Merry Christmas 2014!
We are excited to be starting the second year in our new state. We miss our family and friends in California,
but the move has been so good for us and we are daily thankful for God’s timing
and providence for us. Here are a few
updates from our year:
January: January was all about putting new flooring in our new-to-us home so we could actually move in. Cindy’s sister Rose and brother-in-law Gary came to put in the wood floor in the kitchen and dining room, while Cindy installed tile in the hallway and laundry/mud room. We explored a few sites around our new home and enjoyed the local tradition that Christmas lights stay up for more than a month after Christmas (which helps to continue the cheer with the early dark evenings).
January: January was all about putting new flooring in our new-to-us home so we could actually move in. Cindy’s sister Rose and brother-in-law Gary came to put in the wood floor in the kitchen and dining room, while Cindy installed tile in the hallway and laundry/mud room. We explored a few sites around our new home and enjoyed the local tradition that Christmas lights stay up for more than a month after Christmas (which helps to continue the cheer with the early dark evenings).
February: We moved
into our new home with help from church friends, and Lukas turned 10. We also welcomed two kittens to our family!
March: It was still
cold, but time to start planning for the garden and for chickens. Tom started
working on the big chicken coop. We had a
decent-sized hail storm. Toward the end
of the month, it started to get warmer.
April: We got our
first chicks! Tom started building a
smaller coop so they would have a place to live this year. Konrad lost his first tooth!
May: Dominik turned 4. We started planting things in our garden and delighted to see the grape vines budding out.
June: We transferred the
chicks to the coop. Cindy started teaching Dominik to read. Fast forward
to December and he’s about halfway through the book and doing well. We went camping! It was really beautiful.
July: We did a lot of
work in the garden.
August: Lukas and Konrad showed their chickens at the fair and we really started harvesting food
from the garden. Natalie had an MRI that
showed the pineal mass in her brain has stayed the same size and the cord
syrinx in her spine has disappeared: so
thankful! We started school at the end
of the month: Lukas in 5th
grade, Natalie in 3rd grade, Konrad in 2nd grade and
Dominik in preschool.
September: Lukas was cleared to eat peanuts! It’s such a blessing
to no longer have a peanut allergy concern in our house…although we have learned
a lot from having the allergy.
October: October was
a month of harvesting from our garden before frost came. We picked grapes from our vines, and drove 30
minutes to pick plums and peaches. Cindy
made a lot of jam…but it’s disappearing fast that it must not be as much as she thought
it was.
November: Natalie lost her first two teeth! We had our
first snow storm of the season that dropped 9 inches. We celebrated our first year in our new
state.
December: Natalie turned 9. Konrad turned 7. We’ve had California weather for almost a
month (since that snowstorm in November).
We hope the trees budding out in December doesn’t ruin spring! But it would be boring if the weather were
the same this winter as it was last winter, right?
We wish you God’s blessings for a wonderful Christmas and a blessed
New Year!
Tom, Cindy, Lukas, Natalie, Konrad and Dominik
Tom, Cindy, Lukas, Natalie, Konrad and Dominik
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