It's been too many years without a Christmas card and true to our family motto, the "Best choice" this year is to electronically send out the Christmas cards that I want so bad to appear in each hand of all our really dear friends and family members.
So, from the bottom of our hearts...Merry Christmas! Justin and I are so blessed to have hundreds of friends, neighbors and family that have come and gone through the years. We sit back and talk about all the places we've lived and realize how blessed we have been to know so many wonderful people!
Justin is an airline pilot and absolutely loves his office up in the clouds. This is year 5 of flying for a regional airline and we're looking forward to what our future holds of making captain and then possibly a major airline. In the meantime this man just ran a marathon with his 4 brothers and his mom. He's discovered he loves running all over this nation and seeing new places. This year he got to serve as a Sunday school teacher, help with the Cub Scouts for a little bit and is now doing one of the best things he has ever experience, he's on the High Council for our church. I'll also mention that he loves training our dog, Sky. Somehow he finally talked me into that extra little body to care for.
Among my biggest blessing of being a wife and a mother, I have had the opportunity to be our primary music leader for our church. I love a good challenge of trying to keep those 160 kids entertained but also teach the truths of the gospel. I'm still teaching piano lessons (for the last 6 years) and love it! I'm finding that as I have 20 or so piano students coming and going in my home that my own children are building great friendships with these built in play dates everyday too :) Between dishes, laundry and cleaning I find time for my music, reading and blogging which will forever make me HAPPY!
Sarah has been experiencing life at the Intermediate School as she is now in 5th grade. She feels so grown up switching between 8 different classes and owning her own locker! She loves her teachers! She reminds me every day that she is "almost 12 years old" and "almost in Young Womens (a group at our church)." She has mastered her 1000 piece puzzles, figured out how to navigate her way through the computer, takes piano lessons, still loves to call all the grandmas without me knowing, takes "her baby" everywhere we go because "she's her daughter," has probably copied every book from our book shelf word for word, started a yoga and palates class, sings in choir at school and walks our dog, Sky, almost every day.
Spencer's mind is always going! He's nine yrs old going on twenty! He does multiplication and division problems for fun and is always found with some science book in his hand. He still loves Minecraft, Beyblades and his new love is Star Wars. Lucky he has a few great friends that are into the same things! He's learning to play tennis, play the piano and his Dad is teaching him all about football. He is in 4th grade at our brand new Elementary School and is loving being in the Honor Choir. It's special that his Choir Director is male and that made him want to join in the first place. They have performed multiple times in the last few months and his voice and memorization skills are superb!!!
Oh, our Allison! She is constantly keeping us on our toes and keeping us laughing. Her preschool teacher told me yesterday that she needs to start a journal for all the funny things she says. Allison has mastered writing her own name and all the letters. She loves counting everything and thanks to Spencer has learned how to add and even subtract a little. She's just learning to read and loves to especially impress Sarah and Spencer with new words she has learned. Her favorite things are swinging, climbing all over Sky (our dog), singing, reading with mom, running with Dad, dancing, helping in the kitchen, standing in front of the primary with me, teasing anyone around, playing with all Sarah's baby dolls, stuffed animals, dress ups and princesses. Notice if she's moving--she's happy!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! We pray that you will feel the love of our Savior everyday, just as we do.
With Love,
Justin, Megan, Sarah, Spencer and Allison
