Merry Christmas! I hope all of your families enjoyed the Christmas holiday, and have some exciting plans for the New Year.
We had a really fun, crazy Christmas with Matt's side of the family in Chicago. There are six grandkids now on his side, all of them 3 and under, so it was quite a riot at times. But it was tons of fun - the cousins got along great, the Christmas Eve service was beautiful, the adults enjoyed a ping-pong/kick-a-shay/euchre/marbles tournament, and we were able to run the kids around in a gym on Christmas day to tire them out.
We are heading down to Springfield to celebrate Christmas with my family on Monday, so I am really looking forward to that. Liz and Marc and little Drew will be down there as well, so we'll all be together.
Another bit of news - Matt accepted a sports medicine fellowship at UConn for the academic year 2009-10 (yep, another year of training), so we will be moving to Hartford, CT in about a year and a half. It's only a year, and then we expect to come back towards the midwest when Matt starts his practice. He is really excited about the fellowship and being able to cover all the UConn athletic teams, and I am excited to explore a new part of the country.
Here are a bunch of pictures from the last couple months so you can catch up with the kids. Luke is ridiculously tall still, and Hailey is quite petite but makes up for it with spunk. :-)
The kids at Halloween...Luke as Thomas, and Hailey the octopus.
I went to a conference in Orlando with Matt....
This is what I did all day.
Liz and I with the turkey at Thanksgiving.
Grandpa Rick and all the kiddos in their Mizzou gear - maybe next year....
The kids with Santa
Matt and Luke cutting down our Christmas tree
Hailey and Santa at a party we went to - she was quite smitten by him.
Getting together with friends in Chicago
Christmas morning! Hailey found her present fast!
1 comment:
Just thinking about you guys. the kids look adorable! Congrats on the fellowship for Matt... bummer you guys will be moving.
Post a Comment