1. The birth of baby Dana is, of course the highlight of our year. Being born in a small town brought on many red-neck jokes from Jason. “I think this is as close as having a baby in a manger as you’re ever going to have.” “Are they going to give you a rope to chew on for pain?” “That ER Dr looks like a caveman.” After it was all over, he said, “I liked this hospital. It was peaceful and uncrowded.”
2. Jason graduated with a Master’s in Accounting. I would expand on this one, but I think talking about accounting will probably put you all to sleep.
3. Levi’s proving himself to be somewhat of a remarkable child. When he gets a piece of candy, he usually eats part of it, and hands the rest back saying he doesn’t want to eat too much or it’ll rot his teeth and make him feel sick. Jason thinks Erin is brainwashing him. Erin thinks she is teaching him.
4. Jason sold alarms again this summer on the East Coast. We lived literally right on the beach. Our apartment also had a pool. Too bad our children are too young to remember the summer they were totally spoiled.
5. Beach-front property gave us easy access to the boardwalk, where Levi learned to scooter. He got pretty dang good, going fast and doing tricks. Everyone stopped to ask, “How old is he? He’s good!” Once a man said, “Did you know your son is famous? Everyone is talking about the baby on the scooter!”
6. Erin is steadily increasing the health of the family, by coercing, I mean serving the family more and more nutritious meals. Mostly meatless, lots of whole grains and veggies, serving up homemade yogurt and green smoothies, a daily dose of raw garlic, and most recently drinking cayenne pepper – good for the heart. Ha ha. Just be glad you’re not in our family. Erin hopes next year there will be many more quirky diet tricks she can add to this list.
7. We just moved into a townhome where we are renting, looking for a home to buy. This was our 14th move in our 4 years of marriage. We are hoping that move #15 will be into our first real home, where we will actually live for an entire year! I can’t even really imagine a whole year without moving…
8. Dana is a million dollar smile baby. When people look at her, she usually gives them such a big smile, they think (and say), “Gee! She really likes me!” And they walk away smug. Dana is also learning to crawl, and just got her first tooth (yesterday, actually).
9. Jason started his career at a public accounting firm. He is really liking it, trying to squeeze in time to study for the CPA exam. We are grateful for his job in this economy.
10. Some lights went out on our tree, and Santa came and took the tree to his workshop to fix them! Jason is having so much fun this year with Levi finally big enough to understand the concept of Santa. Dana, on the other hand, is (partially) getting Levi’s old toys wrapped up under the tree.
We are so grateful to have all of you for family and friends. We are so grateful for the Savior and his birth that we get to celebrate this time of year. Merry Christmas!
Love,
Jason, Erin, Levi, and Dana
