I hope this letter finds everyone doing well. I feel like this year we've had more prayers for friends and family who are sick or have lost loved ones than in past years. Here's to health and happiness in 2016.
Overall we have had a really good year. Always busy. I am at TI still and have changed jobs a few times this year. In August I transitioned to do overall training and product field communications for several businesses at TI. As of December 1st I was promoted to be WW Product Training manager for all of TI. I am very excited about this new challenge and look forward to what next year will bring. I will likely be traveling about the same as this year. Some international and some domestic. I'm also communications chair for school PTA and co-leading Kasey's Daisy troop.
Greg is still working part time. He's leading a lot of the Cub Scout Pack activities so he's very busy with that. He's also still helping coach all of Landon's sports teams. Of course he's keeping me sane getting kids to school and activities, running errands and making sure we have food for most meals.
We had a few very fun vacations this year. In March we took the kids to visit our cousins in Las Vegas. The kids had a great time playing with cousins and we enjoyed the visit for sure. Then we drove to the Grand Canyon for a few days which was neat. We traveled a little around and went to a wildlife park and drove through beautiful Sedona. After that we headed back to spend a few nights on Las Vegas strip. We got to be tourists. We went on a gondola ride, went to the top of Paris, Siegfried and Roy's secret garden to see dolphins, tigers and lions and went to see a show (Boys went to Blue Man group, Kasey and I went to see Michael Jackson One show). We all enjoyed the trip even though we drove quite a bit. For more details you can read the March Update post
Then in August we went to Disney World for the first time. We stayed on property and went to all 4 parks at Disney World. We also spent 2 days at Universal and enjoyed Harry Potter World. Landon has read all the books and we read the first Harry Potter book with and to Kasey so she knew some of the stuff. It was awesome, but parts were for sure scary for Kasey and some to scary for Landon. Lot's of 3D stuff flying at you. If you want to read more details - Go Here
In October we went camping for the first time as a family. Landon's cub scout pack went to Broken Bow in Oklahoma. We enjoyed cooking out, going fishing together, playing around. I had to leave early but the kids and Greg got to do some stuff on the water too. Fun times.
This December Greg and I will celebrate our 15 year anniversary. We are going to Napa Valley for several days to celebrate. One of our favorite places to go and we are looking forward to enjoying some time just for us.
This year for A&M Football we were in our new seats in the updated stadium. We now have 4 seats and we have seats with backs and arm rests which is great. We are also at top of our section so the kids can move around more without bothering others. We are further down the field than we used to be, but it's still good.
Kasey is now 7. She's in 1st grade. Her teachers theme in her class is monkeys. Kasey loves monkeys. She wanted a stuffed monkey for her birthday, she wanted a monkey themed birthday party and even painted a monkey at her party with friends. Kasey is taking jazz and hip hop dance now. She's enjoying both but likes hip hop better. She also started taking piano early this year and got to perform in her first recital in May. Kasey is also in girl scouts as a Daisy. We have a pretty low key troop, but I think the girls enjoy it. We are starting to let them plan more more activities. Our holiday event ended up as a Halloween themed tea with mini sandwiches, cupcakes and grapes. Fun! Kasey is reading better now even though she often tells us she can't read. Kasey had many firsts this year - sold girl scout cookies, went to Las Vegas Show (Michael Jackson One), went ice skating and loved it, did sparklers on 4th of July, rode bike without training wheels (pretty much on her first try), went camping and fishing, and went to Grand Canyon and Disney World. Kasey loves pretending and playing with toys, driving her brother crazy, helping people do things. She's started watching Hallmark movies with me which I love!
Landon is now 9 1/2, and he seems to be growing up very fast. He's about the same height as my mom and still growing. He's still playing sports year round. In the spring and fall he played baseball and soccer. Landon is playing catcher, short stop and 3rd base in baseball. In soccer he plays midfield and forward. This summer and winter he's playing indoor soccer and basketball. In addition to sports Landon is now a Weebelo 1 in cub scouts. And because he didn't have enough going on he also started piano this summer. Earlier in the year both Landon and Kasey did a lego after school activity once a week building different things each week. Now Landon is doing a programming class using Scratch that he really enjoys. He comes home and wants to work on in creating various things like simple game or animals that make sounds and move. Landon also had some firsts this year - augmented reality experience with Marvel, Las Vegas show (Blue Man Group), first overnight camp with Weebelos camp and Allaso Ranch (they had Star Wars Theme), camping at Broken Bow, fishing, sparklers at 4th of July, programming, seeing Grand Canyon and Disney World. Landon enjoys playing Xbox with friends (or his sister when he has to), playing outside, playing math games and programming, & reading. Landon and I enjoy watching superhero movies and shows like the Librarians and The Flash together. He still has many legos and unfortunately they are spread across much of our upstairs.
Love, Dana, Greg, Landon, Kasey & Patch Myers
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