From our family to yours, we bring you Christmas greetings and holiday cheer. As always our year has been filled with many blessings and opportunities. As many of you may know, my Dad has found a sole mate. He and Bonnie Basting where married on April 2nd this past year. The two of them are very happy together and we are grateful they found each other.
We had several fun travel adventures this year. We spent a week in Wisconsin, primarily for Dad and Bonnie’s Wedding. We were also able to include an overnight in Door County, a first for Chris and the Kids. Our summer road trip took us to four California National Parks, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe and Devils Postpile. Chris also had a trip to Wisconsin for Cookie Lee. She was able to spend time with many of our family and friends. Our final trip was to Tucson, AZ as part of our Thanksgiving Holiday week with Dad and Bonnie.
Chris is doing very well with Cookie Lee Jewelry Co. She was promoted to Sales Director this year and has 29 sales reps in her down line. She loves the fact that she can have a rewording career that allows her to put the kids needs first and still provides an income. What a blessing. Chris is still putting her culinary skills to good use entertaining family, friends and her Cookie Sisters.
Nik is now 16 and a Junior at Golden Valley High School. He loves to learn and is a sponge of knowledge. Need to know any obscure fact, don’t ask Jeeves, Ask Nik instead! He is still big time into trains, and loves to travel on our family road trips. He is now lobbying hard to visit New York City, or as Nik would say, The Big Apple. We don’t have our 2006 travel plans set, but rest assured Nik will be there when we go!
Alex is now 14 years old and Freshman also at Golden Valley High School. His biggest passion in NFL Football, with the Jacksonville Jaguars being his favorite team. One of his highlights this year was seeing the Jaguars play the Arizona Cardinals in Phoenix over Thanksgiving weekend. Grandpa and Uncle Keith joined us. The Jaguars won, in a close and exiting game, even though Grandpa and Keith were cheering for the Cardinals...the nerve!
Catie turned 10 in May and is a 5th grader at Fair Oaks Elementary. She continues to be very involved in the Santa Clarita Ballet Company. This year she also got involved in our community theatre company. She played the role of Gatekeeper in their production of The Wizard of Oz in June. The group did a second Oz in the fall where Catie was in the ensemble cast in 5 different numbers. She is also a regular anchor person for the Falcon Television Network (FTN) the schools morning video announcement. She is quite the little performer.
I’m now coming up on 22 years at Quad/Graphics. I can’t believe it, the time has gone so fast. My friend Tom Ayres and I made our annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis for the USGP again this year. I’m still active in photography and Geocaching. Chris gave me a new GPS for my birthday, so look out Dave and Duane!
In closing, I want to thank my sister Julie, cousin Dana and Dad and Bonnie for visiting us over the past year. It means a lot to have family in the house, we truly appreciate it. Gods blessings to all of you. Praying for peace in our time. Happy Holidays!
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