Christmas Letter 2009

This year, I was debating about wether or not I should write and send a Christmas letter to friends and family. After a long conversation with myself, weighing all the pro's and con's, I decided to post it here in one small effort to reduce paper consumption. So, here goes:
Matt continues to be the hard worker in the family, and enjoys singing in the church band. It is fun to see him enjoy himself doing something that he is talented at. He is still serving on the school board and finds it challenging and interesting to be part of such an amazing group.
Saylor is now 9 years old, plays the violin and competes on the Tigershark swim team. She is really a great kids, who is ready to chime in with a quick compliment! She is active on the her elementary school's student council and loves to read.
Tagg is now 7 years, plays the piano and also competes on the swim team. He continues to be our quick witted child that you just have to laugh with. He loves to play games and is surprisingly sweet and tender hearted. He told his student teacher that will be finished this week that he hopes Christmas doesn't come because then he will be gone.
I will be taking my last class in graduate school on my adventure of becoming a counselor. I am currently working on my internship hours at an elementary and middle school outside of Hastings. I continue to get my Iv of IGG every 3 weeks and remain, for the most part, healthy.

One story to share, this morning, I was coming upstairs after running on the treadmill to see Saylor and Tagg with huge grins. They were anxious to tell me about their future life plans that they had hammered out. Saylor has decided that as an adult she will be moving to Myrtle Beach, SC to become an artist and paint pictures of the ocean every day. Tagg decided that he would move with Saylor and sell hotdogs on the beach. Saylor explains that Tagg can't live with her for free, so he will be paying her rent. Tagg was really excited about all the money he would be making, as everyone wants to eat a hotdog at the beach! Furthermore, he wants to adopt 2 children, because he is NOT getting married, for the purpose of running the hotdogs all over the beach. They don't need to go to school. Here's hoping that 2010 will find us on a beach, painting the ocean and eating a hotdog.