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I shall use pictures to tell all the news. :)

These two are getting MARRIED!  In this temple (Bountiful) 7 weeks from tomorrow!!  

My favorite proposal pictures 

They are so cute!! 

This awesome girl won a scholarship from the Whiteman Spouses Club!!!  Free money is the best!!

Joe went TDY to Diego Garcia.  He was gone for four weeks.  This is such a cool shot of the B-2 while they were there. 

I need to get some more pictures off his phone that he took while he was there. 

Haylee and I visited the farm while he was gone. The baby lambs are the cutest! 

Selected this pic on accident but I'll leave it here since it is a good one of D and Cosmo.

I won two awards!!!!  Key spouse of the quarter for the 509th maintenence group and then I won at the wing level!  So that was for the 509th bomb wing. 

I felt pretty fancy. :)!

We went to a Royals game!  They played the Nationals.  It was so fun to see our "home" team play our DC team.  

We were a house divided.  Honestly if I had had some Nats gear I would have worn it! 

Our favorite Nats player, and fellow Mormon boy lol, Bryce Harper. 

We were hoping he would hit a home run but no such luck. The game was actually super boring!  Only two runs scored the whole game.  Lame. The Nats won and Haylee was happy. 

She also requested a picture of Kauffman stadium.  It was great to be at "The K" 

Tonight this girl is sick. 

So is this boy. 

Last thing this is Haylee's awesome self portrait!!!  She drew this in art class!!!  It is so good!!  

Busy-ness

I bet half of my blog post titles could be summed up in one word.  BUSY.  It never seems to end but when I am overwhelmed with it all I try to remember that we are blessed to be healthy and to have so many activities and work and friends that we don't have a free moment!  I have still been working a lot.  That should ease up next week.  Which is happy and sad.  Happy because maybe I will have time to clean my house and go to the grocery store, but sad because I love working at the dental office.  The boss called me in this week to ask if I was happy with the arrangement for me to fill in and not have a permanent job there.  I told him I was happy and liked the flexibility that being a PRN offers.  He said he did not want to lose me so if at any point I decided I needed 14 hours a week or 20 hours a week -whatever- to let him know and he would make it happen.  It has been such a great experience to work for the Heath's!! 

Since I blogged last Haylee competed in the state Science Olynpiad meet.  She did not place in any of her events but she had a great time and learned so much!! She also competed with her guard team in the state championships.  They placed 7th out of 9 I think....she did not love guard but she hung in there and made some new friends.  I am so proud of her for doing this activity which was way outside of her comfort zone.  She auditioned for fall guard ended up not making the team she is an alternate and wasn't super disappointed about it.  She is looking forward to high school and all of the other activities that will come with that.  

Sierra moved home about a week and a half ago.  It is what needed to happen so we could stabilize her overall health.  It has been nice to be able to take care of her but not fun watching her pain overtake her at times.  We ended up in the ER last night because she just couldn't take her ankle pain anymore.  She had thrown up almost a dozen times from the severity of her pain. She couldn't keep pain meds or anti nausea meds down.  Pretty miserable for her. 

This is how I left her when I went back to work after lunch: 

Puke bowl, remote, laptop and ice on her ankle.....

This is at the ER.  The blue bag is for barf, she is hunched over because her pain is raging.  

We got her in and they gave her a shot of Zofran and 6mm of morphine.  It was a huge relief when the pain started to subside.  I can't imagine what she goes though on a daily basis.  Thankfully her ankle has been much better today. It is heartbreaking to watch her suffer.  I am talking to a few new docs though and we are hopeful we will get some things under control so she can go on with her life.  

Church is busy too.  We (Mary and i) are teaching at our relief society conference tomorrow.  I have been pondering about what to speak of for weeks and of course the perfect thing comes to me at 10:00pm the night before.  I think the ladies will enjoy the class so I am looking forward to it.  Speaking of that.  I better get to bed......night all! 

M

Breakdown.

Lots to catch up on so I will be brief.....maybe! 

A couple of weeks ago on a Friday I was stressing about some things coming up in life.  I prayed and cried and told Heavenly Father I needed some extra help.  Saturday I had a total breakdown.  Joe had been gone for a few weeks, I was working a ton, managing everything at home, prepping and stressing about Sierra moving home.  I was driving to Springfield -2 and a half hours away for a guard competition- and Sierra called me to tell me she was headed to the ER again for pain in her knee.  She had another small bit of news as well that I won't share, as it isn't a big deal, but that day it sent me over the edge I had been hanging onto for dear life.  I drove and cried and called my poor boy because my mom didn't answer and with Joe gone HD was the next go to.  He was at the gym but dutifully answered the phone and listened to me cry and told me everything would be alright.  He is a great kid.  I drove some more, cried some more and arrived at the school feeling vulnerable but better.  Saw Haylee right before they competed and she told me she wasn't going to compete because her knee was hurting her too badly. (It was mysteriously swollen a few days before that).  She felt terrible I had driven all that way but there was nothing to do about it at that point. I told her I didn't mind and found a seat to watch the team.  But seriously when a person is mid-breakdown and said person has driven a long way to see a child perform and said child sits out this competion- it was like rubbing salt in an open wound.  I was brave and smiled and waved at my beautiful girl so she would know it was ok. A lady sitting next to me said something extra nice and I almost started bawling again.  After the performance I hugged Haylee and told her I would see her at home.  Drove the 2 and a half hours back crying and talking to a dear friend and my mom on the way home and prayed a lot.  It was a rough afternoon.  I got home in time to go to the adult session of stake conference but I had zero desire to go.  However, I thought if I wanted the Lord to come to me then I had to go to Him also and He was going to be at stake conference.  I decided the first priesthood holder I saw that I knew I would ask for a blessing.  I cried a little more and off I went.  (Goodness,I was a mess!) thankfully I saw a member of my bishopric pretty quickly after arriving and he gave me a beautiful and helpful blessing.  I knew that I would be alright and I would have enough strength to handle the trials and stresses in my life.  Before I got my blessing I wondered why I had had this kind of day.  Why, when I asked Heavenly Father for help, had things gotten seemingly worse?  I realized then that I had been prompted many times in the last several weeks to get a blessing but I had not done it. Heavenly Father had some things he needed to tell me but I had not taken the step he had prompted me to take.  Thus I got a push over a cliff so I would seek Him.  Lesson learned!  :) I cried a little more that night and in the days since but I feel peaceful about the direction things are going and I know I am not alone.  I am so thankful that I know of the love my Father in Heaven has for me.  That he wants to bless me and communicate with me clearly in the way that I would easily understand.  I should also add that I am thankful for the priesthood power that has been restored to the earth and for the men who worthily hold it and use it.  

L.O.V.E.

How cute are these two?  I believe love is in the air for these cuties.  I am thankful that my boy has found a girl that makes him so happy.  HD and Kassi have been dating since November-ish and they are just happy as can be.  It has been fun to watch this process as a mom.  I love HD coming to me for counsel, taking that in, and then making decisions on his own using his own judgement. He is a smart boy. And a lucky one to have such a wonderful girl in his life.  No engagement........YET!  😍. We will see what the future holds. It is an exciting time.  

If they get married I want a shot exactly like this on their wedding day.  It's my fave!  Kass looks so happy. Love them both. 

Yo-yo

That is my weight in a nutshell.  I reduce  my calorie intake to 1200-1400 calories a day and I lose weight.  I do that for months then fall off the wagon somewhere and can't get back on for the life of me.  I hate it.  The whole truth of the matter is that I am HAPPY.  Happy with who I am, happy with my family relationships, happy with the friendships I have, and I have the best husband in the entire world that loves me no matter what. All of this attributes to me not having the motivation to change.  Why fix it if it ain't broke right? The only wrench in this fabulous life is that I want to be HEALTHY.  I need to be healthy so I can live a long time and be with the people I love most for as long as possible.  I also feel the need to be healthy so that I can take care of Sierra.  Currently her health is spiraling out of control.  We are moving her home so we can get her stabilized and seeing the right docs.  Her poor body isn't going to hold together well and she is going to need some extra care from time to time. I want to be able to relieve that burden for her and the burden that will inevitably be placed on her dear sweet husband (when he comes along on his white horse) 😉. I need to be healthier.  I need to take better care of this precious gift of a body that I have been given.  Side note: it was a good idea to blog about this because I am feeling called to repentance right this moment for the abuse I have put this poor body through -not eating well and not exercising does not do a body good. It is time to get back on the wagon of healthy eating.  It is possible.  I can do it. I have to do it.  I weighed myself this morning and it was not pretty.  I did ok today but not fab.  Need to go grocery shopping and get good food in the fridge and pantry.  Wish me luck friends.  I don't want to be a yo-yo anymore.  Although I do think this swirly one is pretty.  

Have to make another note of Haylee and my time together today.  We went out to dinner tonight and laughed and talked.  Took a quick trip to Walmart with more laughing.  On the way home "Billie Jean" came on the radio (Missouri radio is really awesome) and she and I danced and sang with the windows down all the way home.  I sure love that girl and the time I get to spend with her.  

I got her this dress today at the thrift shop:

Work the good, and teeny bit, of bad

The good:  I love my job!  LOVE IT!  Who knew I would enjoy working on teeth so much.  People always say "it would gross me out to put my hands in someone's mouth!" Before I was a dental assistant I might have said that too.  But I LOVE IT!!  I enjoy the patients and the office I work in and the day literally flies by.  The pace is fast but the work isn't too physically demanding.  It is a great fit for me!  I am so happy to have been given the opportunity (literally given! -no application needed).  On top of all that I get to be a PRN which means I just fill in when they need me.  I am thankful every time I go to work to be learning so much and enjoying it. Plus they pay me to be there! Bonus!  I also get an hour and a half for lunch which is amazing.  Today I got to talk to Lana for an hour of that. It was the BEST!  How blessed I am to have served with she and Becky in the Suitland Stake.  And now the teeny bit of bad for today.  I am lucky that it doesn't happen often (because I don't work everyday) but tonight Haylee gave me her schedule of events for next week's "Fine Arts Night" at the middle school.  She is in drama and they have been rehearsing a play for a couple of months. They are doing the Seussified version of Romeo and Juliet.  And the play is at 4:30.  I don't get off work until 5!  Hopefully I will be able to leave a bit early but if our schedule is full there is no way I can go.  With patients in the chair, ya gotta be there.  (I just made that up, I am hilarious) I will be so sad if I have to miss it.  Thankfully Grandpa and Grandma Huhmann are coming so they will get to see her perform for sure but I feel terrible especially since Joe is out of town.  I am not a mom who misses things.  Such a bummer!  I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will work out. I am also very thankful that Haylee understands if it doesn't.  

In other news:  it rained cats and dogs today which is nice because we haven't had much moisture through the winter and my allegries have been giving me heck this week.  The rain should help keep the pollen down for a few days. I have never had allergies before but I am allergic to Missouri it seems.  Lame.  Thankful for Allegra!  :) side note: my knees were hurting all afternoon and this evening.  Is this a side effect from the rain?  Apparently my body thinks it is 87 years old.  So rude. 

Last news to report, I love my bathtub!  I am an -almost daily -bath taker and the tub at this house is a big soaker tub with jets!  Double bonus there is a window right above the tub. On cool nights I open the window (while hiding my nakey bits of course!!! Lol) and enjoy a warm bubble bath with some fresh cool air.  It is heaven!!!  This is my nightly view:

Ahhhhh.....I could stay in here for hours.  

Night friends! 

Girl time

Joe is away for work for a bit so Haylee and I are having some girl time.  We had a great weekend and are enjoying hanging out and spoiling ourselves a bit.  Friday night I had a Camp meeting from 5-11 so Haylee was home alone.  She enjoyed it though and watched Netflix and played video games.  The camp meeting was fun I enjoyed visiting with Mary (1st counselor in the stake YW) and planning with the YCLs. It is wonderful to feel like a part of the stake here as I loved that so much when we lived in Maryland. I remember going to things after we first moved here and being so sad I didn't know anyone, especially the young women.  I missed "my girls" and hated not knowing these cute new girls at all.  As I arrived at the meeting the other night I was greeted by several excited shouts of  "Hi Sister Huhmann!" And a couple hugs from those cute girls whose names I now know.  What a difference a year makes! I am thankful for the love of this new group. Saturday Haylee had guard practice from 9-1.  I did some tv watching and some organizing.  It is a great feeling to have things in order.  We have very few Saturday's free -maybe one!- in the next six or seven weeks so we declared this Saturday our DOF (Day of Fub).  I picked Haylee up and we got lunch at Sonic.  We came home and did a few more things then headed out to the soccer fields as it was a gorgeous 68 degrees.  We both had headaches but it was so nice to be out in the sunshine.  Then we got dinner from McDonald's came home and watched some of the Harry Potter marathon on tv, then decided to take ourselves to the movies (see? Definite spoiling going on).  We saw  Zootopia.  It was really cute and we both enjoyed it a lot.  We picked up a few Sunday necessities at Walmart and came home. Today I had a ward conference to attend in Odessa.  I think this makes the sixth one so far? We have two more to go but not until May.  I had not been to the Odessa building before. It was a beautiful chapel and the drive there was beautiful country.  We even came across the biggest house we had ever seen!  Haylee and I both decided we could really get on board with country living if we could live there.  Next time I'll take a picture!  The conference was wonderful and uplifting and I felt the spirit so strongly during a special musical number of "His Hands" I had never heard the song before and was overcome with emotion listening to the words.  The other parts of the meeting went well, as did our training afterwards.  It is always nice to meet with the sisters that serve the young women and counsel together with them.  Driving home I realized I had forgotten to buy butter yesterday and everything we had planned on making needed butter.  Instead of breaking the sabbath I had Haylee text Amy and see if they had some butter we could borrow, she said "yes!" Saving the day!  The rest of Sunday we spent laying around and enjoying the day relaxing.  I had a worse headache today than yesterday but it seems to be gone tonight.  Hopeful that tomorrow is a headache free day.  I'll try to add some more pics to my next post.  :)