Healthcare Litigation Blog

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I last posted. I have been spending a lot of time working on a few new blogs for my dad's law firm, Hutchison & Steffen, including a blog about Obamacare. I know many of you are interested in what is going on regarding the healthcare litigation, and now there is a blog where you can go to get all of the news and updates. You can also check out the Hutchison and Steffen blogs, if you are interested. These blogs are updated weekly or bi-monthly, so check them out often!

Here are the links:

http://obamacarelitigation.blogspot.com

http://hutchlegal.blogspot.com

Thanks and check them out!

Huntington Beach Life

We love visiting the Hutchison's at Huntington Beach! What a fun summer!

Happy Four Years!

Four years ago today Eric and I were married! Time has seriously flown. After getting married Eric and I were both able to graduate from BYU, have our baby boy, move home to Las Vegas, buy a home, get a great job, and everything in between. We've been able to travel to many parts of the world together and have some awesome experiences. Eric is such a good daddy and a great husband. I look forward to many more happy years to come. Happy Anniversary!

The proposal in London

Las Vegas Temple

We look so young!

Power Poem

A poem my dad would quote (and still does) to me as a kid:

If you want a thing bad enough

to go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace
and your sleep for it,
If only desire of it makes you mad enough
never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things
tawdry and cheap for it-
If life seems all empty and useless without it,
And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,
If gladly you'll sweat for it,
fret for it, plan for it,
Lose all your terror of God and man for it,
If you'll simply go after that thing that you want,
With all your capacity, strength and sagacity,
Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,
If neither cold, poverty, famished and gaunt,
Nor sickness nor pain of body or brain
Can turn you away from the thing that you want,
If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it,
YOU'LL GET IT !

I guess this can be viewed as a little late Father's Day tribute to my great father. He always is quoting inspirational poems and people, and this is one of my favorites. Lately this poem has gotten me through some tough times and has inspired me to reach my goals. Failure is not an option!

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was such a blast. First, we went to see the Lion King at Mandalay Bay. We absolutely loved it and were amazed by all of the costumes and effects. Then we headed to Brian Head for the weekend. It was a mud fest! We went four wheeling all over the mountain and no one came back without being covered in mud. It was so much fun! We also roasted marshmellows and had a great fireside talking about Memorial Day. Eric, Connor, and I then headed down the mountain to Toquerville where we visited the cemetery where many of Eric's ancestors are buried. It was a great weekend!

Hawaii

Last week we were able to spend a week in Hawaii! Yes, we took our two-year-old on a five and a half hour flight and we actually made it! Portable DVD players are a life-saver. :) We stayed at the beautiful Turtle Bay Resort in Oahu, located right next to BYU-Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center. We went with Eric's grandparents, Papa and Shauna Smith, who invited all of their children and grandchildren with little kids to go on this trip. So there were five families with a total of 14 little kids running around Turtle Bay together. It was a blast!

We spent a lot of time on the beach and at the hotel pool, but we also made it to the Dole Pineapple Factory, the BYU-Hawaii campus, and the Polynesian Cultural Center. We were also able to see my brother, Canton, who is currently attending BYU-Hawaii. He showed us around and even took us to Motsumoto's for some shaved ice. It was an amazing trip and we loved spending time with our family.

The Pineapple Factory

Turtle Bay

Boat ride at PCC

Papa and Shauna

Stick throwing contest at PCC

Laie Hawaii Temple

Eric and Canton