My Dad (Dan Hunter)
Some of you may know, my Dad went into the Hospital last Sunday with chest pains and an irregular heartbeat. He's been there ever since getting a lot of tests and procedures done.

Turns out, that he was pretty close to two bad things - stroke and heart attack.

When his heart started freaking out, it was causing blood to not circulate properly through the heart and that could easily lead to stroke. So, they did all sorts of fun complicated medial stuff, and got that working again. During the process, they found out he's diabetic, so now he gets the joys of a new diet and lifestyle.

When his heart got back in rhythm, they had scheduled a heart cath to see if there was anything to be worried about. When they did THAT procedure, they saw he was over 90% blocked in one area of the heart and had to put a stint in. Wow. 90%. So, that was a heart-attack ready to happen. They put in two stints and he had to lay flat on his back last night.

But, the GREAT NEWS is that I just talked with him and he gets to go home tonight. Praise God!

Anyway, please pray for my Dad, Dan. He's doing well, but I know this was a small shake up.

Please pray for my mom, Delores, too as she deals with an aging... no.. old... no... MORE EXPERIENCED Hubby... yeah... that's it. More experienced is a better word.

--DW

Random Stuff
Here is cute photo I took a few days ago of the boys...

A few weekends ago we got to stop in and see our friends, Chris and Angie. They have moved back to Indiana and live between Daryl's parents house and our house. It was great to visit with them and see their son. He is just 2 weeks older than Nathan. They had a good time playing together. Here is a picture of them. Daryl had to be behind them to keep them still for 2 seconds while we took the pictures...

6 YEARS

Another year to create
precious memories together.
Another year to discover new things
to enjoy about each other.
Another year to build a life
rich in love and laughter.
Another year to strengthen a marriage
that defines "forever."

-I love you Daryl!

Long Time No Post
Sorry to not update the blog in so long! In an effort to fix this, I have created some new posts and dated them in the past so that it doesn't get too confusing. You'll have to go through and read some of the older entries to get caught up.

Things are well here. The YMCA job is going very well. I enjoy it and the kids are enjoying playing with others as well. My class has about 12-14 kids right now. I am getting to know them pretty well. When school begins in a month or so we will have 22 kids. I work with another lady and she is the lead teacher for the room.

Our garden is coming along. The tomatoes are going crazy! They are very tall and have tons of tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen now. It will be a little while longer for the others. I have gotten several cucumbers, zucchini, and yellow squash as well. Here is a picture of some twins we had a little while back...

Nathan vs. The Dentist
We just got back from the dentist for Nathan's first appointment. It went okay overall, but we basically had to hold him down. He didn't think it was a very good idea to look at his teeth. All looked well to the dentist except for the fact that he does have an underbite. We'll see how things go when his adult teeth come in. If it continues at that point, we'll have to go to an orthodontist to see what to do to get that corrected.

Family Visit
I was able to see both of my brothers this past weekend. We hadn't been all together for a few years, so it was great to see them! My oldest brother lives in California with his wife. She was not able to make the trip unfortunately. My other brother lives in Alabama with his wife and almost 2 year old son. He and Nathan got to play together and have a good-old-time in the sprinkler and on the slide. They are starting to get to the age where they are actually starting to play together. Here are some pictures from our time together...

Happy 4th of July!

Hunter Family Reunion '07
Well, we just returned from Southern Illinois to visit with Daryl's side of the family. We had a great time. There were 18 of us total. With 10 grandchildren in the family, Nathan and Jacob have a lot of other kids to play with. We stayed in a cabin with Daryl's parents. It was a nice place and they had a lot of farm animals to look at. We got to eat, swim, play snakes, go to church, see my nephew get baptised, have a bonfire, visit, and eat some more. Jacob went swimming for the first time and we found out he is a fish! We are going to try to do this each year around the 4th of July. Here are some pictures...