There are three stages of a man's life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.
Author Unknown
Sunday, January 13, 2008
How does Josephine express herself?
Part 1 - Amusement
a. Wide mouth frog smile
When she sees something or someone she likes, she opens her mouth and twinkles her eyes.
b. Wrinkly nose smile
A follow up to the wide mouth frog smile, she makes this one when she is sharing a nice moment with someone she loves.
c. Supportive laughter
If the whole family is laughing about something, she will join in, to add her support (even if it is doubtful that she really gets the joke).
Piano Recital
Here is Charlie waiting for his turn at his first piano recital. Another 25 or so other children (5-15 yeard olds) of varying levels of experience and skill performed also. Charlie played 'O Christmas Tree' and 'Angels we have heard on high'. He was remarkably calm and matter-of-fact about it, and did a terrific job.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Washing Day
To cut down on water use sometimes we wash the children and the dirty clothes at the same time. The spin cycle gets a little noisy.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Christmas 2007
Dear Diasporic Kith and Kin:
It has been a wonderful year for our family. On February 1st our bonny Josephine was born into our family. She is very chubby and cheerful, verging on jolly at times. The older children have taken her under their wings. Josephine doesn’t always appreciate being there, but she is generous and patient.
Two months after Josie's happy arrival, the Hunters of Hong Kong traded rice bowls for super bowls, and bamboo for tumbleweed. In April we moved from Hong Kong to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The two places are worlds apart, but we are finding something wonderful. It doesn’t matter where you are, if you are with the ones you love and you roll up your sleeves and get stuck in to good activities - like ballet rehearsals, piano lessons, shoveling snow off the driveway and growing veggies – life is great wherever you are. Our little ones are growing like our zucchinis grew this (Northern) summer - big, bouncy and delicious. Actually that is not a very good metaphor. Our children are not that delicious.
In between our move from Hong Kong to Utah we went home to Australia to attend Richard and Claire Mary’s fantastic wedding and to catch up with some of our family and friends.
Since being in the USA, we have learned how to make snowballs, how to collect candy from strangers while dressed as a cat and how to say “purple” the way our American cousins say it. The education continues. Our friends, neighbours and work associates have welcomed us warmly.
Notwithstanding our wonderful experiences here, we miss our family and friends very, very much. You are so special to us. Thank you for your phone calls, emails, packages and prayers. We love you and pray for your happiness, health and blessings. We often hear people say “If only we could treat each other this nicely for the other 51 weeks of the year, after Christmas is over.” Well, we are happy to report that you, our dear friends and family, treat us like it’s Christmas all year round. This is very important to us and we thank you for all you do and are.
We are grateful for our knowledge of Christ, our Saviour. We love Him and we love His Father – our Father. We pray that each of you will feel the love of Jesus Christ this Season and always – and that you will know of our love for you and gratitude that we are friends and family together.
With love and warm wishes,
Laura, Rich, Charlie, Grace, Jane and Josephine Hunter
It has been a wonderful year for our family. On February 1st our bonny Josephine was born into our family. She is very chubby and cheerful, verging on jolly at times. The older children have taken her under their wings. Josephine doesn’t always appreciate being there, but she is generous and patient.
Two months after Josie's happy arrival, the Hunters of Hong Kong traded rice bowls for super bowls, and bamboo for tumbleweed. In April we moved from Hong Kong to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The two places are worlds apart, but we are finding something wonderful. It doesn’t matter where you are, if you are with the ones you love and you roll up your sleeves and get stuck in to good activities - like ballet rehearsals, piano lessons, shoveling snow off the driveway and growing veggies – life is great wherever you are. Our little ones are growing like our zucchinis grew this (Northern) summer - big, bouncy and delicious. Actually that is not a very good metaphor. Our children are not that delicious.
In between our move from Hong Kong to Utah we went home to Australia to attend Richard and Claire Mary’s fantastic wedding and to catch up with some of our family and friends.
Since being in the USA, we have learned how to make snowballs, how to collect candy from strangers while dressed as a cat and how to say “purple” the way our American cousins say it. The education continues. Our friends, neighbours and work associates have welcomed us warmly.
Notwithstanding our wonderful experiences here, we miss our family and friends very, very much. You are so special to us. Thank you for your phone calls, emails, packages and prayers. We love you and pray for your happiness, health and blessings. We often hear people say “If only we could treat each other this nicely for the other 51 weeks of the year, after Christmas is over.” Well, we are happy to report that you, our dear friends and family, treat us like it’s Christmas all year round. This is very important to us and we thank you for all you do and are.
We are grateful for our knowledge of Christ, our Saviour. We love Him and we love His Father – our Father. We pray that each of you will feel the love of Jesus Christ this Season and always – and that you will know of our love for you and gratitude that we are friends and family together.
With love and warm wishes,
Laura, Rich, Charlie, Grace, Jane and Josephine Hunter
Saturday, December 01, 2007
More Moab
This is Dead Horse Point, Moab...where Thelma and Louise apparently went for their last scenic drive. Pretty amazing place.
Playground
This was a magic night. Early Autumn. Rugged up and ready to have some fun. Who needs Nintendo, XBox or an IPhone? Beautiful.
Emory and Jude
In early October 2007 Jude and Emory came to Utah for a visit. They also caught up with Emory's mother, siblings, siblings-in-law, and other family members. They mostly live in and around Ogden. We had a fantastic time with them.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Worm's eye view
They say that the early bird catches the worm....but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Forty Candles at Rich's Camping Birthday Party
Laura made this cake for Rich and opted to fire up forty individual candles. After the park ranger left and the camp-site was back to normal we agreed that next year we will get two candles for Rich's cake - one in the shape of a '4' and the other in the shape of a '1'.
Birthday Frock
One of Gracie's birthday gifts this year was this pretty summer dress that her Grandma Gayle made for her.
Bowling
There is just so long that you can resist the lure of a bowling alley in your neighbourhood. Charlie, Grace and Rich had a great time and all of them cracked the magical 50. No need for lessons with such innate talent. We won't mention the three warnings we had from the manager for bouncing balls and sliding on our tummies down the lane.
Waiting for the Mailman
Laura likes to buy things on Amazon and has even made some successful forays into the world of Ebay. Here she is waiting for one of her bargains to be delivered.
Little Cottonwood River
Charlie and Rich had an adventure in late July in the Little Cottonwood Canyon. We found a beautiful river with icy cold water. Very refreshing to dunk your head into after some hot hiking.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Rich's Birthday
Rich's love of camping is unquestioned. So to celebrate his 40th we all packed up the van and headed for Spruces' camping ground in Big Cottonwood Canyon, 45 minutes from home. We had a fun time.
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