Fall pics

We are busy as usual -it NEVER ends..... but that's ok! Life is full and happy! A quick update on the fab five:

HD: Senior! Crazy busy with school and sports. Doing AWESOME was only 2 percentage points shy of a 4.25 GPA first quarter!!!! Applying to college, will be finished applying by Thanksgiving. #1 choice for school BYU. Was selected to play in the high school county all star game for soccer. Drives everywhere (BEST THING EVER!) Is doing great all around.

Sierra: Junior! Gorgeous! I am going to have to lock her in the basement. :) She is so amazing and strong and brave. I have blogged about her medical issues before and they are ongoing. I believe we are very close to a diagnosis and even though she is in consent pain she is almost always found with a smile. She made the improv team at school and LOVES it! That girl was born to be a star! Academics are awesome. She is hanging in there. :)

Haylee J: 4th grader. First year in public school. LOVING it. Her teachers are awesome. She made the honor roll and she just tested at a early 9th grade reading level! She was elected to the Student Counsel earlier in the week and is so excited and cute about it all. She is will finish up playing soccer this weekend and has had a great time doing it as usual although it did take some getting used to as far as balancing her schedule goes.

Joe: Taking two classes at once, he usually doesn't do that slow and steady is the name of the game for him :) -doing great busy at work but has a very consistent daytime schedule which we both love. He went to Vegas and Nashville in the last month but both only for a few days, otherwise he is home. We are SO LUCKY.

Me: I am always running in 10 directions at once but everything seems to get done and miraculously everyone gets where they need to go. Lots of doctors appointments for Sierra has made our hectic schedule even more complicated but Joe has been amazing to help get kids to and fro and we will run ourselves into the ground to get Sierra feeling better. I am so thankful to still be staying home even with all the kids in school. It is the ONLY way I am keeping on top of our crazy life. :) I am the PTO Secretary and 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency. Can't believe how fast time is going. I am thankful for my amazing kids-really they are the BEST, my supportive husband, a warm home, awesome people in my life,

my cute dog, and countless other things!!!! Hope you are all doing great!!!!

I took these pics two weeks ago and just today had time to edit them. LOVE these kids! :)

I have gorgeous children. I am bias but hey I'm their mom! :)

I took these pics two weeks ago. Haylee is 10!!! HD is 17 -he will be 18 in two short months, and Sierra is sweet 16!

Quick post!

Just a quick post to let you all know I am still alive. Were you worried? I thought I would have a lot more time to blog with all the kids being in school but it seems that you just put on more hats to fill up the time and end up having no time left over. Lol. So while I am busy being a mom, chef, CHAUFFER, nurse, maid, PTO Secretary, 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency (church), cheerleader etc..... I had to write down this Haylee funny before I forgot

This past weekend while watching General Conference for church, President Monson was giving a talk at then end of the Sunday morning session and he said something to the effect of "you may think there are people in the world that are having more fun than you are" to which Haylee replied "I feel like that" -I was surprised to hear my 9 year old say that. Does she really feel "restricted" at only 9 years old? So I said "You do?" trying to get some clarification she replies with "Yeah, I think people in the world are having more fun than me right now. You won't even let me read!" I was cracking up! Here I am thinking in a spiritual sense but she just meant right at that very moment. Too funny!!

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.