Hunter Herald
September 2008
NEIL & MIKE- Dear Family,
I'm not sure what happened to July and August. I know July was spent in sweat and tears repairing, remodeling and repainting...getting ready for the BIG EVENT in August. August was spent waiting for the EVENT, enjoying the EVENT, and cleaning up after the EVENT!!! Haylee and Ry came with their new "Bodie" and of course Dylan and Lexi, Paij and Brent came with their new "Morgan" and Kalli and Terry had their new "Kasen" blessed in our back yard surrounded by about 75 family members. It was a glorious event if you were the parents or the grandparents! (Actually Kalli and Terry ended up blessing Kasen a week earlier because Terry had to go to Arkansas and work) It was actually a week long EVENT and so fun if you're the grandma (that's me!) So we didn't want Sept. to be too boring so we planned a 2500 mile trip which included Aunt Klyda's funeral in Oakley, Ida. A cruise to Mexico and visiting Jarom in San Diego. Our NANNY, Kalli took excellent care of our 4 kids, 93-year-old grandma and 4 cows and 8 goats! (For 10 looong days) Now that we're back, our next SEVERAL Sats. will be spent at the Soccer field cheering on Tayla, Cypress, Nick, Kinny and Tom, none of which are on the same team. By the time we go home our chairs are surrounded by water bottles, peanut shells and candy wrappers... I mean apple cores! I'm sure many of you out there are familiar with the drill. School did start somewhere in the middle of this and finds me driving 3 happy teen-age girls to Seminary. Of course some mornings aren't as happy as others, but they do have good attitudes and rarely complain about the wee hours and most of the time, by the time we get there, they have both eyes open. (I don't) I love the newsletter, thanks again to Jenna for your efforts! We're excited to hear the news from you!!! Congrats to Melissa and Ty on their new little girl!!!! Love, Aunt Mike
Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-
Paij & Brent- To keep up to date with us and to see 4 month pictures of Morgan, visit our blog. brentandpaijcollins.blogspot.com
Lots of Love, Paij
Jarom-
LAMONT & EVY-
Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Molly & Aaron-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-
LAYNE & FRANKIE-
It is hard to believe that summer is over and Layne has been back to school for over a month.
We worked hard and played hard. The remodeling in our kitchen is not quite finished and I can still imagine sailing around the San Juan Islands. I wouldn't want to sail across the ocean but if there is scenery to look at and explore, it is fun. Of course, Layne enjoyed the fishing and eating crab.
We were glad that we were finally able to meet up with Lamont and Evelyn even though we had to drive all the way to Idaho to see them. That is why family reunions are so great. I don't want to wait for funerals to see everyone.
Frankie and Layne
Rachel & Rob-
Seth and Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah and Seth-Not much has changed in Bakersfield. School Work Play!
Caleb & Ashley-
Kara & Michael-Hello family,
We are doing good and keeping busy.
It nice to see a few family members at Aunt Klydas funeral.
I also enjoyed hearing a little more about what a neat lady she was.
The school year is well underway. So far my kids come home and do their homework.
What more could a mom ask for. It has taken a few of them far too long in my book to
get to this point but now that we are here it is wonderful. I can enjoy sitting a helping
them when they need help. It is great.
Adam and Karalynn are in a preschool group that 4 of us trade teaching.
Karalynn is going to another preschool but she just wants to do home school.
I don't mind it is fun to watch her learn and grow.
Daniel earned his Bear in August and Joseph will earn his wolf this month.
They are both enjoying scouts.
We hope your families are doing well.
love,
Kara, Michael and kids
Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Matthew & Karali-
CALVIN & DONNA-
So Jenna sends the plea for newsletter fodder with the concern that last month's edition was "a little skinny". I'm thinking - "Cool! At least something in my life is slimming down!" I'm not.
I am however conducting a scientific survey that questions whether radiation makes you fat.
The doctor says "only if you irradiate ice cream" which of course I do not consume. (Seriously. No. SERIOUSLY).
So once again, as Layne told me a few months ago... "The doctor is a liar".
My attempt at burning out of control cells in the prostate gland with inter modulated radiation therapy seems to be going along just swimmingly. No hair loss - all major organ groups functioning pretty well... Insurance is sending payments to the provider so I can keep going in every day. Yaay! Some days I like being me!
Donna has been busily going through every room in the house. Last night she took out the two boxes of unsorted photos, and started dealing up like a casino employee. Nine kids and nine grandkids - 38 years worth of pics and she's almost done. Girl got skills!
Emma went to Chico to record a tune she'd written with Cayle and it is marvelous. Van lost a starter there. No. She didn't replace it, but she DID GET it replaced. Niiice! Girl got skills. We went to Cayle's house last Sunday evening for his birthday. Fun time!!
Alexandra is still in Page, Arizona earning dough for college at BYUI. She got skills 2!
Sam is anxious for the semester to end so he can climb his way back into band and other fun stuff. He's been running the audio console for me on Friday nights when I'm doing the play-by-play for the football games... and on Saturdays has been coming along with me to serve as a "spotter"... pointing out the players who are involved in the plays. He's good. Boyee got skills! Or is it "He got skills, boyee"! Either way, I guess. Not really up on my dated street grammar!
You can listen to my morning show (Cal and Bob on the radio) at kblfam.com ... we upload most shoes to the podcast section... and the college games are broadcast live on ktorradio.net on Saturday afternoons. This week (Conference weekend) we're in Merced. Game time 3:00 pacific.
Otherwise, fairly routine. I hear rumor I'm being bumped from counselor 2 to 1 in the Bishopric - Donna is still doing marvelously in Primary President thanks largely to more than adequate bishopric supervision!!! Sam is the assistant to the assistant in the Priest's quorum.
Hope you're living large. I know I am!!!
Calvin
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-
Hillary & Jason-September news already? Sheesh! Time is FLYING! Well Ellie and Hunter are enjoying kindergarten and first grade respectively and Hillary is enjoying volunteering time in their classrooms 3x a week. Hunter is officially a big kid having lost TWO teeth and is loving her new lisp. Max on the other hand is growing teeth four at a time so he's a real peach right now! He makes up for his fussiness with cuteness. All the girls have been enrolled in gymnastics. Reese and Hunter being fearless have taken to it right away but we could not be more proud of Ellie who is scared to death of it but pushes herself without being coaxed to conquer her fears. It's been frustrating but very rewarding. We recently enjoyed a trip to Chico to visit Cayle and his wife Katie for his 31st birthday and they are adorable. We'll try to come up with something more interesting for October news... Love to all!
Cayle & Katie
Sarah & Ryan-
September has certainly been a crazy month for us and all of the Gulf Coast. We survived Hurricane Ike with no damage, but we were certainly among the lucky few. We stayed hunkered down in our apartment through the storm, as advised, and woke up to find six inches of standing water in the parking lot, and siding ripped off several units, fences blown over everywhere, and several huge trees split in half or even uprooted.
We were also extremely fortunate in that we had electricity the whole time. Buildings to the right and left of us were without power for over a week, but we were very blessed and safe. We learned a lot about emergency preparedness and were so grateful for all the lessons on food storage! All of the grocery stores were closed and without power for a week, but we still had plenty to eat.
In more fun news, we're pregnant! 14 weeks as of right now and just starting to get fat (both of us.)
Official due date March 28th, 2009. Check out our blog for ultrasound and post-Ike pics.
www.ryanandsarahmc.blogspot.com
Happy October, everyone!
Natalie & Jared-
SHEILA & LYLE-
Hi Family, I hope you are all well! We are all healthy and happy in Utah. Just FYI...
LaMont, Evy, Neil, Mike, Lyle and I went to Oakley Idaho to Aunt Klyda's funeral. Lyle and I were so happy to have Gladys and Mary (Price) ride up with us. We did a lot of laughing, crying and just enjoying a walk down memory lane. I loved every minute of it! It was also wonderful to see Mont and Evy after their mission, and Mike and Neil as well. Aunt Klyda's funeral was very nice. She was such a special aunt to all of us. I was always her "little Sheila," (even when I wasn't so little), and I will miss those sweet moments we occasionally shared, mostly on the phone in her later years. I called her only days before she died to see how she was doing. It was good to hear her voice. You could almost see her smiling through the phone. Klyda was buried quite close to her best friend and sister Alta in the Oakley cemetery. It was also very nice to see so many cousins and other Oakley friends at her funeral. Many had to tell me who they were, but I could always tell that I had "seen that face somewhere before." When we went out to the Oakley cemetery, I felt overwhelming love for my roots. What is it about that old place? Not much to look at, and you wonder if the folk around there could spare a little water. For the first time I took a good look around and saw the beautiful mountains and the quaint little town of Oakley Idaho and I realized what a special place on earth it is. We are so blessed to have so many loved ones of the Cooper and Hunter families buried there. Grandma and Grandpa Hunter and Grandma and Grandpa Cooper, not to mention countless others. Even Layne and Frankie’s little girl is buried there. How old would she have been? Anyway, I am so proud of my family. All of you! You are what make my life worth living.
I love you all,
Sheila
Jenna & Kevin-
Hi Family! We are all happy and healthy notwithstanding a major slow down at work and the need to put our house up for sale and move back to Utah! (Okay…so we ARE happy about that!) We just went on a fun cruise to Baja Mexico, with friends and family, which we LOVED. (Even with the 3 days it took AFTER the cruise to get RID of our sea legs!!!)
Love you all! Check out the fun pics of the cruise on our blog! kjbrookefamily.blogspot.com.
Love you all, Jenna
Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-
Adam & Moana-
Bryce & Jessica-
Where did the summer go? I’m glad we had the family reunion because
that’s about all Jessica and I have done. I did go to Lake Powell with Young Men’s and
Dad this summer for a week. That was a blast. It was fun getting pulled on the water
weenies and playing war!!
Jessica is getting ready to go back to BYU this Spring Semester. We’re excited for her.
I’m continuing to work on my pilot’s license, and launch our website business.
We hope everyone is doing well!
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
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