2008 Christmas Newsletter

Here is a Copy of Our Christmas Newsletter that we sent out with Our Christmas Cards.

It seems like time has flown by once again this year… It’s already time for an update for our family and friends. Josh and I have been very busy this year. We purchased a house in Lakewood, it is an older one, but has a lot of character and we have so many ideas for updating it. Hopefully in 2009 we will get around to some of the bigger projects. We made an addition to our little family, Josh got a puppy for Emery, well, he really is a family dog, but such a Mommy’s boy- he sleeps with Emery every night. He loves to go to the Dog Park, which is really nice since it is so close to our house and we don’t have a fence around our yard yet. Our beloved cat Morris was hit by a car in September, it was such a loss. He was such a wonderful animal, Stryker (our dog) and KoCo (Emery’s cat) both loved him so much. Josh and I really wanted another cat and 2 days after Morris was gone, there was a stray cat at the Public Works building in Steilacoom, Josh went and looked at him and decided he was the cat for us. We named him Mosely and he very similar to Morris. I guess it was meant to be. KoCo is still very prissy and loves to cuddle when ‘she’ wants to. We both love our animals and wouldn’t know what to do without them.
Now that we have updated you on our children, Josh is currently a Sergeant Police Officer for the Town of Steilacoom; he is also the Assistant Fire Chief. He has been doing really well and enjoys spending time with our animals and playing his new Play Station 3. Josh is also planning to put up a fence around our house with the help of a few of his friends. We are also going to be putting in new flooring down stairs that Josh is planning to accomplish sometime soon. =) He is becoming quite the handy-man around the house. Shortly after we moved into our house, Josh also got a truck. It is older as well, but a very good work truck, and as Josh says, “You can’t have a house without a truck.” I think that was a good line that he came up with to convince me that he ‘needed’ a truck. It has been a very nice convenience to have a truck. So I guess he was right. =) Josh is also getting everything in order to start his lawn and garden care business next year. We have purchased a lot of the equipment and are trying to get everything organized so it will run smoothly. Hopefully Emery will learn how to run the books as well, and maybe even help with some of the work.
Emery has been very busy as well this past year. She has decided to go to Nursing School in April 2009 (still waiting to hear back from the school as to whether she got in…) She will go through the LPN school with the military and then get her RN at either PLU or a nearby Community College. She then would really like to work in Labor and Deliver at a hospital. Emery is currently working for Charles River Clinical Services in Tacoma and is learning a lot about medical research. It is a very good company with plenty of room for growth. She is still in the Army Reserves and just Re-Enlisted in September for another 6 years. Emery is continuing to Volunteering for the Steilacoom Fire Department (3 years in February 2009) and babysitting 2 children that she absolutely adores once a week. Emery loves spending time at home with the ‘kids’ and scrapbooking. She recently got her 1st sewing machine and her very own craft room. When Josh got his truck Emery also wanted a new car, so we got her BMW. Emery has also been quite the Party Planner this year; she was in-charge of her Army Reserve Holiday Social and hosted the Police and Volunteer Fire Fighters Holiday Party. She is definitely ready for a few days of while her Mom is visiting from Texas. =)
We hope all is well with you and your families.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Emery, Josh, Stryker, KoCo & Mosely