We recently had a family photo shoot and now have some updated pictures to share. Thank you Amanda Elpers for your great work and amazing images! Be sure to check out her site if you are looking for a photographer.

We all made it out for Halloween (Ethan’s third and Evelyn’s first, surpassed last year’s total of 2 houses!). Ethan had a dragon costume that he didn’t wear, so we ended up carrying it the whole evening and Evelyn was a bear, cute as ever. Be sure to check out the full album of pictures from the evening below.

We went out with Mike, Kari, and Eli Kuebler, good friends that live in our neighbor. Ethan was introduced to the “world of candy.” Though he was reluctant at first, once he took a bite of the first M & M, there was no turning back as went house to house,… “more candy”

-1 med. size pumpkin
-1 onion
-2 stalks of celery
-1 small can of mushrooms
-1 can cream of celery soup
-1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef
-1 cup frozen baby peas
-1 cup brown rice
-2 tablespoons brown sugar
-2 tablespoons soy sauce
-salt and pepper to taste

Cut top off pumpkin and clean out. In large pot saute
cut up onion and celery in small amount of oil. Add
ground beef and let brown. Add cooked rice and add
remaining ingredients into pot. Put all cooked
ingredients into pumpkin, put lid on and bake in 400
degree oven for 1 1/2 hours or until pumpkin is done.
Serves 5 people.

(Download printer-friendly PDF of recipe)

No, we’re not really coming to your neighborhood, well, not any time soon. Our neighbors are in the Indianapolis Symphony, and Tony and I decided to have a little fun and showcase our tuba and didgeridoo skills for the children on our block. As you can imagine, it was quite the draw. I then hopped on and played some Tuba and Tony taught me how to play Amazing Grace, good times.. If you know anyone looking for a Tuba Didg duet, we’re your guys!

It’s been two weeks since Evelyn has been born and we’re starting to get into the flow as a family of four and navigate the sleepless haze, . We’ve been incredibly blessed with gifts and meals from family and friends, so thank you all! Ethan is fascinated by baby Evy (pronounced like Chevy, without the Ch), and you can hear him throughout the day saying “baby, baby,..” He likes pushing her swing, peering over the edge of her bed as she sleeps, putting Evy’s pacifier in her mouth, and climbing over Mom and Dad as we hold and feed her on the couch. He is really good with her and he’s going to be a great big brother.

I’m heading back to work tomorrow and have really enjoyed being with the family that past 2 weeks. Bridget will be home for another 6 weeks, so we’re excited about that. We wanted to share some pictures of Evelyn and the family from the first two weeks, including pics from the hospital, Ethan and Evelyn interacting, some full family pics,.. (“Evelyn and Friends” photo gallery and other video to come.)

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Hello dear friends and family. Please join us in welcoming our new baby girl, Evelyn Grace Hurry. She was born yesterday morning, June 8th, at 7:25 AM, weighing in at 7 Lbs and 20 inches long. Thank you for your prayers and support and be sure to check back for updates. Lots of great pictures and video to come.

Hello dear friends and family, some Hurry family updates:

• Last month, we had the opportunity to go visit Bridget’s sister Jessica and her family in California and had a great trip. Steve had never met Avari, their youngest daughter, so was such a blessing for Uncle Steve to meet her. Bridget got invited to speak to the MOPS group at her sister’s church, Bayside Church in Roseville, CA. (Topic: Hormones, Where are they Taking Us) While we were there Bridget also got to go to a conference with Jessica, and I (Steve) got to do some snowboarding with my brother-in-law Chris at Sugar Bowl, just outside of Lake Tahoe. We had great snow conditions, sunny 70 degrees, no clouds at all. Was so nice to be on the mountain. Ethan and Isaac had a blast playing together all wknd as well. It was really neat seeing them interact. Here’s some pics from the wknd:

• Steve has a job update. He has switched to working part time at ServLife and is now working part time at our church, Common Ground, as well, helping with their Web site and doing some Mission admin. tasks.
• Bridget’s pregnancy is going well. She is about 27 weeks along now. We’re excited to meet our new little girl .  She’s still battling some nausea, so you can be lifting up some prayers for health and perseverance.
• Ethan is doing great. Currently, he’s obsessed with balls of all shapes and sizes. First words through the monitor in the morning are usually “deeb dab doob dee baaaaaal” so cute, he draws out the word usually when he says it, Anything round also gets called “Baaaaalll”. He also LOVES doggies. He can see a picture of a dog on a bumper sticker on a car in front of us while driving or see a billboard with a picture of a dog,..and he’ll yell out “Doooogggie”.