Jimmie and Bridget's Adventures

Hughes Family Christmas Newsletter

2011-12-10T10:02:00.000-08:00

Well this has been an exciting year. I think the biggest news we have is that this will be the last Christmas letter you get with just 2 people in the picture. Yep that’s right we are expecting Hughes baby number 1 in July. We are very excited.

We both did great in school this semester but are very glad for the Christmas break.. We are both juniors finally!. We moved into a trailer in August that was bigger. But we have already filled it up! J We will have to start moving things around to make room for the baby. IT is a 3 bedroom trailer so Jimmie and I will just have to combine our craft and hunting rooms.

We had a random and wonderful snow storm last week so we went and played in it for a few minutes. We couldn’t stay out to long because Bridget has a severe case of morning (ALL DAY) sickness and can’t be up and about for very long.

We hope that this Christmas will find all our friends and family well and happy. May you all remember the reason for the season and keep the spirit of Christ strong in your lives.

Merry Christmas and a happy New year,

Jimmie and Bridget Hughes

Happy Holidays

2011-11-10T07:06:00.000-08:00

Well I dont have my tree up yet. It will be up ASAP. I love this time of year. Things are busy. School is almost over for the semester and we are ready to sign up for classes next semester. There is an end in site though. I have only 3 semesters left. I am so excited.

Jimmie and I went to a monster truck rally over the summer with Jimmies Parents. It was very fun. It was my first one, and it was amazing.

Went went hiking over the summer up Dripping Springs and saw some really neat old buildings.

It is finally getting cold! We turned our heater on 2 weeks ago and I love the crisp frosty air. If only it would snow!

Halloween came and went. We went to a party and I won best costume! It was fun. Then for Halloween night I set up our porch with music and lights and candy and we didnt have any trick or treater's.. man i wish we would have bought the good stuff now. I still have left over candies because we don't like dots.

My brother brought his girlfriend Jessica and Sherylin down to visit and we had a blast. It was great to see them. Sherylin, who is already on her mission, was so fun to be around. I will miss her but I know she will do great! Dan and Jessica are so cute together and fun.

Well I will try to be better at updating, but I hope everyone will have a great holiday season!

Summer keeps going on by.

2011-07-24T19:32:00.000-07:00

So after our trip to Utah, Jimmie started his job working on the rivers up north. we stay sometimes in Taos NM where Julia Roberts has a house. I did search for her but to no avail, I did not find her.

School is about to start. I cant believe how fast it has gone. So many of my friends are pregnant and I want to say Im so happy for all of you! Your babies will be beautiful.

I am taking 18 credits this next semester it will be a busy semester but I made the Deans list because of my straight A last semester.

Jimmie is being offered a chance to go to Chili for a couple of weeks to work. everything paid so we are trying to decide if that is something we should do. It would be a great oppertunity.

There have been so many fires here in New Mexico because it is so dry. There were over 26 fire in just 4 days!! I got some pictures that I will post.

It is so hot!! I cant wait for winter. I keep looking at my beautiful long sleeve clothes and they long for me to try them on. Of all my clothes they are my favorite.

Oh the biggest news for the summer i guess is that we moved. we live in a trailer 3 miles away from campus. It is much bigger and a great blessing to have it.

here are some pictures:

This is the sun at about 3 pm. The smoke is so thick from the fires you can look right at it

here is one of the fires. They had to evacuate the towns

this is some smoke cloud sun mixture

we were having fun in our new house shooting our bows. I couldn't find one of my arrows.... i lifted up the curtain which i now see has a hole in it and this is what i found.. i missed the window by a quarter of an inch.

at a forth of july party

Summer time is BUSY!

2011-07-24T19:19:00.000-07:00

Well I have had so much to blog about and didn't know where to start!

We took a trip to Utah to see my little sister graduate from high school. Wow I cannot believe that she is that old. What must that say about me! It was a very short trip only 2 days. I felt so bad that I couldnt even see all of my family that I didnt tell anyone we were coming but my immediate family. I am sorry, I wish I could have seen everyone. Whitneys graduation was great. She was the saluditorian and gave a great speech. We took some family pictures and got to hang out with everyone. It was great! I had the best time and was sad to go.

Jimmie, Whitney and I before graduation

Jimmie and Grits

where did this year go!!

2011-05-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

Well I cannot belive that it is June in 2 weeks. I have been a horrible blogger!! Well let me see if I can give you a quick update.

In Febuary Jimmie went off to Montana to the National Range Society Convention and competed in many events. He entered last minuet for the public speaking contest. He won 2nd place! I was so proud of him.

I went for my first turkey hunt. We chaised down a couple but the score is still Turkey 1 Bridget : 0. Maybe next year

We spent Easter at Jimmies parents house and spent time with his sister and her family. We love going to visit.

We had a big family trip to the zoo in may right after classes ended. We all went up to Albuquerque and had such a great time. We went to the aquarium and rode the train.

This semmester went by so fast. I am happy that it is over. Now time for a nice relaxing summer.... ha ha no not really. Jimmie has a summer job that takes us up to Taos area every week. So we drive 6 hours there the begining of the week and then 6 hours back to be home for 2 or 3 days before we drive back up.

We both got new callings. We are no longer in the Cub Scouts. I got put into the relief society presidency and Jimmie is the new Elders Quarom President so that keeps us busy but we really like it.

We are going to Utah in 2 weeks. I am so exicted to see my family. It has been almost a year since I have seen some and 2 for others. My little baby sister Whitney is graduating from high school. Man if that doesnt make me feel old.

Oh and top of all of this we are moving. Yep we bought a trailer and are moving from small family housing to our own place. We plan to change some things in it but it is nice. We are very excited. I stood at the paint section in walmart for ever just dreaming of what colors to paint my kitchen..... So we are half moved in and will move the rest over the next couple of weekends when we are home.

Man if this is not the pregnant year or what. I am suprised im not pregnant with so many people i know expecting. I had to write a list on my computer so I wouldnt forget anybody and right now it is at 14 wonderful ladies. I know they will all make great moms and I am very happy for them.

Oh ok and one last tidbit.. I got straight A's for the first time ever. I was so suprised. I think that this calls for a celebration! Next semmester will be just as busy. I am taking 18 credits but most of my classes are online. It will be just as busy for Jimmie too, he works so hard and I am very greatful for him.

We will miss you Uncle Roberto

2011-02-22T19:27:00.000-08:00

Well this is a sad blog today. My Uncle Roberto passed away today. He was such a fun and amazing person. I will never forget going to his house for his yummy yummy Argentine BBQ. He has such a funny sense of humor. I remember we had a family party at my aunt susans house and my uncle steve was playing the guitar. He was singing this funny song that was supposed to be sad. well then out of the back of the yard we hear this soft crying. we turn around and Roberto has his face in the saddest (fake) cry that turned into wailing. we were all laughing so hysterically. He was sometimes the life of the party. Oh we loved it. Well now that he is gone it has me thinking about it all.

I know that Roberto is in a better place. The lord has called him home to do a special work im sure. He is in a better place free from pain.

I know that we will see Roberto again and that Diane Jeremy Erik and Roberto are sealed together as a family. That brings loads of comfort knowing that they will be together in the hereafter

My heart and love goes out to Diane and Erik and Jeremy. I hope that you feel peace and comfort and I pray that you will feel the love we have for you at this time. I know that the Lord loves you and has his reasons even though we may not see it right now. We will keep you in our prayers!

I added comments below of those who commented on the link from face book .

two extremes

2011-02-05T07:34:00.000-08:00

Finally after living here since June we mowed the lawn.

Then the next day a mircle....

Happy Happy Birthday Family!

2011-01-12T13:24:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday... to whom do you ask? We will go in order

Allen Hughes

Dan Porter

Jeanne Hughes

Steve Porter

Jeanette Porter

Wow thats a whole lot of people for just one month. But we are very happy to have you all in our lives. Thanks so much for everything you do for us! We love you very much.

School time!

2011-01-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

Well I hope everyone is enjoying their New Year. School is starting Thursday for us. We are excited to start but loathing the homework already. Jimmie and I are taking a class together this semester. I am super excited we get to spend more time together ( and copy off each others homework :) . We both have about 15 credits we are taking. I was able to get into a photography class so hopefully things will start to happen with that. Jimmie has been studying hard for montana, he has to memorize 200 plants for a competition coming up soon. We have been trying to do better personally this year. We want to be better people. We have set our goals and I am very excited to start. Jimmie is so funny. As I am here writing he is taking a nap. We have been going back and forth what to do about our extra bed. I want to keep it in case we have guests.. which we never have.. that being jimmies point. And he doesnt think we have room. So we compromised. I got to put the mattrace ontop of our other mattrace and he got to smash apart the box spring. So my bed is really really high. I have to jump into it literally. Well we switch sides sometimes and always fight over who is on whos side because he takes up the whole bed . I have threatened im gonna take a marker to the bed and actually draw a line down the real middle. He now has been saying that the whole bed is his anyways. Who new marriage would be so much fun! I love it.

Our 2010 Memories

2010-12-29T16:18:00.000-08:00

Well I hope that everyone had a great Christmas. I have been sick. Its awful. So I will take advantage of my lounging around to make my end of the year post.

For our anniversary I made Jimmie a Bobcat Pinata

We saw our first cudamundi. It is a mix between a racoon and a monkey

I got to milk a cow

Jimmie was a sweet husband and made breakfast many times

During easter we decorated eggs.. I made Jimmie one that said "jimmie is a nerd" :)

Jimmie was in the sprayer and rolled it down the dike. He is very lucky he wasnt too badly hurt.

My brother came home from his mission and my family came to visit us for a week.

We took family pictures for Jimmies family for the 4th of July

Jimmie and I celebrated our birthdays

Jimmie and his dad watched this rattle snake eat a rabbit whole. you can see the rabbit in the snake still

Jimmie's dad and I playing at the dam

The Gila Valley Temple held a open house and we all went

Happy Halloween

My first hunt

We decorated Pumpkins

Elk hunting

Jimmie got a hunting bird vest for christmas

Christmas Morning

My favorite picture. I had a friend of mine edit it and then i added the writing

Elk Hunting

2010-12-15T14:56:00.000-08:00

Well I think I just had the longest camping trip I have been on in a long time. Camping you say in the middle of December. It was cold at night but not too cold. We slept in our friends pop up trailer. Jimmie was helping him find elk. I got to see my first bull elk with my own eyes.. and the binoculars. We had fun. I cant believe that christmas is only a week away. Im very excited. I hope everyone has a Merry christmas and a Happy New Year. Jimmie found a shed that was right under my feet.
Its pretty neat. We had a great time and are looking foward to Jimmies deer hunt in January.

Jimmie in his camo

These are some of the elk that were on the ridge right below our camp

more elk

Jimmie and I infront of the fire. I stayed by the fire most of the days we were there. I would rather smell like smoke then be cold

I have to practice my photography

this is the elk shed jimmie found. It was a pretty big spike. We looked around for the other one but couldnt find it.

Who can spot Allen? Play this game with me!

2010-12-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

Ok So I want to play a game. This picture was taken by Jimmie of his dad. His dad is wearing camo. He is here in this picture I promise. Who can find him?

Here is the normal picture. If you still can find him i have provided another one below

Here is the picture with the camera in the area he is..

OK OK No more slackin off!

2010-11-18T07:07:00.000-08:00

Well good morning!

I know it has been a while, life has been busy. Jimmie and I are 3 weeks away from finishing this semmester. This is my first semmester going full time. It has be realativly easy. But next semmester is already signed up for and im ready for the 16 credits.

Jimmie and I are finally settled in Las Cruces. We have met some wonderful people and made some good friends. We are really enjoying our ward. We are the Bear Cub Scout Den Leaders. We have 3 boys that we are helping earn their Bear Badge. It is fun. We really enjoy working with the kids.

We miss the friends and family in Virden, but now that Jimmies parents have moved down there we just have to make one trip to see the family so we go down to visit a lot more.

I am so excited for this season. It is my favorite. Ok ill confess we already have our christmas tree up. We found it for sale on craigs list and i needed to make sure that it looked good so if i needed to get another one i would have enough time.

Jimmie is actively enjoying school. He changed his major to Range Science and is really enjoying it. He is super envolved in the range club and the plants team. He is trying to memorize 200 plants and their information by the the time for a competition in Montana. Hes so smart and very determind im sure he will do very well in the competition.

I had my first deer hunt a couple weeks ago. It was fun but no deer. Thats ok. I didnt even see one, It seems a scarce year because many of my friends that went didnt see or get a deer either.

Well i hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. I will update the blog more often! I promise.

Jimmie Rolled the sprayer this summer. He was inside the cab ..but escaped with only a few cuts and bruises

OH i hate snakes.. this one is dead but the feeling of touching them makes me... ugggg.. jimmie and his dad did a lot of snake hunting this summer.. they got over 10 rattle snakes

This is one of my favorite pictures.. the look so funny.. I title this picture " This look means... BRIDGET"

Well this was certainly an adventure. I was so sunburned that the water felt so nice!!

This is Jimmie and I on my Hunt. Deer 1 Bridget 0.. but not next year :)

Oh i was so excited, I got to decotrate my house for the first time for Halloween! I got this idea from Jimmies sister.. Thanks Hollie!

This is Jimmie and I practicing for my hunt. It was a muzzleloader hunt.

Fall is here!!!

2010-09-14T11:24:00.001-07:00

Last week it got cold!! just enough to ware a jacket. I was so excited. I love having a house I can decorate for the seasons and holidays. We spent the weekend in Virden and had so much fun. Jimmie and his dad watched a rattle snake eat a rabbit. Crazy!!

The Duncan Stake had there talent show Saturday. Jimmies mom( Jeanne), Hollie and I performed in it with our friend Kristen. We signed the song “Shoo Fly” . My camera went fuzzy when Jimmie was filming it. It makes me mad my camera is not working right!!! grrrrr. But we had a great trip and it was fun to see everyone

Happy Birthday

2010-08-22T15:45:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Jimmie!!!!

( This was the cake i made for his 25th Birthday)

All Done Moving

2010-08-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

Well I definatly feel like this summer has gone by fast. Im glad because it means that fall is coming. I love fall. Its my favorite season. We moved her into our new house the beginning of June. But we have been gone a lot becasue Jimmie's parents were moving to Virden. Actually into the trailor we just moved from. It will be nice that they are down there with Hollie and Brandon and Mckenzie because we only have to make on trip to see everyone. We start school in 2 weeks. I am going full time for the first time. I am excited. I found a major that I think I will really enjoy. Family and Child Science. I am still trying to decide if I want that major or Family and Consumer Science. It is a toss up. But for now the general requirments are the same. It's fun living in the city. I really enjoy it. On our last trip to Virden though I got excited to be out in the country again. While riding on the back of Jimmies parents truck, I layed down and just watched the stars go by as we headed back to his parents house.. It made me grateful that I can come back to Virden.

family photos

2010-07-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July. We went down to Virden for the Fourth. We had fun with Hollie and Brandon and Jimmies parents. We had fireworks Friday night and Jimmie found his favorite fireworks. They are called area 51, They were super crazy. There was a town breakfast saturdaymorning and we went on a hay ride. THere was a parade and they wanted us to ride on the primary float but we didnt make it there in time. We took some family photos afterwards. McKenzie was asleep for most of them. :)

Happy 4th of July.

Moved in!

2010-06-18T12:53:00.000-07:00

Ok. Well i know it has been a long time. My computer broke about 2 months before we moved so i wasnt able to do anything. YOu dont realize how much you rely on your computer and the internet until you cant have it. This is gonna be short cause i have to get off to work soon but im still here. Blogging and updating pictures is on my to do list!!! My family came to visit. I got to see my brother dan who got off his mission in Febuary. It was so so fun We went to jimmies parents and we hiked up the top of the mountain to fix the fence cause the cow kept getting out. There was this cave at the top! pretty crazy. We were in home Depot the other day and there was an owl just sitting up on top of one of the shelfs. We have also planted a garden. We will see how it turns out.. This is the before pictures. The plants look a lot better in the morning. They are just like us and tired of the heat and sun!! I am so excited for christmas let me tell you .. 6 more months.. yahoo!

I think it will storm

2010-04-20T08:12:00.000-07:00

We had this weird freak storm. Its been in the 80's for a while. I woke up friday morning and its cloudy. New Mexico has some pretty neat lightening and thunder storms. I love watching them and havent seen any since Maryland. After one clash of thunder the heavens opened and poured and poured. Then it turned to hail!! there was so much hail that after the storm it was still on the road. Jimmie and I were driving in it. When we got back to our trailer our yard was flooded!!! WOW. Craziness.. I just wish it would snow!!

Laundry Day

2010-04-13T09:23:00.001-07:00

WOW is all i can say. When did it come to this? Do you think Ill get a clothes line for Mothers Day?

Picture Tag

2010-04-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

Rules:
1. Open your first photo folder
2. Scroll to the 10th picture
3. Post the photo and the story behind it
4. Tag 5 or more people

This is a picture i took one morning while Jimmie and I were checking Traps

I tag
Hollie
Jess
Shea
Marissa
Carrie

A Proud Moment

2010-04-09T18:25:00.000-07:00

I would classify myself as a crafty person, but I usually get my ideas from other people. Well I saw this saying at Hobby Lobby a while ago and I really liked it. It has stayed with me and slowly this idea came to my head. I got some things together and I had tons of time on my hands since I have been sick. The couch and F.R.I.E.N.D.S have been my best friends this week.

Well here it is the "Bridget Original Crafty Idea"

Ruidoso!

2010-03-17T17:50:00.000-07:00

Well we took a mini vacation last week. I had started a job with the US Census and we got all our work done so basically now I'm out of a job again!! Well it was raining here in Virden. And for those that dont know tractor work and rain dont really go together. They actually don't go together AT ALL!! So we decided to take a VACATION!

It was the end of trapping season so this last week was crucial. we needed to catch something cool
I would post the pictures of the coolest thing i actually caught but i only have it on video and my blog doesnt like uploading videos. So ill start off the story like i have told everyone else.

"I got kicked by a baby deer, yep, how you ask? well Jimmie and I were setting snares. We went to check them the next day and as I shut the truck door 3 deer started bouncing out of the field and up the mountian. It was 2 babies and there mama. Well the mom and one of the babies got over the fence. This poor little baby that we'll call Trixie couldn't jump the fence. She was to little. So she ran up the fence line and Jimmie said she's gonna get caught in a snare.. The snares were along the fence line. Well we looked down cause there was a house cat by us. Jimmie then asked where did Trixie go. We were looking up along the fence line when I here this noise. We see the bushes move at the top of this hill 200 yards away. Jimmie starts booking it up the hill. I am in no shape to run up this hill but i try. I get up there panting and about to pass out and see......

Jimmie on top of Trixie. He had gotten up there and had to pull her back through the fence that she was caught on to let her go. Im filming and jimmie is talking while trying to free her. When she is free she wiggles and turns over and kicks me right in the knee!! (i have a bruise and couldnt cross my leg over for a couple of days) She slides in between Jimmies legs and slips out and runs off"

Jimmies dad got a gilee suit and that is him trying it on.

So thats one of the many adventures we had there. I love going to Jimmies parents house. It snowed while we were there and I got to play with 8 little puppies. The country up there is so beautiful. I love and miss the mountains.

I dont get to catch the bouquet

2010-02-15T09:18:00.000-08:00

Well we went to Jimmie's Uncle Richards wedding. It was fun cause Jimmies parents came down and so we all got to go. The wedding was at a Catholic Church. They had a Mass with the ceremony. It was my first Mass. It was interesting. I enjoyed it, even though Jimmie wouldn't let me put the kneeling cushion down. The reception was fun. Jimmie's mom and Hollie and I went out and danced a bit. It was fun. I can't dance but i do anyways :) Jimmie slow danced with me and I love it!!! There was a Mariachi band there and they were sweet to listen to. My favorite part was the wedding march. It was so fun I wish i would have known about it for my wedding. The whole wedding party and friends line up 2 by 2, boy and girl. Then you march.. kinda like follow the leader and you do all sorts of fun little walking patterns. It was so fun. Then we toasted with sparking cider!!! They didn't throw a bouquet while we were there but i realized... hey i don't ever have to go up there at catch it again...

My brother... Dan

2010-02-07T16:58:00.000-08:00

Well my brother is coming home from his mission in 5 days!!! Friday. I can't believe it. He has been gone 2 years. It was easier to let Dan go then Kyle cause Kyle was the first. But Dan was also hard. I am having a hard time because I wont be there.. I wont be going home right away. Which makes me sad. It will be hard to know my brother is home and I can't see him. But I am super excited. He will be home and I can at least talk to him on the phone. I'm trying to talk my family or part of them at least to come see us on a little road trip. 12 hours away isn't to bad. Ill take them all around the farm. YeeHaw!!!

My Favorite Memories of 2009

2010-01-16T12:12:00.000-08:00

I zapped the heak of out a bee with the zapper his mom gave me. It was an accoplishment let me tell you this devil wouldnt die
Jimmie teaching me to fish
Christmas he got drags he looks so happy i love it

Christmas Tree Hunting
Ditto, i finally got here used to me enough to come up to me

playing in the cotton with jimmie at work

My first fair. We played this game and i won!!

mckenzies Blessing: Hughes family picture

Jimmie working with his dad in Hondo NM

Our Trip to the Zoo

THis is my favorite authoress Marcia Lynn Mcclure. she called Jimmie a "hottie with a naughty body" it was so funny

the 4th of July with Inga Christy and Brittney

Yellowstone with Tricias family
our first married camp out.

The first set of roses he bought me!!

My first time at the temple

well these are some of my favorite memories of 2009. It had a lot of first for us being our first year of marriage. We love it though and are looking forward to the new adventures that 2010 brings.

Pride and Prejudice

2010-01-12T16:37:00.000-08:00

Do you ever have those days where you just wanna sit down and do nothing and watch one of the greatest movies of all times. Now I love the new Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightly but the one with Collin Firth is still my favorite. Usually I watch this lovely 6 hour rendition when I'm sick. It brings such comfort to my soul. Well today I'm not really sick I just can hardly walk. Why? oh I went LION chasing yesterday. yep a real lion. We didn't get it. It got away but it was real neat to see it. So in re cooperation I have sat here on my couch and just snuggled down and watched my favorite movie. I took a break to go give Jimmie a snack because it was time to switch to part 2.. Which is my favorite part!!! sometimes i wish i could just skip to the last disc. But now after dinner and a quick high school basketball game i will finish my beloved part 2 while my husband goes back to work. I'm sure he would rather work then finish the movie. During lunch he lovingly reminded me he had seen this movie twice( i don't really think the whole thing just parts) when I was explaining who was who and who proposed to who.. well I hope everyone has an experience with this movie. It definitely is a life changing experience. And my someone as wonderful as Mr. Darcy be in your life!!!

Pickles

2010-01-07T08:49:00.000-08:00

Well for this blog i thought i appropriate to write it green. Why? because it's about pickles. Now some of you may like pickles and I apologize in advance if I offend you. Now I am one of those people who pick off pickles or subtract if from my food. Lucky for me my husband likes pickles. But when we first moved to New Mexico I was having a conversation with his parents about movies. I love going to the movies!! Those who know me know exactly what I mean. (I still am keeping my list of movies I will see. ) Well Jimmies parents mentioned that they love going to the movies and getting popcorn and a pickle. I was like huh? They were surprised that I never had heard of that. Its like the thing out here to get popcorn and a pickle. Well they can keep that as long as I have other options. So two days ago, Jimmie and I went to a Junior High basketball game. Two of the kids we teach in primary were playing. I was starving so I asked Jimmie to go get me something. I'm imagining he's gonna come back with nachos or even a slice of pizza. That's what they had at the high school so i imagine the same thing here right?... Nope he comes back with a tiny tiny bag of Gardettos. I was like whats this? and he said all they had was.... anyone wanna take a guess... popcorn and a pickle!!! I was like what that's my only option and I'm starving. I'm not even a popcorn fan. Unless its Carmel. So I loathingly eat my gardettos and told Jimmie this was an outrage and I was gonna blog about it.

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T08:44:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!!!!!!..
What will this year bring for you?.........
Well on this New Years Eve morning I did the normal. I go with Jimmie every morning to check the traps. I even set my very first one today. So tomorrow will be exciting to see if I caught anything. We had a wonderful Christmas. It snowed a little skiff of snow the day before Christmas Eve. I made a little snow man on our porch.

It was hard to be away from my family. But I did get to talk to them and Jimmies family came down. They are so fun. Jimmies dad and I went and treasure hunted around a house that was built in 1915 with his new metal detector he got for Christmas. It was really neat. We found 5 buttons off a Levi something. It started me wondering how they got there. The story behind it all. Pretty fascinating I think.

Well for this new year I have to think of good goals that I will actually do this year. I would like to:
-Be better at saying my prayers. Morning and Night and being more sincere
-Read and Study the scriptures
-Exercise
-Be more grateful

We shall see how I do. I have a incredible view some mornings when Jimmie and I go out to check the traps, or when i take him a snack. I have always loved taking pictures. I will post some that I have taken

Oh Christmas Tree!

2009-12-14T08:51:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

Well I cant believe Christmas is around the corner! I love it. I feel a little sad cause I know most of the presents under my tree. I love suprises. But Its hard to get suprises when your in a small town. Not able to secret shop. But Christmas isnt about presents. Its about Christ and his birth. Its about love. Thats what i learned yesterday in Primary. I never put Christmas into such a specific word before. I think about snow and presents and christmas morning and ham and mashpotatos and good christmas movies and hot chocolate and fireplaces and christmas lights. But something so specific as the word Love, now i think thats special. And it does sum up all those things i said because i want to do those things with people i love. thats why i like them so much. I love looking at light and playing in the snow with people. its no fun by your self. I love getting to know someone all year and thinking what the perfect gift to get them would be. even if i dont get a gift back seeing there face, it showing that they couldnt believe someone paid that much attention to them to get them this perfect gift. The hard part for me is waiting to give it to them. I always want to give it early. well thats just my two cents. so Merry Christmas! I love you all

Sunrise

2009-11-19T14:05:00.000-08:00

I took this picture of Jimmie one early morning while we were out scouting. I just wanted to share it.. I really like it

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2009-11-19T13:45:00.000-08:00

Well I'm gonna try to update you guys more on our life here in New Mexico. Things have been good. It's finally starting to get cold. And with Thanksgiving around the corner I couldnt think of a better way to start then to list what Im thankful for

1. My Heavenly Father.

2. Jesus Christ and the Atonement

3. My wonderful Husband. He's so good to me and such a hard worker

4. My family. I miss them tons.

5. My health.

6. Love.. if there was no love in this world it would be a sad and dreary place.

7. Friends...my friend Jess inspired me to make a list. I have so many friend far away that I miss

so much and I wouldnt be who I am today if it wasnt for them. I love you ALL!!!

This list could go on and on and on.. But I wanted to say what I was grateful for and you can keep the list going with what you are thankful for too.

Happy Halloween

2009-11-08T13:30:00.000-08:00

Well I know it has been while. But things are great. We had halloween here and i was a witch and jimmie was a normal person. I ran over a snake last night!! And there was a huge spider in my house.

Happy Birthday

2009-08-22T09:59:00.000-07:00

Well life has been pretty hectic let me tell you. I'm at the library right now. That is the only way we get to check our Internet. We canceled it last week so my Farm on facebooks Farm town is much less addicting. Things are great. we move in 5 days. I have 4 days left of work and I'm ecstatic. A little nervous but ready for the adventure. My house is 7.5 out of 9 packed. I have 10 boxes of things from dishes to food all on my kitchen floor that we rummage through to eat. Our hunting room is so full that we have to move things to close the door at night so the air conditioner will fill my room with the air. Jimmies 24th birthday was Thursday and my 25th birthday is Monday. So we get a party today at my friends house. My friend Britt bought Jimmie a chicken and a duck for his birthday. I laughed so hard when I found this out. I am excited to see all of my friends for the last time in a while.

Well guess what

2009-07-22T16:56:00.000-07:00

Well folks were moving to the beautiful picture above.. yep New Mexico!

Yellowstone

2009-06-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

Well we just had a nice vacation. We went with my mom and sister and kyle and shea up to Yellowstone with our family friend Tricia and her kids. It was so fun! we fit 12 people on a mule and went for rides on some of the four wheeling trails. Then we dropped the adults and baby off and really went for a ride.
I was so soaking wet by the time we got home. Jimmie decided he wanted to go through the mud puddles.. The little boy in him comes out at such convinent times. :) It looked like i had freckles by the time he was done there was so much mud on my face.

well we went to the park. all of us in this but 12 passenger van. The funny thing was they stuck all the kids that got car sick in the back. Jimmie and Shea said they have never been around so many people that get car sick. I told Jimmie lets just hope that our kids get his stomach!. Well we saw some deer, elk, buffalo, bald eagle and its baby in a nest, and a baby bear. We couldnt see its mama so we took our pictures and hauled out of there. The baby was probably 10 feet from us. It was so so cute. I told Jimmie i wanted one.

Well we also went on a canoe trip. Me Jimmie and Whitney against Kyle Shea and Sherylin. We so won. But i will admit i was so proud of the girls when kyle got off the canoe to push and fell on the ground and the girls started to row away. kyle had to run and it was the funniest thing! I still love ya kyle dont worry
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Camping

2009-06-06T21:49:00.000-07:00

me and jimme at the lake fishing

me shooting my bow! it was so fun

jimmie practicing with his recurve

Well we had our first camping trip of the year. It was really fun. I shot my bow for the first time too. We went off roading and got the bronco almost stuck. I had to get out of the truck while jimmie got us unstuck... i should have taken a picture but i.. forgot.. the back bumper on the right side still has grass on it from how deep it was in there.

Marcia!!!!

2009-06-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

I love marcia!!

Marica Lynn Mcclure is my favorite authoress.. she is LDS but she doesn't include the religion in her books. She writes romance novels. not dirty ones. I don't read those ones! Mostly historical but she has some modern ones as well. They are all pretty much amazing.. her website is www.marcialynnmcclure.com and she also has two blogs which are so cute as well.. they don't directly relate to her books but i love reading them... http://anoldfashionedromance.com and http://unwindyourlife.com

let me tell you guys that I got my new book in the mail today! The Crimson Frost.. doesn't that have a perfect little ring to it. I have all of marcia's books except the two that just came out in 2nd editions. I have the first editions of both. I am obsessed. If you know me you have heard about me gush about her. I met her and am on her website under fan pictures.. http://www.distractionsinc.com/scrapbook/funfans.cfm
I had dark hair then. I talk to her through email sometimes. She asked me about my wedding and I'm gonna quote her
"Oh my heck! I LOVE it! How romantic! I KNEW you stepped out of one of my books! I just knew it! I love it! I love it! I love it! I can't get over it! I may have to sit down and right a new book because of this! FABULOUS! AND congratulations! Send me an announcement for sure! I love it!

She is coming to Utah again and will be in Orem for the meet and greet and ill be there... I'm super excited because ill get one of my favorite books there.. Saphyre Snow is being released in print.. It right now is only on a e book ( me and my sister sherylin took all of her e books and printed them out at the library and made binders of them.) ha ha.. a lot of her e books have been coming out on print. This is good but i think my homemade binders are cute... so i have proof that I'm a true fan cause you cant get them as an e-book now.. i have 15 books printed out.. ( i know the library hated me and sherylin for having them reload the paper) and only 8 are left that she hasnt put on print.. we are long time fans!!!

I just found out the name of her new book... It is so so so so cute "Beneath the Honeysuckle Vine" isnt that just so romantic..

I had planned for years to name my baby girl after my favorite character in my favorite book of hers. Vaden from the Visions of Ransome Lake... When i first read that book I turned around and read it right again. I had never done that and still haven't. They had the best first kiss I have ever seen even in the Movies... everyone always has made fun of me for it cause they think it sounds like darth vader..well jimmie has not come around to it yet...
... now I'm depending on him not reading this so i can tell you something.... we have just been naming baby names that we like.. I'm not pregnant so don't worry but we were throwing names around and one of the characters in marcias book is named mason.. and likes it.. but i didn't tell him it was from one of my books... I'm afraid he'll try and veto it like vaden.. which is not off the table!
well my sister didn't get her book yet and i did today as i said in the beginning of my obsessed all over the place writing.. so i am gonna finish pride and prejudice tonight and read the crimson frost tomorrow at work.. giving sherylin more time to get her book.. her mail comes at noon so she will be done with the book by the time I'm off of work.. she is a very fast reader... well if your not a marcia fan you should be!

2009-05-25T08:06:00.000-07:00

Fishing

2009-05-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

I caught my first fish yesterday. It was a pound rainbow trout.. we threw it back.. ya know catch and release... we pulled it up I wanted to take a picture, had to hurry. Jimmie said i had to grab it by the mouth.. i didn't want it to bite me cause it was flopping all over. . So we decided we would take a picture on the next fish. It was fun though and here is jimmies fish he caught with a marshmallow

A girl and her hair dresser

2009-05-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

Well I have been trying to decide what to do about my hair. I want to stop dying it and spending the money. If we move i wont have Angie my hair dresser. She has been my hairdresser for 6 years. The relationship between a girl and her hair dresser is amazing. She knows your hair almost as much as she knows you. I don't want some girl that doesn't know what shes doing to go near my hair with bleach!.. so I'm going all naturAl. we had to go a bit darker so its light brown. My hair fades so fast with brown color so we are hoping it will fade to my natural which is getting darker as we speak ( or as i write). Its a mix.. more of a dishwater blond.. which i hate that name.. i hate doing dishes too...

Well life is great! Jimmie and me are just busy working and getting ready for the summer... camping, hiking, fishing, getting a nice tan.. here we come.

Fishing

2009-05-12T18:02:00.001-07:00

Jimmie got me a pole from New Mexico. We went fishing behind my parents house and he taught me how to fish! I haven't caught anything but algae yet.

Finally!!!

2009-04-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

Well I woke up today and I don't feel as sick. I had told Jimmie that I wanted to clean up the house today. It is so gross! I mean what can you expect when your on your death bed (or it felt like it) for a week. Dishes, laundry, no food, movies thrown all over the floor and tissues everywhere! We went through 6 big boxes of tissues. Thank goodness for Puffs Plus with lotion. I never use anything else. Last night I told Jimmie that I wanted to start cleaning. He gave me strict instructions that I could only clean for 15 min each time and I had to take an hour break in between. So I'm on my in between break...

I'm just gonna say how I hate cough syrup. The doctor gave me some with codeine in it. I took one dose and I refuse to take it anymore. My cough is better anyways...well I would rather stand this then take that medicine. Well my husband who can eat anything wants to try this medicine cause he still has a cough. I say go at it, but keep it away from me. EEWW it makes my stomach rumble even thinking about it. He takes the bottle and gulps down two teaspoons like nothing. I stare at him... with me I had to plug my nose and then drink my jamba juice so fast I had a brain freeze.. and here he is with a smile on his face and say mmmm that's good.....men

Im sick sick sick of being sick!!

2009-04-08T09:58:00.000-07:00

Well Jimmie and I have been sick for the past week. This couch and me are becoming best friends. Jimmie went to his first day after a week of being sick. Now as I am laying on my couch I decided that I want to keep up with my blog. I don't know who will read it but it will give me something to do since the doctor said I am to stay home till Saturday. Right now I am watching Anne of Green Gables. Oh how I love this movie. The books are good but I just love Anne and Gilbert!! one of my favorite romances.

2009-01-02T11:19:00.001-08:00

Plus another 2!!!

2008-12-28T22:21:00.001-08:00

There is but one instance in life that i can remember being "at a lose for words". On the contrary i usually find myself in some sort of, we'll say situation, as a result of my willingness to converse. In thinking about this small instance of my life, i can't help but smile. Despite my admittance of being at a lose for words, i cannot however tell you that my mind was clear, clear of a lifetime of wanting something to make sense, clear from the idea that something could happen in life that, even if it was for a small moment, was perfect in every way! Though i had heard it before and beside the worldly ambition of what true love is, i sat, completely at a lose for words, as she told me the she loved me! It was as if I had already knew and that i had never felt otherwise. Nothing that i had experienced previous to that night had such an impact on my life. I was not afraid, i didn't question or doubt, and even though i had actually been preparing for what i wanted in life, i quickly learned that all the experience in my life was nothing but preparation. Preparation for Her. I love Bridget so much. I am still in awe at how wonderful she is and how happy i have been since i have had her in my life!

Jimmie's 2 Cents

2008-12-28T09:15:00.000-08:00

At first i was kind of skeptical whether or not Bridget was gonna be worthy "Hughes" material. She proved herself though earlier this year. We went on a little pig hunt up in Tremonton. There were 3 other guys hunting with her and I was just along to help. Two guys were shooting bows and one was shooting a Muzzleloader. Bridget took a 30-06 rifle, scoped with bi-pods. We started out and the guide was saying that it would probably be 10 minutes before we would spot one.....2 hours later, Bridget spots one. It was about 100 yards away and it was a big red one! So she got down an got ready to shoot but the pig kept laying down behind the brush so she couldn't get a shot. I told Eric to get an arrow ready and follow me up there because we could sneek right up on it. we got about 20 yards from it and he drew back. I stepped around the side of him to catch it all on video and the pig stood up. right as he squeezed off the shot a black pig we hadn't seen stood up in front of the big red. Erics arrow stuck the black pig right in the eye and it took off squealin. Everyone had made their way up now and Jake had drawn back on the red pig and stroked it right through the heart! Meanwhile the black pig had ran out and stopped about 25 yards shaking its head in a daze. Eric drew back again and shot it right through the heart as well. both pigs ran about 15 yards and tipped right over. Now the story gets kind of exciting as we started to take pictures and get ready to take care of the meat, Bridget was helping Jake look for his arrow when she yelled "Theres another one". I ran over and this pig is charging in right at us!!! i told her to shoot it and then realized that she had left her gun over by the other pigs. We ran back and i yelled at justin to shoot it with the muzzleloader. The pig stopped and was rooting around where the other pigs had been wallering. Justin had come up and stalked in about 15 yards. He shot the pig just in front of the shoulder with a .50 cal and dropped it in its tracks. As we stood there in a bit of shock and excitment the pig gets up and comes running right at us. Everyone bailed! Justin just grabbed the rifle from bridget and shot it again about a 100 yards out. So, bridget had found all the pigs and hadn't shot any of them!!! Everyone was excited and we took off on a hunt for Bridget a pig to shoot. After about an hour the guide gets our attention and has spotted a big red pig laying out in a grassy harshy area. Bridget got ready to shoot and everyone was welling with anticipation....we were going to try and get it to stand up some how, but the guide wanted her to shoot it laying down. Bridget tried to move around and get a shot, but the grass was to high for her to see it throuhg the scope. So I knelt down and she rested the gun on my shoulder. I circled my arm around the gun and plugged my ears. She took forever to shoot, as i was breathing the cross-hairs would move. So she whispered hold for breathe. I held it for a few seconds when she shot. She shot it perfect, the pig flopped up and ran about 10 feet stumbling. The guide insisted she shoot it again, not nessicary, so she did and it dropped right were it stood. Not only did she have her first kil, but helpedd the guide cut the pig open for the gutting!!! All the pigs were right around 400 pounds and it was an awesome experience! Bridget is so cute and quite the little hunter!!!

How He Proposed

2008-12-28T07:33:00.000-08:00

Jimmie and I were planning a trip to the logan temple to do baptisms. This trip was on a friday. He called me early in the week and told me that he had to stay and work Friday, so we postponed it till Saturday. Now, at my work I sit in a cubical all day and take phone calls for the Post Office. They do this thing called VGH (voluntary Go Home) where you can sign up and if they are not busy they will send you home. I don't really like my job and its hard for me to stay when they say "Hey Bridget, do you want to go home?" I take VGH all the time and had made a goal to stay and work all of my hours that week. I told Jimmie that he should give me some kind of incentive to stay at work. Earlier in the week while I was talking to him on the phone he mentioned that he had a present for me, but I had to work all my hours to get it. He texted me a couple times that week about how much I was going love my present. Well Friday comes around at work and I got this message early on in the day from Jimmie. He told me that they were in St. George already. He was coming home earlier and I was so stoked. He was trying not to tell me because he knew i wouldn't want to stay at work, but he couldn't hold it in any longer. It was so hard for me to be at work when Jimmie was home. It was one of the longest days of my life but I did it! I worked my whole 8 1/2 hour shift. Well when I got off he met me at this Chinese restaurant and we ate food. Then we went to my aunts house to pick some stuff up. We went back to his house and were talking. He said he wanted to talk to me but he wanted to give me my present first. I asked if something was wrong and he said no, but he wanted to talk to me. Now if you don't know me I'll just tell you I worry. I try not to. I have gotten better, but I worry. Carrie called me her optimistic worry wart. that night i took him to get his car and it was very akward because of how quiet he was. I wasn't sure what was going on. We got to the car and he pulled out a case. He said I got you some scriptures but don't open them. There is another present inside. We got back to his house and he put the case on the counter and said that this week didn't go as he had planned. This day didn't go as planned with them having to work and all. He told me to open them. I did and I notice they were inscribed. They had Bridget Larene Hughes written on them. I was confused and then I realized what it was saying. I looked over at him and he had the ring in his hands. It was the biggest surprise of my life. I wasn't expecting anything for at least a little while. He told me how much he loved me and asked if I would be his wife. I hugged him and told him I couldn't believe it. He said he couldn't wait any longer. He was too excited. He had wanted to do it the next day at the temple. I said it was perfect the way he did it. "well you didn't say yes?". I was like oh yes, and gave him a big kiss. I have never been so happy.

Our First Date!

2008-12-23T11:31:00.000-08:00

We had been talking all week while he was away at work. My brother's girlfriend had been wanting me to go out on a date with her brother. I planned that date for during the week so that I would be free to go out with Jimmie on the weekend. My date with Devon fell through so I texted Jimmie and told him I was free that night. He wrote back and said that he was scouting. I wrote back "boy scouting"? That was the only scouting I knew of. But he was hunting scouting. Ill never be able to live that one down. We had a date planned for Saturday night. We were going to go out to dinner and a movie around 7pm. I thought I had all the time in the world. He called around 5 and asked if I wanted to go to a movie premier in Salt Lake. I love the movies so of course I was down.
"What movie is is"
"..well... it's actually a hunting movie"
"oh.. well that's cool, when do we need to leave"
"actually right now"
"oh.. um.. can you give me twenty minutes"
"yeah sure I have to get gas and pick up my cousin anyways"
"OK bye"
And I scream "LINDSEY"
She had wanted to do my hair! So we are both in the bathroom I am crouching down so she can do my hair and I am doing my makeup, while trying to decide what to wear.
We did it!.........
I'm now sitting on the middle hump of this truck between two boys I don't know. Jimmie was driving and his cousin Joe was on the passenger side. I don't have access to a seat belt so I'm silently freaking out. This hump in uncomfortable and makes me feel very high and that I could be projected through the window at the tap of the breaks.
We get to the theater and sit in our seats. The air conditioner was broken so it was sweltering hot! The movie looked like a home made movie about a couple guys that went around with their bows and arrows and shot deer. I asked a lot of questions and Jimmie didn't mind answering them. The movie wasn't boring and I was curious. I usually can tell if I like a guy within the first 5 min, and i already knew I was interested in Jimmie Hughes. After the movie the three of us joined their other cousins April and Rich at Hard Rock Cafe. They told hunting stories the entire time. I probably have never talked less in my life except the time I was in Mexico visiting my friends non English speaking grandparents. I was interested in the stories that they told. Especially the ones that involved Jimmie. I did enjoy myself.....
When we dropped Joe off at their apartment in Orem it was decided that we would go back to my apartment and watch a movie. We watched Coach Carter. We talked through the movie and he held my hand under the blanket. It was so cute...

How We Met!

2008-12-23T10:40:00.000-08:00

My boss came up to me one day and told me that her husband wanted me to go out with this guy he worked with. I had been getting so many setups these past couple months, I almost said no. But I figured I would give it a shot. Well on Friday the 18th of July I got up not expecting anything different. Esther came to me around my lunch time and asked if I would go meet this kid today at lunch. This way if we didn't like each other we would both be spared an awkward date. We met. He was on the phone and I thought oh he's cute. We went into Quiznos and ordered the food. I asked him some questions and he answered me with one word answers. I didn't think he was interested because that was all the conversation we had. When me and Ester got back to work she said she would find out the dirt. She came to me later and said that Jimmie thought I was really cute. I was really surprised because he hadn't talked to me. I gave Esther my number and Jimmie texted me the next day. That's how we got to talking...