Holiday Season!

The Holidays were so good to us. What a fun and special time of year. We truly love being with are friends and family and cherish the memories we made this year! We are so grateful for our Savior and all the blessings we have in our lives. Thanksgiving was at D's house this year. It was yummy!! Nat sure knows how to cook a turkey bird. My dad was able to be with us which was a special treat. We sang a little bit of grandmas turkey song, ate some delicious food, had a home- run derby, and best of all announced our bun in the oven( baby hughes). It was such an awesome day. We truly have so much to be thankful for! Christmas was such a blast this year. We celebrated at Cody's which was such a treat. The kids (Collin,Kenz, and baby Will) made it so exciting and we all truly felt the Christmas spirit. The Nativity performance was definitely one of my favorites. We had lots of laughs, good food, golf, presents, and love. Thank you Hughes Family for being so amazing.

Best miracle news ever!!

Ryan and I were anticipating getting Invitro on Dec.8, 2011. We were so excited since we have wanted and been trying to have a sweet little baby for about four years. I had gone through fertility treatment the previous year doing shots, medication, and different testing with no success. We knew the next step was IVF. We found a docter in Las Vegas and were excited and felt lucky that we were able to go through with the process. We had a few more shows before the procedure. I had gotten everything ready medication ordered, blood work, Dr appts. We were doing a show in Germany where I was supposed to start the medication. I had not had a period and was so worried that this was going to mess up the surgery date and whole process. I had been super tired and felt a little different then usual. I thought it was due to all the long hours of travel to Germany. I luckily had a dollar store pregnancy test in my suitcase and decided to take it just in case. I had taken so many and been devastated but this time I saw two faint lines which had never happened. I didn't know whether to jump for joy or cry the lines were quite faint. I could barely tell Ryan we were both so excited but wanted to take another test the next day to be sure. So that's what we did. Boy, it seemed like a long day. I couldn't sleep. I took the test the next morning and it was loud and clear POSITIVE. We were beyond happy and excited. Our hearts were so full.We were laughing hugging in unbelief that we were going to have a precious baby. We could not stop smiling and don't think we will be able to stop. It is still hard to believe and is truly a miracle in our lives. We feel so blessed to start a family and have a baby. We are thankful for everyones thoughts and prayers.I am due July 10, 2012. This is truly the best news ever for the Hughes Crew:)

Cabin Fever

My mom took us all to an amazing cabin in Duck Creek to have a little reunion with my brothers and the kiddos! It was such a blast. We were able to fish,ride the razor,have a scavenger hunt,eat lots of yummy food,hike in the caves, play in the snow, roast smores, and laugh a lot! It is always so fun and special to be together as a family. Thanks so much mom for the awesome trip and fun memories!!

Summer...

Where did summer go? Is it really October? Well we had an amazing Summer!! Ry and I had lots of amazing experiences and loads of fun to say the least. A few of the highlights were:1st Panguitch balloon festival( we love going to hang with Grandma and Grandpa), Little Mermaid with all the girls and Ry for my birthday(Thanks Mom),4th of July at the SunBowl or should I say dirtbowl:),Our First Triathlon at Bear Lake woo woo, Big hike with Cliff in the Unitas, lovely visits from Johnnys Fam, Dad, and Aunt Kathy, we loved taking sweet Gabby girl to Raging Waters, and enjoyed lots of good laughs with everyone. We have loved living in Coral Canyon this summer we did miss the beach a little;) We are so grateful for such loving fun families and friends to share memories with. Thanks to everyone for the Super Summer looking forward to see what Fall brings.

Angels Landing

First time for both of us! We hiked clear to the tip top. It was breath taking. Really a great adventure!!!

Europe here we come!!

We were lucky enough to travel to Europe once again for work. Ryan and I decided to go on a cruise in Greece before we started work in Germany. The plane ride was a little long especially for Ry he had eight kids sitting in his lap and their mother drooling while he was trying to sleep. After 17hrs of flying we finally made it to Greece and were beyond excited to go on our first cruise.We were so excited we slept through breakfast and lunch and basically everytime we sat down it was hilarious.People must of thought we were senior citizens(jk my grandma used to fall asleep everytime she sat down).The first stop was Mykones it was a beautiful city all of the buildings were white just like you see in the movies. We loved the pink pelicans and little Venice. I forgot to mention we stopped in Amsterdam on the plane ride over quite the city!Lots of Bikes,Pot shops,mayonaise,historic buildings,clogs and flowers. The second stop on the cruise was in Turkey one of our favorites. We walked through Ephesus (this is where Paul delievered his message to the Ephesians) it was so neat. We had an awesome taxi driver who told us a lot of history and loved Utah he was cracking us up. While in Turkey someone was trying to sale us a million dollar rug and they thought we really might buy it.crazy. Patamos was our next destination. It was a beautiful day we rode tug boats onto the island. Patamos is the place where John wrote the book of Revelations in the cave. We went inside the cave and also visited St. Johns monestary. Crete was the next morning. It was pretty rainy we didn't do much but we did expolore the city center. Our favorite place was the last day Santorini!! It is on the top of the island we rode cable cars to the top.We really enjoyed the little city even though it was raining did I mentioned we walked down and Ryan slipped in the donkey poop(super funny but not at the time:). We loved our first cruise. We will never forget our trip to the greek islands. Before getting back on the plane to Germany we were able to explore Athens which was Sweet! Working in Germany was awesome!The people were so nice and helpful on the militarty base. The hotel we stayed in was so nice and in the same building as the BX. Sales were great so we also were able to sight see in Munich and Germany's Disneyland Castle Neutshwasein.It was such an amazing trip we are so grateful for the awesome adventure!!

Yellowstone

We made a quick trip to Yellowstone with our friends Beau and Jaime for Valentines. It was such a blast we snowmobiled all day.We saw a ton of buffalo and of course the famous Old Faithful. We had a lot of good laughs. Thanks for the romantic trip Beau and Jaime we love you guys!!