Category — Family

In celebration of our recent anniversary, we thought we would share classic before and after pics, back when Steve was an aspiring Top Gun pilot and Bridget was dreaming of going to Space Camp and becoming an astronaut.

Last month, Bridget, Ethan, and I took a trip out to Kansas to see my Grandma. This was the first time Ethan got to meet his Great-Grandma and it was such a special time there. My Mom and one of my brothers (Greg) also flew out as well, so Ethan’s Great-Grandma, Grandma, and Mom were all together. We had a little birthday celebration for Ethan, with all of us decked out in Happy Birthday party hats with favors and we all enjoyed a delicious ice cream cake, courtesy of Great-Grandma.

Bridget and I just celebrated our our 3 year anniversary this week!!! This is a special one for us as our favorite number is the number 3. A dear friend of ours came and watched Ethan while Bridget and I went out for a very delicious dinner, at this seafood place by our house. One of the gifts I gave Bridget was a set of pictures, collages containing pics. from before and during our marriage, from when we were dating, vacations, family trips, and everything in between, and we wanted to share the images with you. We hope you enjoy them. (Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them)

*The collages were created using a free application you can download from Google, called Picasa. It’s a pretty cool little app., check it out.

Ethan’s first birthday was this past week! Hard to believe, but the little dude is becoming a big dude. He woke up on his birthday morning to Mommy and Daddy singing him a happy birthday duet and a room full of balloons to crawl through and bat with glee as he started off the day celebrating his first year of life. Bridget took the day off of work to celebrate Ethan’s birthday with him, and it was a fun-filled day of activity with Mommy, from going to the children’s museum, to bouncing around in his new ball pit, and ending the day diving into his chocolate Elmo cake. Pictures and video below, Happy Birthday Little Dude!!!

We did a little family photo shoot a few months back in the front yard of our old house. Ethan is about 9 months here. Hard to believe, but he will be a year old in July!

We are in week #3 in our new home and are continuing to get settled. We love our house and neighborhood and look forward to having family and friends over to enjoy it with us. (We will be sending out our change of address soon!) Thank you all who have helped us move in and supported us throughout the moving process. We appreciate you all greatly.

We had the opportunity to spend a week down in Sanibel, Florida last month, and we had such an amazing trip. This was our first vacation with Ethan and his first time to the ocean and the beach, so some good family history in the making. We stayed at a beautiful home in Sanibel, right by Captiva, and it was great to get away from the daily grind and be together as a family here in paradise. We wanted to share a bit of our vacation experience with you through the video  we took, along with some of the highlights and stories,.. it was quite the adventure. Enjoy!

Life on the Hurry home front has been quite the adventure the past few weeks, as we are in the middle of selling and buying a new home. We’re due to close on our new home next week, so we’re very excited. Look forward to having you all over at the new place. We will send you all our new home address. Now we are in the midst of packing madness and taking care of all the details as we get ready to move. Last week, we were able to get away and take a family vacation in Sanibel, Florida, which was amazing! It was our first family vacation with Ethan and his first time to the ocean and beach. I should have a post up in the next week from our vacation with lots of video and great pics. Stay tuned!

Hard to believe, but our little man is 10 months old! He is now able to pull himself up pretty well and stand with a little balancing help. Check out this video and see him in action:

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One of my favorite instruments I own is a didgeridoo I bought in Australia back in 2001, and I recently introduced Ethan (my little mate) to it, lol… Check out Ethan and Daddy on the Didg.

 
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Check out this video of Ethan jammin’ on the Djembe with Daddy. My favorite part is around (2:15) after he gets warmed up a bit, when he throws a few double beats and starts doing the hand slide across the drum face, he’s a natural… A little percussionist in the making, training him up early.

  
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