My kind of FUN!!

Good morning everyone! This past little while has been very busy for us.
A lot of very interesting things have been happening,
so buckle your seat belts and get ready for the ride!

This is our friend Bartholomew. His close friends call him Bart or Barty.
Feel free to count yourself as one of his close friends!

He came to visit us yesterday and we were ever so kind as to let him
have a place in this empty jar. He loves it there and has told all
his friends that our neighborhood is a great place.
Luckily most of his homies are staying at the neighbors house down the street.
(Doesn't this just make you itch?)
I know you all secretly LOVE Barty and want to take him home with you.
We are selling his friends for 25 cents each.
If you're interested, just give us a call!

MOVING ON!

I love the Temple! It is so beautiful and is such a special place.
We have been going every Thursday morning to do work in the Temple.
It's amazing how much that simple task can bless your life!
Feel free to join us! 7 a.m. on Thursdays

I love the blessing of eternal families.
It is so good to know that no matter what happens on earth,
as long as I am faithful to my covenants,
I will be with my family forever!

We got to see a lot of our family over the 4th of July weekend.
Gracie has so much spunk!

This next picture was her very own idea.
I don't know where we get that face from. It must be hereditary! :)

We had a 5th of July breakfast at our house with the Huber side.
It was so fun to see some family we haven't talk to in a while.
My Grandma Huber is an amazing woman. She has such a strong
testimony of the gospel and loves to share it with us. She is a wonderful
example of righteousness to all who know her.

Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa! What a character!!
This man can make your worst day become your best.
He has a way of talking to you that makes you feel like you are
the most important person in the world.
And the thing is, in that moment...you are.
(His shirt says "My favorite people call me Grandpa")

A few of our really dear friends are getting or have just recently been married.
Lauri Hickman is such a good friend to me and everyone she meets.
Brad and I decided to put together the best wedding gift ever for her and Ben.
They absolutely LOVE cheese, so we decided to get them the
cheesiest gift EVER!! And let me just tell you...we succeeded!
We had Lauri tell Ben to come down to work when we all got
off so we could see them open it.They were such good sports and went through all the annoying
stuff we gave them with smiles on their faces.
Cheese balls, nacho cheese and chips, BIG cheeze-its, a cheese grater,
cheesy popcorn with a cheesy movie(Enchanted), triple cheesy mac 'n cheese,
cheesy (super fake) martini glasses with cheesy (super yummy) juice,
and mouse traps to protect all their cheese! HA!!
They love it and we love them, so it all worked out well.

My dad had his birthday!! He is now 57!
There is a great tribute to him on my mom's blog if you care to read it.
I helped. Just thought you should know. :)

This guy gets everything he wants...

...as he should!

He is the best dad anyone could ask for.
He always challenges us to do our best and to live righteous lives.
He teaches us how to do this by the way he lives his life.
My mom surely caught a great one!

Anamin is married!!!
These pictures are backwards in order. Sorry.
Thanks to all who helped clean up after the fiesta was over.
Adriel, Linda, me, Flisa B., Jorgito, and Little Jon

Lauri and Ben being oh so cute at the reception

Here's all of us in our BRIGHT pink skirts.
They turned out pretty good. And yes, my mom made all of those!!
She's amazing! If you agree, you should tell her. She'd love it. :)

Ok, I know this picture is a little strange, but I love it.
This is exactly like our personalities.
Me-just smiling, being ok with whatever
Sista-busting out attitude all over the place
Flisa-totally doing her own thing

This is my dear friend Alyce Joy.
Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE this woman?
Her son was getting married the same day as Anamin,
so we ran into each other at the Temple.
She is such an outstanding wife and mother and I'm blessed to have her as a friend.

Um...I also went to jury duty. Yup, me. It was actually a pretty rad experience. It was interesting to see how the court system really works. I got to serve on the jury, but before the case was over, the man plead (spelling?) guilty to some of the charges. I was glad I didn't have to judge him and make a decision that would so greatly impact his life in one way or another. Also, I rode the city bus all by myself....twice!! Jenny, you should be proud. :)

I think that's about all I have for now. Sorry for the overload!
~Rhonda~

The Parable of the Wedding Cake

This is Anamin.

Anamin got married on the 25th.

This story is about her wedding cake. Here's how it goes. We got to the wedding reception early to help set everything up. Everything is set up so nicely and it all looks beautiful. There is an empty spot waiting for the wedding cake, the reception starts in 15 minutes, and there's still no cake. Someone calls the cake guy to see when he's bringing the cake, and listening to the one sided conversation I hear him say, "No man, it's today." He stands up and leaves the room. Then, he comes back, grabs the groom, and takes him into the hall. We were all panicking, and the bride was about in tears. I tell her to stand in her line, look pretty, and smile.

Needless to say, we find out the guy thought the reception was on Saturday instead of Friday. By this time the reception is in full swing, and we're trying to figure out what to do about the missing cake. We go into the kitchen only to find they're almost out of the cake that they're serving. I decide that we'd better go find a cake for Anamin, and more cake to serve. I call my mom to see if she can meet me at Sam's Club since I figure that's the best place to find large cakes. While I'm talking to my mother, Rhonda calls Kaela, who was going with me, and tells her they found more cake in the fridge so there's plenty of cake we just need to find something for the cake.

We were in North Mesa, and I have no clue where anything is. We pick a street, and drive down it. There's no store until we get back into our neighborhood. We go to Party City and find a lovely cake topper. We get back to the reception a half hour before it's over.

We go back into the kitchen and the ladies tell me there's a cake in the fridge for us. We open the fridge and there's a perfect cake. It was a small, double layer, homemade cake, with white frosting. It was perfect! We took it into the Relief Society room, where all the flowers were. Kaela decorated it, put the topper on it, and we put it on the huge table designated for the cake.

As soon as we put it out, Anamin comes back into the kitchen, and says, "Since I don't have a cake..." We cut her off and told her she did have a cake. She almost starts crying and says, "I have a cake?!?!" Kaela went and showed it to her. She loved it. She said it meant more to her than any other cake anyone could have made. It was wonderful, and it all worked out.

Here's the cake:

They even ate it:

So, where did this cake come from? Once we finally had everything settled, I went and asked. There was a lady in her family ward that was helping in the kitchen. She told me that she just felt like she needed to make a cake just in case they needed extra cake. I was so grateful for that sister and that she listened to that small prompting even though it could have seemed unimportant. It was exactly what we needed!

Because this is a parable there should be a moral: This is what I learned, I have some of the most amazing friends! I could see that in that circumstance other friends would start blaming each other and fighting. We just all pulled together and figured out how to fix it. I realized that's how we always are, if there's a problem we all pull together to fix it. I'm so grateful for that experience even though it was super stressful!