I understand I am the winner of the last letter to
come in. Well, I do like to win…
Our year has included one move to a bigger
house. Two daughters moving in and one
getting married and moving out, four new schools, a new ward, new friends, new
job and new (to us) Suburban.
We have 5 children living at home ages 14, 14, 9, 6,
& 3, one dog, 5 fish, and a rooster next door.
We have one new son-in-law and a grand baby on the
way.
The biggest news for Brian and I was that we were
sealed in the St. George temple. That
took place on January 21st.
Yes I know that that didn’t happen in the 2011 calendar year, but we
received the approval to do so a few days before Christmas ’11.
Speaking of Christmas, all of our children were at
their other parents house and made for an interesting Holiday season. We got to have a Christmas just he and I,
and we didn’t have to hide the kids’
gifts, that was nice.
Brian: Works for Parkway Autoplex here in Cedar
City. He is a superb salesman, but the
economy is posing quite the challenge and he is always looking out for a
different job that is more steady. He
makes the best jerky ever and has taught me a few of his tricks. He is hunter and fisherman extraordinaire and
he goes every chance he gets. Not often enough I’m guessing…
DeAna: Jerky maker apprentice. We sold quite a bit
of jerky at Christmas time and I was the one at home making, smoking and
packaging the jerky. I feel honored that
Brian has let me have the recipe since he hasn’t given it to anyone else. I still play with the Teton Chamber Orchestra
on occasion. It’s quite the commute,
but I got to play with Richard Marx in February. That was awesome and surreal. I grew up listening to him and so sitting in
the orchestra seeing him a few feet in front of me was rad. (sorry, had to use
that 80’s word.)
Sierra and Matt:
Lovingly referred to as Mac and Cheese.
They married in October and are expecting a baby in September. Brian got Matt a job at Parkway and Sierra is
talking about going back to college.
They don’t know the gender of the baby yet, but think it’s going to be a
boy. Any bets?
Braylan: He
has a perma grin on his face. People I
don’t even know come up to me and tell me what a delight he is to watch because
he is always so happy. I tell them I
can’t take credit, but would like to. He
is helpful, kind, loving and smart. He wants to be a mechanical engineer. He is
already 5’10” and the HS football coach has his eye on him.
Lexie: Lexie
came to live with us in January and has been a lovely full time addition. She is beautiful, kind, loving and
helpful. She is a straight A student and
plays the guitar, piano and just auditioned for and made the high school choir
for next year. She is very talented,
sweet and caring. We love having her
here full time.
Editors note:
I don’t know exactly how I’m going to support Bray and Lexie fully next
year in High School as they will be attending Cedar High School---rivals of the
High School Brian and I attended. GO
PINE VIEW!!!
Ahem…
Savannah: She is beautiful, smart, a great helper,
loves animals, and I’m sure she would be that cowgirl that my dad always wanted
me to be if we only had a horse… She
loves school and is doing 5th grade math (she’s in third grade) and
got to dissect a frog the other day in science.
Ewwwww….Ian: He is loving his new school. He loves that his new teacher doesn’t yell and it has made a big difference in how he feels about school and it shows at home too. He is very loving, active, energetic, happy, talkative, smart and sweet. He just started collecting Pokemon cards and that keeps him quite entertained. That’s a quiet activity and so mom loves his new hobby too.
Abby: Most of her siblings prayers include “blessing Abby that she will be good for mommy and won’t get into our stuff”. I think she is going to be a scientist one day. That or a comedian. She is always on the move, painting the bathroom mirrors with toothpaste, or bathing in the bathroom sink, or getting into her siblings stuff, or snuggling with mommy, or watching her favorite show “Diego”, or …phew! She keeps me on my toes. I can’t wait for her to go to school…
Blending a family can be hard and takes a while for kids to adjust to their new roles, but I have to say that Bray and Lexie are so wonderful and set such a good example, that as difficult as it can be, or maybe should be, I know my kids’ lives are blessed for having them as older siblings.
We love living in “southern Utah” because when we do want warmth, we drive 45 minutes and we get out of the cold.
We look forward to the reunion and hope to see everyone there. I’m excited to show my hubby and his kids Star Valley. I know they will love it.
I’m excited for what 2012 brings. Love you all.
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