To all of our dear family and friends in NJ, NY, UT, FL, WA, CA, CO, ID, GA, CT, MI, AZ, TX, NC, HI, VA, OH & NV:
Greetings from the artic tundra, I mean, Ohio!
We are so grateful for the many blessings we enjoyed this past year. So here is our Gratitude list that we would like to share with you. Thank you for indulging us!
Chandler
Earning 6 AA & 3 Zone qualifying times in swimming
Attending swim camp at Kenyon College (meeting one-on-one with the OSU swim coach!)
Trying football and getting in some good tackles
Working on Webelos badge
Feeling confident wearing a tiny Fastskin speedo (refer to picture on Dec 9 posting)
Excelling at golf camp
Finally getting to see the movie "Twilight" with mom
Having good friends
My Grandmas!
Christopher
Getting braces off!
Getting contacs!
Attending swim camp at Kenyon College
Ranking in the top 2 of his sophomore class
Selected to attend HOBY Leadership Camp
Working on Eagle Scout (with mom's help, of course!)
Working out at Gold's Gym with dad
Attending Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, NE
Having good friends
Sophia
Surviving a Master's Swim class
Retiring from a p/t job to spend more time with the boys
Serving as Board President of Leadership Clark County
Getting called to serve as the Stake Young Women's President (yikes!)
Earning my Eagle Scout
Visiting Jamaica without any ATV accidents (long story...)
Spending the summer by the pool
Visiting family in Utah!
Chris
Surviving the Indianapolis 500 half marathon (time 1:40.12)
Finishing the St. George Marathon in 3:58.20
Hiking with Jared in the Appalachians (however, not grateful for the tick discovered burrowed in the leg one week later).
Having a loving Grandma Kidd who lived to be 96
Working out at Gold's Gym and for buckets of protein powder
A few things that cannot be mentioned in this blog
Spending every weekend at swim meets and loving it!
A loving family and friends
There it is...hope you enjoyed our list. We hope you have much to be grateful for this time of year. You are all so very special to us and we consider you all a blessing in our lives.
Wishing you a memorable & joyous Christmas!
Love,
Chris, Sophia, Christopher & Chandler
4 comments:
I like how you colored that pic - how did you do it? Does this mean no Christmas card???
No Christmas card this year...trying to simplify. We changed the color of the image on our camera...just figured out how to do that.
You forgot to mention how great the boys are doing at their piano lessons! ;)
Merry Christmas to you, too!
Those are some good-looking boys!
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