Dear Loved Ones,
Well everyone, we finally managed to get all under the same roof this year! We’re currently residing in a quaint little townhouse in the middle of no where. From the chaos of shuffling to get the kids ready for school in the mornings all while balancing the baby on our hips and having the dogs under our feet, the change in our lives has been drastic, but amazing:
Lewis is still working as a police officer. This year, he was honored with an Officer of the Year award for the entire state and also received an Officer Intervention award. We are all incredibly proud of him! When he isn’t working hard, he is helping around the house and spending time with the family.
Christy is “working” as a stay-at-home mom and loving every minute of it! When time permits, she is still creating jewelry and selling it in her Etsy shop. In addition, this month she finished the last of the course requirements for her Masters degree and has only the student teaching internship left which is scheduled to begin January of 2013.
Caleb turned 12 years old this year! He is enrolled in public school for the very first time and is doing fantastic! He has made a good friend named Ben in his class who conveniently lives in our new neighborhood! Caleb has also joined two clubs in school: the Cooking Club and also Battle of the Books, where they read a list of selected books and then have meets to discuss and debate them. A few of his favorite things are Star Wars, reading, playing video games, and any subject other than Math.
Ryleigh turned 6 years old this month! She is loving kindergarten where they are in the beginning stages of reading, identifying sight words. She gets so excited when she can spot these and read them; her favorites are “the” and “see.” Ryleigh also became a Girl Scout this year, a Daisy to be exact, and loves making crafts and hanging out with her new friends during meetings. A few of her favorite things are Sebastian (her classmate boyfriend of whom she was recently caught holding hands with during lunch one day), being read to, her Daddy, and Transformers.
Wyatt turned 9 months this month! He received his two front teeth for Christmas this year! He is currently standing up, even walking along the couch, and he also invented the concept of speed-crawling, keeping us on our toes as we try to keep up with him. A few of his favorite things are opening cabinets, musical instruments, pulling clean clothes out of the dryer and onto the floor, and standing at the back door while the dogs are outside (sometimes licking the glass along with them).
We hope you enjoyed reading about our chaotic but fabulous year! We hope yours was just as wonderful! Making up an annual Clements family newsletter was a last-minute idea that we came up with. In future letters, we also plan to include a current family photo. As for this year, well, we’re all just as cute as you remember us! :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Love,
Lewis, Christy, Caleb, Ryleigh, and Wyatt
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