Hi! I’m Rach H. 

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

I am:

married to the boy I’ve loved since I was 12.
a mother to 3 delightful children.
a former middle school sewing teacher.
so glad you are here.

my friends.

sunflowers.

country music.
sewing.

happy people.

to make stuff.

to clog.
and dance.

to take pictures. 

dark chocolate.

Paris.

Shirley Temple.

having 4 sisters.

MAC makeup.

This is me.

This is me and the incredible man I’m married to.

We go way back. We grew up in South Dakoooota.

 Best.day.ever. Cold, but amazing. We were married here in December 2003.

 Here we are kissin’ in front of our high school. This is after we were married of course 🙂

Oh look. Now we have a little family.

 Two girls and a boy. They grow up so fast. {tear}

 I love to cook, but sometimes I just stick my camera in the oven and pretend I’m cooking.

  I like to sew.
I even majored in it at BYU!

 Sometimes I like to run.

I am absolutely obsessed with sunflowers.

There’s me jumping.

 Sometimes I look to the side for no reason and have someone take a picture.

  I am a sister to 4 of the world’s most amazing people.

I love the outdoors and do not think I could ever survive in a big city long-term.

Unless it was Paris, where I studied abroad for a semester with these amazing girls.

And I just love to take pictures!

A few videos:

Me clogging while pregnant. Awesome.

Husband in Hungary. (read more here)

Our redneck kids. (read more here)

 

Here’s the long version:

Narcissistic much? haha.

I grew up an army brat, and had lived in six different states by the time I was twelve.  Finally my family settled down, in South Dakota of all places.  And what an incredible place- a piece of my heart will always belong there.  I met “my boy” when we were twelve- his family invited mine over for dinner the week we moved in.  We didn’t exactly hit it off and become best friends at the age of twelve, but for me, well, my life was never the same (cue the “hallelujah chorus”).  I’m pretty sure the highlight of my existence as a teenager was when he said hi to me in the halls at school, or the one time I danced with him at a church barn dance.  Sooner or later, when we were ready, the stars aligned, (jk) and our senior year we became best friends.  He played the violin and guitar in a band, was a golfer and hunter.  I did ballet and worked for a law firm.  We were in the same French class.  The rest is history. He is an incredible person and I thank my lucky stars every day that I get to spend forever with him.  I loved him back when we were practically kids, and I love him even more every day.

During college, we both ended up at BYU.  I was fortunate to have a lot of experiences that enriched my life and helped me discover who I am and what I love….  Here’s a quick recap:

• Freshman year- worked in the MTC post office and tried out for the BYU Folk Dance team where I danced for the next 3 years.  Oh! and broke my back due to a snowboarding accident.
• Sophomore year- spent a semester doing study abroad in France, one of the happiest times of my life!
• Junior year- lived in the French foreign language housing, and went on tour with the Spring Performing Arts Folk Dance Company.
• Senior year- finally declared my major in Family and Consumer Science Education- a composite major focusing on 5 areas of discipline- sewing and textiles, food science and prep, interior design, family management, and education.
• Super Senior year- did my student teaching and got hitched in the Salt Lake Temple.