Beginning of August

Well, it has been a while since we posted last so here's an update. It's kind of large so I skipped on a lot of wording and just did mostly pictures. Enjoy!

My mom came up last week and used her green thumb to help us get some plants into our yard. Here's my mom sweeping up some clippings, our plants that were planted, and my poor smashed finger. I smashed it while moving rocks in our yard. I thought I was going to have to go to the ER I was in so much pain.

Then on Saturday, I was able to attend my friend's wedding. Beth made a beautiful bride and I am so excited for her!














Once we got back to Logan from Salt Lake and started getting back into a routine, Mason had an impromptu sprinkler party in our front yard with his friends Jake and Kate. The kids were so funny in the water and they were all drenched by the time we shut off the water.

Pioneer Week & our Weekend Projects

Here is a little glimpse of what we did this past week. Reese isn't in any of the pictures because he was studying for Part II of a test to get more licenses for work. His test was Friday and he passed with flying colors! Congratulations Reese! So here is a glimpse of what Mason and I did this week.

So once Friday came along Reese headed down to Salt Lake to take his licensing test. When he got back he pulled out the whip and put Mason and I to work. Well, he put me to work, Mason took a nap. Friday, we started framing walls in the basement for another bedroom. Saturday, Reese used a tiller and I used a rake to clear out our side yard to make it into a walking path. We also framed another wall downstairs with Mason's help. Check it out...

Sizzlin Saturday

Well, our Saturday was a little busy and full of good times. Reese and I started out the morning with a mini triathlon at the Sports Academy. We started out with a 150 meter swim then hopped on our bikes and biked a total of 5 miles. Then we started to run our 1.5 miles. Reese and I did well in our first competition in two years. Reese actually took 1st place with a time of 27:11. Pretty good for no training. I, however, got 3rd overall with a time of 30:03. It was sweet! We even got little medals. I'm sorry we didn't get any pictures. Our camera battery was dead.

As a reward for our awesome racing abilities, we headed up to Bear Lake for the rest of the day with some friends. This time we had Reese's parents' Jet Skis. (Thanks for that, Randy and Win). Mason loves the Jet Skis. He just sits back while he has one hand to steer. And again, he loved the sand and the water.

Family fun in the Sun!

Summer Pics

We found the camera! It turns out it was one of the first things that we unpacked so that we could take pictures. Where was it you ask? On top of the fridge! Ugh! So anyway, here are some pictures of the landing Reese and I put together on Saturday and a slide show of some summer fun that we have been having. Enjoy!

We're In!!

Well, we are officially moved in. We moved in all of our things last weekend with the help of the Schroeder Clan and our neighbor Bryan and Jess watched Mason, but now we are officially in because our house is clean, we have already started home improvement projects, and we have the internet!

That's right, we have already started little projects around the house. Today, Reese and I laid a little landing of stones from the front yard to the back. Mason helped. It looks pretty good and I would post pictures for all of you to see but I have no idea where the camera is. I know I packed it but where? WHERE!?! I'll find it in the last box I unpack I just know it. Since there are no pictures to show you, just close your eyes and imagine a quaint, little rock landing at the side of our house. Now this will be easier for those of you who have actually seen our house and for those of you who have not, come on over! We'd love to have you! You can help us paint :)

So Much Stuff!!

You really don't know how much stuff you have until you have to pack it all up! That is our project this week at the Hulbert house...we are packing and moving! We will be moving back into our house this Saturday, yay. It is only a few blocks South of where we are living now but it's still a pain to get everything boxed just to move it a stone's throw away and then unpack it.

So far, we have only packed the things that we only use maybe once a month and those boxes alone almost fill our extra bedroom. I would post pictures of our boxes but everyone knows what a big brown box looks like. So I thought I would put some pictures of Mason along with this post. Enjoy!

Rambo getting ready for Bear Lake

"Bry Dog", Jess, Jake, and Kate invited Reese, Mason and I to spend a day up at Bear Lake with them. We took up some sand toys for the kids and they hardly stopped to eat lunch because they were having so much fun. The water was a little cool for my taste but that didn't stop the four adults from swimming out to the distant buoys. Jessica and I counted the swim out there to equal about 8,000 steps (4 miles) because of how tired it made us.

Mason, Jake, and Kate played in a little pond right next to the lake. It was quite a bit warmer than the lake so we called it the hot tub. The kids, with the help of Reese and Bryan, made a canal from the pond to the lake and Mason loved going back and forth from the warm "hot tub" to the cool lake and back again. He wore himself out and fell asleep right when we started the car to head home.

Pedometer for Step It Up

So my friend Jessica heard from one of her friends that if you go to the Rec Center next to Logan high, you can pay $5 and get a pedometer, a t-shirt, and a walking log. The program is called "Step It Up." Once you walk 100 miles, you take in your walking log and get three 10-punch passes to the Aquatic Center. That's 30 free swim passes! So we signed right up.

Now you may think that 100 miles is a lot...I did, but you would be surprised. After walking from the Rec Center to the Logan library, stopping by Great Harvest for some delicious bread, and back home, Jessica and I had already walked over 5,000 steps. They say that the average step is about 2.5 feet X 2,000 steps equals about 1 mile.

After a morning of walking, an afternoon of chasing and playing with Mason, and doing some housework, I have walked a total of 8,210 steps! And I have only had the pedometer for less than 5 hours.

So if anyone is interested in counting your steps and getting some pool passes, go to the Logan Rec Center right next to Logan High School. It's worth the $5! (I am not getting paid to advertise this, I just think it is a great program.)

(The pedometer pictured is not the one you get from the Rec Center. The one you get is a little more simplified)

Twilight...

So I read Twilight. It was good. The first half of the book I felt like I was in high school, which made me really frustrated. I don't like the way high schoolers act. I never really liked the whole snobby attitude. Anyway, I really liked the second half of the book. It was a very good read.

I am a little nervous about the movie coming out at the end of this year. I saw the trailer for it and got kind of sad. Edward, one of the main characters, isn't as good looking in the trailer as I had imagined in my mind. I guess that's why I don't like reading books sometimes because the movies NEVER live up to them and I like to watch movies a lot. I hope the movie is at least a little better at representing the book than Harry Potter and all those books/movies.

I will start reading the next book in the series of Twilight, New Moon, in about a week. We'll see how it compares to the first one.

Teeth Galore!

Now you can't tell by this photo but Mason is growing some serious teeth right now at his young age of almost 14 months. I was helping him brush his teeth this morning and I found 2 more teeth popping up out of his gums. So, let's count, he has 8 teeth in front, 4 up top and 4 on the bottom; he has a molar coming in on his top left side; and he has 2 more teeth coming in on the upper right side.
This means that Mason currently has 11 teeth!!! And he isn't even 14 months old yet!