All About Hilarie

Week With the Boys

2009-07-15T10:44:00.005-04:00

This week I had the boys for four days. Gabriel and Elijah both had baseball games.

We decided to take the boys camping for two nights.

Making sand castles at the beach

Making S'mores

Dinner time!

4th of July Weekend

2009-07-15T10:19:00.004-04:00

We headed back to Muskegon for 4th of July weekend. Their Summer Celebration festival was going on so there were a lot of concerts and things to do at night.

Justin and His dog Diesel

Out on the boat

Waiting for the fireworks

Justin and Brock had backstage passes to the Shinedown concert so we went to see them on Sunday night.

Graduation Parties!

2009-07-15T09:58:00.008-04:00

A few weekends ago Kristin and I headed up to Muskegon for Brocks (Justin's friend) grad party.

Guess who we met?

Justin Abdelkader #8 for the Red Wings.
Justin A. lives in Muskegon and played on Mona Shores hockey team with Justin G. and Brock

Pictures on the water

Out on the boat at nightJustin and I

Happy Birthday!

2009-06-16T21:34:00.003-04:00

Justin turned 20 last week so Kristin and I had some of our friends up to visit along with some of Justin's friends for his birthday.

Justin's Birthday cake! I have never been able to draw straight lines, even in high school my art teacher had to draw straight lines for me....

Day at South Haven

2009-05-04T12:52:00.002-04:00

Yesterday Kristin, Justin, and I drove down to South Haven to look at apartments for next semester. Afterwards we decided to drive the five minutes to the beach and walk the pier to the lighthouse.

Easter Pictures

2009-04-22T14:35:00.004-04:00

Tank was very happy to get a nw collar from the Easter bunny and also some donuts.

Bosco and Tanks Easter Pictures
Bosco actually decided to take a picture

Aww I love Tanky...but he's actually eyeballing the birds and debating on how he can get away to chase them

More eyeballing of the birds...

The Latest and Greatest

2009-03-28T23:11:00.002-04:00

So Tankys life has been sad with out me. Every time I see a little dog it makes me miss his little face. This is the latest and greatest of Tankys pictures from my last journey home. I took several pictures of Tank which he posed for perfectly with a different expression for each one. I did try to take a picture with bosco, however, tank would not have it. He actually attacked me throughout the process of taking pictures of bosco by pawing and clawing my arm so I could not keep the camera still. What a smart little dog :) I then went on to take more pictures of Tank, which he posed for and enjoyed every second of it. What a little camera hog!!

On St. Pattys day Kristin and I went to our friend Laura's house for a BBQ.

These are the amazing cup cakes I made before the cook out. I actually baked and frosted them in one hour so I was pretty proud of that accomplishment. I made them so fast that they had no time to cool and the frosting was melting off. Frosting was everywhere including on me as I ran out the door to get on the bus for class. I had no time to look in the mirror so as I sat on the bus I touched my forehead realizing I somehow managed to get frosting on my head. So attractive!

This is before work a few mornings ago. I actually really enjoy working there. It's a good job for me and very fast paced so I never get bored!

It's been a while..

2009-03-16T18:11:00.005-04:00

So I decided it was time for me to post since it's been quite a while. I had my spring break last weekend so I got to go home for a week and visit Tanky and of course the Fam.

I started a new job at a plasma donation center and am very excited about it! My first day was actually today, and so far I think i will like it. I also started taking a self defense class with Kristin and so now maybe one day I can beat Eric up :)

I also got to visit Gabe and Elijah. I picked them both up from school the one day and while me and Gabe were waiting for Elijah we decided to take some pictures!
Tanky loves his picture taken

He looks like a cute little rabbit

Cori and I also started de-wallpapering her bedroom. It wasn't very successful..after three long hours this is all we got off.

Tanky is growing up!

2009-01-25T18:15:00.009-05:00

So it's almost been a year since I brought home this adorable face.

Aww I remember it like it was yesterday!
As he grew his ears actually began to stand up. For a while one ear was pretty floppy though.
This is after Tanks first haircut. He's so cute

Tank loves my furry hat.

Over the past year Tank took a dog obedience class and passed! He has a certificate and everything. He is still working on listening but he gets better every day. Tank does still think that sit means come, but that is not his fault. Tanky is now going on to do bigger and better things and is going to pursue his career as a model.
Can't forget about Bosco, he's cute too!

In his spare time Bosco enjoys barking and/or growling at Tank and sleeping. He also enjoys giving the friendly hello let me lick your face/hand/leg like a cow.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-23T11:33:00.003-05:00

Obviously this post is a little late...OK a lot late but anyway the holidays went by well. Christmas was good I got a camera so now I can keep up on my blogging while I'm away and I also got a global positioning system which has definitely come in handy because I am always getting lost in Kalamazoo. I went to Andrews house for New Years Eve with Kristin and Dan, and some of Andrews friends. It was really fun and there was a lot of food which was amazing because I love to eat.

I also have completely moved into my apartment. I live with Kristin and two other girls but we all have our own bedrooms and bathrooms which is really nice. School has been going well, but I am still looking for a job at a hospital or babysitting.

Lights Before Christmas

2009-01-02T23:04:00.002-05:00

So a couple of weekends ago Kristin, her boyfriend Dan, Katie, her boyfriend Paul, and Me, and my boyfriend Andrew went to the Toledo Zoo to see the lights before Christmas. It was really cold but it was still fun.

Andrew and I

Our Group

Dan and I

So as you know Andrew is the new boyfriend. Kristin actually introduced us back in October. Her and Andrew are lab partners in chemistry and that's how they met. Andrew is also a nursing major.

Change of Plans

2008-11-25T18:40:00.003-05:00

I recently decided that I wanted to transfer colleges. I'd been contemplating it for a while now, but I recently decided for sure that I will be going up to Western Michigan next semester. I am still going to contine to do the nursing program, but I just really needed a change and nothing was holding me back anymore. I will be living in an apartment with Krsitin and two others girls who I have gotten to know and really like. It's a 4 bedroom 4 bath which is good, however the downfall is no pets allowed!! I think I may die without Tank and will probably visit him like every weekend. We are looking at places that accept pets for next fall though because me and Tank can not be separated ever!

Jason (Krsitins brother) and I

Wedding Time

2008-11-25T18:28:00.003-05:00

On Saturday Cori was in a wedding and the whole family was invited. My dad and brother couldn't make it so I brought Kristin as my date.

This is Austin who Cori walked down the isle with. Kristin and I decided to make his dreams come true.
Me being a creeper

Sisters!

This is the weddng party dance. No joke this is really how far apart Austin and Cori danced the whole time! It was hilarious.

Grooms Cake

I love cake!

Kristin Finally Turned 19!

2008-11-25T18:14:00.003-05:00

So November 19 finally rolled around and Kristin finally turned 19! So for her birthday we got our group of friends together and went to Canada. We got two hotel rooms in the casino and stayed there on Friday night.

Katie, Me, Kristin, Emily, Jessy, Megan, and Brittany

We've all been really good freinds since high school except we met Emily last summer.

Us just hangingout before we got dressed up

Me, Emily and Kristin were the first ones to get there so we decided to go order our first drinks at the bar since we were legal and all

Exciting times..

Overall it was really fun and a good girls night out!

Central Western Weekend

2008-11-25T18:08:00.002-05:00

So I went up to Central a little while ago now for Central -Western weekend. I stayed with my friend Katie in her dorm. We went to the football game and hung out and made tacos and macaroni and cheese shapes! Oh and I also got to see Matt one night when I was there.

At the football game

Before Dinner

Pictures With Tank

2008-11-25T17:54:00.002-05:00

So updating my blog has definitely been on my "to do" list for quite some time now so I am finally getting around to it.These are some of the pictures Aunt Karen took of me and Tank when she did my cousins Stevens Graduation pictures.

Me and Steven

Eric's Homecoming

2008-10-12T21:05:00.004-04:00

So Eric went to homecoming...

People on a ladder...and Eric
The whole group Eric's Date
Eric

The Guys

Tanker B

2008-10-07T23:42:00.006-04:00

So two post in a row from me, that's a big deal. This also means don't expect any more any time soon. So your probably wondering what Tanker B means. Tanker - is Tanks nickname and B is short for Bosco. So together I call them Tanker B.

Poor Poor Bosco
Tank and Cori are having a staring contest and obviously Tank wins because he's cuter and Tank does what he wants.

Wedding Day (not mine of course)

2008-10-07T23:32:00.002-04:00

So last weekend I accompanied my friend Alicia to a wedding as her date.

We had a really good time and the food was excellent, but i'm all about the cake (which was delightfully tasty)
So at all weddings the bride tosses the bouquet and someone catches it and we all know what happens next , that is except for Alicia. Notice here were all just watching her catch it because we all know what happens if you do.
Obviously Alicia did not know. Which made watching this that much more enjoyable for me. I also think this dude was quite excited that he caught the garder....

Weekend At Western

2008-09-23T22:59:00.004-04:00

So I spent this weekend up at Western with Kristin at her apartment.

We went to the football game on Saturday then ordered some pizza and hung out with our friend Nathan and some of his friends that decided to come visit him this weekend.
This is Kristin's boyfriend Dan and this is our happy face. We're special.

Remembering

2008-09-07T21:24:00.010-04:00

Summer Recap

2008-09-07T21:24:00.004-04:00

So since everyone complains that I never post I decided to get to it. I hardly post because I don't find very many things picture worthy, but here are a few from the Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert concert this summer. I also went to cedar point, but didn't take pictures and did some other things, but nothing that fun. I graduate from my phlebotomy class on Tuesday and hopefully will be able to find a job relatively soon. Also, when I get around to it, I'll take some pictures of my bedroom

This was before the concert started. We ended up being right up by the stage.

The Latest

2008-06-17T11:40:00.004-04:00

The latest thing I'm up to is making cakes. This is a baby Einstein cake for Kristins counsins first birthday. I will be making Cullen's first birthday cake in August, so Uncle Ken and Aunt Cheryl you need to figure out what you want his cake to be.
So Tank here had his first hair cut. I think he misses his hair. Tanks life is pretty boring, but he does enjoy chasing bugs at night and is also a fan of birds, squirrels, and plastic bags. The next thing for Tank: shock collar :)

The Latest debate in our household is if Tank looks like Jarrod. I tried to get their pictures side by side but after about ten minutes of trying to figure it out I gave up.

So does Tank look like his dad or not? What do you think?

My Babies

2008-06-06T13:11:00.003-04:00

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would give some updated pictures of Tank, who is now 6 months old!

Tank is starting to learn how to come and to not run in the street. He needs a lot of work and since he is an evil genius this might take awhile.

Go Tigers!

2008-04-27T22:57:00.004-04:00

Yesterday I went to the Tigers game with Jarrod's Family. We had a really good time and awesome seats in row 5 right along the 3rd base line. We couldn't get seats with his parents because they were sold out but they sat a little closer to the infield and we were more in the outfield.

We bought matchng shirts prior to the game, I hads Mags and he had "The Top Sheff"
Jarrod's sister Allison
These were where our seats were. We had two foul balls basically pop into where we sat. I did not catch any considering the two guys in front of me were twice my size and had much longer arms.
I had fun and ate a lot of random food. Jarrod did not seem to into the game and Allison took a nap during it but I enjoyed it.

5 Days of Fun

2008-04-21T15:03:00.004-04:00

So the past five days Kristin and I have been babysitting the kids. We went shopping and to bowling fundraisers, and birthday parties, and the park, and on picnics. Overall a very eventful week.

We went to the park today...notice Gabriel between the wood.

We decided to let the kids run up and down the hill to tire them out

Tank also had a bath
He whimpered the whole time
Gabe decided to take a nap in the dog bed with the dogs blanket
Gabe also made a donut mess all over the clean floor so he had to clean it up
he likes to vacuum though...

Little Ceasars Playoff Champions

2008-03-21T18:26:00.014-04:00

Eric's hockey team won the little ceasars playoffs. Next he will be trying out for the selects hockey team, hopefully he makes it!

Furry Friends

2008-03-21T18:26:00.005-04:00

Tank is growing
Bosco is comtemplating his escape route
He looks cute and innocent, but trust me he's not
He's cute and innocent

Easter Eggs

2008-03-21T18:26:00.002-04:00

Last week I decorated Spiderman Easter Eggs with the kids. It was their first time and needless to say it went pretty well.
Before

After

In the end we had about a dozen brightly colored spiderman eggs.

Spice Up Your Life

2008-02-18T20:45:00.003-05:00

So on Saturday I went to the Spice Girls concert with Taylor. It brought back memories of our child hood sitting on the swing sets listening to the Spice Girls.....

It was super fun and i'm glad I got to go. Thanks Tay!

Happy Valentine's Day To Me

2008-02-17T11:33:00.002-05:00

Well Jarrod got me a puppy for Valentines day. His name is Sakari Sherman Tank- Tank for short. He hasn't come home yet to the Debbie. She doesn't like him but once she see this pictures she won't be able to resist his cuteness. He is 9 weeks old and is a shi-mo which is a cross between a shi-tzu and an american eskimo he will get to be about 20 lbs. He's very fluffy. I'm working on training him now but he wants nothing to do with it. I'll take more pictures sometime when he is awake.

He really likes to sleep

Weekend Getaway to Chicago

2008-01-23T10:21:00.001-05:00

So Jarrod is finally home yay! Ever since he has been gone we have been planning a trip to Chicago. So on Friday Me, Jarrod, his sister Allison, and her friend Jen left for Chicago. We were all very excited for the Cheesecake factory and I was equally excited for the container store (I saw it on Oprah)

I Love Cheesecake!! I had oreo by the way and it was extremely amazing
He's back to being his noraml self
This is at Giradano's Pizza. Jarrod saw it on the travel channel as the best pizza. It was amazing!!!!

Anyway We really didn't get much shopping done because it was sooo cold. Below Zero. My legs were numb from walking just a little. When I go back I'm definitely going in the summer.

So we left Chicago on Sunday and we were getting pretty hungry so the GPS Pam navigated us way out of the way for food. After food we had to take some backroads and Jarrod as usual was speeding so of course we got pulled over. (Time 3:00pm) The cop was pretty nice and reduced the ticket to not wearing a seatbelt so that his insurance didn't go up. So we drove some more and were wondering what would happen if we got pulled over again. Would the cop be able to tell you just got pulled over? Well we found out! So were driving down the highway and Jarrod is going so slow semis are passing us. We see a cop and we pass him and he pulls out.(Time 3:40) Were like ha the cop is going to get those speeders! Nope he pulls us over. Jarrod was angry. But why did he pull us over ...No blinker when changing lanes apparently. I Was laughing becasue I thought it was funny. Jarrod did not. However, we only got a warning. So the moral is you can get pulled over twice in one day and the cop won't know you hust got pulled over.

Random Vacation Footage

2008-01-11T00:12:00.000-05:00

Overall the vacation was super fun and educational. I learned that Matt does not look good in a bra, people in Mexico really can't drive, and that the toilet water on the boat is most likely freshwater.

Adventures in the lives of snorkelers

At Disney - the teacups.

They were highly fasinating to me..possibly my favortie ride

The castle

On the crusie
I could not help but put this on here..surely an unforgetable moment...however I did spare you all from the video

Wow amazing a smile out of Eric
We went to Miami ink in search of tattoos. Even Debbie was going to get one.. but we decided against it when the minimum price was $200
Me and some water
I love food
Finally legal

Family Photos

2007-12-28T16:14:00.000-05:00

For a surprise for my moms birthday we all went to my Aunt Karens house to take some family pictures. Although it was supposed to be a surpise Cori can't keep a secret to save her life so my mom ended up finding out the same day. These are just some of our pictures.

Thanks Aunt Karen!

Gingerbread Fun!

2007-12-08T21:03:00.000-05:00

So today I decided to make gingerbread houses with the kids. We took a trip to Walmart which was overly crowded. Let me tell you it was really fun trying to keep Elijah from standing and jumping off the cart and also at the same time keep Gabriel's hands in the cart (he would either end up hitting people or grab candy off the shelf). However I did have Cori with me. Not sure how much help a kid on crutches can be in a crowded store though. However, we were successful... and made it out alive!

Back at the house I got everything ready to make the Gingerbread houses. Elijah was pretty entertained with eating the frosting.
I was trying to help Gabe with his house but for some reason Elijahs house turned out better than ours!
He's only smiling becasue I'm doing all the work and he's eating all the gram crackers!
Elijah hard at work building his house
Going for the candy! I think he ate more candy then he put on his house and trust me there was A LOT on his house
The kids hard at work on their houses

Cori showing off her peppermint house
The finished products!

Overall it was a fun time and it wasn't even that messy :)

Trick-or-Treat

2007-11-09T09:47:00.000-05:00

This is Cori and her friend Bridgette. Cori had a whole bunch of friends over to go trick-or-treating.
I took the boys trick-or-treating and we made it down my block and they were already tired. At every house we went to instead of Gabriel saying trick-or-treat he would tell them he was a dinosaur. After he would get his candy he would say have fun! It was so cute.
For just walking down the block the boys ended up with more candy than my sister. I don't know how they managed to do that. We also saw a lot of spidermans that night and every single one we say felt the need to talk to Elijah. Maybe there is some spiderman bond that I just can't understand. There was also this little girl that kept wanting to talk to Gabe. However, gabe wanted nothing to do with her and was annoyed that she kept trying to talk to him.

Nothing Good About Good Bye

2007-10-29T15:25:00.000-04:00

So today was the last day that I got to spend with Jarrod before going home. We decided to look at all the old war planes and had lunch at Sonic. We always see the commercials for it on TV but have never actually found one to eat at. The food was pretty good and their smoothies were amazing.

A plane
Another plane
In front of the TI monument. Jarrod did not want his picture taken. He was cranky from being sleep deprived and really just wanted to relax.
After lunch we met up with Jarrods wingman Swader and went bowling.

What cool shoes we got to wear.
After bowling we got some last minute sweatshits and then had to say good bye :(

Jarrod informed me later that night that he got the MTI (military training instructor) coin. That's a big deal. His TI told him that he was an awesome leader and trainee. Yay Jarrod. The whole time he was there he only got yelled at once which is definitely an accomplishment.

He is off to Shpperd AFB for AIT and won't be home till January 8. The only good thing is that he now has his cell phone and he has weekends off. I will probably visit him in about a month.

Fly Boy

2007-10-27T08:56:00.000-04:00

So this morning I was supposed to get to sleep in...not exactly what went down... So I woke up at 0615 to what I thought to be an alarm clock but it was so loud and annoying. I loooked around and finally realized the smoke alarm was going off. So we had to leave the room and sit outside in the cold. The fire dept. came and it turns out some idiot was smoking in the hall way.

Isn't he attractive?
Airman Hilarie

At the riverwalk. Jarrod was very cooperative with taking pictures today. He claimed it was painless.

More pictures on the bridge at the riverwalk

In the gazebo in front of the Alamo. Another painless picture.

Inside the Alamo.

Outside the Alamo

After visiting the Alamo we ate an early dinner on the riverwalk at a Mexican restaurant. After we went back to hotel for about four hours then took Jarrod back to the base. I hate having to say good bye to him, it's the worst part of the day :(

HOOAH!

2007-10-26T21:34:00.000-04:00

So we woke up early again this moring to get to Jarrods Graduation. The ceremony was definitely somethng to see. It's such a sight to see all the airmen marching in lines exactly together. The ceremony was short and to the point..just how I like it.

Jarrod's flight is the first on the left
Jarrod in his dress blues

Me and Jarrod. It actually warmed up enough that I could wear a tank top!

This is wear Jarrod was kept from me for 6 1/2 weeks

Jarrod's BDU

This is Jarrod's flights shirt. I got one for myself.

Our day was pretty simple today. Jarrod got to leave base and we brought him back to the hotel and just had a relaxing day there and ordered pizza. Jarrod also got his cell back today!!! I was so happy about this. Tomorrow we get to see Jarrod all day!!!

Don't Mess With Texas

2007-10-25T21:21:00.000-04:00

Last Night I arrived in San Antonio, Texas about 2100 hours accompanied by Jarrod's mom and sister. We had some trouble finding the hotel due to constuction and exits being closed. To say the least we did end up driving down the road on the wrong side of the median. However, No oncoming traffic. Lucky us. We got to the hotel at about 2300 and then me and Allison asked the check in man for directions to the base. We told him if he told us th wrong directions in any way that we would come after him. We weren't kidding.

The morning started out with the Airmans run. The trianees ran down the road with their flights chanting. It was so hard to find Jarrod. They all look the same!

This was the first time I saw Jarrod in over 6 weeks. However, I did not get to talk to him I only got to watch him run by.

The Coin Ceremony - Jarrod's Flight - 320 TRS/FLT 647

This is when the Airman are presented with their coins and officially become Airman. Jarrod is the 6th row over three back.

After the ceremony we got to go see our Airman. I finally got to hug him..but only for 5 seconds. And then I hugged him again..for five more seconds.

This is Jarrod with his short hair. Isn't he cute.

Airman Konz

I am so proud of him. He graduated Thunderbolt. This means that Jarrod is one of the most physicallly fit Airmen!He ran a mile and a half in 9 min!

So the National Anthem started playing and I took this opportunity to snap a quick picture of Jarrod saluting.

We were actually touching in this picture. I was so happy to see him :)

Corn Maze

2007-10-21T21:23:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I had to babysit so I decided to take the kids on an adventure. It was interesting. Me and my dad took Elijah, Courtney, Cori, Gabe, and Mason to the corn maze. This was the closest we got to a group picture all day.
Cori and Gabe
The four little ones got to do a tractor ride. They all seemed to enjoy this.
Courtney and Elijah are quite enthused with raceing ducks. Notice they are making the same face...

Hello Cori!
So Courtney and Mason do not like having their picture taken which ment that I hade to be in this one...

The lovely characters I babysit.

So Considering the rest of the Shomo family had a blog page I decided to get one too. I didn't want to be left out of the world of Shomo blogging websites so I had to make one.

As We Go On We Remember All The Times We Had Together

2007-10-19T00:01:00.000-04:00

They raised the awesome girl in the center :)
Me and Little Brother

Me and Big Brother- I remember his grauation I was like 7

Best Friends since freshman year - Kristin, Me, KatieAww I miss his long hair
Katie, Me, Jessy, and Kristin at my party

Recap Of Significant Things

2007-10-18T23:33:00.000-04:00

Jarrod doesn't like pictures :)

The back ok my dress
Tbe worlds best dog!
Always time for a picture!
He is so silly, but I loved the pink roses.