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.

We have now been in Wisconsin for 2 months now, which means I have a lot to catch up on.
ERIC UPDATE:
Eric has enjoyed working for Epic. The campus is AMAZING. Each building has a different theme. There is a hallways to Heaven. They even have an elevator to Hell. Eric's building is Dungeon and Dragons. The doors into the building are large castle doors. There are other exciting aspects to Epic, I just havent explored them yet. I grabbed a picture cause I had to share how cool this building is!

FUN IN THE SUN:
If you remember, Eric bought me Golf Clubs for my birthday a couple of years ago. Well we went golfing to a 3 par course. I did pretty good. I pretty much double bogeyed every whole. Not bad for someone that doesn't play!

We also went to Noah's Ark Waterpark, which is the largest waterpark in the World, at least thats what they advertise. It was SO much fun! The Picture above is the longest water ride. It is like a roller coaster. Its awesome! They had a TON of rides and 2 large wave pools.

This blue ride is CRAZY. I wouldn't stand in line with Eric, because I was worried that after Eric went, they wouldnt let me walk back down, cause there was no way i was going on that ride.  Just in case you cant see it, at the top you step into the tub, then they drop the bottom, and you go down the blue ride and LOOP then come out. Yes, I said you do a loop. So sadly Eric will just have to wait until either our friends are able to come or family, cause i will NOT go on that ride.

NEW CLOTHES:
Our wonderful friends Neal and Michelle picked out a FABULOUS suit for Eric! Since Eric was graduating and had a birthday in April, I wanted to get him something nice so I asked them to pick out a suit for me and send it over. Eric LOVED it. He couldn't wait for it to come back from the tailors so he could wear it. We also had to get him new shoes. So Sunday Eric looked like a stud.

I kept complimenting him at church :) I'm sure at some point he got annoyed but i didn't care.

LET'S GET CRAFTY

I have also tried to become more crafty. I have wanted to change the stain of this table FOREVER, but never found the time or the place, but now that we live in an apartment that has a balcony I can stain it! I'm not done yet, so i will have the after pictures when I am done.

Hillary Update:
I lost 10 pounds... hopefully more to come! I will post pictures later... just not yet :)

Hope you are having a great summer too!

Last night Eric and I were at our first Cub Scout event (we are now Den leaders in cub scouts) we made Playdough and played pictionary with the play dough. The boys LOVED it!

Well while we were playing, the cub master came by and told us there was a tornado warning for the city and we had to go to the gym. So thats what we did. We stayed in the church for another 30 minutes. Good thing the gym has balls for the boys to play with.

Eventually they said the worst had past, but it was still super windy and raining really hard. (Some areas had Golf ball sized hail) On the ride home we noticed that the power was out, and trees were every where!

It was super exciting until i realized that my emergency kit was always set up to get my to grandmas house. ya... i dont think that will work anymore. So we will be working on becoming more prepared. yeppee for growing up.

Yesterday was mine and Eric's 2 Year Anniversary! It feels like a lot longer... in a good way! The good news is we still love each other, and we still have a ton of fun! He is still my best friend and the person I want to spend eternity with.

Now would be a good time to give an update, since a lot has happened in the last couple months! In April we both turned 24! One more year until we can rent a car without paying an additional fee!

Eric Graduated from BYU! And then we moved to Wisconsin! We had our apartment packed and moved in 3 days. Eric drove, and I read all three Hunger Games... in 3 days. I have an addiction to reading. After 22 hours in the car, we made it to our new home. Which we LOVE! We went to our new ward, which does indeed have a HUGE primary, there are 3 nurseries, and 2 of every age group. The ward seems Super nice. I was even invited to go to a Water Theme Park with my new friend Carolyn and her 3 kids. It was SO fun! But i am jumping ahead.

Eric started his new job on Monday at Epic. They are a healthcare software company. Because of this we have AMAZING healthcare! No deductible or copays! How amazing?! If we ever have a baby it will be FREE. Love it.

While Eric has been hard at work, i have been working for my company via internet, unpacking our apartment, going to water parks, and going to the gym. You know my life is super hard these days :)

Many of you know that Eric and I have been without TV for the last 2 years. So I have been out of the loop on fashion, politics and TV shows. Our first week here Eric and I bought a TV with Direct TV. While Eric has been at work, i have been soaking in the television. Most recent addictions include:

The Real Housewives of New York and Orange County. I really only watch this one because the drama is hilarious!

Pregnant in Heels- also humorous because some of these women are CLUELESS, i love it!

The Royal Wedding and EVERYTHING Kate Middleton. Yes, i have watched the recaps of the wedding, and googled all of the outfits she has worn that i have missed out on. I have come to this conclusion: I want to look like her. She always looks AMAZING!



Love it.

I just got the call today that we were approved for our apartment!! As promised here are the pictures of our new place. These are the pictures of the model we looked at. This is a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo. Enjoy!

The outside of the apartment
The walking path from our apartment to Eric's work.
The Master Bathroom. It has a huge walk in closet at the end.
The Laundry room. Yes, I said ROOM.
The Master Bedroom
The Dining Room
My Favorite Part- The Kitchen. It comes with stainless steel!
Living Room
Our Porch. LOVE IT!

Well after flying to Vegas, we then flew to Milwaukee, WI. Yes you read that right. We then drove to Madison, WI to start looking for a new place to live. Eric got a job after graduation with a company called Epic. I dont know what he will do, other then something like an account manager. We got in late on Friday, so it was uneventful. We did however see this awesome billboard on the drive from Milwaukee to Madison.
We both couldn't believe that we saw this. We were laughing a lot. So Friday we checked and were exhausted from traveling, and found the BYU basketball game being broadcast on the internet. It made our night. Saturday we had a bunch of appointments to look at apartments. We also drove around looking for nice looking apartment locations that we hadn't seen online. I think the biggest shocker to Eric and I, was that a place could look SUPER nice on the outside, and be SCUM on the inside. It was really disappointing. After the appointments were over, we went back to the Hotel, to get lunch and watch the BYU basketball game vs San Diego State. In the process Eric got the flu, fever and all. AND we lost. Luckily we were also watching the Washington basketball game, and that lifted our spirits.

Sunday, we found our new place. We had seen this condo online, and had really crossed and fingers and prayed that it would work out. Its 7 minutes away from Erics work, its in the price range we wanted, and it had the layout we liked. We walked through the model, filled out our applications, and hopefully we will hear back later this week if we were approved! I will post pictures of it, if we get the call saying we were approved.

We are now sitting in the Phoenix airport, just waiting for our flight back to SLC. Now all we need to do, is start packing our apartment. Eric graduates April 22nd, and he starts working with Epic on May 2nd. So let the countdown begin. (38 days till graduation) We will hire a company to move us, Epic pays for relocation, gotta love it! Its so nice to be able to say where we will be living and to have a plan. We are both really excited to start this new chapter of your life!

My day started this morning at 4 am. Yes thats right 4 am. Eric and I had a flight to catch at 6:20 am. We got to the airport, and the line for security was all the way to the last bag claim carousel. Yep. Who would have thought the airport could be that busy on a Friday morning! We caught our flight to Vegas (This is not where our journey ends) with minutes to spare, Eric had to hold my hand in the airport cause i wasn't walking fast enough. i felt like a child, cause i was literally being dragged to our plane. So we made our flight, and have been sitting in the Las Vegas airport since 6:15. Our flight out doesn't leave till 10:45. I must say i am really disappointed in the quality of entertainment at the Las Vegas Airport. You would think there would be shopping, or a McDonalds. I am sad to report there is NOTHING, not even TVS.

Well- i will post again later- letting you know how the rest of our wait in Vegas went.

Wow. Thats all i can say. Love Jimmer.

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