Greetings from the Jensen Family,
We hope this letter finds you and your family happy, healthy, and enjoying the Holiday Season. Life has been good to the Jensen’s this past year, so we’ll just “cut to the chase” and fill you in on the highlights of each month.
January was full of indoor soccer games. Rachel joined an indoor soccer league with several of her favorite team-mates from past outdoor teams.
February had a little of everything. Father/Daughter Night with Rachel, Amy started ballet, and Alec earned his Life-Scout rank advancement badge. He is now working on his Eagle and hopes to have it within the year.
March brought the best news of the year. Amy’s body has responded well to the shots and medication to treat her Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. We’ve been able to eliminate the daily ibuprofen and hope to have the disease in complete remission by this time next year.
April brought a surprise trip to England for Steve and Trisha. Steve had business, but we were able to work in several days of driving around the English countryside (last time we mostly stayed in London). Highlights were Warwick and Dover Castle, The Ancient Roman Baths, and all the charming and fairy-tale-like villages of the Cotswold’s (seriously they still have thatched roofs and cute cobble stone streets).
May was the end of several months of training for Trisha. She ran her first, but not last, half marathon.
June marked a milestone for the Jensen’s. Alec turned 13, which gave Steve and Trisha their first teenager. So far…so good.
July brought the annual camping trip to Lake Tahoe, swimming and golf tournaments for Alec. At the Tri-Valley Championships Alec smashed his individual backstroke time, but lost 1st place by only .01 seconds.
August Rachel turned 10. August also brought a trip to Canada for a family reunion and family vacation. We visited Waterton Park, and both Banff and Jasper National Park. The mountains and scenery were absolutely breathtaking. The lakes look like they’re filled with blue PowerAde (due to glacial silt). In fact our Christmas picture this year was taken in front of Moraine Lake, near Banff. We’re definitely heading back up there soon.
September brought work, work, and more work for Steve as the fiscal year came to an end.
October’s highlight was the “girls” vacation to L.A. to the American Girl Doll Store and Disneyland. The men stayed home and went to the President’s Cup Golf Tournament in San Francisco.
November we listed our home on the market and sold it within 2 weeks. We thought we’d take advantage of the soft market and upgrade our house. We bought a new home we had been looking at for over a year.
December 4th we moved into our new house. Our new address is 2728 Rivers Bend Circle, Livermore CA 94550. It’s only about 1 mile away from our old house. We love it and are busy moving in and making it into a “home”.
That’s the quick summary of 2009. If you want to follow the Jensen’s more closely check out our family blog. www.trishajensen.blogspot.com
We would like to wish your and your family a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
Love,
Steve, Trisha, Alec, Rachel, and Amy
We hope this letter finds you and your family happy, healthy, and enjoying the Holiday Season. Life has been good to the Jensen’s this past year, so we’ll just “cut to the chase” and fill you in on the highlights of each month.
January was full of indoor soccer games. Rachel joined an indoor soccer league with several of her favorite team-mates from past outdoor teams.
February had a little of everything. Father/Daughter Night with Rachel, Amy started ballet, and Alec earned his Life-Scout rank advancement badge. He is now working on his Eagle and hopes to have it within the year.
March brought the best news of the year. Amy’s body has responded well to the shots and medication to treat her Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. We’ve been able to eliminate the daily ibuprofen and hope to have the disease in complete remission by this time next year.
April brought a surprise trip to England for Steve and Trisha. Steve had business, but we were able to work in several days of driving around the English countryside (last time we mostly stayed in London). Highlights were Warwick and Dover Castle, The Ancient Roman Baths, and all the charming and fairy-tale-like villages of the Cotswold’s (seriously they still have thatched roofs and cute cobble stone streets).
May was the end of several months of training for Trisha. She ran her first, but not last, half marathon.
June marked a milestone for the Jensen’s. Alec turned 13, which gave Steve and Trisha their first teenager. So far…so good.
July brought the annual camping trip to Lake Tahoe, swimming and golf tournaments for Alec. At the Tri-Valley Championships Alec smashed his individual backstroke time, but lost 1st place by only .01 seconds.
August Rachel turned 10. August also brought a trip to Canada for a family reunion and family vacation. We visited Waterton Park, and both Banff and Jasper National Park. The mountains and scenery were absolutely breathtaking. The lakes look like they’re filled with blue PowerAde (due to glacial silt). In fact our Christmas picture this year was taken in front of Moraine Lake, near Banff. We’re definitely heading back up there soon.
September brought work, work, and more work for Steve as the fiscal year came to an end.
October’s highlight was the “girls” vacation to L.A. to the American Girl Doll Store and Disneyland. The men stayed home and went to the President’s Cup Golf Tournament in San Francisco.
November we listed our home on the market and sold it within 2 weeks. We thought we’d take advantage of the soft market and upgrade our house. We bought a new home we had been looking at for over a year.
December 4th we moved into our new house. Our new address is 2728 Rivers Bend Circle, Livermore CA 94550. It’s only about 1 mile away from our old house. We love it and are busy moving in and making it into a “home”.
That’s the quick summary of 2009. If you want to follow the Jensen’s more closely check out our family blog. www.trishajensen.blogspot.com
We would like to wish your and your family a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
Love,
Steve, Trisha, Alec, Rachel, and Amy
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