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...

My little Charlie is 1- it's hard to believe.   He likes to practice walking and being a big boy.   My monster got his very own monster cupcakes for his big day.   And a swing...  ...that he adores.  He didn't know what to do with the candle- but grabbed a cupcake as soon as they were in reach.   Delicious.   But creamy vanilla ice cream is way better than cake.    Gimmie MORE!  The green one kind of looks like the aliens from Toy Story.  OOOOOooooooo! And my favorite (bottom middle) looks a bit like BoB.   From Monsters vs. Aliens.  "What's romantic about Fresno?" Here's to a year of joy and laughs with my wee #3.   Thanks Tertius for being born.  We love you! Here's a look back at his First Week .  What a Stud!

The next two pictures are for you Ericson: I know it's a weird picture but at this angle you can see Spencer's face.  Reminiscent of cakes past perhaps? Yeah but it worked for me. And it turned out pretty yummy.  Cake from a box and frosting from a can.  My pride and joy: or at least my project that I'm very proud of: Sir Topham Hatt was originally going to be a spider for Daddy's Birthday but I didn't get it finished.  He graciously offered it for Ian's Party.  Here's the BEFORE^  We had two kids at the party with quite the swing.  After everyone left Ian wanted to practice some more.  Now here's the AFTER: Which of course reminds me of a quote from a lovely little movie called Napoleon Dynamite: Principal Svadean : Look, Pedro, I don't know how they do things down in Juarez, but here in Idaho we have a little something called pride. Understand? Smashing in the face of a pinata that resembles Summer Wheatley is a disgrace to you, me, and the...