Merry Christmas....

 We are so thankful for this time of year, and our Savior. Our family is our biggest blessing. We have had a wonderful year. In February, Matthew's brother Jared returned from his mission in Zimbabwe. We are happy to have him back. Just two weeks before Chloe was born my sister Sam was married to her husband Evan in the Salt Lake City temple. We were not able to attend, but so glad Evan is in our family now. We welcomed our sweet Chloe on March 28th, and we couldn't imagine our little family without her. Matthew ended his 3rd year of vet school, and started his 4th year rotations in May. Ian turned 2 years old in May. He was also diagnosed with Autism earlier this summer. He is doing wonderful with his therapy, and speech. He has come a long way in such a short time. He is constantly happy and enjoying life. In July, Matthew's little brother Jacob left on his mission to Ukraine. He is doing great, and loving being a missionary. We stayed in Pullman all summer while Matthew was on rotations at the vet hospital. We enjoyed visiting sites around the Pullman area, and lots of family time. The end of September we went to Wyoming for a whole month to spend with family. Matthew traveled around lots to different vet clinics in Montana, and Wyoming looking for job opportunities. He then flew to Purdue, Indiana for a three week rotation. The kids and I stayed with family for a few more weeks.After Matthew got back from Purdue, he headed to Canada for a week. He went to a week long beef rotation, and visited a vet clinic for a possible job opportunity. We spent Thanksgiving in Pullman, and enjoyed dinner with our friends the Kings. Matthew was able to attend the AVC conference in Denver for a few days. Shortly after that he left for Boise for a 2 week long rotation at the humane society. Chloe is growing so fast. She is will be 9 months old on the 28th. She is crawling, pulling herself up to things, and walking along things as well. She recently has started climbing  the stairs at her Grandma Asay's the past few days. Ian is our happy little boy. He go, go, goes all day long. He loves going to speech twice a week, and enjoys his home visits from his therapist twice a week as well. We are so lucky for all the time and effort his therapist put into helping him. We are so blessed to have both of our children. I love being able to be a stay at home mom and running around with them all day. They make my job the most amazing job ever. I sure do love it. We are excited to see where we will be in May for a job. We know that our Heavenly Father will know where is best for our family. We hope you all enjoy Christmas this year. Remembering the birth of our Savior and his sacrifice for us all. 

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!!