I'm Too Tired to Think of a Title

Sometimes I have so many random thoughts and feelings that I'd like to talk about and then I forget them all when I sit down to create a post. So I guess you'll just have to be in suspense as to what they are until I derive a better method of remembering them. Meanwhile... we've been keeping ourselves busy. On Thursday we went to Freestone with Amy and Ryan, Shawna and Jett and Kiri and Adalyn. The wind really made it quite chilly but it didn't keep Clara from crawling towards the duck pond over and over... and over again. I'm pretty sure if I let her, she would've crawled right in. I told Amy I was going to let her crawl in just so I could get a picture for a good blog entry. Ha ha.
After that Clara and I went shopping with Beka and her boys. I found some sweet deals. As I've explained to Jason, yeah, we don't really have money to buy Clara clothes, but she has to have clothes so isn't it better if I spend $2.50 on a shirt now than $10 later when it fits?

Some may wonder how I am able to work at home with Clara. Well, I just put her in a box and do what I need to! Obviously I don't really do that (first, because I would NEVER treat my child like that and second, if you know Clara, you'd know she's kind of energetic and would probably knock the box over in no time, so it'd be pointless) but we've sure had fun playing in her carseat box. Friday night I went out with some of my cousins and I'm still trying to remember if I've done that since Clara was born. We watched 27 Dresses and it was a pretty good movie. It was predictable, a bit cheesey and had a happy ending, which is exactly the kind of movie I like. I didn't expect it to be as funny as it was, though. I used a giftcard I had from so long ago, but it had EXACTLY enough left on it to buy my ticket. After the movie I was tempted to leave a hate note on the car parked next to me. Seriously, he (I'm sure it was a guy, a girls would've hit me by getting that close... ha ha, j/k) was at about a 35 degree angle so his back end was just inches from my car. It took me forever to back out and lucky for that jerk, I didn't have a pen or paper in my car. Do people really think they are the only ones in the parking lot? Other than that, I had fun and decided I need more girl's nights out. Like every weekend would be nice. Ha ha, just kidding, but maybe once a month.

Saturday we enjoyed celebrating Beka's boys' first birthday. Notice how I never say their names? Well, truth be told, it's because I can't remember which one is "en" and which one is "on". :) Beka, I'm sorry that I'm not a smart friend but I still love your little boys. They were so cute with their cakes (which by the way, were GIANT cupcakes and totally rad!). Danny tried to help them get interested in the cake, but they really were content stealing frosting from the other's cake. I think our next child's first birthday cake eating experience will be on a tarp so they can really get into their cake. Later that evening my mom watched Clara so Jason and I could go to the Temple. It was SO busy we got there at like 450pm and didn't make it to the 530 session because it was too full. Other than getting Clara home so late and making my mom watch her longer, it wasn't bad because I wasn't rushed. Normally it's a mad rush to get to our session on time. For those not familiar with an LDS Temple, go here to get some of your questions answered. I just worked and did the bulletin when I got home. I'm so boring, I know, I tell myself that often.

Besides being so tired I almost fell asleep driving to my mom's for dinner, it's been a good Sunday. Our Home Teacher came over before church. They just put their house up for sale so if anyone has been waiting their whole life to live closer to me, now's a great time! It's about a mile from my house in a great neighborhood and is totally reasonably priced. Church went well. Clara took a great nap in the morning so missing her afternoon nap didn't pose as big of a problem as last week. I only had to take her out once from Relief Society because she was cranky. The other time was because she smacked her chin on the chair but was all better once she caught sight of the drinking fountain.

Jason had a meeting tonight so I went to my mom's without him. After dinner we went to the Visitor's Center at the Temple to look at the Reflections of Christ display. I could only enjoy it to a point because Clara was pretty wiggly so I want to go back later without her. Also, they have a documentary on it that I only got to see half of. The photography was beautiful and so full of emotion. There is the difference between a good picture and a picture that you can look into the people's faces and feel what they are feeling. I can't imagine the emotions associated with recreating events in Christ's life. It's one thing to be an actor but in some of the pictures you can see in the model's faces that it was so much more than acting. I could just see that they were imagining being in that situation and the actual emotions that were present during the times depicted. What an experience that must be!

Now hopefully I'll go to bed early tonight to catch up on my sleep that I've been desperately missing out on lately. I just need to get caught up on work and sleep and then I can get caught up on housework. Then I won't be so grumpy.