Days Christmas Lettter 2014

Pop(corn ) Quiz

The Days 2014 Christmas Letter

Giving you a little pop quiz this year, just because it is fun. Can you guess the right answers to the questions about our life this year? See how well you know the Days. Ready, Set, GO!

1.  Which of our children had a pet pig                                                           named “Wilber” in their class this last year?

              2. What was one of our ginea pigs named?

 

3.       Who reenlisted in the Air Force this last year?

 

4.       Where will we be moving this next year?

 

5.       What month did we sell our house in?

 

6.       Where have we been living for the last 3 months?

 

7.       Who Ran their first 5k this year?

 

8.       Name one vacation we went on this last year?

 

9.       How many times did our kids get punished this year?

 

10.    What club did all 3 of the older children participate in this last year?

 

11.     What musical did our kids perform in the theater this last year?

 

12.     What nicknames does mom call each of the children?

 

13.    Name 2 shows/events did Dave and Natalie got to go see this last year?

 

14.    How did we get tickets to most of these shows?

 

15.    Who is taking care of our pets since they can’t go with us?

 

16.    What is Dave’s Favorite part of his job?

 

17.    Who is our best friend?

 

 

 

Answers on following page!!!

 

 

 

1.       Correct answer is…… Marissa and Melanie. Last year they were in the same class and had a stuffed pig named Wilber. They loved being in the same class, now they are in separate classes, but still love playing together and are each other’s best friends.

2.       We had 3 guinea pigs this last year. So if you got any of their names you get a point. First was Roxy, but sadly within a few weeks she passed away. Then we had Brownie, and buttercup. They were tons of fun to play with, but sadly with our move we had to rehome them.

3.       Clue, it is not Natalie….. Correct answer is DAVE. The beginning of this year they were downsizing the military and our enlistment was up in the summer, so we enlisted a little earlier to make sure they knew we wanted to stay. Luckily we had no issues with the downsize.

4.       JAPAN! Yep, we are headed to Japan the first weekend in Jan. We are excited for this new adventure and the things we will be able to experience. We have heard great things about the people and culture there. We are hoping to learn Japanese and get the opportunity to see much of their country. Any and all are welcome to come check out Japan. We are free room and board J

5.       October, we put our house up for sell in June to make sure we had time to sell it. We had an offer right away but alas, that fell through. We waited a few months and then got another offer. We sold it and moved out promptly in October. It is weird to be living close to our house and visiting our friends on the street and knowing it is not our home anymore.

6.       Well, when we moved out of our house we made a last min decision once our rental didn’t work out as planned. We moved our stuff into storage and moved into a 2 bedroom extended stay hotel. We were cramped but the kids did awesome and were very flexible with it. We have the best friends ever and one of them invited us to stay with her. She has been amazing and now the kids have had a place to play and go outside. Much more space.

7.       Landon did. He did amazingly well. We ran it on Thanksgiving Day in Draper Utah.  He even beat his mom and dad to the finish line. I guess he is a natural born runner like his daddy. Good Job Landon.

8.       We went on a few this last year. We went to Zion’s camping, San Diego and to sea world, we went to our family reunion at Snowbird, We camped up at Mount Charleston, We made a quick trip to Arizona, We traveled to Northern California and on the way stopped and enjoyed the Sequoias. What beautiful trees. A couple more quick trips to Utah to see family and that sums it up.

9.       Who knows….There were too many to count. Although I must say that they are some pretty amazing kids and talking with them about the struggles and helping them work through them is one of the most rewarding things we see as a parents. They are truly stronger than we were when we were young and they are so amazing.

10.    Sign language club. Natalie has been interpreting for a dear friend Jackie and the kids decided it would be fun to learn more. So all 3 of them decided they wanted to attend the signing club and learn.

11.    Wizard of Oz. I know what you are thinking…. They did that one last year, yep you are correct. They have done the show twice now. This one was a children’s theater that came to the base. They auditioned and put the whole thing together in a week’s time. It was amazingly fast and fun. Thanks for all who came to support them.

12.    Landon- Land-O, Buddy, dude  Marissa- Rissa-Roo, Princess, Rissa   Melanie- Mel, Mello-yellow, Angel   Courtney- Monkey, ABU

13.    We have been lucky and got to see many different shows, we saw blue man group, Penn and teller, KA, Jersey boys, and we will get to see Recycled percussion before we leave. We also have seen the air show, the CMA’s tribute to the troops (which we were on TV.) drag racing, and small airplane races.

14.    Most of the shows we received tickets through the base or by donating blood every few months we were able to get tickets to shows. It was amazing.

15.    We have our neighbor Jackie who wanted our little dog. It is fun to still see him some. We have one of my best friends from high school take our big dog. They have a dog and it gave her a buddy to play with. All I can say is “We have the best friends in the world”

16.    Dave loves his job but his favorite part is serving others. He love to help out people in need and his job makes it so that he can provide service for a great number of people.

17.    Our best friend is each other. And we try with all our heart to include the Savior, Jesus Christ in all our relationships. We try to emulate him in all that we do and hope we can share his spirit with all we meet.  We don’t always do the right thing and we have to be humble enough to recognize that, but we try hard to emulate Jesus Christ in all that we do. We try to serve one another and find those in need. We also try to forgive. We are not perfect in our families we make mistakes, but that is why there is forgiveness. We try hard to move past the bad and get back to the good. We hope and pray that your Christmas is one where you feel Gods love for you.

 

Merry Christmas, See you on the flip side! We are off to Japan!

 

Mataauhimade 

(Till we meet again)

 

The Days

        David, Natalie, Landon, Marissa, Melanie

                        And Courtney!