Alli and Grandpa Kim
July 22, 2007

Alli's Blessing Day

Sept. 2, 2007

A little late

I know I need to do better at posting things on my blog. This post is a little late and I wasn't sure that I would be able to post it, but here goes.

Dear Kim,

October 29 was the 1 year mark of your passing. I have wanted to write you this letter since the day we found out you had cancer. But like the others, I thought I had more time. Since this time last year, I have done a lot of reflecting on the memories I have, the things I didn't get to say, and the memories we were unable to share. I just want to say thank you. Thank you for always making me feel welcome in your family. Even though you probably didn't agree with the choices I had made, you always respected and loved me. Thank you for your dry sense of humor and for always making me laugh. Thank you for the many nights that Andy and I came over just to chat. We would sit in your living room and you and Andy would talk about the most random things. Sports, work, school, whatever. I remember I would always be on the verge of crying from boredom because you always knew so much about any subject and could go on and on and on!! I am grateful for those times because I know Andy cherishes those moments. Thank you for your never ending generosity, your ability to give amazing presents and your patience. Thank you for raising a son who is so likeable, never gets angry (although he is very stubborn,) who honors his priesthood, who is not afraid to take on any task, who supports his family, and has your striking good looks! Thank you for sending Alli flowers when she was born and for standing in the circle when she was blessed. Thank you for watching over her now and for taking care of our future children. I know that you are working hard on whichever task you have been chosen for. Your legacy lives on through the amazing family you helped create. I am proud to say that you are my father-in-law. You are loved and missed!!
Love,
Mallory


P.S. Please don't teach my kids how to swear.

Halloween 08

Since Mallory won't ever post stuff, I'll take the liberty. (Grandma Workman here.) Alli was the CUTEST Lion that ever walked the earth! She loved wearing her costume. She had NO CLUE about trick-or-treating, but had fun being outside with her cousins. She walked the OPPOSITE direction of anywhere we went. She struggled to take only 1 piece of candy. Finally, instead of taking a handful with the right hand, she would slowly take one piece, then hurry and shove her other hand in the bowl for more. Seriously!!! She is way to young to know how to work the system!Going "boneless" at the ward Carnival.

New pictures!

I know you wouldn't believe it by looking at my blog, but we have a ton of pictures of our little family due to my mom and her wonderful camera. (Andy, I know you agree.) Unfortunately I just don't get around to posting a whole lot. This past week, Andy's brother Eddie and his wife Michelle were here from Ohio with their SUPER CUTE new baby Carson. They blessed him while they were here and we also decided to get some family pictures. My mom did the pictures and they turned out fantastic! She is not yet done editing the GAZILLION that she took. I will post some more of the rest of the family when they are finished. I was so excited for these pictures so they can get displayed in our new house someday! Hopefully they won't be completely outdated by the time we finally move in. Let me know what you think.

P.S. I love getting family pictures! I think it's because my family is so cute and I just can't wait to show them to all the blogger stalkers out there!!

Future site of Hutchison Manor!!!

Well Mallory and I are about to enter the exciting, yet very stressful adventure of building our first home. We have been wanting to build for some time now but just never really felt like we were able to, especially with the high cost of building lots througout Cache Valley. We finally found a new subdivision in Smithfield with prices that were a little more reasonable. (For those of you also looking to build, we could use some friendly neighbors!!!) The sudivision is right across the street from the Blue Sox complex. It will be a really nice area with lots of new families that we can get to know. We are pretty excited, ground breaking will begin on Monday (9/8/2008). Hopefully we will be able to keep updated posts throughout. I hope that Mallory and I will still be married in the next 4-8 months as I am all too aware of how difficult it can be to build a house. TOO MANY DECISIONS!!!

Tired-athalon

Well I guess I will take a turn posting on our blog. Today was a Tri-athalon at the Sports Academy. Me and my apparently bull legged, mole infested, nintendo nerd wife decided we would participate. My sister Tami has been trying to get me to do one of these with her for a year or so now and I really wanted to but just never got around to it. This one was much shorter than the ones she does but we gotta start somewhere. Our race started with a 150 yard swim, then a 2.5 mile bike ride, then a 1.5 mile run. When we were ready to start I looked at the other participants in our age group and we were easily the oldest. I was a little embarrassed knowing I was about to get my butt kicked by a bunch of kids younger than me but I will get over it. The race went well exept for some serious drama associated with my sister and her three kids. I am sure she will tell the stories on her blog so go check out Tami and Brent from our friends list if you are interested. Mallory and I tied with a time somewhere around 41 minutes. We are going to be paying the price of the lack of training before hand. We both really thought it wouln't be as hard as it was. It was pretty fun to be apart of that and I hope that next year I can do one of the longer distances with the adults instead of the kiddy race. We'll see.

Me, interesting?

After reading others blogs, I noticed that mine doesn't make my life sound exciting. Contrary to what others may say, I think I am a pretty exciting person. I have decided to post 10 somewhat interesting and possibly unknown facts about myself. After all, what good is having a blog if you can't make yourself sound better than you are?

1. I love Harry Potter. I just keep reading them over and over. (My mom is begging me to read Twilight so we can talk about it, but I just can't leave Harry.)

2. My favorite sport is Softball. (I used to pitch when I was younger.)

3. I am very competitive. Andy's knows he can get me to do something by telling me that someone else is better at it than me. (Don't get me wrong though, I can admit if I am not good at something and I am not a sore loser.)

4. I love to dance.

5. I am slightly bull-legged. (I found this out when I was on the Drill Team and we lined up for the kick-line. I had to try extra hard to keep my knees together.)

6. I have a mole on my leg that was once removed but decided to come back with avengeance. (TMI?)

7. I am definitely NOT a morning person.

8. My favorite time of day is when I am in bed and reading Harry Potter.

9. I am very good at Mario-Kart for N64. (Andy gets frustrated with this one.)

10. Last but not least, I have been skydiving in Hawaii!! (Yes I had to talk Andy into doing this one with me, but in the end he did and it was awesome!!)