Merry Christmas!
We sent out the cards to family today, but we couldn't afford to print enough for all our friends too. So I decided to post everything here for your enjoyment. We love you all!
Top 10 Moments of 2015
10. We have a new member of the family who joined us in early November. Kya, our new kitten, has brought so much joy and fun into our lives! And Donovan really loves her. Sometimes too much! We’re still working on being gentle with her. But she is a trooper and such a good kitty! We love her!
9. Donovan has his first girlfriend this year. Her name is Chloe and she is a doll! She is the daughter of an old coworker and great friend, Katie. Katie and I were pregnant together when we worked at the bank and Chloe was born about a month and a half before Donovan. And they LOVE each other! It’s the cutest thing! She was his first kiss too! We’ll have to keep an eye on them in the future.
8. Shon is no longer working at the eye clinic he was earlier this year. The doctor decided, without any notice, to shut down the office in mid October. So since then, Shon has not had to work on Saturdays and I think he’s enjoyed having the time at home and actually feeling like he has a weekend again. He will begin to look for another job at the beginning of the year, since he will be done with school by then.
7. Donovan continues to impress us with his toddler ninja skills. How this kid can climb the walls is a mystery to me, yet he can. He loves turning light switches on and off and we’ve had to put up anything with buttons of any kind so that they are out of his reach. Yet his aforementioned ninja skills have helped him thwart even those plans at times. We need to get this kid into some kind of martial arts class. No joke.
6. Kimberlee is still enjoying her stay at home mom job….most days. There have been challenges that have cropped up this year that have made it harder to find the joy in the little everyday things. But she is working toward finding a common ground between all out psychosis and zen like calmness. It’s a work in progress.
5. Kimberlee started a blog about her journey through depression and anxiety. It has been a very cathartic activity for her. There have been a lot of sad, overwhelming moments this year, but with the help of the blog, the right drugs, our new kitten, Kya, and Weight Watchers, Kimberlee is well on her way to the joy and happiness that is there for the taking. We thank you all for your continued support and encouragement in this area. If you would like to read about Kimberlee’s journey, her website is kreedindeed.blogspot.com.
4. We celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary this year as well. Five years! Wow! Sure doesn’t seem that long. We had dinner at Sonic (our totally cool anniversary tradition) with our rambunctious toddler in tow. It would have been more fun to spend it in Hawaii without the rambunctious toddler, but this was nice too.
3. And, surprise, surprise, we are still in Primary!!! However, they made a change again and we no longer teach together. Shon is a team teacher for the CTR 7 class and Kimberlee is a team teacher for the Valiant 8 class. We are both in senior primary, which is nice. We can at least wink at each other from across the room, even if we can’t sit by each other.
2. Donovan turned the “terrible” two this year. We weren’t able to go to Spokane, so Spokane came to us (in a way). Both sets of grandparents were able to visit around his birthday, which was so neat! We loved having them here. We visited the Oregon Zoo with family and a few friends and I think they all had fun! Good times!
1. And the most exciting thing that has happened to the Reed family this year is that Shon has graduated from Pacific University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health! He is in the process of applying and interviewing at Optometry Schools, but we are crossing our fingers that we’ll get to stay and have him study here at Pacific’s School of Optometry. He will start in the fall of 2016 and will be the class of 2020, which is poetic in a way. We are grateful for his hard work and his willingness to sacrifice for his family. We love him so much!
And so we look forward to what the coming year has in store for us. Here’s hoping that we all have a wonderful New Year!
Bring on 2016!
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