Hunter Family: January 2009

Hunter Herald
January 2009

Neil & Mike-We had 2 family birthdays in January, one we will forget lest it should cause more gray hair and wrinkles and the other...Rachel turned 16! She celebrated by going to the Sacramento Temple and being baptized for the dead. Brandie is happily working at Roundtable pizza through the ROP program at school. On a really good day they give her a slice of pizza. Tena is now doing independent study and thriving. She is also the new mother of a speckled holstein. When I hear him bawling at 5:30 am I'm glad it's for her and not me. Tom is playing basketball 24/7. Last week he had a game Tues through Friday after school and 3 games on Sat. That may keep him out of trouble for awhile. Life is good with us, hope it's good with you. Love Aunt Mike.

Trevor & Charmayne-
Haylee & Ryan-

Kalli & Terry-Well nothing too exciting but we'll share a little. Kasen cut his first tooth last week and has gained 2 lbs 11 oz since Christmas. Tayla learned to write to 100 this week and had her 100th day of school. Cypress is reading at a 4.4 level in second grade. Tyden started pre-school two days a week and is loving all the songs and new friends. Terry is off to work again Kansas this time for a month or so. Which leaves me running the shop and the house and TaVaci (which has 17 new students for a total of 40). I must take after my mom after all, If I wasn't so busy what would I do? :) We're planning to go to Utah for Tanner's homecoming, mom and the kids and I and we're looking forward to that. The weather is great, we're all healthy, the church is true!! Love ya, The Hills

Paij & Brent-
Jarom-

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

Layne & Frankie-I went to Provo in January and met Bobbi Gene Hunter (Jeremy and Leslie).
Next week I am going to Twin Falls to meet Emily Ann Nichols. (Kara and Mike)
We are looking forward to meeting the other 3 that are coming this year.
Layne is teaching at the college 4 nights a week for 9 weeks then only 2 nights for the rest of the semester. I think he hardly notices that I am gone.

Layne and Frankie

Rachel & Rob-
Seth & Rayanna-

Brandon & Laura-Brandon Hunter's family is doing well and happy. Brandon still works at L-3 Communications near the SLC Airport. He carpools with Caleb each day, who has worked there since May of last year.

The 3 older kids are doing well in school. Brooke (3) is enjoying her role as the boss of everyone else. Laura is expecting in July. We are really hoping (and praying) it works out this time.

Life is good. Nothing to complain about.

Rebekah & Seth-
Caleb & Ashley-

Kara & Michael-

Emily Anne Nichols was born February 4, 2009 at 10:38pm. She weighed 6 lbs. 13 ozs, and measured 20 & 1/4 inches long. Labor went a little longer than anticipated (about 28 hours) but both Kara and Emily are healthy. I've attached a photo of Emily and I'll let Kara fill in any additional information that might be lacking. We're still going to be in the hospital for a couple of days, but Frankie has our contact information if anyone wants to get in touch with us. Give our love to all!

Mike

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

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

Hillary & Jason-The Rogersons have moved from Redding to Shasta Lake City which is just outside of Redding and a whole lot less expensive! We're adjusting from house to apartment living but the savings makes us forget about noisy neighbors and a longer drive to work. Max FINALLY started walking this month at 13 months and is a talker and a singer. Reese cut her own hair so we're dealing with a 2 1/2 year old with a mullet and Hunter and Ellie are both doing well in school. Hope all is well with the family and congrats on your move Brooke family! Thanks for keeping this up!

Cayle & Katie-

Sarah & Ryan-Hi, family! Hope you are all enjoying this new year as much as we are. I was thinking today as we walked to get the mail in our t-shirts that living in a place with mild winters is great!! I know all you Utahns will say it isn't winter without snow, but I don't care. As long as Christmas still comes, 70 degrees in early February is fine by us.

Life is a little hectic right now. We've moving out of the ghetto and into an apartment a little more out of town and in a much safer neighborhood, which we're really excited about. The not-so-fun part is trying to get anything accomplished at 8 months pregnant! I swear, it's "Pack a box, take a nap. Pack a box, take a nap." Ryan is almost done with his degree in Spanish and is taking lots of classes this semester to get through the final push. He's working full-time and in school full-time, and for the month of February I have a "special session" course (on top of my regular classes) that only meets on the days Ryan doesn't have school. So we're basically strangers until March. :-)

Other than that, we're just trying to get ready for the baby, slowing amassing piles of stuff. Speaking of, congratulations to Beau and Shannon on their beautiful baby girl!!

Natalie & Jared-

Sheila & Lyle-Hi Family,

Tanner's home! He's doing great. He looks good, and "speaksa the spanisha" very well. His home coming is on February 15th, 1:00pm. We would love all or any of you to come. Peru was awesome! Now I know what "a trip of a lifetime" means. We couldn't have done it without Tanner and Adam to interperit. We are trying to get back into the swing of things. Lyle has had to deal with four funerals in two months, and things like that. It's been a bit crazy. Don't forget us. 801-489-9306

We love you all,
Sheila and family

Jenna & Kevin-Hello family! Yup, we're all moved in and thrilled to have some extra space! We found the perfect home to rent while Kevin continues to get his business going! Kaden passed the sacrament for the first time this month. Hunter has a new best friend (the little girl next door.) Gavin is working hard in school and has a huge report today on Peru. Kellan is keeping me busy and trying not to be too bored while his brothers are at school. Chloe is all smiles, all the time. She's talking more and more and loves to communicate with sign language. Kevin, Kaden, Hunter and I have been running at the high school 3 days a week. We meet mom and dad and Tanner, Bryce and Leisha there. I love it! I went to enrichment for the first time in our new ward yesterday. It's hard to start over when I loved our last ward in AZ so much, but change is good... right??? Well, we can't wait to see some of you at Tanner's homecoming.
Love you all!
Jenna and fam

Spencer & Shanille-
Wendi & Aaron-

Adam & Moana-
We had a wonderful month this January! Kenneth and Chandler stayed up all the way until 12:00 New Years night! We started the year off right taking a great family trip to Peru. We picked up Tanner from his mission then toured the country for a week. We fell in love with Peru. There's so much culture and history there. The people were so hospitable and we were all well taken care of. Tanner was very lucky to live there for 2 years. Here's some pictures from our trip. We hope to go back again someday!

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