Avery Jill Hulsberg

Over Easter weekend we blessed our little Avery. We chose that weekend because Grandpa Tolman was in the area being a Distinguished Lecturer (the discussion concerning my dad being distinguished will be held another day...)

We were able to bless Avery's cousin Clara the same day. They are 8 weeks apart and we think they will be great friends! She moved to Houston for the summer though, so Avery and Clara will have to get reacquainted in the fall.

Our church meetings were held at 9am and Dave conducted the meeting and gave a beautiful blessing to Avery. Then we had a quick brunch and headed up to Logan for Clara's blessing at 1:30.

The thing that I loved about the most about the blessing was that Dave told Avery she was surrounded by men that loved her and each one of those men had a wonderful woman standing with them that would support her and love her and would be great examples to her throughout her life.

We love our little baby girl. She is such a good baby. She is very patient with us and is quick to give big smiles, especially when you get her out of her bed in the morning. Luckily her biggest brother Grant is such a big helper, and Mason...well...he hasn't hurt her yet... We are so happy to have Avery in our family and can't wait to watch her grow.

Mason Turns Two!

When I was trying to decide on how to celebrate Mason's birthday this year, I brainstormed what are Mason's favorite things right now. There is only one thing that makes him tremble with anticipation. One thing that will keep his attention for undiscovered amounts of time. One thing that will make him quiet down in even the middle of terrible tantrums in the most inappropriate places.... the iPhone. Dave received one as an early birthday present a month ago and Mason is in love. So we chose an iPhone Party. Complete with an "Appy Birthday" Banner, an iPhone Cake, and festive decorations!

This is the first cake that Dave has helped with and I couldn't have done it without him and all of his help making the apps.

Mason enjoyed opening his presents and then showing them to Grams and Rock and Jen on Skype. We kept having to remind him to acknowledge the real people in the room!

Yes Grant is wearing a brown fedora. It is his Agent P hat and its the best 2.50 I ever spent at the party store.
Mason definitely did not enjoy the bow hat.

Olivia was a little more tolerant but still not sure what to think!

Catch a glimpse...

Well Dave has finally talked me into starting another blog. I am a really great blog stalker, so I realize I should give others the chance to stalk me and also preserve some of our family's happenings. Dave has also promised to do some posting, so hopefully this blog won't fizzle out like the last. (No guarantees...) We hope you enjoy some glimpses into our lives.