Weekend Update

I have discovered the secret to weight loss: Have more than one child in the house! We had our niece Ella come stay with us Thursday and Friday, and let me tell you, it was busy! Ella is such a good little girl, and she loves Owen to death, but I sure was busy! I didn't have a lot of time to eat and we were constantly on the go. I must have lost at least 5 pounds in two days! (at least it seems like I did) I give major props to all the moms out there who have two or more children at home, you guys are my heroes! Owen had the best time playing and watching Ella. He was so entertained. Having Ella over, made me excited to see my own (future) children playing together. Motherhood is great isn't it?

On Friday night Spencer's brother graduated with his master's degree from USC, so we went to Long Beach to celebrate this achievement with him. This was the first time that the three new Hull babies were all together. Here they are in order from left to right: Hudson Jason, 6 weeks old, son of Jason and Ashley Hull. Owen Spencer, 5 months, our cutie. And Carter William, 3 weeks old, son of Bryant and Sarah Hull. They are all so cute! It's going to be so fun watching them grow up together. And they all will be in the same grade at school since Owen was born in December.
Friday night we stayed the night at Bryant and Sarah's house in Long Beach because the next day we all went to the Aquarium of the Pacific together. My brother, Cody, and Allison met us down there Saturday morning. The aquarium was a lot of fun, but a little bit expensive. I had never been there before, so I didn't know what to expect. I would recommend going once, but because it is a little on the expensive side, for what you get, I probably won't be going back for a long while.
Here's Spencer, Katie, Ella, and Bryant touching the animals in the "touch tank." The little girls found this to be a lot of fun, as for me, I will admit that I was a little intimidated. The picture below shows what was in the tank you could touch. There were sharks and sting rays, and some of those sharks were actually pretty big!!
Here's our little family standing in front of what I thought was the most fascinating thing at the aquarium. It's a life size model of a blue whale. I was amazed at how HUGE these whales actually are. (Sorry guys, I guess I've lived a sheltered life, to be so fascinated by a model of a whale.)
Here's a better view of just how huge this whale was!Owen was so good at the aquarium. He actually really got into looking at all the fish. I couldn't get him to look at the camera while I took this picture because he couldn't take his eyes off this tank. The tropical section of the aquarium was defiantly what interested Owen the most. The picture below is the same display Owen is looking at, but I took it without the flash so you could see just how bright and colorful it actually was.
It's hard to tell, but this picture is of some kind of sea horse, that looks like a plant. This was Spencer's favorite thing he saw. I think he took about 20 pictures of these little guys.

So that was our exciting weekend. If you read all this you are a champion! I didn't realize how long it was going to be!