If I have one regret about last year, it was not making the time to send out a little Christmas letter with our card. I don’t know why it has been bothering me, but I promised myself I would not let that happen again. It has been a good year for our family and I hope I can share a little piece of that with you. When we found out we were pregnant in May of 2006 my little Kelci insisted it would be a boy. She would share this news with everyone, even draw a little picture at school, illustrating how thankful she was for a little brother. January 18th 2007 came and Brody Louis Collins was born, she was right all along. Oh and she made sure we knew she was right. We feel so blessed to have him in our family, We never imagined a few years ago that we would have four healthy children, so this really is a dream come true for us.
It’s wonderful to have a little boy in the family. He is just slightly spoiled, but who can blame us. He is learning to talk, his first word was “no” or “na”. Can’t imagine why that would be his first word, but it might have something to do with his 2 year old sister Cambree. He has moved on to “Ah oh” now, which is helpful for me to know when he starts to throw his food on the floor while sitting in his highchair. He has endless energy and a great little personality.
Emery is going to be turning 8 this month, where has the time gone. She is such a great big sister. She is always willing to help her siblings out whenever it is needed. She has a great sense of humor and it really is fun to watch her grow up and develop talents. Speaking of talents, she made a 3rd attempt at soccer this year, and we think it finally clicked for her. There was less dancing and scooting around the field, and more focus and drive. She is looking forward to being baptized in January. She loves our Heavenly Father and has figured out that prayers are really answered.
Kelci is 6 years old now and has blossomed a lot this year in first grade. She’s enjoying learning to read and has beautiful handwriting. The handwriting thing has been a little bit of a situation at school. It seems she is very concerned about things always looking so neat that she doesn’t always get her work done in a timely manner. We have discussed this and she assures me she is “just getting it done now.” She loves to play with Brody, and loves that she is able to pick him up now and carry him around. Unfortunately Kelci told us right after soccer season began that she wanted to play. At this point it was too late to signup. She is looking forward to next year and playing soccer.
Cambree is now 2 years old. This does make for some interesting times around here. We joke that she is officially two and terrible. But of course it’s not always terrible. She loves to sing and it is really fun to listen to her. Emery recently got a hamster for her birthday and Cambree is so cute to check on it throughout the day while Emery is at school. One night the hamster woke up and she ran over to the cage and said, “Hi Cubby, you awake? You want to watch a show and have a snack?” She is a feisty little thing when she needs to be, but we love this about her, it keeps us on our toes.
Bryan has a new job as a General Manager for a new restaurant here in town, Costa Vida. There are a lot of hours involved with this new job, but Bryan really enjoys this challenge. On occasion I will take the kids over to eat dinner with Daddy at the restaurant. They love going to see him there, not to mention they like the food as-well. I continue to stay home and take care of children and all the other great things that need to be done around the house. I have been fortunate to find some great kids to babysit throughout the week and that has helped out a lot. I’m so blessed to be able to stay home. It was a quiet year for us as far as trips are concerned this past year. Because of Bryan’s hectic work schedule we did a lot of day trips to visit family in Fairfield etc. We were able to take a trip to Disneyland right before Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa Collins and Jenna. We had a wonderful time there. We really enjoy our trips to Monterey to visit Angela and her family there.
Well that is our family happenings in a nutshell. We are so thankful for family and friends and love hearing from you. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
It’s wonderful to have a little boy in the family. He is just slightly spoiled, but who can blame us. He is learning to talk, his first word was “no” or “na”. Can’t imagine why that would be his first word, but it might have something to do with his 2 year old sister Cambree. He has moved on to “Ah oh” now, which is helpful for me to know when he starts to throw his food on the floor while sitting in his highchair. He has endless energy and a great little personality.
Emery is going to be turning 8 this month, where has the time gone. She is such a great big sister. She is always willing to help her siblings out whenever it is needed. She has a great sense of humor and it really is fun to watch her grow up and develop talents. Speaking of talents, she made a 3rd attempt at soccer this year, and we think it finally clicked for her. There was less dancing and scooting around the field, and more focus and drive. She is looking forward to being baptized in January. She loves our Heavenly Father and has figured out that prayers are really answered.
Kelci is 6 years old now and has blossomed a lot this year in first grade. She’s enjoying learning to read and has beautiful handwriting. The handwriting thing has been a little bit of a situation at school. It seems she is very concerned about things always looking so neat that she doesn’t always get her work done in a timely manner. We have discussed this and she assures me she is “just getting it done now.” She loves to play with Brody, and loves that she is able to pick him up now and carry him around. Unfortunately Kelci told us right after soccer season began that she wanted to play. At this point it was too late to signup. She is looking forward to next year and playing soccer.
Cambree is now 2 years old. This does make for some interesting times around here. We joke that she is officially two and terrible. But of course it’s not always terrible. She loves to sing and it is really fun to listen to her. Emery recently got a hamster for her birthday and Cambree is so cute to check on it throughout the day while Emery is at school. One night the hamster woke up and she ran over to the cage and said, “Hi Cubby, you awake? You want to watch a show and have a snack?” She is a feisty little thing when she needs to be, but we love this about her, it keeps us on our toes.
Bryan has a new job as a General Manager for a new restaurant here in town, Costa Vida. There are a lot of hours involved with this new job, but Bryan really enjoys this challenge. On occasion I will take the kids over to eat dinner with Daddy at the restaurant. They love going to see him there, not to mention they like the food as-well. I continue to stay home and take care of children and all the other great things that need to be done around the house. I have been fortunate to find some great kids to babysit throughout the week and that has helped out a lot. I’m so blessed to be able to stay home. It was a quiet year for us as far as trips are concerned this past year. Because of Bryan’s hectic work schedule we did a lot of day trips to visit family in Fairfield etc. We were able to take a trip to Disneyland right before Thanksgiving with Grandma and Grandpa Collins and Jenna. We had a wonderful time there. We really enjoy our trips to Monterey to visit Angela and her family there.
Well that is our family happenings in a nutshell. We are so thankful for family and friends and love hearing from you. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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