It's kind of like the first day of camp when no one wants to be the first one to introduce themselves, so I'll go next.
Hello, I'm VaVeeka (known as Hilary to civilians). After camp I returned to Utah State for a few years and when I hit the ripe old age of 21 went on a mission to northern Brazil. I guess a summer spent camping just wasn't enough, so I headed to the Amazon Jungle for another 18 months of pure camping fun. (Um, I must admit that I haven't been camping since. I think I'm good on camping for a lifetime!) Loved the mission! Upon returning home I went back to USU for my last semester of school and met my husband, Adam, at a hockey game. (He loves telling people he met his wife at a hockey game. It sounds very manly, doesn't it?) We both graduated at the same time, got married and moved to Atlanta, GA for his new job. It was fun to live in the south. I added a lot of words to my vocabulary and said things like, "I was just fixin' to call all ya'll over for dinner!" Ya'll is singular while 'all ya'll' is plural. That is very important to know when living in the south.
We lived in Georgia for about 4 years and came back to Utah with 2 Georgia peaches in tow- Britton and Jenna. We've been back just about 5 years and love it here as well. About 2 1/2 years ago our 3rd child, Korinne, joined the bunch. My pregnancies were, how shall I say it. . . .NOT good, so we feel really blessed to even have our 3 kids and are just fine with calling it good. Now I'm the quintessential soccer mom-- I drive a mini-van, shuttle my kids to soccer and dance, wear running shoes with my jeans, put my hair in pony tails and always try to look very grown up and responsible! :) (There are some who call my bluff, but usually I can get away with it) I love being in my 30's and think this is a great time of life.
When I got married and moved to Georgia I pretty much lost contact with most everyone. It has only been in the last few years that I have slowly been getting in touch with all of the many people I hung out with "in my youth." I must say that it has been really fun for me to reconnect. Here I am with my family on Christmas Eve last year:
My girls and me.
My oldest child, Britton
That me in a nutshell. Tag, you're it!
4 comments:
You look so great - your kids are adorable. I have a sister-in-law from Texas and they now live in Georgia I love the way she talks.
Love your description of a mom - hair in a ponytail, that's me, how many different ways can I put my hair up?!
Good for you "trying to look grown up". ha ha.
So, I saw a picture on your blog of you eating with a feeding tube. Was that due to pregnancy? Are you doing good now?
Yeah, that is what pregnancy does to me. I am DEATHLY ill for 9 months and then the day after I have the baby I am just fine. Go figure. This last go round I had daily IVs for 5 months and a feeding tube. It was either that or die. . .literally. I'm not sure how I got through it 3 times, but it sure feels nice to be on this end of it and know I don't have to do it again! :)
AMAZING! Glad you are ok.
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