These are a few of my favorite things

Ethan is also included on this list.  Also, Eric!!, my sisters in law, my brothers, my dad, my mom, my whole family all together and the list goes on.  I'm so happy right now where I am.  I could go on about my favorite things, but....I won't.  Enjoy these pics of some of the kids.  And i'm joining the put the family in time out club!  Come on everyone.  I haven't had time to breathe this week and check me out! A post on each of the blogs!  Get to work!!

Hunt family in time out...

OK, I am officially putting the AZ Hunts, Laura and Josh and Jeff and Terra in Time Out!! I looked over the past posts on our FAMILY blog and noticed it was only Sara and I posting. So either you get your butts in gear and get to posting or we change this blog to the MT Hunts/Washington Hunts blog.
I hope that you know I am mostly teasing, but I do miss seeing updates on everyone.
Hopefully this will jump start the posting again so we can all read about what everyone's up to in our busy, crazy lives!
I hope that with the warmer weather looming, all the adventures of the Hunts will make it to the blog.
Welp, time out is over. We sure do love everyone!!
~ The Washington Hunts

PS--There is an annoying photobucket box in the middle of the blog.

Happy Birthday Eric!

So today, February 29th, my husband turned 28 on his 7th birthday!  He is growing up so fast!  This is actually the first "really real birthday" i have celebrated with him, so I wanted to do something fun.  We had about 14 friends meet us at Pizza Hut for dinner and then a few of us went bowling.  It was really fun.  Eric got a few really cool things that he liked and had his traditional German Chocolate cake with homemade frosting.  I didn't come close to making it as good as his moms, but he said it tasted great, and so that made it all right.  I got him  balloons for each birthday he has had and we displayed those at dinner.  For more pics, have a look at our blog.

Kudos to Randi...

Last Friday, Randi was awarded Outstanding Elementary Music Educator for 2007-2008 year in Utah. I was surprised that she didn't tell anyone about this, but was grateful that I was able to make it. Steve had called from his work to see if I could go take pictures in case he didn't make it in time. He surprised Randi with his trip up and I was wishing I had called the Davenport kids. It so awesome to be in the family of such a wonderful educator of young minds--especially with music.
Way to go Randi!!! Hope Steve took you out for a really nice dinner!!

Another Bright kid

So this mug shot is not as funny as the other one I posted, but it is funny none the less. What is up with these kids and their clever sayings for their mug shots? I find it quite entertaining!

Free tax filing...

This is just a quick note for everyone as we should all have our W2 forms in hand, ready to file our taxes. On the IRS Web site, there's a link to companies who provide free federal tax filing as long as you meet their income and age standards. There are several companies to choose from and last year we used H&R Block. It was very simple and we had our refund direct deposit which came within just a couple of weeks. You can also access your taxes on their site for three years--the time frame in which an audit can take place.
Hope this helps some of you this year!!
PS- They also will transfer your information over automatically to e-file your state taxes, but to file those, you have to pay (but it's so worth it!!)

Our family outings...

The Dixie Rock--

Dixie Rock-- This is a slide show of our recent trip to the Dixie Rock. It was my first time going and all I can say is-- it's really high. What was even funnier is that Coby and I switched rolls as being chicken of heights. He hates man-made heights such as airplanes, rollercoasters and the Eifel Tower in Las Vegas and I thrive on them. On the other hand, he loves climbing rocks and I was a nervous wreck the entire time we were up there. When I sat on the rock watching cars go by with Ben, it was more for my comfort than anything. The climb down was on my butt. I have lost several battles with Mother Nature, that's why when it's her vs. me-- I usually lose.

Snow Canyon State Park--

We had a blast at Snow Canyon State Park. We went on Saturday, which turned out to be picture perfect. It was my first time driving through and I found a spot for us to go camping this summer. Ben's old enough and we'll be close enough to home if anything goes wrong. It's so gorgeous through there... a little piece of heaven just far enough out of town. I can't wait till we go hiking in there and go back for more fun in the sand dunes. Coby told me this is where the family came every Easter, so perhaps we'll have an Easter egg hunt there this year to carry on a family tradition. Southern Utah is just majestic. I never thought I would love all the redness after growing up around all green--but, it is its own unique beauty. I look forward to exploring Zion National Park this spring!

Jill, This one is for you!

for date night, we decided to go to Fuddruckers for dinner.  It was so yummy!  This of course, made me think of jill, as we had talked about this on the way to Enterprise!  So yummy!  I hope this works as a good selling point!

Hello out there...

No, this isn't Photoshopped or trick-photography...this is how Ben prefers to sleep. He's a nut. I have no clue what we did while he was a baby to have him sleep like this, but it sure makes for some funny pictures. He has to kick against the crib before falling asleep-- it's a comfort thing for him and we've learned to tune it out. It'll last for a few minutes until he drifts off to sleep. I guess it's a better comfort-habit than giving him a sippee and ruining his teeth. However, this was the funniest I have ever seen him.

On another note-- Sara and Terra...could you send pics from snowy Enterprise?? Gracious!!

Hope everyone is well. I would love to hear from Laura and Josh and how their schooling is going and see more pics of mini-Steve (Ethan). :)

We sure do love all of you!!

~The Washington City Hunts

thought ya'll might enjoy a laugh!

So, I like to keep ties to St. George sometimes. So one of the things I do, is go to washeriff.net and look at people who have been arrested. When you go to the website, you click on bookings and you can see everybody's mugshots. I have seen some pretty sad/funny/interesting/crazy pictures on there. This is one I saw a few months ago and couldn't stop laughing. In case you can't see it his shirt says, "Every great idea I have gets me in trouble" Hows that for irony?