2011 Summary

Here's our letter summarizing 2011, which hopefully made it to each of you.  But just in case it didn't, here it is!

Dear Family and Friends,

After 2 moves in 2010, we felt honor-bound to move once more in 2011.  Our landlord decided to get married, move into his place, and not have four extra roommates.  We moved a mile down the road and managed to stay in the same zip code. 

Abby will have turned 4 by the time you receive this letter.  She already has the vocabulary of a teenager and even has boys at church that have crushes on her (daddy’s not pleased).  She still sings everywhere she goes, mothers her brother, and has a level of enthusiasm that makes our ears bleed.  Abby did soccer and ballet classes at the Rec Center and loves her co-op preschool once a week.  Her favorite part of the year was probably her time at the splash pad and visiting cousins and grandparents (cousins provide the fun and the grandparents finance it). 

Sam’s year can be summed up by his favorite expression, “I’m funny.”  His mother describes him as a “whirlwind of fun” and his father describes him as “happier than a tornado in a trailer park.”  He is all boy and has mastered the timing of giving hugs, cuddling, and smiling so that he can get out of any major punishments.  Sam loves cars, Cars, trains, and dinosaurs.  His parents are still amazed that in one year he went from babbling and crawling to terrorizing the neighborhood dogs, babies, and his sister.

Michelle has been busy with the kid’s activities, teaching a 5 year old class at church, running several mommy and me activity groups, and being pregnant.  Lydia Jane Zwahlen will join us sometime in late March 2012.  Yes, her neurotic parents have already chosen her name, her career, whom she will marry, and how many grandchildren she will produce and at what time in her life.

Roy managed to stay in the same job, if not the same the house, this year.  He enjoys his job and traveled to Seattle, New York, San Francisco and Montreal this year.  Of particular note, Roy finally passed the Virginia Bar and is officially licensed to kill…er I mean sue somebody (much less fun by the way). 

We pray that this finds you well and wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, memorable 2012.     

Love,

  

Roy, Michelle, Abby and Sam (and Lydia) Zwahlen