Christmas e-Letter 2009

The Young’s have gone GREEN!

Well, for the purposes of our Christmas Letter this year, the Young’s have gone GREEN! We hope you enjoy our e-letter!





SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

• Seraya’s starts FIRST grade and looses her FIRST TOOTH!
  
• Kaija starts preschool, gymnastics at the Little Gym, and becomes a SOCCER princess.
  
• Liam meets the Real BUZZ Lightyear, then dresses up like him for Halloween!
  
• Enoch snowboards and BREAKS his wrist then takes a BREAK whitewater rafting and camping with his brothers.
  
• Kerri attends a Ladies' Shooting class and BULLSEYE!

We’ve been busy this year, that’s right, B - U - S - Y! What have we been up to?
Enoch started out the year with a snowboarding trip and BROKE his wrist. Soft cast, then hard cast and several Dr visits later, he got it off just in time to enjoy the next season of outdoor activities. He took a BREAK and went whitewater rafting down the Wenatchee River with some buddies. Then met up with his brothers at Lake Williams for another BREAK...a week of camping/fishing. We appreciate all he does, boy, did he deserve that!

Kerri and a friend attended a Ladies' shooting class this year. She was really nervous a first then when it was time to FIRE she remembered that she has a pretty good eye! Watch out! Bullseye!

In April we just couldn’t resist, we took another trip to Disneyland! This time we went with our friends, the Weeks! What a magical place, it gets us every time! The girls dressed up like princesses and lived their own little fairytales as they met the real princesses they read about daily! Liam was star struck when he met “Ba-Dow!”, his way of saying “Lightning McQueen”. He also met Buzz Lightyear, his HERO.



Seraya had several FIRST’s this year. Her FIRST day of FIRST grade, her FIRST lost tooth and her FIRST time to get glasses. She loves reading and is a very detailed artist. She loves when mom comes to her school to teach art once a month!



Kaija started her first year of preschool this year. She loves doing gymnastics at The Little Gym and playing Soccer. She is a compassionate soul and loves to help whomever in the family is not feeling well. She has mastered writing her name and even adds an “artsy” curly swirl on her “j”.



Liam is a mover and a shaker. Leave him alone for a moment and he’s on top of the counter ready to jump off! He loves playing outside and wrestling with his dad. He has learned recently to tell on his sisters “Rar-rar” and “Ka-kak” as he calls them.

We enjoyed several camping trips this year. One of our favorites was a week at Steamboat Rock. Kerri’s brothers brought their boats and we played in the water and sand, played games, visited Coulee Dam and saw the laser show.

What a year! I wonder if it’s possible, but I hope we have an even BETTER, FUNNER, more MAGICAL one next year! Bring on 2010!

At the close of 2009

We hope this year has been good to you! We’ve heard the doom of the economy and hope that all our friends and loved ones are safe and secure. Please know we think of you often.

Please be our “FRIENDS”! Enoch and I are both on facebook, we love it as a way to stay in touch with many of you. So, please if you haven’t bit the facebook bullet yet, dig in...we’ll be your friends :)



Throughout the year and especially at this time of year we are thankful for the BABE born in Bethlehem so long ago. We are trying to teach our children to be giving, loving and forgiving as Jesus is. This year they each took a bag full of presents to the local foodbank for needy families. We’ve enjoyed listening to their prayers asking God to bless others, especially with jobs, food and PRESENTS! The other day, sweet Kaija said, “ Please bless the kids who get our toys that they will be fed…”

On that note, Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Love the Youngs!
Enoch, Kerri, Seraya (6), Kaija (4) and Liam (2)

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