Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to this man: my dad! He turned 55 (WOW!) on Sunday. He's a fantastic dad and I miss him every day. Here are a few things I love about him.

*Has a BIG heart

*Would always "pimple" my back when I was a little kid to get me to fall asleep. I loved it.

*Let my little sister and I put his hair in lots of ponytail holders when we were little because it was so much fun for us.

*His hands are ALWAYS warm no matter how cold it is and when I was little and would ask him why, he replied with: "because I have a warm heart." Ha!

*Does anything my mom asks him to.

*Goes everywhere my mom goes. He loves to be with her.

*Never says much, but when he does, we all know to listen.

*Baptized all of his children.

*Gives good hugs.

*Has always been a hard worker and great supporter to his family.

*Can build a snowman better than anyone else I know.

*Such a patient man.

*Great hide and go seek player.

*Love that I'll never be too big to sit on his lap.

*Enjoys the simple things in life.

*Knows how to save his money...he is very tight :) 

*How his nostrils flare and turn red when he's trying to hold back tears.

*Drives me (2 1/2 hours one way) to and from the airport every single time I fly home.

*Is always waiting with mom inside the airport for me to walk through the doors with a big smile on his face.

I just love how much love my dad has for me and all of his family...even if he never says it :) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Christmas. Family. Love it.

Rob and I were able to spend Christmas in WV again this year. I absolutely love everything about Christmas, but being able to spend it with my family makes it that much better. I have so much with them.

Pictures from the Fox's Christmas party and the Ward Christmas dinner. 

On Christmas Eve we always load up in dad's truck and drive around to look @ Christmas lights. 

We woke up  Christmas morning with snow falling to the ground. It was beautiful and a lot of fun having a white Christmas. After we open presents @ the house, we drive 2 hours to my sisters so we can see what Ryan and Brooklyn got and have round 2 with them. We always have Christmas dinner together at my sister's house. I love spending Christmas with my niece and nephew. I think I enjoy playing with all their toys more than they do :)

I just love these two so much. They have definitely stolen their aunt's heart. Ryan got Rob and I matching WV bracelets for Christmas this year. His presents are always so fun. He gets so excited to give them to everyone.

Sunday was spent going to church and then spending the last few hours together before heading back to the airport. Christmas was wonderful and I loved every moment of being home with my family. It's always so hard to leave them.

Think Pink!

We are having a girl and we are soooooooo excited!!!! She is expected to be here May 4. So far I have absolutely loved being pregnant. I really can't complain about anything. Morning sickness..what's that?? I guess I probably just got very lucky. I kept waiting and waiting for it to come but it just never happened. In the beginning, I was more tired than I normally am but that's really the only thing I could complain about. And really, what's to complain about doing NOTHING for like 12 hours straight and having a really good excuse for it?

Anyway..back to my little girl. I cannot wait to be a mommy to her but I am really excited for Rob to be a daddy. I was always a daddy's girl and I'm sure it will be no different with our little one either. I know Rob will be a wonderful dad. I just keep thinking about how much fun it's going to be to start a family together. I will be 23 weeks this Wednesday. It's hard to believe I am already over half way there. I think one of my most favorite things so far is feeling her move. It's the best feeling ever. Yay for little girls. I am very excited to buy all those cute girly clothes they make. Actually, I already started :) 

Happy Halloween!

I'm not a mom yet, but I love being an aunt to these two wonderful kids...

  Brooklyn wanted to be a cowgirl this year, but only if her big brother would be a cowboy. He was a good sport about it and I think they looked adorable. I love these two so much and they know they have their Aunt Trishy wrapped around their fingers. It really is hard to be so far away from them and it breaks my heart when I see pictures like this because I want to be able to..

trick or treat

carve pumpkins

and go to the pumpkin patch with them.

People tell me there is nothing like being a mom, but I don't know, being an aunt is pretty awesome. I just love these two.

My brother got hitched

The bride

The groom

The wedding party

My brother got married back in August (yes, I know, this is old. Like I've said before, I'm horrible at keeping up with my blog) which meant another trip to the east coast for Rob and I. Anyway, they had a beautiful day and everything went well. I chose some of the favorite photos to post on here. Enjoy! 

It was fun. The trip went fast because we were busy with the wedding but I am very happy for my brother and his new bride, Heidi. My brother and I have always been very close and I'm glad he finally found someone. They will soon be moving to Pennsylvania and are already expecting a little one. It wasn't quite a "honeymoon" baby, but not far off :) I am very excited for them.

Just ask God

I taught a class of 29 Kindergarten students today. It was a blast! I'm always excited to hear what they have to say because they know it all and are so wise at that age ya know :) One of the girls wanted to have a conversation with me about kids. It went like this..

"Can you show me your kids?"

" I don't have any kids"

"You don't have any kids here or you don't have any kids at all?"

"I don't have any kids at all yet."

"Oh! Well do you want to have kids one day?"

"Yes! I would love to have lots of kids one day."

"Oh ok! Well all you have to do is ask God. Just ask God and he will bring one to you."

Loved it! It made me smile.

Some of you are aware but not all...so I'll share. I got pregnant VERY quickly when Rob and I started trying but I lost it around 8 weeks. It was a tough process to go through but I was thankful to know that I can get pregnant and very fast for that matter so I just kept my head up and said okay we will try again soon.

So remember...just ask God. Little does she know that I already do :)

family reunion!

My great grandparents had 14 children so every year @ the end of July generations of the Hartman family get together for a two day reunion. There is usually close 300 people each day and we have a lot of fun. 

A hay ride kicks off the reunion on Saturday followed by a pig roast. Some sort of band usually always plays as well (mostly for the older generation) and this year there was square dancing. Ha! That was pretty hilarious. 

Sunday's festivities begin @ 1 with a huge lunch followed by a few door prizes. This year Rob and I took home the prize for furthest traveled. Who would have guessed? The rest of the day is filled with games like: water balloon toss, egg toss, watermelon seed spitting, 3-legged race, horse shoe pitching, crawl-dad catching, and a few others. Team Harry has claimed victory over the egg toss for four years now. We are pretty stoked about that!  

Our reunion is pretty country but it's a lot of fun. I love spending time with family on the beautiful nine acres of land that my mom grew up on and where I spent a lot of my childhood days. The Hartman reunion is one trip home I hope Rob and I will always take every year. 

Harry Hartman crew!