The workings, joys and havoc of one mother's mind from raising three boys all close in age...
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Jackisms
Daddy picked up Jack just before Christmas from Preschool. Jack marched out of school with his latest accomplishment in hand and presented it to Garry. Jack proceeded to tell daddy "I made you and mommy a Christmas present" Daddy said "thanks, we will wait until Christmas to open it" Jack smiled and said "it's a green Christmas tree, but you can't look!"
2008 Christmas Letter
December 17th, 2008
Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas! I hope this letter finds you in good health and good spirits this holiday season. 2008 has been a challenging and rewarding year for us. First was the arrival of our beautiful boy, Griffin Brahm, who is now 7 months old! He is a sweet and happy boy, he loves to laugh out loud, he loves to be rough housed and he ADORES his big brother Jack. Jack seems to have taken to Griffin just as well. Many commented that Jack was in for a real “shocker” but that has not been the case. Jack is very loving towards Griffin, he sings for Griffin when he cries, brings him toys, climbs into his crib and often asks if I can bring Griffin to wherever he is, just to play! It makes both Garry and I very proud. Jack is attending preschool at St. Luke’s in town, his class consists of 5 kids and he looks forward to his days there! His Christmas concert is this Friday and we are all excited, he is getting so big.
So then came the big move! Garry was promoted and we decided to take the offer. Garry spent many nights here in Ogallala, while we were back in Fort Collins, which couldn’t have been at a more difficult time, with a 4 month old that had decided night time was not his favorite time to sleep. So, Garry found a furnished rental home by Lake Maconaughey and off we went.
Now we practice patience. We have found our new home, signed a purchase agreement and are working with the relocation company to finalize the move. We hope to close on the house early next year. We love our potential new home and have named it “The Golden Peacock”. It was built in 1956 and has all the original fixtures including an enormous Gold Peacock on the brick fireplace. Needless, to say we plan to remodel the entire house and are looking forward to getting our hands dirty.
I took this year off from school to be home with the boys and plan to finish my last year in the fall. I am looking forward to getting back into school and hope that we will be settled by the time fall classes roll around.
So, that is our scoop. We are looking forward to what 2009 will bring and hope that we will have many visitors at the Golden Peacock.
Fondly, Maura, Garry, Jack and Griffin
Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas! I hope this letter finds you in good health and good spirits this holiday season. 2008 has been a challenging and rewarding year for us. First was the arrival of our beautiful boy, Griffin Brahm, who is now 7 months old! He is a sweet and happy boy, he loves to laugh out loud, he loves to be rough housed and he ADORES his big brother Jack. Jack seems to have taken to Griffin just as well. Many commented that Jack was in for a real “shocker” but that has not been the case. Jack is very loving towards Griffin, he sings for Griffin when he cries, brings him toys, climbs into his crib and often asks if I can bring Griffin to wherever he is, just to play! It makes both Garry and I very proud. Jack is attending preschool at St. Luke’s in town, his class consists of 5 kids and he looks forward to his days there! His Christmas concert is this Friday and we are all excited, he is getting so big.
So then came the big move! Garry was promoted and we decided to take the offer. Garry spent many nights here in Ogallala, while we were back in Fort Collins, which couldn’t have been at a more difficult time, with a 4 month old that had decided night time was not his favorite time to sleep. So, Garry found a furnished rental home by Lake Maconaughey and off we went.
Now we practice patience. We have found our new home, signed a purchase agreement and are working with the relocation company to finalize the move. We hope to close on the house early next year. We love our potential new home and have named it “The Golden Peacock”. It was built in 1956 and has all the original fixtures including an enormous Gold Peacock on the brick fireplace. Needless, to say we plan to remodel the entire house and are looking forward to getting our hands dirty.
I took this year off from school to be home with the boys and plan to finish my last year in the fall. I am looking forward to getting back into school and hope that we will be settled by the time fall classes roll around.
So, that is our scoop. We are looking forward to what 2009 will bring and hope that we will have many visitors at the Golden Peacock.
Fondly, Maura, Garry, Jack and Griffin
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