Huffaker's

Stetson's Baptism

2009-04-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

What a fun Exciting day it was for stetson to have his dad baptize him and for all his family to support him!

up date: our Christmas vacation

2009-01-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

It was great! We decided that we were not going to buy "stuff" for Christmas. Just moving again we realized how much "stuff" we had. The kids were unpacking boxes from a year ago, and that was like Christmas to them!

It was time to end the hustle and bustle of Christmas. Heck your worn out before it even gets here. It seems like all of our family home evenings were about Christ and the Birth of Christ, but all the running around and knowing your getting farther and farther in debt for one day, just took and magic away!

So Why not get away and spend time as a family.
We left the night before in a blizzard. It was hard to even find a hotel, because so many flights were getting canceled.

We left plenty early 2 1/2 hours, and every single time through the SLC it takes that long to get through the baggage, ticket, security, feeding the kids, and finding your flight. On an average we have only waited 15 minutes before boarding and taking off.

It was a 4 hour flight. Angels were with us, because Brinlee slept 3/4 of the way there and back. We brought ipods, game boys and cards. Don't forget the treats.

Our flight left at 10:00 and we arrived in Florida at 5:30. There is a 2 hour difference. We stepped off the plain in sweaters and pants. By the time we got to baggage claim we were sweating. We removed all sweaters.

I had arranged for transportation to pick us up ahead of time and we were wisked away in a black travel van with lights and flat screen TV inside of it. We felt like rock stars.

Our driver was falling asleep driving us so I stuck my elbow in Wynn to talk to the driver to talk to him and wake him up.

We arrived at our Nickalodean inn... It was awsome. In the lobby you felt like you entered kid zone with a huge Christmas tree.

mommy and me

2009-01-20T20:15:00.000-08:00

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Blogging blues

2009-01-15T23:14:00.000-08:00

I am aweful at keeping the blog updated! Ok hold on in the next few days I am going to update it even with pictures from the trip and our lates adventures!

Catch up!

2008-12-01T19:57:00.000-08:00

I have high speed Internet! I can blog again!
We just moved during Thanksgiving to Woodruff Utah. The kids have been attending school in Randolph and Lake Town (better known as Bear Lake). They love it!

This house is old, but well taken care of! Square ft I believe it is bigger than our home in Riverton. There is just something that makes you feel at home here. It might be a fenced in yard, garage, acreage in the back, cement walk ways or just the smells of a grandma's home.

I am over moving. I have almost unpacked all the boxes, only three left and then I can go to my storage and start getting out all of my fun stuff that has been packed away. I am excited, but have no ambition to do it.

We ran into a few little problems like the electrical outlets are old, heck all the electrical is old. The upstairs we couldn't get either of the boys beds or mattresses up there, so the little room down stairs that I had painted and wanted to decorate for Brinlee's room is now a cowboy room. Like I always live by.... where there is a will there is a way.

We decided for Christmas to end the year with some family fun. We booked a trip to Florida at the Nickelodeon Hotel. We will spend the Christmas holiday there and take the kids to Disney World for Christmas. Even though we are tight on money, we decided instead of buying the kids "things" that cost so much money and will break within a month of Christmas, Why not go and have fun together.

It seems like Christmas has turned into the month of the rat race. Trying to fit in every shopping gift for every person who you care about, going to every party, cooking and basically wearing yourself out and going nuts. I don't have anything left to give half way through the season. So I wanted to take a different approach, and going back to basics.

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone! Love you

I'm going to run you down!

2008-08-27T09:33:00.000-07:00

This is the funniest love hate relationship I have ever seen! This picture should say it all! Brinlee is probley thinking "go ahead try it!"

2008-08-27T09:31:00.000-07:00

I am pretty sure this is the other half of the story! Mason just finished taking hunter safety and passed his very first time! I was so suprised and proud of him! He's a bidg boy now!

2008-08-27T09:24:00.000-07:00

We spent some time at the Hamblin Park! The boys were going crazy in the heat. Luckly I just happen to have my very own photographer there named Tammy! The boys were busy jumping off the play ground, who knows what naughty act they were preforming! The face says it all!

2008-08-27T09:18:00.000-07:00

This is one of those things when you say where did the year go! For all of you who thing tomorrow seems so far away when you have little ones, or when you get up you look forward for nap time and going to bed at night! As time goes on and the next one comes along it goes by like a blink of an eye!

July 12, 2008

2008-07-13T23:16:00.000-07:00

As I sit here 12:17 am writing, I am reflecting on the past week. I have my niece and nephew here having a sleep over. I am so glad that I moved back to Evanston, so I have these opportunities. I decided to listen to my ipod since I don't have free time to put the ear plugs in lay back and relax. It is amazing how music makes you feel so many emotions, or make you remember memories from the past.

This past week I had the opportunity to watch Izzy. She is such a sweet little girl. She slept better than Brinlee and she is 11m old this week. Izzy has so many smiles, and chubbies. She has these little paws that are so dang cute. Brinlee really dealt with competition with mom well. She actually turned to Stetson for a lot of her entertainment. It is amazing that little turkey can dump water on her and she loves it, if it comes from Stetson. I am waiting for the day when she discovers Stetson isn't as nice to her as she once thought and she pops him back.

Coco Has been really sick this week. He has been at Primary Children's Hospital having many test ran on him. Today they ought to find out where he needs to go to have his CBC taken. We have all fasted for this precious little guy ,Tammy and Josh. I look into their faces and see my past hitting right in my face. I know the uncertainty, the fear , stress, and the lack of sleep that they are going through. I wish that I could take this away for them.

I gave a lesson in Church today about Obedience. I thought here are two people who have done the right things in their life, they don't deserve this challenge. I often thought that the reason I faced so many difficult challenges in my life was because I had made some very bad choices, and now I was given all of these trials to build my faith or to be paid back. I learned and taught that it is when we are being obedient Satan wants us the most. He is going to go after us full force. The toughest two times for me ws, Mason's health and Wynn's affair I can honestly say I was at my most obedient. So should obedience to the commandments make us fear challenges? No. Even this year I have looked at it as 1) my kids are all alive and well, 2) pick myself up and go again. It seems the harder the kick, the faster I am able to pick myself up. Granite I am not a very good runner so I stumble and fall apart a lot. My testimony has grown tremendously through each trial. A very helpful thing I learned 6 years ago is: when life is at its worse, count your blessings. Blessings will always out way the trials. Those blessings make you strong and help you go on.

I am excited this next week brings Shelby's wedding, Brody's blessing, seeing Chelsea's baby for the first time, and fun with cousins. Something changed in my countiance this week. I am not sure what made the change, maybe it was service for others, but I finally have a positive outlook on my life again. I have been a better mom, and I feel better. I feel like I have spent enough time being angry, jealous, hurt, and vengeful. I was so focused on this momentary trial that I had forgotten there is a bigger picture outside of my marriage troubles.

I saw myself becoming something I never wanted to be. I know there are still going to be bumps in the rode as my marriage heals or begins . Keeps smiling Right ! That is what Grandpa Welling always said.

Monday July 9th

2008-07-09T19:18:00.000-07:00

Well we signed the closing papers on our house in Riverton. It was amazing when the realitor said it has been a rough go, but it was nice working with you. I couldn't believe it was over. I weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and I felt as if a chapter could be closed in this book. Now I had one less reason to look back, and reason to move on!

Precious moments

2008-06-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

Ok I got a new phone and I am not quite sure how to take good pictures with it yet.
Her brothers found a box and made a house for her. She loved it. until they ducked taped her in there! I put it out on the deck today and she played in it quite a bit. Remember when life was this simple?

Burned red

2008-06-30T18:41:00.001-07:00

He thinks he is so big, heaven for bid if he lets me put sun screen on him! Good thing for solarcaine!

The water hole

2008-06-30T18:38:00.000-07:00

I got the biggest kick out of Brinlee and Stetson. Stetson was digging this hole! Then he made the mistake of filling it with water. Brinlee sat in his hole and wouldn't get out. It made Stetson quite mad.

Bear Lake

2008-06-30T18:35:00.000-07:00

Stetson at Bear Lake. The kids played all day in the water!

tribute to my dog

2008-06-30T18:07:00.000-07:00

June 24th Wynn called me to let me know Scooter had died. He had been at the Deseret Land and Live Stock Ranch with my brother in law Derrrik until we move into this new house. We had Scooter for 5 years. He looks like a mean dog, but anyone who knew him he was as gentle as can be and loved to be loved. He was was on the back of the truck and saw a sqeeky (He found a new hobby chasing and killing sqeeky's) and jumped of the truck not quite far enough and got caught by a full horse trailer. I had just been out the previous week to take some more dog food to them, and as soon as he saw me he jumped up on me so I could give him a big rub. He was happy having free range of thousands of acres. Its hard to find a good "free" dog like this.

Apartment contract

2008-06-30T17:58:00.000-07:00

I think I read that you have to disclose if you have a cat or dog, and then fill out paperwork for the apt. No where did I read if you have 12 baby chickens did you have to report it. The morning of the 25th we inherited 12 baby chicks from grandma. She had ordered them in as a 4-H project for Mason but Mason isn't very responsible. However Stetson has been quite the little mother hen cleaning, feeding and taking good care of the chickens. It has almost been a week and we still have all twelve. This is a new record for me! Brinlee loves these chickens. We had to move them into the boys room so she doesn't try to grab them. Stetson makes a bed right next to them. Mason says he can't sleep with all the noise so he has been sleeping in the closet!

Mason and Stetson

2008-06-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

Boys having a great day at the park fishing!

Lifes ups and downs

2008-06-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

Well for all of those who don't know, we got a call on the 25th that we were being suied by our home buyers because I neighbor said that he owned part of our land and the water. After a lot of stress I went to a lawyer that reviewed our paper work and contracts that both parties had signed. Long story short we are not help liable for this ditch that is question because a contract, title and apprasial never even mentioned this water so we are ok!

2008-06-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

I decided the other day that God gave her to me so I would smile everyday and find the joy in my life during the hard times!

2008-06-11T14:35:00.000-07:00

For the past few months Mason has been involved in 4-H shooting. His competition was this past week. He did pretty good for his first time, but he decided not to do the shooting part due to the hail storm. I told him next year if he wanted to do this again we would go to regionals, but this year I think he should plan on going to 4-H which is held at the same time!

2008-06-11T14:26:00.000-07:00

Stetson just started playing Zooka pitch , and at the first game he was the umpire! One of the funniest things I had seen!

2008-06-11T14:23:00.000-07:00

This is our poor little shetland horse "Rocky". It is Stetson's horse, but Mason decided he wanted to take a quick ride on him!

2008-06-11T14:21:00.000-07:00

How cute are they! I was cleaning out the blazer full of my scrapbooks and Brinlee and Stetson were playing in the car together!

June 10th

2008-06-10T20:44:00.000-07:00

Well I feel like a got earned the mother of the year award. I totally messed up Stetsons baseball game time, forgot Mason's shooting class, but we made scouts!

I am getting technical

2008-06-10T00:13:00.000-07:00

Well I found the blog spot. Hopefully this will help me keep in contact with those that care, and keep a little record of daily/ weekly happenings. Stetson woke up early to attend his first ever
4-h camp for 9 house. He stated he had the best time ever. Mason had the privledge to stay home and do chores with me. When I fell asleep, he broke out the xbox. Brinlee, well she just grows bigger every day!