Our Christmas Letter

Here is a de-personalized version of our Christmas letter. Hope you all enjoy.

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2008 Christmas Letter

We hope this letter finds you all in good health and good spirits.

This year was a great year for our family. As the country headed towards a depression and the economy suffered greatly, we made a point of looking for blessings wherever we could.

C. is still employed at the same company. He received a nice promotion this year and is the head I.T. guy for his own company as well as 2 sister companies. While this entails more work, it also ensures more stability for the company. He also is the leader of our Sunday school class at church.

P. is still working at the girls' school in the technology department. She is also still coaching gymnastics at the girls' gym. Besides coaching preschool and rec classes, she now helps coach the level 3 team. She is loving getting to be with some team girls. She also teaches a group of 7th and 8th grade girls on Sunday mornings.

J. is still competing in gymnastics. She is an optional gymnast and has “La Bamba” as her floor music. She had an injury earlier this year (stress fracture in her shin) that slowed up some of her tumbling work, but she has worked hard to keep up and stay in shape. Her first meet is in January. She is a freshman this year and is doing well in school. She received her learners permit and is helping do some of the driving now.

M. is on level 4 in gymnastics. That makes 2 competitive gymnasts in the family! We cannot wait for her first meet in January. She is in 5th grade at school and is doing wonderfully. She also decided to get baptized for her 11th birthday. That was such a wonderful day!

Between the 3 females in the house having team hours, there is at least one of us at the gym 6 days a week. That makes it difficult sometimes to have family time, but we squeeze in what we can whenever we can. We always make a point of trying to have a lot of fun together whenever we can. We got to spend some time at the cabin this year and go camping as well.

We love you all and hope that you all have a wonderful year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!