Birthday Party

We had a last minute Birthday Party for Carter today at Bounce U. Then we came home for donuts and fruit. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to all who came. Here are some of the pictures from Bounce U. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of everyone--but a good time was had by all! All of his Forsberg cousins were able to come (except for Carley and Tyler), our neighbor's daughter Abby, our friends Matt & Kim and their two girls, Clarke from church, and Nikki & Jeremy came with their God-daughter Holly. Thanks again for the fun time everyone!!

A New Look

I spent some time tonight (I know I have a very exciting weekend night life!-this was after getting out of the hot tub if that makes my life sound any better!) trying to figure out how to change things up a bit. Here's the final product. If only I could think of something creative for my blog title instead of "Sean, Jessica, and Carter" any ideas?

Why my Heart Melts...

From Trash to Treasure...

We received these benches from some friends about 3 years ago. They have been in need of some work. Today I gave them their long awaited TLC and I am very happy with the outcome. I'm so glad I finally took the time to do this and get this project off my to do list!! This is a before picture of the little bench.
This is an after picture of the little bench.
This is a before picture of the big bench.
This is the after picture of the big bench.

Word Cloud

I got this from Cami's blog. It's pretty cool. It goes through your blog and pulls together the most commonly used words. The words that are the biggest are used the most. i think it's pretty fun to see the theme of your blog. You can make one too by clicking here. Let me know if you make one so I can check it out!!

Our Easter Eggstravaganza

On Saturday our city hall put on a Spring Fling so we headed over there after our ward party. It was very fun. They had singing and dancing, a petting zoo, train rides, pony rides and lost of booths to look at. Carter LOVED the pony rides. He has ridden a horse before and was taught how to tell the horse to go faster. While on the pony ride he started clicking his mouth (telling the horse to go faster) but the lady in charge did not like that and asked him to stop telling the horse to go faster!!


Here we are at our ward Easter Egg Hunt.

Carter loved the cars, slippers, and bubbles that he found in his Easter basket.
Here we are before church.


Carter loved coloring the eggs.

Last of all, we had a nice dinner, Easter lesson, and egg hunt with all the cousins at Nana and Grandad's house. All the kids had so much fun finding the eggs.

Our Bedroom

We just finished redoing the main wall in our bedroom and I love it! We got new bedding and the new bedding did not match the old decor on the wall, so we had to change the wall to match the bedding. I don't have a true before picture but you can kinda see what part of the wall looked like in this picture. The bottom half of the wall had navy blue and beige striped material on it and then there was a chair rail and the top half of the wall was a navy blue. Our comforter got ruined in the wash somehow, so it was time for a change. I spent quite awhile taking the material down and the padding that was behind it. But it was all worth it! Now onto my next few projects:

*sand/stain the picnic table
*organize Carter's room (we just moved in a new piece of furniture)
*sand/stain the hammock
*sand/stain the benches
*organize my closet
*paint and hang cupboards in laundry room
*paint laundry room

That should keep me busy for awhile.

Forsberg Grandkids

Wedding

Sean was one of the groosman at his friend's Billy's weeding. Sean and Billy went to High School together. It was a beautiful day here in Phoenix for a wedding. Billy and Nicole got married at a country club. While taking pictures on the golf course the sprinklers came on and they had to book it off the grass! Can you imagine!?!

Happy Birthday Pemily!!!

Emily and I met 10 years ago at S-hole (BYU dorm) during the summer before our freshman year and she quickly became one of my best friends. I remember first walking into Emily's dorm room to meet her and thinking 2 things: 1. Man this girl likes Disney--especially Hercules (she had TONS of Disney movies and the Hercules figurines--she even put the song "Zero to Hero" on her dorm room answering machine!) and 2. This girl is funny. We lived together for our freshman, sophomore, and junior years. She then decided to leave me and get married our senior year! I have lots of great memories of our college years together (such as the word of the day on her answering machine or the question of the day and she wouldn't call you back unless you got it right! And staying up super late at the Den of Iniquity watching MTV all night long with Steve Ranson sleeping on her lap! Speaking of Steve--what about our "trophy?" We had a fancy red pair of underwear--the "trophy" that whoever did something out of the ordinary would own the trophy until the other one could try and get it back. Emily got it by kissing Steve at the park!) and am so glad that we are still best friends! (But I do wish we lived closer together.) So here's to you Emily on your special day---a look back at some of my favorite memories from our college days.

Hanging out in the entry way of our dorm room with Brian and Andrea. We had just finished listening to Brian play all of his funny songs on his guitar. In the top picture (sorry Em you got cut out--I am out of town right now so the scanning jobs are not the best) we were on our way to the Corn Maze in the back of Brian's van. Em and I got lost in the maze and got very scared!

Our trip to Idaho for Parker's farewell. It was so cold and Val's car got stuck in the snow--we all had to push it in our pajamas!

Gunlock trips!! Need I say more?? Well, there was "provacative pool" that we played at Gunlock. I like the pose Em---no we're not weird at all.





One thing that quickly sealed our friendship was our love of Days of Our Lives. Here we are in the bottom right picture in character as "Susan." Am I really sticking a fork/knife up to your neck in the other picture?



Who can forget Halloween time? Em made an awesome "Trinity" from the "Matrix"


Our Junior year we had a very crappy apartment but it was obviously meant to be as this is where she met Dave. We had a condo lined up to live in but after Ellen (Em's sister) lived there during the summer she told us to get out of our contracts!) This was a few weeks before the fall semester was to start. We scrambled to find a place to live that has 2 openings together. Alpine Court it was. Although the apartment was cramped we got very lucky with two great roommates and of course Dave. This is also the apartment where Em got her first puppy that slept (and peed) in my bed (we had bunkbeds that were really high--it was always so funny to watch Em climb into the top bunk at night and jump down in the morning--surprised she didn't sustain an injury from it!) Remember our fun Easter dinner where we ate on the patio? So fun.



Our senior year Em was married but we still got to see each other every once in awhile--usually at the Funk Factory. We had a girls night out to see Britney Spear's movie--"Crossroads!"




Em--I'm so glad we met our first days at BYU--my college experience would not have been the same without you. Thanks for the late night talks, bag-pipe dates, Algebra class, the trips to Food City, the dances and clubs, getting me to go tanning our sophomore year (dang we looked good tan!), your great stories (that's why you are a.k.a the Storyteller!) and all the many other memories. Love ya!

The little things

The last 2 months have been pretty busy for me with work. I have been getting up at 4:30am to make 3 hour drives to get to a school most days. It has been pretty exhausting. I have realized that it is the little things in life that are getting me through this stressful time.

*Sean always fills up my car with a full tank of gas after I go to bed so I don't have to do it in the morning. He never tells me he is going to do it--he just does it.
*Sean usually makes me a lunch after I go to bed so I don't have to do it in the morning. It has been so nice to open the fridge and be surprised to see my lunch already made for me!
*Getting home and having Carter run up to me and give me a big hug
*Sean cleaning the house
*Sean doing bathtime/bedtime so I can do some work and not have to stay up too late
*My mom and sister being so flexible with my schedule and watching Carter
*Getting to relax at least 1 hour a week and watch American Idol!
*Getting in the hot tub this weekend (I am already looking forward to it).
*Getting a pedicure with Nikki
*Carter saying, "pretty Mama" after I finished getting ready for a wedding last Saturday
*Going running with Carter when I get home from work
*Sleeping with new sheets, a new pillow, and a new comforter that we bought last night--love it (I'll post pictures of it after I finish repainting my bedroom wall).
*Two days off that I am taking at the end of the month just for the heck of it!!

Say cheese(ball)!

The picture above has always been Carter's normal smile.

But for some reason today Carter started smiling like this. He is purposely showing his teeth. Funny kid.

A Book Tag

Emily tagged me with this book tag. Here are the rules:

Grab the book nearest you.
Go to page 123.
Go to the 5th sentence on the page.
Type in the following 3 sentences

Well, Emily already stole mine because really the closest book to me is the Book of Mormon. So I will grab my next closest book. "What to Expect the Toddler Years." 

"Children need to be allowed to make some mistakes, and to learn from these mistakes. If you make it impossible for your child to get into trouble (stashing away all the kinckknacks, for instance), you won't have to say "no" as often, but you'll also miss out on important opportunities to teach. Be flexible, leave room for errors your child can learn from, but not when safety is an issue." 

Good advice, eh? 

Now I tag Andrea, Marlee, and Katie!

Brain Teaser

We got this in Sunday School today. Can you figure out what they mean?

1.  26=L. of the A.

2.  7=W. of W.

3.  9=P. in the S.S.

4.  88=P.K.

5.  32=D.F. at which W. F.

6.  90=D. in a R. A.

7.  24=H. in a D.

8. 18=H. on a G.C.

9.  13=S. on the A.F

The Name Game

My sister-n-law Katie had this post on her blog and I really liked it so I thought I would keep it going. She asked how did you come up with the name for your children? We only have one kid so far and we didn't know what we were having. We had lots of girls names picked out but couldn't agree on a boy's name. We had a rule that if one of us didn't like the name suggested by the other we just said "Veto!" and that was that. Well, there were lots of "Vetoes" going on for the boy names. I really liked Tyson but Sean didn't, yada, yada, yada. We knew if it was a boy it had to sound good with Thomas because that is Sean's middle name. If it was a girl we really liked Reagan Alice (my friend Bree from college had a sister named Reagan and I instantly loved the name when I met her) (Alice is my great-Aunt's name that I was really close to). We also liked Madison Jo (I think Maddy is soooo cute and Jo is my middle name). So we were set on those two girl names throughout the pregnancy but were still unsure about a boy's name. Then one day I realized that both Madison and Reagan are US President's names. So I started looking at other President's and saw Carter. I instantly loved it and mentioned it to Sean--finally there was no "Veto!" So then obviously, we had a boy and Carter Thomas it was. It has always fit him from day one. 

So how did you come up with your kids' names?

Random Thoughts

*I worked about 50 hours this week (and one day was a holiday) and still have about 20 more hours of work to do this weekend

*I have a lesson to teach tomorrow on procrastination and haven't even started it. Nice.

*Carter is really starting to like Winnie the Pooh

*I need to go biking and running at some point today

*I am doing a triathlon in Rocky Point, Mexico in May--am I crazy? When do I even have time to train? My friend at work is doing it too and she has a swimming coach and a personal triathlon trainer. Whatever!!!

*Sean and I cleaned the house this morning--it smells so good!

*I cleaned out my bathroom cupboard and makeup drawer. I can't believe how much junk I have accumulated in 5 years

*I can't believe that in May we will have lived in our house for 5 years

*I went through my sweaters today and got rid of some that I bought 10 years ago. Why did I still have them? What, I can afford to buy a new sweater every now and then? Maybe it's because I hardly wear sweaters in Phoenix

*I love Phoenix winters---Carter and I played out back for over an hour today while he ate a popsicle. Nice winter weather.

*We went to the Zoo on Monday--Carter loved the monkeys.

*I am in desperate need to get my hair done but hate paying the money for it. Does that make me cheap?

*I finally found the perfect jeans for me! "the Flirt"--stretch, flare cut at Old Navy--love it. 

Gettin' ready

Carter found his way into my bathroom this morning and put on eyeshadow (mostly on his stomach and leg and some on his cheeks). He was also blowdrying his hair when I walked in. Apparently he can climb up on the counter now by pulling out the bottom drawer. Nothing is safe anymore! 

Wedding Day

The Klippel Family
Carter loved the Tiki Torches
Carter and Grandpa sitting by the fire (I'm seeing a trend that Carter likes fires...like father like son--hopefully Carter won't start a fire at his school though!!!)
The Food table
The cake--they decided not to do a traditional wedding cake but have cupcakes instead---cute. 
The tables for eating. There were different sized "M's" on all the tables for their last name--very cute. 
Carter at the temple
The fam at the temple
The bride and groom

Sean's sister Jen got married yesterday. It was a beautiful sealing and a beautiful reception. Carter especially liked all the Tiki Torches around the yard. The food was delish! Sean's twin brother Brandon has started his own business and he did all the food. (creativekitchenco.com) The decorations on the tables were so pretty. Sometimes I wish Sean and I can get married again just so I can decorate and wear a wedding dress. There are so many cute things these days and really pretty dresses. I love the dresses with the colored sash around the waist. I would definitely do brown and blue or brown and green if I had a chance to do it again.