A Busy Week with no Parents

So last week, mom and dad were on a trip to Washington. They left early Saturday morning, and because Carson had a sleepover with Aunt "Na-nae", he was there to see them before they left. Of course since he has decided that stuffed animals are awesome, we had 6 of them in bed with us. Needless to say, I didn't get great sleep.

Mom is Carson's usual babysitter, so since she was gone, I covered for her. On Monday I took the day off work and watched Carson all day. We ran errands in the morning and while we were at Hobby Lobby, I got him some of those pom pom craft balls and a box for them. Then we went to Sonic for lunch and we ate there so I unrolled the windows and let him sit on the front seat to eat his lunch. When they brought out his chocolate milk, he squealed and danced for excitement! He ate his whole grilled cheese sandwich and drank all of his chocolate milk while watching the "bikes" at the Harley store. Turns out he also loves minis. When one drove through, he stuck his head out the window and yelled "CAR! CAR! CAR!".

I had piano lessons lined up in River Heights Monday afternoon, so Carson was going to come and play with my friends little boy. However when I was loading the car up, I suddenly didn't feel well at all! I started throwing up and so I canceled piano. Carson was so sweet. He brought me a blanket and put it on me while I laid on the floor. Those pom pom balls became a major blessing the rest of the week. He LOVED them and would play with them for hours in one room instead of running all over the house expecting me to follow. I was sick all week and only ended up working Tuesday morning and Friday morning. He was such a good kid to put up with a not so fun aunt.
 

 
 
 

Carson also discovered that if we take a picture of something, we can look at it on the screen of the digital camera:
 
 
 
He kept getting in trouble for trying to eat the crayons, so he decided to put them in his mouth side ways just to get attention!

I was super busy with my Etsy shop too! I have been blessed to have a TON of orders the past couple of weeks! 

Little Mister Carson

Since Chelsea got a job that she works 8 to 5 M-F, we have Carson all the time. I love that kid to death and love getting to spend so much time with him! He runs our lives though, so we don't get anything done when he is around. He loves to tear my room apart and play with anything he can get his hands on. For some reason, he loves playing on my bed. When he wants to get up on my bed he says "upa". He can say up, and for some reason only says "upa" when he wants to get on my bed. He also loves my headphones and puts them on and walks around the house humming and dancing, even if the ipod isn't connected!

Heather's Wedding

Last week Mom, Dad, Chelsea, and I got to attend the sealing of my best friend Heather, to her fiance, John. It was a wonderful experience and to be part of her happy day! We also went to their reception later that evening. She was beautiful and they were so happy! I'm so glad that she found someone who can treat her the way she deserves and that she is so happy with!
 

Friends

I have been very blessed in my life to have wonderful friends and to have the opportunity to meet more. My best friend (since we were High School sophomores), Heather is back in town to get married this Friday. I'm so excited that she and her new husband will be around after they get married too! I'm also very grateful that I get to be there to see her and her fiance sealed in the Logan Temple!

Attending the home ward has provided me with many opportunities to meet friends. Although I know that I made the right choice by choosing to attend the home ward, sometimes I wonder what the Lord's plan is about that, since it is one less place for me to meet men (possibly husband??). I have noticed recently that I have made AWESOME friends in this ward!

For a short little while, I got to work with Kaela as she was the primary chorister. She is so fun and such a great example to me! Plus she has an AWESOME family! As of Sunday, she is no longer the chorister (although she is still in Primary) and although I'm sad to not be working so closely with her, I get the opportunity to work with someone new!

A neighbor and friend (I also teach her son piano) was married on Saturday, and I was blessed with the opportunity to not only be there, but to play the piano at the wedding. It was beautiful and was so fun to see her so happy!

I have also been able to get to know and become friends with another woman in the ward (closer to my age). I am her visiting teacher. I've never been much of a fan of visiting teaching, but I realize that without it, I may not have gotten to know her. She and her husband are expecting their first baby in October, a girl. She asked me if I would be willing to help her make the blessing dress. We have been getting together once a week, to get the fabric, cut it out and begin sewing it. On Saturday we just ended up pulling the whole afternoon to finish it! She was such a trooper. I was sore from sitting in the "sewing position" and I'm not 8 months pregnant! We got this special, beautiful dress done:

 
I'm sad that we probably won't be spending as much time together now that it is done, but I'm so grateful that we were able to spend time together and start developing a friendship.

The Lord is blessing me with wonderful friends that serve me, teach me, love me, and that I can do the same for!