Tennessee/Kentucky Trip

A couple of weeks ago we went to Tennessee and Kentucky to see my sister. We had a plan to do something every day and I made up a little song to remember it. It was funny at first, but I guess you had to be there.

Saturday-Grand Ole Opry Day
Sunday- Church Day
Monday- Amish Day
Tuesday- Baby Day
Wednesday- Temple Day
Thursday- Craft Day
Friday-Dollywood Day
Saturday-Fly home day.

We crammed in a lot, had a lot of fun and saw a lot of things! It was so beautiful back there with the fall colors changing. I stole this pictures from my mom's facebook so they aren't the best. Grand Ole Opry was awesome! We saw Rascal Flatts get inducted into the Opry and it was the Opry's birthday bash.

Sunday we went to church and drove around and looked and all the pretty trees.

Monday we went to a couple of Amish places, it was fun and some more sites!

Tuesday...baby day! Monika had her ultrasound and we found out she's having a GIRL! That's right...Mihaela Jane will be coming! (her name is pronounced like Ma-Hi-La and it means Michelle in Romanian) Then we did some shopping for the baby.

Wednesday we drove back to Nashville and attended the temple. It was a smaller temple, but it was awesome to be there with my family.

Thursday we drove to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, TN to see the craft loop and be able to go to Dollywood.

Friday we spent all day in Dollywood. It was a good one time place to go, probably won't ever go back.

Saturday, back to Nashville to fly home.

We were in and out of Tennessee and Kentucky all the time since the base they live on is in both states. We showed our ID everywhere we went on base, it drove me crazy! :) We did have a lot of fun...thanks Lowerys for a great time!

Have I mentioned lately?

That I'm going to be an Aunt?!?!?!? Monika and Michael are expecting Baby "M" (if it's a girl or boy, either name will start with M) sometime in late February/early March! They have been married for 7 1/2 years and this is the first time we've experienced the baby thing in our family! My brother has a son by marriage...but this one is the beginning and it's fun! Today they got ultrasound pictures and heard the heartbeat. So excited for them! We get to go see them in 3 weeks and they have another appointment scheduled and hopefully we'll find out if it's a girl or boy! So fun to see pictures and I can't wait to see this in real life! :)

Happy 5th Birthday to Lucky!

I can't believe it's been 5 years! On August 19th, was the 5 year anniversary we adopted Lucky I remember searching all day for a puppy. Dad, Mom, and Grandma Hall and I went to the dog pounds, PetsMart and everything. We stopped at a Petsmart and found a puppy, but it was a female. They said we couldn't have a female because I was living at my parents at the time and they had a female (Shelby) so I had to adopt a male puppy. I loved this puppy...and they said oh, she has brothers at the Petsmart on Power and the 202. We hopped in the truck and went. There were 2 boys left, but I saw Lucky! I saw his coloring (the tan and his eyeliner eyes) and fell instantly in love with him. They put him in my arms and I didn't let him go! I signed the papers and paid for him and bought all of his puppy needs! He was mine! He's been an awesome companion for these 5 years! He's always happy, hardly gets in trouble, goes riding on the quads, travels everywhere with me in the backseat, and I love that he talks and whines and wags his butt and thumps his tail when he's so happy! He's mine!

Happy birthday Lucky Magoo Hall! He got some bones and shared with Foxie...and also got birthday rides on the quad with grandpa and grandma! He was in 7th Heaven!

Grandma- Ethel Jane Hulsey Hall

Ethel Jane Hulsey Hall passed away early yesterday morning. I had just gotten to work when I received the phone call from my dad. I left immediately after. We spent the whole day planning and calling people and spent 3 hours at the funeral home making all the arrangements. Right now, I'm holding up ok...but I'm sure next Friday and Saturday aren't going to be as good for me. She asked that I help give the history of her life. :( I love my Grandma!

Funeral Services are as follows :)

Thursday, August 11th- Viewing at Bunker's Funeral Home at 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
* 33 North Centennial Way in Mesa, AZ 85201

Friday, August 12th- Viewing at Goldfield LDS Church Building at 9:00 AM
* 2520 E. Old West Hwy 89 in Apache Junction, AZ 85270

Friday, August 12th- Funeral at Goldfield LDS Church Building at 10:00 AM
* 2520 E. Old West Hwy 89 in Apache Junction, AZ 85270
* Luncheon to follow

Saturday, August 13th- Burial at Eagar CEmetry at 12:00 PM
*22 West 2nd Street in Eagar, AZ 85925

If you need any other information please contact me or my dad :) We love her so much and so grateful to have her in our lives. She's an amazing woman! I'm going to miss her every day, but I know she's in a much better place and is having the best reunion up there.

Until we meet again....I love you Grandma!

Ethel Hall (February 19, 1918- August 3, 2011)
I'm glad that we are an eternal family and I'll get to see you again someday!

One of my best friends....

Grandma Hall is one of my best friends in this world! She would do anything for me, my family, or anyone that she comes in contact with. These past couple of weeks she's slowly slipping away from this world. It's so hard to see her like this, but I know that she has lived an awesome 93 years! She could still live another 50! She's a fighter and is still fighting. The past couple of days we have seen her go from not being able to walk, to a wheelchair, now confined in bed. She's so ready to see my Grandpa again, and I know I'm being selfish and still want her here....but I also know that we will see each other again someday. She's still hanging on...but it's not looking good. I just wanted to let everyone out there know that knows her....say a prayer for her...my family....and everyone knows this amazing lady! We don't want her to suffer...we don't want to say goodbye....but I just want to say, I love you Grandma! Give Grandpa a gigantic hug for me!

Owls!

So, last Sunday after leaving my parents' house, I looked up and saw Owls! I said mom grab your camera! What a pretty cool site to see in the Valley of the Sun. These 2 owls were just hanging out on the power line. The one on the right looked scrawny and haggard, but they were both beautiful. There used to be owls in St. Johns at the old white church that we would see every Sunday. I love fun memories and seeing God's creatures!

We Clean Up Nice!

We had fun going to different backdrops on formal night. The first night we really didn't get a good picture, but went ahead and bought one because we didn't know if we'd get any good ones. This is the one where I'm in the pink and black shirt. The 2nd formal night we had so many good ones to choose from! I like this first one of us three, because I love my parents so much!



This one is actually a good one I think, I hate pictures of myself, but I can handle this one. As soon as I took it, my mom said, we're buying that one (without seeing it) she knew it was going to be a good one too!


Aren't they so cute? I love it!


This is the first one...I'm normally the same height as my dad...didn't realize I had that big of shoes!