Dog Sitting

Last weekend, Chris and I dog sat: (I have to put a colon because there is such a long list coming) Max, who is Chris' brother, Jeff and his wife, Lan's dog; Tanner, my sister's Rhodesian Ridgeback; Ranger, my sister's crazy mutt dog, and our two dogs, Jack and Buddie Peanut. To say the least, it was a CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZY weekend! Here are a few pictures taken after Whit and Doug got back in town. Our dogs slept for like 4 days straight after we left their house! :)

Tanner, Whitney, Ranger, Me, Buddie Peanut, Jack, and Max! Whew!

I put Jack and Buddie in the box, because I thought it'd be cute! Then I decided to join.

It was a party!

My Second Family

So, I have been babysitting for this family, the Testan's, for like 5 years... I love them SO much. I seriously consider them my Atlanta family... Chris, the mom, is like a 3rd sister to me and the I love the kids as much as I will my own one day. They are precious. Now, Maggie is in 5th grade and just got her ears pierced last week. I went with her for the big event... it was a very important day! We had it done at her dermatologist's office in Buckhead and he totally numbed her ear before doing it! How cool! She didn't feel anything. So, she's totally excited now that she has her ears pierced and she looks beautiful with her precious James Avery earrings :) The next night, I went to babysit for them and Maggie and Abby had been playing dress up the entire afternoon. Mag did Abby's make up and put some fake hair in her hair and she is actually playing dress up in her flower girl dress she wore in my wedding! So funny! Anyway, when Abs came down the stairs to show us what she looked like, Chris, the mom, and I were totally stunned. Abby looked 15 and absolutely beautiful. It nearly brought tears to my eyes to see her... I have been sitting for her since she was less than a year old. It makes me so happy and makes me feel SOOOOOO blessed to have this family a part of my life. God gave the Testani's to me and I am so thankful. Here is a picture of us girls and Abby all dressed up!

Un febrero noche...

Saturday night we hung out with Jen, Brian, Christy and Jarrett in some far off town called High Ram. Like, we were practically in Alabama, I think. After STUFFING ourselves full of triple cheesey cheesey pizza at Mellow Mushroom, talking about booger-pickin', climbing fake trees, and endless talks of doo doo and Christy's mole during a good 'ol game of telephone... you'd think we were young... Well think again because we're all OLD! We were all at our homes and tucked in bed by 10:00. Anyway, it was fun and here are pictures to PROOVE it :)

Jen and I at Mellow Mushroom. Isn't she too cute?

Jarrett and Christy with our awesome cheesey cheese pizza! They are pretty, aren't they?

Jen and her husband, Reverend Brian :) Ha ha! They are pretty, too!

This is Chris as "Fat Man in a Little Coat"!

My Very First Blog!

Okay, okay... here it is ladies and gentlemen! Hillary's first blog! After spending the past 2 months reading some of my favorite new people's blog, I have been persuaded to begin my own. I wasn't really sure what I would write about... Jen said to write about my exciting life and the more I think about it... my life is a little bit exciting, kind of, I guess :) Here is what is going on lately in the Hull Family.

Well, just in case you have been living underneath a rock, Chris and I got married on April 14, 2007. I have to say it was probably the most beautiful wedding ever. Seriously. It was perfect. And I wouldn't change anything about it (except for the the song I walked down the aisle to ("Don't you know I've always loved you - by Third Day) didn't get to the chorus before I got to Chris, which was the only reason I picked that song... but it was OK). Anyway, the entire weekend was absolutely incredible. Our bestest friend, Jeffrey Melvin from BridgePointe church married us and we are so blessed to have him our life. He and his wife, Coty, are such a blessing and we love them SO much! And Jeffrey gave the most beautiful message I have ever heard at a wedding. It was an entire weekend with 150 family and friends. And it was awesome. Thursday night was spent with about 50 closest family and friends at Mambo's Beachside Grill. Dancing to beach music! Friday was spent by the beach ALL day with friends. Friday night was an awesome outside dinner with my Uncle Ralph (dad's old college friend) singing Buffet music and everyone danced until the wee hours of the morning. And Saturday morning was spent with my soon-to-be husband and all my best friends on the beach, then we all went to get ready! And Sunday morning was spent with everyone at a great breakfast. It was absolutely perfect and if you weren't there, you wish you were. :) Here are a couple of my favorite pictures.

My husband is so incredibly handsome!

Chris and I with his parents.

Chris and I with his parents, sister, two brothers and brother-in-law.

I love this picture... I do not remember what my dad and I were laughing about.

Yay! We're married!

I wanted to twirl!!! I couldn't believe Chris said, "Okay!"

I LOVED my flowers! Oh, you like my necklace? I made it! Ha ha! You can probably tell, huh?

THE HOPKINS FAMILY - My dad, mom, two sisters, their husbands and us.

My parents and I.

OKAY - enough with the wedding :) Here's more of an update!

Chris has begun is second semester of Construction Management at Southern Poly State University AND his second semester at Hodges and Hicks General Contractors. And let me just say that I am SO proud of him. After going through an incredibly difficult few years at Kennesaw in a major that he hated more than anything, God totally showed him what he was supposed to do in his life. He provided him with an incredibe school a few miles from our home, and an incredible paid internship with incredible people, and the ability to work full time and go to school full time and STILL have time to be an awesome husband to me. I admire him so much and I am SOOOOOO proud of him.

I am still working at Ruth's Chris as the Director of Sales in Sandy Springs.

We found this incredible place called Vinings Lake Church near our home. This church from up in Catersville had their church Christmas dinner at RCSH... and I randomly decided to ask the host if she knew of a church similar to theirs near Smyrna. She looked into it and a few weeks later, my husband and I walked into a place full of PEOPLE that have blessed us in SO many ways. We had been a part of a church up in Woodstock called BridgePointe for the past several years. It was incredible and we were so blessed to have been a part of it. But after we moved, we were more than 30 minutes away and with Chris' new work and school schedule, it was impossible for us to be able to connect there. So, God introduced us to VL. And we love it! We found an awesome small group that I love love love love love. We are challeneged every week to be stronger followers of Christ and we have awesome Christian friends now in our town to help us do that.

I guess I'll end on that note... this blog is a little bit long and maybe a little bit boring. But that is a pretty good up-to-date synopsis of the life of the Hulls!