We wish you and your family a merry Christmas. Some highlights this year in our family:
- Gordon
- Making good progress on his English Channel swim training for 2012. Up to 12.5 miles. (over 6 hours of swimming)
- Still enjoying working with the Scouts.
- Established an egg production enterprise for our home. 5 egg laying hens in their own coop in the back yard.
- Cathi
- Ran the Boston Marathon last spring. What a fun trip that was!
- Completed her 13th marathon this year (26 total), with two of those being Boston Qualifying time marathons.
- Now is serving in her favorite calling so far - Primary Music Chorister.
- Austin
- Is still improving in Table Tennis and won the gold medal in the Class A division at the 2009 Utah Summer Games. Also gold in the 17 & under division.
- Busy with Deacons and scouts and earned his Life Rank. Now for the Eagle project!
- Jacob
- Ran in two half-marathons this year and plans to run a marathon next year.
- Is doing very well in scouts and is very close to completing his First Class.
- Learning how to play the Base.
- Lucy
- Preparing to participate in this summer’s Wizard of Oz/Wicked musical. She's a natural performer.
- Enjoys her Activity Day events.
- Started taking piano lessons and did fantastic in her Christmas recital.
- Jonas
- Quite a good reader in the 2nd grade.
- Such a loving and kind big brother to his 3 younger brothers.
- Isaac
- Very energetic and loves being in kindergarten.
- Tall for his age, Jonas and Isaac were on the same soccer team this fall and everyone thought they were twins.
- A whiz on the computer, and a two-time farkle tournament champion.
- Sam
- Just watch, this boy is going to be a football star. He's a tank. He’s only five pounds away from both Isaac and Jonas.
- Very smart boy, he loves "school". He meets twice a week for playgroup where they learn stuff and have fun.
- Oliver
- Loves playing with his hair, mom's hair. He loves hair.
- Learning to talk so well, it’s funny all the new phrases he’s picked up. (And some other ones that aren’t so funny)