Well Hello! Congrats on the new baby Hawley family!
Sounds like things are going well with everyone! Eli just got his privates pilot license on the 24th. He did awesome. Now he just has to build hours before he can take the test for the instrument rating. He took my up this past weekend..... it was fun (a little scary at times I'll admit, but he did awesome!) I was greatful that I didn't throw up. He spent the first 5 days doing that! But understanding the maneuvers they had to do.... I can see why. Anyhow.... from there on he will build more hours and be a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor), and then work his way up to get his commercial rating. We are excited for him! He's my hero!! :)
Other than that I stay home with my two fishies (BrookLynn and Elle). Its still warm here! We have had a ton of rain this last week. Flash flooding....all thats kind of out of our realm! The humidity + heat reminds us of Tulsa! I do believe that Nina is experiencing that!! Anyhow, thats about it with us! Until next time!

New Hawley Baby

In case you haven't heard, Emilie had our 5th child on Thursday at 3:59 P.M. at Tillamook County General Hospital. Brittney Gerken was the doctor. Levi Weighed 5 lbs 13 ounces, was 18 inches long, and is the 4th Hawley Clone of my 4 boys. He looks just like the others did when they were born. Even though he was a full month early, there were absolutely no complications for mother or baby. Both are doing just fine and getting stronger every minute. Levi is also getting bigger, while Emilie is thankful to be getting smaller again :-) Em is a real trooper. She had the baby completely naturally (by actual choice this time) as she knew that they wouldn't have enough time to give her an epidural. It did take a couple of hours for the baby to descend once her water had broken (around 11:00 A.M.) but once he was down there, it was only about 2 pushes and he POPPED out. They literally had to catch him.

I will be out of town for the next week in Wyoming picking up my dad so I can drive him back for a (now double) baby blessing, but I am sure Emilie would love to hear from you. This trip was planned several months ago, and we had planned on having Levi AFTER I got back, but this works out even better. Now I don't have to worry about her going into labor while I am not there. Don't worry. I am not totally abondoning her right now. Mom is living with us for the month of August. We couln't do it without her . . . again. She is always coming to the rescue of her children.

Talk to you later.

Love,

Proud Papa Hawley

From Spencer

So, Rhonda and I went to do the ultra sound and the verdict is....it's a Baby! No really it's a boy! This kid is a real squirmer too. He wouldn't hold still for the nurse.We got to see him bunching Rhonda's bladder with his legs at full force. She said she felt uncomfortable but didn't know why until then.

From Obern

This is part of an e-mail from Obern. . . .

We're living in the basement of ShawnDell's parents. The real estate market here is quite ridiculous. ShawnDell's parents' home has increased in value over $40K in the last year. It makes us sick to even think about buying a home, and yet we keep getting urges to just go ahead and bite the bullet. It's just money, right? (Yeah, LOTS of it!)

My work is decent. It's taken awhile to get used to what it is they expect of me. Did I ever mention that I switched jobs 6 months after moving here? I moved from the CPA firm to Western Petroleum as an accountant. They sort of made up a job for me because they needed a bunch of reconciling completed; however, they soon began giving and taking other responsibilities as needed.

We miss getting together with family. Since we live with the only family here, we hardly ever venture out with others. Thank goodness for Emmalee; it helps us occasionally socialize with other parents. She just finished baseball and swimming lessons, and she has a tumbling class once a week. I'm really hoping we can get her started in music lessons as school begins. She has shown interest in both piano and voice.

We ended up towing away the maroon Pontiac after the engine decided to go belly-up. We had replaced it just a couple years before, and the warranty had just expired. Anyway, after much debate as to what vehicle to replace it with, we ended up with a truck. I can't say I ever imagined myself as a truck owner, but I quickly got used to it. It's a silver 2000 Ford 150 with over 100K miles, but it was in really good condition and came at what we felt was a good price. I mainly use it to go back and forth to work (a whole mile each way), but we've also enjoyed it a couple times camping and 4-wheeling.

We purchased Eli's 4-wheeler from him as he needed some debt relief while going to flight school, and we've enjoyed using it. I can't say I'm a big fan of helmet hair (or squished cheeks, or bugs on my teeth, or dirt plastered to sunscreen, or ...), but oh the excitement of careening down a dirt path at a heartpounding speed headed towards certain doom.

Seth's Address

Seth's current address on his mission:

Elder Seth Mayes

148 Mason Court

Dickson TN 37055

Hello Ya'll! Well we are all settled in finally. Yes the journey was a little more then I expected (in every way), but it is finally starting to feel more like home. I thought I had prepared myself for all of the changes that Arkansas would bring, but it was still more difficult transitioning than I thought. I knew that there wouldn't be as many members of the church down south, but after traveling 55 miles to get to the nearest church and then finding out that there was only one other member from our town (of 9,000). Well, let's just say, I realized how far from Rexburg I really was. Well... on the bright side, we will have plenty of missionary opportunities.
Anyway, Brad really likes his job and he has really great hours. We are also only about an hour from his family now, so they have enjoyed getting to know the girls. They had only met Kayla twice before and had only seen Callie once, so they are just loving being grandparents!
Well, I hope everyone is doing well! I better go put the girls to bed.
~NINA~

Congrats to our graduates!

Ginger will be graduating on Wednesday, July 18, from BYU-Idaho. She will be receiving her Associate's in General Studies. Ginger's e-mail address is wyoming_chick2001@yahoo.com.

Mark will also be graduating that day from BYU-Idaho. He will be receiving a Bachelor's in Tech Management. He and Shayla will be moving back to the Lovell area in August. Mark's e-mail address is markmayes99@yahoo.com.

Congratuations to the both of them!

Pauline's Eulogy

Check below for Pauline's eulogy (bottom of page).

Weekend

I went home for the weekend. It was mom's birthday on the 29th. Saw the parade, played with the nieces, ran a race with Sariah, and ate a whole lot of food. I will hopefully go home again this next weekend. Bryan and his family will be home. I think Kirk will be home then, too. I can't be the only one to not be there! I hope everyone has a happy 4th.