Christmas Update

A lot has happened this year! It has been a wonderful year full of blessings and friends and family.

Tony: Has gone from working 3 jobs to working full time just at the Store. This has been a huge blessing not only for him, but our family. River was beginning to forget he had a Daddy! He would work during the day at one of two jobs then work all night at a resteraunt. The hours were brutal, but Tony was willing to do what needed to be done to provide for the family as his main job as a draftsmen was going out of business. He now is just down to one job and although things are tight we feel incredibly blessed for the work and a steady paycheck. He is looking forward to hopefully being able to get a day off in the new year. I know he will love that and River and I are looking forward to a little more time with him as well.

Christin: I went from working at the store with River to being a stay at home Mom. It has been challenging financially to lose the income, but it was getting a little out of control working with River on my hip on the Sales floor! River still loves being down at the store after spending a year of his life there. I think he feels like he owns the place or something! :) He always cries when we have to leave the store. It has been an adjustment going from working to being Mommy, but I love spending this precious time with my cutie. I am learning to value long term goals, unlike the short term and quickly obtained goals from working. Being a Mommy is a wonderful, amazing, yet tiring, and sometimes mundane job. I love my sweet boy though and happy to be on this journey with him. (We are figuring this Mommy/Son thing together)

River: He loved his time spent at the store working with Mommy, and was said when we had to go home full time. He still misses all of his coworkers :) He celebrated his one year Birthday in May, and was lucky enough to have Gma & Gpa Foscarini here for the celebration. We were also lucky enough to be able to go to Disneyland as a little family to celebrate his Birthday. It was an awesome trip!! He absolutely loved it, and so did Tony and I. We went on Pirates of the Carribean many times and Loved it! River just started Nursery and still isn't warmed up to the idea...so after two Sunday's of total melt downs for all of Nursery, Mommy now attends with him. I am hoping this will soon change. River is still not talking, but loves to make funny noises, point and dance to communicate. River is learning how to throw amazing tantrums! :) He is really so sweet and the light of our lives!

We went on some fun trips this year:

South Carolina (thanks to the Foscarini's) So FUN!

Riv & I attended some business trips with Gpa Feller to:

Texas (Dallas)

Washington DC

We love to get away whenever we can. Riv and I will be attending a few more shows in 2011 and are so excited!

We hope this time of year we can all reflect on our Saviour Jesus Christ and the amazing gifts he has given. Hope all is well and that you are also feeling the blessings of the Lord.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2011!

Love,

The Foscarini Family