Dear Family and Friends, December
2012
When I stop to remember all that
we’ve done this year I can’t help but think where the time went and how busy we
were. Here are some of the highlights:
Our family likes to participate
in all the different activities and outings that Edmonton offers; so we spent
some of our time going to the various festivals like the Festival of Trees, Ice
on Whyte, Street performers, Taste of Edmonton and The Fringe Festival as well
as enjoying Canada Day at the Legislature grounds -- with a pretty sweet spot
to see the fireworks this year.
We also purchased a city pass
that enabled us to visit the Zoo, Fort Edmonton Park, John Janzen Nature Center
and the Muttart Conservatory. We have
enjoyed going to each of these places often and enjoyed the time that we spent
together playing around, learning new things, scooping water bugs and insects
and enjoying other various programs that each of these places has to
offer.
We also enjoyed time spent with
family throughout the year at various birthday parties, family dinners, baby
blessings and other holidays. We
particularly enjoyed our time in Jasper (one of our favorite places) camping
and having a quick Burt Reunion.
Spencer has successfully passed his Chartered Accountant
exam and soon He will be able to add the CA letters behind his name. He also received a promotion this year to
Senior Manager and is just as busy as ever at work. He was called to be the ward mission leader and
helping our ward have missionary success.
Weekly running rounds out his days.
Cathy has been busy trying as usual to keep everyone
organized and the household running as smoothly as possible. I am the secretary of our kids Parent’s
Advisory Society at school this year and the assistant activity day leader at
church. I manage to find time to try new
recipes, blog (scordfamily.blogspot.com),
and do the occasional hot yoga session and very casually doing some running.
Our “epic” tween tomboy Megan is in grade 5 and loves to
draw, read, and be crafty. She is a total pro with video games by showing off
her melee combos in super smash bro brawl. She also has a girly side by worrying
about her hair and occasionally doing her nails. She continues to play the piano and also aced
several swimming and gymnastics lessons this year. (Thanks for the help in
writing this – Megan!)
Evan is in grade 1 and loves to learn new things. He is also taking piano lessons and just
finished his primer level in 3 months.
He would practice all the time if I let him. He too loves to swim and participate in
gymnastics. He is quite the ferocious
reader and loves to sing and dance and play around. Learning how to ride his two wheel bike was
an accomplishment for him this year.
Aaron our preschooler is still my side kick at home. I decided to spend one on one time with him
at home doing preschool type things and He looks forward to his lessons every
week. He took an un-parented swim class
and is quite a good little swimmer. He
will soon join the primary ranks as he will be a sunbeam and He too loved to go
to gymnastics. He likes to mimic his
older siblings and try to keep up with both of them.
May the Lord continue to bless
you and your families in 2013.
