What's New?

Hi everybody! No one has written for a long time. I hope you all post something soon.

I will give a quick update on the Renee Hulse Fam.

Cameron is recovering from his various surgeries. He is finally out of the hospital and is at home with his beautiful wife Kathy, and baby Sadie. He is glad to be home after so many weeks in the hospital. However, he had some visitors come including cousin Adam Johnson. :)

Brian and Xochi are still in Texas. They are expecting their third baby. It is going to be a boy this time! Darcel is super excited to have a boy to pass on the HULSE name. Any suggestions of what they should name him? Marin and Santi are so excited.

Alli and Cory just moved back to Orange County from Arizona. They love being back in California. Autumn is almost 4 years old and is still expanding her extensive vocabulary. Autumn went trick-or-treating this year as Minnie Mouse. She is so cute!

Joe and I are both working in Irvine (about 15 min. from Mom's house). We are still "hanging out" at her house. We are on a waiting list for an apt in Mission Viejo. I won a free trip to Spain by playing a game of sudden-death "Rock, Paper, Scissors" with another teacher at my school. I get to go for 10 days over Spring Break. (I won with scissors!)

Laura and Michael are in their last year of school at BYU. They are both working hard and are doing great. They got a chance to go to Mexico a couple months ago and had a great time. When they got back, Laura's boss gave them a Mini Cooper to drive around in for free. She works at a diamond store. Anyone getting engaged?

Amy is counting down the days til Thanksgiving break when she gets to be out of the chilly town of Provo and be in sunny California. She is still dating Chris. Amy is working like crazy to be done with school. She will be the only Hulse to graduate from BYU in 4 years. She won a scholarship and did an intership in St. George for a week. She really enjoyed it.

Mom is working like crazy teaching at Pepperdine and counseling lots of people. She has also been working on American Grandmas stuff. She is one busy lady. She was also taking care of Cam in the hospital for a while. She never stops doing stuff.

Well, that's us. Give us an update of all of you!

We love you!
Emily and Hulse Fam

Beach Day

I love this picture!

Cam's little girl

Here is Sadie, Cam's little girl. She is a riot. Anyway, Speaking of Cam, he is doing a lot better thank goodness! He is still in a lot of pain but he is moving around a lot easier and is feeling better. Thanks for all of your prayers family! Much love!

A fun trip

Well well, Jane and Terry moved Jackie and CJ down to CA about a month ago and while they were here they stopped at my mom's house and we just had a blast. Here they are at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach. We just walked around and enjoyed ourselves talking and laughing. Then we went over to the Newport Beach Temple and that was fun too! Pictures are fun so I thought I would share them! Loves!

FOURTH O' JULY!

What is everyone doing for the 4th O' July? Share your stories and your plans with the fam! Got pics? Even better.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!

It was Amy's 21st birthday on Monday (June 5th). Wish her a "Happy Birthday!"

REUNION '07

The only thing holding everyone back from planning this reunion is the date. Once we have a date, everyone can make plans for hotels, motels or whatever. Please comment on the week (3 days) that would be best for you and your family.

Start saving your money. The earlier you book things, the better the price. The beach won't cost more than a couple bucks, the neighborhood park won't cost a dime, but Disneyland will cost a bit. You may check out the prices on the website posted below.

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage

This will be a reunion that will not be forgotten.

Roskelley Kids (Ryan's)

Elle in the Tulip fields (9 months)

Ian (6), Chase (9), Jaden (3), and Elle (1 month) on her blessing day.

Jaden (3 1/2) giving the camera some love

Show cute pics of your kids please.

Hi Fam! Show me cute pictures of your kids. I want to see them. Here are a few pics of my cute nieces because I know a lot of you haven't seen them yet! Kal, I want to see little Gage, and Nelly, show pics of Aiden. Loves!!!
Oh yea, the one in the swimsuit is Alli's little girl Autumn, and the one with the bottle is Cam's baby Sadie, and then Bri Xoch and their little girls Marin and Santi. LOVES!- Amy

Jackie's Reception

It was so good to see relatives! It has been waaaay too long! Here is a small fraction of the Cragin Crew that was at Jackie's reception.  

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

We love you MOM and Grandma and Aunts! Happy Mother's Day!

(Alli, this is where you fit in... Cragin is Grandma Chalk and your Aunt Maxine and Kay :)

Dale Saves the Day!

Here are the promised photos from the taquito party! As you can see from the pictures (special thanks to Dale and crew) we got to have the most delicious homemade icecream!

At last week's Sunday dinner, Dale rigged the broken ice-cream maker. We were thrilled! This picture is not doctored -- that is actually a cordless drill propped up by a ski boot with a velcro strap holding down the trigger. There's a weight on the lid to keep it from moving. We were really glad the drill had the torque to keep crankin' once the ice cream started to harden. When homemade ice cream is on the line, ingenuity kicks in pretty strongly! 

FAMILY REUNION '07

Last reunion was a BLAST! The Mr. Midway Man Pageant was too much. Congratulations Brian! We all had so much fun at Bob and Char's house. We appreciate all that they did to host us. And we are grateful to those who put it all together.

This next reunion should be in So. California where the rest of our fun family resides. It will be held in the Summer 2007. Here are a few options for next year's reunion events.

DISNEYLAND! The Happiest Place on Earth... Your kids will actually WANT to go to a family reunion. They won't worry about the drive either because hey, they're going to Disneyland.


SEA WORLD! You may get wet if you sit in the first 15 rows. But, it may be a good option just in case Disneyland rejects us.


Beautiful Beaches Galore! Do I hear sand castle building contests? Or Boogie Boarding Contests? Swimsuit Contests??!! Maybe for the kids.


But wait! There's MORE...

The biggest TAQUITO fiesta you have ever seen! With taco sauce and homemade ice cream contests.

AND, a softball or wiffleball game at Renee's neighborhood field! Teams will have t-shirts with their team name and individual nickname. The whole family can sign your shirt at the end for a nice memory of the Cragin Family Reunion 2007!

I'm already so excited! I will plan the shindig. I just love being with my family. It will be fun no matter what. I do want your imput. We'll trade off Utah-California for family reunions to make it fair.

Love you all,
Emily

Welcome to the Blog

Hello Family!
I created this blog to keep everyone in touch. We all had such a good time at Jackie's wedding reception, catching up on the 10+ year gap. It was good to meet spouses and kids for the first time. Hopefully this will help us know our family better than we presently do. Please post any announcements, events, stories, AND PICTURES for the family to see. You may comment on any of the posts. Please check it frequently to keep up with the fam. Love you all!
Emily

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