On April 5th we welcomed Amy Jane to our
family. Amy is the happiest baby, very
vocal and scoots around the house. She
loves to wave and clap her hands. Amy
has been such a blessing to our family!
Mary is three and a half and goes to the Chelsea
Co-op preschool two mornings a week. She
loves being a big sister and helping with Amy.
Mary was the flower girl in my brother’s wedding December 14th
and danced until 11 pm at the reception.
She loves glitter, tape, playing dress up and teaching school to her
baby dolls. Mary sings “Born to be Wild” while riding with
grandma Weidmayer on her gator around my parent’s 120-acre farm.
Emily is in first grade and has Mrs. Ingall for a
teacher. Her favorite subject is math
and she also loves gym, music and going to the library. Emily was a greeter and handed out programs
at my brother’s wedding. When she is
home she loves to build forts with Mary, ride her bike and play outside. A favorite tradition for Emily is making
Christmas cookies with grandma Jane and Aunt Lin.
This fall I cut back to teaching one class at Adrian
College so I would have more time with the girls. I was approached about a new opportunity and
decided to take it! I will start as an
Institutional Research Officer at Adrian College in January. I feel very fortunate that I will go to
campus one day a week for meetings and then work the rest of my 20 hours from
home. We have two lovely neighbors that
will help watch the girls when I am working.
Jim is enjoying his program manager position at
Consumers Energy. He often travels to
Muskegon and Grand Rapids for his energy efficiency programs. Jim just bought a smoker and is having fun
smoking various meats and food. This
summer he ripped out the carpet in our master bath and has put a beautiful
design of slate flooring in. Plus while
he was at it he built a large custom shower with slate, pebble stones and two
showerheads. It sure is nice having a
handy husband because there is always something to fix in our home, on our cars
or his tractor.
We still enjoy gardening and the outdoors. Lucy
enjoys her daily walks to the bus stop and playing with the girls.
Merry Christmas,
Jim, Beth, Emily, Mary, Amy & Lucy (yellow lab)
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