lucas
on
October 30, we welcomed lucas kay to
our family. he was a strapping boy (8'
15 oz. and 21 ½ inches long) and so far, he has been a pretty great
dude. the kids love to hold him and the
girls have been great helpers to mom.
beau also loves
baby
‘lou,’
but we have to watch him pretty carefully. just
to give you an idea of how carefully… beau has stuffed blankets tightly around lucas’ head,
climbed
on
top of him
several times,
squeezed his hands until there are tears, hit him very hard with metal salad
tongs, and
whacked him with a wooden block on the forehead. yes, some of those left
mark but as justin’s
grandpa would say “that was just a love tap!” even though we do
try to keep lucas out
of beau’s
way…I mean harm’s
way, we
are pretty confident that they will grow up to be best buddies.
beau
in
addition to ‘toughening up’ his new baby brother, beau is a little fire
ball. he has tons of energy and is
pretty much running non-stop. he will be
2 in january and
has loved being able to run around and play with his big sisters at our new house.
he
has inherited his dads curly locks and is quite a cute kid. he loves sports,
throwing stuff, “picks”
(pickles), and dancing!
eva
eva’s
daily routine usually includes going through about 53 different outfits,
playing with her best friend marshall, and playing polly
pockets and ponies. she plays well with her siblings and really has a great
sense of imagination. she is also our little rabbit, always munching on food
from the fridge. but we don’t mind
because her favorite foods are cucumbers, mushrooms, carrots, cheese and many
other healthy foods. she loves playing
with maggie
after school and one of her highlights of the year was learning
to swim and ride
a bike.
she also loves to make people laugh and loves to tell jokes. (q: why can't a bicycle
stand up by itself? a: because it's two-tired!)
maggie
2nd grade has been great for maggie. she continues to get along well with others
and has gained a love and talent for crafts and art (as shown by this card
she drew). at
her school they do
three week ‘passions projects’ where the students get to choose a “passion”. some
of maggie’s
favorites have
been friendship
bracelet making, art exploration, and paracord bracelets. she loves to make little
crafts and is very creative. she also
has caught the reading bug. she has been
listening to the audiobook version of harry potter, and is on number 5. she filled her backpack to the brim with books she
wants to read during the winter
break after
she got off of school last week. she also played soccer on a team for the
first time and really liked it. she is a terrific big sister, helps out her
mom and is an all around good kid.
megan
while still adjusting to being a mother
of four, megan
is a tremendous mother. she had a rough labor and delivery with lucas,
but has been recovering nicely. we received so much support from everyone and
really appreciate
it.
megan
continues to serve as a counselor in the relief society in
our ward and does an awesome job. they have had some great activities and are
always trying to run around and meet new people, help out, or just coordinate
teaching lessons each sunday.
every summer megan cans and bottles lots of wonderful
fruits and veggies for us and is pretty much known as the best bread baker
around.
she also loves to play basketball with friends and
has become quite a dominant player. no
matter how you look at it, she is an amazing woman who does so much for our
family.
justin
justin continues to progress and work
towards completing his schooling. this upcoming semester, he will
begin work on putting together a dissertation proposal and the goal is to be
searching for jobs for next year. he
continues to work in the school of education in the office of instructional
consulting and really enjoys getting to work with faculty members on a variety
of interesting projects. justin
is
also currently serving as the sunday school president and loves being
able to watch and observe the way people teach and learn in the church. he
tries to balance work, school, and home life, but definitely likes to spend as
much time as possible with his amazing family camping, swimming, playing
outside, or just being together.
we hope that you have all had an amazing
2013 and we are very excited for what 2014 will bring. our kids are growing up too fast, but we love our life in indiana. we wish we were closer to family and friends
but we are so proud of our family members that are doing such amazing things
throughout the world.
much love from the whitings
in 2014!
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