Merry Christmas from the Yoders!
Our 13 year anniversary is on December 28 ♥♥
Mark has a new job offer to work as a surgical
PA at IHC Southern Utah Neurosciences Institute! He has enjoyed working in
pediatrics for the past six years, but is looking forward to working with the
spinal surgeons Dr. Major and Dr. Stauffer and the neurosurgeons in this new group. He will begin training at
the end of January in St. George and once he is established, he will split his
time between their offices in St. George and Cedar City.
He has also been
busy with several woodworking projects, building Madelyn a desk, and he got
himself a vintage Neo-Geo arcade for his birthday. He loves having a little
baby to snuggle again.
Melissa spent the first half of the year being pregnant and
miserable and the other half of the year raising a darling baby who made it all
worth it. Her heart condition (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome)
improved greatly once Isabelle was finally born. She has still found time to do
a lot of sewing, jewelry making for her etsy shop,
blogging, and reading. She works hard to keep the
family and house running—it is a full time job!
Madelyn turned 10 on December 21st! She is enjoying 4th
grade and gymnastics. She is a very good student and loves to read. She has
loved having a baby sister and is the best little helper. She was so excited to
watch The Hobbit last week—she really loves all that nerdy
stuff that her parents do. Every Wednesday, she gets to stay up late to watch
NOVA. She loves sea animals, art, helping mom in the kitchen and our cat Tiger.
Luke turned 5 in September and is in his second year of
preschool. (He barely missed the kindergarten deadline.) He is super smart and
can read at a 2nd grade level already. He loves being on the
computer, Minecraft, Mario and Luigi, rocks, dirt, swords, guns, tanks and
everything little boys are into. He still is a huge mess maker and doesn’t like
to wear clothes all that much. He is so funny and always insists that we tell
jokes around the dinner table. He likes being a big brother and enjoys running
errands with us around town.
Isabelle turned 7 months old last Sunday. She was born on May 14 at
12:32 pm, 6 lbs. 6 oz, 19 inches. She has been an absolute joy to our family.
She has been such a happy, sweet baby and has the most beautiful round face
with rosy cheeks and dark brown eyes. She has the whole family wrapped around
her little finger and is spoiled with love. She can sit up, roll over, clap and
is very grabby with her hands. She is also quite the night owl! We are really
enjoying her and savoring the time we have with our last baby.
We love you all
and hope you have a wonderful holiday and coming year!
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