Christmas Letter 2009

As I reflect on this past year I feel so blessed. We have had a wonderful year and accomplished a lot! We are all healthy and well and acknowledge our Heavenly Father's hand in our lives. So here is our year in review.

Jan: Enjoyed playing in the snow and anxiously awaiting Beckett to come. Chas started studying like mad for his PE (professional engineering )test in April. Had a great trip up to Spokane to visit Aaron and Marissa.

Feb: Beckett born on the 25, 4 kids really seems like a lot! He is a happy boy, but rarely takes aanything more than a 15 min catnap twice a day!

March: More and more studying for Chas and lots of adjusting to 4 kids for me. We loved having a lot of family come down for Beckett's blessing which was so nice!

April: Drove down to Sacramento for Chas' test. We got to see Jared and Gina, Steve and Lisa and took a couple days in the Redwoods and at the ocean, so much fun!!

May: Brady turned 5! We have been here for 3 years. Did our traditional Memorial Day campout with the Huntsmans, and had a great time! Brady and Chas had fun at the Father son campout!

June: Mother Daughter campout, it will be nice this next year to really just take the girls! without a nursing baby! Planted our garden, getting ready for summer.

July: Our house projects are un-ending! This month we (Chas) built a food storage room and put up a new garage door, now we can actually get in the garage from the outside, novelty! Went 4 wheeling up to Mormon Basin, so fun. Went to CO to visit with Chas' family and had a wonderful time! Drove up to Canada with Kayla and Thomas.

August: The kids and I stayed in Canada for 3 weeks, Chas came and met us on the third week and we had a family reunion. We had a blast! Janae came to live with us until Christmas, working and saving money for school. She is so much fun to have around!

Sept: Kids started school, can't believe Brady is in Kindergarten!! He is reading already and loves going to school. Brooklyn is in 2nd grade and can't wait to be 8 this year. Tried to recover from being gone for so long.

Oct:Halloween is always fun, but always cold! I was in charge of the party at the church so that kept me busy! We had Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, and a little Old Lady for Halloween . Beckett was sick and so did not dress up.

Nov: We had Thanksgiving in Utah and were able to have it at Uncle Don's house as we were all in Utah for Kayla's wedding. We had a great time visiting with friends and family.

Dec: On the 10th we celebrated Brooklyn's 8th birthday, and also on the 10th we got Chas' PE license in the mail. It was a great day! We are so proud of Chas and all his hard work in getting his license, it was a long time coming. On the 19 Brooklyn got baptized, we are so proud of her too. We are grateful that Dixie, Ezra & Lindsey, Kayla & Thomas, Janae and Jared and his kids were able to come take part in her special day. We appreciate them for making the effort. Our house is now empty and it is just the 6 of us again and honestly it feels a little weird. We will miss having Janae live with us and will have to get used to doing stuff on our own again.

We know our Savior lives and strive to be more like him. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!