Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends and Family,

We hope this finds you well, and enjoying another beautiful Christmas season. We have been blessed with another wonderful year, full of excitement and joy.

Megan - 7 years old - She is in the second grade. Her reading skills have blossomed and she enjoys it more than ever. She loves math, and she had her first horseback ride this summer!

Michael - 9 years old - He is in the fourth grade. He is always asking mom to teach him new things in math (cubing numbers, multiplying fractions and the distributive property). He earned his Bear Scout award and is really hoping for a pocketknife for Christmas so he can practice the skills he learned at scouts. .

Nathan - 11 years old - He loves being an official boy scout, has been on two campouts and has earned two ranks and three merit badges. He is in the sixth grade and is already talking about junior high next year.

Liz - 12 years old - It has been a big year for Liz. She is now in the Young Women's program at church. She attended girls' camp in the mountains of Utah and helped pull a handcart on a 28 mile pioneer trek this summer. She started junior high, joined the band (flute) and has started some babysitting.

Not much has change for Jen and Brian. Jen continues to help with literacy at the school and tutor math at home. She is still working with the 12 and 13 year old young women at church and went to camp and on trek with Liz. Brian is still in the BYU Registrars' office, has many new responsibilities and opportunities and works with great people. He also attended the Pioneer trek and has been on Nathan's scout campouts too.

We have had many opportunities this year to spend time with extended family, and we look forward to more of these opportunities throughout this holiday season. We are grateful for our friends and family who bless our family in countless ways.

We are grateful for the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are grateful that no matter our circumstances, whether a time of relative ease, or challenges that make each day feel a little bit hard, we can feel joy, and peace, and hope. We are grateful for this Christmas season, for this time to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. It is his life, and his Atoning sacrifice for us that bring us that joy, peace and hope.

Merry Christmas!

Love, the Chantrys