Christmas Letter 2005
CW (Clint Walter) - Dad, Father, Patriarch, Loving Husband, Bread-winner, etc.
1. Lost 50 lbs. - how? - counting calories
2. After 5 years of working at home, bought a fuel efficient Honda Civic and changed jobs to ProPay Inc. in Orem, UT - where he works as a "Senior Software Architect" and loves it. (So far he has been able to listen to "Harry Potter 4, 5 & 6, Mere Christianity & The Great Divorce" during his commute.)
3. Enjoying the many blessing of his calling during his 2nd year as Elder Quorum President of the Crescent Ridge 5th Ward.
4. Coached T-ball for Jacobs team, learned self-defense Karate with Faith & enjoyed watching Joy creatively dance & loves Luke.
5. Spoils his wife by making all her dreams come true.
6. Favorite Christmas Present: New Siding for the house.
2E - Mom, Mother, Adoring Wife, Homemaker, Nurse, Chauffer, etc.
1. Lost 30 lbs after taking an "Obesity Management" course to keep her nursing license current.
2. Organized a duet recital in the Spring, quit teaching piano for the Summer and has begun teaching piano in a group setting with digital pianos this Fall - very fun!!
3. Enjoying the blessing and challenges in her 2nd year as Ward Organist and Relief Society Pianist.
4. Teaches Classical Composers for Faith's class, volunteers as a "Mom Helper" for Joy and Jacob's Kindergarten classes & loves to have Luke as a traveling errand buddy. Dabbles in home schooling, quilts, scrapbooks, and collects friends.
5. Adores her husband and thinks, "Who is this young man I'm married to?" - after he slimmed down.
6. Favorite Christmas Present: Time with my family and friends.
Faith - 8 Years Old - 3rd Grade
1. Grew 2 inches, cut her own bangs the day before school pictures after growing them out all year - she grows more beautiful every day.
2. Enjoys ALPS (Advanced Learning Program - school for gifted and talented), reads voraciously and enjoys books well above her grade level, loves Pokemon and letting her imagination run wild with stories she creates.
3. Ran a preschool in the summer, learned to keep her room clean, lost two gerbils and two hermit crabs and gained two black kittens, which she has named "Fuzzball" and "Soot".
4. Finished reading the BOM with her family.
5. Classes: Karate, Theatre & Piano
6. Favorite Christmas Present: "Chronicles of Narnia" book received at a raffle drawing when she drew her own winning number.
Joy - 5 Years Old - Kindergarten
1. Started Kindergarten at Sunrise Elementary with Mrs. Trantor who is, "The best teacher in the world!"
2. Loves to play and conspire with Rachel Megli - her best friend.
3. Finished reading the BOM with her family.
4. Loved Ballet & Creative Dance - looking forward to ice skating classes.
5. Vibrates in place, longs for the next family gathering, loves to be "in love" with any cute boy and is a ray of sunshine in her family's life.
6. Favorite Christmas Present: A fairy wand and wings that make a bell sound every time they move.
Jacob - 5 Years Old - Kindergarten
1. Started Kindergarten at Sunrise Elementary with Mrs. Cameron who is, "Sometimes nice and sometimes not." (She really is the sweetest, most positive teacher I've seen.)
2. Loves to create new "inventions" out of rubber bands, staples, legos and pink sponge curlers and calls it a "pig".
3. Finished reading the BOM with his family and prays the we will, "Be like the Nephites and not the Lamanites."
4. Loved soccer, said T-ball with "too slow" and wants to learn fencing (maybe in a few years...)
5. The best helper - He's the "Run, Go, Carry Man" - Announced he wants to be a contractor when he grows up after watching and helping the men put up siding on the house.
6. Favorite Christmas Present: He hasn't seen it yet.
Luke - One Year old on October 29th
1. All we can say is he is a gift and reward for surviving young twins - Mellow temperament, happy disposition - We're sad when he's asleep.
2. Loves everything soft and furry, learning baby sign language (good at signing "more" at the dinner table), and gives great open mouth kisses.
3. Finished listening to the BOM while dismantling his new favorite toy - the Christmas Tree.
4. His Mommy and Daddy are his world. Loves playing chase with Jacob, pulling Joy's hair & being hugged by Faith.
5. He always laughs, smiles, &/or reaches for Jesus when he sees Him in pictures.
6. Favorite Christmas Present: Being here in this life.
Merry Christmas - Thank you all for being part of our family's treasures.