Scholarships, Colleges, Graduation

I get so sad when these subjects come up. I can't believe that my baby is growing up. It seems like only yesterday that I took her to Preschool and then kindergarten and now her last few months of high school and then off to college. WAIT, STOP!!! I want time to slow down, I don't feel like I have aged THAT MUCH!!! We have been looking at different colleges. She has applied to UVU-Utah Valley University, SUU-Southern Utah University and Dixie. She has been accepted to all 3, now the decision. She wants to move away from home, but I keep telling her, you have free room and board here, you have a job, food-here, and Dixie is a great school. So she went on a field trip to SUU, right after the snow storm. She was NOT impressed with the snow. SHE HATED THE SNOW and she came home and said, "I don't want to go to SUU or UVU, I guess I am staying here." HOORAY!!!! She wants to go into Dental Hygiene, we will see how strong her stomach is for that type of career. Hopefully, her stomach is stronger than mine. Life has gone by soooo fast. I am so proud of the young woman she has grown up to be. I feel so honored to be her mother. Life is good, until May 27th comes along. I will be a wreck when graduation day comes.

Major Babysitting Time

We babysat Major while Andy took Tia away for their anniversary. I came out to see what Trevor was doing with Major outside and I see Major on his shoulders, I think nothing of it, because that is what Major is use to. His dad carries him on his shoulders and so does Trevor. BUT, his dad doesn't carry him on his shoulders while riding the WAVE. My jaw dropped and I said to Trevor in a calm voice, so that he didn't fall, "Trevor, please get off that WAVE right now. DO NOT PUT HIM ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND RIDE THAT." Meanwhile, Major is smiling and starts crying when he stopped. So Trevor carried him on his chest and rode the WAVE. I don't know what my kid was thinking, he wasn't. He did not see the big deal, it was totally second nature to him.

Crutches for Haiti

There is so much help being poured out to help those who were involved in the massive devastation in Haiti. Dr. Simister's brother went over to help, a few of our patients went over and a good friend of mine, Shellie went over for 3 weeks to help. Well at work as we were talking about Haiti and those going over to help one of our assistants from the back said that her uncles are all over there helping in the medical part of it. They said that there are so many people that are having there legs amputated, but they are concerned about them being able to get around after having it done and they don't have access to crutches, wheelchairs or walkers. So they started a foundation and started to collect crutches, wheelchairs, etc. So she mentioned if any of us have any of these, that she is going up and would like to take some with her. After our meeting I got to thinking, why not include our patients and put up a sign in the waiting room and let them see the need. Well I also added it to our facebook and we have had a few of our wonderful patients bring in crutches. We will be collecting till March, we have another plane going over there to take them. Every little bit counts. We have had a few groups come in for donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste to put together hygiene kits. It's the least we can do.

2 years...

Today was quite an emotional day for some of our family. Cambria came home last night from saying,"Goodbye" to Jeff. He was set apart as a missionary last night at 9:00pm and she went over before to say her goodbyes. She was quite upset and missing him. She is very excited for him to go on a mission, but she is going to miss his friendship. I couldn't help but to just hug her and hold her for a minute. I totally know what she is going through, it brought back the night I said goodbye to Bryan when he left on his mission. I told her, give it a few weeks and you will feel better. You will always think of him, but you will have fun again, I promise!!! She said that she can't even look at another guy or even think about going out with another guy. I told her, "That will go away too, believe me, you want to date other guys and I know this sounds bad, but Out of sight, out of mind".

We had scripture reading this morning and Cambria was weaping and Bryan whispered to me, "what is she crying about?" Well afterwards we had prayer and Cecilee said it and blessed, "Jeff as he entered the MTC and blessed Cambria that her heart would feel better, etc." (Such a sweet and tender prayer for her sister)By the end of the prayer, Cam, Cec and I were all crying, Bryan says, "He didn't die, he went on a mission!!" OH MY GOODNESS could you show some compassion please. Then he said, "Think about it from his view, he's leaving everyone and everything to go to a place that he has nothing and knows NOBODY, he has every reason to cry." WOW, thanks Bry for the compassion.

Missionary Jeff

Well Cambria has been dating a boy who is leaving for his mission this Wednesday, January 27th. She met him in September and they have been friends ever since. He is a very good boy, who comes from a great family. Well, today was a semi-farewell he was the youth speaker. (He went on a mission about a year ago and came home 3 days into the MTC, because he didn't feel like he was ready to be there and he didn't feel like he was there for HIM.) So that is the reason for the semi-farewell, because he had a farewell a year ago and didn't want to make a big deal about going back. So Cambria met him and continued to encourage him to go back in the mission field. (I told Cambria, that I am a BIG believer that we are put in peoples lives at certain times for a reason. And I believe that she was meant to meet Jeff, to help him go back to the mission field.) He is READY and ready for himself. He is very excited and will be a great missionary.

The only thing that I am worried about facing is the GOODBYE on Wednesday. She is being pretty strong and excited for him, but I know, BECAUSE I have been there, how her heart is going to feel. I couldn't help but shed a few tears during his talk. I know that he was talking about my daughter when he spoke of certain people that he had met during this year and the example that they have been for him. YOu never know what will happen in the next 2 years. I am proud of Jeff and the decision that he has made for himself and the great missionary that he is going to be.

Junior Prom 2010

Junior Prom took place on Saturday, January 23rd. It is Cambria's Senior Year and Cecilee's Sophomore year. They were both very excited they were asked.

Getting Ready for the dance
SISTERS and BEST FRIENDS

Sydnee and her friend, Aspen LOVE to watch the girls get ready and wait for their dates. They were in heaven watching all the festivities.Cambria went with Alex Wright



Cecilee loves to where Chuck Taylors to the dances Cecilee went with Chad Gough
Cecilee forgot to get a boutinere, so she ran to Lin's Market and bought a rose, when she brought it back we tried to put together a boutinere. Here it is. Not too bad.

Spaghetti Boy

Tia and I went to lunch at Olive Garden, (NOT A KID RESTAURANT) we had Major and he was getting a little antsy. We finally just gave him his own bowl of spaghetti and let him feed himself. He loved it, spoon and all. Look at the look on his face.

My husband was brave

I received the funniest phone call today at work, I answered it and it was my husband on the other line. I asked him, "What's going on?" He said in a rushed and hurried voice, "I don't have time to talk, I am standing in the aisle of the tampons and pads, what am I supposed to get for Sydnee, she just called me and she needs something." So I told him to calm down, NOBODY thinks its for YOU, they know that you are getting it for your wife or daughters, so take a deep breath and calm down. He said, "Just hurry and tell me what I am suppose to get." I told him, look for Ultrathin Regular Pads. If you look at your fist, the package is about the same size. Then he said, "Something says Wings, whats that?" Oh Bryan, she doesn't know about wings yet so just get the regular and make sure you take the time to read the label and you get the right package. He said, "I don't want to take time to read all the packages, this is so embarrassing, I am sweating I am so embarrassed." I couldn't help but laugh my head off, I was laughing so hard that the ladies in the office wanted to know what was so funny. I could just picture him in the aisle BEET RED, almost purple and sweating looking at all of the feminine hygiene products. I wish I could see the store video on that one. Love you, hon

Pizza Family Time

Cambria and Cecilee being silly with their crust. Love Cambria's face, haven't ever seen that look before. hahaha
Me, Bryan and my sidekick, Sydnee putting together our pizza. The girls being creative with their pizza sauce.

We went to Costco yesterday and they had Boboli pizza for a sample. It was delicious, so I bought 4 so that we could make pizzas as a family after church. It's always lots of laughing and sometimes ends up crying & fighting, but we had a good family activity. Cambria and Cecilee always have fun & loves to make everyone laugh, Trevor doesn't find them very amusing-but finds them irritating sometimes, but always participates & Sydnee is always right by my side to help and wanting to learn what to do next. It's just fun to be together as a family. I love these times that we can be together and have lots of fun. I just have to always remember that everyday brings me closer to my children growing up and moving out of my house. So I cherish these times!!!

Basketball Time

TREVOR being Coached by his coach.



Well, our family goes from one sport to another and now it's BASKETBALL season. Trevor loves playing fast pace sports. He has always had his sports picked out since he was a little guy. Football, Basketball, and Soccer. We had someone come to us and want us to bring Trevor to a Rugby practice, because they saw him play football, and thinks that he will do just as well with Rugby. Well we told Trevor and he said, "NO. I don't want to play that." We said, "how do you know unless you try it?" So I will be doing some talking and whispering in his ear and try to convince him to JUST TRY IT.

Boys, Boys, Boys!!!!!

Tonight my husband and I wanted to have a visit with our girls. It first started with Cecilee and we just wanted to know what exactly was going on with her and her "FRIEND". We were under the understanding that they were "JUST FRIENDS". Well, when you are hanging out with each other during every waking moment, something is going to develop. And we are NOT stupid, something definately is developing. So Bryan wanted to address it. We don't want boyfriends in high school. High school life can be lots of fun without feeling attached to another person. We like her "FRIEND", he's a really nice boy, but they need to have fun in high school with other people. Well after the visit with Cecilee, of course there were tears and her telling us, "I don't have any other friends, and you don't like him, blah, blah, blah." That is not true about her not having any friends, but when you stick with just one person, you aren't allowing yourself to have other friends. They all think, "oh she's with him." So we ended our visit with hugs and love.

Well, we had another visit with Cambria after she came home from work. Bryan wanted to talk to her about her "FRIEND". He is leaving on a mission in 2 weeks and she wants to spend as much time with him as possible. Well, we have to keep reminding her that Satan doesn't want him to go, so he is going to do everything in his power to keep him from going. She just doesn't see it, she always says, "You don't trust me." I always tell her, "I trust YOU, it's SATAN that I don't trust!!!!" She is so innocent and doesn't see things that can happen. I tell her, "It can happen to anyone, no matter how strong YOU think YOU ARE! Feelings start and then everything goes out the window." She always tells me, "Mom, you are disgusting, that is NOT giong to happen." We feel as parents that we have to be BLUNT with our kids. We tell them just how it is. We explained to them also about when we were growing up, some of our friends would talk about Dry H*****, but nothing happened. We had our clothes on, we were just kissing, blah... I wasn't ever able to talk to my mom and dad about this kind of stuff, but with my kids, I want them to know - that we KNOW, Satan is out in FULL FORCE and he wants these kids that were saved for these LATTER DAYS. He is not holding back, and he will get them, if we DON'T warn them and let them know of these things. I love my kids more than anything in this world and I will do everything in my power to help them stay on the straight and narrow. I also told Cambria and Cecilee that it is THEIR responsibility as young women, to make sure that these boys go on missions. That they keep themselves clean to be able to serve and NOT have to come home and "Take Care of things". That they don't EVER want to have any regrets about anything like that. The Lord's work is more important and he needs these strong, valiant young men to go and do his work.

Sorry, if this post was a little TOO STRONG, but like I said earlier, it's for my journal.

My mom and dad have a blog

I spent the afternoon trying to get my mom into the blogging world. My friend totally inspired me to be a better blogger so that I could print my blog to a book. She showed her book and that just triggered something in me about keeping a family journal. I have always kept a journal, but I haven't been real consistent, so with my blog I am going to be more consistent and excited to be able to print it into a book. I told my mom all about it and I told her that I wanted her to start keeping her own blog and I will help her with pictures and also be able to blog on hers. Her blog address is www.ahquintribe.blogspot.com ,I hope you enjoy both blogs.

JR. Prom - Will You.....?

"WOOD" You go with me to Jr. Prom?
Cambria had to unscramble his name in the strips of WOOD Cambria was going to put HONEYCOMB cereal all over his car and add this saying. But I told her, DON'T waste the cereal, give him the box and cover it and add the saying, then he can eat the cereal. So we added a comb and balloons. On the back of the box it said, "I am So excited, Cambria Horlacher and we added a picture of the two of them.

Happy Birthday to my Baby Sister Tia

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear TIA,

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!

Andy and Tia-True Love

Tia and Cecilee

Tia and Cambria

Tia and her little BIG BOY, Major!!!!
We celebrated Tia's 24th birthday on Sunday night, January 10th. She is such a good girl who I am so proud of the woman, mom, wife and person that she is becoming. She has always been such a good girl, but since she has gotten married and become a mom, I have seen a totally new woman. She has totally prioritized her life to make her marriage and motherhood her number one priority. I love watching her take care of Major and her husband Andy. I don't think anyone could've picked a better match for her than Andy. They are a great team together. To watch them as parents and as a couple, I am so happy for Tia. I haven't seen her soo happy. I am so excited for her and her upcoming 2nd baby. Wow, that's going to be a family of 4.

I remember when my mom was pregnant with Tia, I would take my mom to an from her Dr. appts to La Habra in California, which was about an hour away, and I wasn't even 16 yet. But my mom was on bedrest for her whole pregnancy, so that she could deliver Tia. My mom let ME name Tia. I named her T- Tonya, I=Irene, A=AhQuin. When Tia was born I went to the store and bought her "coming home" from the hospital outfit. When I would take my mom to the Dr. for her appt. I would wait out in the waiting room with Tia and people would just stare at me and think that the baby was mine. I would PURPOSELY say OUTLOUD, "Tia, MOM is coming out, so stop crying." I wanted everyone to know this was my little sister, NOT my baby. I loved taking care of Tia, she was like my little living doll. As she got older, I would take her on my dates with Bryan and she would always say, "Where's Byan?" Bryan left on his mission when she was 2 1/2. I loved dressing her and taking her everywhere with me. When she went to Kindergarten, I remember standing with my mom at the bus stop and I cried. We have always been close and when I had Cambria, Tia was 7 so she was more like a sister instead of an Aunty. She has always been such a great example for my girls and they have always thought of her as a sister instead of Aunt. They are so close. I am thankful for Tia's testimony and love of our Savior that she shares with everyone. I love you so much Tia and am so proud of the person that you have become. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!!!

I journaled most of this for my records. I saw on my friends blog that she just printed out her blog into a book and that gave me more of an incentive to blog better and make it more of a journal for me and my family. Thanks Andrea.

Las Vegas Cheer Competition 2010

MEETING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR COMPETITION.
READY TO PERFORM THEIR SHOW CHEER.

THE GIRLS RALLYING THE CROWD.

POSING WITH THEIR TROPHYS - 1ST AND 3RD

Some of the girls with their coach: Sheryl Kitchen

l to r (Brynley, Hailey, Kasey, Korney, Alexa, Sheryl, Maddie, Cambria & Jenna
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Today we traveled down to Las Vegas for Cambria's last cheerleading competition of her high school career. Right before the girls went into the warm up room, one of her coaches came up to where all of the parents were and asked if we knew anyone that was just leaving St. George on their way there, because one of the girls had left their green skirt. I was thinking to myself, ARE YOU SERIOUS, then she looked at me and said, Tonya it's Cambria. I about died. I could've killed her right there. Are you serious!!!! That was SOOOOO out of her character, she is ALWAYS so prepared. Great, now all of the mom's were getting together and coming up with some ideas, we can make her a skirt, we can borrow from another squad, etc. Then the coach said my 4 yr old has a skirt we are going to see if we can squeeze Sharly into it and move all of the girls up a skirt. So they did, everyone worked together and made it work. NOW that is teamwork!!!! The girls performed great, they won 1st place in sideline dance against Desert Hills, and 3rd in their show cheer out of 8 teams. They did great considering so many other distractions. We had a great day, I was just glad to spend it with my cheerleader. She makes me happy to be her mom.