Merry Christmas from the Gridleys

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)