2011 Highlights

Dear Family and Friends,

We are grateful for the experiences of this past year and, more importantly, the blessings we have received.  We wanted to share some of our family’s highlights with you:

• First and foremost, we welcomed Spencer Keith to our family on September 7.  He is such a happy baby and we love having him in our home!  We were grateful to have Nana and Megan’s sisters here for the week of Spencer’s birth.
• Brent graduated with his second Masters in May (MBA and MHA)!  He has been going to school non-stop since we have been married and is beyond excited to be done!  We enjoyed having Brent’s family in town for graduation and spent some time with them in Nauvoo, which was our only true vacation this year.
• After graduation we moved from St. Louis to Woodstock (northwest of Chicago) for Brent to start an Administrative Fellowship with Centegra Health System. Besides 100 degree heat with no A/C in the moving van, the transition was fairly smooth and we are happy to be here.  We have grown to love the area, our ward, and neighbors.
• Leila is 4 (almost 5) and is a girl to the core! She loves to sing and dance. She is becoming a great artist and spends most her days coloring, drawing, or working in workbooks.  She can’t wait to go to Kindergarten!  She is a wonderful big sister and loves to help mom with Spencer!
• Ben is 2 (almost 3) and is SUCH a boy!! He loves anything to do with sports, balls, and cars. He loves when daddy is home because daddy “tackles” him and plays a little rougher than Leila likes. He often tells us that he can’t wait until Spencer is older so they can play football together.
• Megan has enjoyed having three children at home, though it has certainly been an adjustment.  She enjoys having a house and a van—both of which have added considerable space! Megan spends her days primarily at home with the children and loves being a mom.

We hope this update finds you all happy and well!  We look forward to what this next year will bring.  We are grateful for each one of you and for our Savior, who's life we celebrate during this wonderful season.  What will you give for Christmas?....Christ?

Love,

Brent, Megan, Leila, Benjamin & Spencer