A Hauck Christmas

Shaye and I had a fabulous Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve at the Scotts' where we had a nativity scene, games, and caroling. We had our own little Christmas and opened up our presents to each other on Christmas Eve also. (Shaye got his fancy, new camera and I got a treadmill :))

We spent Christmas morning at my family's (as usual) and it was a GREAT time! Shaye created this awesome little video of our Christmas morning festivities. (You'll want to click on it to make it full screen.) Hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season!

Our Weekend Trip to Downtown SLC

We took a fun weekend trip a few weekends ago to the Salt Lake City area to visit Shaye's brother Shane. We had such a great time. We went shopping at the Gateway and went to Temple square. I also took Shaye to Ikea...he tried to act unimpressed, but I'm pretty sure he thought it was cool. :)

Below is a short (5 minute) video that Shaye created of our fun little outing in Downtown Salt Lake. (You might want to view the video full screen because my blogger template will cut off some of it if you just view it normally.) You'll see that a lot of these shots are experimental and there's a lot of boring footage of me, but I'm really impressed with how artistic Shaye is in editing videos, so I decided to show it off. Due to his creative flair, hopefully I'll have a lot move nifty stuff to post here.

Hope you're all well and having a great holiday!

What would I do without girl time?

Sorry I've been so an inattentive blogger lately. With starting my PhD in Vegas and teaching college at Dixie, UNLV, and for University of Phoenix online (6 classes in all) I haven't had a whole lot of extra time. However, when I do have extra time, I have been so happy to be able to get out with my mom and sisters, and my friends. I've been blessed with such an amazing family and such supportive friends that have helped me through the hard times and even just the super busy times. What would I do without you all?!

Here are some pictures from my girl adventures over the past few months:

Mom, Steph, and I before a trip to Spoon Me. :)

Cindee, Jenny, and I at Ericka's reception. She looked so incredibly beautiful!

Yes, we were part of the crazy herd of women at the movie theaters on New Moon's opening weekend. (But we definitely didn't go two weekends in a row. That would be really dorky :) ) Needless to say, we LOVED it!

And this is from an infinite ago, but I thought I'd still post it. Caitlin left on her mission a few months ago and is doing awesome. She's stationed at Carthage Jail presently. Love you Cakers!

So as you can see, I'm about as blessed as one can be in the way of having good family and friends. Thanks everyone! :)