Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hope Swimming
Hope has finally learned how to swim, and we have found a way to finally exhaust her. She loves it. It reminds us of when Addy was learning to swim. We were watching Addy in the pool in Phoenix, she swam with great effort, and barely kept her head above water. Thats when Sam Colby jumped in the pool fully clothed because he thought she was drowning. We miss Sam.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Letter to Nate August 18, 2011
Hey Natey!
We are greeting you from Utah. We have been here for about 3 weeks now and will be heading back to Michigan next week. It has been awesome! We literally spend about 5 hours a day in the pool. Hope learned how to swim! She does the dog paddle and doesn't really move anywhere, but she can keep her head above water and make it to the edge if she needs to. Hope LOVES princess everything all of a sudden. She has a Repunzel dress that she never wants to part with. Addy is having fun school shopping with mom and accessorizing all of her outfits. Hayden is kind of a bully, in fact he was just beating on Kaden a minute ago and left quite the mark on his face. He loves balls, cars, and bugs. He's all boy. Craig is working long days and weekends at the hospital. We miss him, but I think we would be missing him at home too.
Love you Nate! We are heading up to Salt Lake for the Housten family reunion today. We'll be thinking of ya!
Love,
The Hunters
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Letter to Nate #2, July 27th, 2011
Hey Nate,
So I just typed this huge email all about how naughty Hayden is, and just as I was finishing, he climbed under the computer and turned off the power switch. The little stinker. I was so bummed, but when I restarted the computer, most of it was still here! So here's your email about how naughty my little boy is. :)
We miss you so much! Addy still has your picture up on her nightstand and Hope still prays for you twice during every prayer. I know Laursie misses you because she's been home alone pretty much for the last couple of weeks and posts on facebook that she wishes you were there. We're so proud of what you're doing though. You're attitude, example and testimony bless all of us so much.
We head to Utah in 2 DAYS!! This Friday!! We can't wait! Craig will come for the first week, then has to come back for work. The kids and I stay til Aug 25th! I know it will go by way fast though. It will be busy with family reunions, trips to SL, boating, swimming, seeing friends, etc.
So here's a funny little story that happened yesterday. Hayden, only ONE-year-old, started a FIRE. He opened up a 400 degree oven, threw in a plastic toy truck, closed the oven, and watched it burn. He was so proud of himself. Hope tattled on him and I was able to put the fire out with an oven mit and a spatula. He is following in his sister's footsteps. Luckily Hope is starting to calm a little bit. She's become the official tattler on Hayden. She's always saying, "Hayden hit me....Hayden poked me... Hayden climbed on the table, ...Hayden went outside....Hayden's in the toilet, etc. Oh, that reminds me of another story. After Hayden flushed a toy car down the toilet we had to have the plumber fish it out for $250, Craig bought a lock mechinsim for the toilet seat. After being on there for one day, I went in the bathroom to find the mechanism disassembled IN THE TOILET, along with like 5 other things, shampoo, a toothbrush, soap, etc. He sure showed us! lI guess it's good that I always know what he's into because of Hope, but she says it in a whiny tattle-tale voice. Hayden copies everything she does so he uses the tattle voice when he's trying to mimic her. It's pretty funny.
Our new baby is going to be a sweet, cuddly, little mama's boy. He's GOT to be.
I hope you have a great week on the mission! Work hard!!
Love,
Aubree
So I just typed this huge email all about how naughty Hayden is, and just as I was finishing, he climbed under the computer and turned off the power switch. The little stinker. I was so bummed, but when I restarted the computer, most of it was still here! So here's your email about how naughty my little boy is. :)
We miss you so much! Addy still has your picture up on her nightstand and Hope still prays for you twice during every prayer. I know Laursie misses you because she's been home alone pretty much for the last couple of weeks and posts on facebook that she wishes you were there. We're so proud of what you're doing though. You're attitude, example and testimony bless all of us so much.
We head to Utah in 2 DAYS!! This Friday!! We can't wait! Craig will come for the first week, then has to come back for work. The kids and I stay til Aug 25th! I know it will go by way fast though. It will be busy with family reunions, trips to SL, boating, swimming, seeing friends, etc.
So here's a funny little story that happened yesterday. Hayden, only ONE-year-old, started a FIRE. He opened up a 400 degree oven, threw in a plastic toy truck, closed the oven, and watched it burn. He was so proud of himself. Hope tattled on him and I was able to put the fire out with an oven mit and a spatula. He is following in his sister's footsteps. Luckily Hope is starting to calm a little bit. She's become the official tattler on Hayden. She's always saying, "Hayden hit me....Hayden poked me... Hayden climbed on the table, ...Hayden went outside....Hayden's in the toilet, etc. Oh, that reminds me of another story. After Hayden flushed a toy car down the toilet we had to have the plumber fish it out for $250, Craig bought a lock mechinsim for the toilet seat. After being on there for one day, I went in the bathroom to find the mechanism disassembled IN THE TOILET, along with like 5 other things, shampoo, a toothbrush, soap, etc. He sure showed us! lI guess it's good that I always know what he's into because of Hope, but she says it in a whiny tattle-tale voice. Hayden copies everything she does so he uses the tattle voice when he's trying to mimic her. It's pretty funny.
Our new baby is going to be a sweet, cuddly, little mama's boy. He's GOT to be.
I hope you have a great week on the mission! Work hard!!
Love,
Aubree
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Letters to Uncle Nate
OUr blog is a work in progress. It historically has been for keeping our family journal, but our journal also contains the same information that we send to Uncle Nate on his mission. Writing one letter kills two birds with one stone. A week in review to send to Uncle Nate, and a digital family journal.
Elder Mitchell
Hello from Detroit! We found out that we are having a boy! Due the beginning of December. We are thinking about the name Miles Ford Hunter. Aubree really likes the name Miles, I think it's kinduv nerdy, but its growing on me. Ford is my Dad's middle name, my grandmother's maiden name, and he will be born in Detroit with all the Ford history. Two boys, and two girls. Aubree says we are done. I'll believe it when I see it. Aubree is feeling well. She ran 12 miles yesterday, training for a half marathon the end of this month. She has a hard time keeping her heart rate low; she is 5 months pregnant.
We are crazy to be having another kid.
Aubree went to Palmyra while I was in New Orleans for a conference. It was interesting when she called me from the Sacred Grove, I had just come from Burbon street. Burbon street in New Orleans represents all that is debase and despicable about human society on one street. Aubree had a good time with Heather, and got to see the Palmyra pageant.
Hayden is growing up. The ward is becoming more acquainted with him. He walks around with no fear, smiles at everyone, and laughs at weird things. He has a weird fascination with lights. He looks up at them, stares at them. I always wonder what he is thinking. He is talking now. He sings the same songs Hope will sing, good or bad. He mimics Hope in everything. Hope was crawling around saying "i am a lady bug, I am a lady bug." So hayden started crawling around trying to say the same thing, but can only speak in 2 word sentences.
Hayden throws everything, in church today he threw his bottle about six times. I guess I should have quit giving it back to him after the first time. He still plays in the toilet.
Addy is doing well, she's turning into such a nice little girl. She is good at keeping the tomatoes watered. It will be interesting to see how she grows up. When she was 0-2, her best friend was a boy Daxton, 3-5 her best friend was a boy Logan, and now her best friend is a boy named David. One of these days I'm gonna have to put the kibosh. Addy has more expendable income than her parents. She paid for our family to go to the movie yesterday.
Hope is so funny. We can never put her to bed. When she does fall asleep, the mood of the whole house changes. My sphincter loosens and we can relax a little. I'm sure I'm going to miss it when she's older.
I worked a lot this week. This month I'm now at a big trauma hospital. I have a bunch of trauma patients on the urology service. One of my patients got annihilated by an AK47, and some fragments are left in his penis. Probably take him to the operating room this week. Another one of my patients, 4 year old boy got his penis caught in his zipper. I took care of him with some mineral oil. He's lucky I didn't need to use a bone cutter to cut off the zipper. I had him dip his penis in a cup of mineral oil, and told him. "Put your penis in that cup like you are giving it a drink."
Anyway, we miss you. Hope prays for you every prayer. Love you
Craig
Addy kayaking in Palmyra
Hope near the Sacred Grove. She broke out in song on this stump, she's so goofy:)
Hayden at the Strong Museum
At the Hill Cumorah Pagent
All the kiddos bedding down in Rochester @ Heather's grandma's house. SO FUN!
Elder Mitchell
Hello from Detroit! We found out that we are having a boy! Due the beginning of December. We are thinking about the name Miles Ford Hunter. Aubree really likes the name Miles, I think it's kinduv nerdy, but its growing on me. Ford is my Dad's middle name, my grandmother's maiden name, and he will be born in Detroit with all the Ford history. Two boys, and two girls. Aubree says we are done. I'll believe it when I see it. Aubree is feeling well. She ran 12 miles yesterday, training for a half marathon the end of this month. She has a hard time keeping her heart rate low; she is 5 months pregnant.
We are crazy to be having another kid.
Aubree went to Palmyra while I was in New Orleans for a conference. It was interesting when she called me from the Sacred Grove, I had just come from Burbon street. Burbon street in New Orleans represents all that is debase and despicable about human society on one street. Aubree had a good time with Heather, and got to see the Palmyra pageant.
Hayden is growing up. The ward is becoming more acquainted with him. He walks around with no fear, smiles at everyone, and laughs at weird things. He has a weird fascination with lights. He looks up at them, stares at them. I always wonder what he is thinking. He is talking now. He sings the same songs Hope will sing, good or bad. He mimics Hope in everything. Hope was crawling around saying "i am a lady bug, I am a lady bug." So hayden started crawling around trying to say the same thing, but can only speak in 2 word sentences.
Hayden throws everything, in church today he threw his bottle about six times. I guess I should have quit giving it back to him after the first time. He still plays in the toilet.
Addy is doing well, she's turning into such a nice little girl. She is good at keeping the tomatoes watered. It will be interesting to see how she grows up. When she was 0-2, her best friend was a boy Daxton, 3-5 her best friend was a boy Logan, and now her best friend is a boy named David. One of these days I'm gonna have to put the kibosh. Addy has more expendable income than her parents. She paid for our family to go to the movie yesterday.
Hope is so funny. We can never put her to bed. When she does fall asleep, the mood of the whole house changes. My sphincter loosens and we can relax a little. I'm sure I'm going to miss it when she's older.
I worked a lot this week. This month I'm now at a big trauma hospital. I have a bunch of trauma patients on the urology service. One of my patients got annihilated by an AK47, and some fragments are left in his penis. Probably take him to the operating room this week. Another one of my patients, 4 year old boy got his penis caught in his zipper. I took care of him with some mineral oil. He's lucky I didn't need to use a bone cutter to cut off the zipper. I had him dip his penis in a cup of mineral oil, and told him. "Put your penis in that cup like you are giving it a drink."
Anyway, we miss you. Hope prays for you every prayer. Love you
Craig
Addy kayaking in Palmyra
Hope near the Sacred Grove. She broke out in song on this stump, she's so goofy:)
Hayden at the Strong Museum
At the Hill Cumorah Pagent
All the kiddos bedding down in Rochester @ Heather's grandma's house. SO FUN!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Rochester and Palmyra
The kids and I hopped in the car and trekked through Canada to go visit Heather in Rochester. We saw the sights in Palmyra including the Sacred Grove, Joseph Smith's home and farm, and the Palmyra temple. We went to the Hill Cumorah pageant as well. I thought Heather and I were brave just doing those things with all 7 kids, but we also took them out to Cheesecake factory. We will laugh about that for a long time:) We've never eaten lettuce wraps so fast. It was nuts! Oh, and we took them to the Chill and Grill for lunch one day--we were all covered in ketchup, mustard, and ice cream getting quite the stares as we left there with our liter of children.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
A Reunion with the Sun... and the Hunter Family
We had a fabulous trip to Orlando with the Hunter Clan. Brent, Dayna, Jill, Durrant, and Asher flew out from Utah. Dane, Alicia, Heidi, and Braden live in Florida. We all rendezvoused at Dane's condo in Orlando near all the parks. It was literally a "roller coaster" of a trip. I can't believe it's all over--it went by way too fast! We hit a different park every day. Universal, Islands of Adventure, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom. The top ten highlights were:
10. Getting soaked on the rapid ride at animal kindom 1st thing in the morning and remaining wet all day (good thing it was warm!)
9. Craig paying $10.00 to get Hayden a Harry Potter airbrush tattoo on his forehead
8. Riding Addy's favorite ride, the Simpsons with her at Universal
7. Watching Craig ride his favorite ride with Hope, the Ptaradon ride gliding over Jurassic Park.
6. Hope clinging to Aunt Heidi and Aunt Alicia the whole time
5. Hope inching her way up to the grinch, then slowly turning around and backing up to him for a photo
4. Watching the fireworks from the beach, then the FEAST at OHANA. mmmmmmm
3. Being on the front row of the Jurassic Park ride and getting a surprise splash in the face, then laughing hysterically about it for the next 15 minutes
2. Exploring the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and drinking Butter Beer
1. Spending time with Grandma, Grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins!!!
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