Life never gets simple, but we do try to prioritize. Summer brought a wonderful family reunion in Canada at Emily's sister Barb's house. We drove the 4000 miles at the peak of the gas crisis, and I think we've never had a better family trip. The kids really enjoyed spending time with cousins, going "Canadian Bowling" and most importantly, Benjamin was baptized. It was a special time to have all the family there.
School started in the fall with half of our children in school. Ben is in 3rd grade this year, Jacob is in 1st and Audrey is in Kindergarten. We love the school that the kids go to and enjoy seeing them learn and grow and be excited about it!
In November Stephen and Samuel were both 1 for a whole day. Being 364 days apart has been fun. They keep us and each other very busy! Samuel broke his leg exactly one week after taking his first steps. He'll be celebrating the holidays in a cast!
Eric is a big help at home with mom. He is very good at entertaining the babies. He is the self-proclaimed "biggest of the babies".
Brad and Emily are doing great! Brad is keeping busy at work and enjoys the 60 mile commute now that he is driving his diesel VW Beetle. He also has enjoyed serving in the bishopric in our ward for the past year and a half. Emily loves to be at home and is trying to get over her addiction to having a baby every year. But as you can see, there is still room in the crib for more!
We were saddened at the passing of our beloved Prophet President Gordon B. Hinckley this past year, and strive to remember the important things he taught us. One of our favorites is that "Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured". We are enjoying life and are so blessed to be living in this exciting time on the earth.
This year we are celebrating Christmas with our whole ward family as we are hosting a live nativity in our front yard. What a wonderful thing to have a constant reminder of the birth of our Savior at this busy time of year! We love all of you and hope that you too are reminded of Christ this Christmas and throughout the year, for truly that will bring a Happy New Year!
10 comments:
Love the blog! And what a good looking family picture. :-) Your gingerbread train station was amazingly awesome!
Neat photos--I love your family picture! thanks for sharing,
Trudy
Great looking family!! A lot of future missionaries!
Cute kiddos! Although I am not surprised since their mom can pull off a yellow DI prom dress with poster board princess hat like no one else. Thanks for sharing your blog.
Yay, you finally got a blog! It's so fun to see pictures of the kiddos. Sam looks just like Ben to me. We miss you guys, the blog may make me sadder because of all the things I'm missing, but I'll try not to think about that.
LOVE the crib picture. All the pics, actually. Your kids are darling. Little Audrey looks like a spitting image of her mother, no? Merry Christmas to your family from ours! Sorry we didn't move to Amarillo. Darn. (I thought about that as we unpacked the truck in Illinois today in 10 degree weather and plenty of snowfall.)
~AmyJ
Hey guys! Welcome to the blogosphere. Careful, it's kind of addicting. I loved seeing your kids and how they've grown. This is such a great way to keep up on old friends. You know..the kind you never call but still want to know about? Take care you guys. We'll stop by again the next time we pass through Amarillo. :} And please stop in anytime your in/near/around California.
Welcome to the blogerhood. I think you did an amazing job of recaping the year. Cute pictures. It will be fun to read about your little family.
Yea! I'm so glad you have a blog!! It's so good to see pictures and wow are your kids getting big. Stephen looks so much like Jacob...at first I thought he was Jacob. And Samuel is a doll! Love you guys. Merry Christmas!
Ace, so glad you finally got on the blogging bandwagon!
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