Merry Christmas! December
2011
As you might remember from last year’s Christmas Letter, we were
wondering if it were possible for us to have an entire year go by without some
major life change. Well, God seems to have allowed 2011 to be it! After several
years of changes—graduation, promotions, buying houses, unemployment,
relocating to Texas, new jobs, buying a dog, having a baby--we are happy to say
that 2011 was fairly boring and for that we are extremely grateful!
The only negative about the past year is all the illness and injury
this house has seen! Sena has had two root canals, a crown, 5 fillings fixed, a
sprained ankle, an unexplained rash, and three bouts of a nasty stomach bug.
And those are just the most note-worthy things! Seth shared one of the stomach
bugs, but was otherwise perfectly healthy and uninjured. Austin, however, has
had nearly every single virus possible—Croup, Hand, Foot, & Mouth,
Herpangina, possible Chicken Pox, as well as other, more minor colds and such. Sena
is extremely glad, though, that he never caught any of the stomach bugs! ;-)
In the spring of 2011, the immediate Spofford Family went on another
vacation together. This time we went to Austin, TX. It was great to take Austin
to Austin for his first vacation! We had a blast together as a family--we
rented a house together, so all 10 of us could hang out at our leisure in
addition to sightseeing around Austin. Seth, Sena, and Austin then took our
second vacation of the year by going to WI for a week. Sena hadn’t been home in
nearly three years, so it was wonderful, albeit emotionally exhausting, to see her
family and friends. We loved introducing Austin to so many people! He must have
travel in his blood because he was perfect for both trips! Seth and Sena then
took their first Sans-Austin Vacation by going to Fredericksburg, TX with
friends and renting a house there. Seth’s mom stayed with Georgia and Austin, and
we had a blast relaxing, shopping, and getting to spend time with our friends!
Seth is on his third year at Michaels and still really enjoys it.
He’s only been doing a handful of travel this past year, which has been great
for Sena. Because, though Sena loves her position as SAHM, it has taken some
adjustment (as does any new position). And, with all the illness and injury
around here, they’ve been really flexible when Seth’s needed to take sick time
because Sena needed to call in sick.
Austin, who turned 1 October 20th, 2011, participated in
his first extracurricular activity over the summer—swim lessons! He loved being
in the water, making splashes, ‘jumping’ in off the side, and ended the session
by being able to hold his breath underwater for 10 seconds! Starting in the fall,
Austin began attending ‘school’ one day a week at a local church. It’s
technically a Mother’s Day Out program, but he has been learning things and is
already bringing home different art projects they helped him create. He also
attends Bible Study Fellowship with Sena each Wednesday and really enjoys his
teachers.
Seth is now on our community’s Pool Board helping to restructure/save
it as well as being on the Teaching Team and Welcome Team for our Sunday School
class, and is the Block Captain for our street in our Crime Watch organization.
Seth got a bike for his birthday this past summer and has really enjoyed taking
long, lone rides on Saturday mornings. Sena continues to maintain the community
website (ParkForestDallas.org) as well as coordinate community emails/events.
The biggest hit this year was a Community-Wide Thrift Sale Weekend that
occurred in both the spring and in the fall. Sena also creates the newsletter
for Crossroads, our Sunday School class. She still spends her ‘free’ time doing
crafts like scrapbooking and painting, but has added blogging to her list of
hobbies and thoroughly enjoys showcasing family pictures/experiences through
that venue (anorthernbellesblog.blogspot.com)!
We feel extremely blessed and are grateful for your love and support
during the past year!
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