Visiting Seattle and my Dad

Robby went up to Seattle for work and took me and Jonathon along for the ride.

We hung out in downtown Seattle and went to the music museum. Then we went to the wharf and the Olde Little Shop of Curiousity. I love this place!

I slept over at my dad's that night and hung out and played games with him and his wife April. We went to the Federal Way beach and then out to lunch at Claim Jumper with Grandpa Timothy and Susan.

It was a lot of fun!

A 70's burg. HUGE burger Robby easily polished off.

So much fun seeing Grandpa Timothy and hearing all his stories of teaching choir.

I had a lot of fun seeing my dad and April. He beat me in Uno (You-know) that night and made me eggs and toast the next morning for breakfast like the old days. We had a good time. :)

Tunnel Falls

I'd never gone REAL camping before (I don't think Young Women's Camps count..) so I was so excited when we planned to hike/backpack up to Tunnel Falls near Eagle Creek in Oregon with Jonathon's family.

Jonathon couldn't come because he had to study and take a test to get his insurance license. :( We missed him! So Friday after I finished work at the Gillespies office, we were on our way to THIS:

Cool, huh??!

The trip had a great start on the car ride there with THIS:

Annie being a toothbrush

Nancy being.. I'm not quite sure what that is.

We also played "Find Dind" and the ABC game while stuck in traffic!

And I laughed so hard I cried

And Annie had a hairy eye

Before we started our big trek-

We had Bob, Susie, Robby, Nancy, and Annie to grace the mountain's presence that day.

(And those backpacks are WAY HEAVIER than they look!! I had bruises on my hips and shoulders for DAYS after!)

Happily hiking!

Mine and Annie's tent.

This is where we made up "Who sings songs about herself? Nancy does!" Repeat once.

We found shadows from a tree of a "Y'all don't know me!" girl.

And "Annie, who am I? " -Nancy

"Cosmo" -Annie

"Who am I? 'DYKE' (said in a deep voice)" -Annie

It was Josie, of course.

Hahaha! We laughed a lot this trip. And I love my little sister. :)

Demonstrating my dry shampoo in the morning- looking like a lioness

(Love this stuff!)

Bob being a good camper and starting up the fire

I took this picture to show just how STEEP the hike was if we were to fall down.. scary!

Me in front of Tunnel Falls!

Robby in front of Tunnel Falls! That little hole behind him is the reason for the name. It was really cool!

Inside the tunnel- the waterfall is to the right of me

Cute Susie in the tunnel. I thought her whole hiking outfit was just cute.

I think I need to invest in hiking boots someday.

Me and Annie in front of another waterfall on our way back down

We made it!

It was 7 miles up to the falls. We went about 5 1/2 the first night and camped.

The second day we hiked the rest then the 7 miles back down.

We had "one miracle" (We saw 17 Miracles the week before about the Pioneer trek so we kept relating our trip to them). It was starting to get pretty dark and we still hadn't found a place to camp. We FINALLY found a place at last minute as the sun went down. The next morning we realized we'd found the very last campsite before a really narrow scary part we would have had to do in the dark. It was our "one miracle."

It was a lot of fun and I'm excited for me and Jonno to do more of this in the future.

Washington

Here's a little glimpse of our lives the last two months:

The first text I received as the newest Washingtonian from Jonno:

"Welcome to Washington!

You are now an official Northwesterner!"

The BEAUTIFUL view of the lake and the cute red barn across it when you drive into our neighborhood

This is the trail around Lacamas Lake I run/walk on with Cosmo

Lacamas Lake, literally just down the street from our house. It's so gorgeous!!

Cosmo enjoying life as a Washington Husky!

Out on a walk

Sunset. Ahhh

Pictures never do justice. But we're loving this Northwest summer!

Blogging from...

MY NEW COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine mine mine alllll mine!!!!! :D :D :D I LOVE my new computer!!!!!!!!!!! I got a white MacBook of my very own and it is SO CUTE! I LOVE IT!!!!

Jonno sold his MacBook Pro and with that money, he bought me my MacBook and had enough left over to get a MacBook Air for himself - two macs for the price of one! AKA: MAC ATTACK!

I love my computer so so much!

Signed,

Yours truly,

The happiest girl in the whole town - Nancy

Beauty Tips

*Beauty Tips*

For Sparkling Eyes-- Look for the good in Everyone.
For a Glow-- Focus on the positive in Life.
For a Slim Figure-- Work hard helping and sharing with those in need.
For a Young Look- Laugh Everyday.
For Beautiful Lips-- Say only Good Things about Others.
For Lovely Hands-- Use them often to Lift Others.
For Poise-- Walk with the knowledge that You are Never Alone.

I saw these on another blog and thought they were wonderful! :)


I'm getting my VERY OWN COMPUTER that will be all MINEEEEEE for pictures and blogging and Facebooking galore! SO, a WA update post is on the way, pictures n' all!

Huck Camp II - Day Two

Day Two: Monday, July 4th, 2011 - Huck-Olympics

This is a really fun day where we all compete in different sports. There is a big sign up for whoever wants to play. Some of the sports include: volleyball, basketball, belly flop, ping pong, corn hole, shuffleboard, putt-putt, and others.

Signing up for the fun

We began the day with the scouts raising the flag and singing The Star Spangled Banner

Robby, Austin Huckvale, and me/Jonno (he was my sub when I was nearly dying from heat exhaustion and blisters) were on a team for basketball and got 2nd place! Pretty good! It was fun playing out there!

2nd Place

Rick's team won, of course, and they are amazing! But we put up a good fight. :)

The other teams:

Bob, Ryan, Amy
Probably the cutest team

Dahveed, Tara, and Tyler
David had on a long sleeve shirt and long socks before we started and I thought he would die of heat exhaustion. He claimed to be fine since he is Arab. haha

Terri, Josh, and Donny Terri elbowed me in the face and was so funny/cute when she played and made a few baskets! Josh is a crazy good player! And Donny loves to cheat. LOL I would get scared when he'd come defend me since he'd usually yell something funny or jab Austin.

Next we played in the volleyball competition. Me, Bob, Shaun (Jenny's boyfriend), and Robby were on a team and WON FIRST PLACE! It was awesome! We compared ourselves to the UofU since we really probably shouldn't have won because the team we competed against for the championship always wins and are freakishly good.

Getting our medals at the Awards Ceremony
Robby, Nancy, Shaun, Bob:
1st Place Volleyball Champs

For example, one time Rick and Tara set up a perfect play and Tara spiked it down really hard right at my face. I just closed my eyes and stuck out my arms and returned it back perfectly to get us a point! We all just started laughing since it was so lucky.

We were all excited for this win!

Derrick vs. Jeff in Corn Hole.
I guess this game is really popular in Kentucky! Robby and I lost the first round-- I was amazed how good some people are!

Another awesome one was GRANDpa vs. Shaun in the age 11 ping pong championship. Shaun had to sit on one hand and play with his non-dominant hand to make it fair. Grandpa rocked it though and won! He was REALLY good!!

Getting the victory smooch from Grandma!

We were all pooped by the end of the day and I was sore the rest of the week and it was so worth it. Great day! Shaun even said this was the best day of his life. :)

Huck Camp II - Forever Strong

We went to the Huckvale Family Reunion at GRANDpa and GRANDma Huckvale's house in Southern California last week. It was a lot of fun! We love our family!

There are LOTS of pictures so I'll try to tackle it one day at a time. :)

DAY ONE: Sunday, July 3rd : Church, cars, Huck Camp kick-off - "Forever Strong"

-Church was great. Grandma bore her testimony for both her and Grandpa. The meeting was nearly over and Grandpa starting pointing at the stand and looking at her until she went up. Haha- He's a man who gets what he wants! They have the most sincere testimonies and love seeing their family live the Gospel and be happy.

-Afterward, there were some people coming to look at their house that is up for sale ( :( so sad to see them leave that house!) so we went over to the ware house and looked at all of Grandpa's cars.

This is Nancy's Favorite
(and it is actually GRANDma's car since it is the only one with HER initials written on the driver's side)

Nancy and Haley going for a drive!

Nancy, GRANDma, GRANDpa, and Jonno
I love their 4th of July outfits of choice!

-After we left the warehouse, we went home and ate some delicious dinner. We had fun catching up and then had the Huck Camp kickoff to introduce the theme: Forever Strong.

Grandpa and Grandma had seen the movie before and loved the message and decided to make it our theme. Grandma shared that Jonathon and her had talked in the past about the importance of remembering our ancestors and protecting what the Huckvale name stands for.

Donny announced that Grandpa and Grandma would be moving soon up to Boise, ID to be closer to family and hopefully that can allow Grandpa to heal better. We'll be sad to not be able to come visit down in CA where there are so many great memories but happy they'll be nearby!

Bob invited everyone to talk about their goals they'd made (this was the reason I ran my marathon-- see my other blog happyrunningduck.blogspot.com for more info). It was nice sharing that with Grandpa.

Then we watched the movie Forever Strong up on the Sport Court. It was really good!

This is a picture of the cute Langfords who were laying down in front of me-- they all fell fast asleep!

Everyone was exhausted after the movie since we were all still catching up on traveling so far the day before to get here. Trying to fit 53 people in a house is quite an accomplishment! Bob's family got to stay in the master room and we found we could even fit all four of us in the king bed! There were air mattresses all over the house on the ground and even out on the deck.