Once again December is here and it is time to write our annual family newsletter for the Year! What a busy year it has been with the Twitchell's as we just found out in the end of October that we would be relocating to Tacoma again! We just sold our house last week after it was on the market for eight days and we got five offers! We'll be closing on our house in January of 2010.
Andrew is such a happy go lucky boy who is a magnet for markers! He especially enjoys coloring on the freshly painted walls much to his parents dismay! He turned 2 this year and loves playing any kind of sports! He was really upset that Jaden got to play T-ball and he couldn't go out and play with him on the field. He currently loves playing with cars, trains and reading books!
Jaden had a lot of fun playing ponyball this year! He especially liked getting tickets for a treat after the games. Batting the ball was his favorite part! He also had lots of fun with his cousin Evan at Six Flaggs and the State Fair. Evan got him to go on rides that we never thought he'd go on! He is very good at math and can't wait for baseball to startup again!
Shayla has been a busy girl this year! She was elected to her student council, ran cross country and was on the honor roll. She loves to read, cook, play the piano and has begun to crochet! She also started playing the violin and piano this year. She loves crocheting scarfs for everyone!
Meagan has also had a busy year! She was a WEB and Leadership Representative at her school, and was in CJSF. She also has great grades, a 3.71 GPA. She has also read many books, her current read is Gone With the Wind. She is in a disbelief of how a girl could be sooo vain, it annoys the heck out of Meagan. She has also made great friends and is grateful for them. She enjoys writing and has written several short stories.
Tami has had a busy year filled with teaching piano lessons, teaching social skills through music in Jaden's structured class, carpooling the children to all events, scanning in over 700 pages of genealogy, and enjoying her church calling as the education counselor. She was sad to be released but grateful to have the extra time to prepare her family for moving back to Washington.
Larry enjoyed another year of being employed and being with the family since the travel time has gone down. Big year for football as a Steeler fan!!! Tami got him with a surprise “funeral party” when he hit the big 40 this year.....Yeeeeaaahhhh!!! He sold his old cars to pay for renovations on the rental properties, so someday he will be looking the fill the void. Larry has enjoyed being a ward missionary and working with the missionaries. He did research on his family history this year and found out that one of his direct ancestors, Benjamin Hawkins, was in the Mormon Battalion and discovered gold near Folsom Lake, which is not far from where we live.
Merry Christmas to All!
Christmas morning arrived all too soon,with Shayla and Jaden chattering excitedly to Mom and Dad around 5 am. By 8am Mom and Dad could stall no more, and off the children ran to open their stockings , one and all.
They played and played while mom and Dad wrestled with opening all the various plastic packaging. After a while, it was time to go,off to "Grandma and Grandpa" Taylor's for more! More gifts, more feasts and family with to play, twas a time of rejoicing and memories made!
