Christmas Letter 2015

We got the Christmas cards out today. At first there wasn't going to be a Christmas letter. But for some reason, that was a tradition that I just couldn't let go.

If we missed sending you a letter this year, I apologize. Send us your address and I'll make sure to get you on our list for next year.

Trying so hard to make sure Dave's hair is just right

These are the pictures we included on our Christmas letter.

Yeah, getting a good selfie with this crew is a challenge

Finally, a picture that will work!

And now, for the Christmas letter...

Merry Christmas 2015!

We hope all is well with you and yours. This year was a “shake-up” year for our family.

David decided that he wanted to spend more time pursuing his passion of fishing and hunting. He convinced Heather that this would be doable because he would work as a guide. It was hard work and he discovered that he didn’t get to do as much fishing and hunting as he wanted because customers expect you to get their rods ready, help them find the right spot to throw the fly, carefully stalk the wild game, etc.

Heather had an almost- change in employment. For years (ever since her trip to San Antonio), she has talked about opening her own BBQ rib joint. She wasn’t quite ready to go all-in so she decided to do things on a smaller scale, opting to do private parties. Next year she’s thinking about maybe trying to go a bit bigger and operate a food truck at local farmer’s markets and maybe even Pig Out in the Park.

Katelyn returned home from her mission at the end of August. She was looking forward to heading back down to BYU-I, but she just couldn’t let go of the dream of an internship with Disney. Unfortunately, she missed the application deadline for that so decided to take the plunge and try her hand at acting in the big city.

Carson is the one who had the least amount of change. He finished up his wrestling career with North Idaho College and continues his studies there. In his spare time, he has decided to train for the UFC. He is hoping to get some local fights on his schedule.

Ok, just kidding. It wasn’t really a “shake-up” year for us. Matter of fact, it’s just us doing what we always do.

Dave continues to love hunting and fishing. He would never be a hunting/fishing guide. It would kill him to have to share his favorite, secret spots with clients. He also continues to work at Advanced Input systems as a project manager.

Heather really does dream of opening a BBQ joint, but Dave isn’t on board with the idea. He says, “You don’t cook for me. Why should you go cook for other people?” Heather’s response is, “You would be guaranteed a home-cooked meal every night. It just wouldn’t be at home.” In the meantime, she continues to run, work as a school nurse, serve on the planning commission for our city, and NOT cook for David (at least not nightly, but usually on Sunday and two other weeknights.)

Katelyn hasn’t ruled out the Disney internship, but until she can apply for that, she has enrolled in Spokane Community College and hopes to be accepted into the x-ray technology program. Sadly, BYU-I did not offer an x-ray technology program.

Carson did finish up his wrestling career at NIC, but UFC is NOT in his future. Carson hasn’t quite finished up his studies at NIC, hopefully this spring. Then it will be on to university to get a bachelor’s degree in…?