I have such a hard time when it comes to gifts for Jay. Last year, shortly before his birthday, we went together to Sportsman Warehouse and looked at fishing poles. We spent a good 2 hours looking an...
In years past Ive posted tree blossoms, tulips and new birds to announce spring is here. This year its the blooming tractors that have me squealing with delight.
Tonights dinner at the ranch was so fun. We werent expecting much. In fact Jay wasnt too excited about it at all. But we were greeted by the "six guns and the shady ladies". Alayna was not su...
So its a little harder to get my posts published than I thought. Im too cheap to pay for the wifi in the hotel and I cant publish without it. BUT the bus has free wifi and we are on it long enough an...
We landed! No major meltdowns or issues on the plane. Phew. The team is always greeted by the bowl when we land (when we went to the Liberty Bowl the bowl committee were all dressed like Elvis) This ...
All 5 busses being escorted by police to and from new Mexico for dinner. Dinner was an authentic Texas BBQ in NM {hee hee} The best part was the talent competition. GT had some decent dancers (see pi...
In years past, we go to the bowl, I take some pictures, get home and post a mile long post. This year Im going to try to post as we go. We shall see how it goes....We got up early this morning and me...
We changed piano teachers this past summer. Janet was in our student ward years ago and I learned that she taught lessons when we started preschool at her neighbors house and saw a sign. The girls we...
Mom came to stay with us last week and Jacob wanted to show her his room. But unfortunately my house has too many stairs so we made a video and Jacob gave her a tour. One of my favorite things growin...
I made the mistake of telling the girls to look on the internet for costume ideas. They came to me with requests for a snow globe and "Max"ine head room (a modernized version of the catch the...
It was a long drive to Black Island Farm. Heres a snippet of the conversation along the way.Ashtyn: Ive been thinking, remember how Alex Smith didnt go undefeated his first year but by his senior yea...
Alayna has a very special relationship with the tooth fairy.She leaves the T.F. notes, playgrounds, houses and of course, teeth.She tells me that the T.F. uses those teeth. They are ground down to ma...
Alayna: Mom! can you believe it takes five and a half days to get to Finland?Mom: Oh really?Alayna: That is a really long time, I dont know if I want to go there now.Mom: How do you know it takes fiv...
8:00pm Tell the monkeys to get their jammies on and come down for prayers.8:15pm Jacob says the family prayer which includes 2-3 ridiculously deep breaths to start, then "Henly Fodder" follow...
My dad is one of 7 kidsThere are 30+ grand kids, many of them married almost doubling that number.Reunions are so 20th century, so I mostly get to know my extended family through the internet.One of ...
Jay and I dont get much time to talk this time of year.But He really is my best friend and I look forward to seeing him and talking with him every night.Even though it usually last all of 5 minutes b...
Jacob tried so hard to understand the rivalry this year. I love when my kids start understanding football and the excitement around their Dads job.It is especially fun to watch them wrap their little...
Last year Josie and her daughter Emily participated in the Boise Womens Celebration 5K. They had so much fun that they invited us all to go this year. I have been looking forward to this race for mon...
I dont want to forget...I dont want my kids to forget...I want my grandchildren to know...Some of the reasons I keep coming back to this blog and leaving snippets of life as a Hill. We get busy.....c...
Just in case you cant read through all the fold lines and 2nd grade writing....Dear Cossing (crossing) lady, Thank you for helping us cross the street.(She erased some and didnt erase a few words so ...
The first game of the season, Montana State. We won. But one of our players, lost.He lost his wife in an awful car crash. We just had a BBQ with all the coachs and player wives.I was late getting the...
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