Eric left for Dayton, Ohio today. I dropped him off at the airport at 3, and I have been bored and lonely ever since. I dont know if this happens to any of you, but when he is gone I cant sleep. Partly cause I'm a little afraid someone is going to break into my house (yes I have an over active imagination). But also, cause I miss laying in bed with him. :(

I think its funny that I went my entire life with a queen size bed, never shared it with anyone else, with the exception of nights I had bad dreams, (thanks to The Ring I had many sleepless nights where i had to beg my little sister to come sleep with me) I then went to College and with the exception of my freshman year, also had my own room. There were also many times in college when I was the only roomate home. Heck there was a whole summer where i lived in a 6 bedroom apartment with my roommate Ashely where we were the only ones there. And most of the time, she wasn't even there. So back to what I think is funny about this whole thing, having lived with a queen bed, my own apartment etc, after only 2 years of marriage i can't stand being alone. 22 years of being on my own and it only took 2 years to totally break me.

This isnt the first time Eric has had to leave on a trip, and it wont be the last. But I may need a better action plan next time he leaves. I have already: watched a couple movies, cleaned, shopped online, read some books, made new art pieces for the house, and made Carmel Corn. Its only 11:26 PM and he wont be back until Thursday night. Seriously, I dont know what I am going to do with myself.  If Dayton sounded like a fun city to visit I would go, but lets face it... who wants to go to Dayton?!

So only a few more days of being sad, lonely, and worried that someone is going to break in. Hope your night is going better!

This last week we went to Maui for the Corbetts Family Vacation. We took the Road to Hana, some of us climbed a Volcano, went Parasailing and Snorkeling. We also spent most days laying on the Cabana reading books, getting a tan and playing in the Ocean! Now i could go into detail about all of this, but i dont want to make you too jealous, so i will just show you our great pictures!

Hana the Black Beach

Andrew finishing up everyone elses plate at Lunch in Hana

Andrew, Haylie and Mom Parasailing

Haylie, Andrew, and Mom Parasailing. They said it is a MUST DO

Little White LDS Church. Place where the first baptism in Hawaii took place.

Eric is preaching from the pulpit

On top of the Volcano

Eric on top of the Mountain

Donald

Enjoying the Beach

Kissing my Frog

He turned into my Prince Charming!

Haylie (She's not the youngest)

My Parents

Andrew

Shopping

Me and Haylie

The Kids

I love him!

It was a great vacation! Cant wait till go back in 2013!

Many of you out there reading this blog are moms, so I would love your answer to this question:
(mom i already know your answer)

When a new sister moves into your ward, who doesn't have kids and isn't pregnant, is your first thought... "oh look a new babysitter"?

I ask, because I have now been asked to babysit 3 times now. The last conversation went as followed:
Me: Hello
Sister Black: Is this Hillary?
Me: Yes...
Sister Black: Hi Hillary this is Sister Black from your ward. Do you have any kids?
Me: Nope.
Sister Black: I am having lunch with a few ladies from the ward and was wondering if you could watch my kids for a few hours next Thursday.

Like i have said, i have been asked this a few times now, I have been asked to watch their kids while they go to the Relief Society Meeting, having a lunch date with other moms in the ward, meet their husbands for lunch, and the list goes on. Some of these activities are things I should be going to, like the Relief Society Meetings! I think the other thing that urks me, is when they are going to hang out with other ladies in the ward. Heaven forbid that the new girl would like to make new friends with the women in the ward. Nope instead of getting asked to lunch, she gets asked to babysit. Yeppee!

Now I know many of you will say that I need to make an effort. Well I have and continue to try and make new friends, go to the RS Book Club, invite people over for lunch, or shopping, really anything i can think. Somehow nothing has changed. My Visiting Teaching Companion said that for her it didn't change until she had her first child thats when she was invited into what she called "The Mommy Group".

Now again, I would also like to point out, that our Bishop has said we are one of the ONLY couples in the ward that does not have kids and is not pregnant. We also, this last Sunday started a FOURTH nursery!

Anywho, I could go on and keep venting but I think I will end there. I really am trying to fit into my new ward, and I understand it doesn't happen over night and that every ward will have clicks or weird quirks. But that still doesn't mean it doesn't suck in the meantime.