Christmas Letter 2011

In the spirit of brevity, I promise to write a short Christmas update (as opposed to last year's).  Since I blog year-round, I'll just link back to previous posts, so you can read as much, or as little, as you would like!  How's that for an interactive Christmas letter?

Josh is 6 years old, in the 1st grade, and loving school.  Malia is 5 years old, and she attends preschool 3 days a week.  She loves it too. Micah is 3 years old, and he stays home with me.  I love it!

Alvin continues his full-time job at the hospital and as the pastor of Veritas Calvary Chapel.  He still loves to play golf when he can, surf a little, and spend as much time as he can with the kids.   I started out the year mentoring 7 private school teachers getting their clear credential.  In the fall I dropped down to 1 teacher, and now I'm officially done!  My "free time" is now spent on trying to finish our home projects :)

We took our big vacation this year to Big Bear (tons of snow!), and spent most of our summer swimming and playing sports.  We have been on a roller coaster journey to become foster parents this year, but it is a journey, and we are still moving forward. I am so excited to see what 2012 will hold (I cannot believe I just wrote those numbers - 2012!  What?!?)

See?  That was brief, yes?  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Velardes!