the Hunter's

CHRISTMAS UPDATE

2012-01-27T08:39:00.000-08:00

New Christmas Outfit
Christmas Morning Fam. Picture

Opening Presents

Mama Debbie

My New Trike

Christmas Morning

PAPA JAMES

Christmas eve

This year we spent Christmas in Idaho Falls with the Hunter Family. It was a very different Christmas without James but it made it easier to all be together. It was a very spiritual Christmas so many people showed out pouring of love. On Christmas eve night we went up to James grave and put candles in white bags that had a message on it from the kids. We then sang silent night and said a family prayer. This was probably one of my favorite things we did. It was very emotional and spiritual. On Christmas morning we woke up and Halle got so excited to see everyone presents. Some of the toys she loved to play with were not even hers. Halle was a lot more exciting this Christmas than last. She loved her trike she can't ride it but she sure was happy to sit on it. We had a great Christmas together as a family.

HALLE THE HOUDINI

2011-11-19T12:02:00.000-08:00

This afternoon we put Halle in bed for a nap. Well within 15 min. we heard her door open and out came Halle. We wanted to see how she got out so we put her back in and this what we saw .........

I can't believe how big she is getting. We love her and she always makes us smile and laugh. Halle has no fear and loves to climb.

EPHRAIM

2011-09-29T17:22:00.000-07:00

Well we have moved to Ephriam, UT we are loving it here. Shane is coaching football for Snow College and they are doing ever good. Two of his player have already been offered scholarships to Utah . I am working full time and doing some school. Halle is loving Ephriam because everyone here has a dog or a horse. She loves animals and gets very excited when she sees them. She is 15 months now and is starting to talk alot. She says Mom, Dad, Ashley, Addi, Peekaboo, Hi, kitchen, dog, and usually trys repeat any word if you ask her to say it. She loves playing Hide-n-seek and ride her wooden horse. Sorry we have not updated for a while.

Halloween PJs that glow in the dark

10 months old

Chillen watchin football

I love to ride my horse

Summer Fun!!

2011-07-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

This summer brought alot of fun times. We got to go the the zoo, play outside, going to Grandma D. house, riding horses, go to island park and just enjoy our time together as a family. I must say that going to the zoo and playing out side has been alot more fun now we have our precious little girl.

Watch out for the Giraffes

April, Addi, Anna, and Nate also came.

Look at my new pool.Halle Loves Horses. She gets so excited when she sees them. Don't you just love Shanes mustache.

SUMMER FUN IN NEVADA!

2011-05-16T11:45:00.001-07:00

We went to Logandale, NV for my Makenzie's baptism. We always have a great time when we go down to the Staheli's. They are so nice to everyone and make us all feel welcome. The other great thing is the heat. Somehow it is still 95 degrees at seven at night. Got to love Logandale. We had a great time down there. We got to watch Tyson and Drake play in their baseball games and they both played really well. We also got to go swimming at an awesome pool. It was Halle's first time in the pool abd she loved it. It took her a little while to get used to the water but once she did she had a lot of fun. The highlight of the trip was seeing Makenzie get baptized. There was a great spirit at the baptism. We are proud of Makenzie for her choice and the great example she is to Halle. As a new parent it means a lot to have such a great family to help us teach our daughter what is really important in life. Everyone around her is a great example. We are so grateful for our families. It was great justt o be able to spend some time with the family and just have fun. All the kids had a great time amid all the chaos of having the grandkids there. We are looking forward to spending more time with the family and doing a lot of fun things this summer. Halle wants to be held so this is it for now. Have a great day everyone.

I love the sun!

1st time surfing

Me and Daddy in the Adams pool

Halle trying to tell us we are crazy

Easter

2011-05-16T11:39:00.001-07:00

HAPPY EASTER

Look at the eggs I found
LOOK HOW baHIGH

HEY GET OUT OF THE WAY

I found my easter basket under the table

UPDATE

2011-04-13T20:56:00.000-07:00

I love this picture

Halle and her bunnie ears BYU mens volleyball game

Climbing

Halle and Grandma Lee on her birthday

HOT and DANGEROUS

Halle and Shane after practice. Love this picture. We will sure miss football. But new adventures a wait. Hey everyone! Just thought we should update a little. We are doing great. Shane in starting finals this week. Come April 20th he will be done and have his bachelors degree. We are so proud of him and all his hard work! Playing football and going to school was hard enough let alone being a dad and husband. He always made time for us and we were so happy to see him. We love you. Halle is getting so big and talking so much. She has such a great personality. She is pretty shy when it comes to other people but if you hang around enough she will open up. She is such a good sleeper now. We went through a rough patch a while ago but now she is back . She has learned to dance now to music probably from her cousin Quincy. She loves when you sing to her. She is a very busy girl. Now she can crawl and pull herself up and walk around furniture. The other day she has a little thing she can ride on and a saucer. They were side by side and she crawled up the thing she rides and then started to proceed to try and get on top of the saucer . She is so full of energy and looking for new adventures. We love her so much and love being around her.

TEETH

2011-03-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

HALLE got her 1st TOOTH yesterday. We are so happy. Just thought I would share. I am trying to blog more. And March madness is going great for me. Hope it continue so i can win like $440. Then I will be RICH haha maybe not.

Picture update

2011-03-14T19:15:00.000-07:00

Halle Crawling
Singing If you are happy and you know it

1st BYU basketball game

Got to love wendys

Jumping off counter

Bear suit she wears when we walk to 7 eleven

Look at my long hair

Rock On!!!

1st trip to the SLC temple

Family outing

Little Miss Halle

2011-03-14T10:38:00.000-07:00

Well I wanted to keep updating my post. I can't find my camera right now so when I find it I will post pictures. This month Halle got RSV. She had to get suctioned down her nose and in to her lungs. She is starting to get better so that is great. So Halle is getting so big she has started to crawl really good. My favorite thing she started to do yesterday was clap her hands when we sing if you are happy and you know it. She is 8 months old now and growing fast. Some fun things about her are she gets bashful and she bates her eyes. She loves peekabo and If you are happy and you know it. She loves to stand up and she is starting to walk around the table or she has a toy that she can walk around the house with. She is really good at pulling faces. She is starting to become a mommys girl. We love her so much and are so thankful she is in our life. So what is new in our life is not much but we have decided for Shane to take the defensive assistant coaching job at snow college. So come august we will be moving down to ephraim. Crazy, the place we first met. I will be attending school as well and applying to finish my last year of nursing school. So that is about all that is going on. I will post pictures when I find my camera

R.I.P. Howard

2011-03-10T20:21:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we took a little trip up to Idaho Falls to see baby Anna and just to hang out with the old family. It was a great weekend full of lots of fun and games and lots of laughs. Even the drive home seemed to be alright. Little did we know that over the weekend our dear fish Howard had gone to heaven. This is the same Howard who lived on breadcrums and who knows what for more than a couple months. He was the most resiliant fish I have ever met. He always brought a smile to our faces after being away from the house. He lived for over a year now in his new home. It was the best we could do for him. Now his home is vacant and I doubt we will ever be able to replace him. He will always be Halle's big brother and our favorite son. Come to think of it I never really knew if Howard was a boy or girl. Either way we love him and can't wait to see him again someday. R.I.P. Howard Jan 2010-Mar 2011

Christmas 2011

2011-02-22T19:12:00.000-08:00

So I have not updated the blog for a while. Well shane had a great season in football this year. We will miss it so much next year, but there will be bigger and better things coming our way in life. Me and Shane went to the New Mexico Bowel and my mom and sister helped tend Halle. We has a great time but we did miss out little girl. After the game we spent a few days in heber with my family. We had such a great time with them. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful family. They are so loving and wonderful. We then headed up to Idaho for christmas. We had such a great time. Thanks to the Hunters for making us feel so welcome and for the great christmas. Halle is now 7 1/2 months old. She is getting so big. It is amazing how fast they grow up. Halle is such an amazing baby she hardly ever cries and she sleeps so good. We are so blessed to have her in our lives. She has been rolling around all over the house and she is just started to army crawl this weekend. She loves to stand and walk around the table. She got her first goosg eeg and bruise when we were in idaho. She is getting lot more hair and starting so say dada. She loves to watch little kids and laugh at them. when she laughs really hard she snort which I love. Well I will try to keep things updated more often.

Christmas 2011

2011-02-22T19:02:00.000-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2010-11-13T22:23:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween in Idaho Falls. Shane had a bye week so we went down and spent a few days hanging out with the Hunters. We had a blast playing game, watching Shane's old high school play football, carving pumpkins and trick or treating. We had a great weekend in Idaho Falls hanging out with our family. It was a much needed weekend to have time together and for Shane to heal. Thanks Hunters for the great weekend.

FOOTBALL IS HERE!

2010-10-12T11:46:00.000-07:00

Life has become super busy since football started in August. We have had many ups and downs this year but we are hoping it turns out for the best. Shane has been playing great. He has made many great plays some consist of an interception and fumble recovery. He has worked so hard and he has finally got his chance. He is doing great. Halle has really enjoyed going to all of the football games. She has been so good she just looks around and never cries. I am so thankful for that. When it is hot I put her under the bench to give shade to her. A little update on her she has been growing like crazy. She was in the 99% for heigth and 89% for weight. She is holding her head up all the time and she love laying down trying to grad the toys in above her. She is starting to laugh more especially when we make funny sounds or when her daddy sings to her. She loves morning time. Funny thing about her is when she sleeps she doesn't close her eyes all the way. She just doesn't want to miss out on anything. HAHA . Well I will try to keep things updated more often.

Halle Update

2010-08-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

Halle I getting really big. She weighs about 10 lbs now at 6 weeks old. She is a really long. It makes us think she is going to be tall. Who knows. We have been on many adventrures sine she was born. We hiked the Y, we have been to idaho twice, we have stayed in wallsburg, we have been to the rodeo and parade, and she has been going to watch he dads practices and scrimmages. She Is such a good baby She sleeps from 11 to 7 most nights. She is starting to smile at my voice more. She loves to just look around and take in her surroundings. She loves going to her daddys practices. We are so thankful for her and are so happy she is part of our lives. She brings joy tomy life eveyday! I will post more pictures in a couple of days.

2010-08-14T12:23:00.001-07:00

HALLE PAIGE HUNTER

2010-07-06T14:09:00.000-07:00

Halle Paige Hunter was born July 1, 2010 at 10:22 pm. She weighed 7 lbs and 15 oz and was 20 1/2 inches. Halle came to us after a long long day. From what I understand labor can be a lot longer than what we went through, but while you sit there the time seems to pass as fast as a turtle in molasses. It was a grueling time just sitting there unable to do anything. Carrie's woke up a little after nine and then preceeded to to beleive she had peed her pants. This continued to happen roughly for an hour before she decided she needed to go see the doctor. When we got to the doctor she was quick to tell us that indeed her water had broken and she had not been wetting herself repeatedly for the past hour. She advised us to get our stuff together and head to the hospital. That is where it all began.
We arrived at the hospital around eleven thirty and were shown to our room. Carrie had not dialated much more than she was previously so the doctor told us it would be awhile. Lucky for the both of us Carrie is a trooper and Halle wanted to be born on the first and not the second. After being induced Carrie began to dialate quicker than they had anticipated. By eight she had gone from a three to a ten. After an hour of rest and descend it was time for the pushing. I found the whole process to be amazing. Lucky she had the epidural or Carrie would not have enjoyed it. Carrie did so well during this part. I was very proud of her. Finally our little angel was here.
Now we are home and everything is going great. Halle continues to bring us as much joy as the day she was born. She is so cute and loves to just sleep with either her parents or anyone that holds her. Pretty sure that is how all babies are but it just seems a little mmore special when it is your own child. She is a very well mannered baby. She does not cry that much and usually calms right down when she does get a little fussy.

2010-07-06T14:04:00.000-07:00

2010-05-13T21:20:00.001-07:00

I told my sisters I would post some belly pictures but I didn't have the internet till now. So here you go! Sorry I don't have to many pictures. I will take some more and post them a little later.

Shanes favorite game. Feista Fun in St. George
Dang look at that belly 29 weeks along.

27 weeks along

2010-05-13T20:08:00.000-07:00

Well a lot has happened over the past couple months in our little family. The biggest thing that has happened would be that we are expecting an addition to our family. We actually have had one already and the next one should becoming In July.The first addition was Howard. Howard is our black goldfish that has a great will to live. Howard came to us through a primary lesson that Carrie taught two months ago. We figured that a couple fish would help the kidspay attention and have fun.We figured that they would soon die. One of the two we bought did die three days later. Howard however survived on bread crumbs for the past two months. With this determination we decided to get him a new home and some actually fish food. We also got him two more buddies to hang out with. Sadly to say its been a week and both of them have passed on. Howard however is still going strong.
As for the other addition she will be coming here in a little while. The due dat on our little girl is July 8. This might be a problem as I really want to be in Idaho Falls for the fourth but I guess having your first child is a good reason to miss it. Either way we will be very happy come July. Carrie has handled the pregnancy very well. She did not have too much sickness in the first little bit andnow the only thing that gets her now is some heartburn. She has handled this like a champ. She is getting to the point that she is readyto have the baby. It will be very fun and exciting summer for us.

2009

2010-01-09T11:33:00.000-08:00

Look at this sweet A hair cut
Wow nice stache

Smile :)

yeah

After the oklahoma game

FOOTBALL 2009

2010-01-05T13:37:00.001-08:00

Football is here!

2009-08-30T14:33:00.000-07:00

Football is here!! The first game is this weekend in Texas against Oklahoma. This is going to be such a great game. Shane is doing really good in football he is starting kick off and punt. We hope he will also get to see some playing time else where but we will see how the season goes. Shane is going to be #51 this year. That was what he had to settle for because they done give #9 to linebackers. I am really excited for this year. It is so fun to watch and we involved. This is going to be a GREAT season. GO COUGARS!!!!!

The Fourth

2009-07-22T11:21:00.001-07:00

What a few couple of weeks it has been. The month of July is by far my favorite. Normally Carrie is the one to do these little updates but I figure I can help her out this month because it is my favorite time of the year. We started it off by taking the long boring drive to Idaho Falls for the Fourth of July. We have to be there every year because the fireworks are the best and the Menan softball tournament. Unfortunately this year we took second in that. It was a great tournament until we met a stingy daddy daughter team. From the get go it seemed as if fate was on their side. One seven run inning and we were in too big of a hole to come back. Carrie played great though picking up a couple of base hits that helped us climb out a little bit. We were all heart broken over the defeat but look forward to next year and redemption.

The pain of the lost tournament was soon forgotten when we went down to the river to watch the fireworks with the Bairds and the Hunters. It was a lot of fun walking around with Baby Addi and seeing her like or dislike of the fireworks. I was unsure of her true feelings. The fireworks as usual did not disappoint and we paid our respect to the late Wayne Richards. The fourth wasn't the same without him. All in all it was a great trip to Idaho Falls.

LAKE POWELL

2009-06-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

The dead deer that was washed up on a rock in the middle of the lake.

Shane and Brady imitating the Indian Ruins

Who are those Crazy People in the Trees?

I know I have a funny look on my face.

Shane Suffering

The Indian Houses

Blue Steel

Last week we went with my sister Amy and her family to Lake Powell. It was a great time. They are so kind to take us with them. We are so thankful for them and all they do for us. This year Shane, Angie, Brady, Casey, Lindsay, Jack, McCall, Amy, Duff, Kace, Kassidy, and I went. The weather was suppose to be bad but it turned out pretty good. We had a lot of fun playing games, surfing, and just being with each other. One of the craziest things was seeing a dead deer at the bottom of a cliff surrounded by water. It amazed all of us. We always look forward to going. Special thanks to Amy and Duff for taking us on their house boat and boat.

GRANDMA DRAPERS/ NEW HORSE

2009-06-16T13:31:00.000-07:00

Well my Dad and Brady decided to buy a new horse. She is really fun. She needs a little work but she is really calm around people. Shane and I decided to go up to Grandma Drapers and go for a ride and barbecue. We had such a great time and are happy summer is here.

SUMMER

2009-03-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

I am so excited for summer to come. I think me and Shane need a break from school. We cant wait to going camping, hiking, shoot shotguns, boating, and just being out in the sun. We had a glimpse of the summer but it has left and it is snowing again. We sure hope summer comes back soon!!

2009-03-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

I thought I would add a couple videos from skiing. Shane and mom are both great skiers :)

2009-03-12T14:46:00.000-07:00

Skiing with the fam!

2009-03-12T13:49:00.000-07:00

Shane and I went skiing with my family at Deer Valley. It was really fun to be there with everybody. It was especially fun to watch Mom, Shane, Angie, and all the young ones ski. Mom, Shane, and Angie did a great job for never skiing or just not skiing in a really long time. Kace he is a good skier. I think he is better than me now. Crazy! Thanks Mom and Dad for everything you do to help us out. (like going skiing :) I always look forward to that once a year we all go skiing together. It is always a blast!

2009-01-16T16:15:00.001-08:00

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. We had such a great time in Vegas. Shane was gone during the day for practice but at night we got to hangout alot. Vegas was a fun place. We got to see alot of cool things. We went and saw the shark reef, the lions, the flower sculptures, the fountains, and just enjoying the night life, We had a lot of fun. We got to hangout with the Stahelis. I went shopping one day with Drake, Seirra, and Nikki. Then we also went down to there house. Thanks to Steve for letting us barrow his car. He is such a great guy. It was so good to see them cause we don't get to see you enough. When we were down there they had the worst snow storm in a long time. The game was not very good but we will hope for the best next year. It was a great vacation!

2009-01-16T16:09:00.000-08:00

2009-01-16T15:56:00.000-08:00

Shane has been so busy with football and school. We all love to go watch.