Dear Family and Friends, Dec. 2007
Wow, what a year! We have a couple of big announcements to make. First, we moved to Price, Utah in June. After much searching for a new house, we finally found a large older home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and original woodwork. After pulling up a lot of carpet and sanding and staining, we have some beautiful wood floors too. I have also re done the master bathroom where I textured the walls and painted and Kyle added trim. We are certainly amateur home remodelers so it isn’t perfect but it will do! Our next big project is the kitchen which we have discovered has no less (and probably more!) than 7 different layers of wallpaper. Anyway we hope to get going on this project soon!
The reason for the move was that Kyle accepted a job with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as a Wildlife Biologist. He works with oil and gas drilling companies in their impact on wildlife. He spent the entire month of May in a helicopter doing raptor surveys (raptors are large birds like red tail hawk, bald and golden eagle, etc.) He enjoyed seeing the birds and the different countryside from the helicopter although it was quite draining to fly for 7 or 8 hours each day. He even got to take me for a ride from Castle Dale to Price. That was quite an experience! Since May he has been on the ground but has stayed busy and spends as much time out of the office in the mountains as he does in the office. That is one thing that he really loves about his job. He just received the calling to be Young Men’s president in our ward and has also joined a community basketball team.
Janell’s big news is that we are expecting a new baby in April! I was a little bit more sick with this one than the others so we thought maybe it was a boy, but the ultrasound sure looks like a little girl. We are so excited to get another sister! I have been called to be the Primary President in our ward so I have had a little stress with that! We did a Nativity play for our ward Christmas party and that went very well, thanks in part to my sister-in-law, Megan (the Primary secretary), who jumped right on the challenge to make most of the costumes! I have also stayed busy being a mom to these cute girls, decorating our house and making a family blog website which you can visit at http://www.kyleandjanell.blogspot.com/.
Jannika started preschool at See World preschool and loves to go each week. She loves learning and writes her name on everything and even copies labels off of cereal boxes and other things she finds around the house. She is quite a singer and sings almost all day long. She also likes to dress up, play with her friends and help me in the kitchen.
Kirsten is our comic relief since she likes to make faces, dance and use a funny mean voice when she gets mad. Her most common thing to do is squinch up her face and say “no, no, Gaka” in a scratchy voice. (Gaka is her name for Jannika). She also likes to watch Barney movies (don’t ask us why!) and play outside.
We are looking forward to this holiday season and are planning to drive down to Phoenix to stay with my sister’s family the week after Christmas. We are excited to see them and also the prospect of not being cold for a few days!
Our new address is 163 N. 200 E. Price, UT 84501 and our phone number is (435) 637-0442. We would love to hear from all of you!
Happy Holidays! Love, Kyle, Janell, Jannika, Kirsten and baby Beagley
Wow, what a year! We have a couple of big announcements to make. First, we moved to Price, Utah in June. After much searching for a new house, we finally found a large older home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and original woodwork. After pulling up a lot of carpet and sanding and staining, we have some beautiful wood floors too. I have also re done the master bathroom where I textured the walls and painted and Kyle added trim. We are certainly amateur home remodelers so it isn’t perfect but it will do! Our next big project is the kitchen which we have discovered has no less (and probably more!) than 7 different layers of wallpaper. Anyway we hope to get going on this project soon!
The reason for the move was that Kyle accepted a job with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as a Wildlife Biologist. He works with oil and gas drilling companies in their impact on wildlife. He spent the entire month of May in a helicopter doing raptor surveys (raptors are large birds like red tail hawk, bald and golden eagle, etc.) He enjoyed seeing the birds and the different countryside from the helicopter although it was quite draining to fly for 7 or 8 hours each day. He even got to take me for a ride from Castle Dale to Price. That was quite an experience! Since May he has been on the ground but has stayed busy and spends as much time out of the office in the mountains as he does in the office. That is one thing that he really loves about his job. He just received the calling to be Young Men’s president in our ward and has also joined a community basketball team.
Janell’s big news is that we are expecting a new baby in April! I was a little bit more sick with this one than the others so we thought maybe it was a boy, but the ultrasound sure looks like a little girl. We are so excited to get another sister! I have been called to be the Primary President in our ward so I have had a little stress with that! We did a Nativity play for our ward Christmas party and that went very well, thanks in part to my sister-in-law, Megan (the Primary secretary), who jumped right on the challenge to make most of the costumes! I have also stayed busy being a mom to these cute girls, decorating our house and making a family blog website which you can visit at http://www.kyleandjanell.blogspot.com/.
Jannika started preschool at See World preschool and loves to go each week. She loves learning and writes her name on everything and even copies labels off of cereal boxes and other things she finds around the house. She is quite a singer and sings almost all day long. She also likes to dress up, play with her friends and help me in the kitchen.
Kirsten is our comic relief since she likes to make faces, dance and use a funny mean voice when she gets mad. Her most common thing to do is squinch up her face and say “no, no, Gaka” in a scratchy voice. (Gaka is her name for Jannika). She also likes to watch Barney movies (don’t ask us why!) and play outside.
We are looking forward to this holiday season and are planning to drive down to Phoenix to stay with my sister’s family the week after Christmas. We are excited to see them and also the prospect of not being cold for a few days!
Our new address is 163 N. 200 E. Price, UT 84501 and our phone number is (435) 637-0442. We would love to hear from all of you!
Happy Holidays! Love, Kyle, Janell, Jannika, Kirsten and baby Beagley
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