Thursday, December 13, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012!



A copy of our Christmas card for this year:

To our wonderful friends and family,

Merry Christmas!!!!

We want to thank you all for your love and support throughout 2012. It has definitely been a big year for our family, ups and downs, ins and outs. But through it all, we are extremely grateful that we have each other, our fabulous extended family, and our friends near and far. We love you all!!

In June we moved our family into a new home, just down the street from our old one! We love our new home and are excited to have my Mom, or “Tutu” with us in a basement apartment!

Mr. Teaggers had a rough beginning to the year. While playing basketball with some buddies, he ran into someone accidently and ended up coming down wrong on his leg. Long story short, he tore his ACL, and both of his meniscus’ (menisci??) J  in his left knee. Ouch! He had some major surgery in March, and had to lay low for quite a while, which is definitely not in his nature.  By summer time, he was back to the gym for his daily workouts and stress relief and thankfully is now almost back to his former weight-lifting self. J Right now he is busy working hard for his family at Quadrant Homes, serving members of our ward as Elders Quorum President, and hanging out being a fabulous Daddy to his kiddos.

I have had a busy year raising our 3 beautiful children, trying to clean and organize our new home, serving as a Sunday School teacher to the 16-17 year olds at church, taking a ton of pictures for friends and family, and playing with my beautiful family. J I did have the amazing opportunity for a few weekend get-aways with buddies this year, which was extremely special for me. I got to go to Seaside for some beach time, San Fransisco for a wedding, and to Ashland Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival! Fun for Mommy!

Dylan and Lucas turned 5 years old in June and started Kindergarten in September (with their Mommy crying in the corner of course!) They have an amazing teacher and are having the time of their lives learning something new every day, making friends, and going to PE. J In April they began their first year of Little League, starting with T-ball. They had SO much fun and cried when it was over. They cheered for the Mariners during their sad season and cried again when that ended as well. J I feel like these boys have grown up so much this year; I can’t believe that they are already five and a half. Time is going by WAY too fast! Dylan is hilarious, always the comedian. He is kind and playful with his little sister, and loves to have fun. Lucas is a little quieter, but still playful and fun. He loves to read, write, and create new things. I am so proud of both of them and the little men they have become.

Miss Emery just turned 18 months and has officially entered nursery at church (not that she will really go!) J She is feisty and fun, always trying to keep up with her brothers. This girl definitely knows her own head and wants what she wants. J She is fiercely independent, but still wants her Mommy around almost all of the time. She is learning new words every day, trying to copy everything I say. She may eat more than her brothers at dinner time, and push them if they are in her way. J We all love having her beautiful personality in our family, and laugh all the time at the funny things she says and does. She is adorable.

We hope all of you have a wonderful and beautiful Christmas season! We love you!
Love, The Christensen Family

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