Merry Christmas!! 2009 has been an eventful year for our family full of mostly good things. It's hard to believe it's winding down already. Some of the more memorable events of the year, not in any particular order, are:
We unexpectedly sold and moved out of our house in eight short days, moved in with my Mom & Dad for a month then moved again--which also happened to be the first week of school for the boys!
Early in the year we found out we were unexpectedly expecting and now have a new sweet little boy--for which we are SO grateful--not so much the first 16 weeks of being extremely tired and nauseous or during all the packing, moving, painting and cleaning.
We revamped our shop plans into house plans and have been building on it for the past several months in the hopes we can move in this Spring.
Natalia started school--which was much harder than I thought it would be. She is my best little helper and sidekick and I really miss her when she is gone, however, Austin does scream quite a bit less.
Taylor turned 12 in September and was ordained a deacon and started Boy Scouts. It's been fun (and a little sad) to watch him transition into a young man. He seems to really be enjoying it.
We flew to Fresno for Jeff's Grandpa's funeral in April and then my Grandpa passed away in August. Both of them were such good men, we were glad to be able to be there. We also celebrated my parent's 40th Wedding anniversary the end of August--way to go Mom & Dad.
Jeff just got released from the EQ and put in Scouts. He's still on the town board and had another busy year with Construction-- a real blessing in the current economic state.
The kids are healthy and well and never slow down. Taylor loves any kind of ball and riding his 4-wheeler. He is still in piano and while he complains quite a bit about taking lessons he's really good at it. He and Colton are just starting guitar lessons and much more excited about that. Colton's favorite thing to do is read. He can't find enough good books or enough hours in the day to read them. He loves animals and science and talking to his cousin Ethan. Natalia loves everything and enjoys whatever she's doing--School, playing with her friends, playing (or fighting) with her brothers, riding her bike, dusting the piano--she is always happy. She is our little 'sister sandwich' with 2 brothers on either side. She handles being the only girl pretty good most days. Austin...well I wish I could say he was getting in less trouble but he just likes mischievousness. He is his happiest self when he's making messes or getting into trouble, i.e. climbing over the neighbors fence into the cow pasture or chicken pen, or meandering from home on his trike, drawing on the walls, or dumping out every canister in the pantry, or flushing blocks down the toilet or throwing the keys, flashlights, silverware, books, or whatever else he plays with in the garbage, or emptying the bookshelves, or cramming toys and pens in the copy machine. Needless to say, he is a VERY happy little boy. (sigh) Cody is a wonderful baby. Very easy going and good-natured and such a joy to have in the family.
Overall, it was a great year and we are all still smiling. Life doesn't seem to slow down for one minute and I've decided the trick is learning to love whatever kind of day you're having because it's gone and a new month started before you know it. We are looking forward to a new year.
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