COUG GRAD ...and new adventures!

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Graduated from BYU this past week.. and I couldn't be more proud of this cute person. We have had so much fun in Provo.. but are ready and excited to move on to a different phase in our life... and I'll keep you updated when I'm updated on that next phase ;) .. only partly kidding...

Jeremy plans to start his MBA in the fall, as well as, pursue some business ideas at the same time. We said goodbye to Utah pretty permanently, and are hoping to end up in North Carolina for a couple of years starting in the fall.. and couldn't be MORE excited about it! We lived in NC for a few months right after we got married and it was GORGEOUS.

We are SO excited about living in new places and meeting new friends (although we will miss our Utahans! .. especially those at Jeppson Dental!!)

Yes, sad about being far away from family.. but they have ALL promised to come visit, and I'm one persistent lil bugger.. so I'll get em all here! .... and you all know how we CRAVE visitors.. so get your trip planned whether it is to Indianapolis this summer or North Carolina in the fall!

Try and tell me this isn't the yummiest-faced coug grad you have ever seen!

Congrats person of mine, so proud. Love, Luff, Luv you.

After we had Jer's little graduation celebration, I asked him what he wanted to do.. and this is what he chose... to shoot hoops and act like morons at a park right by our house. We played 1 on 1 and horse FOREVER.. and for the lack of time.. if you really want to know who won horse, leave me a comment and I'll get back to ya. ha.

Jeremy couldn't come to Idaho falls with me last weekend bc he was finishing up some finals, but I went to get our car fixed and to kinda say goodbye to my fav people. It was so refreshing to be with them.. and to be able to be OUTSIDE the whole time... making tinfoil dinner.. playing tennis..having josh try on my one piece Christmas jammies...and a little 4-wheel'n... and of coarse squeezing and smothering my sweetest nieces and nephews!

And we're off!!

On our way to live in INDIANA for the summer, where Jeremy will be selling home security,... we stopped in

NAUVOO.

What an amazing, humbling, and sacred experience. I wish I could put into words the feelings and thoughts that were going through my mind and heart just being in that sacred place, and being next to that incredible temple! Jeremy and I both had tears in our eyes pretty much our entire stay in nauvoo. The town has not been very modernized and I think that was the neatest part about it... we could almost imagine what it was like as the original temple was being built. Although, I can't even imagine the pain and heartache the saints endured through that grueling time. The statue of Joseph and Hyrum on their horses looking toward the temple was a powerful reminder of what they endured for the members of the church then, and all of us now. My testimony of Joseph Smith and the restored Gospel was renewed and strengthened tremendously after this experience. Its a "MUST SEE" place to visit.
NEXT... we stopped in

CHICAGO!

Shopping central! Oh my good heck... that place is GINORMOUS! I have always wanted to go to Chicago, and now I know why! We ate at Gino's East.. known for its chicago style deep dish pizza... OMGOSH!!!!!!!!! Pretty sure that is the 8th world wonder. Ridiculously good, and well worth the hour and half wait... plus... you can write all over the walls while you wait!

It rained SO very much the day we were there, so Jeremy was on the verge of depression meds because the Cubs game was cancelled, poor guy. We'll def be back for a game and some more shopping.. and hopefully OPRAH!

We made it to Indy.. and are SO excited to be here.
We took a long drive today to get associated with our summer homeland. It was a beautiful day, and its so GREEN and beautiful here. We both love visiting and being in new places, so we are so so excited about our little 4-5 month stay in Indianapolis. We feel so blessed just to have each other, as cheesehead as that sounds. As I was sitting here thinking today about how different it will be not going back to Utah in the fall.. I just got a peaceful feeling when thinking that it really doesn't matter where we go.. because it will be together, and I'll always have my friend with me. WOW.. are you sick yet? .... please don't stop reading/visiting my blog because of that sappy comment, I'll keep it clean from here on out (for the most part).

We love all of you and feel so grateful for great friends, and AMAZING families. Come see us!

busy. fun. family. happy easter.

Lots been going on.. and it doesn't seem to be slow'n down.

I'll keep it brief.

My MIL & FIL(Lance, and Nancy) & Chase, Brooke, & Ady came to see us a couple weekends ago. Love them, and we missed Lanae & Aaron and their kiddies! 

k.. i could water up just writing this, but i had to say goodbye to a couple of my girls! My last day of work is officially tomorrow, but Nicole was going out of town and Savannah had her last day last week.. and i can't even express how bad i'm going to miss these cute girls and my job. Dr Jeppson is seriously one of the best people I have ever worked with, and I would HIGHLY recommend him as a dentist to anyone... and YES... i am blog advertising for him.. even though my last day is tomorrow! let me know if you need to contact him! 

I introduced mister to freshly squeezed lemonade! look at his expression.. kinda mean... but priceless.

and even after that he still likes me! 

I hadn't seen my sister, Natalie, in over 3 months. It was so good to re-unite the Huls sista's.  

all of us with straight hair. what what!!! 

Easter was wonderful with both families.

My niece Brianne

Lace made her famous sugar cookies, and posed for a foxy pic in between her hard work

Davey Crockett showed up on Easter! My nephew Kaegon LOVES his rat tail hat.. wears it everywhere. love that kid

Layton..aka..Hoatie    posing with his football

his quote about flag football "its so easy for me!" ha. 

Just in case you were wondering.. my friend is still cute. Blood shot eyes and all! 

MORGAN, my niece, got baptized this past weekend. I didn't have my camera that day.. so I had to use this picture from Halloween to show her cute face. We are so proud of Morgan and love her so much.

Ady turned 1!!!!

Her party and Easter egg hunt was fab.

Can you even believe her cute face?! so glad i will be seeing LOTS more of her this summer!!!

Germ had a few days of soul searching and thought for a minute he might want to try out the biker mustache.. he quickly repented and shaved the wretched thing! 

head'n home

We had a great time in Idaho.. it had been over 3 months since we had been home to visit.. so it was so very refreshing and great to see our fam's.  

We had family pictures taken for BOTH families on Saturday.. so stay tuned for lots of Call and Huls family pics.  

Hope you all had a wonderful EASTER. What a beautiful holiday to reflect, ponder, and celebrate the incredible blessing that our Savior has given us. 

just a saint week

..... st patrick's day  &  st george .....

First and foremost.. I want to wish my beautiful MOM a Happy Birthday!! She is a St.Patricks Day birthday girl... so NO ONE.. EVER forgets her birthday.. but we wouldn't anyway mom! Hope it was a great day! Wish we could have been there! 

LOVE you suwee.

(wow... must have been hilarious)

Last weekend Chels, Gord & Tydon came and stayed the night with us... even though they live in Utah now.. I love it!  and Friday night we rang in St. Patty's Day early with a GREEN dinner.

The bro's re-united! 

Jeremy, Nelson, and JC after the jazz game... best high school friends & college roommies 

At the Jazz game on St. Patricks Day... apparently I was the ONLY one that remembered it was St. Patty's Day... either that or Jeremy was right when he said people stop dressing up in green when they are about 12. 

not sure what to label this one... but hey, they are from blackfoot. 

so fun to see these girls, brings back the good ol poky days. i was roommates with Hayley my last year of college, and JC was rooming with Jeremy... we set them up and the rest is history.. their kids can thank us later. 

Who's the leprechaun?

Lace kicked our trip to St. George off right with a jaw breaker in cheek... while slurping a Double Gulp 

... and MR was the hit all weekend. such a good boy & LOVED the hike.

 have i ever mentioned that i love this kid!

Peace, Love, and War

stayed with grams again. wish we could have seen her more.. she had to take off for a wedding the morning after we got there.. but THANKS for letting us stay grammie.. love you love you love you.

We hiked in Zions National park... 

...... Did I mention that we were a TINY mislead by my bro in law JARED that there may quite possibly be a water hole at the end of our hike that we could swim in. Lace and I had the fab idea planned to lay out at the end of our hike in the 80 degree St. George weather. So Cali-geared up we headed for the mountains and the water. You betcha... SWIM SUITS, BEACH SKIRTS, and even threw on a couple cute pairs of dangly earrings.

Never in my worst nightmares have I gotten so many ridiculous and awe struck stares from people in the appropriate TEVA & North Face  gear... I mean come on... my skirt is FLORAL print... AHHHH. I could die just thinking about it. I'm really not one to get embarrassed real easily, but after about the 20th head turn I could have crawled in a tarantula hole and die. (we did take off our earring about 2 minutes up the mountain) 

So... when we finally reached the infamous "water hole"..  we were greeted by a great big sign.."NO SWIMMING"... and the water was a dark brown/green color and about 2 feet deep, not to mention at the top of the mountain it had rapidly reached a teeth chattering 40 degrees with snow spotting the red rock. and you guessed it.. NO JACKETS, we were expecting the beach at the peak of grueling hike I guess... our husbands couldn't have enjoyed it more... not the hike.. lace and I's foolish "legally blonde" actions. 

I have to defend us by saying we really are NOT the frilly.. prom dress while you hike... pink addicted ladies we acted like this weekend, but we learned our lesson. Next time Zions Park meets us.. our TEVA's will be shined up... our bandannas strapped to our foreheads, and we'll leave the floral and levi skirts at the pool. 

MORAL OF THE STORY... Zions Park DOES NOT have a swimming watering hole.

It really was gorgeous, and so fun! 

at our watering hole, about to dive in. ha.

blog on!

***disclaimer:  yes, its friday night... i'm posting a non-picture, pretty ridiculously lame post.. why? thought you would never ask! because i'm at the byu library with jeremy watching him study. never a dull friday night with the Calls, i'll tell you what

let's chat. 

i don't consider myself a "blog freak".. you know blogging 10 hours a day (seriously, more power to you if that's what you enjoy doing), although i'll be the first to admit i think its one of greatest invention of all time (next to cucumbers in vinegar). i love reading ALL your blogs, keeping up with your cute children/spouses/vacations/etc.  keeping up with friends i NEVER see.

with that in mind... i have my full body armor on ready to defend any bloggers in need of defense.

 

i have overheard a few discussion by random people... and have read a few things as i have surfed various blogs that i'm not too down with.  so lets get jiggy with it..... 

(side note... this is not meant to be a negative post, just want to back ALL my blogger hommies up out there)

"blogs are for people who want to brag about themselves and how perfect their life is"

"people try to make their life sounds so perfect in blogland"

"blogs are a perfect way to live in a fairy tale land, and fool other people to believe you are liv'n the dream"

"no one wants to hear about your going to the grocery store, or how delightful your moonlight walk was"

....etc.....

sound familiar?? ..... heard or read any of these or something similar??

i'm sure my opinion makes a HEEP of difference to you all... but .... well, i'm here for you ladies (and gentlemen).  BLOG ON... brag on ... exaggerate on... to your hearts content.... cuz you know why

ITS YOUR BLOG... its your website. 

whether you blog to journal, to scrapbook, or even if you blog to escape reality... flaunt it how you want it girl! it's your time to shine... and everyone's sunshine is completely different. don't let anyone tell you or make you feel like you can't spice up your blog life!  do and say whatever you darn well please.  if it makes you feel better to talk about the "grand" ... "fantabulous" things going on in your life, and sometimes even sugar coat them... more power to ya sugar.   

as for me, i consider myself an optimist.. for the most part (don't get me wrong, occasionally i have to walk up hill in the snow both ways!) and i think everyone knows NO ONE's life is perfect, but when i sit down by jeremy with ESPN blazing in the background, and start posting on my cheesehead blog... the positive things are what MOST often come to mind to record, not those rare times i want to drop kick that cute hubs of mine. ha. 

therefore... as you are blog surf'n.... 

just grab a diet coke, or crystal lite.. or bud lite for that matter (okay maybe not that one, but just make it sugar free for heck sake) and don't worry about how perfect someone else is trying to make their life sound, and on the other end of things.. don't worry about what you write... write what your digg'n at that particular moment. 

read blogs as novels or just enjoy the pictures, whether it be fiction or non-fiction... or don't read it at all, your choice.  i mean gosh... come one.. at least i'm giving you two choices there! ha.  

(as if i have a say)  

but then again.. i do have a say... Cuz this is MY blog. ha. 

again.. not meant to be negative.. hope you took all this as lightly as i have... 

but seriously..  if people are going to spend the time talking about how lame blogs are .... and how people SHOULD blog.... and how people are being fake through blogging ... i'm going to throw my 2 cents right back at cha. 

so like i said BLOG on...  

**yes, i obviously had a long time to do nothing in the library. and no, i'm not bitter toward anyone at all.. actually just laughing out loud that i  have even spent time writing this non-sense...  just had some time to kill, ha) 

have a good night blogland. 

St. George

We went to see one of my very favorite people this weekend in St. George. My Grandma Wadsworth.  She is the youngest... most talented... most beautiful 89 year old I know! Jeremy & I had so much fun staying with her. My mom and dad were also down there visiting so we went "site seeing" with them.. and also got to hang out with my aunt and uncle for a few days. So many historical sites that were so interesting to visit, and oh my... fantab weather.

Head'n out.

Grandma Wadsworth (my mom's mom)... isn't she gorgeous? She made my wedding cake a year and a half ago when she was 88, incredible. If I'm as hip to the hop as her when I'm almost 90... I'll be doin barney jumps all around town.

Jeremy and I went to the Mountain Meadows Massacre Memorial Grave Site. Very neat to be there. I had heard about it.. but Germ taught me tons more about it. 

My M & D, Jeremy & I went on a tour through Jacob Hamblin's home and learned a lot about him. My dad has read a few books about him, so kinda gave us a preface about his life before we went, so it was neat to be in his home and try to imagine his life, and learn about how amazing he really was.  

Mom & Jer by the peach tree's outside Jacob Hamblin's home.

D, M, & me outside Brigham Young's Winter Home

"Seven Wives Inn".... right across from B.Y.'s Home

Uncle Larry, Aunt Kaye, M, D, Grandma, Me, Jer

My cute Aunt Kaye. Love her to death. 

You think my mom would take it easy on my Grandma.. being slightly elderly and all... but nope.. just latch on to those cheeks of hers mom. 

St. George Temple. Beautiful.