This site has finally changed!

Thanks to a great friend, I finally learned how to change my blog.  She has been after me for about a year now to make changes, so this is long overdue.  She taught me how to add some fun color and some great features.  So, hopefully now we will make a change more than once every year or so.  It should be fun to share some great pictures.  I'm excited!

Planet of the Apes

Seriously!!

Holy Crap!! Who is this?

Hambone and Dad

Alien Hampton

Goofy Faces on the computer

Sophie being a good mommy

She loves to push her dollies around and be a mom in lots of ways.

Po and Hamp

The kids love to tow each other around in this little wagon. Stock used to do it when Sophie was just a little baby.

First Day of School

Hamper in the Shower

Hannah had the shower going to warm it up and Hampton found his way in. He is our first water baby and as you can see has no problem climbing in.

Dad and Hambone

Spring Picture

Mom and Sophie

Here are the beautiful women in my life. Like mother like daughter.

Halloween 06

May 18, 2006 Hampton Alan Curtis

Brief History

These blogs are a great idea for people who live away from family and who don't have the luxury of catching up at Sunday dinner. I will give everyone a brief history of where we've been.

I was working at UPS in Logan in 2002 where I'd been for 4 years. I was working on a MBA when I saw an employer post his spot for interviews at Utah State. His name was Stock Longhurst with Forest Pharmaceuticals. I knew the Longhurst's through Hannah's family. In Mendon, everyone knows everyone. So I interviewed with him at the Comfort Inn on main street behind the 4th North 7-11. I told my brother Cameron to interview as well with Stock. We ended up being the finalists for the spot in Grand Rapids, MI. We flew to Arizona on 12/26/02 to meet with the Michigan boss. I was offered the job on 12/28/02 and I was in NY in training on 1/5/03. So I quit UPS where I thought I'd be for a long time, quit my Master's program and gave it a whirl.

We moved to Grand Rapids, MI which is a great place to raise a family with our two boys, Stockton and Porter. It's a very conservative area with a lot of Dutch influence. It' s also the mecca of anti-mormon literature. I was a sales rep in Michigan and had a lot of success. In one year, we turned the team from a cellar dweller to a top ranked team in under a year. During that year, we welcomed our first girl to the family, Sophie. Our next year was even better professionally winning our prestigeous President's Club Award which came with a free trip to Ireland for Hannah and I and lots of other goodies. The year after that was also great because we had our 3rd boy, Hampton.

After 3 and a half years in Michigan, we were looking for something new. I saw a posting for an awesome spot with Forest in Kansas City, MO called the MFO or MOFO as most people call me. I looked into it and boom here we are. I accepted the position in May of 06 just 4 days after having Hampton. I traveled from MO to MI all summer long until we moved there in August of 06. We live in a place called Platte City which is about 20 minutes north of Kansas City by the airport. We are 20-30 minutes away from all of the historical church sites so everyone is welcome to come stay with us while seeing the sites.

Welcome to the Curtis Blog.