Christmas Letter 2011

I can't figure out how to get our Christmas Card I made on Mixbook show up on my blog, but since this is my life history/journal I wanted to make sure I put on the blog the letter we sent out to our friends and family this Christmas with our Christmas Card.


December 2011

We’re thinking of you and hoping that you are all having a wonderful Christmas Season so far! This year has brought us a lot of change, readjusting, and a big move to California!


Michelle left a job she really enjoyed as an administrative assistant for the Commercial Real Estate Group after five years with Wells Fargo. She is now working for Kaweah Delta as the Secretary to the Director of Rural Health Clinics and starting to get the hang of things there. She loves her calling as a Relief Society Instructor, Teachings for our Times.


In June, Travis graduated from the University of Southern Nevada with his Doctorate in Pharmacy (Pharm.D.). He got a job with Target as a pharmacist in the Visalia, CA area. He worked as a post-grad intern pharmacist for a few months while working to get licensed in California, which we quickly learned wasn’t a small task. We found out he passed the State and National Boards in October, and now he is a full-fledged pharmacist at the Tulare Target Store. He has dreamed of this day since senior year in high school, and we are both so glad it is finally here. No more STUDYING!! He is serving as the Assistant Scout Leader to the 11-year-old scouts and enjoys their energetic personalities.


The biggest story of the year is we moved to Visalia, CA! We knew that we needed to go wherever the job opportunity came, and we feel fortunate that it brought us to a nice town. The population is 125,000 and before we moved I had to be sure it had a mall….it passed. It has been difficult to adjust to being away from family, but we have made some great friends here. We have also been able to enjoy some of the beautiful areas of this state. We visited Sequoia National Park, Pismo Beach, and San Francisco. We have had many opportunities to serve such as feeding the missionaries, working in the Church’s vineyard, and helping paint a Habitat for Humanity house. We look forward to the many new adventures and growing opportunities we’ll have here.


We have been very blessed this year, and we are very lucky to have all of you in our lives to be our support through the celebrations and challenges of life. We are definitely grateful for the Savior as we reflect on his birth this time of year, and we wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!