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| 2/1/08 Belated Happy Holidays and New Year! It’s been a hectic few months, so we are just now getting our holiday cards out.  2007 was a healthy and
prosperous year for us, filled with travel, sports and new
adventures.Charlie (11) is now a fifth grade “senior” at his elementary school. He continues to do very well in his classes and is looking forward to attending middle school next year. Charlie’s musical interests have now turned to the drums and guitar. He’s been taking percussion lessons at school (thank goodness!) and got an electric guitar for his birthday (with headphones). Outside the classroom, Charlie’s Marple Junior Tigers football team had a banner year, finishing undefeated and winning the Bert Bell League 100 lb. Championship. This year he played both offensive and defensive tackle. Charlie also played on organized basketball, baseball and lacrosse teams this past year, so you can imagine how we’ve been spending many of our evenings and weekends. In addition, Charlie has discovered girls and is now receiving lots of female phone calls at home! Our Big Guy is growing up fast and we’re very proud of him. 
Henry (9) is now in the third grade and is an excellent
reader. He seems to have a
real talent for language and has also been taking piano lessons. Since we now register for youth
sports as a family (simplifies the driving!), Henry also played defensive
tackle for the 80 pound Tigers football team. Henry’s team had an equally
successful season, finishing 9-2-1 and winning the Bert Bell
PeeWee League Championship. But Henry also enjoys basketball
and baseball. He even got to
attend the ACC Tournament in Patrick (7) is now a first grader that rides the bus to school with his brothers. He continues to excel in all forms of art and is now also a reader! Watching a first grader learn to read never ceases to amaze us. They progress so quickly and discover a whole new world of stories and information. As you might expect, Patrick has also been playing football and baseball along with his brothers. In his second season of flag football, Patrick played running back and led his team in scoring with 14 touchdowns. This led to an unexpected challenge – reminding Patrick that after someone says “you had a great game”, the proper response is “thank you” and not “yeah, I know!” Patrick also really looks up to his big brother Charlie and constantly seeks to be just like him. Nonetheless, Patrick is completely unique and we love him just the way he is. 
Beth continues to be very active in leading the PTA social
and fundraising events at the boys’ school. This year she also added the title
“Commissioner” to her resume, as she took on the job of organizing the
school’s intramural basketball league! As the mother of three boys,
perhaps it was inevitable.
Chris’ passion for surfing continued to grow, as he was able catch
waves in Best wishes to you and yours for a Happy Holiday Season and a Healthy & Prosperous 2008! To check out news from previous updates, just click on the date you'd like to see:
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