The Incredible HULLK!

Dr. Greg Hull: musician; athlete. Searching for a way to tap into the hidden skills that all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of cheapness radiation alters his body chemistry. And now when Greg Hull grows angry or outraged, a startling skill set emerges. The creature is driven by overpriced labor and pursued by a nagging wife.

....installing tile throughout the house continues....

The Trash Trucks

Just one of our recent POTD's.  The sound of the garbage trucks rolling down our street woke Nathan up because he bounded out of bed, dragging his blanket, straight into our bedroom to watch the trash trucks.  Though it's out of focus because of the backlight, I love the moment that it captures.

The end of Tball.

After 5 weeks, our first T-ball season has come to a close - the takeaways for each of us:

Greg:      Learned that 4 yr old kids really do have a painfully short attention span.

Julia:      Learned what items to bring to the field on game day - mainly a chair.

Nathan: Learned how to act around misbehaved kids whose parents sit idly by while their children terrorize other kids. 

The team picture - cute.

Getting ready to bat.

 At bat.

Running to first base. 

Throwing to first, already looks like a natural - just like dad!

Receiving his first trophy and that's a very genuine, very happy smile.  

 Nathan did not believe me when I said he was going to win a trophy.

This is my "Told-you-so" picture.  I'm very mature.

Soccer starts next week.  Hoping we have a good team - as in, I hope we have a group of kids who know how to act and behave.  What are the chances?

Life or Something Like It

Right now, I'm reading this book which has seared my conscious. I'm having a hard time blogging lately because I can't reconcile between the things that make up my daily life and the self reflection this book induces.

 

Yet, here I go because I know that this collection of pictures and stories is an important connection for those who love us...

We went to the local Roots and Boots Rodeo which had a petting zoo. Nathan likes Goats.  Nathan does not like chickens, bunnies, ducks, ponies or cows.  Just goats.

The price of gas these days is a bit high.

 We also hung out at an empty farm park where we snuck on the train.

Spring Break came to an end, back to school,Nathan pictured here at the end of his class line.

Greg started installing tile in our house.  I'm happy about this.

Nathan and I one Sunday.

That's all she (me) wrote for now...

Arboretum & Aviation, All in A Day

A few weekends ago was one of those perfect mid 80's weekends complete with outdoor activities to boot.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum - More than I anticipated, can't wait to go back!

Look, someone wrote a book about me and didn't even ask permission.  Where's my royalties?

I love how it looks like I'm 50 feet high in this tree.  Nice angle Amber!

I also love the new point and shoot Greg got me for Christmas, it takes awesome pictures like this one of a butterfly. 

Gateway Aviation Day - a local event (for free!) that was quite spectactular.


This Harrier was in Afganistan just 6 months ago.  The painted missiles & gunsights just under the Captin's name indicates how many missiles were deployed and times the guns were used. (Borrowing Greg's Facebook captions cause he actually retains this type of information).

Per the pilot "This is the bomb button"....

Nathan and I are sitting in a Blackhawk.

They must have removed the Bluth company logos.

Got to see some aerial stuff, very cool.

Valley Metro's newest bus driver.

The Apache helicopter, we got to see this lift off.

C 135 - the flying gas station. Carries 36,000 gallons of fuel. It can unload enough gas in 1 minute to fuel a car for a year. Wish I could have a minute of their time.

 

Nathan and I sitting inside the C 135...

The inside of the C 135 was like a huge hall, here is Nathan and Greg walking towards the cockpit.

Inside the cockpit of the C135...

Crazy controls to fly this thing!



A Day Out with Thomas

This past weekend was the 16th consecutive year for Thomas the Tank Engine to tour.  The tour stopped in 45 cities across the United States and Canada.  We were so fortunate that Thomas chugged into Globe, AZ - just about an hour away. 

From the moment we arrived, Nathan was beside-himself-dancing-in-line-slap-happy.  It was 3 hours of unabridged train phenomena and Nathan couldn't have enjoyed anything more.  

We met the train engineer.

We rode an old double decker train (that Thomas was pulling - wink, wink).

We got a 'Jr Engineer Certificate' during the train ride.

We met Sir Topham Hat also known as The Fat Controller. 

We played with Thomas train sets.

But the very best part of the day was seeing Thomas the Tank Engine up close!

It was the best day EVER for this little 4 year old!!!

(sidebar - we've been experimenting with Nathan's hair to work with his cowlicks, hahaha!)

Brighter Days

By Leeland