Nearly killed by road rage....

Ryan and I had the most crazy experience the other night while driving home from a work dinner up in Salt Lake. Ryan has become a very cautious driver (a far cray from his High school days...YIKES) and expects other drivers to be equally as careful and cautious. So, when someone is driving crazily and being inconsiderate Ryan likes to kindly help them become aware of their fault... I knew this would backfire one day!!!

We were driving home, it was about 9pm. A guy in a red car cut in front of our car going way too fast. He squeezed in front of us and behind a car in the lane next to us- barely missing both of us. Of course, Ryan was appalled and gave him a quick flash of his brights to let the guy know that he nearly hit us and needed to be more careful. This must have majorly pissed the guy off because he slammed on his breaks in the middle of the freeway causing Ryan and I (With Jane in the back seat mind you...) to have to slam on our breaks and nearly run into the back of him. He slowed to about 30 miles an hour on a freeway!!

As if that weren't enough, when he got back up to speed he got into the lane next to us and slowed way down, because Ryan and I were going to normal freeway speeds we were about to pass him. Once we got to the side of him, he started to pull over into our lane! Ryan and I had to swerve out of his way and slam on our breaks. He nearly ran us off the road!! At first I thought this must have been accidental. However, He pulled over into the lane next to us again and slowed way down. I told Ryan that we needed to pull up next to him so he could see that we had a baby in the back seat so he would be more careful. But when we tried to pull up next to him, he swerved into our lane again!! Nearly driving us off the road!!

At this point I just wanted to pass the guy and get away from him- I could tell he was seriously angry with us (for nothing...I might add!). But he tried to run us off the road a third time when we tried to pass him. Ryan got his phone out to call the police! The guy must have seen him do that cause he sped away so quick we didn't even get his lisence plat number. This guy could have killed us, just because we flashed him for cutting us off...YIKES!!

Moral of the story: Be careful who you comfront and piss off. You never know when you will
meet a derranged psycho with a major case of road rage!!!

Poop Evolution...

Having my first child, Jane, has left me baffled by the way her poops have grown and evolved right along with her. I'm left asking myself, when did Jane go from poops so liquid-esk that she had nearly daily blowouts in every possible, desperately inconvenient place to poops so log-esk that she has to quite literally stop what she is doing, and with as much concentration and effort as she can muster, push with all her little might just to get them out. Well, I have learned something from observing my adorable little, Jane...poop is never convenient, no matter how small you are. She went from having so much poop she was practically swimming in it, to having so little poop that she has to exert actual effort to produce some. And I have gone from cursing every poopy diaper I would change every several hours to actually praising Jane when she produces one. Well, I never cease to be amazed at how quickly things change in motherhood and believe me I never thought I would find a poopy diaper something to get excited about...

Tagged...

So, I've been tagged by my adorable sister in law, Heather!!! I think I am just supposed to write six crazy random things about me. Well here goes, I hope I still have friends after this...

1. I am an AVID volleyball player. I love it. In fact, I pretty much have withdrawls when I am unable to play for a while. Being pregnant just about killed me- just for the fact that I couldn't play volleyball for so long. After the doctors appointment where my doctor told me that playing volleyball was doable but it would be uncomfortable and possibly painful, I decided to show Ryan how I could still jump (to hit the ball) with as much agility as ever. So, I tried it. I jumped as high as I could and basically made a fool out of myself. I barely got off the ground and fell down after my attemp in pain. Oh well, I'm back in action now!!

2. I love popping bodily extremities of any kind- fingers, toes, backs, knees, basically whatever I can. I pop my joints all the time, over and over again. Oh, and I will settle for popping other people's joints as well, if they will allow me to. I am beginning to think that I should have become a chiropractor...

3. I graduated from BYU with a degree in English education...and I really can't spell worth crap! I know...I am a disgrace to the English education profession but it's a curse, I swear.

4. I love writing. In fact, I am in the middle of writing a young adult novel. I think it will definately be a story worth reading. I have wanted to get this story down on paper for quite some time now and am finally making some progress. If you would like to help me out by reading my finished chapters and giving me your input please let me know- I would appreciate it!!

5. I am absolutely obsessed with "The Hills" on MTV!! I never miss an episode. I know- am I in highschool? Oh well, I am tellin' ya it is the epitome of entertainment.

6. I have scrapbooked my whole life...I currently have three complete scrapbooks of my married life with Ryan and my sweet baby Jane and I am working on the fourth. I pretty much have every trip, every monumental occasion, every special event etc. etc. scrapbooked and documented in detail. I plan on keeping it up, too. By the time Ryan and I are retired, we are going to have quite a ginormous library of scrapbooks! I love my life and my family so I'm pretty sure that I'll love having them later on in life.

Sorry, Heather, I couldn't find a picture of me pregnant- but I kinda look pregnant in this one :)

Summer's officially over...

Well, Ryan has been in school for about a week and a half now and the memories of our glorious summer are already floating away with the wind. I am left home every day all by myself. (with Jane of course)..oh well, I will always have the memories. Here are some pictures of our last few days of summer. We went up to the Kennecott Copper Mines and had a picnic up the canyon. I also threw in just a cute picture of Jane. I love my little family!!

Congrats Ryan!!!!!

I am so proud of my wonderful husband for working so diligently to get into the Pharmacy, Doctorate program at USN. Last Thursday, Ryan had his white coat ceremony, where he was honored and welcomed into the Doctor of Pharmacy field and given his white coat. It was truly an amazing experience. We are sooo proud of you Ry, thanks for all you do!!!

Volleyball blunders...

I had a seven hour, outdoor volleyball tournament this past Saturday. It was alot of fun and went pretty well...however, one cannot escape who they really, truly are! Therefore, of coarse I had several very typical volleyball blunders...

1. I have always lived by the phrase..."Sacrifice your body for the ball." So, naturally when a ball was falling dangerously close to the grass, I plunged forward, diving to get the ball up. Well, come to find out, you don't slide on grass as well as on the court...so I fell...hard...my face, unfortunately taking the brunt of the fall. Yes, I face planted and that really hurts when you are wearing sunglasses. Needless to say, I now have beautiful bruises all over my face...lovely.

In case you are wondering, I DID get the ball up, so it was all worth it. (Special thanks to Stacey Salmans for teaching me that a slight injury is worth saving the ball!!!)

2. I have stopped being surprised, when I get hit in the face, when a 6 foot 5 inch tall guy hits the ball on the 10 foot line...where I happen to be down and ready to dig...or take it square in the face. This happens to me more than you might think. (My typical luck, or lack of reflexes kicking in!!) And, YES, even though it was with my poor, already bruised face, the ball was up and we happened to get a point out of it.

3. Well, after six hours of straight volleyball in the middle of the day with the sun burning into me relentlessly, I came to realize that I may not be in the sort of shape I was in highschool, way before I had my baby. Needless to say, I was exhausted and apparently wasn't lifting my feet as high as I normally do when I walk. I was walking backwards towards the end of the court to prepare to serve the ball, when I found the back line...and tripped over it...falling rather ungracefully on my back. We all had a good laugh.

Despite the unfortunaltely expected blunders that are to come every time I play volleyball, I love playing the game and just can't get enough!! And there are more good moments than bad, so I can't complain!! PLAY ON...PLAY ON!!!

Is Delbert dead?!!! Another Crestline quicky!!

As you well know, Crestline Estates houses many unheard of adventures for Ryan and I. Here is yet, another first for us here in the good ol mobile home park...

Ryan and I were driving home and noticed a car stopped in the dead middle of the road just inside the park. It was a man named Delbert's car. He is one of the oldest men in the park! Bless his heart, he comes into the office every single month with a rent check- he HAS to be exactly two months ahead or he freaks out. Since I don't really know what a genuine freak out would do to a man so old, I try to comply with his wishes as best as possible. He generally has some pretty hilarious commentary on recent politics and the bible when he comes in for his monthly visits as well...

As we pulled up behind the car, Ryan jokingly said "Maybe Delbert finally hit the dust here in the middle of the road." We were enjoying a good laugh until we pulled up next to his car and found him sitting there, eyes closed, mouth open... and looking pretty dang near dead to me. Shocked, Ryan said "Oh my gosh he IS dead!" He quickly got out of the car and knocked on the window. Thankfully Delbert opened his eyes and in fact was not dead. He claimed to be cooling down...right, like sitting in your car with the widows rolled up in the middle of the day in July is the best way to cool down... Whether Delbert had fallen asleep at the wheel, or been actually attempting suicide when we pulled up we will never know. But for now, Delbert is still alive and kickin'- we really love that man!!