Everything is Bigger in Texas…

And by that I mean the surprises and possibly the sunburns too.

A few weeks ago we (and by we I mean 14 Hunt kids and 12 Hunt adults from Washington, New York, Arizona, Utah and Colorado) flew down to Texas to surprise Aarons oldest brother Brett, his wife Nisa, and their 3 beautiful kiddos. See Brett was graduating from the University of Texas with his MBA and we ALL wanted to be there to cheer him on!

We all flew in late Thursday night/early Friday Morning. By Friday afternoon we were all gathered at The Salt Lick (a fun and delicious bbq restaurant) anticipating the biggest surprise that this Hunt family has ever been a part of- well at least since I’ve been around.

As we were waiting to surprise the soon to be graduate. The kids danced in anticipation as we listened to some fun blue grass music.

And then finally the big moment arrived… SURPRISE!

It was so much fun! We hugged and talked and ate and then ate again and then Aaron ate some more. (Aaron is a big bbq fan)

Then we spent the next two days playing, eating, swimming, graduating(that one was just Brett) and then playing some more.

 

We love you Hunt family! It was so great to see all of you. Thank you Mom and Dad Hunt for making it all possible!

Congrats Brett! Thank you for letting us share in your moment.

Ode to Jeffrey

*Surprise surprise, I am behind on blogging again. That is the theme for this year I guess, behind on blogging. I refuse to stop blogging, because I love the memories. Just know all of my posts for at least a little while will be weeks over due. I am no longer making excuses. I have accepted that this is how it will be, and I am ok with it. ;) Also, I am addicted to pictures. I think a minimum of twenty pictures is required for all of my posts. So always be prepared for picture overload!

I have two awesome graduations to blog about. I’ll address them in the order that they occurred.

First, was my brother Jeff’s. This kid sailed through High School and he did it with style. Seriously, he is the coolest 18 year old that I know. When I was in High School, I was a mess! I barley made it out of their alive and I had no clue who I was. I spent four years fighting the battle between who I was supposed to be in the eyes of my friends vs. who I really should be in the eyes of my family and religion. With both sides being so conflicting, by Senior year I had exploded and I don’t think my friends nor my family(especially my mom) knew what to do with me. I couldn’t wait to escape to college. Even then it took me four years of college and a year of living on my own to finally feel comfortable in my own skin.

Not this kid. I am in awe of how confident and how together he is. And the awards this kid has won are ridiculous. Every time I go to my parents house, there is a new one bigger and better than the last. (You want to know the awards I won in high school. Business student of the year. I guess that one is cool. Although, when they were about to announce the winner, I leaned over to my friend sitting next to me and said, “that’s me.” And she laughed and said “yeah right!”  The other award I got was for painting a mural on the gym wall. They announced that at my graduation. The only problem… I didn’t paint it.)

Voted best male voice in his senior class. Given the award for best actor in a musical. He was a valedictorian- top 10% of his class. I could go on…

 

Just after getting his diploma.

Here he is singing Don’t Stop, by Fleetwood Mac while rockin the Mickey ears!

  

Jeff you are a great brother!

A wonderful uncle!

 

A fabulous son…

…who will always welcome kisses from your mother ;)

and a fun friend.

 

Congrats Jeff!

   

We are big fans of you over at this Hunt house!

And in 17 years I will have my very own High School graduate, but I don’t like to think about that.