Christmas Letter 2012

The Leary Family
2012

A Year in Review

Alex (2 ½) has a developed an affinity for Erik’s Kindle. I would like to be able to report that he’s precociously reading books on it but actually he’s really good at targeting Bad Piggies with a bunch of Angry Birds.

Ashlyn ‘s (7) monkey bars got the best of her which entailed a trip to InstaCare. Luckily no broken bones and she scored a Happy Meal out of the deal. She also ran her first 5k this year.

Nathan (10) says he has been heavily recruited this year joining the ranks of soccer player, Lego engineer, violinist, pianist, and early morning scientist. He loves his busy life most days; the other days he’d really rather be engrossed in a novel, preferably about mythical people.

Erik (12) is the most popular kid at school, or so says Kiersten. We suspect it is probably due to his skills on the basketball court. He eats and breathes basketball. And then he just eats and breathes. And sometimes he just eats. One of his favorite things to read is the Taste of Home magazine.

Kiersten (13) became our first teenager. We are loving teenagerdom and love her and her infectious happy attitude. She finished the Book of Mormon for the first time, joined the brace face club, and has two piano students (her first job).

Missy* put together her first Primary program as chorister and can’t wait for next year (I’ve been in charge of many programs on the script-writing end). This is by far my favorite calling. AND, Alaska wasn’t as cold as I thought it would be (refer to Tyler).

Tyler* has put up with me for the past 15 years. To celebrate, I indulged him with an Alaskan cruise. He loved the wildlife, the crab, the salmon, the scenery, and the eat-whenever-whatever-you’d-like cruise ship cuisine.

*Our kids may think we’re old if we reveal our actual ages. I’d prefer they still think otherwise.

May the Christmas spirit find room in your hearts and home this season.