Hey - It's me again!

Yep, it's cliche but it's true, we've been busy.  First and foremost, we hosted Easter lunch this year.  I worried about how to arrange seating for the 20 peeps that were coming but I stuffed 12 people in our tiny dining room, then10 more in the kitchen and amazingly, it worked!  A post picture of the dining room as some folks enjoy dessert.

Afterwards we moved outside for a kids egg hunt in the backyard.

Prior to the egghunt, Avery was wearing Nathan's construction goggles.  She was so comfortable in them, she left them on during the egghunt.  hahaha!

The adults enjoyed the nice weather while we sat outside watching the kids.  Clear skies, mid-seventies.  Perfect.  :o)

That was our Easter!

Women's Conference in Tucson

It was 10 years ago when I first studied Breaking Free by Beth Moore. It changed my life and I studied it many more times since then.  Until this year, I never heard Beth Moore speak in person, so it was long overdue.  A group of us ladies headed to Beth Moore's Living Proof conference in Tucson at the end of March. It was a phenomenal experience and Beth Moore's teaching was just as intense and just as powerful in person.  Just a few snapshots from the weekend.

Ostrich Festival 2010.

You read it right.  Ostrich Festival.  It was the 22nd Annual Ostrich Festival to be a matter of fact.

Let me tell you something, you haven't seen a race, until you've seen an Ostrich race.
In the next few pictures, you'll see human jockey's clinging to the backs of racing Ostrich's.

The Ostrich festival also had a really great petting zoo. Nathan got so tickled when the goats licked his hands while we fed them.

I wanted the goat to 'pose' for our picture together so I held out the cup of food towards the camera and it worked - the goat looked up!  Here's our picture together.

Here are the Hull's with a real, live, Texas Longhorn.

We also had the pleasure or pain, depending on how you look at it, of watching a Journey cover band.  The lead singer that was a TOTAL Steve Perry look-a-like from the hair to the clothes to the voice.

There's something about the casual atmosphere of an outdoors concert that I love, it's just fun. 

Since Josh started watching Nathan for us once a week,  Josh has become Nathan's best buddy. Here's a sample of a typical conversation that two of us will have..

Me: I like ice cream.
Nathan: I like ice cream too.
Me: I like trains.
Nathan: I like trains too.
Me: I like Nathan.
Nathan: I like Josh.

It would be nice, if Nathan reciprocated with "I like mommy."  But no. Every time, without fail, Nathan will say "I like Josh."  I was finally able to get pictures of these two playing and having fun.

Lynn and I started this silliness in 2005, here is the "Best Friends Forever 2010" picture - same pose, different angle - I like it. :o)

The fun day ended with some rides for Nathan...

 And that was our first time at the annual Ostrich Festival...until next year!

Something funny ha-ha.

"The woodpecker may have to go!"

 

Photography by Nathan T. age 3

So it turns out that our 3 yr old is quite the photographer.  Typically when I'm trying to buy myselft time in an adult coversation I will often hand Nathan my little point and shoot camera and without fail it always buys more time. Nathan plays with the camera and the adults continue in coversation between blinding flashes of light. Later when it's time to upload the pictures, I'm pleasantly surprised, it seems he's got a knack for this. 

Pictures that Nathan took recently including the one above of Josh - now one of my favorites of him!

I love this picture because Nathan is turning the camera 90 degrees to take a portrait picture, self-taught!.

Those were some of his really good pictures but he is only THREE after all...here's a few of his duds. And maybe it's just because I'm a proud mommy but I still see an artistic angle to these...

...and every once in a while we gotta remind him to take his finger off the lens... :o)