My Life is Interesting

So, here are some pictures from my life because its interesting.

Charlie and I went to the zoo with Cherise, Alyssa, and the kids =)

Walking passed the goats.

Danika "couldn't walk" =P

Genevieve being cute.

Rowan showing off his ticket =)

Obviously not afraid of the Dinosaurs =)

Genevieve, Rowan, and Danika all sitting or standing on the stone animals.

At the Serengeti

Henry's got a heart on his back =D

Climbing the termite mounds

Katelin's Graduation!

Katie's mode of transportation that evening.

Space invaders (made from Sticky Notes)

Random pretty flowers

Tom, Katie, Carl, Courtney, Courtney's friend

Katie and her friend AJ

Kim and her youngest ones

Katie and me =)

Very cute picture of Bella and Katie =)


Justin came over!

This is pretty much all that goes on when Justin comes over =P

Awesome tv from mom and dad! =D

We worked in the vegetable garden!

Charlie mounding a bit more dirt onto the potatoes

As Charlie was weeding an area for me to plant onions and carrots, he found a bit of a tree stump.

Here is the hole it came from.

New vegetable plants! YAY!!

Cucumbers =)


Charlie and I went for a walk to Starbucks =)

While I was taking these pictures Charlie kept telling me that the people who live at the condos will think I'm crazy...I said I don't mind =P

Mom, I took this picture for you =)

And a tree.

Well, thats my interesting life.

Stuff going on

So, there's been stuff going on. I quit my "job" and am looking for a new one. Not always the easiest thing, but its gotta be done. Also, I got the fabric to do the binding on my quilt!! I'll get pictures of the finished product up here soon (hopefully)

Tonight I got to go with my parents-in-law and Sam to a dinner to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Camp Jonah. Sam volunteered there last summer and has been helping out on many weekends since. He has also helped out at their winter camp. He's going to go again this summer, and honestly I wouldn't mind going myself. But I'm not willing to leave Charlie for that long, he'd be ok and get along fine without me, but I'd miss him far too much =( Anyhow, we got to go meet some of the other "staffies" as they're called there. All the people are so nice and it seems like a really awesome place for kids and teens to go to get to know other people and, most importantly, get closer to the Lord. I even got to buy a hoodie =D (thanks to my father-in-law) And on top of all that, I ran into some good friends. Mike and Debbie Young happened to be at the dinner because the youth leader at their church (also my parents' church) has been volunteering at Jonah for years.

In other news, Charlie and I are doing alright. We're happy and lovin being married =) Money gets tight, sometimes we don't have any. But we have God, each other, and our families to support and love us =)


I wouldn't trade any part of my life for anything. I have awesome parents and parents-in-law, I have the most amazing husband, I have the coolest siblings, and I have great friends. What more could a woman want??

Just a quick little post

Alright, so I started a quilt last year and I stopped working on it because I got busy. I felt like putting the rest together, so I finished the top tonight! I'm proud of myself =)
Charlie helped by taking pictures.







What do you think??











This one is of the top and the backing. They don't "match", but I think they're cute together and the little bird fabric is a SUPER soft flannel =D

These two are kinda dark, but they are my Valentines decorations so far. If the hallway wasn't a tad bit messy I would have been able to get better pictures =/ Oh well, I'll get some more later on when I have more decorations! =)

Here's some new pics!

Here are some pictures from the time I got my new camera to the new year =)

This is when we got our black Wii. Charlie was very happy, but not as happy as when his family got their Original Nintendo. His little 3-year-old self was laying on top of the box hugging it =P

Charlie got me a pink Wii remote.

This one is random, I just like the figurine.

Thanksgiving at mom and dad's

Rowan being weird.

Charlie eating Katie.

Charlie victoriously standing over our Christmas tree

Our first Christmas tree!

My chocolate Christmas cupcakes.

Mom's birthday. Rowan helped blow out the candles =)

Mom got us new t-shirts that say
"What happens under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe" =P

Making bread buns.

Wyatt with his dad.

Genevieve in cutie jammies

Danika at Christmas breakfast

Rowan making a really weird face.

Big brother to be, Henry.

Garrett! He's such a sweetie.

Cutest Katie of them all

All the kids except Wyatt, he was taking a bath.

New Years eve =)

Also New Years eve..looks like they were pretty tired even at 10:30 =P

Well, there's lots of pictures and not very many words..but that's alright, I think. In the next post I think I'll try to even it out a little more.

I'm married!!!

I haven't given my poor lonely blog attention in a long time. So, here's whats been going on and what is going on!

1) My family and Charlie's family helped us finish planning our wedding!
2) Charlie and I got married!! Yay!! Hooray!! Hoopla!!!
3) We spent Thanksgiving with my side of the family!
4) We spent Christmas Eve with my in-laws and Christmas Day with my side of the family!

5) We are currently at my parents' house awaiting the New Year!

Pictures aren't my strong suite, so you might just have to look at my mother's blog to see some.

So...anyways...

I'm sitting here while my husband and everyone older than 10 is playing a game called Smart....Donkey....(I'm not sposed to say THAT type of word, mother says so)

My mother-in-law made slush for me to bring for everyone to enjoy =) I'm happy she did, and very thankful.

I don't really have much to say anymore..so...any questions??

so many things..

There have been so many things going on its crazy. Like, planning a wedding, starting school, and trying to help take care of the nieces and nephews who are at my house.

Wedding planning hasn't been too terrible. The biggest things to me right now are: getting my dress cleaned, getting the rings, and getting the flower girl and bridesmaids dresses done. Everything else is falling into place nicely =)

School isn't too bad. I'm only taking one class this term. History 201 at PCC. Its been a pretty good first week.

With a lot of family in the house its sometimes hard to focus on one thing, but that's where having lots of siblings who are willing to help comes in handy. Thank the Lord for being so great and helping everyone (especially my parents) to be able to handle everything that's going on in their lives.

Life is insane sometimes. Ups and downs aren't always fun, but that's what happens. It's just life. And I love my crazy, hectic, sometimes not so fun, amazingly blessed life =)

P.S. Next thing to look forward to: bridal showers =D

Big Happenings

Guess what...I'M ENGAGED!!! =D To the most amazing guy. Charles A. Domina. He loves God, is sweet and caring, and loves me for me =)

One of our favorite paces to go is the Oregon Coast, cause hey, its the Oregon Coast!!

And thats where he proposed!

It was Sunday the 16th and his family and I had just gone to the beach like two weeks before, so it was kinda odd that we were going again, but I didn't really give it a second thought.

So we get there and Charlie's parents tell us that they're just gonna sit on a blanket near the big rock at Cannon Beach, and that we can go pretty much anywhere. That was the first thing that hinted that he was going to ask, because we normally don't separate when we go places all together. Then Charlie said that we were going to wander "that way" which was away from his parents (second hint). So we walked a little ways and came to a small log and he said we should sit down because his legs were tired from work (third hint). We sat down and talked a little bit and then he said "I love you. You know that, right?" and I said "Yes, I love you too" and then he kinda spun himself off the log and down onto one knee and opened a ring box (fourth hint). Then he said "Courtney Paige Hilman?" and I squeaked "yes?" with my hands over my mouth and then he asked "will you marry me?" and I said "yes!" Then I clumsily took my Promise ring off my left hand and put it onto my right, and he put the Engagement ring on my finger. Then we hugged =)

Then we went back to where his parents were, his mom was taking pictures of us walking towards them until we got to the blanket =P

Then we all went out to lunch/dinner =)

So thats my news for now. Thank you to all who have been giving their support! We really appreciate it =)