Hurst Family News

A little late but fun just the same: There were 5 in the bed and the Mommy said "ROLL OVER!" but they didn't so I just snuck out.  I tried singing Jingle Bells and saying, rather loudly "MERRY CHRISTMAS" but they wouldn't budge.  So I decided to just get up and start grabbing a bite to eat.  They woke up about 5 minutes later---to the smell of baked pumpkin french toast.   Here's a brief look back in time.... Ian's first Christmas: 2007  Landon's First Christmas: 2009  Charlie's First Christmas: 2011  Picture with Aunt Christie  Cousins :)  Charlie thinks Uncle Mike is hilarious  Moving on to the next holiday.... NEW YEARS! WOO HOO! Awesome party at my inlaws with double the Wii fun.  On the deck we had my sister in law's tv and wii so we could JUST DANCE and burn off some of the calories.  Great way to spend the night.  Inside the wii hosted a few rounds of 007 and Jeop...

For Christmas we spent many hours road-trippin' to California to visit family.  First leg- Monument Valley at sunrise- Absolutely Beautiful   we stopped to visit great-grandma in Mesquite and had a wonderful time.  Sorry I didn't bust out the camera for that one.   Second Leg- just outside of Vegas for a Milk stop and some Muppet goodness:  The boys had a grand time making Charlie's lion, Roary, say "manahmana" like this: FINALLY- we arrived and Ian decided we needed a "droop shot" And then one of his brother: Then to Uncle Mike's birthday shindig: the big TWO NINE--next year's hullabaloo will be even more spectacular. This year the festivities included trick candles- heh heh heh. He ended up needing help from the nephew to extinguish the massive blaze. After dinner we got a bit Munchkinly. that's just the first 4 days.  more to come.  I know you're excited. 

Just a quick little blog because I don't want to spend all day typing:  Ian has difficulty with his pronunciation at times.   Landon Maurice is "Lando Marie" Charlie Curtis then becomes "Chollie Tortoise"  So glad my baby doesn't look like that guy.  "Chollie" and I spent a few days in California visiting family.  It was most definitely a good-for-the-soul trip as intended. I'm still getting back into the saddle of three kids and no help during the day.  Quite a change from one kid with Grandma and Auntie fighting over who gets to hold him. However I did not take a single picture with my camera. So you just get the tortoise picture instead.  YAY Now back to cleaning and herding and playing with the mancubs.