Never a Dull Moment

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Utah trip part 1

In April I took a trip to Utah all by myself for my mom's WEDDING! :) Yay! So happy for her. More details on that in the Utah trip part three post.

The first "big event" was going to see a Jazz game! Thanks to my big bro for getting us the tickets!!! I went with my sis-in-law Heather and my sweet nephew Andre.

The night got more exciting when they announced that John Stockton was at the game!!

After they showed him I became a little bit of a Stockton stalker and searched the arena until I found him. He was just two sections over from us!

We had GREAT seats!!! Row 17 yes please!!

Stockton again. Hi Johnny! :) --these are only two of about 30 pics I took of this guy

Jazz win!!!

The next day mom and I headed to the new City Creek Mall. SO FANCY! It is really an amazing place!

First stop Tiffany & Co. I had never been in one before!

You can see the Salt Lake Temple from the mall! So cool!

These fountains were designed by the same guys that built the fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

The roof at the City Creek center is RETRACTABLE! AMAZING open on the nice days and closed when it needs to be.

Me and my mama in front of a fountain, you can't really see the fountain but that's ok the pic is all about us :)

I also got to see my good friend Kelly. She lived in Maryland with me and had moved to Utah just 6 weeks earlier than my visit. So fun to have dinner and "catch up"

On Wednesday mom and I headed to BYU so I could see where HD will be at the next year of his life. There is the famous Y on the mountain.

HD's apartments are RIGHT ACROSS from the stadium.

There they are! He is SO excited to go there

I also got to meet Sister Paxton. Sister Paxton just happened to be on an airplane about 8 months ago with HD's high school english teacher. They started talking about teaching and when Sister Paxton mentioned that she taught at BYU Doctor Young told her all about HD and how he really wanted to go there. Sister Paxton gave her contact info to Dr. Young and told her if D got accepted that he should call her. So he did! She has been so sweet talking to him on the phone and she already invited him over for dinner and said he can do his laundry at her house or whatever else he needs. So nice to have someone right there who is willing to help if he needs it. She was super sweet and the timing was perfect for us to meet up. I hadn't really planned on meeting her until that day. Lots of amazing things happened during our short time there that reassured me that Heavenly Father knows me and HD and that His hand has been in all of this. I really felt so peaceful, I cannot explain it. I KNOW that my Father in Heaven loves me!

Ok, so far I am on a roll here blogging let's hope it continues!!! :)

Part's 2 and 3 of the Utah trip coming up!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Cherry Blossoms

Springtime is a gorgeous time in our Nations Capitol. The Cherry Blossoms usually bloom right around spring break time for the kids but because we had such a mild winter they bloomed a bit earlier than usual so one fine Friday when it was 82 degrees in MARCH we took the kids out of school and spent the day in DC as a family. I know I said in the previous post that I would catch up a few months at a time when I started looking at the cherry blossom pictures I realized they needed a post of their own! Here they are.....

This was right after we came up out of the metro station

A very cool "hollow" in this tree. Haylee is obsessed with owls.

Not cherry blossoms but a cheery smile ;)

Around the tidal basin with the Jefferson Memorial in the background

The Jefferson Memorial

The Fab Five

us :)

The tidal basin

typical

Contemplating life

Think she's got it all figured out!

a different view of the Jefferson Memorial

a gorgeous canopy of blossoms

taking a break

me and my favorite son

gorgeous girl

Springtime is beautiful here! So many flowers on the National Mall

this is a "ruffled tulip" I had never seen one before

Mr.Squirrel

My little peanut

the daffodils

love the red tulips

100 years since the cherry blossoms were given

Very cool to be there during the centennial celebration!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

I really should be cleaning my house....

...but I haven't blogged in forever! And I find myself checking often to see if my friends have updated their blogs and I get so excited when they do and yet I don't update my own! Don't want to write too much but to tell the story of the last -- - - - - - - months in pictures. We had some major things happen and if you are friends with me on Facebook you have already seen it all, but here it is again for posterity purposes.

I'll try to start at the beginning of the end of the last part -ha ha ha

The plan is to do two or three months at a time. Hopefully finishing up tonight. :)

Here is November thru February:

Haylee's 10th birthday

This picture is out of order -It is Sierra's improv group taking a bow at the end of their show in February. They are HILARIOUS!

Joe, HD, and Grandpa Huhmann decorating the outside of our house for Christmas.

HD played in the county All Star Game for soccer he is on the front row in the middle

It was FREEZING!!!!!!!!!!

Each of the kids has their own Christmas tree: here is Haylee with hers

HD -seriously had to bribe him to get this pic but it is the last year he will decorate it before Christmas break

Sierra was taking too long to decorate hers apparently so here is a pic with her undecorated tree

Sierra got inducted into the National Honors Society -HD got to walk her across the stage :)

Haylee was super sick on Christmas Day and ended up in the ER to check for strep. :(

D and Sis were with their dad for Christmas this year (which explains no jammies) but I still made them wait on the stairs for a picture. :)

Christmas Eve we got a surprise visit from our good friends the Stevens family they drove 180 miles out of the way to see us! :) This is Haylee and her best friend Kara.