Too Much Information!!

On Friday afternoon I got two very important and exciting pieces of news at almost exactly the same time.  The odds of that happening are very remote but it happened anyway.  At almost exactly the same time I found out that my son, Logan, and his wife are having a baby boy AND that my wonderful niece, Sarah, is going to Belgium on her mission.  It was almost too much for my old heart.  We were in the room watching my sweet little grandson roll around in Shell's stomach while we were on speaker phone with my other daughter-in-law listening to Sarah read that she will be serving in Belgium and speaking Dutch!  Sarah actually got her call the day before but because some people had conflicts in being there to hear where she was going she postponed it to the next day at exactly the time we would be in the sonogram room meeting our new grandson.  What are the odds?  Incredibly rare!  I'm thrilled by both pieces of news.  I can't wait to meet my little grandson and Sarah is coming down this week for a visit so we can hear all about her new adventure!

What a Great Vacation!!!

We're back and we had a GREAT time.  Everything went perfectly.  The weather was terrific, the food was fabulous and we even met some new Mormon friends.  I had a rough time being in the same city as my missionary and I cried when I gave his friend his birthday goodies but it was wonderful to see some of the places where he had been and to know he was close by.  A local girl asked Hunter to take a picture with her because she thought he was so cute.  The shows on the ship were great.  We loved all of them.  Pat, Kyle and Hunter went on the zip line in Puerta Vallarta and had a blast.  Me, Savannah and Brandon just got eaten by mosquitoes, especially Savannah.  Puerta Vallarta was the prettiest with its beautiful jungles and beaches.  We ate at a local Mexican barbeque in Acapulco and its easy to see why Jensen is getting a little pooch from the amazing food.  Hunter now has a pile of new facebook friends and one of them is very close by in Encinitas (and she's Mormon :) Yay!)  I highly recommend cruises as the best form of vacation ever.  Good to be home but can't wait for the next one, whenever that is. 

CRUISE!!!

Tomorrow we go on our cruise to Mexico.  Yes, the Mexico where my son is serving a mission.  Yes, the very city where my son is serving his mission.  He will, however, be hiding from us when we get there because we all agreed it would be wayyy too hard to see each other mid-mission and then say good-bye again.  He is sending an American who lives in his ward to take us on a little mini tour and see where he actually serves.  It will be so cool but so weird to be that close to him.  There is a slight chance that he will get transferred two days before we get there.  We all love cruises and can't wait to check out the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line since we've only been on Carnival so far.  We will be gone for 10 days and are visiting 5 Mexican cities.  They are Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo and Mazatlan.  Jensen has served in Acapulco and is currently serving in Zihuatanejo.  We have been to all but Puerto Vallarta before but just love the whole cruising experience no matter where we go.  We will have another Easter on a ship and it is really cool.  We gather in our cabin and sing hymns and read the Easter story and eat our chocolates.  It's very cozy and different.  I am taking Jensen's Easter and birthday goodies to give to the American since it costs a fortune to send things and I never know if they actually are going to arrive in one piece.  I'm so excited I can hardly stand it.  Bon Voyage everyone and have a wonderful Spring Break!

Celebrity Mom

Things are starting to get a little exciting around the Moore household.  Almost every day we are getting mail and emails from colleges around the country regarding my little quarterback.  So far they are fairly generic and are just introducing him to their campus and coaches but they keep coming!  We had a highlight film made and Pat figured out how to put it on youtube.  I, of course, have no idea how to put that link on this blog but if you go to youtube and type in "Hunter Moore Mission Hills" you can watch my little hotshot playing pretty darn good football.  Just seeing him on the computer makes me nervous and proud and excited all rolled into one.  After watching "The Blind Side" I have daydreamed of coaches visiting our house and trying to recruit my son.  I have no idea if he is good enough for that but it's kind of fun to dream about it except that I am a very private and basically shy person so I'm a little nervous about the possibility of it actually happening.  For now I will just bask in the mail that keeps coming to our school and the emails on my computer addressed to Hunter Moore.  It's kind of fun basking in the light coming from my little "star".