Hettinger Happenings

So much has been going on in the past few weeks! I have started school. The first few days were overwhelming, just so many students that I want to get to know, and having to make a professional and good impression, and getting all the paperwork right. I have just been exhausted. And now sick. I really like my students. I have an equal amount of 9-12th graders, so its a nice mix. The advanced classes are smaller and I feel like I can relax a little more in those classes. I have 2 girls in each of my advanced classes. All boys. Great isn't it! And they are really excited to be there. I am getting a dance teaching job this week as well... i think. I will be teaching an adult class, and a combo class for 7-11 year olds! No advanced classes for me!! But the director would like me to choreograph for her competting class as well. I will get a free gym membership out of this as well, and the ability to have a studio to choreograph in when I just need to dance! I am also trying to put toget...

so, it's official charly is now walking, well she still crawls a lot more than she walks. but she's really getting the hang of it. it used to be she only walked with her left foot and she's go around in circles, but now its the right foot too. It's funny cause sometimes she will take a lot of little tiny steps and it looks like shes running, but then she'll just fall. luckily she knows how to catch herself with her hands though. lets see what else... Charly has a lot of favorite things to do now like... -she loves watching the Backyardagains and dancing when they dance and screaming when they sing... but she has to be touching the tv of course (the cutest show on nick jr. you should all try and watch it once) - she loves to copy funny faces, and noises, especially if you scrunch your nose and breath in and out through it really fast. it's her favorite one. She also likes making fishy faces and kissy noises. also she likes to copy us if we scream in a high pit...

In case you haven't heard Marie Osmond is going to be on Dancing with the Stars in the Fall as well as Wayne Newton. This should be interesting. Also, The Bachelor isn't with Tess anymore. Julianne Hough's brother is going to be on Dancing with the Stars this season. And yes, it is the Zack from BYU camp that Julianne is engaged to.

I haven't posted because I lost my camera! I know that I brought it back from Virginia but I think it might be in one of the pockets of my suitcase in the attic. Anyway -- I wanted to post a picture of dad and Bryant. Kristie and I were laughing about how identical they are. They look nothing alike to both were wearing t-shirts, jeans, baseball caps and beards! It was funny. Anyway -- we had a fantastic time! We stopped in Williamsburg. Boy, it was so humid and hot, that dad and I didn't stay long, but it looks like fantastic place with a lot of rich history. I'd love to go on a nice autumn day. We went shopping for maternity outfits. That was a lot of fun! On Saturday we went to Busche Gardens and we had the best time. Dad and Bry said their big roller coaster rated right up there with the ones at Cedar Point. It was all done in a European theme, so it was fun to stroll through the villages. We saw an amazing dance show in Ireland. You know how much Bry love...

I couldn't find my cousin Barbara's address to send her an invitation to Stacey's wedding. I didn't send her one to the shower or to Jessy's shower because I could never find the address. So I sent it in care of Shirley to Shirley's address. Well Barbara called and asked me "What's my last name" and I said, "Cawley", she said "No it's not! It's Tobin", (which I couldn't understand on the phone and made her spell it!) She said remember I got married after I divorced Bob. I said, "You married Jerry???" (her current boyfriend). She said, "No, remember I was married to Tom!!!" (he died, I even went to the funeral)!!! Then I said, "No wonder I couldn't find your address in the phone book!!"

Good evening loved ones......Its me again. Well, i have some news, I leave for Iraq in exactly 72 days and counting. Thats right it is now official! To be honest it hasn't really hit me just yet, but i know it will.....Im glad that i know for sure now because i can start preparing for it mentaly as well as physicly. I can't wait to get it over with and come home to the two most wonderful women in the world.......don't worry everybody and the most amazing family anyone can ever have!!! I really mean that with all my heart......Thats on of the big reasons why I wanted to write this. I want to let everyone know how much i really love and appreciate them. I know i don't talk to all of you, but you are all in my heart. I also want to apologize because i haven't really kept in touch. Sometimes laziness gets the best of me, but that is no excuse.......I will make more of an effort to talk to everyone, i promise! By the way before i forget, THE BIGGEST CONGRATS t...

Well its been a week that Jake and I have been here. We are liking the area more, and the apartment is coming together slowly. Tomorrow we go back to IKEA for a couch. We still havent decided on which one. I might be getting a job teaching dance one night a week which would be an answer to prayers. I couldn't figure out how I was going to get to dance this year, and this would be the perfect way. I miss choreographing, and having a studio to walk into and dance around for a few hours. When I'm upset...I actually have to deal with it like a normal person...no dancing it out for an hour!!! The commute to work isn't bad at all. You wouldn't be suprised how far people commute EVERYDAY! The average is an hour, and thats the average! It is just so expensive to live here. I met a lady the other day who has a 4 year old, is pregnant, her husband was just deployed for Iraq and drove 2 hours ONE WAY to work everyday! Now she only has to drive an hour!!! I think that is the crazie...

The reason I fell in love with him when I was 4!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjOyrI8ohmc

I was on the K104 yesterday morning. Just a call in. Crazy, I hope no one heard me!

Jake and I arrived safely in Maryland on Wednesday. It was 113 degrees out the day we got there!! wow. The area is.....black people! haha. I really don't mind. I feel safe in our little apartment. We have been busy buying things, and painting to make it homey. It's been a lot of fun, except we have nothing. Jake wanted to make pancakes the other morning, and we had to go buy all the ingredients, pan and spatula to make them. We are accumulating things now though. Here are some rough pics of what we have been doing. Its still a mess..no where to put clothes, or all the random things we have. We will get organized. Jake loves to paint and put everything together. Its cute to watch, but man...the kid won't take a break to even eat!! haha. at this point he has been looking for batteries we bought the other day for about 40 min now. He doesnt even need them for anything. He just wants to know where they are! so funny!! our living room is black white and beige, our dining room i...

My little brother came to visit and we went to see the battleship and the nauticus museum. It was fun we even got to touch some sharks. We spent most of sat. at Water Country USA, riding and racing on the waterslides. We got tired of the lines so we decided to visit the ocean and go for a swim (a first for Mark and me) The waves at the beach were so big! Some of them knocked us over. After we played in the ocean we threw the frisbee around for a while. Bry forgot how to throw it, but he finally got the hang of it. After we ate a little sand by diving for the frisbee, we went and ate at The Olive Garden, which is always good. The waitress tried to hit on Mark a couple times, it was so funny. After dinner we came home and relaxed for the rest of the night. It was a great day. Can't wait to see all of you soon!!

It was Jessy's first Young Women's Broadcast. She was 12 and we were sitting in the Newburgh chapel. President Faust was the speaker. She nudged me and said, "Remember when we met him?" "Oh yeah", I said, trying to piece it all together. It was October conference 1985, we were in the old Tabernacle. Before conference the General Authorities met and greeted members of the congregation. President Faust approached us and we chatted with him for a little while. "Wait", I thought. Children were not permitted at conference. You kids stayed with the Haynes. As I thought even further, just Stacey and Bryant were with the Haynes, Jessy wasn't even born yet. She was born the next month. So she truly was with us as we met Elder Faust. And for a second, I believe the veil was parted there in the Newburgh chapel and the Spirit brought to her mind the full memory of meeting Elder Faust.

The house is quiet again! I am not sure if I like it or not.... Aunt Julie has been over a couple of times to help me with the invitations. I think they are so pretty. Everything had to be cut, pasted and tied with a bow. Uncle still up to his same old tricks. Yesterday he told dad that some told him a really bad thing...and when dad said he didn't believe it, he agreed it wasn't true!! I don't know how on earth he is actually going to live with a group of people. We have an appointment with the ARC for an intake and he better not blow it. Dad is having Brother Murphy (who did the siding) put all new windows on the back of the house in a few weeks and put on the new garage doors. Next week we are going to Virginia to see Bry and Kristie! We can't wait. Kristie and I are going to do a little shopping! And we are going to Busche Gardens and I hope dad and I get to spend some in Williamsburg. It's so nice when you kids move around the country because dad and ...

me and vanessa At the river walk The roads in Natalia Me and Delbert the trouble maker well it's pretty much been forever since i wrote on here... but i couldn't go on without tell you all about our trip to San Antonio/ Natalia, TX Jeron and Eder had a 4 day weekend.. so we all decided to go to down to San Antonio, Jeron, me, charly, eder, vanessa, and Jackson (a friend of jeron and eder's) Eder and Vanessa live about 25 min. outside of the city in a teeny town called Natalia. It was abousolutley something i have never seen before in my life and didn't even knew places like this existed. The population is 1600, and the percentage of mexican's is 97 %. So you can just imagine the rich mexican culture. The roads were extreemly narrow and hardly paved. All the houses are pretty much in shambles, and there wasnt any laws or any law enforcement untill 10 years ago... and even today no one calls the cops, they just "handle their bu...