First Christmas gitters

Merry Christmas again...
Well we have returned from our trip to Georgia for Ben's first Christmas. We had such an amazing time...lots of pictures were taken, however, the camera was left back in the peach state. The top picture was our first Christmas experience with little Ben. He was dressed in his Santa suit and met old Kris Kringle for the first time in downtown St. George. It was a cold winter's night and no tears were shed after meeting jolly old St. Nick. Ben did wonder who this jolly old man was that dressed like him, but he was sweet enough not to say anything to the man. We got our picture taken outside Santa's house.
Our plane trip to Georgia was a smooth one. We took the red eye, which was perfect with the little babe. I gave him a bath and put him in his PJ's before we left so he was set for the 4-hour flight. Coby took his meds and did pretty good--although, I don't remember much because Ben and I slept the whole way there.
We got to Georgia about 7 a.m., Georgia time and my parents were waiting there with cameras in hand. It was like the paparazzi when we got to the top of the escalator and my mom saw little Ben. We gathered our bags and headed to Waffle House. Mmmm...there's nothing like a good start to the holidays! We spent the first day there running errands for my Christmas presents and then met some of my friends for dinner. We kept Ben on the same time schedule as here so the transitions wouldn't be a bear for only a four day trip. It worked well--mainly cause we got to sleep in till 10 a.m., since that was his normal 8 a.m. wake up time here.
On Saturday we drove to South Carolina to visit my mom's side of the family. My aunts, uncles and cousins ate Ben up. He was held all the time, until I rescued him and gave him some free time playing on the floor. The whole trip on the plane (both ways) and the long trip to and fro SC, Ben was perfect--never crying. We can't believe what an angel is truly is. Honestly, I think he knew that Santa was still watching. We opened presents on Christmas Day really late. We had to wait for my new little nephew, Gabriel, to get to my mom's house. It was about 7 p.m. when we opened presents. Ben was napping, so he missed all the fun. He was spoiled. I had one piece of luggage that just had all his toys.
We opened our presents and did our little family Christmas when we got back to St. George Wensday night. It was a lot of fun! Ben got a lot of books. That's what I wanted him to get since he really can't play with toys yet and besides, I knew he'd get toys from other family members. He loves to read and hold the books. He said he can't wait for Christmas to come again next year! (He wants a little sister).
Well... I'll be posting the results of his 6-month check-up soon. Much love, the Washington Hunts.

Merry Christmas!!!

Hey Fam-Damily,

As tiney Tim onece said, Marry christmas Everyone!!! We had a Great Christmas here in phoenix! We sure did miss you all and hope to see you soon. We hope you all had a fun Christmas. As this picture proves, Ethan had a fun baby's first Christmas. We sure love the kid and we think we might have the hunt family's first red head...we'll have to see. I've already started calling him lil' red so we'll see how that works out. Anyway, were off to see a Christmas day movie. Don't forget to post your Christmas pictures for all the fam to see. We Love you!!!!

Merry Christmas to all...
We were so happy that all of us were able to get together during Laura's wedding. It was so fun to see the 2006 male cousin-trio together and to have all four 2006 Hunt babies together in a photo (although Zoie, whom I always refer to as Sage-- don't ask). It was a special thing for me to have a "cousin photo" with Christmas in the background because that's something we always did growing up--- it's actually the only pics I have of me with my cousins. I have also attached the debut of Ben's mohawk. We really liked it and are considering that look for our family photos. Speaking of family photos, our Christmas card pic is included in this entry-- since the cards are still on my table. Although they're addressed, they won't get to you before the new year--most likely. :)
We are headed out to Georgia this Thursday night. I am so excited and Coby has finally secured his medicine to be able to fly. Of course we've never flown with a baby before, so I am hoping and praying for a good experience. Needless to say Ma and Pa Prichard are more than thrilled to see little Ben again-- 13 pounds heavier and a lot longer than the last time they got to see him. I am excited for Coby to experience my family's Christmas traditions--- which involve eatin' real well!!
We'll have lots of fun pics to add once we get back... and if we don't see you again before we leave, which is most likely, have a Merry Christmas.
Does anyone want to get together for a New Year's party??

hunt family reunion for a union...

hello family near and far! it was so nice to see everyone this last weekend. It was really nice to meet all of josh's neat family and i'm sure you'll all agree. eric and i have decided not to have children. we think it is best to just spoil the neices and nephews, since we have the cutest in the world, and then turn them back in to their parents. i'm just kidding, of course. we want children more than anything in this world. but seriously, i have so much love in my heart for all of my neices and nephews. Eric told me that i can't get too sappy, so enough of that. anyway, christmas is a coming and i can't wait. i was just filling out one of silly email questionaire things and it reminded me of one or two of my favorite christmas memories. 1-coby and jeff got really excited and told us all to run outside to see santa's sleigh, or at least rudolphs nose. we all ran out on that skinny side walk in front of the house in Moapa and looked in the sky. of course it was an airplane, but i was so excited to see santa and rudolph. i can't believe i fell for it!! 2-i loved eating chili and drinking Dad's rootbeer down in the basement. we would stay up watching christmas movies and waiting for Santa to come or the parents to go to bed, whichever came sooner. i loved that. it makes me miss being a little kid with my brothers adn sister. good thing we still have each other. just a quick note to let you all know how much we love you!

oh yeah! rocks for our fi...whatever we got! xo

Santa Ethan

Is this the Cutest little Santa You've ever seen? Ethan wasn't a huge fan of his Santa costume but dad and mom thought he looked CUTE!!! I think Ashley said it best...HO HO Wahhhh!!!

Update on Ethan

Hey Fam.

We took Ethan in for his check up today and the doc said he's healthy as can be. The numbers are as follows: Height: 23inches (95 percentile), Weight: 8lbs. 6.5 ounces (25th percentile)...Long story short, hes a tall skinny boy...perfect build for a point guard. I'm sure I told a few of you that one of his boys hadn't dropped into the basket when he was born. It finally dropped in over the weekend so now our boy is officially normal and healthy.

p.s. It was crazy fun to be in St. George with you all this weekend. We loved being around our family all together again after such a long break. We'll defiantly be up a few more time next year.

What a Great Legacy Our Dad and Mom has given us

Well done Lou, we all were there to see our little sis. get married. The red in the text is in honor of her day. What a good couple and how the Lord must have brought them together. We had a challenging time with the kids and all. As you can see even though we are all still in this picture Ryland is running. I don't know how my wife does it but she is amazing. I would like to strangle the kids in a few minutes. We sure love our family but with all that is happening in all of our lives none of us should be afraid to take those risks of success. So go forword with faith knowing the Lord will be with you whether in GA, MT, SD, AZ, NC you get what I mean.
Look at little Ethan Joseph practicing his baller faces, he was born to play b-ball. It is so awesome and says something for our parents that despite what we have been through we have all done well and we will need each other down the road. We love all you guys and pray the best for you. Love The Jeff and Terra Hunt family.

New Posts

Hey Fam damily! Remember to chose new post if you'd like to post something for everyone to see. The new post button is located in the top right corner, next to log out. I love you all and can't wait to see you guys on Friday morn. Talk to you soon! Love the AZHUNTFAM!!

Roberts Rockin RRRRupdate!!

hello family! it is so great to see pictures of everybody and to hear how everyone is doing. we keep in pretty good touch with most of the family, but this really gives us a chance to see pics of the little chillins and hear different stories that we wouldn't hear otherwise. as you all know, eric got a 95 on his pcat. that means that he was in the 95th percentile of the students that took the test. (they say 75% is competitive.) that doesn't really promise us a place in any school, but it certainly ups our chances. we are applying to Creighton (omaha),south dakota state (brookings), U of montana (missoula), and a school in Glendale. my hopes are for Glendale, but i will go where ever the dear Lord blesses us to go. eric has started the long process of applying and now it will just be the wait and see game for us. it will probably take until may or june for us to even find out anything. and so it goes....we had a blast at thanksgiving. it was so much fun. we just got back from the annual Hunt family christmas party and that was a hit, as usual. aunt maries house is beautiful. laura is getting married on saturday and i can hardly believe it. that went fast and our littlest sister will now be moving to north carolina and become a wife. that is crazy. i'm grateful i have been blessed to spend so much time with my family. i am not going to stop crying when the time comes that we have to move. i get choked up even typing that. i will miss my little neices and nephews so much. i guess life goes on, right? we just keep on keepin...i love you all and hope to hear from you all soon.much love, sarap.s. remember to keep mom in your prayers!

Poo

Did I mention the time Ben pooped on my arm while taking him to the bath tub? If you think that is funny, while Coby was taken a picture of it, Ben peed on me. Needless to say Coby gave Ben a bath while I saught my own.

Well... as you can see little Ben enjoyed his first Thanksgiving with the family and friends. Coby and Ben were both little Indians and I was a pilgrim. It was a fun and hopefully new tradition for more Thanksgivings to come. We had a smorgasbord of foods prepared by everyone that came. I can't say what dish was my favorite, because they were all delightful. I can say that I wish I still had a piece of the heavenly pecan pie that my friend Amanda made. It was a little piece of home for the holiday. Mmmm!! I attempted my first pumpkin pie this year. I never knew how easy it was to make, yet I felt tremendous pressure from Eric not to mess it up as his aunt did one year. Luckily, I didn't. (By the way... Eric is an amazing chef if you haven't noticed). Jeff decorated the table this year and he did a fabulous job. It was very festive and so pretty. This family is full of amazing men. After dinner some went to watch T.V., others cleaned, some played with the kids and others caught a quick nap. Tasia learned that you can cry because you laugh too hard. She caught me in one of my laughing fits (thanks to Sara) and looked at me in wonder-ment as I cried and laughed uncontrollably. It was precious. It's hard to believe that the holiday has come and gone and that we're getting ready for Christmas. Yikes!!! We are headed south this year for the holiday. I am anxious for Coby to meet all of my family back home (which is only 22 people--including all aunts, uncles, cousins and our little family). It's way different with the Hunt family. :) Ben is growing like a weed. He is starting to hold his bottle, sit up, roll over both ways and is getting two top teeth. The picture below is Ben with his new found friend--- his tongue. Isn't it cute?? He amazes us and his doctor all the time. His development is where a regular 5-month-old should be as if he was supposed to be born when he was. It's awesome to know that he is doing so well and so healthy after having a rough beginning. He's long and slender, just like how his dad was. Well, I've said enough for this update. I just wanted to thank the family for being so amazing, fun and so loving. I couldn't have dreamed of a better family to marry into. That's one thing I was grateful for this year and hope we continue to build more and more memories together year after year.

Go check out our family picture albums

Hey everyone I just wanted to invite you to check out our photo albums online since I can only post one picture on the blog. By the way Joe great idea I have been waiting all weekend for my internet service to be on so I could contribute. You will have to go to www.imagestation.com and type in jeffy674 as the user, and upsterra3703 as the password. I hope you all enjoy the pictures, and be sure to leave feedback on what you thought of the pictures in the guest book section or comments section. Love you everyone. Love Jeff and Terra

The Jeff and Terra Hunt Family

Just droppin a little note to tell ya'll about the move. It was a pretty rough start because everybody that was supposed to show up didn't. Terra's brother Chad was a big help and the ward leaders got some people together. By the time it all started we had like twenty people there and it was a very quick move now we are just getting settled.

Ryland started the move and of course you can see he was very helpful. We had a fun time moving because the youth of the ward became adventurous when I made a joke concerning the trampoline and walking it up to the other house so I didn't have to take it apart. I said we can pretend we are pioneers making a trek across the plains. Anyway they went to the front of the house and before you know it we had the trampoline at the new house.

First of all, thanks Joe for putting this together! This will be really nice for whatever road lies ahead for our families. Of course we have to post a pic of our little bundle of joy, but sorry Joe, he's an Aggie! Ben is almost 5 months (if you can believe that) and is eating with a spoon (though we have a lot of more work to go to get to oatmeal and other foods), but he is liking it. He is playing, cooin' all the time, laughing like a grown-up-- it is to die for it's so cute!! He sits up, well he slumps over, but is working on it. He is also almost rolling over from front to back-- it will be any day now that he makes it all the way over...he teeters on his side. He is the apple of our eyes. Coby is still in young mens and I just got called to be the Weblow (if that's spelled correctly) leader. That should be fun and interesting! We're still trying to know where our family is supposed to be, which is not a fun or easy decision for either of us. We're looking forward to a Hunt sibling Thanksgiving!!!

Lots of love from the Washington Hunt's!!

Posting access

Hey Family,

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Take Care,

AZHuntfam

The Newest member of the Hunt family

I'm sure you all will get tired of it sooner or later, but I wanted to share with you a few more pictures of Ethan. I know I can't get enough of him! :-) Dad came down for a few days and Ashly and myself were truly greatful. I loved having dad here during this special time in my life and the life of my new family. We were able to do a little good ol' fashion BS'n and do a little yard work together as well. The picture above is one of my favorite memories of the first few days of my boys life. Not only is Ethan a born cougar fan, he is also incredibly at home in his Grandpa's arms. What a beautiful boy!

In the Begining

Hello everyone in Hunt land!!
I figured since all of us are either living, moving, or thinking about moving to another part of the country, or even considering working outside of the country for an extended period of time, we need to have a place where we can all meet and share memories with each other. I figured a blog is the best way for us to do that. We can share stories, pictures, mishaps, memories, children, or just talk about the good ol' days! Don't forget to save the blog address to your favorites!! I hope we can all take advantage of this opportunity to at least hang out virtually!