Hurst Family News

Two Thousand and Fourteen Let me start off by saying it's not all roses. There will be highlights and there will be carefully selected details displayed but it's not all amazing.  2014 was a really hard year for our family. For so many reasons. And now that 4 years has passed it's hard to remember all the details- but the overarching theme of the hellacious year remains strong in my memory.  Relationships are hard. We all come to them with our own ideas and issues and baggage that we think is important and precious so we can't possibly get rid of it. Sean and I were going through a rough patch in 2013-2014. There was a lack of trust on both sides. We said things. We reacted. We cried. A lot. We smiled. We kissed. We did counseling. A lot. Rinse and repeat ad Infinitum. It was really helpful. Our first marriage counselor was awful. We gave her a second chance, just in case it was our bias that was clouding our judgment. Nope. She was a fresh outta the box ...

If this page takes a long time to load- sorry- 30 pictures...enjoy! These first few are from a hike a few weeks (maybe a month or so) ago.   Natural Bridges . Just us girls and the squidlets. This is one of my favorites. These cousins are best friends.  When they get along that is.  This is where the Echo talked back to us--then we met the guys back up at the top and they were impressed that we'd take all these little ones on such a hike.    Next one: Proof that my baby is growing up. He can get around pretty well now but not necessarily where or how quickly he wants to.  On Saturday for Aunt Trish's Spring Break we headed up the road a few miles to Arches National Park .  Check out the cool cousin in the shades.   Hiking to Delicate Arch- the famous one on the licence plates. Again people kept commenting that we were troopers for taking the kids hiking.  My philosophy: i...