Our Christmas Letter 2011
Aahhh!!! Christmas is around the corner and I'm not as ready as I thought I was! Not to mention that this month is also Dave and David's birthdays. Aahhh!!! That means more grey hairs will be popping up on my head! Oh well. Life is exciting that way. ;)
So here's this year's Christmas picture and letter. Enjoy!
Our dear Family and Friends,
Welcome to another year of reflection and celebration of our Savior‘s birth. Wow, this has been a milestone year for our family. Dave and Jinky celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary; David kick started the year by getting baptized into membership to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and he also started Cub Scouts; Sophia started kindergarten; and Steven, well, he just got cuter and smarter! An overall wonderful year for us.
Dave continues to be all around awesome! A man of many hats. Our favorite of course are husband and father ..he’s the best! You won’t find him idle but always on the look out to progress in body and mind. This year he received 3rd degree black belts in judo and jujitsu. His self-defense program has been popular with The Girls Scouts and have earned a place in their annual conventions (look for him in city in January) for the second year. His self-defense program is well loved by his university students as well. His professorial skills (if you recall, he’s a criminal justice university online professor) have been acknowledged with increase in pay and number of classes to teach. Incredibly he juggles all of this, his full time job as a you know, and more around his family. Amazing!
Jinky is a happy wife and stay-at-home mom. She received a new calling in March as Visiting Teaching Coordinator at church. Like in any calling, she dove into the duty with zeal and passion. She continues to enjoy reading books and book blogging. Don’t be surprise if she gives you a book for Christmas! She recently vowed to be compliant with taking her blood pressure medication. Dreaming of eating healthy and exercising to fix the condition without actually doing them wasn’t cutting it! Reality bites!! ;)
David is now in third grade and continues to excel. Straight A’s again for this bright young boy and student of the month (December). Cub Scouts has given David a variety of life skills ..like working with tools, building, teamwork, cooking, community service, etc. He advances to Bear next month. He loves to play Wii and watch TV. He also enjoys reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He is a wonderful big brother! He continues to be an intelligent, kind, thoughtful, and sensitive boy. A true blend of his parent’s genes.
Sophia is thriving in kindergarten. She had attachment issues in the beginning but now makes it a point to count how many of her classmates she considers a friend ..had been 14 but now down to 4 (her standards are high). She is enjoying the world of learning. She is a sponge. She comes home wanting to do homework! Of course, she continues to be our very active kid. So much so that she had two trips to the emergency room this year …two scars stand as testimony to this. Laughing, smiling, coloring, and jumping are her specialty. A true delightful and smart little girl.
Steven is our second kindergartener (he mimics his sister so he too ends up learning the things his sister brings home, like spelling and alphabet sounds through songs). He hasn’t gotten the hang of potty training yet. He claims that he is still a baby, so there! He’ll get it eventually so no use stressing about it. He is incredibly adorable and curls his lips for a kiss that will just give you a smile from ear-to-ear! Ever down? See this boy and your worries will be gone! Of course, he is one sharp cookie too.
May the true spirit of Christmas be found in your heart is our wish for you. Know that we love you and also wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
Lovingly,
Us
So here's this year's Christmas picture and letter. Enjoy!
Our dear Family and Friends,
Welcome to another year of reflection and celebration of our Savior‘s birth. Wow, this has been a milestone year for our family. Dave and Jinky celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary; David kick started the year by getting baptized into membership to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and he also started Cub Scouts; Sophia started kindergarten; and Steven, well, he just got cuter and smarter! An overall wonderful year for us.
Dave continues to be all around awesome! A man of many hats. Our favorite of course are husband and father ..he’s the best! You won’t find him idle but always on the look out to progress in body and mind. This year he received 3rd degree black belts in judo and jujitsu. His self-defense program has been popular with The Girls Scouts and have earned a place in their annual conventions (look for him in city in January) for the second year. His self-defense program is well loved by his university students as well. His professorial skills (if you recall, he’s a criminal justice university online professor) have been acknowledged with increase in pay and number of classes to teach. Incredibly he juggles all of this, his full time job as a you know, and more around his family. Amazing!
Jinky is a happy wife and stay-at-home mom. She received a new calling in March as Visiting Teaching Coordinator at church. Like in any calling, she dove into the duty with zeal and passion. She continues to enjoy reading books and book blogging. Don’t be surprise if she gives you a book for Christmas! She recently vowed to be compliant with taking her blood pressure medication. Dreaming of eating healthy and exercising to fix the condition without actually doing them wasn’t cutting it! Reality bites!! ;)
David is now in third grade and continues to excel. Straight A’s again for this bright young boy and student of the month (December). Cub Scouts has given David a variety of life skills ..like working with tools, building, teamwork, cooking, community service, etc. He advances to Bear next month. He loves to play Wii and watch TV. He also enjoys reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He is a wonderful big brother! He continues to be an intelligent, kind, thoughtful, and sensitive boy. A true blend of his parent’s genes.
Sophia is thriving in kindergarten. She had attachment issues in the beginning but now makes it a point to count how many of her classmates she considers a friend ..had been 14 but now down to 4 (her standards are high). She is enjoying the world of learning. She is a sponge. She comes home wanting to do homework! Of course, she continues to be our very active kid. So much so that she had two trips to the emergency room this year …two scars stand as testimony to this. Laughing, smiling, coloring, and jumping are her specialty. A true delightful and smart little girl.
Steven is our second kindergartener (he mimics his sister so he too ends up learning the things his sister brings home, like spelling and alphabet sounds through songs). He hasn’t gotten the hang of potty training yet. He claims that he is still a baby, so there! He’ll get it eventually so no use stressing about it. He is incredibly adorable and curls his lips for a kiss that will just give you a smile from ear-to-ear! Ever down? See this boy and your worries will be gone! Of course, he is one sharp cookie too.
May the true spirit of Christmas be found in your heart is our wish for you. Know that we love you and also wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
Lovingly,
Us
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