Merry Christmas from the Strinmoens! We are headed into our 2nd "green" Christmas and posting our Christmas letter online once again. I am feeling a little bit guilty as I get some fabulous Christmas cards in the mail, and hoping you won't cut us off of your Christmas lists just because we made you click to read ours.
2010 has been another blessed year for us. We are constantly amazed at how we learn and grow right alongside our four and two year olds. We have been healthy, happy, busy, employed, sleepless, lucky, and satisfied in 2010.
Jaxon is almost five years old. He started pre-school last fall and absolutely loves his days there. He has overcome some of his shyness and it is fun to see him interact so easily with friends. He loves all things trucks, tractors, farming, racing, engines, reading, coloring, and drawing.
Jada turned 2 in September and will tell you that she is "two and a half." She was talking and singing before her birthday, and hasn't stopped since. Her personality has just blossomed in the past year as she'd developed some spunk, some sass, and some very convincing puppy-dog eyes. She's a daddy's girl through and through!
Koskie, our yellow lab, is 8. He's become more relaxed with his age, but he still gets stuck on our kitchen floor. He greets the kids in the morning with a wagging tail, despite their groggy, sleepy walks to the bathroom.
As for us, we're just plugging along, trying to keep up with our crew!
The Top 11 for 2011
1. Chris and Jessi kicked off the year in Cancun, with a trip with Jessi's mom, dad and three brothers. We all learned that we aren't as young as we used to be.
2. Chris is not coaching basketball for the first time in ten years. The rest of us are really enjoying having him home many, many more hours each week...at least until baseball season.
3. After five years at MN Youth Intervention Programs Association, Jessi has started a new job as the Workforce/Education Manager at the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
4. In May, we celebrated with Chris's brother Corey at his wedding to new-wife Amber. We love to have her in our family, and are so excited for a new nephew, who will be arriving in April (Jaxon's and Jada's first cousin!).
5. Jaxon started pre-school, and continues in Sunday School.
6. We hosted the 2nd annual neighborhood party with our neighbors/friends and had over 40 people come! We celebrated the fabulous neighborhood we live in by renting a bouncy house for the kids, having s'mores, a potluck dinner, yard games and lots of fun.
7. Jessi signed up to do The Compact for 6 months: A commitment not to buy anything new. She is in month four and holding strong!
8. We discovered our new favorite campground as we spent a week at the Old Barn Resort in Lanesboro.
9. The great dirt disaster of 2010 happened when Jessi (slightly) miscalculated the amount of dirt needed for the new garden.
10. Jaxon helped Grandma and Grandpa with the combining and plowing this year. He's being groomed to temporarily take over operations, as Grandpa Gary heads into kidney transplant surgery in the near future.
11. Chris and Jess celebrated 9 years of marriage. Visions of a tropical honeymoon in honor of year #10 are in the works (by at least one of them).
So there you have it, the slightly impersonal, but "Green" family Christmas card from the Strinmoens. If you must hit print so that you can hang this on your wall (a-hem, grandmas and grandpas), just be sure to recycle it when you're done. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Love, Chris, Jess, Jaxon (almost 5), Jada (2) and Koskie
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