2015 Shaffer Family Newsletter

2015 Shaffer Family Newsletter

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

Gwendolyn “Gwendy” is nearly 3 and is happy, talkative, patient and kind but also a little sassy.   She loves to color and play with friends and toys. 

Adelaide “Addy” is nearly 6 and a kindergartner!  The day we had scheduled to take her school portrait we took a short hike before going to the studio, a few minutes before reaching the car she fell and split open her head.  We drove her to her doctor’s office where they have after hours care and they carefully stitched her up.  I then proceeded to take the other 3 kids to do their individual portraits you see here while daddy stayed with Addy at the doctor’s.  She was patient and brave during the visit to the doctor’s office and before we could come pick them up she asked to go on a daddy daughter date and they went to dinner and a movie, all within walking distance of the clinic.  Her bangs cover her scar.  She loves to play with her sisters and friends.

Cordelia is 8 and in the 3^rd grade. I was excited to learn some gymnastics this summer, and we played a lot at a water park and fun centers with annual passes.  I built a snowman at school.  I am happy to have new friends.  I was baptized.  My primary program was great and a lot of my family came to watch it.  I like my new school outfit Grandee bought me when she visited this summer and I wore it in my picture.  I'm learning to use computers and love to get email Cordelia.s212@stu.nebo.edu.

Elnorra-10 This year I started 5^th grade. Choir is really exiting. I am very glad that I got to do Gymnastics it was very, very fun I got to do lots of fun things in gymnastics. This year I got a new kitten and he so cute and cuddly the little picture next to mine is a picture of my kitten. This year Grandee came over and we got to do our first day of school shopping. The first time it snowed here I tried to build a snowman at morning recess but every time I would try to put on the body or the head it would all crumble into lots and lots of tiny pieces. It was very annoying, but also very fun. Last  Christmas was awesome I got to go and visit my family in Arizona it was really fun to be able to go down there to visit it was really exciting to be where I used to live. I love to receive email at my school email address which is Elnorra.s198@stu.nebo.edu.

Benjamin- 35 ½ I have had a challenging and, at times, very discouraging year. I didn’t pass the bar exam as planned, and am now preparing to retake it in February. It is frustrating to have a law degree but be unable to use it build a legal profession. I’ve done a couple low paying jobs, but have been unable to make anything like a stable living this year. It hasn’t been all doom and gloom though, I climbed Mt Timpanogos, enjoyed being close to family and friends in Utah, and wrote, read and listened to many engaging books. I was able to mark the milestones as my beautiful daughters grow, especially the joy if baptizing Cordelia. We finished repairing the house and even got a nice little flock of backyard chickens. I even discovered the distraction and fun of Facebook and Minecraft and the many things you can design and build in that simple, yet addictive, medium. 

Windy-40 After the busy year moving and graduating last year this year has been nicely low key.  My little instrument repair business has kept me very busy since I opened shop in the spring.  The kids are growing and my days are filled with the daily drama of raising 4 lively girls, shop work, housekeeping, and making music.  I still enjoy playing my tuba in a local band and orchestra and doubling on my cello when there aren't tuba parts to play or make up from the string bass parts.  I played in my 21st annual TUBACHRISTMAS this year.  I also expanded my horizons by recently attending a Violin repair 101 clinic at my trade organization.  A whole new world waits if I can find string instruments to fix…

The Shaffer Family

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Spanish Fork, Utah  84660

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