First Deposition

So on Tuesday, Dec 2nd, I went on my first deposition all by myself. I was responsible for the transcript and I even had to swear the witness in. I was really nervous about swearing in the witness, so I practiced a few times on Alexis, what a sport. I ended up reading it from my computer. When I asked the witness to raise his right hand I could tell how nevous he was, which made me not nervous anymore.

It was a workers' compensation case and one of the attornys was asking questions by telephone. Which made me a little concerned, but ended up being a good thing. They both spoke very clear. In the end all three attorneys ordered the transcript, 93 pages. Merry Christmas to me I'm paid by the page and the more copies ordered, the more money I make. Whew, I did it. I hope I won't be as nervous on my next one. I'm going out on my second deposition Monday. I hope it goes as well as the first one did.

NO MORE BRACES!!!

On Thursday, Dec 4th the braces finally came off. Alexis was so, so excited. Her teeth look amazing. Of course the first thing she did when we came home was pop some popcorn. It's been 8 months since she's had any, which is like 5 years for a 12 year old. Now she can eat all they chewy, gummy, sticky stuff she wants. She was also happy to be able to eat a whole carrot, corn on the cob, and an apple without it being cut into pieces. She still tries to clean the food from her braces and then realizes they're not there anymore.

Getting ready for Christmas

This is the extent of our Chirstmas decorations this year. We made the cranberry topiary for family home evening. We used toothpicks, broken in half, to the secure the cranberries, there were toothpicks all over the place when we were finished, literally. It was tons of fun making. I also was talked into finally putting some Christmas lights in our window.

Thanksgiving

Alexis spent Thanksgiving in Iowa and had a great time. She enjoyed spending time with her family in Iowa, had fun with her cousins, and rode a 4-wheeler all by herself at Grandpa Phil's. She was able to spend time her friend Taylor. She's moving to Texas, Alexis will miss her tons.
I spent the week at Kimberly's. We watched movies and had a great Thanksgiving dinner. We both have so much to be thankful for, wonderful friends and family. We'll be in Utah for Christmas and are really looking forward to spending time with family and friends.

1st School Field Trip, 7th grade

Top picture, The Capitol. Middle picture, Marilyn. Bottom picture Alexis, Maggie, and Valentina. Alexis' 1st school field trip they went to Washington DC. She had tons of fun. They rode on a charter bus and watched movies, National Treasure 2, best of all no mom supervision!!! The had lunch at Iwo Jima, and then went on a tour at the Pentagon. The tour guide walked backwards the entire tour, including the esclator. She even had a special vistor, Kimberly came down and welcomed her too. Her friends were so impressed that she knew someone at the Pentagon.
Then they went to the Air and Space Museum. It's giagantic. There are full size airplanes suspended from the ceiling, space shuttles, airplanes from World War I and II, and her favorite thing was the space ice cream. I guess it's all about the food.
Quite a different experience than my school field trips to Lagoon and the Heber Creeper.