Hult Family Happenings

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

10.5 years later!

So I have had this goal of getting back down to my pre-baby weight and fitting it to my wedding dress once more and I wanted to do it by the time my baby turned 1. I still have 5 pounds to go to get to the weight I was when I was married, but I am the same size, so I thought, "What the heck, I might as well try it on, just to see if I can get it zipped up" Well, it was a tight fit, but I did it! I worked my butt off, literally, getting up almost every morning by 5:00 am to exercise, and trying to eat healthy! It feels so good to finally reach one of my goals. Now on to the others:) At least I can say I can fit in my wedding dress again! Check that off the list!!!
Andrew took these pictures and I could tell he wasn't getting my head in them.

Yep, it really is me!

Friday, April 23, 2010

Spring Break at the zoo

We went up to Park City the last night of Spring Break and stayed in a hotel with Jon and Jeanna and family. We swam in the pool and went out for Pizza, but I was too busy coralling kids to take any pictures:(
Friday morning after the yummy buffet breakfast at the hotel we went to the Hogle Zoo. My kids LOVE the zoo! Andrew especially asked many times to return to the zoo after our last zoo trip. Even though it was FREEZING we all had a great time! Nobody complained about the temperature, nobody cried or whined at all. We saw all the animals, rode the carousel, and the train and were done by 12:30. We ended our little trip at Carls Jr. What could be better? (Maybe sunny California, but who's asking anyway!)

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Sunday I did a treasure hunt for the kids to find their baskets, but I forgot to take pictures:( That evening we had the Hult Family dinner at our house, but everyone was out of town except us and the Sintays. We had a small egg hunt in the house with the cousins since it was cold outside.
Andrew reaching for one more egg!

Emma was already in jammies because she had an accident.

Julia and Megan comparing candy.

This look on Andrew's face says it all!

It's always so exciting to see what's inside!

Coloring Eggs

The kids had a great time coloring Easter Eggs. This is not a tradition we are consistent with, but I always enjoyed coloring eggs as a child and we had a left-over kit from last year so I thought it might be fun. It's not very much fun for an adult to supervise egg coloring with small children. We only have one large purple stain on our rug from this event, so I guess it could have been worse. I'm not sure this will be a tradition we continue, but maybe I'll forget about the chaos and the stain by next Easter:)

AJ's first words and sign

I've been teaching AJ a few signs and he finally copied me with sound. His "all done" sounds more like "ah duh", but it's a pretty big deal when they actually mimic you that closely for the first time!!!

AJ is "all done!"

April Fools

How about strawberry pie for dinner and hamburgers for dessert or should I say SHAM-burgers!
Meat loaf topped with mashed potatoes colored pink. I thought it was yummy, but only Julia agreed. The younger ones were expecting something sweet because of the color:) Emma didn't finish hers and therefore could not have dessert, but I don't think she cared much since she's not a fan of hamburgers, especially for dessert!

Julia loved hers! Who would pass up a york peppermint patty sandwiched between two cookies and frosting! I scraped off the coconut, but enjoyed the rest! YUM!!!

Andrew enjoying his April Fools Day cuisine. He must has shoved his dinner down so he could enjoy dessert! He knew what the shamburgers were made of since he helped make them.

Emma's Birthday Part II

We celebrated the Sunday after Emma's birthday with the Tuckett Family. Emma LOVED her princess cake! She had been asking for a princess cake since last birthday:) She already knows what cake she wants for next year! This is a girl who knows what she wants!