Brian Blauer Family - 2009

January – Rang in the New Year by putting the kids to bed at their regular bedtime and turning in early ourselves.

February – Summer’s 5-month-old niece, Melanie, underwent open-heart surgery at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake. She is the second daughter of Thayne and Amber.

March – We took the kids to Salt Lake; where we visited Melanie in the hospital then went on to Temple Square, the Church History Museum, and the Discovery Center. The kids’ favorite part was staying in a motel.

April – Parker caught Pneumonia; Summer quit her job at Rocky Mountain Publishing.

May – Kaelee celebrated her 2nd birthday. Summer’s Grandma Ottley passed away, leaving her grandparent count to one: Grandma Hurst.

June – Brian quit his job at Idaho Power and moved us to Jerome.

July – The Hurst family reunion was held at Cherry Hill Campground in Utah where we camped for three nights. The kids had a blast and really enjoyed getting to know their cousins better. We are already looking forward to the next reunion in 2011.

August – Briton and Parker rode their bikes in the Jerome County Fair Parade and are looking forward to doing it again next year. Summer was called to be 1st Counselor in Young Women. Briton started 1st grade and Brian returned to school at CSI to study Drafting.

September – Brian was called to teach Elder’s Quorum twice a month.

October – Briton broke his leg on Aunt Jenny’s trampoline during General Conference weekend, a first for our family. He turned seven just days later.

November – Summer got a job at the Jerome County Assessor’s Office as Receptionist/Data Entry. Parker and Kaelee returned to daycare where the transition went very smoothly.

December – Kaelee is pushing us to help her get potty-trained. Parker celebrated his fifth birthday with grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He requested ice cream cake instead of just cake and ice cream. Yummy! Brian received all A’s for the semester. Brian’s dad went in for back surgery and made it home in time for Christmas.

We have had a year full of excitement, sorrow, and worry. We are thankful for the challenges we have faced and overcome and are looking forward to another exciting year ahead of us. We wish all of you and yours a Prosperous and Happy New Year.

All our love: Brian, Summer, Briton, Parker, and Kaelee