This is the State of the Macks in the year 2009
· Ada. She is so different from my boys. She is so . . . girly! Ada has been helping me learn to be "girly" again. I painted her toenails the other day and curled her hair in little ringlets . . . and it was surprisingly very fun! She likes to walk around pretending like she is talking on the phone, and carrying a backpack or something around her shoulder pretending it is a purse. I don’t even own a purse, so she didn’t get that from me. She is also a recovering shoe addict. She has spent a good part of the year trying on every shoe in sight, and we have had a few tantrums over making her take off shoes that don’t belong to her. She is such a cuddler. Sometimes when she is so fussy during the day, all she wants to do is come and sit on my lap and be with me. She loves the boys and wants to do whatever they do. Lately at night she has climbed in bed with them after prayers and pulled up the covers looking up at us like, "Okay, this is where I belong Mom." And she will whine when I take her to her room.
· Hayden. He is so darn cute. His little voice coupled with the funny things he says and the adorable faces he makes while he says it . . . makes it impossible not to just love that kid. Earlier this year Hayden had a surgery that has drastically changed things for him. He had his Adenoids taken out and tubes put in his ears. Previous to this most people could not understand much of anything that Hayden said. But since his surgeries he has been talking better, and never stops! He loves to talk. He talks pretty much continuously all day long whether what he says makes any sort of logical sense or not. He just makes sure to connect all of his thoughts with interjections like “but” and “and” and continues on without stopping most of the day, which makes for some interesting commentary. My neighbors think Hayden is so funny and call all of the funny things he says “Haydenisms” On my birthday Hayden said something off the wall funny and gave me a funny smile, and I said, "Hayden . . . I love you! You are so cute!" Then Hayden smiled and said, "Mom . . . I love you! . . . You're a good camper!" That is a Haydenism, and there are many more where that came from!!
· Drew. Or should I say “Batman?” Drew has spent a good part of the year going around with a cape on alternating between being Batman, Robin, and Super Drew. When the kids get themselves dressed in the morning their capes have been a part of their attire almost every day but Sunday. Drew definitely has a big imagination. One day he had a friend over and after playing for awhile his buddy said, “Hey Drew . . . I have an idea . . . How about you just be yourself this time?” It was pretty funny. He brings so much life to our household. I don't think there is ever a boring day with Drew. He loves listening to stories, and he is starting to be able to read simple stories and is having fun doing that as well. Drew is so passionate about things. If he is doing something he wants to do, nothing can detour him from it until he has finished it to his liking. And he is very confident in his work which makes me so happy! Drew is very confident and has shown his confidence in many things that he has done this year, from reading, learning to play the piano, learning to ride a bike, telling his T-ball coach that he was a “ little shining star” when he got up to bat, to just this last week when he said to Hayden as they were going to sleep, “Hayden . . . you should try to be like me.” I hope he never loses that confidence!
· Lamon. Lamon has continued to be a wonderful husband and father. Lamon is always working hard. He is sort of addicted to work and is a great example to all of us of it. He works fulltime in the PACU at Utah Valley Hospital, and is such a great nurse. He is always coming home with notes telling him how great a nurse and how appreciated he is. On top of working at the hospital Lamon has managed to gut and remodel our downstairs bathroom, participate in the Salem triathlon, be a pacer for 25 grueling miles in the Wasatch 100, spent many hours as scout master camping and doing other things with the scouts in our ward, has worked long hours hanging Christmas lights with his cousin and his friend Mark, and new this year he has been building wood rocking horses and selling them to people off of KSL. On top of all of those things he has managed to fit in school working towards his BSN, and of course his top priority US!! He always drops everything when he is home and just plays with his family! Lamon is so positive and fun, and does goofy things all the time on purpose to make people laugh. I am so thankful to Lamon for making me feel loved, comfortable and safe. One of my friends teased me the other day telling me that Lamon was my favorite subject, and it is probably true. I never get sick of telling people, and Lamon, how much I love and appreciate him. I wonder a lot of times how I was lucky enough to get him! I'd rather spend my time with him than anyone else on Earth!
And as for me, I have just been enjoying all of the above!!! I had fun going on trips with our family this year to Palo Alto California to visit Todd and Betty, and to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, St. George, and most recently a wonderful trip with just Lamon to visit my parents in Hawaii. It’s been a lot of fun. I also had fun running this year. I ran in a 50 mile relay with Lamon and other family members, and I ran my first marathon. I also have made some great running buddies in the ward this year, which has been a blast. I love my family. I am so happy! Not because things never go wrong in our family, not because we have a lot of worldly wealth or popularity! I am just so blessed. I love my family and I am grateful for my Heavenly Father for granting me the wonderful blessings that I have in my life, and for the greatest gift he gave me and all of us, our Savior Jesus Christ whom we celebrate this Christmas time! There is no greater happiness to be attained in this world than that in which He has lovingly offered us through His teachings, His exemplary Life and His Atonement for mankind!! MERRY CHRISTMAS. We love you all,
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