Stake Women’s Conference

Wednesday was New Beginnings, Saturday was Stake Women’s Conference, Sunday I taught the combined YW lesson on the Plan of Salvation. It’s been a Fill-My-Spiritual-Bucket kind of week.
As usual, Women’s Conference was amazing! The theme was The Family and they had magnificent women from our Stake speak. These women have faced devastating trials and here they were, speaking to us with grace and humility and a firm testimony of our Savior.
One sister married later in life, her husband’s first wife died during childbirth of their 7th child. They have since had 4 kids together. Amazing. Another sister lost her husband when he was 39 years old (my age now) and they had five little kids. She remarried later to a man who had lost his wife and had 6 kids. Amazing. One sister didn’t even make it to speak because she has terminal cancer and had to have emergency surgery a few days ago. She sent her talk to be read by her visiting teachers. Amazing.
   
Joe brought the kids at the end so he could help put chairs away.
We had a nice family day that ended with a bang..homemade burgers and fries…Yummmmm!
 

Grandma Tiki

We love her so much!  We got to spend a Sunday afternoon visiting and catching up.  The kids adore her, we adore her!!

Hey, I know you!

Joe and I went to the movies one night and look who we saw…
It was Josh’s first night as a manager and we happened to be there to see him all dressed up and spiffy.  Great job, Josh, it was fun to see you and we are super proud of you!!

14 Big Ones

We celebrated our 14 year anniversary this year…14!  Time flies when you’re married to your best friend….
I decided to look up what 14 years meant (glass, diamond, whatever), and it was Ivory.  Then I looked for a fun activity since it’s my year to plan our anniversary.  I found out that The Piano Guys were performing at Kingsbury Hall on our anniversary!  Perfect! Let’s go watch a piano concert (ivory) on our anniversary! It was meant to be! 
But it wasn’t.  The tickets were long sold out and everyone I found online had already sold their tickets.  Dang.  So, I did the next best thing:  I told Joe my idea so I would get credit for it.  After all, it was a great plan, even if it didn’t work out, right?  Right. 
We ended up having a lovely evening after all.  Dinner was at Carver’s and we had delicious grilled brie, chicken cordon bleu, ribeye steak, and mud pie (dessert was on the house!)
Joe gave me his gift, he actually looked it up too and surprised me with beautiful ivory earrings! I love them so much!  See?
Since my original plan didn’t work out, I gave him my other gift.  When we were engaged, I was going to school in Provo so we e-mailed each other quite a bit.  Before I left my job down there, I printed all our e-mails to each other.  For his gift, I gathered up some other letters, poems, and cards from our courtship and put them together with the e-mails in a book. 
I love this man of mine!  Happy Anniversary Love!

Easter Begins!

Bright and early Easter morn, we got the kids ready and dressed.  First things first!  I thought it was smart to get them all ready before looking for Easter baskets, but as I watched Annie eat a chocolate bunny in her new dress, I started to rethink my strategy. 
I think both the apron AND the bib helped avert a chocolate disaster.  At least for a little while. 
The kids had fun looking for their baskets and found them pretty quickly….except for Dakota.  Finally, she looked in the microwave and there it was.  She had everyone rooting for her while they ate their own candy. 





Do we have time for a quick egg hunt?  Why yes we do!





Cute kids!  Koko’s feet got cold because she decided to take her wedges off so she could run.  Bare feet=cold feet when it was snowing a few days ago!
Let’s take our Easter pictures!!  Annie’s dress is made from Joe’s old shirt (skirt) and my old shirt (top)….she looks so cute! 

Not sure what’s going on with his smile, but he looks sincere, no?  What a handsome dude!  I actually made his tie out of some extra dress fabric. Maybe he’s pretending to love his yellow tie? 
Camri was a little sad that she didn’t find the golden egg, but she looked like a princess anyway. 
Gosh, he’s handsome!! My little boy is getting so tall! 
Emma looks flowy and beautiful.  Yellow suits her just fine, I think.  Koko picked out this fabric and style of dress.  She looks so grown-up and gorgeous!!
My six crown jewels. 
Okay, now onto the 2nd annual Joe and Marci Heugly Easter Egg Decorating Contest.  The eggs will later be entered into the family contest at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. 
The entries are: Batman…

Winnie the Pooh…
A snake’s gotta eat too…(the egg is the mouse in the snake’s mouth)
Ballet slipper…
Happy Hunger Games.  May the odds be ever in your favor!  Mockingjay pin…
The “Up” House…
And Snack Attack….
Here are the top three after the first vote:
And the winner is….
Oh, I can’t believe I won!  I’d like to thank those that voted for me!  Here’s the trophy…
Happy Easter is just beginning!

The Best Part of My Day

Sometimes we get caught up with all of our problems and all of things we didn't get done. Sometimes we get caught up with our successes and everything we have accomplished.
All things considered...the best part of my day is still the best part of my day.

The Big Day!

Saturday was Colin’s baptism.  Whoa. 
My son is eight and was definitely ready for this day!  The service started at 9:00, so we were up at 6:30 getting ready….last minute clean-up, last minute food prep, and getting the kids all dressed and ready.  It was a bit stressful for a moment, but I turned to Joe and said, “It’s about the ordinances, right? As long as Colin is baptized and confirmed, this day will be a success.”
We got to the church and took a few pictures.  My goodness he his handsome!

My beautiful boys, looking pretty sharp…
My greatest joys in life….all six of them…
Families are Forever.
While the boys got dressed in their white clothes, Beau wanted to join them.  I’m pretty sure he thinks he is Colin’s twin and he thought he should be getting baptized too.
Here they are…

Mother and son.  I love that kid!
The service was beautiful.  Colin was the only one from our ward, and there were three kids from another ward also getting baptized.  One of their big brothers gave a great talk on baptism and mentioned some of the places past Prophets were baptized.  There was a musical number by some of the brothers and sisters, “I like to look for rainbows”.  Then it was my turn to speak on the Holy Ghost.  I was a mess after listening to those cute kids sing, but I made it through okay. 
We were excused first, and Joe baptized Colin a member of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  It was awesome.  Both Grandpas were witnesses and all the kids gathered by the font so they could see better. 
Joe and Colin went to get dressed and we all went into the Primary room for his confirmation.  Was it two years ago we were here, watching Emma get confirmed and Annie blessed? It seems like just a moment ago. 
Joe and I were able to bear our testimonies and then Joe confirmed Colin a member of the church and bestowed upon him the gift of the Holy Ghost by the power of the Priesthood.  Oh my heart was ready to burst!  We had so much love and support from family and friends.  Plus, almost his entire Primary class was there, which meant a lot to Colin AND Joe, since Joe is his Primary teacher.  The love and support we felt was overwhelming, it was incredible!
We went to our house for a little open house and had a great time visiting with family and friends.
Cousins are the best!
Sisters and Moms are the best! Bridger even took a moment to pose…
We had croissants, ham, fruit and veggie trays, and hot chocolate. 
My two favorite moms in the whole entire world!  How lucky am I?
Gentlemen…
Yay, more cousins!
Primary friends!
Colin is surrounded by great young men.  He’s a lucky guy. 
Peek-a-boo Amy!
We love Grandma Yvonne!
Colin has some great footsteps to follow in his life.  A wonderful father, and two wonderful grandfathers to show him how to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ. 
Emma rocked the fancy dress and slippers.  That’s my girl.
Best friends = cousins.

Beautiful friends. 
Beautiful brother.
I love how Tanner poses here…with his gorgeous Mom (she’s having a baby!!)
Lots of loving family.
More beautiful friends with beautiful babies.
Let’s just say, I scored in the In-Law department.  I love Joe’s parents, I love how they raised their five boys, I love spending time with them.  I love that we’re not only family, but dear friends as well.  They are so great!
I was raised by goodly parents.  They taught me the Gospel, they taught me how to treat others, they showed me what a good marriage and good parents look like.  I will forever look to their example of how to navigate this mortal life.  I am so blessed!Here is my beautiful and perfectly healthy sister and her family.  She overcame some major health issues this year and I feel humbled when I am with her.  She is strong and wonderful and look at her amazing family!!  Man, I love these guys!
My gorgeous nieces…
Kevin and Lorchin happened to be in town this weekend, and I was so pleasantly surprised to see them!  Thank goodness for the snowstorm in Denver or they would’ve gone there.  Kevin was just released as Bishop of his ward, so I guess he has some wiggle room on the weekends now…
Annie like the cookies, or was it just the buttercream frosting?
Gathering around the water cooler, literally…
Ahhh, twins…
Mmm, let’s try again…
Here we go!  Christmas card material. 
Thank you to everyone who came and supported us or expressed kind words on this day.  You mean so much to our family. It may have been about the ordinances, but I also felt overwhelmed by the love and was grateful to everyone who participated on this special day. 
Three down, three to go….