(Future) Principal Thompson!

Hi all!

Here is the quick Thompson update.  Rich is attending Idaho State University studying accounting and will be done in 2 years. Kaley (14) started high school – eeeeeekkkkkkk.  She is dreaming of driving soon and loves going to the church dances.  Rachel (days from 12) is counting down the minutes until her first time in young women’s.  Katon (8) loves 3^rd grade and especially the Wii.  I am teaching; it’s my second year and I still love it.  I had a temporary lap of sanity and took advantage of a wonderful opportunity to start on my masters.  What was I thinking?  I am going through a program from Utah State University and will get my masters in Education Administration and will be done in a year.  Yep that’s right I could be Principal Thompson someday. That pretty much sums it up.  Hope you are all well--take care!

Hunsakers are doing swimmingly (literally)!

In September we celebrated our 50th anniversary.  We had been together as a family at Island Park, ID, in July for several days in a lodge there;  we thought that was our celebration.  However, the children got together and sponsored a celebration for our friends on our actual day, September 1st. 

In January we became great-grandparents and it's been fun to watch our older daughter revel in the joy of being a grandparent.  She's also been a super missionary mother as she's kept the packages and the love flying from here to Chili and to San Diego.  Their second daughter returns next week from a very rewarding mission at the San Diego Mormon Battalion Center.

We just returned from spending a week in Hawaii with three of our sons (Paul and Devin are two of them) and their families.  Sixteen of us enjoyed a dream vacation with perfect weather, good health and safety.  We had reservations at the Navy Lodge last Wednesday, just a couple of miles from the ceremonies honoring the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. [Note from Shannon: this is the swimmingly part!]

Life is good, and we treasure the memories we share with each of you.  Best wishes to all of us in 2012.


(Photo: Paul and Angela are on the left with their two children;  Devin and Leanna are next with their four;  Derek and Jennifer next with their two boys.  Derek was on a mission in Mexico while we were in London.)

Belated Greetings from Lori!

Sorry I have not yet sent an update. Fortunately, no address change for me - which meant that today I was able to see the lovely photos of the Tammy Woods family (May I say, stunning, Tammy?).

I am still in Boise, ID and continue to work as a Social Worker at the Cancer Care Center at Saint Alphonsus. I am teaching a Social Welfare class at Boise State University this semester as an Adjunct faculty member. This is a first for me and is exciting & scary (94 students, wow - and how about that Bronco football team!)

I have a relatively new & wonderful love in my life - I met Sharene Gossen on my first blind date ever, back in November 2009 after living about a year as a single girl after Dana and I split up. Sharene is wonderful - and I am hopeful & confident this is the relationship that will last. She is a Physician's Assistant working in Endocrinology. She and her lovely dog have moved into my house - so we are a 2 person/2 dog family these days. We just spent a few weeks in Sharene's home state of Minnesota (Brrr!) on the farm where she grew up. I bravely tasted squirrel (yes, squirrel - cooked in a crockpot) - and also ventured into the pig barn for a very smelly tour.

2010 was a great year that included 2 trips to UT (One to Bryce & Zion, another to Lake Powell & Capitol Reef), and good times with friends and family.

Special thanks to Shannon for keeping everyone in touch and for organizing the annual updates. It's pretty remarkable, really - we were all at 27 Palace Court many moons ago - and I'm impressed by how well everyone has stayed in touch. It has been fun to read the updates on the blog. My how time flies, lives change, and families expand!

Much love to everyone!!