00 pm.

So we headed off to get some lunch and waste a couple of hours. When we returned we went right in. It was very nerve wracking. I think the 10 minutes I was on the stand were the longest 10 minutes ever! I've never had any encounter with the court system. It was definitely an interesting experience. The judge decided there was enough evidence to go to trial - so unless the defendant decides to plead guilty we have to do it all over again but this time in front of a jury. Everybody say your prayers that he decides to plead guilty so I can put this mess behind me!

I finally got home around 4:00 pm and haven't been able to stop thinking about the whole thing since. Hopefully writing about it will get it out of my mind so I can sleep well tonight! The best part about the whole thing is that I get paid for my time. I think it's $18.50. Just think of all the things I could buy. :) I guess it's better than nothing!

Florida!!

We recently returned from a much needed vacation to Orlando, Florida. We went with one of my friends from high school Ashlee and her husband Jeff. We had fun checking out Disney World, Kennedy Space Center, the beach, warm weather, and Nate's highlight - a spring training baseball game the Braves vs. the Tigers. We had a blast! It's hard to come back to reality and cold weather. Here are a few pictures of our trip.

Nate touching a moon rock!

Nate and a shrimp guy at a yummy seafood restaraunt Dixie Crossroads.