Conference Memory

As Troy was getting ready this morning for drill my mind started to wonder on past april conferences. And one in particular I would like to share. It happened 4 years ago when I was living in Tuscany apartments in Rexburg. My roommate LaNelle had received tickets to go to the Sunday morning conference session. She asked if I wanted to go and I kind of went back and forth about it but finally decided to go. I AM SO THANKFUL I WENT. That is the only time I have been able to go. I think I had to work the night before and LaNelle did too so we left EARLY Sunday morning. We left I think at 4am or was it 3? anyway... Plus we got up early to get ready.

We got to Temple Square really early and both of us were unfamiliar with the area so as soon as we found an open parking spot (mind you it was like 2 blocks from TS okay maybe not that far but there was not a car parked near the conference center so we could have parked very close) OH WELL! We had made it. We really didn't know what to do to kill time so we started walking around and realized that EVERYTHING was closed except this little mom and pop place to eat. We decided since we had been traveling for 3+ hours we should probably eat and we didn't have to be in our seats for like an hour and half. So we went in and I was so SURPRISED at how many people dressed in their Sunday best were in there.

Then come to find out most of them were members of the Tabernacle Choir because they had little name tags on. LaNelle and I both swear UP and DOWN we saw a few of them drinking coffee but hey who are we to judge? Maybe it helps with vocal chords? We ate and went on our way to the conference center. WE HAD PERFECT SEATS! PERFECT PERFECT! Thanks to LaNelle. And the conference was wonderful. We got to listen to the spoken word (they have very strict rules of moving and coughing and such during that performance) I cried at the end when President Hinckley walked out of sight he waved his cane at everybody and left. I knew in my heart that would be the last time I would see him alive.

We got in the car afterwards both feeling uplifted. I think we got to about Ogden and all of sudden we heard a loud thump noise. It sounded like we hit something so LaNelle pulled off the road. We examined the tires and discovered that 1 or 2 of her tires were about to shred to pieces. What a blessing this happened on our way back home not down! Plus once we went past Brigham City there is NOTHING! We were truly blessed that day! THANKS LANELLE FOR AN AWESOME MEMORY!

I remember sitting in the Conference debating about going on a mission. I was a week or so away from turning 21. For 2 semester I had been going to the mission prep classes not thinking I would ever go on a mission but rather score the heart of the mission prep teacher. But during the conference I had decided to pursue the idea. Well, not even a week later I met Troy on a blind date and 4 months later we were married. Everything happens for a reason I guess!

Hinckley nose what he nose

The other day we were playing with HInckley and goofing around. Troy was chasing us both and "got my nose". Well, I said, "Hinckley, Hinckley I need your help." And he said, "dad give mommy back her boogers...." OH SO FUNNY!

Oh i forgot

On Friday when I was taking a shower, Hinckley decided to THROW my wedding ring and my anniversary ring down the heating vent. Yes, the heating vent. He took the cover off the heating vent and put my rings down the tube. When I got out of the shower he said, "OH NO" "OH NO". Then he pointed down the open heating vent. And there I could see my opal ring! And since my wedding ring was right next to it in a dish I knew it was down there too. I called Troy calling and my Mom and Dad. My dad being the engineer came up with several ideas to get it out. My mom suggested using a vacuum hose. Anyway, that night was the ROTC ball and so I had some errands to run. Meanwhile, Troy came home and came to my rescue and reached down and pulled it out. I kept calling him and texting him, and he said he was working on it. When I came home he had my ring wrapped in a sweet note. OH I WAS SO THANKFUL he got it out. Taught me a huge lesson!

The sun is shinning!

Well, I have come to the conclusion that people suck. In the last few months I have realized that 2 of my friends are what I would like to say "users". The only reason why they are your friend is to make them feel better. Does that make any sense? Anyway, that was random.

On the up side it is starting to get nice here. At least in the 40's! Hinckley and I went on a walk today to the park and it was so fun! I am so anxious for it to get warmer!

Troy has less than a month left in school for the semester! Hopefully he will be able to find a job for the summer. He will have army training this summer and we might be going to Orlando for a week.

Not much else to report. The family is good!

Sunshine please....

I am wishing for Spring to come! It is currently 22 degrees outside and it is snowing~ YEAH! NOT! I think I should have stayed in Arizona a little longer. With this awful weather I have found I am more in a foul mood too. So spring needs to come! I have wonderful plans of sitting out in the grass and getting a sun tan. Playing at every park in a 20 mile radius and eating so much watermelon that I start to grow seeds in my tummy! Maybe JUNE?! MAYBE?!

We are doing well! Troy had drill this weekend so BOOO on that. Actually he loves it and I can't complain too much about it. Not until he gets deployed which will be July 2010. Unless he contracts with the ROTC... COME ON WEIGHT LOSS! The weekend before I left he had LAB for ROTC all day Saturday. THen I left for Tucson for 2 weeks, and the weekend I got home he had drill, then he had lab again the following weekend and then this past weekend he had drill again! I am so looking forward to a weekend with my husband! In fact this Friday is the ROTC ball. YIPPEEE!

Hinckley and I have struggled with sickness the past week but hopefully we are over the worst! We both have been so blessed this winter with little to NO sickness so I guess a little sore throat wont kill us. We went with the Webbers to Yellowstone Bear World this weekend and got the pet a baby bear. If I can scan the picture in I will post it. We actually went to our old ward on Sunday too.

HINCKLISM...
The other day I asked Hinckley who his best friend was... And he said, "TROY BOY!" then I said and who else... He said, "MOMMY!" Oh it warmed my heart and I have to document it so when he is 16 and tells me he hates us that I can say well at one point in time we were your best friends!

Tonight when I was laying him down for bed he said his prayer and he said, "thank thee for Mya.... Thank thee for Josie... Thank thee for Talia... Thank thee for Tephanie..." This is the first time he has said anybody outside our family or the prophet. He always says thank thee for Tatie but I just thought it was sweet!

RANDOM!!!!!
This is kind of random but why do people feel the need to post pictures of their pregnancy tests on their facebook? Like we seriously need to see a picture of something you peed on. I want to say are you serious? I mean its all great, fine and dandy that you peed on a stick and it is positive but do you really need to post pictures of it for all to see? The only one I have seen tastefully done was Lindsay Henderson Edward.... I thought it was funny actually b/c she posted a pic with like 5 of them and said she had a JUNO moment. I laughed my butt for a while. Now why does that not bother me but somebody holding the dang pee stick? COME ON! NASTY! Sorry if I offended anybody. Actually there are a few people on here that I wouldn't mind seeing a pee stick picture. And thats just because they have WAITED a long time for a baby. And nothing in this world would make me happier! But isn't some things still a little private, like what you do in your own bathroom?

Some more of Tucson

Happy Tucson!

Hinckley and I flew down to be with my parents for 2 weeks and we had a blast! Dad had cataract surgery while I was there I swear he has something wrong every time I go now. Last year was cancer then he went septic then last summer he had knee surgery. We were gone for Valentine's Day but Mom and Dad both made it special and so did Troy! It was kind of chilly the first week or so but started to warm up. We did lots of bike riding and playing! We went to the wildlife museum, the zoo, went on a hike, went to the gem & Mineral show, the swap meet, lots of hot tubbing and some other fun things! My mom made HInckley a book with all of the pictures we took! So fun! Oh and how could I forget flying with Grandpa?!