How my memories work in my head.

When I was say 9 or so, my parents took me to the Vouge to see Henry V. I remember falling asleep and possibly that we left for a vacation the next day. Weird. I need to ask them.

My parents were very good at culture-ish stuff. Things slightly out of the ordinary from the family down the block, like taking me to foreign films, nice restaurants, visiting every single historical site in the region, and listening to classic bluegrass. You know what I hated as a kid though? foreign films, nice restaurants, visiting every single historical site in the region, and listening to classic bluegrass.

BUUUUT you know what I adore now as a 30 year old. ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

Dale and Sue for the Win!!!

However, I tried watching Henry V this week and snoooooreee....I fell asleep again!

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Our family goes to the mall on family days sometimes. We have exhausted the Disney Store of all things Mickey and Minnie. We usually end our monthly trip to California Pizza Kitchen. D could not stop hugging Mike. She was cracking us up.
Our favorite server, Ashley Choneginhiemer wasn't working because it's her birthday or something. Happy birthday Ashley!

(Thanksgiving 09, the Huff cousins: Gracie, Dorothy, Noah, Sadie, and Maggie Sue)

I have found myself disenchanted by my blog. I think it's partly because I know people read it, but we are all too busy to leave comments most the time. I know this because I have 120 blogs on my feed that I read off and on, and I almost never get to comment on them. Another reason is because in case you are not aware, I have 2 babies 2 and under! And RA. So there you go.

Anyway, I am still here. And I can't make promises about updating, because I know I'll fail at those promises. So keep on clicking over. Chances are you'll get a surprise now and then. When I do post!

My mom and dad in about 1967.

Let's play catch up!

Here is a family pics of my parents 40th anniversary party the last weekend in September.

Mom and dad's community group amazingly donated much of the food and services to have this party and we had family and friends from many chapters of their life help celebrate.

Little Miss Dorothy Jean, 7 months old (March '08) in my old dress.

We have been looking at a lot of pictures of old Dorothy. I have not taken many of her at all in the last few months, other than with Mike's iphone. I have torn the place apart for our camera and have every piece EXCEPT the battery charger and extra battery. This explains that when I DO post photos they are either fuzzy (from Mike's phone) OR they are old ones of D. This time: a photo of Dorothy a year ago this month. One of my favorites ever. I can't wait to get our awesome camera up and running so you can see her curls and compare her to that bald head a year ago!

Five weeks from yesterday marks the day of our scheduled c-section...April 21st. Yahoo!

We have been busy with spring cleaning, rearranging the house, our church/Mike's job, raising a 1 1/2 year old, a new nephew (Samuel Joseph Cosper), catching up with old friends, loving on our families and much more.

God bless you all.

Just wanted to tell you that I am ever so grateful for my parents and Mike's parents. Not because of the endless gifts and service they give us, but because of who they are and the fact that they raised Mike and I to know and love Christ and that they stayed together enduring good and bad and showing that marriages can last even in this day in age. I say all this as my Father in law, John had surgery on his leg today. Praise the LORD, all seems to be fine. I am so blessed to have these four in my life.

On a much lighter note, you must check out this post our best friend Lachlan wrote about Mike: The Curious Case of Lachlan Coffey.

Tera tagged me...I was supposed to go to my 6th folder and get my 6th picture, but I just picked the 6th picture on my desktop. This is Miss D at the 930 this month. I would like this piece of art, from Lost Love in D's room.

Update:

• I have a tentative c-section date of April 21st!
• That is 10 weeks away!
• Mike,Neil, and the Sojourn worship team have almost finished their next CD!
• Mike is the co-founder of the Open Sourcebook, an free online liturgical resource for churches. It just launched this month.
• Sojourn has some GREAT new web blogs and resources. Check out TravelBlog. (SO THANKFUL FOR BOBBY GILLES WHO MAINTAINS THIS)
  
• Dorothy had her half birthday this week, that means she is 1 1/2!
• D talks in sentences as of this week. Some of them make NO sense and the other half are clear as day "I don't want noodles mama." "Read stories mama?" "Thank Jesus for cheeseburgers" Mike and I just look at each other shocked. I prompted her to thank to say thank you and she said "Thank you Mike" then started laughing, because she used his first name. She continues to call Mike's parents "Nana and Papa" And has labeled my mother "Sue-sue" and my dad..."Gamp-pa Sue-sue". I am not sure how he feels about that.
  
• We are sill dealing with so much crappy health...We all had colds and for Mike and Dorothy it developed into bronchitis...Mike's back, my arthritis. We just continually have to do life our own way. I have had to step back from a lot of expectations that others have on me and that I have put on myself. It is hard, but it is so nice to remind myself I am putting God first and then my family. And that is all that matters right now.
  

Hello friends and family, near and far. It's been 14 days since I posted! Well 7 days in the middle of that 14 we had no power because of the hurricane winds that hit our region. During that time my 1st trimester nausea hit it's peak and Mike's back injury added some extra interesting juggling. But praise God we had friends and family host us. 2 nights with our dear friends, Daniel and Mandy; 3 nights with Mike's parents; and 2 nights with my parents. So I have put sewing and blogging on the back burner as I put the my time with God and caring for my Mike and Dorothy. So much easier said than done. Love to all.

Our Huff family vacation Part 2

Our last day on Lake Michigan. Sigh.

Our Huff family vacation Part 1

Dorothy and Sadie and our stroller, which weeks later
and after many cleanings still has sand in every crevice.
I love the ridiculous hat and that my dad is in the background.
This will be a favorite picture forever.
The whole crew
Another Classic Cousin Picture

I get to spend the next few days with these people. See you next week!

DON'T FORGET: Leave a comment between now and midnight Tuesday, August 19th and I'll put your name in a drawing for one of my handmade fall purses.

I had another post planned today, but the rain changed my mind. It's not often I truly enjoy rain anymore. I use to love it. Often times now it comes with aches and pains, you know my arthritis...But today it's nice and relaxing.
I have good memories of the rain.

• I remember splashing in puddles with my brother, Matt as we yelled "Singing in the rain, Just singing in the rain". I imagine I was about 5th grade so he was probably 11th. He always did great fun things like that. He was "cool" but never to cool to have fun.
• I also liked taking naps in my mom and dad's family/TV room. With the couch next to the window and the rain coming down. It was the perfect sound and darkness to take a nap. Ohh...I still love their/my home. When we go there and we are on a time crunch I get sucked into a time warp and we usually leave a few hours after we were supposed to. I have been really thinking about my childhood home and thinking how I can recreate that comfort in our new house (keeping it clean would probably be a start)!
• Another memory of rain is my green raincoat. During my BIG thrifting phase in high school I bought it at "Unique" with Carrie. It is one of those old school ones lined in blue with strawberries on the inside. I've had it at lease 12 years now. It was probably 1o years old when I got it! That rain gear reminds me of my high school days...as I prepare for my ten year reunion next week! I wonder if I am too old to be wearing a bright green vintage rain coat. Please tell me if I am.
• A newer memory of rain is not the aches and pains that it can bring, but the great sound it makes on our sky light. Did you know we have a great sky light? It is one of the many favorite things about this little house Mike found for us. I hope the sound of the rain on it is a comfort and sweet memory for Dorothy and any other kids we have some day.

What do you love about the rain?




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A look back at Dorothy's first year:

Now this is just ridiculous! This is her "Harvest Homecoming" outfit. And yes that is a poncho she is wearing. After all every kid that is of Floyd County descent must have a Harvest Homecoming outfit. I think I've already got this year's picked out :)

Huff Family

We are home! Like I said.

I am trying to get back to posting each weekday, give me a bit to phase back into it. In the meanwhile here are some photos of my family at the first of the month.

The original 5.

The ladies.

The lads.

D and Grandpa.

Picture of the Day (yesterday)

Love these People

Love these People
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Booo. Still no pictures from me so I'll give you some pictures of others.

Courtney told me about bighugelabs.com which is a really fun waste of time! You can create these great photo mosaics with your flickr photos or others flickr photos. I chose some of my favorite photos that friends have taken and here it is!


1. Sojourn Music 028, 2. Kate and Neil lead the discussion, 3. Good friend Jamie, 4. i love this. esp. how ruby is all :D, 5. maternity (3).JPG, 6. Brian&JoJo, 7. Trying to read the paper series, 8. big bite!, 9. Gettin registered

Much thanks to Bobby G, Tom B, Alex O, Leesa, and Courtney for these beautiful photos of these beautiful people I love!

Praise God:

Lord I thank you that we are in a country where I can freely worship you and thank you for all you give me.

*Fried Green Tomatoes and Garlic Parmesan Mayonnaise from Lynn's

*Hand me down clothes and toys from friends and family

*Dorothy's cold is just a cold (I pray it stays that way)

*Our Church is helping take care of people

*My husband loves me well, and that's not just he sent me flowers though I am thankful for those too

*In less than a month both sets of our parents will live just across the river again

Dad, mom, me and D.

This is for all of my fellow FCHS alumni. Click here. You are welcome for that bit of nostalgia.

I went back to that old tan brick structure yesterday for my mom's retirement party. She and Mr. Marsh are both going to retire this year. It was crazy to see some of my old teachers.

Even more crazy has the remodel they are doing. Most of A hall is gone and there are lockers up and down what is left of A and B hall. My mom's new and last German classroom is in what use to be the Jr. High Commons. There are several classrooms set up there. You know where we had all of our awkward Jr. High Dances. Weird. It will be cool to see it when it's done. Oh and the cafeteria still smells the same.

Anyway, back to my mom. I spoke spur of the moment about her as a teacher. I think I said a lot of nonsense but I tried to communicate that I know she is one of the best teachers out there. She is one of those teachers where you had to work hard from the beginning to the end of each class period. But, man you knew your German after that. Can I just boast more and tell you that my mom can speak German, French, Russian and a bit of Spanish! And she was a math teacher as well! She has taught 26 years and was a stay at home mom for 11. My dad, Mike, and I found a Seinfield term, really describes Sue Huff, "Unbridled Enthusiasm". If you ask her she will sing you just about any song in German, but her specialty is "Stop in the Name of Love". In addition to all that mom was a WHAS 11 ExCEL award winner and the Indiana German teacher of the year in 1994. That is amazing. HAPPY RETIREMENT MOM!

God, I am thankful for:Mike and Dorothy: baby dedication September 07
I heart them so much.

• Remembering our baby dedication last fall. It was a sweet day with family and friends.
  
• Spring weather
  
• Sewing and crafting
• Reconnecting with friends and family
  
• My church
  
• Getting to know people better over this "web" (this means you Ceece :)
• One of Dorothy's three emerging teeth popped through yesterday!

Praise God for all these things.

I can't believe that I haven't shared this with you. If you have a few moments go visit my dear friends at Winters Photography. Look under proofing, see Little ladies album and type in littleladies for the password. And there are the beautiful Huff grandkids! Enjoy!

I Thank God For...

God, I thank you for...

my backyard

the yellow sparkles in my husband's and daughter's blue eyes

encouragement from my husband and parents when they see what I have sewed

that cutting out sugar from my diet seems to keep down RA flair ups, a bit

the book Philippians

Wendell Berry's writings

CSA starts soon

a dog who submits to a squealing, clawing 8 month old baby girl

a vacation with family