Hello family and friends:
I hope this letter finds everyone doing well and that you and your family are well.
We’ve had a good year. We’ve been keeping busy as usual. I’m still working for TI (working too much) and Greg is still working part time. I have been traveling a lot in US this past quarter, and glad to be home for the rest of the year. My role at work is going to change some next year, hopefully it will be a good change. I had my 20 year high school reunion which was a blast. Great seeing lots of people haven't seen other than facebook. I'm volunteering on PTA at the school and Kasey's Daisy Scout leader. Greg is in leadership team for Cub Scout Pack, and he helps with cub scouts and coach all the sports teams.
We joke that this was the year of vacations. Our biggest vacation was going to Brazil for World Cup in June. Greg went for 2 1/2 weeks with friends we travel with and was able to go to all 3 first round USA games and Japan vs Greece. They had a great time in Rio between games and got to go to Natal and Manaus. I was able to go for about 8 days. Friend Tracy and I flew straight to Recife. We were there a few days on our own enjoying the beach, caipirinhas and some site seeing. We got to go to town and watch USA vs Portugal game with a bunch of other Americans. Greg and crew in Manaus got stuck on a boat that stopped working, and got to sweat at the very hot game. Now when things go wrong we say that we've been Manaused. It was a great trip once we all got together we enjoyed more beach time and fun dinners hanging with friends.
End of July and early August we went on a family vacation. We went to the North East and got to visit friends that used to live in our neighborhood. The kids had a great time playing with their friends and we enjoyed visiting and relaxing. We first went to Doylestown Pennsylvania and got to go to Hershey Park and the beach in New Jersey. We then took the Kids to New York City for a few days. We got to go to Time Square, 9/11 memorial, M&M store, Central Park for a Carriage ride and the Central Park Zoo, We took the Staten island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty, and we brought in Smith and Wollensky yummy steaks, sides and even wine. The kids got to have Gatorade in champagne glass :) Then we got to see Top of the Rock and headed out that Day to Connecticut to visit other friends. We got to pick blueberries and peaches, Greg and the kids went on a huge maze in a sunflower field. We enjoyed our trip a lot.
I hope this letter finds everyone doing well and that you and your family are well.
We’ve had a good year. We’ve been keeping busy as usual. I’m still working for TI (working too much) and Greg is still working part time. I have been traveling a lot in US this past quarter, and glad to be home for the rest of the year. My role at work is going to change some next year, hopefully it will be a good change. I had my 20 year high school reunion which was a blast. Great seeing lots of people haven't seen other than facebook. I'm volunteering on PTA at the school and Kasey's Daisy Scout leader. Greg is in leadership team for Cub Scout Pack, and he helps with cub scouts and coach all the sports teams.
We joke that this was the year of vacations. Our biggest vacation was going to Brazil for World Cup in June. Greg went for 2 1/2 weeks with friends we travel with and was able to go to all 3 first round USA games and Japan vs Greece. They had a great time in Rio between games and got to go to Natal and Manaus. I was able to go for about 8 days. Friend Tracy and I flew straight to Recife. We were there a few days on our own enjoying the beach, caipirinhas and some site seeing. We got to go to town and watch USA vs Portugal game with a bunch of other Americans. Greg and crew in Manaus got stuck on a boat that stopped working, and got to sweat at the very hot game. Now when things go wrong we say that we've been Manaused. It was a great trip once we all got together we enjoyed more beach time and fun dinners hanging with friends.
End of July and early August we went on a family vacation. We went to the North East and got to visit friends that used to live in our neighborhood. The kids had a great time playing with their friends and we enjoyed visiting and relaxing. We first went to Doylestown Pennsylvania and got to go to Hershey Park and the beach in New Jersey. We then took the Kids to New York City for a few days. We got to go to Time Square, 9/11 memorial, M&M store, Central Park for a Carriage ride and the Central Park Zoo, We took the Staten island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty, and we brought in Smith and Wollensky yummy steaks, sides and even wine. The kids got to have Gatorade in champagne glass :) Then we got to see Top of the Rock and headed out that Day to Connecticut to visit other friends. We got to pick blueberries and peaches, Greg and the kids went on a huge maze in a sunflower field. We enjoyed our trip a lot.
In August, I took a girls trip with my mom and 6 cousins. We had wide age range, but had an amazing time. We stayed up late, enjoyed ourselves, ate lots of good food, and met some fun people. Great trip. I highly recommend it for fun girls trip :)
Then end of September/early October I was going to Germany for work. Greg was very nice and let me go a few days early to get to see some sites. I got to go to Salsburg Austria, Neuschwanstein Castle (castle that inspired cinderella castle), got to attend Oktoberfest, and see Marienplatz. It was a fun few days.
Greg has had A&M season tickets since 1994, and I've been sitting there since last game of 1997 season. We took kids to LSU game on Thanksgiving for our last game in those seats. This weekend they will blow up that side of the stadium to build up new one. Its the end of an Era, but also beginning of one :)
Greg has had A&M season tickets since 1994, and I've been sitting there since last game of 1997 season. We took kids to LSU game on Thanksgiving for our last game in those seats. This weekend they will blow up that side of the stadium to build up new one. Its the end of an Era, but also beginning of one :)
We still have Patch, she's currently at obedience training school for 6 weeks. She's learning to listen to us, and hopefully jump and chew less :)
Kasey is now 6. She graduated from Preschool in May and started Kindergarten in August. She has the same teacher that Landon did, and she's enjoying it. She's already boy crazy in a kindergarten sort of way. She thinks she's very fashionable (even though her outfits often don't match), and she's great at sharing what she's learning. She's started reading some and is slowing starting to sound words out. Kasey played soccer in the spring and fall. She played with a few girls from her school, and her coach was someone I used to work with at TI. Kasey was a good sweeper because she didn't like running, but by the end of fall season she was done with soccer. She's still in dance. She was in ballet and tap and had a recital she did great in around June. This fall she's taking Hip Hop dance. She's the youngest one in the class, but enjoying it. Kasey is also a Daisy Scout, and I am one of the leaders. We are enjoying it and fun to hang out with the girls and see them decide things. They planned our holiday party with Frozen theme, various snacks and an art project to make snowman artwork. Kasey has a personality for sure. She enjoys telling stories, doing art (loves drawing friends, family and our dog patch), she has a locked diary, and she enjoys leading people doing various things. She's a lot like me in a little body.
Landon is 8 ½ now. In the Spring he played soccer and baseball. He's now on baseball team with school friends which is great. Over the summer he took several Allen sports camps for baseball, basketball, & football. He likes baseball a lot but really likes all sports. In the fall he started playing kid pitch baseball and played soccer. He took pitching lessons, and I've never been so nervous for him as when he was pitching. Landon is enjoying school. His favorite subject is math. He was elected by his peers to be class Mayor and got to sit up front and ask questions to the Allen Mayor on a class visit. He's studying Ancient Greece in his gifted and talented program which he's really enjoying. I sent up my photo album from when we went to Greece and saw some cool stuff there. This winter he is playing indoor soccer and basketball (both new teams). Landon is still in Cub Scouts and enjoys doing activities with that. He's started enjoying more grown up TV shows - we now watch The Flash, some cooking competitions on food network, Castle and Star Wars Rebels. He still loves legos and creates different people all the time. He's also very into Mindcraft, and recently got some books to teach him how to do more. Fun to see his creative side.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year. May God Bless you this coming year.
Love, Dana, Greg, Landon, Kasey & Patch Myers