Merry Christmas to everyone. Here is was this year's Christmas card for your viewing pleasure!
Maverick had a WONDERFUL 1st Christmas, and we all enjoyed a nice family day! More pictures to follow.....
Here is the letter that we sent along with this year's card.
· Although less than 5% of babies are born on their due date, our little Maverick came very timely on his due date of January 31st. He has been equally agreeable ever since!
· Mandi's career at Ernst & Young came to a close, but she's now the campus recruiter at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC); working 2ish days. It has been a great move professionally and personally, as it allows her more time with the boys!
· Mitchell started pre-school this year and is constantly amazing us with the things he is learning. We were shocked when he requested his toast cut like a trapezoid, but he also thinks the man pictured on the face of a quarter is Johnny Appleseed, so I think we'll stay enrolled. :)
· Mandi is the newest Accounting Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas; teaching Financial Reporting for MBA students one night a week. Answering to "Professor Folks" still seems odd!
· Our yellow lab, Tex, will celebrate his 10th birthday in January. He is the most well -mannered man in our house. The boys absolutely love him.
· If we're not at home, you can likely find us at one of four places...the gym, church, Costco or Home Depot. When asked what he would like for lunch, Mitchell has even been known to request "Costco samples."
· For Thanksgiving Mitchell said he was thankful for God, his parents and our little neighbor girl, Lily. Let this be a word of warning to Lily's parents :) He is also completely obsessed with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and super heros. To his Daddy's approval, he seems less enthralled with Dora.
· Jacob earned a promotion to Senior Manager at Ernst & Young and has been working in Minneapolis on Ameriprise in addition to working in Omaha on TD Ameritrade. He enjoys the new challenge! Once in a while he works in a town called Kansas City, heard of it?
· Although it was completely unplanned, the names Mitchell and Maverick both relate to Tom Cruise's character on Top Gun whose name was Pete Mitchell and nickname was Maverick. That fact is about the only commonality between our two sons. They are very different; we appreciate their uniqueness!
· We are FINALLY almost finished with our basement, a project we've slowly been working on for 3 years! You can tell how much our priorities have changed since construction began...the space Jacob originally planned for a theater room is now a playroom for the boys.
· On a more sorrowful note, we've lost our fair share of loved ones this year. This is the first year on record that we've attended more funerals than weddings, a trend we hope to end in 2011.
· We wrongfully predicted that Maverick would be walking by Thanksgiving....our revised guess is Christmas. We'll see! His most common words are "momma" and "dog" and his favorite toy right now is Tex's water bowl....ick!
· With parents and siblings in 8 different states, we continue to travel near and far to visit. We also had a magical trip to Disney World in December!
· When Mitchell was born, we purchased our first nice camera....and have been snapping away ever since. I've decided to start offering my novice skills to other families, thus the launch of a fun little photography business. Check out mandifolksphotography.blogspot.com
· We celebrated the engagements of TWO of our sisters in 2010....looking forward to fun 2011 weddings!
Season's greeting to you all and best wishes for a blessed 2011!
Maverick had a WONDERFUL 1st Christmas, and we all enjoyed a nice family day! More pictures to follow.....
Here is the letter that we sent along with this year's card.
· Although less than 5% of babies are born on their due date, our little Maverick came very timely on his due date of January 31st. He has been equally agreeable ever since!
· Mandi's career at Ernst & Young came to a close, but she's now the campus recruiter at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC); working 2ish days. It has been a great move professionally and personally, as it allows her more time with the boys!
· Mitchell started pre-school this year and is constantly amazing us with the things he is learning. We were shocked when he requested his toast cut like a trapezoid, but he also thinks the man pictured on the face of a quarter is Johnny Appleseed, so I think we'll stay enrolled. :)
· Mandi is the newest Accounting Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas; teaching Financial Reporting for MBA students one night a week. Answering to "Professor Folks" still seems odd!
· Our yellow lab, Tex, will celebrate his 10th birthday in January. He is the most well -mannered man in our house. The boys absolutely love him.
· If we're not at home, you can likely find us at one of four places...the gym, church, Costco or Home Depot. When asked what he would like for lunch, Mitchell has even been known to request "Costco samples."
· For Thanksgiving Mitchell said he was thankful for God, his parents and our little neighbor girl, Lily. Let this be a word of warning to Lily's parents :) He is also completely obsessed with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and super heros. To his Daddy's approval, he seems less enthralled with Dora.
· Jacob earned a promotion to Senior Manager at Ernst & Young and has been working in Minneapolis on Ameriprise in addition to working in Omaha on TD Ameritrade. He enjoys the new challenge! Once in a while he works in a town called Kansas City, heard of it?
· Although it was completely unplanned, the names Mitchell and Maverick both relate to Tom Cruise's character on Top Gun whose name was Pete Mitchell and nickname was Maverick. That fact is about the only commonality between our two sons. They are very different; we appreciate their uniqueness!
· We are FINALLY almost finished with our basement, a project we've slowly been working on for 3 years! You can tell how much our priorities have changed since construction began...the space Jacob originally planned for a theater room is now a playroom for the boys.
· On a more sorrowful note, we've lost our fair share of loved ones this year. This is the first year on record that we've attended more funerals than weddings, a trend we hope to end in 2011.
· We wrongfully predicted that Maverick would be walking by Thanksgiving....our revised guess is Christmas. We'll see! His most common words are "momma" and "dog" and his favorite toy right now is Tex's water bowl....ick!
· With parents and siblings in 8 different states, we continue to travel near and far to visit. We also had a magical trip to Disney World in December!
· When Mitchell was born, we purchased our first nice camera....and have been snapping away ever since. I've decided to start offering my novice skills to other families, thus the launch of a fun little photography business. Check out mandifolksphotography.blogspot.com
· We celebrated the engagements of TWO of our sisters in 2010....looking forward to fun 2011 weddings!
Season's greeting to you all and best wishes for a blessed 2011!
Y - The Folks Family
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