Christmas Letter 2012

♪♪♫♫♪♪ We wish you a merry Christmas,

We wish you a merry Christmas, ♪♪♫♫♪♪

♪♪♫♫♪♪ We wish you a merry Christmas,

And a happy New Year! ♫♪♪♪♪

 

 

 

 

Dear family and friends,

We are glad to have this chance to fill you in on the good and bad things in our lives. This year, we faced a few difficult losses. Hannah’s Grandma Hubbard and Great-Aunt Edith passed away. And we had a miscarriage at 8 weeks. Even though 2012 was a hard year, we still had many things to be grateful for.

We were blessed to move to the Seattle area and it is starting to feel like home. Michael is rockin’ his job at Microsoft where he is a software engineer on the Windows Team. He is exceeding expectations and gets along with his managers and co-workers very well. Hannah loves teaching and caring for James, despite his constant acrobatics and disinterest in eating. We can hardly believe that he is 18 months old now! He does some speaking and sign language and he especially enjoys books, trucks, and books about trucks.

A big part of our spiritual and social life here is church. Michael’s church calling is teaching the 8 year olds in Primary, while Hannah plays the piano and helps plan activities for the women in Relief Society. Recently, James started attending Nursery at church and has fun playing with the kids his age. Hannah has made some wonderful friends at church who all get together for playdates and lunches each week.

Since we live so far from much of our family and friends, we treasured our trips to the Midwest, Kentucky, Oregon, and Florida this year. We were lucky enough to have a few visitors—  we want some more, we want some more! Seriously, we have a room for you and would love to show you around town.

As we celebrate and make our own Christmas traditions here in Redmond, we hope that you find peace and joy this holiday season wherever you are. We know that true happiness comes because of and through our Savior, Jesus Christ. May the New Year bring you all the good things in life!

 

 

 With love,

Hannah, Michael, and James