Jury Duty

Have you ever served on a jury? I got my summons to report to the courthouse on Friday and not so eagerly arrived early that morning to the Jury assembly, hoping that I would be released pretty quickly. (perhaps there were no trials that day?) Unfortunately, out of 150 people waiting, I was one of 12 selected to do a criminal trial. So, while everyone else got to go home, I had to go through security and be questioned by two annoying lawyers about my qualifications and biases. At the end of the day, we realized that we were going to be asked to give up another day for this trial. On Tuesday, after 3 (THREE!) hours of the defense attorney questioning his own client...basically asking him the most mundane and ridiculous questions, (he didn't have much to work with...I kind of felt bad for him) we were asked by the judge to come back again on Wednesday. I was annoyed and a little stressed about childcare. Mega thanks to my sister in law, friends, husband and mother in law who helped keep my kids safe and happy while I was in court all day. By Wednesday, we actually got to decide the case which took all of 45 minutes. Once we rendered our verdict, we couldn't get out of there fast enough. In the end, it was a good experience. Most of all, I have a new appreciation for working moms who, after putting in 8 hours of work, have to come home and have enough energy to play with children, make dinner and clean the house. I am so grateful that my husband works as hard as he does to allow me to stay home with my kids. I know there are many moms that don't get that luxury, for various reasons. To those of you that work and are moms...I have new respect for you all!

Scrapbooking has slowed a bit, but here's another Millar reunion page.



Finally, here's last week (pre-jury duty) for my project 365. Enjoy!

reunion stuff

Here's a few more.....

reunion scrapbooking begins

Here's what I love about digi scrapbooking. 1. there's no mess. I just click on my computer, and my project is right there, waiting for me. No boxes of paper, stamps, scissors, glue to drag out of my closet and spread across my table. 2. I can work on it whenever I want....for five minutes or for 3 hours. 3. The finished product takes up a quarter of the space that my old scrapbooks do. My kids look at my digital books a whole lot more than my traditional ones because they're easier to manage.

Because our Millar reunion just ended, I started up the scrapbooking process while the memories are fresh in my mind. Here's what I've come up with so far.

Pit stop at the beautiful Boise Temple. That drive is so stinkin' long! On the way there, we did it in two days to save our sanity. Unfortunately, we didn't have that luxury on the way home and the last few hours were not too pleasant. 14 hours is a long time to be in a car!

The reunion theme: "it's a jungle out there." My mom went to town on safari themed hats, shirts, and crafts. The kids all wore these "indiana jones" hats to the Hogle Zoo.

there are now 13 Millar grandchildren. Aren't they cute??!

this parade was terrific! It's the second year in a row that I was lucky enough to be in utah over the 4th of july. If you're ever in utah for the fourth, I'd highly recommend the parade in downtown Provo.

Though grasshopper hunting was not on the schedule, the kids spent hours in grandpa's backyard, combing through the tall grass to find grasshoppers. Sadly, most of them were dead when it came time to release them.

That's it for now. I'll post more pages when I get them done!

home again

We're back!! We had such a wonderful week in Utah with the Millar family. We just love hanging out in the mountains at my parents' beautiful home. Believe it or not, we make the journey all over again in a few weeks. The Westover reunion is in the exact same place as our Millar reunion. aka...my parent's house. The Westover reunion committee rented a big house just a few yards away from my parents' home. pretty cool huh? Because we are returning so soon, we left Charlotte behind to be spoiled rotten by her grandparents. I miss her a ton but thanks to cell phones, I get to talk to her a few times a day. Once I go through about 700 pictures (taken on three different cameras), I'll post more about the reunion. For now, you get my project 365 for last week.

enjoy!