Huffaker Family

It's June!!

2011-06-11T13:14:00.000-07:00

So once again, a LARGE amount of time has passed since the last time we posted anything and because of this, I wouldn't be surprised if anyone even checks anymore. But lucky for the two people that will actually read this, not only do I have time BUT actually thought of blogging, so I figured better late the never!

So where to start...The holidays were fun, but let's start at the beginning of the year. My sweet Grandpa Harris passed away in January. We miss him a lot and are so grateful to all of you who helped out during that time!

Love you grandpa!

FEBRUARY came and went and was pretty uneventful. In MARCH Mack turned two and to celebrate, we had a luau!

In APRIL, I went to Utah for my sister-in-law's baby shower and graduation! My parents came up and my in-laws came and it was great! Jacoby couldn't make it because he had tests, so it meant so much that everyone else came. Someone has pics of everyone there, but I don't know who...so you'll have to settle for this...

Then, in MAY, Cody graduated from ASU law school. It was so fun to go to his ceremony and a huge accomplishment on his part. We are so proud of him. Jax also went to prom and looked so handsome and grown up!!

Also in MAY was my dad's birthday. My mom borrowed a corvette for the night and they went out on the town!

JUNE: One of the main things we have been doing so far this June, is working on a house for my Grandma Harris. She bought a house right by my parents and we have been helping fix it up. We're excited for her to live closer to my parents and can't wait until it's all finished! Also, my parents went on our stake's pioneer trek as a "Ma" and "Pa". As nervous/anxious/worried for it as they were, they ended up having a great experience.

Jacoby taking down the hideous built int entertainment center...

Well, I think that will do for now!! As much as I hope to better at updating and hope someone else will pitch in too, I can't make any promises. But I promise we'll try!

The Holidays and more...

2010-12-07T12:15:00.000-08:00

So it's been months since anything has been posted, and since I recently finished student teaching and have time on my hands, I was nominated to be the updater. Obviously a lot has happened since July: Jacoby has his official white coat ceremony, we had a mini Harris family reunion, Halloween came(Dad dressed up as who else but Darth Vader, Cody was a rocker from the 80's, though, he could have been mistaken as me according to some lady. Tracy was the King himself, I was a golf ball, Jacoby a golfer, Mack the cutest bomber pilot ever, and Jaxon was a smurf). And the jeep was finished and Jax has actually been driving it for a while...but on Thanksgiving the axle broke and the tire fell off while driving I think(that's what they get for having me update this) and THANKFULLY no one was hurt but the jeep...hopefully it will be up and running again soon...

Oh and I had to add this picture. It's the boys playing Wii dance...it was the funniest thing ever...next time we'll have to get a video.

June and July!!

2010-07-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

So even though an attempt was made to update the blog in June, the computer wouldn't download the pictures, so after a lot of frustration, I gave up. But I figured it was worth another shot. Now, it will be an update on June and July. At the end of May we celebrated my Dad and my birthdays with my grandma's delicious fried chicken, creamed corn, and strawberry pie (among other things). It is AMAZING and we are so lucky to have her! Jax and my dad, sold the firebird and are now currently working on a jeep...a 1965 CJ-5? Jacoby helps out a lot and I have even pitched in and helped! My parents also planted a garden a while back, and there is all sorts of good stuff coming up, including some watermelon! And some really awesome carrots(hence the picture below). Hmmm.. I think that is good enough for June.

Now for recently. We started the month off by going to Coronado, California, which is pretty much our favorite place ever. We were able to celebrate the 4th there, and we all LOVED the patriotic, small town feel. But besides dreading returning to the heat, the rest of July has been swell. Below are a few pictures of the last few months. Sorry I'm not better and narrating each picture, but at least I'm updating, right?

GO SUNS!!!!

2010-05-24T13:21:00.001-07:00

Graduation and stuff

2010-05-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, so no one has updated anything lately, so I figured I should, since a lot has happened in the last couple weeks. Jacoby graduated and with that came a weekend full of graduation activities. We went to the students athlete luncheon for graduating seniors, which was a lot of fun. Then the commencement and the one where he actually walks. It made for a long, but fun weekend. I took tons of pics, but these are just a few...

It was fun...THEN, the next weekend we decided to go on a cruise. It was a Caribbean cruise and a blast. I would post some pictures of that, except, we packed up our apartment and our cord is somewhere in a box. Which brings me to the next big thing. We are moving down to AZ this Sunday. We are really excited, but it is bittersweet as well. There are tons of things we will miss here, like family and friends. But we're glad we are only a state away and will be back to visit a lot. Well that is an update on our lives! We'll see all you Arizonans soon!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!

2010-04-02T06:55:00.000-07:00

So this is 2 days late, but I figured better late than never. So happy 27th Anniversary mom and dad!! We love you guys so much!!

Happy Birthday Day Mack!! We love you!!

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Thanks for all the fun Tracy!!!

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Tracy and Chelsea an I engaged in some Irish Folk dancing!!

St Paddys Day

2010-04-01T14:34:00.000-07:00

HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY!!!

We had a fun time at our St. Paddys day party. We played Irish drinking games(with Root beer of course) The girls won Root Beer Pong!! WOO HOO Girls!!

2010-03-12T06:19:00.000-08:00

In November we took a family trip to Disneyland !

It was our Christmas present to the kids and Mack's first trip. We had a blast!!

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Me and Shnubba at Small world.

Last snow storm??

2010-03-04T15:38:00.001-08:00

As I'm sitting here in my apartment, there is a snow storm going on outside. Instead of hating it like I usually do, I realize it could be one of my last(for a while anyways). Yes, that's right. For those of you who do not know, Jacoby and I are moving to AZ!! Jacoby is going to medical school at Midwestern, which is in Glendale. And we are soo excited! So I am taking in the snow, and though I will not miss it, I am not completely hating it!!

Since I don't have any snow pics, I thought I would add different pictures of the people we are so excited to soon live by!! They are mostly older pictures and don't have a lot with Jacoby(or Mack) in them, but soon there will be plenty more of ALL of us!

ha....

The family meeting Jacoby.

Well...as you can see, our family is pretty awesome, and we are so excited to get to move to Arizona to be closer to them!

FINALLY an update...

2010-01-06T14:50:00.000-08:00

So, I have been waiting for someone in my family to update this blog. Especially, because since the last post, many fun things have happened like Disneyland, Christmas, etc. Well I don't have any of these pics, explaining why I have not done it myself. BUT the day after Christmas, dad, mom, and Jaxon came up to Utah to visit Jacoby and me and we took pictures!!(Thanks to our new camera that Santa gave us.) There's not a ton and my dad took most of them because he forgot his camera, so yay, here they are:

This is us playing Wii...yup, pretty exciting.

The boys all ready to go snowboarding(mom and I went shopping instead.)

My family was lucky enough, ha, to experience the joy of snow while they were here. Ya, I know this is a bad picture, but if you can't tell, it's snowing in the background.

What Arizonans do when it snows....

...they take videos and pictures of it.

Ok, I understand the fascination of the snow, especially because living in Mesa, it is never seen!! So to be able to see it actually snow is a fun thing!! My dad said while it was snowing that it was maybe the 3rd time in his whole life he has ever seen it snow. Well, I used to think like that. But now I live in Utah and dread the weather forecast. Ya, it's pretty to watch, but when you consider driving in it and risking your life to get to school and work, the joy is gone. So it's a good thing this is my last real winter for a while. Only a couple more months...

Anyway, we were so grateful my parents and Jaxon could come visit us. We had so much fun with them and loved showing them around!! We missed Cody, Tracy, and baby Mack though. Hopefully, we'll see them soon!!

Our British Invasion

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More Beatle mania

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Our Beatle's concert was a blast thanks to Jaxon, Max, Ben and Hunter!!

Beatles Mania

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Oh Halloween 2009, you came and went way too fast! One little gem that you held for us this year was the performance of the Beatles. Jaxon and co. rocked their hearts out! These are a few pics, though there are too many funny ones to post. - My little french man Mack has more pics on my blog (In case you were wanting more of the snootiness) ( tracyandcody@blogspot.com )

Happy Birthday Beautiful Tracy

2009-09-15T16:07:00.000-07:00

Never in a million years could we have picked a more perfectly beautiful and amazing funny
girl for our favorite firt born son. We love you lots and lots little beauty!!

A fun-filled Weekend

2009-08-31T14:20:00.001-07:00

We had a fun-filled weekend full of swimming at Woofauny's house and then going to the diamond backs game. Mack did pretty good, but couldn't sleep through the crazy cheer at the game (we won 9-0) SO he was a little cranky there by the end.
::BTW:: The pic of him by the pool is a little freaky weird, but aren't his eyes so bright and beautiful?

Speechless

2009-08-27T10:59:00.000-07:00

The absolute most cutest grandbaby ever in the world,my bubby Mack!

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Happy B-day Mom!!

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HAPPY B-DAY MOM!! For those of you that know my mom, you know that she is pretty amazing, and the best mom ever!! We are all soooo lucky to have her!! Love you mom!!

Remembering...

2009-07-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

Remember that one time I took a freaky weird picture that looked like Cody wanted to eat the world??

NY was fun.

Double vision

2009-07-01T23:32:00.001-07:00

26th Anniversary: Mom and I and some of our friends

Newlyweds!!

2009-06-09T18:00:00.000-07:00

It has been a couple weeks since we have been married, and though I don't have our wedding pictures yet, I thought I would post some pictures from our honeymoon. We went on a cruise up the west coast. It was supposed to go the other way towards Mexico but...the swine flu happened. But we still had a blast. The first few pictures are of the drill we had to do and though it was boring, we fond whipped out the camera and entertained ourselves! The other picture is the view from our balcony!!

Our first stop was in Astoria, OR. It was rainy and a bit chilly for me(luckily it was the coldest here, and got warmer as the ship went on.) We didn't do much here, just walked around, and went to a book store. And this lovely sign is what welcomed us into the port...

The second stop was in Victoria, Canada. And these are some of the random pics we took while there. It was Canada, we didn't know of any famous spots, so we took pictures of what we liked!

This was our last and final stop; Vancouver. It was BEAUTIFUL!! We rented a tandem bike and rode around Stanley Park which is huge and so green, and there is a beach on one side, and an amazing view of the city on another. It was so fun, and big!!

Every night when we would go back to our room, there would be a towel animal waiting for us. And this monkey was by far my favorite.

Then, this was our last night on the ship, so we got a picture with our dinner group. They were really a great group of people and we got to nkow them pretty well!! It made dinner way more fun than being stuck at a table with weirdos.

SO as you can see, our honeymoon was a blast!! In fact, we are already planning our next cruise!!

The Wedding

2009-05-19T10:48:00.000-07:00

Just a few fun pics from Chachoby's wedding. Good times. I can't wait to recreate these moments again in another week :)

Chels's shower

2009-04-17T17:34:00.001-07:00

i LOVE the expression on Chelsea's face. PRICELESS.. hee hee hee

GQ

2009-03-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

Don't worry - I know this isn't Mack.blogspot.com, its huffaker family blog, and i do apologize for the countless pictures of my adorable son... but come on, look at this picture. I thought it would be a shame not to post it. We have already contacted abercrombie modeling agency... we as parents are set!

Lil' schoochiee woochie

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Doesn't get any cuter !!!!

2009-03-18T14:10:00.000-07:00

Here are just some pictures of my beautiful little boy. I had to add the bath one because he instantly fell asleep in the bath- it was hillarious!

Mack at the hospital

2009-03-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

So these are pictures of the hospital experience!! - Hooray for Mack! Thank you so much Darin/Lori/Jaxon for being with us at the hospital and for bringing us delicious food! You guys are the best! Having Mack was truly an amazing experience!! I love it.. (but its not like i had a natural birth that lasted 20 hours!) Altogether I was in labor about 6 and a halfish hours and pushed maybe 4 or 5 times. I'd like to take this moment to thank the line of birthing hips that run throughout my family! ... usually I hate you, but this past week, you have been good to me :)

Florida here we come!!!

2009-03-04T13:16:00.000-08:00

So tonight Jacoby and I are going with his family to Orlando, FL!! His little sister has a big dance competition down there, so we're going to go watch and play. I'm way excited...never been before but you all know that!! Tracy, try to hold baby Mack in until I'm back ok?? I'll think of you guys as I'm riding away on roller coasters!!

I'm blogging??

2009-02-28T15:25:00.000-08:00

Hey! Ok, so I'm new at this whole blogging thing, and quite honestly, never thought I would do it. But here I am with my first post EVER!! So Jacoby is in Oklahoma right now at the Mountain West Conference Swimming Championship. Tonight is his last race, and he finished prelims in third place, so hopefully tonight he can swim fast and score BYU some major points. And because of this, I though I'd post a swimming picture of him.

Anyway, that's whats going on right now, but besides that, we're just excited to get married!! We're only about 2 1/2 months away! YAY!! Oh and why not, I'll post one of our favorite engagement pictures. I don't know if I told all of you, but he enlarged this and put it in a frame and gave it to me for Christmas. And I LOVE it.

formal appology

2009-02-25T04:29:00.000-08:00

Jacoby.. after viewing this sesame clip, I have now realized the importance of the letter 'Y'. Please excuse my ignorance on the very important issue. I have seen the light!!

I knew Cody had it in him

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I hope I am doing this right we'll see thanks for setting this up.

I couldn't resist

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To all my fellow Huffs...

2009-02-24T14:45:00.000-08:00

Alright you guys!!... its time to blog!!!

I have selected the family crest displayed on my large bum to start this blog off the right way!!! The only 2 rules I have for this blog are #1... no making fun of my spelling!! and #2 everyone must contribute!.. Chelsea I feel left out of your and Jacobi's lives ...tear.... so please keep us informed of wedding/life plans!!! The second picture I posted is of Cody climbing the most amazing tree EVER.. (behind the Desert schools on brown) Everyday while driving home from Darin/Lori's house I have the strongest urge to stop and climb it!! Seeing as how I am ginormous at the moment I made Cody.. the lucky dog!