HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!!!

It's Josh's 25th birthday today! He can now rent a car with no parental supervision. :-) He's such a great husband and I'm grateful for all that he does for our family. A little bit about Josh - he was born May 8, 1983 - which was Mother's Day. He has an older sister and a younger sister. He grew up in Columbus and Jeffersonville, IN. He played sports growing up, but starred in baseball! He graduated high school in 2001, then served his mission in the California, Carlsbad Mission (the best one). He started to e-mail me around August of 2005 and hit on me and wooed me so much that I said yes when he proposed on May 28, 2006. We were married August 11, 2006 in the Boise, ID temple and we're living "happily ever after!" He is the most amazing husband ever and he's going to be a wonderful father! And last but not least - if Josh were an M&M, this is what he'd look like. I'm surprised he's not melted because he's SO hot...I know..gag!

Pomp and Circumstance

Well, I'm finally graduated! And I couldn't be happier...yes dear, couldn't be happier...(yeah, it's a song from a musical...sorry). This picture on the left is of me and the acting music department head - Leslie Timmons. That morning was commencement where the grads walked from the Quad here at USU all the way down to the spectrum. It was fun. I felt a little like a movie star with all of the people standing around taking pictures. It was also really neat because Elder L. Tom Perry received an honorary doctorate degree so I got to see him (Josh snapped this picture of him on the right). In between commencement and the graduation part where we actually walk and receive our degrees, a bunch of my family went to go and see my younger brothers senior project. He's an electrical engineering major...so as you can imagine it was pretty amazing. As we were going back downstairs we all (Dad, Sean, Heather, Trevor, Jen, Tyler, Davin, Ryan, Blake, Evan, Josh, and me) were on the elevator and then it stopped! So we were stuck on the elevator for about 20 minutes. Luckily the elevator was big, so we all could sit down. We got out in plenty of time for me to get to graduation! Graduation only lasted for an hour and a half and then we had a little party afterwards. It was fun to have so much family in town! I'm so glad for all of their support, I wouldn't be who I am without them! YIPPEE for graduation!!! Speaking of graduation...CONGRATULATIONS DAVE BIGGER for defending your thesis and being done with your masters degree!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!

We had our ultrasound yesterday, and we're having a boy! We are so excited!!!! It is funny to hear people's responses to the fact that we're having a boy. We get them all from, "It's because you're in the USU 57th ward and everyone is having boys!" to "It's because you ate a lot of cereal!" (There's been a recent study on this.) While so many people are set on why this is why we're having a boy, we know ultimately it's because it's what the Lord wants us to have. It's so humbling to know that we will be raising this baby to grow to be a righteous priesthood leader in the kingdom of God. Every day I pray (and mostly plead) with the Lord so that I will be in tune with the Spirit to raise our baby up in righteousness so that he will be able to withstand the adversary! Now my prayers are that he will be like unto Moroni! :-) Although he may not do what Moroni did, he might certainly be as physically strong! Have you seen Josh?? He's a hunk! I'm sure he and Moroni look very much alike. Ha ha ha! Anyway, our little boy is healthy and his due date is right on schedule! We are so excited and very nervous for this journey!

It's a baby (you fill in the blank)!!

Hey everyone! I'm 16 weeks along, so we are getting an ultrasound on April 30th! Yes, we are going to find out the sex of the baby. We're taking a poll of what you think the sex of our baby will be. You've got a 50/50 chance. :-) Just a little background on me and Josh to help you out. Josh has 2 sisters and no brothers with more girl cousins than boy cousins. I have 5 brothers and 1 sister with more boy cousins than girl cousins. So there's a little somethin' somethin' that might help...if not, sorry. Now vote and tell us if you think we'll have a boy or a girl. We'll announce the winners when we find out...we hope it's on the first ultrasound....we hope.

Birthdays, papyrus, and a baby....

For the first part of Spring Break Josh and I worked - BORING! But on Thursday of Spring Break we got to go to Boise, ID for Lincoln's 1st birthday! Lincoln is the son of my brother, Blake, and his cute wife, Trish. Lincoln is just so adorable. One funny part was the fact that he wouldn't dig into his cupcake or cake...in fact, the whole thing made him rather upset. You can tell by his picture that he is just so excited about that cupcake. Actually he was more confused at why everyone was looking at him and taking pictures. But when he wasn't being stared at like a tiger in the zoo, he loved the camera - mainly because it's an adult electronic toy. But you can tell by these pictures just how cute he is! He's even cuter in real life! Another fun part about our stay in Boise was that we got to stay at a hotel. We were with my mother, so between the three of us we had a lot of stuff. In my mothers defense she brought stuff for the birthday party, and the sewing machine to fix Josh's suit! Which, by the way, looks SO great...especially on Josh. Anyway, to haul all of our stuff up to the room we got one of those handy dandy luggage carriers. And, of course, my cute husband had too much fun with it. It's a good thing that my younger brother wasn't there...DANGER! We had a great time in Boise and it was hard to leave. It all happened so fast, but we were so glad that we got to spend that time with my mother and Blake and Trish - we love you guys!
Even though the next week meant school, I was really looking forward to Wednesday. That happened to be my bestest girlfriend's birthday - Mrs. Beth Bernards! The saddest part was that I only got to talk on the phone with her for only but a moment because she lives in the third world country of Del Rio Texas. Ha ha. So I decided to celebrate her birthday in a way that I knew she would want me to! I went and got my hair cut and colored! I am such a nice friend! So here's a picture for you Beth Ann - Happy Birthday!
And lastly, we FINALLY got our papyrus all framed and hung! We got it for our wedding and it took forever to finally finish it. Pictured here is the last one of our sequence of three. I wish I could've gotten all three of them in the picture, but they're so big...this way you can see it close up. We did all three of them for around $60 total...yeah, amazing! We got the frames for $5 each and two of the frames already had mats we could use...it was great!

And for REAL lastly - I am 13 weeks pregnant this week. I am due September 27th. I'm pushing for the 25th so it's on my brother's birthday. ;-) I have had "morning sickness" that lasts pretty much all day. But luckily I've never thrown up and now I'm slowly moving out of that stage. Wahew! I am grateful to my sister-in-law, Jen, who gave me some of her maternity clothes...what a blessing!!! I'm still in my same clothes, but I know they'll start to get tighter pretty quick. We are excited and yet very nervous. What a huge responsibility the Lord has given us to raise one of his children in this world. We are so grateful for the love of our Heavenly Father and we know that He will guide us in our weaknesses. We love you all and thank you for your love and support! We are so blessed!

IT's A BABY

Hear ye hear ye let it be known far and wide to all who can read.
THE HUFFS ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More details TBA

I love Josh

what is his name? Joshua Aaron Christopher Henry Billy Eugene Joe Bob Huff III (once removed) - Josh will get this

how long have you been married? About a year and a half

how long did you date? Phone dated for about 9 months and dated in person for about 4 months

how old is he? 24 - I married young!

how old are you? 28 - I told you!

who eats more sweets? It depends on what it is. I eat more ice cream and he eats more candy bars and soda - but you don't really eat soda, do you....

who said I love you first? He did - I have the e-mail to prove it - he may not have been serious, but he said it!!!

who is taller? Josh by almost a foot.

who can sing better? This one is going to have to go to me. But I've also had a lot more training and am currently majoring in the stuff. Josh does have a wonderful voice, though.

who is smarter? Politics - Josh. Sports - Josh. Geography - Hands down Josh - He had to remind me what the state was above Texas. Math - Josh. Economics - Josh. Cars - Josh. Random facts - Josh. Music - me. We balance each other out well.

who does the laundry? It depends who doesn't have homework or who's home. Josh does a great job and I really appreciate it!

who does the dishes? Usually it's me, but my dear husband does his share. He's great.

who pays the bills? Um...it depends. I know how much money and when they're due, but most of the time he does the actual check writing.

his guilty pleasure? The news and reading lots of books of all different genres!

who sleeps on the right side of the bed? When looking at the bed he would be on the right side.

who mows the lawn? If we had a lawn I'm sure it would be Josh.

besides you, who is his best friend? Is there anyone besides me? No, he has a lot of best friends. He's a very friendly person and loves a lot of people. But top on his list are Clark, Drew, Dave, my brother Blake and Chris

who cooks dinner? Me - I like it that way.

who drives? He does and I couldn't be happier about it!!!

who is more stubborn? He is, he says so.

who kissed who first? Josh kissed me first for sure! He had been planning it for months.

who asked who out first? Josh and I had an interesting dating life. But technically he asked me out first because he asked me to this wedding that he was going to. Yes, ladies and gentleman, a wedding...he had the end in site right from the beginning!

what was your first date? Oh, I answered that. Also on our first date we went to Scone Cutters and he got a phone call from his "mom." You can figure out what those quotation marks are - I love you Josh!

who proposed? Josh did...that would be too weird if it were me.

who has more siblings? I do by far. I have five brothers and a sister and Josh only has two sisters. Josh loves the fact that now he has five brothers-in-law.

who wears the pants? I may be older, but I trust Josh as the priesthood holder of our home.

what is your favorite thing about him? Pretty much everything. I love how he tells me that I'm beautiful every day, how he always asks my opinion, how he calls me often just to tell me he loves me, how he always lets me put my freezing cold toes on him at night to warm up, how he will do things just because he knows that I like it, how he will surprise me with a clean house, how he will heat up my rice pack for me, how he's so patient with me, how he's so concerned with others feelings, how he always has a desire to be better, how he reads his scriptures daily and he writes in his journal, how he's so excited to learn and to grow, how he always wants the best for me, and how he loves me more and more every day! I married the best man in the world. I love you Joshua!!!