Merry Christmas and all our best wishes to you for 2011!
We are blessed with so much and are grateful for everything we have and can do. This is my first year that I will not send out regular Christmas cards, but I hope that you will still know that we miss, appreciate and love our family and friends very much.
Christofel is now 11 and Jacques and Stefan turned 8 years old. Christofel graduated from 5th grade and started middle school in August. All of them are doing so good in school and make us very proud. The three of them played flag football in the spring and Chris started tackle football in the fall. The twins are now trying tennis, but I hear tackle football or even ice hockey is next! Will have to wait and see! They take private music lessons (piano and electric guitar and Chris plays trombone at school) and are also in several bands. Our schedule stays busy but these are all wonderful experiences and worth every moment.
Chris and I are doing well. This year we had our 11th year anniversary in Texas. I am teaching my water aerobics classes, several times a week and started taking Spanish classes, twice a week. I love the fact that I can learn a new language. The kids find it strange that Mom is now doing homework at night! I completed a few commissioned art pieces this year and worked on illustrations for a book, but did not paint as much as I was hoping for...so you know what one of my New Year's resolutions will be!
This year we did several races together as a family and it is definitely something we will continue. All the kids enjoy running and around Austin area we have numerous races to pick from. Chris and I even ran the Austin half marathon (13.1 miles) together on Valentine's Day. Isn't that a good way to start your Valentine's Day?
We hope you are all doing well and please stay in touch. Enjoy the holidays and be safe.
With all our love
The Enslins
