Stuff That Makes Us Hillarys: Yikes... Matt is 29? He must have a young mom....

...in the beginning...

We are the Hillary family. I can't actually claim all of us to be Hillarys, we've meshed with the Stimpsons, the Doxstaders, the Merrimans, and the Lowreys - but the more you hang around us the more we kind of rub off on you, and poof - you become a Hillary. Which, after reading some of the things that we do might sound like a pretty frightening thing. The disclaimer is that I cannot embarrass any of my children, and I promised. Then I uncrossed my fingers. We love the following people in our family.... Del & Nicole, Matt & Bethany & Drew, Em, and the Noahman Ashley & Mike and Baby Mackadamia and soon to be..., Mandy & Ryan, J-man and Dimples, and Ryan and Katie - yes we own two Ryans! Not pictured: Zoey the German Shephard, Opi the newly adopted puppy, BG & Baby Red the Macaws (the latter two Zoey would eat if put in the same picture). Welcome to our Blog. Don't take us too seriously.... life is meant to have a never ending, bottomless tub of buttered popcorn and laughter.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Yikes... Matt is 29? He must have a young mom....

Hey Child on the Far Right....

Happy Birthday!

I posted on my Facebook post today that I'm not sure how you survived me being your mother. You and I were pretty new at this thing yet we made it. I've loved watching you over the years - the amazing way you've grown to be a man. A good man. Sometimes you'll do something that reminds me of your past - a thought, or a tease, or a look from those blue eyes. In 29 years, you've not let me down. Oh - ok - let's not get this impression that you were all perfect - you made your mistakes (soy sauce water balloon launching over the neighbors houses), and you should have died (Steve Thatcher's mom calling to see if we could get to the ER after you jumped your bike over the meridian). There were those times. But there were also times of amazement. Playing your saxophone, playing your heart out, being the best roller hockey player out there, service projects at every opportunity, that blasted Eagle Scout, a tough Mission in a tough place, surviving a Masters at BYU, marrying that girl of your dreams (and ours) and becoming a dad. That's a lot to do in 29 short years. I can't wait to see what's next son. I love you - the most - just don't tell the others. (: If you tell them - I'll have to explain this picture to the world...