embarrassing?

so a couple of days ago, at 645 in the morning, junior was getting ready for school. i had to look through his binder and sign some stuff and since it was getting hot (and the weirdos that we bought this house from didnt bother to have central air installed when they built the house), i told jr that i was going to go sit outside on the front porch for a few minutes while i did this. now let me tell you something first...jr and his friends have the "leaving for school time" thing down to a science. they leave and walk all the way down to the farthest south end of swan hill drive to be able to catch the bus at the first stop, so this way they can sit where they want and avoid the potty mouth 9th graders. they did this last year as well and also had to get permission from the school to do this, since they are supposed to get on at the last stop. so anyway, they used to leave at 700, but in the winter i guess they got tired of waiting in the cold an extra few minutes, so they switched their leaving time to leave to 709... not 708, or 710, but 709. you can bet you life that when our clocks say 709, kyle, michael, and sometimes terrick are standing on my porch at that moment. the first day of the new time switch, i could hear them discussing the time standing out there trying to figure out whose watch/cable/satellite/atomic clock was the most accurate and therefore the one to go by... nerds lol... ANYWAY.... so i am PERFECTLY aware of when these boys come to pick up jr and WHAT TIME they will be there... so when i tell jr that i am going outside, he gets a little panicked look on his face, and says.... "um, do you look embarrassing?".... HELLO? ok. so i AM wearing my pjs which are blue and white plaid boxers and a white tank and my black fuzzy slippers and my hair is pulled up in a clip that i put in without looking (heh) and OH PLEASE like i want people to see me?, but its freaking hot in my house and i was only going to be outside for less than 5 minutes... he can tell by MY face that i was thinking "did he just ask me that?" and quickly said... "you know that that is a perfectly legitimate question...." WHATEVER!!! just for that, i went outside til 708...

ok not really, but i thought about it... =) so everyone with cute little new babies, just remember that someday those cute little new babies will think that you just might be embarrassing no matter what you do and thats OK... this just caught me off guard because when there is stuff at juniors school, he always comes up to me and acts glad to see me and introduces me to his friends so who woulda thought he would worry in our own neighborhood.... ::shrug::

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april 4-april 12

My brother Jon and his wife Sam finally had their baby~! YAY~! They named him Andrew. He was born 3 weeks early but he is doing great. He has awesome parents and is very loved by all of the family that he has... Jr is loving having a new little cousin to look out for and love...

After we left the hospital visiting the newest addition to Jon's family, we went to Gmas house because it was the Priesthood session of Conference that night. Another Hastings tradition is that all the guys meet over at Gmas house for pizza after the meeting and so it has been fun for the younger boys that are just old enough to start going to the meeting to finally be able to go with their dads and see what all the fuss is about.

Grandpa, Uncles, Cousins

My sister and her kids came and hung out with me and my mom this time which was fun. These are some of my favorite pics I took of her kids when I was tending them when she went out for her anniversary in Feb...

Katie
Carter
Ben Syd

After dinner, my uncle brought out a little parachute that my dad had sent him when he was in Vietnam that he had tried to use by jumping off the roof of his house when he was little (even though my dad says in his letter when he sent it to him, he is pretty sure he told him NOT to do that lol). They used these parachutes during the war to drop mini bits of supplies to the soldiers. He gave it back to my dad to keep and Jr was seeing how big it opened so of course, out came my camera.... (I think it looks like a jellyfish...)

April 10

Jr won a lift pass at Brighton at the State Science Fair, so off we went to take him snowboarding... Luckily, this was the same place that he went for his first time last year. He had a blast. We got there at 930 in the morning and he finally tired out around 300 in the afternoon. The snow was actually perfect and there wasn't any avalanches when we were there, which was my main concern. Oh yeah, always get your kids to wear helmets when they are skiing and snowboarding, no matter what~! If you start them in them, there is never an issue on it... I'm jus sayin... I saw too many little kids without them, and it was making me crazy...

Where'd we park again? Oh yeah, look for the blue SUV... right, right....

April 12
On Easter, my mom was giving a talk in church and she asked us to go listen to her talk. She did a great job. I wish I could talk in front of people like she and my dad can. After church, we had a delicious Easter lunch and sat around visiting and watching basketball. My parents had been cleaning out their attic earlier in the week and found some of my dads clothes from when he was a medic in Vietnam. My mom was so surprised at how skinny my dad's medic whites were and wanted Jr to try them on... (my dad is insisting that they aren't his, maybe my mom shrunk them in the wash, but I can totally see my dad that thin in the military)... Then we just had to hide some Easter eggs in the front yard even though Jr is getting a little old for that, he played along like the good son that he is... It actually has been too long since the Easter bunny has hidden any eggs outside at our house because of the weather, so this was fun for me too lol

Now, consider yourselves all caught up~! *Whew*

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march 11-march 26

Jr did an cooking project for french class and had fun learning how to make quiche lorraine. He doubled the receipe and made an extra one for my parents and my dad asked me later if we had bought it (because it was so good?)... Jr has always liked to cook and it was fun to take pictures of him doing this...

As you can tell from these ingredients, this is NOT fat free....


Hey, my little bro suddenly grew Jr's afro~! =)

Finished product......

If you insist on taking any more pics of me, this is what you are gonna get =P



On March 21, Real Salt Lake had a free game at their new arena and so my brother Jon took Jr and his brother in law to the game. They got some new shirts which was perfect since Jr's old one was getting a little small on him...

After they got back, Samantha was still working so I had decided to make dinner... It is fun to cook for other people. I made some parmesean chicken, twice baked potatoes, salad and it turned out pretty good. The only bad thing that happened was when Jon was cutting up avocados for the salad, he tried to cut off his finger... Luckily Sam was there to kiss it better...
It is tradition to play pingpong at the Hastings (Gpa Hastings and Jon Hastings too lol) so Jr rep'd the Hines' fam while Sam and I watched the boys duke it out...

Before we left Jr showed off all the features on his new itouch while I took a pic of us all together...

catchup...

I am a blogger slacker~!! Here is my catchup for the last two months...

march 3
Junior has been getting treatments up at Primary Children's Hospital and University of Utah Hospital for his EE. He has a thing with his esophagus where he can get food caught in it randomly and then he can't swallow anything at all; sometimes for up to 8 hours. He will end up having to spit into a cup for that whole time and it is very uncomfortable and can be painful and scary for him... This has been an ongoing problem for him for the past 4 years and we are hopeful that this treatment will be something that will prove to be an improvement for him. So anyway, he gets iv treatments every month and bloodwork done and also egd's done every 4 months. Here he is getting his iv treatments:

Here he is getting ready for his last egd on March 3rd which was also the same day as the district science fair. Tyler had to go set up the project since Jr was still trying to recover that day...

The next day, they went to pick up their project and found out they had got blue ribbons and had advanced on to the state science fair. Way to go boys~!
You can see Jr's blue bandages on his wrist from his being in the hospital the day before...
I had to post this pic cuz I am obviously too proud of my son...2nd year in a row~!

My Dad...

Today is my dad's birthday... He is 64 years old today. He is such a great example to me of a good father and husband. He always puts my mom first and when we were young and sassing my mom, he was very quick to say "Don't talk to your mother like that!" (I can appreciate that more now - lol.) He always helps my mom, especially now that most of us kids are out of the house. He is the chief dishwasher and whenever there is a big family getogether and the dishes outnumber the dishwasher, he is right there standing over the sink doing the dishes till they are done and with a happy smile. * Dad doing dishes while overlooking his estate =)

* I was born while my dad was in Vietnam. I remember reading his letters to my mom when I was in college and him saying when he found out I was born, how glad he was to have a baby daughter and how much he missed being with his family. My dad got his first hug from me when I was 9 months old. *

Me and my Dad - Nov 1971

My brother Gregg, me, and Dad - 1971 in Yuma, Az

* My dad is awesome at all sports. When he was 16 years old, his church softball team played at the U of U at the All-Church Softball Tournament in 1962 (which was the worlds largest softball competition and had teams from all across the United States and Canada). The games were broadcast on the radio and their team of nine players from the Hurricane North Ward, wearing their official team uniforms of levis and a plain white t-shirt, took 2nd place. *

* He got a basketball scholarship to SUSC and and went there after his mission to Canada. He still plays church ball with his ward and he seems to have more energy than the 25-30 year old dads on his team =). *

My dad making a layup while everyone else just watches in awe of his mad skills... - 2005

* When my husband was killed in August 1998 and we were living in Arizona, he and my mom jumped on a plane immediately and spent that first crazy week helping me try to get to see Kevin, figure out financial stuff, get my car registered, and just be on the phone with the military and made me lists to help get organized with everything that I would need. I was a complete mess and it was such a reassurance to know that my parents were both there to help in all ways. *

* My dad was the one who blessed, baptized and ordained my son. *

Junior and Grandpa - 2003

* He has given countless blessings and been an example to Junior of a worthy priesthood holder... *

Dad with sons, uncle, cousins going to priesthood session of conference... - 2004

* He always has time for the grandkids, whether it be attending their recitals, soccer games, teaching them to climb up the trees in his front yard, helping them to build awesome snowmen, wrestling with them in the house (even tho' his dad would have said "hey you kids, if you want to wrestle, you need to go do that out on the front lawn! lol) or just sitting in his lap and reading a book. *

Gpa at Jr's soccer game - 2004

beginning the perfect snowmen... 11:16 am

Gma, Gpa, Mom and Jr snowman family ... 11:58 am - 2003

Jr and Gpa roughhousing - in the house! hehehe - 2004

* He has taught my son how to barbeque and how to use the squirt bottle at just the right time. *

I see Jr has the squirt bottle handy - heehee - 2005

* He is the best at the hard puzzles that I would never attempt alone but if he is sitting at his puzzle spot working on one, you can have the funnest time sitting down and visiting while he makes you feel smart when you actually find a couple of the easy pieces. *

* He goes out to my Grandpa's farm (my mom's dad) and helps out with stuff that reminds me that my dad grew up different than I did: riding horses, taking care of animals, driving a tractor and building barns... *

Trimming some branches off of Gpa Losee's huge trees... - 2003

Puttering on one of Gpa Losee's tractors (I think they had pulled down a dead tree...) - 2003

I could not ask for a better dad~! Happy Birthday Dad~! Get home from Texas quick so we can celebrate your birthday in person~! We love you~!

Jr and Gpa on Gpa's birthday 2005

Jr and his favorite Grandpa - Jan 2009...