2009 Christmas Letter

2009 has been a very eventful year for us. In February we had our first visitors in California. Maria’s brother Chris completed his mission in Southern California so he & Maria’s parents came to see us for a few days ‘on their way’ home. It was great to have them and we enjoyed showing them around. A couple of weeks later we had our second visitors, Jordan’s parents! We also enjoyed site seeing with them. We played hard the rest of the year with season passes to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, camping trips to Shaver Lake & Yosemite, a trip for Maria & McKay to AZ, a quick trip to Idaho for Jordan while Maria & McKay went to Southern California and a vacation in Monterey/Carmel over Thanksgiving.

Jordan’s biggest accomplishment this year was to lose almost 60 lbs. Yes, I said this year. His family did a ‘biggest loser’ competition for the first 6 ½ months of the year and we really focused on changing our lifestyle to eating healthy & exercising. He feels & looks great! He is currently a field engineer/commissioning agent for Hensel Phelps Construction Co. working on the ConRAC at the San Jose Airport. They are scheduled to complete it next summer. We were able to find a way for Jordan to make a quick trip to Idaho in September to surprise his parents at their mission farewell. They are currently serving in the Marshall Islands. Jordan is Secretary in the Young Men’s presidency in our ward and is focusing on getting our Young Men working on their Duty to God.

Maria loves being at home with McKay. She enjoys using nap time to do taxes, digital scrapbooking, blogging, reading, and anything else that is best done when a busy two year old is sleeping! She was recently released as 2nd councilor in the Young Women’s presidency and is now the ‘Sacrament Meeting Coordinator representing the Youth’. In other words, she assigns the youth to give talks in church!

McKay (2) is truly a delight to have in our family. Each day is a new adventure. He loves to read books and to go to story time at the library each week. He loves going to church and is very excited when it is time for nursery. We recently started doing a preschool/playgroup with three other two year olds in our ward & he has looked forward to ‘ool’ each week. He is day-time potty trained now, which has been great! McKay loves to help Mama whether it is with laundry or rinsing the dishes. He loves to go to the park, is good at climbing, and loves to slide down the tall slides. He also loves to play with balls whether it is inside or at the park. He knows the ABC song and recognizes almost all of the letters and points them out as we drive around town. His vocabulary is growing and it is becoming easier to understand him.

We are excited to be expecting an addition to our family in the middle of May 2010.

We have enjoyed striving to draw closer to Christ during this wonderful Christmas season and have felt His love for us throughout the whole year. We are so grateful for our testimonies of the gospel and of the peace it brings into our lives. We look forward to 2010 and hope the New Year finds our family and friends healthy & happy.

Love,
the Mosers