Christmas Card 2015

    Chris enjoyed his job at Afton Chemical in Virginia as a Sr. Research Engineer. He also enjoyed scrubbing the bathrooms on weekends and watching his Utes play football. He spent a glorious week in Hawaii with his beautiful wife and got to do some surfing for the first time. He enjoyed Hawaii so much he decided to take a job on the west coast so flying there wouldn’t have to be an all day affair. He has been working at PNNL in Washington for a month and has enjoyed the lack of spiders.  Jill continued running her craft boutique and driving her family batty with her unending picture taking.  She turned the big 30 and found herself slightly more wrinkled and saggy by doing so. She packed approximately 297 school lunches and continues to cook the most delicious broccoli.  Kaden is now in 3rd grade. He started his first year of baseball. He loved playing and found left field to be a place of quiet serenity. He was also baptized on June 13th and tore the knee open in his brand new suit while running in the gym. It was a very hole-y day indeed.  Taycee started 1st grade. She has approximately 17 boyfriends and is already turning her dad’s hair grey.  She loves any footwear that has a heel, lipstick, monkey bars, and pogo sticks. The only thing that matches the beauty of her face is the stench of her feet. She lost 4 teeth this year 2 of them being her front teeth, which has helped calm down the boyfriend situation.  Addison started her first year of preschool and got to take her first school bus ride.  She continues to be the loudest eater on the block. She loves Dora the explorer and it is quite possible she is more fluent in Spanish than English. Brielle spends her days at home playing in mom’s makeup and eating cheese. She mastered the toilet in October and rewards herself by changing her pants and underwear 8 times a day. She loves to sing songs, especially when her sister is telling her to be quiet.

We are loving our new home and neighborhood in Washington and feel so blessed to have each of you in our lives even from far away. It has been a year full of laughs mingled with tears, ripped pants and stinky feet. Sending our love to you and yours this year,

XOXO- The Claytons