One year ago this week we moved into our 1st home. What a difference it is to live in a house and not in an apartment. We are so glad we were able to do this last year.
Now onto what is going on with the family:
Irene will be 5 in Jan. She loves going to preschool and is looking forward to Kindergarten next year. She is the taller of the twins and loves horses, princesses, and playing with legos and playing games on Lego.com
Ruth and Irene are best friends. The joys of being a Twin! Ruth too loves Preschool and is looking forward to Kindergarten as well. She is the smaller of the two and two loves horses, princess and playing with legos and on Lego.com
Jennilyn is our smart 1st grader and is 6 yrs old. She is an excellent reader and is learning math and enjoying it. She loves to play ballerina and she has a lot of the same interest as the twins with horses, legos, princess and such. Of course they all share a room so that is not hard.
Dillon is our fun energy boy. He is in 2nd grade and just turned 8. Dillon was baptized on Dec 7th. He is enjoying cub scouts and he loves legos.
This year has been a roller coaster for Annette and Dan. Both of us have had some health scares this year. But we have had fun too.
The end of January we found out we were going to have another baby and were very excited about it, but a few weeks later we ended up in the ER with Annette in so much pain. They were trying to find out what was wrong and we heard the baby's heart beat, but then were told that it was another Tubal Pregnancy. They took her into emergency surgery. While they were there they found out that Annette had appendicitis and took care of that too. Annette is doing well and is moving forward as a mother of 4 kids.
In April Dan had a scare that took us to the ER with him. He has had problems with High Blood Pressure for a few years, and they were having trouble getting it under control. He started seeing a specialist this year and with a lot of hard work we now have his BP under control, but he is also now seeing a cardiologist and it has been determined that he has a mild heart condition called left ventricular non-compaction. This is a hereditary family condition. As of right now we just keep moving forward as there is not a lot of things to be done for it. He will continue to be monitored for it. But he is doing well and has lost 30 lbs this year.
In June Dan and Annette traveled to Minnesota to attend Dan's sister Annette's wedding. While we were there we got to visit with many friends and family. Dan's Grandmother also celebrated her 90th birthday while we were there and it was very neat to get to spend time with her.
The kids and Annette spent a week at Camp Tifi with Papa Jack and Nana this summer and we had a lot of fun.
In October Dan and Annette celebrated 9 yrs since they got married.
We had the chance of having both sets of grandparents come and visit us a few times this year. Also Great-Grandparents have come too.
In September we had a chance to have all of Annette's sisters come to Utah and spend time with all of them, and have some of them come stay at our home.
We are loving having a house and having family come visit.
Dan is still working at Sportman's warehouse. And has had a busy year with them. Annette is still enjoying being home with the kids, she has started doing some babysitting.
This year we have really been blessed and watched over.
We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
From Our Family to Yours!
Love,
Daniel, Annette, Dillon, Jennilyn, Ruth and Irene
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