Hurst Family News

New/Old Town Moving to the place where Sean and I met and fell in love has been fun.  We were gone long enough that there are new aspects to explore but familiar enough that it feels like home. It's also kind of fun to explain to the kids, "This is where I lived in college and we used to walk here" or "This is where Daddy lived when we were dating" while pointing to familiar places that would go overlooked in the day to day living but have a deep personal history for me.  Today (2018) I have lived here for 12 years. Chopped up a bit here and there. But that is longer than I have lived in ANY one town. So I guess it IS home. My formative years were spent in the San Joaquin Valley in California and I have deep nostalgia for my hometown . My heart will forever be on the Central California Coast . But Utah is my HOME. And it is where my kids are growing up. Making the decision to move here from Blanding was a sudden shift but it was the Next Right T...

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.