December 2019

 12/31 - We didn't do to much during the day.  The 4 of us went to early dinner at Blue Fish.  That's where Greg and I used to go for New Years Eve.   We went to friends party in the evening to say hi and have a few drinks then came home to celebrate with the kids bringing in the new year.   Around Midnight Greg got an idea to get tickets to the Winter Classic Hockey game the next day.  Luckily Grammy and Gramps were up at their own party so when we texted to see if they could keep the kids (they didn't want to go) they could answer :)

12/25 - Christmas Day - Kasey came in at 8:30am and said it was time for presents.   Santa brought Landon earpods and Kasey Peppa Pig doll house.    We took our time and got ready.  Then we headed to lunch and Christmas with Greg's family.  We had enchiladas, yummy dessert and then got to catch up with family.  It was a nice afternoon.

12/24 - Christmas Eve - I was up til about 3am wrapping presents.  We got up and walked Patch, got ready, had quick late lunch then headed to Grammy and Gramps place for Christmas Eve.   We started with Nachos and Margaritas. Kasey, Grammy and I sat on the balcony with Grammy's tree.  We ate yummy tacos, opened presents, and had yummy dessert.  Then we played a curling game that Landon got and walked down the hall to game room to play darts and poker. We all had a good time and enjoyed spending time together.

We came home, got cookies and milk out for Santa, the kids put reindeer food in the yard and it was off to bed for the kids.   I still got to read them the night before Christmas.  Kasey and I had watched the Santa Claus Movies - so she wanted me to say Scott Calvin instead of  Santa Claus.

12/22 - Today was our Girl Scout skating event.  We have over 150 people skating.   The troops got their pictures with Santa and each girl scout got some treats (made by the girls), some reindeer food for Santa's reindeer.  The event went pretty well overall.   Afterwards several of the families from our troop went out to dinner at Kelly's.  The moms go out pretty often, but we don't do it often if ever with our spouses.  It was a fun night.

12/21 - Kasey and I spent the morning prepping with my co-leader for Skating with Santa event that our troop is leading.

That night Greg and I had a neighborhood wine party.   We closed down the party which was fun. We ended up bringing all the wine bottles home to recycle - it was a lot :)

12/20 - The kids had 1/2 day today.   Several weeks ago Greg had gotten us tickets to see Star Wars.  Chip - our Elf, brought tickets.  Kasey was not excited, but Landon was.   We also made reservations to have a nice dinner after the movie at Knife.   Good steak dinner for the family.

12/17 - Kasey had an eye appointment today.  She is getting glasses. She goes from being excited to being nervous about it.

12/16 - It was our 19th wedding anniversary.  We spent the evening with Landon's Boy Scout troop 1299 - it was there 20th anniversary of when the troop was created.   They had several Troop masters and committee chairs from the beginning of the troop.  It was cool to hear from them what was important to them.  There were also several from the original troop and many of the boys who have gotten Eagle Scout through troop 1299.  It was a fun way to spend the evening.

12/14 - Today Landon finished up Regional workshop and they performed late afternoon.  They spent about 8 hours learning 5 pieces of music to play.  Landon enjoyed it but was pretty tired afterwards.

12/13 - Tonight we had our friend dinner.  We went to Knife and enjoyed good food, wine and friends.

12/12 - We got a text today that Landon will get to perform in Regional band this weekend. He was excited.

12/10 - Landon had his Christmas band concert tonight.  They got to play on the 9th grade stage which was nice.  He seemed to enjoy it.

12/8 - The boys got home from campout.  Landon was pretty tired.  Kasey had a Christmas piano recital in the afternoon and then she had an evening had a Pom Squad performance in Richardson.  She did well in both events.   The grandparents got to go to both.  Landon stayed home for both which Kasey thinks is very unfair because of all of Landon's sports games she's had to go to.

12/6 - The boys were leaving for a campout.  I got home to get Kasey and a friend.  We went to eat dinner then headed to the neighborhood party.  Always fun catching up with friends from the neighborhood, and the kids have fun running around.

Christmas Letter 2019

Hello family and friends:

I hope this letter finds everyone doing well. We’ve had another blessed year and hope you have as well.

I'm still working at TI, we are doing a huge project in one of my teams that will take over a year.

It's still fun but challenging. I did some traveling for work to China, Houston, Austin and the North East. This year I am doing web and VP of membership for the elementary school PTA and I am Treasurer for the middle school PTA. This made the late summer and fall really busy. I'm still co-leading Kasey's Girl Scout Troop. This year we are running a Skating with Santa event and the girls are working on their Bronze award. They have decided to make stuffed animals that they will donate to the local fireman and policeman (they use them to help calm kids in difficult situations). In the summer I worked at a local Girl Scout Twilight camp - this was mine and Kasey's 5th year to go.

Greg has been spending a lot of time training for Boy Scout Philmont trip next summer - its a big high adventure trip where they will hike 70-100 miles in 10 days - everyone has to train for it. He has lost over 50 pounds walking and eating better. He's still very involved in Landon's Boy Scout Troop doing advancement, adult training and organizing board of reviews. He's still doing clubhouse coordination for the neighborhood which can a bit crazy. This year for my team at work that is local Greg made desserts for them through the year. It ended up being a lot of desserts - we might need to cut back next year. For Kasey's birthday she wanted me to make a cake that looked like Patch. Greg made cake and icing on the way out the door for the weekend and I decorated the cake. I thought it looked pretty good :)

We've still been going to A&M football games this year at least home games. We got to go down for Thursday game just adults and made most of the home games.

We did some traveling this year. Spring Break we rented a big cabin up in Broken Bow Oklahoma. We had both grandparents and even the dog with us. We had fun relaxing, walking the dog, watching movies, fishing, and cooking together. We decided to book it again next year :)

While the kids were at Pine Cove Greg and I went to an all inclusive resort in Cancun for a long weekend. We drove through a storm to get to the airport on the way out there, and about the leave the resort at the end our flight was cancelled. Luckily we were able to get a little cheaper room online and just stayed at the resort one more night - free food and drinks and pool time worked out well :) After that we went to Seaside area in Florida for a week with the kids. We rented a house and enjoyed some beach time, good food, and a little shopping. Closer to the end of summer Greg and I took a trip to Napa area with some friends to celebrate a few friends turning 50. Always fun in Napa to try new wines, visit some old favorites and eat good food. We rented a house that had a pool and Jacuzzi which was really nice in the afternoons between wine tastings and dinner.

Over the summer, both kids went to sleep away camp for a week at Pine Cove. They had fun. This year Kasey went by herself and Landon went with a few friends. Landon also went to Tennessee and flew by himself to see a friend.

Kasey is now 11 and in 5th grade. She's taking hip hop with one of the other girl scouts and this year the girls are also doing Pom Squad. They have class each week and perform 4 times through the year including the recital. She really enjoys it. She's still also taking piano. Kasey is now a 2nd year junior in Girl Scouts. She's helping a lot with the Bronze award. At school Kasey has volunteered to do peer lunch helping with some of the kids with special needs. She's also in a Harry Potter club with the awesome librarian. Kasey helps us remember things often and keeps us on our toes. She enjoys watching YouTube and playing minecraft and Roblox. Kasey and I enjoy watching different movies and shopping of course.

Landon is now 13 1/2, and in 8th grade which is his last year of middle school so he's heading to high school next year. Seems crazy. Landon played football again this fall (right tackle and linebacker). He's decided this will be his last year playing football but it was fun watching him play. This year in band he is in the top band at the middle school (honor band) and he got All City and All Region. For All City and Region they spend about 8 hours with a visiting conductor learning multiple pieces of music, and then they perform for the families. We enjoyed All City performance, Honor Band Christmas concert then Regional performance. This year in Scouts Landon was awarded Life Rank which is the rank below Eagle. He also was awarded Order of the Arrow which is a prestigious award in Scouts. The boys are selected by leaders. He's currently Assistant Senior Patrol Leader in the troop. Landon and I enjoy watching some different shows together and have been watching Friends which enables some interesting discussions. Landon really enjoys playing online games and watching YouTube.

We hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May God Bless you this
coming year.


Love, Dana, Greg, Landon, Kasey & Patch Myers