Wednesday, June 13, 2012

trip part 2

We had a lot of fun on our trip! Graduation truly was the best part!  It Was glade that we made the decision to go and walk at the graduation ceremony! but we had 11 days of fun before graduation so I will put together some of the highlights!
                          washington monument                                          
  
 riding the trolley
at the white house




 WWII monument wich was amazing




a veteren and a current officer walking together 








at Arlington cemetery



it was a very steep hill to climb



air and space museum


libby flying in a plane


libby weaving a basket at the american indian history museum











 

puzzles 


hanging out in a tee pee







So sorry I gave up on trying to make it look cool but these were the first 2 days and she had a blast!! So did we.  We spent the first day walking from monument to monument and seeing all there was to see it was well worth the trip.


Saturday, May 26, 2012

Our trip!

I am going to have to do these in segments because I took like some 1000 pictures and that is way to many to put up so we will start with graduation because that was the reason for our trip in the first place!


Marshall Daniel Hooper Graduated from Villanova University May 19 2012 with his Masters Degree in Human Resources. He passed his PHR with an 80%

YAHOO daddy did it!!!

Marshall's Parents were able to come out and watch him graduate.
 We were so glad that they could!

Our Master!!! ;-) 

Alex, Marshall, and Jared.  All work together at USSynthetic and 
graduated with the same degree, all of them together, it was pretty awesome!

Marshall and his parents Denise and Shelby


Me and Marshall I am so proud of him!!!!!

Have to have a picture with the name of the school 
or else no one would believe us right?!?!?!?

                                       We are so proud of of Husband, Father, Son and Grandson

Thursday, April 5, 2012

girls night out

My mom invited Libby and I to go to see my sister at the hospital and we  in turn invited her to have ice cream with us.  We went to Maceys (because they have the best priced ice cream) and while walking in my mom was stopped by a man with 6 puppies that looked just like Hershey ( Haley's puppy).  Like a good mother I let her stop and hold the puppies.  she was in heaven and so was my mom.  so we took some pictures so that we could show Marshall later.  She was so soft with the little puppies it melted my heart just not enough to buy one. :-)

 

 
 

new and improved

Well time flies when you are busy helping others.  I am really excited that Haley is going to Ohio and will be able to have her surgery but with her leaving I am left with time that i didn't know what to do.   So I thought why not add to my blog and show pictures of our wonderful/crazy life the past several months.


things that have happened.

we cut Libby's hair
finishing up the masters program
selling paparazzi jewelry
and I am sure many more things.

so maybe I will just put up pictures because pictures tell a1000 words (or so I hope).

So maybe start with conference because it just happened!

I decided that Libby is old enough to participate (a fraction of the time) in our conference tradition of sitting on the couch and watching the Wonderful speakers.  So after spending way to much time on pintrest I found this wonderful Idea that worked well for her age.  

 
 




So I had her pick 5 words that she thought were church words so she picked Jesus Christ, Prayer, Temples, Scriptures, Family.  and so we went through the Gospel Art Kit and found corresponding pictures.  Libby put a bowl of treats in front of every picture ( i had 5 different kids of treats).  she then sat down and started listening to hear the words that would get her treats.  She had fun with it but when my brother and his 2 kids showed up she became uninterested and went to play but my nephew on the other hand sat intently watching and listening so he could get a ton of treats.  And so at the end of the first Sunday session My nephew had a stomach full of treats and because of his kindness so did Libby and his sister.  the second session she watched for a few min before nap time.  

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Back yard

Libby Loves playing in the back yard at grandmas house.  She was playing with hershey the dog and she came in asking to have marshmallows to roast over her "fire".  So I took the marshmallows out side, to find the rocks all set up for a fire pit and she had fun with it.  It was pretty cute to see her use her imagination.  



Tribute

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This is a tribute for Haley!!! We have seen miracles and will continue to see miracles.  I just wanted to show those what w have been dealing with!

We love her and are very hopeful that she will be making a great change!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

February

My life sometimes feels like I am always in fast forward.  I am constantly going and I miss crucial moments in life and I can't figure out how to slow it down and enjoy it.

Libby is growing up and amazing us each day with something new.  Its crazy to see her acting more and more like a kid rather than a toddler.

on friday night I was putting her to bed and more often than not it is usually a fight and then lots of crying (from both of us).  well she was happy a first in a long time.  We read scriptures, a book and had said our prayers.  I was giving her our usual good night hang and she asked ever so sweetly "oh mom can I PLEEEASE her a drink of water" then batted her eyes and smiled.  I started to laugh and could help but say  yes.

last night while getting her PJ's on she pulled her pans off and then purposefully dropped her under ware.  then says in a nasel guttural voices "my panties" (which she does this every time we get dressed) Me being annoyed says." you don't have to take your under ware off we only change them in the morning and then you still don't need to say 'my panties'."  she looks at me and say "well I say it because my daddy laughes."

She come to my moms after preschool and loving playing with haley's dog.  they are pretty good friends.  but the beast part of being at my moms is when she and the dog play outside.  I don't have to worry about her and she has a little buddy to hang with when they are in the back yard.

We took her to dinner with us on Valentines day.  And I let her stay dressed up in her Princess dresses.  she had a 5 bracelets on and a necklace too.  she was so happy It made me smile.

She has been having problems sleeping and staying in her room at bed time.  so we put a child lock on her door and a gate at the end of the hall, So she can still get to the bathroom but not come and wake us up.  Wel this morning she came into our room at 7:!5 and says Mommy Im awake. marshall and I both groan.  he had stayed up until 3 doing homework and I just didn't want to get out of bed yet.  well come to find out she pushes the gate until it falls over.  but about 10 min later she says she wants to go get her dress so she can get ready for church.  I figured she would be back up because she couldn't get into her closet.  nope.  she brought me the "broken" child lock for the door.  and said here mom.  so at this point I don't know if I should be mad or impressed.

With Marshall graduating in may we are planning a family vacation to go watch him walk (he is getting his  masters in human resource and development).  So we have been talking a lot about our trip.  trying to plan and figure out why is going to work.  We made the mistake of telling Libby that we are going on an airplane.  and since January I hear about going on an airplane at least once every day!  I am glad that she is excited to go.  I am very excited to be able to finally have my husband back.  We have a count down of 11 weeks left until life will become normal.  I can't wait to be able to talk to an adult again.  go somewhere without having to worry that we have to be home so marshall can do homework.  the 3 years straight has been hard but I can not only see the light at the end of the tunnel It is only a few steps away from us being out of the tunnel!!!!!

Haleys surgery has been rescheduled again for mid april.   This is a change from the mar 6 that was changed due to a scheduling issues with dr. and their vacation times. she is miserable and exhausted.  And its hard to watch her suffer.  So please keep her in your prayers as she is suffering.