Merry Christmas to all,
Sorry we haven't kept this site up this year, will try to update more in 2014. Over all it has
been a great year. Mondo and Terri are both doing well in their jobs. Mondo
received a unexpected promotion halfway through the year. We are all proud of
him. He has joined a toastmaster class, to continue his growth in speaking, and
is hoping to become manager in the future. Terri is now work at home as of
November. She still takes incoming calls, just like at the call center, but
now is home with the family. This has especially made it nice since she works
weekends. Working at home has allowed us to no longer need before/after school
care, and saved on gas. We were really excited about that. We started off
the beginning of the year eating a lot healthier, like many, and became lazy
through out the year. We have started to refocus the lifestyle change, and
know 2014 will be a successful year with health. You can see some of the earlier post for some healthy eating. Terri did have surgery in the
start of the year to repair her shoulder. She has recovered well. The surgery
also took care of the year long migraines she had in 2012. It was the best
decision we made to have the surgery.
The children are all growing up so fast, and blossoming in to their own
selves.
Miss A, is 12 years old and in 7th
grade. She is 5’7 and almost as tall as Terri. She is attending a charter
school with small class sizes this year and loves it. She loves to sing,
dance, and play basketball. For part of the year she was taking voice lessons,
and hopes to resume those in the next year. She is rarely home these days.
There are many sleep overs, school outings, basketball games, and hanging with
friends. We are very proud of the young woman she is becoming. She earned
some extra money this year with assisting us with watching little man during the
summer. She is the resident prankster of the house. Did you know if you take
the cardboard from the toilet paper roll , wet it, and roll it in your hand it
looks like poop? ( Sorry so gross)... Well she did and thought it was hilarious
to leave it by the front door. Might have been a little more believable if we
had a dog. We got a good laugh out of it though.
Miss K is 9 years old and in 4th grade. She is doing very well in
school. She has been selected to go to 5th grade for 5-6th grade math. She is
very proud of herself, as are we of all her hard work. She loves to sing, and
is part of the school choir. She is looking forward to when we move next year,
as she wants to start taking hip hop and ballet. She loves to dance, and can be
found dancing , cartwheeling, and doing the splits all the time. She has also
made a lot of good friends.
Little man is 5 years old and in Kindergarten. He is very out going and loves
to help out around the house. He is such a little gentleman, and is often
seen holding the door for his sisters, and mom. He loves Lego's and Star Wars.
There are many days where he likes to pretend he is a storm trooper. He can be
found digging in the dirt, taking a part electronics ( really likes dad and
grandpa;s flashlights) , and bird watching on a regular basis. He has been
taking a music class every Wednesday called Let’s Play Music. He loves it. So
far he wants to play the trombone, drums, and violin. Should be quite the
combination.
We did have some exciting news in the last month. We have found a house to
buy. We have been renting for 2 1/2 years, and are looking forward to owning a
home again. We have loved our time in here, but look forward to
moving back to where many of our close friends live. Right now we live 45 minutes to an hour from them. We have already
put a contract on the house, and it is being built now. It should be completed
by the end of the April. Perfect timing, as we are in a lease here until the
end of May. We truly do feel blessed this year with the job growth, our
friends, and family.
We love you all, and look forward to seeing and hearing about your year as
well. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving that my sister took, and some others of the kids through out the year.
Miss A this year
Little Man this year.
Mondo and I
Miss K this year
