Hurst Family News

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. 

I got my early birthday present yesterday (it's on the 28th, hint. . . hint). It was the card game Munchkin , which we played for the first time while in California for Mike and Ashley's wedding in May. We had a couple of friends over, and played a game last night. Maggie and I also played a game yesterday night after it arrived. Why can I never win a game I own? I played four games in California and maybe I am remembering differently than it really happened, but I think I won each one. So far, since it belongs to me, I have had 1 win out of 3 games. Maggie won the first one we played and Dave won the friendly game last night. After they left, Maggie and I played another one and I won - although we were originally only going to level 3, 5 or 6, which she would have won. It was going so well, that we decided to go the whole way, and I won. It was a good feeling (I am a bad winner). Anywho, it is a fun game, even if I rarely win now that I own it.