A look back

WARNING... This is my yearly summary of what's gone on with us, so it might be kinda long.

As the year ends, it's always nice to look back at what happened. For us, this year was definately a year of changes.

Ty is still in the Elders Quorum Presidency as second counselor. I think he mostly enjoys the position because he holds some power, but not all of it and the stress that that would bring. Ty also still is working for the city as the Budget Officer. With California's budget crisis, it was hard getting the budget done this year. He is learning more all the time and is enjoying his work. His favorite hobby is working on his 1973 1210 International pick-up. He has actually done a lot of work on the truck and almost has it so he can drive it (after almost two years now). The biggest project was replacing the old axels with new ones. He currently has 5 axels for the one truck. His friends call him the Axel King.

Kristi is still teaching primary. Most of the year she has taught the 10-12 year old girls. She really enjoys teaching that age because they actually grasp what you are teaching them. She has just found out she will be moving to the 5-7 year old class and is really struggling with it, but willing to try it. At the end of February Kristi started working part-time again. It was quite a change from anything she'd ever done before, but something she fell in love with. She is a nurses assistant at an urgent care center. It has inspired her to get her EMT certification with the dream of one day getting her paramedic's license. Kristi organized a family reunion this year for her family. Never would she have thought it would be so hard to get everyone here, but she mananged to do it. We had a lot of fun seeing everyone together. The last time her whole family was together was when we got married.

Joey turned three this year and I think is crazier than ever. She wears everyone out who just watches her. She is figuring out how to ride her trike (she doesn't like making the effort to push the peddles down), though would rather just play on her scooter all day. Joey lost her first tooth in the middle of September this year. She was playing in the backyard of Nana and Bop-Bop's house and fell down and knocked it out. Now she thinks it's funny to stick food in the whole and pretend it's her tooth. Thankfully she hasn't been too self-conscience of it. Joey and Kristi went camping with her family up at Sherwin Creek, by Mammoth, and had fun. I think we may try to camp there every summer now.

Our Jetta was recently returned to VW!!!! We started the process almost a year ago about getting it returned due to all the safety problems we've had. It's nice that it is gone. So now we have a new Ford Flex. We just took our first long trip in it, and it was so nice and comfy! I highly recommend one. Lastly our biggest change of the year came during September when we put an offer on a house. It closed at the end of September and we started moving in on Oct. 1. We are enjoying making it our own.

We hope you all have had a good year and will have a good year to come!