Hunter Herald November/December 2009

Hunter Herald
November/December 2009


Neil & Mike-
I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Holiday season. As I prepared my Christmas cards and passed all of your addresses I thought, well I'll just say it in the newsletter. We the Neil Hunters extend all of our love and best wishes. We know in your indivuidual families you will instill in your little and big ones the true Spirit of Christmas and that the Savior's birth will be what is most celebrated. Our thoughts go way back to Christmas's celebrated together and wish we could have a reunion at Christmas time as well. May all of you be together with those you love most at this most blessed time of the year. We will have all of our family together for one glorious day. .. and we will be grateful for that! We love you all!!!!!!!!! Uncle Neil and Aunt Mike

Trevor & Charmayne-It's been pretty busy in our house this past month. We thought things would slow down now that we're done with soccer. However, we decided (Charmayne did and Trevor protested every step of the way) that having the three boys in one room wasn't working out very well anymore. They are just getting too big. They had their bedroom where they slept and changed clothes - wall to wall dressers and beds. They also had turned our family room into their play/homework room. So we gave Race his own room, but he has to share with our vinyl cutter and computer. We're also planning to resurrect the train table and put it up in there, probably after the holidays. Nick and Kinny are getting the family room. So it's taken us weeks to finish the move and their rooms look great. The rest of the house is still holding onto all the "OTHER" stuff we can't seem to let go of. Since our garage is also full we may have to do some soul searching and really decide what is important to hold on to and what is not.
Besides that, Trevor is staying warm at work with his new State provided Car-hart jacket. Too bad they can't stop the furlough days. He just got a new smart phone and is enjoying the modern convenience that comes with it. He's been helping the boys make candy canes for sale out of plywood for yard decorations. They are turning quite the profit. Charmayne is trying to work part time and still manage to keep the house up. She now has a new Chihuahua puppy. He's really fun and potty training is going so well...He's also a little thief. Steals anything you leave on the floor and runs as fast as he can to somewhere else. Race is enjoying his freshman year. At the end of the year, he's going to challenge his Chemistry and try to get AP credit for it. He's also finally found a subject that eludes him - Spanish! Nick's in 6th grade and just received his Arrow of Light, Religious Knot and his 20er patch for Webelos. Now he is officially a boy scout. His cholesterol tests are finally in the normal range, however his doctor would like him to grow a few more inches without gaining anymore weight. Kinny is the head of his 4th grade class in math and wants to challenge the fifth grade math test. He may be skipping that year, and is so excited to take after his brothers. He is now a Bear cub and Charmayne is counting down the years before she can finally get a new calling. After 6 years in Cub Scouts, she's ready for something like Genealogy Library Worker. This month is crazy as we look ahead to the next few weeks. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.
Trev, Charmayne, Race, Nick and Kinny


Haylee & Ryan-


Kalli & Terry-Everyone is growing up so fast! Times flies when we're having fun. Wishing you all a warm and happy Chirstmas filled with loving family, great friends, and yummy food! Love, the Hills



















Paij & Brent-Paij will be done with her master's in school counseling on Friday December 11th!!! We are so excited and I(Brent) am really proud of her. She has worked very hard and balanced being a full time student and mother amazingly well. Morgan is lucky to have such a loving mother and I am blessed to have such a capable and dedicated wife. It has been an eventful couple weeks here in the Collins home. I took the second part of my national boards and am grateful to be that much closer to being done with my program. I will graduate optometry school the end of April. It is hard to believe that Paij and I are both nearing the end of our student phase. We are excited for this stage to be over, yet grateful for the privilege and opportunities we have had to dedicate so much time to furthering our education. The Navy contacted us and informed us of the openings we have to select from for where we will be stationed next year. We sent in our list of preferred sites and are anxiously awaiting news of where we will be stationed. Unfortunately we do not expect to hear back from the Navy any time soon. Paij was offered a job for next semester at one of the schools she has interned this past semester. We are both excited that she will be getting paid to do what we have been paying for her to previously have the privilege of doing. The job is only a temporary position as we will be leaving for wherever the Navy sends us next summer. We are grateful the school offered Paij the position and that it will work with the limited time we have left here in Memphis. Morgan seems to learn a new word every day, which is usually only discernible to Paij and I. She is our pride and joy. She is at such a fun stage and we are trying to soak every minute of it up before she hits the dreadful terrible two's. We are looking forward to spending the holidays back in California with our families. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a new year that is full of wonderful memories and opportunities.
Love,
Paij, Brent, and Morgan


Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-
Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Molly & Aaron-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-Hi,

We have been busy clearing, cleaning, and hopefully de-junking. During November, we had visits from Jeremy, Rebekah, Seth and families. They were a great help as we tackled the garage and sheds. Rebekah braved the loft in the garage where rats have been known to live and terrrorize in the past. We finally have cats that our dogs haven't scared off. Unfortunately, I think the rodents just moved to a nearby shed.

Kara, Benjamin and Matthew - families will be visiting at Christmastime. They, along with the Bakersfield kids, plan to help us with our move to Selma. We have purchased a home near Rachel and Rob. The address is:

13602 Van Horn
Selma, CA 93662

Please feel free to stop by and visit. We won't make you work too hard.

Hope all is well with you and that you have a very Merry Christmas!

Love, Layne and Frankie


Rachel & Rob-Hello Everyone and Merry Christmas. The Fransens are doing good. We have some fun new neighbors moving in this month. Our children go over and help and then are sent back to borrow stuff. Their dogs have worried our other neighbors already too. We've had them over for dinner and they seem like great people. We hear they have lots of family that visits and are looking forward to seeing their family.

We are heading for Texas again for christmas but hope to see some of my brothers and sisters before we go. Alex is in wrestling. Boyd is starting the small GATE program they have here. Cody is doing well in High School. Dale is the best student in his class. His teacher says she wants to clone him. Elizabeth is a great sister to Hannah. They both keep mom busy. I guess that all til the New Year.

Love Rob, Rachel, Cody, Alex, Boyd, Dale, Elizabeth and Hannah


Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-
Kara & Michael-
Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-
Hillary & Jason-
Cayle & Katie-
Sarah & Ryan-
Natalie & Jared-
























Sheila & Lyle-Dad (Lyle) turned 60!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Dad!!! We love you!!! The family surprised him by meeting him for dinner at Tucano's.



















Doesn't he look happy to be here???
:)


















Jenna & Kevin-Hi Family!!!
We are counting the days down to Christmas!!! It's so much fun celebrating Christmas with little excited people!!! :P Kevin and I just celebrated our 14th anniversary!!! I'm sure I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have a man like him! Kaden turns 13 next week. He keeps reminding me that I will have a teenager now. He's had a bit of a growth spurt and finally passed me up! He's 5'5"!!! I got to go to Arizona with Chloe for a week. Kevin's sister has a cyst in her brain and can't do much, so I got to go help her plan her daughter's 9th birthday party. We decorated her house, and I moved furniture around until I was sore. It was fun, hard work!!! :) It made me count my blessings and be VERY grateful for good health!!!
I love you my family!!! I hope you have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Love, Jenna and Fam.




















Spencer & Shanille-

Wendi & Aaron-

Adam & Moana-Hi Family,
Hope you are all having a great Winter season. Kenneth and Chandler are loving the snow. They built their first snowman!...with Dad's help of course. We've had a fun time celebrating Lyle's 60th birthday party and other holiday activities. We love you all and Merry Christmas!
A.M.K.C.





























Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-






Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald October 2009

Hunter Herald
October 2009


Neil & Mike-Hello everyone, I think I might be coming back from the land of the Lost! I'm sorry I have been such a slacker. This has been the worst year of my life and I just couldn't bring myself to write anything. It's not all that much brighter but a little. Tena is finally out of Juvenile hall and the mental hospital. I won't go into details but that gives you a clue as to our woes. She is now in a treatment home in Chico. It is not nearly so restrictive and we're hoping she is finally at a place in her mind where she can get some help. She has been away from home for 5 months now. I really have to thank my married kids for mothering me through it! I do have some bright moments! Cypress got baptized on Oct. 12th. She has been waiting for that moment for a very long time. She was very excited!! Haylee, Ryan and her family came and Haylee and the kids stayed for a week after so that made it extra special. Halloween begins to loose its luster when you're too old to go trick or treating. (Rachel, Brandie and Tom) So we went to the community Halloween Carnival to boost their spirits and Brandie ended up winning first prize in the costume contest, coming home with a $25 gift certificate to the local hamburger joint. We're all hoping she shares! (they have really good milkshakes). I want to say a big thank you to Jenna for putting up with all of us losers all this time. You're wonderful!! Then I want to thank all of you who write. I so enjoy hearing about all of your families and what's going on in your life. By doing this sharing, we feel like we still know each other at the family reunions. We're excitedly planning to go to Utah to spend Thanksgiving with Haylee and her family. May Donner Summit be dry! We do have so much to be thankful for and as we begin November I shall be indeed counting my blessings. Love Aunt Mike

Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-
Paij & Brent-
Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-
Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-Hi,

We have been very busy with our new arrivals. Pompi is our male, black-tri, Australian Shepherd. He has fathered several litters with Rachel's red-tri and Seth's black-tri. Last year we bought a female, red merle, aussie from Benjamin. (He had Missy, a registered red merle). Of course, when we purchased Snowball, Missy's pup, we didn't know that Missy would join our family this summer. Now we have 2 black-tri and 4 blue merle males from Missy & Pompi; and 2 black-tri and 5 blue merles females from Snowball and Pompi. With all the puppies we have had or been involved with over the years, there has always been combinations of male and females in the litters. Needless to say, we were quite surprised to end up with 2 single sex litters. They should be ready to sell a few weeks before Christmas.

We have planned a trip to Hawaii after Christmas to celebrate. If the puppy market is good we may splurge, if not we will have fun anyway. Layne has been working hard with 16 independent study students after school and at lunchtime. I have fluid on my knee and hopefully only a sprained ligament, thanks to the lively dogs. An MRI is being scheduled to make sure the meniscus is not torn. So, I have done my part to deserve this trip, also!

Other than the older age, aches & pains, we are doing great.
Hope that all is well with you.
Happy Thanksgiving!



Rachel & Rob-
Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-
Kara & Michael-
Jeremy & Leslie-

Benjamin & Megan-
Hi all!
October was a cold month here in Layton Utah. We had to go through and pull out our coats and jackets. We went and took a family picture that we will be sending out in our Christmas cards. Speaking of Christmas cards, I need updated addresses from everyone. E-mail them to me at
MaMeGirl1@yahoo.com
Halloween was lots of fun. The boys enjoyed ringing doorbells and getting candy. Ethan would hold up his bucket again and again until they stopped putting candy in it. I think he got 3 times as much candy as Ben got. It was too funny.
Lots of Love, Ben, Megan, Ben, Ethan, and Brynna


Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
AND NOW... LIVE LOCAL LATE BREAKING NEWS!!!! Calvin and Donna's house broken in to AS THEY SLEPT! Useless alarm dog stays hunkered down under covers as thieves rip off flat screen computer monitors, printer-scanner and more. No suspects in custody. Police investigate and confirm (Barney Fife voice) "What you have here is a point of entry... and some missing stuff. I'd say you were the victim of a burglary..."
Well DUH!
Natalie and Jared came up and spent some time this weekend for Halloween. All came over and shared our traditional "AFV" viewing. Meredith is still in Mexico. Husband and kids preparing to depart December 30 to hang out "south of thee border" themselves for the semester.
Sam straightened out his hair for Halloween. It's a great look for him. Donna is still seeking employment. By the way - our POTUS is a falsehood-bearer. The economy isn't all that great just in case you're asking. Am still awaiting bailout. Maybe next week.
Meantime please tune in to the "Cal and Bob in the morning" podcast at http://kblfam.com .
That is all. As the late Lowell Thomas used to say... So long until tomorrow.
CAL HUNTER - PRESIDENT, HUTH BROADCASTING

Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-

Hillary & Jason-The Rogersons are happy and well and had the cutest little Halloween kiddos ever! I don't know how to attach pictures though so oh well! Jason just worked his LAST graveyard shift and we're hoping for a more routine schedule from the both of us. Hunter almost poked her own eye out with a pencil at school (accident) and Ellie turned 6 this October but says it doesn't feel all that much different from 5. Reese and Max have both had major growth spurts this month making me realize I really don't have any more babies in my house. That went by fast! Hope all is well with you and for those of you locals who may want to see the Madrigal Dinner put on by the Shasta High School music department, public ticket sales are happening this weekend so let me know!

Cayle & Katie-

Sarah & Ryan-Happy fall, everyone! We had a great Halloween here in the McMullin house with way too much candy and lots of fun.

We dressed up as a Star Wars family and got lots of oohs and ahs at our cute little Yoda. Douglas couldn't have cared less about the whole thing, but he doesn't mind a little attention. School is slogging along as usual, and we're at that point in the semester where we realize we're going to be accountable for all the information we don't take in during lectures. Not a great feeling! Emma just got back from a quick 4 day trip to visit Meredith in Puebla, Mexico, where they had way too much fun together. You can see Emma's video travel diaries from the trip here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO7IbCNNTso
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GaG03P6764

The hot humid summer here is finally over and we've moved to the fantastic Houston fall and winter (high of 76 today) that make the miserable summer worth it. Now that Halloween is over the holiday season is here! We're excited to have a house to decorate for Christmas this year. Hope you are all well and recovering from your Halloween sugar overdoses!

Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle- How are you? I can't think of much to write about:( However...I think I enjoyed Halloween more this year than I have for a long time. Something about the crisp air outside, leaves falling, lit pumpkins sitting next to a scare crow on a bench, carving pumpkins with family and friends, painting faces, hot soup on the stove and walking grand kids around the neighborhood. You get the picture. It was nice. The only thing that would have made it nicer would have been to have all of my family a little closer. Trick or Treat.
What else can I say about the Mortimers? Leisha got a little honda civic. Don't get to excited its a 97 but she loves it. She was a nerd for Halloween. Tanner got a new job @ Natures Sunshine, which is an herb shop. He takes orders in Spanish. He wore a terminator costume to work and was one of the five winners. Lyle's dressed up as an escapee in an orange pant suit, his face had acid rain, right Calvin? He only gave me ten minutes to work on him o.k. I was the police officer that arrested him. I know...clever. Thanks to Jenna the costume lady.
We are doing well, but can't believe Christmas is only fifty two days away. Oh my. I bet Mike is all done with her shopping. I better get started.
I hope you are all well and happy.
Happy Birthday Greg and Calvin. Somebody loves you in Utah!!!
Love,

Sheila and family
The Utah Grandkids.
(Kaden and Gavin are gone getting a head start on trick-or-treating.)

Chandler (Cowardly Lion), Kellan (Pirate), Chloe (Dorothy), Kenneth (Tin Man), Sage (Grapes), Talmage (Scarecrow), Hunter (Edward from "Twilight"), Quenton (Max from "Where the Wild Things Are", and Emeri (Pretty Bird.)


Jenna & Kevin-We had a great October. Kevin and I went to our first ever "How to Host a Murder" party. Kevin was "Chief Breaking-Wind" and I was "Butch Chastity." The kids enjoyed Halloween ALMOST as much and we did. They trick-or-treated their hearts out.

First term of school was a giant success! ALL my boys brought home straight A's!!! YAY!!! That sure makes parent/teacher conferences enjoyable!!! :)

Kellan turned 6 this month. He is my sweetheart. He lost his two front teeth and now he looks much, much older...darn it! :)

Hope everyone is happy and healthy! I LOVE to hear from you ALL!!!! :)

Love,
Jenna and Fam!

Spencer & Shanille-

Wendi & Aaron-


Adam & Moana-We had a fun October with the whole fam!
We took a trip down to Sea World.
T
he boys can't stop talking about Shamu.

We carved pumpkins, went to Bryce and Jessica's Halloween party and went trick-or-treating with all our Wizard of Oz children! They were so cute! Hope everyone is doing great. Love you all!
Adam, Moana, Kenneth and Chandler


Our "Wizard of OZ" Babies...
Chandler, Talmage, Chloe, and Kenneth

Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-

Tanner the Terminator and his friend John a.k.a. Edward Scissorhands









Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald September 2009

Hunter Herald
September 2009





Neil & Mike-
Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-

Kalli & Terry-We have closed our Bike and Board shop and that's good and bad. (We still have lots of snowboard equipment pretty cheep if anyone is interested.) Terry got a job with Yuba County as a Real Property Appraiser and loves it. Kalli is substitute teaching all around town and enjoying it. Cypress is getting baptized this Saturday (oct. 10). We're feeling really old. School is back in and the girls are already stepping up and getting ahead of their classes. Tyden is loving preschool and learning a lot. Kasen is climbinb on eveything and not trying to say anything! Time goes by quick! Can't wait for all the Halloween fun.

Paij & Brent-
Jarom-








LaMont & Evy-We here of the LaMont and Evelyn Hunter clan are doing quite well thank you. Don't get me wrong, nothing big or exciting, but we are healthy, wealth--- uh wis--- ,Well. We here of the Hunter clan are healthy, and when you have your health you have just about everything. Sounds like a kop out but it really is true. Our kids are in full swing soccer, with one in football. Since our kids are from ancestral stock of whom it is said,"could out run a sheep", you know they are doing well and having fun. I read the book of Bishop Edward Hunter who was the church Presiding Bishop for 32 years. He was my great great grandfather if I have figured correctly. What a fantastic man. When He joined the church he gave the Prophet Joseph $7,000 and offered him more off of the sale of some Property, but the Prophet said he had given enough. He became very wealthy. He and a friend collected and buried in a common grave the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum. This guy was Brigham's right hand man when they arrived in Utah and was sent back to organize more wagon train, and hand cart companies to get new converts to the SLC Valley. All of the things I have learned about this great guy and his family, made me stop and do some comparing. Would Neil, Layne, Calvin, Greg or Lyle and their spouses be up to anything like that? And I quickly realized that Bishop Hunter's gene pool is alive and doing well.
Love to all
LaMont and Evy

Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-

Justin & Jana-Hi, we hope everyone is doing well. This has been a fun summer for the Reno Hunters. Our ig boys have been playing soccer and doing great. They are gearing up for wrestling this fall. Kaethe is working down the road for a lady who trains and boards horses and I have never seen anyone so eager to get to work! She loves it. She gets to feed, shovel manure(so exciting) and paarticipate in the working and training of the horses. She is in heaven. Tenny has learned some new sounds and has mastered some new words. He has had a long run of being healthy and is making great strides.

We finished our house and moved in early July, so that has been very fun also. Jana is still Primary Pres. and really busy.

Melisa & Tye-








Layne & Frankie-Hi,
I was just asking one of my kids if they remembered receiving a newsletter in August but I couldn't remember how to look for the last one sent. I quit printing them or saving them on my computer when I could just scroll through the old ones.

Summer was great but always too short. We finally timed things right and were in Utah and Idaho when it was above 105 degrees here.

Layne is teaching a night class at Reedley College again this semester. He also has about 13 independent study students he meets with during lunch or after school. With all this extra money (ha, ha), we are planning a trip to Hawaii a few days after Christmas. This will be the 49th state Layne has visited.

I keep busy with my 6 young women, genealogy (I have actually learned how to use the new.familysearch program on the computer), garden (a major disadvantage to warm autumns, the garden doesn't die till December or January; sometimes the tomato plants never die), fighting rodents, Harmony (a singing group), Grandchildren, and phonecalls. All you younger moms keep should keep a special journal about what broken bones look like, the symptoms of childhood illness, favorite recipes, ect. so that when your kids call for advice, you will actually be able to help them. I love the calls from my kids but I am afraid I am not much help to them.

We have a place reserved for family reunion but we are still checking out a few other places. Mark your calendars, June 17-19 2010 Father's Day weekend). WOW! We will celebrate our 40th anniversary a few days before reunion.

Love you all,
Frankie and Layne

Rachel & Rob- The Fransen's are doing good. After about four years Rob was released from the nursery. He kind of misses it but now he gets to be a Webelos leader. He is going to be great. Rachel is still a councilor in primary but also the Cub Committee Chairman. She has a lot to learn. The boys are all doing great in school. Cody is learning about all the fun extra curricular activities there are to do in high school. He love seminary and does pretty good getting up at 5:00. Alex has adjusted great to 7th grade. He is playing soccer and will start wrestling soon. Boyd is in 4th grade and loves to learn. He is paying soccer again this year also. Dale is in 2nd grade and his teacher loves him. He is doing soccer for the first time this year. He is the goaly. He is good. So far the other team has only scored one goal while he was goaly. His team does a really good job protecting him too. Elizabeth is two and we call her little mommy. She wants to do everything herself. She makes sure things are done the right way and put in the right place. She love helping with Hannah. She was feeding her the other day and was even telling her to open the tunnel for the train. Hannah is 6 months and smiling at everyone. I guess that is all for now. Hope to hear from all of you.

Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-

Kara & Michael-Looks like winter is making an early appearance in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Last year we had a little snow storm just before Halloween. But this year, it snowed almost a whole month earlier. We woke up to snow falling, and it continued to fall all day long. It was an exciting day, but the kids only touched the snow and we pulled them back inside. We still haven't pulled out their winter clothes, and we think that it'll probably melt in the next couple of days.

In any case, it looks like winter's coming sooner than later. (I even saw some Christmas decorations in the stores a couple days ago!) Kara chants "Four Feet...Four Feet" everytime it snows. I think she's trying to get under my skin! She figures if it snows that much then we'll all be able to stay home and enjoy the time together. I think I would still end up going to work...it would just be a lot harder to do.

Well, this was a nice long weekend. We went up and visited with my Mom and Dad on Thursday and Friday. It was good to be there and spend some time with them. It was even better to get away from work for awhile. Tommorrow I will start another long hard push to integrate equipment on a tight deadline to meet the Alltel/Verizon Wireless conversion date deadline. Lots of long hours.

We're now coming out of the eye of the storm with new church assignments and pushing to finish up my MBA. With a little luck and some extra hard work, I should be able to finish up the program before summer. But everything is sure keeping us busy.

The kids, Kara and I are all doing well, and hope that each of you are healthy and happy.

Love,
Mike

Jeremy & Leslie-

Benjamin & Megan-We moved to Layton, UT late this summer. We were finally getting things put together, but then we went to Megan's mom's house at the end of September and got a bunch of stuff she was getting rid of (beds, bookshelves, books, etc). Now we have a bunch of stuff to put away again. :(

The kids are doing great. Ben and Ethan are too smart for their own good. They get into EVERYTHING. This included finding my meat cleaver and bowing knife and stabbing my couch. Don't worry, the knifes didn't cut them (not sure how) and Megan didn't harm them either. Brynna had her 6 month check up. She is 25 inches and almost 13..5 pounds. Ben is getting into the swing of things with his new school. He is getting his shop and computer lab put together and getting his classes organized. It has been hard for him to teach tool safety when the tools had no electricity ran to them :)Here is our new address for anyone who wants it :
830 E 3400 N Unit B
Layton, UT 84040
Love to everyone


Mathew & Karali-








Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-

Hillary & Jason-
I was wondering where the newsletter went! Hope to hear from all of you :) There has been a lot of changes in the Rogfam house and IT'S ABOUT TIME! After YEARS of dragging out school as long as possible Jason has completed his MBA and just found out he will be graduating with HONORS!!! We are so proud of him for sticking it out and getting it done. For those of you who don't know Jason had applied for CHP about a year ago now and we were disappointed when we heard budget cuts were putting his background check on hold for 8 months because they take about 4 months to complete. They also told us that there were no new academies scheduled so there was no end in sight for how long he might have to wait. We just got word that his background check has started 6 months early and that there are three new acadamies scheduled!! More good news :) As for Hillary, she has just put in her notice at the restaurant she has been serving at for the last 18 months and accepted a drama instructor position at one of our local charter schools Redding School of the Arts. This is right up her alley and is VERY part time so she is still involved with Shasta High School's annual madrigal dinner. The kids have been enjoying school: Hunter is in a 2nd/3rd grade combo which has been an adjustment (she's a 2nd grader), Ellie is really showing a complete 180 from last year. Instead of fighting tooth and nail on everything she's thriving on the routine school has to offer. Reese and Max are little Bosom Buddies at home learning how to work in pairs to cause even more destruction then they could on their own. :) Our love goes out to all of you and prayers as well. We love this family!!!!

Cayle & Katie-

Sarah & Ryan-Our fun, full summer is over here in the McMullin house, although the weather could still fool me. We shipped off one sister to Idaho (Alex) took in another from California (Emma) and spent a day with yet another on her way to Mexico (Meredith). We love our little house and the dog loves being able to bark a little more freely than he did in an apartment. Douglas just hit the 6 month mark at the end of September and is so much fun! He's sitting and rolling and giggling and doing his best to figure out crawling. (Pictures and videos on our blog.) Ryan is still working with NOV Grant Prideco and finishing his Bachelor's, which he'll gratefully be done with in May, the same time I finish my JD. We've been students our whole marriage, so it will be weird to both stop cold turkey! We'll be home in Redding for a few days for Christmas and can't wait to see everyone and show off how cute our little boy is. Hope you are all well and happy and enjoyed General Conference as much as we did.

Natalie & Jared-








Sheila & Lyle-
Lyle:Where do I put the news?

We had a fantastic Month in September. Melissa Moore, author of our book Shattered Silence, was on Oprah on September 17th. Filled up the entire show, during premiere week and with Dr. Phil. It doesn’t get any better. Then the author was on Geraldo for about 5 minutes on September 20th. On October 2, people magazine came out with a 4 page spread. Today (Thursday) she is taping for Good Morning America, which will air Monday.
I ran the St. George Marathon on October 3rd. Improved my time by 5 minutes. It was actually an enjoyable run. The most fun long run I’ve ever done. Hard—but fun. I guess that means I’m looking forward to next year when I’m 60. That can’t be true...... Only old guys are 60.
The ward is still coming along. Working on my home teaching. Trying to be what I’m supposed to be at home, at school, at play........
What fun thing should we do next?

Sheila: Fam... It's really feeling like fall in Utah. Once snow is on the mountains it stays cooler. I'm loving the sweatshirt weather. We loved conference and have all vowed to drop a "warm fuzzy" in our family jar, as Jenna reinforced it at an FHE.

Wendi and the boys were here. It's always nice to see them!

Jenna, Shanille, and I painted a cute plaid wall in Quenton's "cowboy" room.

Lyle and I will be going to the Governer's scholarship ball at UVU on Friday (we will be sitting at the Governor's table!) Chefs from all over Utah come and after trying incredible hors 'd oeuvres we get an incredible 5-course meal, good entertainment, and dancing afterward. Sounds to me like a new dress is in order. :)

Tanner is doing much better after his long-boarding accident. Still no smelling ability and less hearing out of one ear. He put in his 2 week notice at Los Hermanos and landed a new job at Nature's Sunshine (Herbal line.) He will be taking orders in English and Spanish.

Leisha is enjoying high school and beauty school. She has a "Jungle Fever" runway competition this Saturday. She will be dressing Moana up as a crocodile, with a long ponytail that drags on the ground as her tail.

We enjoyed seeing Calvin and Donna in August.

Congratulations Lisa for making it in the next "T-Tapping" book! (ask her about it!)
Come see us! Love you all!
Sheila


Moana made a fancy Friday-night-date dinner for us! She's a GREAT cook!


Sheila in all her GLORY!!! :)


Jenna & Kevin-School is in full-swing here at the Brooke home! Back to routines and homework.
Kaden, Hunter, Gavin and Kellan are all enjoying school and doing well! Only 1 at home!!! Chloe and I are enjoying the 1/2 day alone together!!! Kaden is enjoying playing the bass clarinet in the school band. He started a frisbee club. Hunter and Kellan are signed up for wrestling. Hunter paid for most of it with his own money. He is a hard worker and is happiest when he's helping and working. Gavin is my helper. He's a sweetheart. He loves to help and take care of Chloe. He's waiting to play soccer or basketball this year. ... and now.... the most exciting and important news in the Brooke home.... Chloe is potty trained!!!! wooo hoooo! No diapers!!!
Love you all!!!
Jenna and fam

Enjoying the concert with the fam!!! Moana's dad gets the best tickets for us all!

Spencer & Shanille-

Sage, Emeri, Spencer, Shanille, Talmage, and Quenton behind "Frodo" in the horse cart Spencer made out of metal scraps and bicycles!

Wendi & Aaron-

Adam & Moana-

The Nuggets! Kenneth, Talmage, Chloe, and Chandler

Bryce & Jessica-Will life ever slow down? Jessica has a busy schedule. She’s to work by 7am, then comes home from school at 9pm. She loves being active and doing things, but it gets tiring at times. Bryce misses seeing his wife, and having her wonderful cooking. :) Bryce is working at Cedar Fort, working on his company Kahuga, selling through Amazon, and looking for additional work in the evenings to help with some bills.

We continue to count our blessings. We love our new house. We love the ward. We are very optimistic about the future!!!

Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald July 2009

Hunter Herald
July 2009

Neil & Mike-
Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-

Paij & Brent-Time is flying for us here is Mississippi. Brent is almost finished with his rotation at the VA and will start another rotation in a private practice the first of September. I just finished my final graduate course and will graduate in December after my internship in the fall. Morgan is growing and fun as ever. We love watching her do the sign language we teach her and seeing the fun ways her little mind works. In July, we got to go to California for a week and spend some needed time with our families. We are so blessed and can't be more grateful!
Love, Paij, Brent, and Morgan Collins

Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-I can't believe it's time to let July slip away. If August is here, that means seminary will be starting in ten days. That doesn't mean too much to a Utahan who has release time seminary, but here in Calif. it is a major commitment for kids and teachers alike. Speaking of which, Jamyn is teaching the Sophamore Class this year. We welcome her to the teaching staff where from now on her day will start at 5:00 in the A of M.

and an hour later she will experience the happy attitude of 20 sophamores. We are all excited for this time of year when seminary gets underway. Emma and Maddie are in my Freshman Class. Super fun to see them each morning. We also have two kids starting Kindergarten this year. That would be Ashlan in Las Vegas, and Hailey here in Manteca.

Evy and I are having our 41st anniversary in Feb. We still owe each other a trip to Carmel from last year. Maybe a big catch up weekend is coming??

We love you all. Do it! Live is short!

LaMont

Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-We just got in this morning. We visited family in Utah and Idaho. We even had a morning of yard sales with the Mortimer's.
When we returned from girl's camp on the 18th, the Central Valley heat was upon us so that is when we decided to leave the state. It gets just about as hot in Utah but it does cool down a little more at night.

It has been a great summer. I think Layne's fishing trip to Mexico was the highlight for him but I'm not sure. He does enjoy his kids and grandkids. We didn't make it to Alaska as planned but there is always next year. Layne is looking forward to school starting so he can get some rest.

Frankie & Layne

Rachel & Rob-
Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-

Kara & Michael-We're still doing pretty good up here in Idaho. The weather finally decided to warm up, and our garden has really shot up. We have three cute little cocker spaniel puppys, and we've been busy putting up a shed in our backyard.

My Dad and Mom came up the past couple of days and helped get most of it in place...now we have only to place the roof. It is so nice to see family, and we wish that work would allow us to live closer. But to this point, we are grateful that Mike is still gainfully employed. (We are a little apprehensive about the future, but then who isn't these days?)

Daniel and Joseph have been going to summer school for the past couple of weeks, and regular school starts up pretty soon. This year, four of our six children will be going to school (Daniel, Joseph, McKayla, and Karalynn). Adam and Emily will get to spend some one-on-one time with me at home. Life tends to keep us busy, but it is good. Our prayers and love go out to each of you and we hope that you'll let us know if there is anything we can do for any of you.

Love,
Kara

Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-
Hillary & Jason-
Cayle & Katie-
Sarah & Ryan-
Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle-Hi family, Lyle Leisha and I went to Trek this month. It was awesome:-) It was hot and hard, but worth all the effort. BYU filmed it, to be shown at a later date. We were in Wyoming at Martin's Cove, Sweetwater, Devils Gate, and walked on very sacred, hallowed ground. I could feel it, and love our blessed honored pioneers. I'm so glad it was them and not me.
We also attended the Mortimer reunion. Grandma Mortimer is ninety-four years old and is showing the signs of aging. She has three hundred and eight progeny. That includes people who have married into the family. Wow!
I can't believe Summer is about over. We tried to squeez in all the fun we could, but all good things must come to an end.
Today is Lyle and my anniversary, thirty four years. Who would have guessed. We went to dinner at the Tree Room, up at Sundance Ski Resort, and went to the "Fantastics" at their outdoor Summer theater. Doyle and Kitty went also. (Lyles brother and sister in law) We saw Robert Redford, but he was just in a picture hanging on a wall. Ha Ha...It was fun!
Leisha is signed up for high school and beauty school beginning on the seventeenth of August. Tradition you know. She is planning on going to Utah State after graduation.
It was nice to see Rebecca and Seth the other day. Thanks for the almonds!!! I love them. Also Layne and Frankie came by. We hung out and went to a few garage sales on Saturday. Their great people!
Incase you haven't noticed we have a great family. We love you all. Everyone of you. Come see us. Calvin when are you coming?
Love,
Sheila, Lyle and family

Jenna & Kevin-Life is good in Springville! We are enjoying the beautiful summer weather! I watched the news the other day and they said, "no more days over 100 degrees this year!" What a change from AZ!!! Kevin and Kaden just got back from a long backpacking scout campout. They had a lot of fun! School starts soon! The boys are so excited. Hunter even said, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I MISS homework!" Don't worry Hunter...it's coming! :) Kaden is going into 7th grade...Jr. High!!! He's excited to get to start Algebra 1 with the 8th and 9th graders! Kellan is starting kindergarten.... sniff, sniff. I will miss him like crazy, but I'm excited for the 1 on 1 time I'll get to spend with Chloe! Gavin is the only one NOT excited for school to start! :) I think he got that from me! :) Well, I hope everyone is happy and healthy! I love my family!!! Love, Jenna

Spencer & Shanille-

Wendi & Aaron-

We have officially moved to Birmingham Alabama. We miss everyone in Utah, but we are happy we were able to spend the last year with them there. Aaron is in his second year of his residency here at the University of Alabama. He is loving the hours.

Anthony will be 4 in October. He loves to swim and play with his friends. Haden will be 2 in October. He is the sweetest boy. There is nothing better then being a mother!

We just bought our first house. We get to move in on August 7. We are so excited.

We miss everyone!

Adam & Moana-
Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald June 2009

Hunter Herald
June 2009


Neil & Mike-

Trevor & Charmayne-Well, June was pretty busy. Race graduated 8th grade, is now a Star scout and well on his way to get his Eagle before 15yrs, and is now enjoying babysitting his brothers for the rest of the summer. Nick has decided not to skip another year of math so he can do soccer, basketball and track next year. Kinny is very glad to be out of the little yard and in 4th grade now. He did very well in school this year and is right on track for being at the head of his class. We're trying really hard not to put any pressure on him but it seems he is doing it himself. This summer the boys are in a physical training program with Terry. Hopefully it will help them to get into better shape. Trev and I would love to do it but we both have to work and don't have the time. Are new little chicks came at the end of May. Ten of them died so they sent replacements and then fillers. So know we have almost 20 chicks. Not sure what we're gonna do. They are growing up so fast. Can't believe it's already July!

Haylee & Ryan-

Kalli & Terry-The reunion was great! Thanks to everyone involved!! We had a great time and really enjoyed catching up. I'm very thankful to all those who continue to come, my children made great new friends of your children and we are all blessed by that. The weather is hot but we have a/c. We are still on the job hunt if anyone hears of anything. We are blessed daily in spite of having no money. We are happy and healthy and we can't complain.

Paij & Brent-
Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-
Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-Hi,

It was a great family reunion. We missed those of you who were not able to come.
Thank you LaMont, Evelyn, and family!

The cough still lingers but the rest of the swine flu symptoms are almost completely gone.

Matthew and Karali flew in last Saturday morning for the HTG reunion. We doubled the size of the branch. 4 primary classes were added. Brynna was blessed and Kaitlynn was baptised. It was a great Father's Day present for Layne. Other than a sick Layne and baby Emily, my cell phone ending up at the bottom of Lake Kaweah Monday was the only complaint I had. McKayla wasn't too happy about ending up in the lake but she does have a nice new cast on her arm.

I guess we do have another complaint. The reunion was too short. We didn't get a chance to really talk with everybody. We have tentatively reserved a spot for next year's family reunion. Kara will check out the spot in Oakley, Idaho to see if we want to go there. If not next year, maybe the following year.

Layne is heading to Mexico Friday for a weeklong fishing trip. After I finish with girl's camp preparations, I think I am going shopping.

Love you all,
Frankie & Layne


Rachel & Rob-Reunion was great. Sometimes it seems hard to get everything ready and I know it was a lot of work for the planners but it is worth it. I am so glad we can count on it every year. Our family is doing good. Summer already seems to be flying by. We head to Texas to visit Robs family the first of July. At the end of July Cody is hiking Mount Whitney. He is excited and has been training for it. He successfully hiked Half Dome. He goes running and does stairs at the football stadium to help get ready. Rob is working on landscaping and putting in cement around the house. I am just busy being mom. well that's all for this month.

Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-
Kara & Michael-
Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-

Hillary & Jason-Hello Hunter family! We heard so many great stories from reunion it made us really sad we were not there. We've been having a great summer full of hikes, movies, family and HEAT! No significant changes have happened but we are LOVING summer vacation. Love to all of you!
ps- Adam and Moana- thing one and thing two were so adorable! the cakes were amazing! Congratulations:)

Cayle & Katie-
Sarah & Ryan-
Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle-Family,

How nice it was to see all of you at the Hunter Reunion. Time was short, but there is still comfort and strength just being near you and seeing how your beautiful families have grown. Thanks for your efforts everyone especially LaMont and Evy's family.

After reunion we drove to Half Moon Bay with Neil, Mike, Brandy and Tom. It was a little cold and windy, but we loved it, especially Leisha. We took a nice long walk along the shore. I shared a few memories of my childhood at Half Moon Bay. Some of you may remember driving there on a Monday evening after school and work. We would roast corn and potatoes on hot coals, throw the Frisbee around and watch the sun set. The food never tasted so good.

Lyle, Leisha and I are getting ready for trek. Lyle and I are Ma's and Pa's with eleven kids to help push and pull the handcart. We will walk twenty-five miles in three days. Thanks Melissa for the pioneer clothes. They are perfect. The preparation has been amazing. We have four hundred people going from our stake. There is a fifty voice choir that meets Sunday evenings. We have been practicing square dancing. Leisha has been serving on the youth committee and will be playing a violin duet, and we have been walking. We're up to eight miles on Saturdays. Hope we make it.

Thank you everyone for all you do. Jenna thanks for keeping the Hunter Herald going. I love reading about everyone. La Mont and Evy, thanks again for all your efforts to keep things going. You all mean so much to me, and help to make up who I am.

I love you,

Sheila

Everyone at Kenneth and Chandler's birthday party!

Jenna & Kevin-Hello Family! We are really enjoying our summer vacation! We were so sad to miss the reunion! Kevin, Kaden and I went to the Jr. High to meet Kaden's band teacher today. Kaden will be playing the bass clarinet! He's totally excited for the challenge. We're loving all the rain and beautiful hiking weather. We were so sad to see Wendi and Aaron and the boys leave for Alabama! We will miss them!!! Hope everyone is happy and healthy!
We love you! Jenna and Family

Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-

Adam & Moana-We look a trip down to Hawaiibefore the twins turned 2, while they still fly for free!

It was a blast, of course. Adam got to go to Maui for the first time and loved it. We went snorkeling at a crater in the middle of the ocean, took the boys to the Zoo, ate lots of good Hawaiian food, and went swimming as much as we could. It was a perfect trip. Then a few weeks later the twins turned 2! We had a Dr. Suess "Thing 1 Thing 2 party" for them.
It was a really cute!!! Birthday's are what Mom's look forward to all year. Jenna made the Birthday cakes, which you can see in the pictures, look amazing! Thanks Jenna! We had a fun time hanging out with family and playing with all the cousins. We wish you all a Happy Summer! Love you...A.M.K.C.


Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald May 2009

Hunter Herald
May 2009


Neil & Mike-
Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-
Paij & Brent-
Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-Hey gang, we hope everyone is planning a visit at the Hunter Family Reunion in Manteca this year. It should be fun. It could be a little pricey although we have tried to hold that down. It seems like it is going to be our lot to have to go to other camp sites than the girl's camp spots because of the early starts at girl's camp because of the numbers of stakes using the camps. We may have to start a couple of weeks earlier if we want those facilities. They certainly are cheaper. Well, anyway for this year we are where we are and it should be a good experience for all. Please beware of the h2o in your preperations. A river runs through it, not a lake.

Love to one and all we can't wait to see you there
Uncle Mont and Aunt Evy

Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-For all of you who looked forward to the calls from Layne lamenting the fact that he could not go to work for weeks, he now gets it from his kids. Rob, Benjamin, Rebekah, and Seth have been calling and complaining because they are so bored. Layne is counting the hours till school is over. Of course, it really has nothing to do with working because he works harder all summer than during the school year. He usually doesn't even have time for my honey-do list.

We are looking forward to reunion. Hope to see you soon.

Layne & Frankie

Rachel & Rob-Hello everyone. Things are going great here in Selma. Hannah Lynn Fransen was born on March 28. She weighed 8 lbs 13 oz. She was delivered by C-section because she was breech. She is doing great. She is pretty calm. Cody is graduating from 8th grade. He did very well in all his work and received the principal's medallion. About 30 kids out of 500 received this so we are proud of him. Alex finished 6th grade with perfect attendance all year. That even means no tardies or gone part of the day. I am pretty amazed. He is worried he will be sick all summer since he didn't get sick during the year. Boyd finished 3rd grade and received the Pricipal's award. Dale finished 1st grade and is the first one of my boys to join the 400 club (a math award). Elizabeth is learning so much. She copies me and tries to help with everything I do. I found her smearing diaper rash cream all over her cloth doll. We have to keep a close eye on her. Rob is still in nursery and I am in the primary presidency. Well that's our update. We hope to see you all at reunion.

Rachel Fransen

Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-

Kara & Michael-We are enjoying our spring like weather here. The garden is mostly planted and the weeds are really growing. I hope to grow more plants then weeds this summer the problem is weeds don't freeze but my garden plants have already once this spring. Maybe the true trick to planting at the right time is watching when the weed start to come up. Then you know you are safe.

Tonight for family home evening we went to the Shoshone falls had a picnic and explored a little as a family. Earlier this year there was a lot of water going over the falls and it was truely magnificant. I really enjoy taking a few moments to reflect on the beauty the Lord has blessed us with.

My kids and I are really looking forward to reunion. Thank you for all the planning and effort that goes into having reunion. I know it is a lot of time and energy. We really appreciate all of it.

We were able to see Neil and Mike's family a few weeks ago we were so glad to be able to spend a little time with them. If anyone is ever passing through or by Twin you are always welcome to stay at the Hunter (Nichols) Hotel.

With love,
Kara and family

Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-

Hillary & Jason-Hello Hunter Clan! the Rogerson branch is just counting down the days until school is OUT! We're looking forward to a summer with lots of family activities. We're hoping everyone is doing great and wish everyone well. Loves to all!

Cayle & Katie-

Sarah & Ryan-We had a great May! Ryan and I brought baby Douglas out to California for his baby blessing on the 31st, and it's been nothing but fun and family for the whole trip. Douglas has been a trooper with all the traveling, and more than one relative has asked if they can keep him forever. I can't blame them, he's a real charmer! (We have a few pictures of him in his blessing outfit up on our blog.) School is out for the summer, and we're looking forward to signing the closing papers on our house next week and beginning the long process of moving/decorating/etc. If anyone wants to slap a few coats of paint on the walls, feel free to stop by Houston anytime. We won't be making the trip back for reunion, and we're sad that we have to miss seeing you all. Enjoy your summer, everyone!

Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle-

Jenna & Kevin-What to say... Well, life is good here. Seems like we're just trucking along without any major happenings. (Which is a good thing!!!) We're really enjoying our little area in Springville. The 5k fun run is this weekend. We've all been working hard in hopes of not embarrassing ourselves! :) Kaden (12) has finally passed me up in height. He got straight A's and high honors and is more than excited for Jr. High!!! Hunter (11) also got a personal best in school! All a's and one b! I'm so proud of all of his hard work! At one point he had 23 missing assignments and made them all up in a little over a week! Good job Hunt! Gavin (8) also got straight a's! I'm so impressed with all of them. They are very self-motivated, and work VERY hard. Kellan (5) can't wait for kindergarten to start! He DOES remind me that he will think of me all day when he is gone! He really knows how to sweet-talk his mom! Chloe (21 mo.) is talking up a storm! It amazes me how much she understands! Time flies faster with her than with my others. I'm LOVING summer! We named our days of the week again! I love it! It really makes summers much more enjoyable for us! Monday is Family Day, Tue-Hiking day, Wed-water day, Thurs-learning day, Fri-friend day, and Sat-exercise day.
I love you family! I hope all is well with everyone! We will miss you at the reunion!
Love, Jenna and fam

Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-
Adam & Moana-
Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald April 2009

Hunter Herald
April 2009


Neil & Mike-
Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-

Paij & Brent-April has been full of school for us. Brent recently took his National Board exams and I took my comprehensive exams and the Praxis II. I haven't got my Praxis scores back yet but we just found out that we both passed our big exams. We're relieved and grateful to have those over with. Brent starts his first externship in the VA hospital next week and I pretty much have the summer off, which I'm really looking forward to. Other than that, we had a great Easter, Morgan is doing great, and we couldn't be happier. We're only in Memphis for one more year so if anyone wants to come visit, start making your plans; we'd love to have you.
Love, Brent, Paij and Morgan Collins


Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-
Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-I have to admit our grandchildren are cute.
We got to see all of our children over Easter vacation (unfortunately more commonly called spring break, nowadays). It was good to see Lyle and Sheila. We stopped by Caswell State Park on our way home. It should be a great place for family reunion. We are looking forward to it. We hope to see ALL of you there.

Love, Layne & Frankie

Rachel & Rob-
Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-

Kara & Michael-Our exciting news for this month is that both Adam (4) and Karalynn (5) have learned to ride their bikes with out training wheels. One of Adam's training wheels had broken and he asked me to take them off and next thing I know he is riding his bike down the street. Karalynn didn't want to be shown up by her younger brother so she convinced Joseph to take off her wheels. By Saturday morning they were both riding. We gave Mike a bike for his birthday at the end of March so now we can go on some family bike rides. We sure have a lot of fun.
We are looking forward to this summer and a trip to reunion. It will be nice to see those of you that can make it. We always enjoy the time we are able to spend with family.
Love,
Kara, Michael, Daniel, Joseph, McKayla, Karalynn, Adam and Emily


Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-

Hillary & Jason-Sorry we haven't joined in the herald the last few months. Good news is that Hillary was able to quit one of her 3 jobs this last week and another one is coming to an end in the next two weeks :) Jason is busy finishing his Masters and applying for the CHP. He has made it through the first 3 rounds and just has to pass the background check. Our kids are getting bigger and bigger. Hunter is missing teeth all over, Ellie is really maturing socially, Reese is our little entertainer and Max is busy being all boy and making us all melt by repeating ANYTHING you say. We're enjoying all the crazy weather here- one day 90plus degrees the next cold and rainy. We're missing the family reunion and are very sad about it. So keep us posted in the herald!


Cayle & Katie-
Sarah & Ryan-
Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle-Hi family,

We are so excited about the Hunter Reunion. It will be so nice to see you all. Everyone is fine here. Tanner moved the other day, in with some friends. Leisha is running for Art City Royalty, so we're having fun with talent, clothes etc. Jenna and Bryce are in Arizona this week. Jenna has a baby blessing and Bryce and Jessie have a funeral. Lyle is trying to keep CFI afloat with the economy etc. Between work and church, we don't see each other much. The twins will be two on the 16th of June. We will have to have some birthday cake or something at the reunion. Adam and Moana are the cutest parents ever. Spencer and Shanille are working with wrestling. Quenton is doing really well. We had FHE at their house the other night. We each held a homing pigeon, and on the count of three we threw them up in the air and watched them fly their way back to Spencer's back yard. The kids also had a blast riding a miniature pony around the yard, then we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows.
We're all signing up for the Springville 5K the first Saturday in June. It's a family tradition. You don't have to run the whole way, just doing it together is a blast. The drawing for prizes afterward gets better and better every year!
Wendi and Aaron gave us their weight machine. It's home is downstairs with the treadmill. Its awesome! Now their trying to teach us what to do with it. You should have seen that Hunter competitiveness come out in Bryce and Adam when they were seeing who could do the most curls. I don't dare say who won. Wendi and Aaron will be moving to Alabama to finish up Aaron's medical school this Summer. We will miss them so much. It has been nice having them in south Salt Lake.
I hope we can all come to the reunion, but I know at least some of us will be there. We are looking forward to seeing you.
Love to all,

Sheila and family

Jenna & Kevin-We just got back from a fun trip to Arizona to see Kevin's family! We played with all of our old friends and had a blast! Now back to the grindstone! :) We are all happy and healthy... Excited for school to be out!!! :)
Love, Jenna and Family

Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-
Adam & Moana-
Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald
March 2009


Neil & Mike-We have spent so much time blowing out candles, eating birthday cake and opening presents that we barely got anything else done in March!!!! Neil's was the 1st, Haylee the 4th, Brandie the 10th, Race the 20, and Kalli the 21st. Now that everyone is older and wiser we'll expect greater things...? The rest of our time was spent taking Rachel to 400 practices for "Cinderella" and then spending a few nights at the performances. We've had a few other things going on too but they are not nearly as fun to talk about. Congratulations to Sarah and Ryan on their big baby boy this week!!!! and a very Happy Easter to all and to all a good night! Love Aunt Mike.

Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-
Paij & Brent-
Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-
Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-We have 2 new granddaughters this month: Brynna LeeAnn (Ben & Megan) and Hannah Lynn (Rachel & Rob). We are going to Utah next week during Easter break so that Layne can meet Brynna, Emily, & Bobbi, then on to Indiana to visit Matthew & Karali.

Have a great Easter!
Layne & Frankie

Rachel & Rob-
Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-

Kara & Michael-Hello family,

We are staying busy here in Idaho. Spring is a difficult time of year. We get our hopes up that it is going to get warm enough to plant the garden and then a storm comes through and it cools off again. I have a few plants started and I hope I am able to keep them alive long enough to plant them out side. If not I will buy the starts from the store and plant them in May or June.
Emily is well loved by everyone. I have been told that it is easier the more kids you have because the older ones help with the babies. It is true that the older kids help with the babies but it is also difficult to let Emily have time to herself. She is held a lot. I think that most of the fighting in my house is over who's turn it is to hold Emily.
Adam had a birthday this month he is 4 years old now. Mike also had his birthday and is....We gave Mike a bike for his birthday. No not a motor cycle a bike you have to pedal and went for our first ever family bike ride. It was so fun. When we got back home the kids wanted to go again. I am sure there were smiles from the houses we passed it isn't every day that you see a train of 7 bikes and a bike trailer driving down your road.
We were so excited to get the family reunion news and are looking forward to seeing those that can make it. We really appreciate all the hard work it is to get so many people together. I am sure grandma and grandpa would be so happy to see how large our reunion have gotten and yet we still try every year to make them happen. Thank you for all that you do. It really means a lot to our family.
With love,
Kara, Mike and family

Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-
Hillary & Jason-
Cayle & Katie-

Sarah & Ryan-Our March news is that we had a baby! Douglas Ray McMullin, born March 28th at a very healthy 9 pounds .5 oz. He's stinking cute and making all the rest of the family wish even harder that we didn't live all the way out in the Lone Star State. Meredith came out to visit earlier this month and got to experience Houston and the comedy of me ambling around 9 months pregnant. Hillary came out the next week and managed to convince Douglas to arrive exactly on his due date so she could be there to see it. Now my mom is here helping us get the extra sleep we are sorely lacking this week! He's cute, but a lot of work. We've posted some cute pictures of him on our blog, so feel free to visit. Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle-

Jenna & Kevin-This newsletter makes me realize how quickly the months fly by!!! Our family is doing great! The whole Mortimer family gets together for Family Home Evenings and it was at our house last night! What a cool thing to live so closely to all of my family! I love my siblings so much!!! The kids are all great! Chloe is talking more and more. Her last sentence (while watching cinnamon rolls bake) was, "see cookies, mama." Man, I love her!!! The boys are all fantastic! They ALL brought home fantastic grades from school! I'm a proud mama. :) Kevin's work is going well. He had a convention and made some good contacts. He works so hard for his family!!! I'm a lucky girl! :)

Love, Jenna and family

Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-

Adam & Moana-Now that spring is here we've been doing some spring cleaning and are getting ready for our annual garage sale. It's amazing how much toys and clothes can come from 2 little guys! Yesterday we celebrated the Festival of Colors at the Hare Krishna Temple here in Utah. It was a blast! All at the same time 10,000 people throw colored chalk into the sky and at each other, making a huge atomic chalk cloud. This symbolizes that even though we are all different with all the colors on us we all look the same and are one. It was a very neat experience we got to enjoy from India's culture. We love you all! Happy Spring!

A.M.K.C.

Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-

Hunter Herald February 2009

Hunter Herald
February 2009
Happy Valentine's Day!

Neil & Mike-
Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-
Kalli & Terry-

Paij & Brent-Things are good here is Mississippi. We just got snow for the second time this year; 5 whole inches so they had to cancel church. Who would've thought they'd cancel church for snow in Mississippi. We've been busy with school, church and life. Brent has his national boards coming up in two weeks and has been studying like crazy. It's 15 hours of tests in 2 days. Yikes! Things are going well at my internship in the middle school. Some days I really feel like I'm making a difference as a counselor and some days I wonder what one earth I'm doing. Overall, it's a great experience for me.

Morgan just turned 9 months old and is cute as ever. We love playing with her and seeing more and more of her personality. Here we are in our Valentine outfits.
We love you!
Paij, Brent, and Morgan


Jarom-







LaMont & Evy-Hi guys,

We are looking ahead to family reunion 2009. We still have not found a place to hold reunion. If you know of a good place and would like to suggest it, give Uncle Mont a call.

It will, of course, be on Father's Day weekend. Please plan to attend. It will be great, as usual, to have everyone there. We will be sending out more info. as the time draws nearer.

Evy and I are having fun teaching seminary this year. New Testament is a blast! We each have about 20 kids in our class. I have the Freshmen and Evy the Junior agers in our end of the Stake.

Next year is the Book of Mormon and we will have a couple of our grand kids starting as Freshmen. Emma and Maddie, Should be fun.

Love to all. Hope everyone is doing well.

LaMont and Evy

Chad & Nan-
Jaimyn & Paul-
Justin & Jana-
Melisa & Tye-







Layne & Frankie-

Rachel & Rob-

HI everyone, The Fransens are doing good. I am trying to get everything settled in our new house. I love the house but I get so frustrated trying to find things. We are waiting for the new Baby. She is due April 2nd. The doctor is a little worried that she will be over ten pounds. We are hoping not. The kids are doing great in school. Rob is working on landscaping outside. I guess that is about it.

Love, Rachel and family

Seth & Rayanna-
Brandon & Laura-
Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-
Kara & Michael-
Jeremy & Leslie-
Benjamin & Megan-
Mathew & Karali-







Calvin & Donna-
Damien & Kacey-
Meredith & Bill-
Hillary & Jason-
Cayle & Katie-
Sarah & Ryan-
Natalie & Jared-







Sheila & Lyle-

Jenna & Kevin-Hi Family! We are getting settled here in Springville and getting to know some neighbors! Kevin and I were called to be the CTR5 primary teachers! We love it! We're still running 3 days a week. Dad and I are training for a 1/2 Marathon and Kevin, mom, Tanner, and Leisha are training for a 10k! It's a lot of fun! Dad is up to 7 miles and I'm up to 6! I think he'll have to be 90 years old before I can keep up with him! :) We had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Kevin made me a fancy dinner of lobster tail and salmon. Then we watched a movie with the kids! Kaden took a math placement test and apparently did really well! We don't know his score, but the principal took him out of class and asked him how he got so smart. I asked Kaden if that made him feel good, and he said, "mmmhmmm... yeah. " (really sheepishly and cute! The same way he answers when I ask him if he likes a girl! :) ) Life is good. The business keeps pluggin' along. We love our family!!!
Love, Jenna and fam

Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-
Adam & Moana-
Bryce & Jessica-
Tanner-







Greg & Lisa-
Beau & Shannon-
Zachary & Kaylee-
Shae-