Confession

I just confessed a little white lie to my Haylee. Her response? "It's ok mom, but I think you need to get a bigger spiritual shield" LOL!!! Out of the mouths of babes right?

I will be repenting in my prayers later this evening and asking Heavenly Father to help me build up my shield. :)

Sharing an idea....

Wow, we have had the busiest summer on record! We have been traveling, going to camp, and having visitors. I will blog about all that stuff later. For now I had to share one of the best ideas I have heard in a long time!!!! I have a friend in my Stake that posted this today and I loved it so much I am going to do it next year and I wanted to share it with all of you.

It has to do with Christmas cards. Each year I pack the cards we received that year in with the Christmas decorations and one of my favorite things about getting our house ready for Christmas is re-reading the cards we received the year before. I love looking at all the pictures and reading the cute letters and sweet messages. Well my friend Kiersten, who rocks for all kinds of reasons but this one takes the cake, posted today about a new tradition their family did this year. They put all the cards they received in a basket and each night before family prayer they took out a card and talked about that friend or family member. Then they included that person in their prayer that evening. How sweet is that????? I absolutely love this idea and am so happy that I know amazing people so I can steal their fabulous ideas and in the process become a better person. :) It's a win, win for me really. Thanks Kiersten for being awesome!!!

Sweet Sixteen

*She is smart!

*She is funny!

*She is amazingly talented!

*She is getting her learner's permit in a few days (Heaven help us!) lol

*She is so BRAVE!

*She is brimming with confidence!
*She is sweet -mostly.

*She is always willing to help with whatever is asked of her.

*She is sixteen years old today.

*She can DATE (Y I K E S!!!!!) -I think I am changing the rules!

*She got tickets to see the Broadway Musical Wicked for her birthday below is a video of her reaction it is PRICELESS

Summer Vacation!

It is that time of year. Not much time for blogging, just time for fun. The big kids are at camp until tomorrow, then they will be home approximately 12 hours before we take off for our week long Huhmann reunion on the farm. We'll get home celebrate the 4th and Sierra's Sixteenth birthday -(and seriously I would like to know where in the H E double hockey sticks the time has gone?)--- and then a few days after that we leave for South Carolina for a week at the lake. So my "all about me" stuff will have to wait, cause for now it's all about the fam and that is just the way I like it! :)

I do have to mention one quick thing -today Joe and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. My Facebook status was pretty great so I'll post it here to commemorate the occasion: "Tara Huhmann is in love with an amazing guy. 11 years ago today he was lucky enough to marry me. I love ya babe, you really do make the world a better place." Awe, aren't I sweet? :) Happy anniversary to us!!!

Meeting for parents of SENIORS

There was a meeting tonight for the parents of the Class of 2012. Wow, those people are OLD in just one short year they will have a kid graduating from high school which automatically makes you ancient -not as ancient as if say you have a kid graduating from college or if you are a grandma but still, you are moving right along the old people train. Uh, wait a sec....I just realized that I am one of those old people! Wait, wait, wait! I was a senior just a dozen (give or take 8 or nine years) years ago. I am way too young to have a kid graduating from high school right??? I am SOOOOO not ready for this. I cannot believe that this time is here. I know how fast the next 12 months will go, I know how fast I will be dropping him off at college. I am NOT ready!!! I am screaming it NOT READY! NOT READY! NOT READY! Guess what??? It doesn't matter, no one cares. Okay, well maybe they do care but that still doesn't help. I am going to tell you a secret, you can't make fun of me okay??? Promise??? I have had a breakdown, sometimes a few tears and sometimes a lot, almost every day since the 7th of June when the class of 2011 graduated and I officially became the parent of a senior. I know I am a crazy person. It's okay, I've come to terms with it. Now I just need to come to terms with my baby graduating from high school next year. Did I mention I wasn't ready? I have considered telling the school I am pretty sure he is a cheater and that I'm not even sure he can read so he should probably go back a few grades. Do you think that would work? Seriously people, I need ideas here. I'll leave you to ponder on it let me know when you come up with something good because I AM NOT READY for my brown eyed boy to leave.

A favorite quote

This is an easy one! Such a quick assignment and I have a few favorite quotes, it has taken me a few days to post them because I have been busy with finals......waaaait HD and Sierra have been busy with finals, however, being the fabulous mom that I am (and considering I don't want them to fail and have to repeat a grade) I have been helping them. Add to that all my "usual" chaos and here we are. Okay, onto the business at hand. My favorite quote

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today, it's already tomorrow in Australia" -Charles Schultz -this one reminds me to live in the moment, don't wast time worrying -you can't change the future so live for today.

"Find joy in the journey" Thomas S. Monson - a reminder to find joy in every single day -its always there.

"I love you to the moon, and back" -Big nut brown hare :) -it just begins to describe the feelings of love I have for my children.

So there ya go! I cannot WAIT for school to be over!!! We are so close!!! Happy summer everyone!

A favorite book

Oh I LOVE TO READ! In fact, that should have been number one on my favorite things! In my Grandma Seamons life history one of the facts in there is that she loved to read and would often stay up way too late when she couldn't put a book down. That is the story of my life!!! I am always so excited to start a new book and then so sad that it ends. My probably favorite books of all time are the Harry Potter and Twilight Series. I LOVE series books. I read the Fablehaven series a couple of months ago and have read it again one more time since then. After that I started a series called "The Hound of Rowan" it is probably in the "teen readers" section of your favorite bookstore but I really enjoyed the first three books. The next book in the Rowan series comes out in 2012. I didn't realize when I started these books that the series wasn't finished. I hate starting a series before the author is finished with the entire thing. Waiting for the next book drives me bonkers! (yes, I was one of the crazy people in line at the bookstore at midnight waiting for those last three Harry Potter books!) My most favorite app on my ipod touch is my Kindle app. I told my hubby he better give me a book allowance because now I can just buy books with one touch! Love it! Currently I am reading "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua -HOLY COW so interesting!!!! It is a comparison of "western parenting" and Chinese parenting. It is written by a Chinese mother and it is hard to say if she was so mean or so brilliant in her child rearing. You will DIE when you find out some of the things she made her kids do. It is a great read so far and one that would make a great book club book. As you are reading you really want to call your friends and go "CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?" It captivates you because you can't decide if this lady is crazy or brilliant. lol :) After this I plan to read George Bush's Decision Points, then probably the new book out by Rick Riordian "The Throne of Fire". I could seriously read all day. The good news is that all three of my kiddos are voracious readers too. We always get them gift cards to Boarders or Barns and Noble for Christmas and that is one of their favorite gifts. It cracks my dad up that they are that excited to go to the book store. :) What are you reading my friends? Let me know! I am always looking for new material.