This year has been a monumental and blessed year for our family. In August, we were united with all eight children for the first time ever! (Joseph, our last, was born during Andrew’s mission, and when Andrew returned, Chandler was on his mission). Chandler returned from his mission in July, and we all travelled to Utah in August to reunite with Andrew. It was an amazing time! We are looking forward to our first Christmas together in just a couple short weeks.
Andrew (almost 23) is studying biochemistry at BYU (Provo) and working at a storage facility. It’s been great watching Andrew take on the challenges of adulthood and face them with courage and a strong will. He is going to do great things!
Andrew (almost 23) is studying biochemistry at BYU (Provo) and working at a storage facility. It’s been great watching Andrew take on the challenges of adulthood and face them with courage and a strong will. He is going to do great things!
Chandler (20) is home from serving his 2 year mission in Anaheim California. He is a freshman at BYU (Provo) probably majoring in Computer Science or some kind of Engineering degree. He continues to program like it’s second nature, and also has an amazing problem-solving mind. We can’t wait to see what impact he has on the world!
Jordan (18) graduated from high school and is at his first semester of college at BYU (Idaho)! He is majoring in Computer Info Tech and minoring in Music Performance and ace-ing his classes. We are looking forward to hearing him tickle the ivories again when he comes home (and share some original compositions as well!)
Seth (15) is a sophomore, taking honors and AP courses, learning to program, playing the cello, and making amazing progress on the piano as well. He has also begun composing music! He joined the high school tennis team this year and just beat his PR of 6:30 for his mile run. He continues to arise consistently at 5am each day to attend seminary in our home - he’s still at 100% attendance since beginning seminary!
Michael (13) is in his last year of middle school (8th grade), and managed to finish his eagle before the year ended! He is also in honors classes, and did well at the Delta Math competition in the spring, placing in the top 25 again. He also plays the cello in the orchestra. Michael continues to impress us with his out-of-the-box thinking and engineering skills.
Bentley (9) is in 4th grade and loves it! He enjoyed going to a few weeks ago (his first 3 days away from home!). Bentley excels at math, and is also excited to be in the upcoming school spelling bee! Bentley continues to wow us with amazing questions, and interesting bits of knowledge that he picks up and shares with us.
Clayton (5) is in Kindergarten and loves school! He is careful and patient in his work, and has the perseverance to work on a project or worksheets to completion. He loves to build legos! He is still a tenderhearted sweet boy. His reading skills improve each day and we love to watch him read to his little brother.
Joseph (2 ½) is a bundle of fun! He’s currently resisting potty training, but still makes us all laugh daily. He loves to “sing” and dance and loves all music .A couple of weeks ago Seth was singing in the church choir. Joseph gave us a good chuckle when he stood on his seat and cried out “yay!” at the end. He is picking up new words every day, and Mom’s favorite is when he grabs her face and gives her a kiss. He brings us so much joy!
Sherie and Greg continue to serve as early morning seminary teachers in our home. We love this calling so much! It is a great sacrifice of time, but the blessings are uncountable. Greg is working for Optum (of United Healthcare) and continues to add to his patent portfolio (moving up on the list of most prolific inventors!). We enjoyed finishing our basement over the last year and a half. 
Our family enjoyed a vacation to Utah in August (our niece/cousin Samantha got married our there too), and a beautiful week on Lake Michigan at a house we rented with family the last week of summer break. A family campout at Lake Higgins at the end of July left us with some great memories with good friends as well.
We are so grateful for this time of year to remember our Savior Jesus Christ. We love you all and send our love and greetings as you celebrate His birth and the light He brings to the world.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
With Love,
Greg, Sherie, Andrew, Chandler, Jordan, Seth, Michael, Bentley, Clayton and Joseph
