Dear Family and
Friends:
Merry Christmas!
We hope this letter finds you well. This year has been really great for us.
We’ve been busy and have loved every minute of it. In early March, we purchased
a home. It was a long and drawn out process, but the end result has been
amazing. Shortly after we moved into our home, we bought a puppy. We had wanted
a puppy for a while and were really glad to finally be able to have one. Our
puppy’s name is Sig and he is a German Shepherd. We got him when he was barely
6 weeks old and weighed 10 pounds. He is now 9 months old and weighs about 85
pounds. It’s hard to believe that he is still growing.
Jamey
began the year by getting hired at Glen Canyon as a permanent Law Enforcement
Ranger. It is pretty much the same job he had been doing the past couple of
years, but now he doesn’t have to take the winters off! It was a huge weight
off of us. It’s pretty difficult to get hired permanently in law enforcement
with the NPS, so we’re really grateful that he was selected. He is still
working up at Dangling Rope, so he’s gone for the majority of the summer. We
are really glad to have him home for the winter. Besides working, he is busy
trying to train Sig, fly-fishing when he has a little bit of free time to go to
the river, and trying to keep up with Addy’s many adventures.
Stephanie has
been busy trying to make our house a home. It’s a bit of a fixer-upper, and
came with plenty of projects to keep her busy. She has been enjoying putting
her personal touch on it and refurbishing some of our old furniture to fit into
its new space. She is still enjoying her job at Glen Canyon dispatch. It is
crazy and busy, but very rewarding. In her ‘free-time’ she is busy teaching
Addy to read, practicing new recipes, and trying to keep up with Addy and all
of her neighborhood friends.
Addison turned
four this year. Four is magic number. Four means that Addy gets to go to
preschool. She absolutely loves school. She is learning so much and is making
great friends. She loves that school is her place, and she doesn’t have to
share it with mom and dad. She is a social butterfly and loves to be around
other kids of all ages. She is kind and patient and is very helpful. She is
looking forward to being 5 and being able to go to the big-kids school down the
street from our house. She is learning to read and is getting a lot better at writing
letters and numbers. She loves our new home, her perfectly pink room, and the back yard. She also loves that there are so many kids in the neighborhood to play with. After school, it's not uncommon for us to discover we have a housefull of kids. She loves to have mom and dad tell her how to spell words
so she can write stories.
We are grateful
for the wonderful family and friends in our lives. We are grateful for this
time of year, that we are able to concentrate more on the birth of Jesus Christ
and to ponder on his life and ministry. We are grateful for the sacrifices he
made for us and for the knowledge of the gospel in our lives.
With Love,
Jamey,
Stephanie, Addy and Sig Brazell
