I always love being able to share our "Christmas Newsletter" each year. This year's is coming at you a little late, but that is because of a big surprise!!! So here it is . . . (Oh, and just a sidenote, my husband always writes the newsletter, just in case you are wondering why the "tone" might be a little different than the blog :)
Dear Family and Friends
You might expect that the big news of the year is the Dodgers winning the World Series again, and I’ll admit it is pretty big news but we have actually had a few other things happen this year that actually overshadowed the Dodgers. One of which is the reason this letter is later than expected. Buckle up.
Spencer (Michelle) are our old newlyweds. On March 8, Spencer was sealed to Michelle Eisert in the Oquirrh Mountain temple. To say we are overjoyed would be a vast understatement. We love Michelle and love how well she fits in with the family. Spencer will finish up his undergraduate degree this next year and start applying to medical schools. Michelle is working (far more hours than I) down near Hurricane and supporting the family admirably. The other big news (and why the letter is late) is that Michelle is expecting. They told us a few weeks back, but didn’t make it more public until this weekend. Melissa and I are so excited to be grandparents.
Jessica (Treyson) are our new newlyweds. Jessi was sealed to Treyson Prince on September 20th in the Cedar City Temple. It was a wonderful day and I guess Trey fits in pretty well too. Jessi arrived home from Peru the day after Christmas last year and transitioned to service missionary in the St George Utah mission. It was through this missionary service that she met another service missionary, Elder Prince, ironically in a separate mission but serving in the Bishop’s storehouse in Cedar. Both Jessi and Trey were released from their missions in the early summer and began dating. Jessica is studying Psychology at SUU and Trey is studying something that will eventually get him to Physical Therapy school. It is wonderful that they live in Cedar and spend a fair amount of time freeloading around dinnertime.
Kristian began his missionary service in July and is currently serving in the South Africa Durban mission. He’s not one for writing letters so nobody who doesn’t talk with him weekly really knows how he is doing. He’s doing well. The missionary work in South Africa is thriving. It’s a little strange that a common p-day activity can include barbeques at the beach or a short trip to a Safari Park where they get to see 3 of the Big 5 African animals. We look forward to seeing him over messenger each week.
Kami is a Junior at Success Academy and Cedar High School. She started a job at Culver’s this year and seems to actually enjoy it. She gets along well with her coworkers so I guess that helps a lot. She was on the Iron Giants mountain biking team again this year and did well in her JVA division throughout the year.
Jocelyn is our last middle schooler as an 8th grader at Cedar Middle School. She spends most of her days at some friends’ house and we have to remind her to come home on occasion. She also was part of the Iron Giants mountain bike team and is looking forward to being a Freshman next year.
Melissa continues to quilt and teach and I’m doing my best to spend some time at the clinic. We have been blessed to travel a bit having taken trips to the Carribean, Germany and both coasts of Mexico this year.
I remember my grandfathers as two of the nicest, most caring, and wise men I have ever known. I assume that comes with being a grandfather. As such I reserve the right to excuse anything I may have done or said as pre grandfather years. Including anything I may have said regarding babies being miserable up until 18 months.
We love you all and wish you the best of blessings at this time and throughout this New Year.
Love, The Corrys
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Melissa