Merry Christmas (Christmas Letter)

I only sent Christmas letters to family members this year.

But for those who did not get one. Here it is!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

With our two-year anniversary approaching, we can easily say that 2013 was the best year ever!!  Our family grew by way of a beautiful baby boy and we have found ourselves in sunny Glendale, Arizona.

Tallin was born on March 13, 2013.  He weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches long.  He continues to grow every day.  He loves to army crawl and pull himself up onto everything.  Tallin loves to dance.  He also loves to eat anything he can find on the floor.  We have found many interesting things in his mouth…  Tallin is a talkative kid and is always babbling.  He has learned a lot of different sounds.  I try to teach him a new sound every day and he loves copying the sounds I make.  He is for sure a mommy’s boy.

Zack graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in April with a BS in Biology.  He was accepted to medical school and began classes at Midwestern University in August.  He is enjoying school and stays busy studying and spending time with Tallin and me.  We have been blessed with the wonderful opportunity to pay for medical school through a military scholarship.  So we have joined the Navy!!  The scholarship pays for Zack’s schooling and in return he will be a doctor for the military for a few years.  Zack loves to play with his little boy and they love to make each other laugh.  Zack tries to keep up with the Russian language and loves to watch Russian cartoons with Tallin.

In April, I graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a BS in Communications.  I have LOVED being a mom and try my best to teach Tallin something new every day.  I have been called as the primary second counselor in our ward.  Our presidency has been working really hard on a lot of projects to help improve the primary.  I spend a lot of time crafting while Tallin naps.  I have way too much fun with crafts.  I am spoiled living down the street from Hobby Lobby.  Somehow (I’m still not sure how), I convinced Zack that we needed a nice camera.  So I bought a new camera and have been taking tons of pictures of our cute little family.

We love life.  We love our ward and the peace the gospel gives us.  The Lord has blessed us this year in many ways.  We are grateful for the gift of the gospel and pray that His spirit will be in your homes and hearts during this Christmas season. 

With love,

                     Zack, Nicole and Tallin Baxter