Hunter Herald March 2008

Hunter Herald

^{March 2008}

-NEIL & MIKE- ALOHA! The weather's getting warmer and the reunion is getting closer!!! The garage sales are starting too so now's the time to go looking for that tent or whatever… for our exciting Hawaiian Happening. Assignment: ON Sat. morning we are going to devote one hour to getting to know Grandma Gene and Grandpa Boyd so each sibling (as in Greg, Calvin etc.) will get 10 min. to share a special memory. Since Lamont will not be there, Chad we are asking you to step in and "be the man"! Please remember that Friday will be the main day filled with fun and adventure and you won't want to miss any of it!!!

Uncle Neil spent 9 days in the hospital this month, I guess it was diet time again, and boy did it work! He has lost 20 pounds. I'd like to say he's doing better but it's slow coming. Hillary we are glad that your little guy is doing better and hope he will be doing great very soon. We look forward to meeting little Max in person!!! Neil, Haylee, Brandie, Race and Kalli, all celebrated birthdays this month so the rest of us all gained weight eating all that birthday cake! We so look forward to hearing about all the rest of your exciting lives so don't be afraid to speak up!!! Love, aunt mike

-Trevor & Charmayne-Well, I thought I might as well get started so I don't miss another month!!!

Well, I guess I don't have to figure out a nice way of sharing the news since it was blasted over the airways last month. Trevor hasn't been able to see his new cardiologist yet so we really aren't sure what happened. When we know we'll let everyone else know. So far he has started to exercise more, lots of medications, and he is trying to change to nonfat milk and something about the butter. I'm not that covinced yet on the benefits of margerine over butter so we've decided to use less for now and see how it goes. Don't blast me with facts, I have heard them all.

Trevor's new job With the CA Dept. of Water Resources is going well. Even after this cardiac episode he still has one, so we're greatful for that.

January was our pinewood derby. Nick took 2nd place and we went forward to race in Chico. It was single eliminate so we weren't there that long. Our pack did get an award for all our advancements last year.

Speaking of scouts, at the reunion, if anyone has any special scout activities that need to be accomplished during our campout, let me know and I'll coordinate something. Our schedule is planned for but there is a little free time.

Race was ordained a deacon in March. Pretty exciting. He also received his Faith in God award. Nick just got back from the Marin Headlands. He had a great time with his class on this overnighter by the coast. They stopped and visited the mission is San Francisco. They also played by the beach. Kinny is doing well in school like his brothers. And seems to be enjoying reading finally. He just finished 3 Spiderwick Chronicles in less than a week. He wants to go to the library and get some more.

I'm not working outside the home anymore. Now I'm running HSW while Trevor is at work. We are approaching our 100th liner job (currently we are at 93 with 3 scheduled for April so far). All this while Trevor is working full time in Sacramento. He gets every other Friday off so this allows some extra work time. I'm still doing mostly vinyl so if you need anything let me know.

-Haylee & Ryan-

-Kalli & Terry-

-Paij & Brent- Things are just clicking along here in Mississippi. Our grass is starting to turn green and our tulips are sprouting. Both exciting things for us in the spring. I'm continually getting bigger but I guess that's the point. Our daughter seems to be coming along great. 8 weeks left. Yeah! Brent and I both have about 5 weeks of school left in this semester before a break so that will be nice. My break will be slightly longer than his thank goodness. I have attached a 3D ultrasound picture from about 2 weeks ago so if it works great, if not, sorry. It's great to hear from everyone so keep sending news. Congrats to the Calvin clan on another upcoming wedding and keep us updated on little Max.
Lots of Love, Paij and Brent

-Jarom-  

FC3 Hunter, Jarom

USS Germantown, OPS/OW FPO AP

San Diego, CA  96666-1730

-LAMONT & EVY-

Mission Address (needs 85 cent stamp):

Melnsila Iela 3-1

LV-1046 Riga

Latvia

Hello from Latvia again,

Thought I would write that because the time is going so quickly that we won't be saying it much longer....

We have had an wonderful month ! Jamyn and Paul have come (and gone already) to visit for a week. It was great, we went to see a few of the places that we had on our "to do list-before we leave" castles, museums, Old Town, Hill of Crosses- it was very fun but as Paul will attest to- freezing cold!

Jacob (Molly and Aaron) and Noah(Justin and Jana) were baptized just last week in Manteca- both (they were born on the same day). Those baptisms of grandkids are really hard to miss!

We are still loving the people, Young people are our hearts, the missionaries-the best , the Church is the greatest and most important thing in their lives, and they show it in every way!

These next two months we will be travel-lots about 15 days in each month to visit classes and Seminary Graduation and assigning new teacher- LaMont loves it -and I like it a lot.

We have been thinking of all of you,Trevor, Neil, Layne, little Max, we haven't heard to much, hope all is going well and getting better.

-Chad & Nan-

-Jaimyn & Paul-

-Molly & Aaron-

-Justin & Jana-

-Melisa & Tye-

-LAYNE & FRANKIE-

-Rachel & Rob- Hello, Our family is doing good. Dale (5 years old) was busy following Alex (10) over a six foot fence and fell. He broke his arm just above his wrist. The doctors set it and he now has a cast that his brothers and cousins have enjoyed signing. It is our first broken and bone and we hope none follow. Lots of family visited over spring break. It is nice living near my parents. As people visit them we also get visited.

-Seth and Rayanna-

-Brandon & Laura-

-Rebekah and Seth-Easter is just wrapping up and other than new tubes in Elliana's ears nothing too exciting has been going on. Except that we have a dog, okay it looks more like a rat. After all, it is some sort of Chihuahua. That might not be a big deal to you but after years of allergies and all the excuses for not having one we got one. The children love her. It is very cute, the dog and the love they have for her.

We are also excited about the fourth quarter of school starting of course that is because summer is just around the corner. The children are doing well, as healthy as can be expected and working hard in their various endeavors.

-Caleb & Ashley-Hey Everyone, Just six more weeks until our
next baby is born.  We are excited.  Elijah is old enough
to be very excited and cute about the soon to be new
addition to our home.  Caleb has now finished his MBA
classes.  It is great to be able to come home each night
and play with my kids. We are now in the process of
looking for a new job that will appreciate an MBA either
now or in the future.  We wish we could make it to family
reunion, but it is too close to when our baby is born and
Ashley takes longer to recover from child birth than most,
having c-sections doesn't help, that we probably won't be
able to make it.  We miss you all and hope to see you soon.
Love,   Caleb, Ashley, Elijah, Hyrum, Madison

-Kara & Michael-

-Jeremy & Leslie-

-Benjamin & Megan- 

-Matthew & Karali-

-CALVIN & DONNA- Well our family hasn't sent news in a while for some reason...I wonder if we're all going to randomly contribute to this month's letter and there is going to be an abundance of Calvin and Donna updates? Who knows? My Mom and Dad are super-cool as always. My Dad is doing his umpiring and my Mom is helping paint sets for the musical "Les Miserables." No Hunters are actually on stage in this production which is rare..the first time in years. Sam will be playing French Horn in the pit and Alex is taking some college classes so she couldn't participate. Alex is also getting ready to head to Europe this summer! The choir will be touring Germany, Austria, and other surrounding countries. I [Emma] recently moved from working solely in the JcPenney Credit/Catalog department to working both there and the Optical department. I'm learning a lot about being a sales person, about medical insurance, and of course all things glasses! I've managed to sell a chunk of my family some nice glasses...they're all pretty similar. We sort of look like a parade of geeks, and it's awesome. Anyways, I'm really loving it over there!

Hopefully you all had a wonderful Easter! Ours was a complete blast!!! Love you all!

-Damien & Kacey-

-Meredith & Bill-

-Hillary & Jason-

-Cayle … and soon Katie! Welcome! - Hello everybody. I just wanted to let you all know that I just got engaged to the most beautiful woman on earth (besides all of you of course). Her name is Katie Christensen and she is amazing. I know I'm old and all that, and it took me forever to find the one, but it was WELL worth the wait. It looks like we will be getting married on July 26th or so, so keep your schedules open. I can't wait to see you all there.

Oh, and if you want to see me actually "pop the question", my dad and Emma were nice enough to put it up on Youtube for us. It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nze7pp-8Ge8

-Sarah & Ryan-
- We had spring break last month and wish it
lasted longer!  We took a trip up to Austin to see the
capitol and got a puppy, Ralph.  We've been learning
the ins and outs of dog training and having a blast
with a new little family member.  Law school has been
keeping me busy and stressed, but I'm looking forward
to some time out of the classroom this summer.  For 6
weeks I'll be interning with the Houston Office of the
Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement.  It's a fantastic opportunity, and
I'm really excited about it.  Houston has been BEAUTIFUL
this spring, and we're not looking forward to the summer
turning into steamy humidity.  Hope everyone had a lovely
Easter!

-Natalie & Jared-

-SHEILA & LYLE

-Jenna & Kevin- Hi Family! We just got back from our Spring Break trip to Utah. We had a blast hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa Mortimer and all of the cousins that live there! We also got to hang out with Greg, Lisa, Shae, Sutton, Clara, Zach, Kaylee, and little Olive. It was hard to leave, but good to be home. Kaden is really enjoying being a part of our town’s little league baseball. Kevin and I were shocked at how competitive it is! The boys are all almost finished with their 3-year music theory class! WooHoo! J Well, Love you all and hope to see you at the reunion! Congratulations Cayle and Katie! Love, Jenna

-Spencer & Shanille-

Back row: Gavin, Quenton, Hunter Kaden
Front row: Sage, Kellan

-Wendi & Aaron- We are moving back to UTAH!!! Yea!
Aaron got accepted to LDS Hospital for a transitional
rotation. We will be there for a year then we will
be moving to Alabama where Aaron will be working at
the University of Alabama for three more years.
Aaron graduates on May 17, 2008 with his Medical
Doctorate. He is going into Anesthesiology. We are
very ready to get out of Minnesota! Although the
Mayo Clinic has provided an excellent education, it
is way too cold.

Anthony and Haden are growing so fast.
They are starting to interact together.
Anthony is very excited to go live by
Grandpa and Grandma Mortimer and all of his cousins.
Love you all!  

-Adam & Moana- Hi Family! We had a wonderful month of March. The boys enjoyed their first Easter! We took them on their first Easter Egg Hunt at Thanksgiving Point, along with the thousands of other people! We all lined up on the grass and when they gave us the go to run and get the eggs, within a matter of seconds all the eggs were gone! Mom didn't even have time to get out the video camera! The boys experienced their first egg hunt with no eggs...this can't be! So of course being the first time mom, Moana marched over to the people who were in charge...it was like they knew she was coming, and they immediately handed over handfuls of eggs filled with candy! We all made out well and Adam has enough candy to last until Halloween. We loved seeing everybody over Easter weekend. We took so many cute pictures with all the babies in the family....Kenneth had his first kiss with cousin Olive! Love you all... A.M.K.C.

Talmage, Chloe, Kenneth, Chandler, Olive

Kenneth, Chandler and Chloe

-Bryce & Jessica- 

-Tanner-

Mission Address:

Elder Tanner Boyd Mortimer

Peru-Arequipa mission

Edificio El Peral

Avenida El Ejercito 710, Oficina-703

Cayma, Arequip

PERU

-GREG & LISA- 

-Beau & Shannon-

-Zachary & Kaylee-

-Shae-