The Congdon Family Christmas Letter
November 2009
Once again we decided to continue with Sarah’s family tradition and write a Christmas letter. It was great fun for us last year and something we hope to continue doing through out the years as our family and lives change and grow. In this past year we have been given the opportunity many times to do something different with our lives and have been blessed so much…including an addition to the family, a move cross country from Idaho to Vermont and so much more!!
Robbie graduated from college in July-it felt like we were never going to get to that point! Thanks to the economy he did however have a hard time finding a job. This situation led us to move back to Vermont where Robbie was blessed to get a wonderful job with a construction company called J Hutchins doing excavation work and the main office is located only 15 minutes from where we live. He enjoys his job and we know that this is the job the Lord had in mind for us right now because he is receiving even more experience in a different field of the construction process and has a higher level job/responsibility than he would have with other companies as a new college graduate. Robbie also enjoyed the fishing season this year and is looking forward to going hunting this year and is now the 1st counselor in the Young Men’s presidency in our ward. Robbie also has more time to spend with us and it’s been wonderful!!
Sarah has been busy busy busy with the kids. She continues to be a stay at home mom and absolutely loves it!! It does have its challenges and trials but it is teaching her more and more every day. She loves the special time with each of our girls and has fun doing art projects and teaching them new things. Sarah just received a calling to be on the Relief Society Board, helping with Enrichment. She has done this before and is looking forward to doing it again. When she can find any spare time Sarah has been learning how to use a sewing machine and continues scrapbooking, reading, crocheting, and many other craft/cooking projects. Sarah has really enjoyed learning new things and being able to make things for our family instead of us buying it in a store.
Gwenyth (Gwen) turned 3 in January. Boy is she getting big! She was finally potty trained in March, will start Sunbeams in January and 2 weeks later will turn 4. Crazy!! Gwen was lucky enough that we were able to find a preschool with openings right after we moved. Her preschool is through our local parks and recreation program and is awesome! She goes every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm and does amazing for them. They are constantly teaching the kids things but try really hard to let them be hands on and learn themselves. They even go on fieldtrips with their first being to a local apple orchard in the beginning of October. She is still a tiny little thing (the tiniest one in her preschool) but is learning so quickly about so many new things. She loves to help and pretend play and has such an outgoing personality-no one is a stranger!!
Grace turned 2 in July. She is just about the same size as Gwen now. She is only about 1 ½ inches smaller than Gwen but weighs almost a pound more. We are constantly asked if we have twins. Grace too is learning very quickly. She is constantly surprising us by how much she really does know. She is getting very familiar with her shapes, numbers and colors and we are trying to work on the alphabet too. The only thing that we are having a problem with lately is potty training. Like Gwen, she is just not understanding it completely yet. So we have stopped the serious potty training and moved on to her going when she feels like it. We are hoping that this will help when she decides she is finally ready. Grace loves going to nursery and playing with her friends and learning/hearing new stories and lessons. She has such a sweet, loving personality and is more introverted but still very friendly. Her favorite things to do are dance and cuddle-what a cutie!!
Georgia is the newest addition to our family. Georgia was born January 11th 2009, a week and a half before she was due and the day before Gwen’s birthday. Seriously, we did not plan that. Georgia is now 10 months old and getting so big. She has three teeth (with three more about to push through her top gums) and loves baby food, but not more than a bottle. She loves her bottles. She has her own baby language and loves to talk all the time. She plays games, claps, smiles, waves and says bye, mama and dada. She can walk while holding both of your hands or along furniture by herself, but is hesitant to take any steps on her own. She will stand by herself for a few seconds, is building her strength and before we know it she will be walking!!
This has been a wonderful year for us filled with lots of exciting new things. We have had our trials as well but these experiences have brought us closer to one another and closer to the Lord. What a wonderful time of the year this is, to share our love of Christ with others and to feel his love for us. This gospel is such a wonderful blessing in our lives and we are so grateful to be a part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We hope that as this next year passes our lives and yours will be filled with the love and spirit of our Heavenly Father and his beloved son, Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas!!
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