Dear Friends and Family,
We hope this letter finds you well and
happy during this most joyous
time of year!
2009 has been another good year for
our family. We are very blessed.
Life rolls by, almost too quickly, and the
children grow and change
daily. The day by day changes are subtle, but looking
back over the
year, they are profound. They get taller without you noticing
until
they are almost nose to nose with you. They mature with each new
book
they read or lesson they learn. It is a wondrous thing to be
part of every day!
Life doesn’t change much for us. Court
is still our hero, working long
hours and commuting way too far. He makes it
possible for us to
have our beautiful home in the woods and for Molly to be
home
full-time to homeschool the kids. We just wish he weren’t gone so long
everyday. Molly’s days are filled with all those things that go into
keeping a
home for ten people, and schooling five students. There is
nothing else she
would rather be doing! What a joy to share their
lives!
Charlie graduated from high school in
June. He has enlisted in the
Marine Corps and leaves for boot camp in January.
This has been his
lifelong dream and we are happy for him, although we will
miss him.
It is hard to have our first leave the nest. It signals a new phase
of
life we aren’t quite ready for.
her mother. She
received the Sacrament of Confirmation in June. We are very
proud
of how seriously she takes her Faith. She is working hard on her
studies.
She is taking classes through an online classical academy.
She still loves to
read and seems to disappear for hours when she
starts a new read! She may be
ready to hang up her baseball cap,
but her career ended on a high note as a
pitcher on the All-Star
team in the spring.
Timmy turns twelve this month. He
is playing basketball this
winter and loves the game. He is still a reluctant
student, but enjoys
reading a variety of books. He is a great big brother to
his little
brother. He puts him down for naps and plays “guy” games with him.
It is so nice that they have that bond!
Regina just turned ten. She can’t
believe that she has reached double
digits, she keeps telling us. She is our
resident artist. She is amazingly
talented. She is also a gifted poet. It is
incredible to watch her sit
down and pen a lovely poem in a matter of minutes.
One of her
poems about the Blessed Mother is being published in our parish
bulletin!
Elizabeth is eight, which means she
finally graduated from a car
seat! Brilliant as ever, she is almost done with
fourth grade math
and reads constantly. She is also learning to type which she
just
loves. She is preparing to receive her First Holy Communion this
spring.
Clare is six. She is our beautiful,
fiery red-head. She has a flair for
fashion and loves to put outfits together
and to play dress-up. She
really enjoys being outside, and likes to convince
her to the
creek on nice days.
Teresa is three. Need I say more? She
is a handful but keeps us
laughing with her expressions and her condescending
way of talking
to us. It’s hard to discipline her when she is so cute! She is
the spitting
image of
at that age. Our main goal is to keep her out of
trouble, which she seems to
always be looking for, and dragging her
little brother into as well.
Augustine is turns two this month. He is
the absolute cutest little boy
imaginable! He is blond with big blue eyes and a
sweet smile.
Everyone just adores him. He is so busy, especially with Teresa to
lead
him along. If they aren’t fighting over something, they are getting
into
something. They keep things interesting!
That’s us in a nutshell. It is so hard
to share our lives in a couple of
pages. Life is good and we are so happy to
have each other, our
Catholic Faith, and good friends and loving family.
God bless you all!
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Merry Christmas Davis Family! It has been too long…hope to reconnect soon. God Bless you all in this most Joyful, Holy Season!
Merry Christmas Davis Family! It has been too long…hope to reconnect soon. God Bless you all in this most Joyful, Holy Season!