Welcome to our online Christmas Letter for 2002.
Seasons Greetings from our home to yours.
Join us for a brief update on our family this past year.
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Jacinda turned 11 this year and is in the 6th grade. She is very excited to be part of the Impact youth at church and finds great delight in the fact that Mom and Dad feel really old having a child in middle school! Her favorite subject in school this year is reading and when she's done with her school work, there's a good chance you'll find her with her nose in a book reading for fun. Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden books are some of her favorites (although she will read anything). She continues to take piano lessons and has started to learn the flute as well. This is her last year in Junior Bible Quiz. The last 2 years her team has placed as one of the two top teams in the state of Nebraska and qualified to compete in regional competition - the first year in Minneapolis and this last year in Cedar Rapids, IA. For this year's Christmas musical at church, The Gospel According to Scrooge, Jaci was part of the choir/cast and even was a dancer on three of the songs. She is turning into quite the young lady. |
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Mikayla is excited to be 8 and in 3rd grade this year. She is our social girl that is always wondering what we can do next! When we asked her what she liked about this past year besides having a new brother, she said her favorite thing was making new friends. Always the willing helper, she is often found helping Mom cooking and cleaning or helping Dad with one of his projects around the house or yard. She says her favorite subject in school this year is history (we just can't figure out where she got that from!). She enjoys riding her scooter when the weather is nice outside, but says she is becoming a reader, too - she likes the American Girl books. This is Kayla's second year in Junior Bible Quiz and she enjoys the competitions. She loves music and has started taking piano lessons this year. Quite frequently we hear her singing and/or playing a new and original song she has composed herself. She sang a solo in the children's Christmas musical at church and also sang and played the part of a school girl in several songs/scenes of the adult musical as well. Her excitement for life is contagious to all those around her. |
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Joshua is a big 4 year old and thrilled to be in pre-school. We continue to be amazed at the amount of energy he constantly displays! If he's not running or jumping, he is marching around being a drummer, using anything handy as a drum and drumsticks. Josh enjoys playing outside anytime he can, regardless of what the weather is like. He loves to play zoom-zooms (cars/trucks, etc.) or to build things with his toy tools, blocks and legos - he even had a Bob the Builder birthday party this year. He is also perfecting the art of being a brother by finding new ways to annoy his sisters, and is anxiously awaiting the time that he can teach his little brother how to do all the cool things he knows how to do! In the pre-school musical at church this year, Josh gets to play the part of Joseph. However, he aspires to play Tiny Tim in the adult musical and then eventually play the Scrooge part like cousin Gary (since he already has Scrooge's lines memorized)! He keeps us on our toes. |
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Zachariah is almost 5 months old as we write this. When we asked the children what their favorite part of this last year was, we unanimously heard, "Zachary being born!" As you can imagine, he gets lots of love and attention from his siblings. He is a good-natured baby who only cries when something hurts or if he's really hungry, and he has been a good sleeper at night from the start. His favorite activities are "talking" to everyone and playing toys on the floor with his brother and sisters. His newest tricks include saying Da-da and rolling over. Zach is a joy to us all! |
| This year, Barb & Ed have enjoyed trying to keep up with our four young blessings here with us. Our lives have been changed and we continue to heal from the death of our newborn daughter Tishanna last July 18th. Butterflies have become special to each one of us as God continues to use them in many ways to remind us of Tisha and of His love for us. Our family has grown closer together and we have appreciated all the special moments in life even more. Homeschooling has been going well and is very rewarding. We are blessed beyond measure with wonderful friends and enjoy serving in ministry every week. We survived the big hail storm in June, enduring softball-plus size hail resulting in lots of dents and broken glass. We've seen good growth and consistency in the computer support business this year as well. If you want to see more family pictures, visit us online at: Uden.68870.com |
May Jesus' love fill your home throughout the holidays.