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Happy Holidays from Eagle Mountain! We are grateful for the
opportunity to pause to reflect upon our loving Savior and how much we have
been blessed this year. We have experienced incredible triumphs and some overwhelming
trials, and have felt the hand of our Savior through it all.
Here is a quick summary of our 2015:
Eleanor turned three years old in January and celebrated
with an Elsa cake and homemade pizza – her favorite. Eleanor also had the
opportunity to model some princess dress-ups for a company called Little Dress
Up Shop. To say she enjoyed it would be an understatement! She has grown up so
much this year and has become the best big sister. She is currently taking a
ballet/lyrical class that she loves.
Scarlett turned two in October with an Anna themed cake and
has turned into quite the troublemaker. She can hold her own against her sister
and makes up for her petite size with a very stubborn and demanding
personality. But her sweet hugs, kisses and endearing “I love you” melt our
hearts every time. Scarlett talks non-stop and absolutely loves music. Taylor
Swift is currently her favorite and she pretty much knows all the songs on her
latest album.
April spends most of her time chasing after the girls, but
she did pick up running this year and participated in two 5k races and her
first 10k race. She also became Primary President in our ward and enjoys
working with the more than 170 children in primary and nursery each week. She
has been working on Christmas gifts all year long and is excited to finally
have everything complete by Christmas.
Kevin changed jobs this summer, and now works for a small
document management company while also pursuing his dream of starting his own
business. Most of his free time was spent hard at work in the yard growing a
beautiful garden. All of his hard work certainly paid off and we were able to
can lots of salsa, spaghetti sauce and pepper jelly from the abundance of
tomatoes and peppers.
Kevin and April had the incredible opportunity to travel to
Germany for Kevin’s sisters’ wedding this summer. We visited Frankfurt, Furth, Nuremburg,
Munich, and Schwangau and had the trip of a lifetime. Highlights include
canoeing down the Penikt River, exploring beautiful churches, filling up on
delicious German cuisine and gelato, celebrating Lenette and Chris’s marriage, and touring the Neuschwanstein Castle.
The summer stayed busy with a family trip to San Diego to
visit April’s parents and a drive up to Washington state for the Anderson
Family Reunion. So many fun memories were made. We felt so spoiled with all
that family time.
Thank you for being a part of our lives and for all of your
love and prayers this year. We hope the holidays being you much joy, love and
laughter. Merry Christmas!
Love, The Andersons
