Christmas
Letter for our online friends. Photos are links in the letter……..
December
2002
Dear
Friends and Family,
Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! We hope
all is well with you and your loved ones. What a busy year this has been!!
In
March, we enjoyed spring break by taking a weeklong ski trip to Steamboat
Springs, Colorado. The weather and the
snow were perfect. Unfortunately,
Barbara injured her back on the first day and could not ski the rest of the
week. She was forced to spend the week
having massages and manicures, and reading books in Starbucks. Dave and the boys, however, had a great time
skiing. It was a good thing Barbara didn’t try to keep up with them because
they spent most of the week skiing double black diamonds.
When
we returned from spring break, Barbara signed up to run for the school
board. She worked day and night on her
campaign. She was very fortunate to win
and she loves her new responsibilities.
During this time, Dave’s parents came to celebrate Dave’s birthday. We had a lovely visit with them.
During
the last month of school, both boys started spring football training. This kept
them busy and out of trouble. Before we
knew it, the boys were taking finals and another school year was finished. As soon as school was over, the whole family went to Brady, Texas to participate in our
church’s youth summer work camp. This was a wonderful week -lots of hard work,
but also lots of fellowship and love.
We definitely plan to participate again next summer.
Daniel
decided he needed a summer job and was very fortunate to work for Fretz
Construction Company. Not only did he
learn a lot and have a fabulous summer building things, he had a great
time. Chris went to Troop 599 Boy Scout
camp and Camp Ozark in Mount Ida, Arkansas.
At Troop 599, Chris would climb up very tall trees at night and put
wooden thunderbirds (the Troop mascot is the thunderbird) very high so no one
would be able to remove them. When he returned home he slept for two days. He definitely plans to go back this
summer. Chris also went to Camp Ozark
where he participated in all sorts of adventures.
We
ended the summer by flying to Worthington to celebrate Marj
and Roger’s (Dave’s parents) 50th wedding anniversary. The actual date was in September, but we had
to have the celebration early because of all the grandchildren’s school
activities. They had many friends attend and we think they really enjoyed their
big day.
Football
practice started when we returned from Worthington. Daniel played varsity and Chris was on the sophomore team. Both boys had a great season, and it was
heartbreaking to know that Daniel’s final season, as a senior, was finished.
However he received two prestigious awards at the football banquet, Scholastic
Achievement and Most Improved Player. Daniel also
received his Eagle Rank in Scouts.
We are extremely proud of him for this outstanding accomplishment. Chris is working on his Eagle project and
will finish in early 2003.
We really can’t believe that the holiday season is here again, but it is. We hope that you and your friends have a wonderful, happy, healthy and safe holiday.
