Here's what we were up to in 2006

Ok so this was part of our Christmas letter that I didn't get out to very many people including family - sorry! I am trying not to post anything that could be an identity "threat"

It is hard to believe another year has come and gone. As you can tell by the picture we have added to our family. Kara was born in November. She weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 ½ inches long. For the most part she is a good baby. Teri has really enjoyed buying lots of pink and keeping bows in her hair.

Trent just celebrated his fifth birthday. He attends pre-school 3 times a week and likes learning. He played soccer this past fall (Ray was his coach) and took swimming lessons during the summer. Trent is really into pirates and treasures these days. He likes to draw and make presents for people. He spends most of the day playing with Tyler. They like to build forts with the couch cushions, (even though mom would rather that they didn’t) play star wars and search for treasures. Trent is very good to share with Tyler and pretty much automatically gives half of any treat he receives to Tyler. His newest favorite way to help mom is to set the table for dinner.

Tyler turned 3 in September. He loves playing with Trent all day and loves when his dad comes home. He likes to play baseball in the basement with Ray. He has a "T" that he can hit the ball off of and Ray will pitch to him as well. He runs around the bases and likes to slide. Tyler is learning what money is, to him a quarter equals 1 can of pop at dad’s work. He always wants to go to "dad’s work" to get a pop. Tyler likes to hum, sing and make sound effects. His favorite songs lately are "Jingle Bells" and "5 little ducks went out to play". He likes to have a light saber clipped onto his pants and a sword down the back neck of his shirt so he can pull it out and have a "battle." His biggest accomplishment this year was becoming potty-trained.

Not much has changed for Ray. He still enjoys working as a CPA. He likes to play basketball and go to Jazz games. He LOVES the Jazz. He took the boys (Teri went sometimes) to the Owlz baseball games last summer. He also has worked on the basement. Over the Christmas break he finished the storage room; now Teri gets to go through all her stuff taking up the basement and organize it. He also worked on leveling off the back yard and helped with the concrete patio and mow strip for our fence behind the back wall. He enjoys being dad and having a little girl in the house.

Teri is adjusting to being a mother of three. She definitely keeps busy with the kids, her accounting clients and Relief Society. When she gets free time she enjoys making cards, scrapbooking and couponing. She is looking forward to the spring when she can work on fixing up the front yard (it was very neglected last year because she was pregnant) and getting bushes and flowers planted behind the retaining wall.