Dear Family and Friends,
It is hard to believe another year is almost complete. Looking back, we feel our family has been
very blessed. It has been awhile since
we have written up a Christmas letter and shared what is happening in the lives. We will first start out with our youngest
child.
Bryce is seven months old.
He was born Friday, May 3, 2013.
He is a strong, healthy boy and is 100% in height, weight and head size.
J Bryce is cuddly, has a sweet personality and
is a happy kid. He loves to chew on
things…still no teeth, loves to move his legs constantly. I am thinking he is going to be hard to catch
once he starts walking/running. We are
so glad he is in our family!
Fluffer (our little dog).
Where do we start with little Fluff?
She turned one year old in July.
She is potty trained better now. J She wasn’t quite sure what to think when
Bryce showed up at our house, but has made a point to make sure we haven’t
forgotten her. She does great with
Bryce. She likes getting her hair
done. She is definitely a girl. J
Kaitlyn just turn five years old. She has an exciting personality. She is in the talkative stage. She loves princesses, horses, unicorns,
etc. She is going to preschool and loves
learning and doing crafts. The kids joke
around saying Kaitlyn is a diva. She can
be pretty dramatic, but I am hoping it is just a five-year-old phase.
Amanda is seven years old.
She is in second grade and loves to read. She has discovered the Magic Tree house book series
and is always looking forward to the next one to read. She loves going to the library. Amanda also loves horses and running, which
is very fitting for her. She is full of
energy and constantly wanting to stay busy.
She is very crafty and is always looking for a new project to do.
Ammon is in seventh grade.
He played football this year for Bingham high school. His team went to the finals. He loved every minute of it! He is working on his scouting. He attended
the Timberline leadership training for boy scouts this summer. The boys nicknamed him, “Russell”, because he
looked like the character Russell off of the movie, “Up”.
Jessica is a sophomore at Bingham High School. She was in Junior Honors Society and is a straight
A student. She is enjoying her Physics
course and aceing it in flying colors. She
loves to sing and will break into song at any given time. She also has her learners permit, and
officially started practicing her driving.
Roy started working for eBay in February as MTS Software
Engineer II. He has been keeping busy
with his hobby of body building. He
competed in three body building shows this year. In the Utah Pro Bowl, he placed 1st
in Junior Masters, 1st in Open Tall division and won the Masters
overall. In the team USA’s in Las Vegas,
Nevada, he placed 1st in Junior Masters and 5th in the
Open Tall Division. Then his final
competition was the Natural Olympia in San Diego, California. He placed 3rd in the Junior Masters
and 4th in the Open Tall Division.
Roy has also been a personal trainer for several people who have also
competed and placed in Fitness, Figure and Bodybuilding shows.
Linda has had a busy year as well. She has been working full-time at Central Utah
Water Conservancy District as their Financial/Human Resource Assistant and
going to school full-time as well at Stevens-Henager College online. She is happy to say she will be graduating in
May of 2014 (the day before Bryce turns one year old) in Business
Administration. In May, she had baby
Bryce and was able to be on maternity leave for a couple of months from work,
but still continued with her schooling. After
being in school since 2011, she is looking forward to having some kind of free
time.
Life is definitely busy at the Critchfield household, yet we
cannot forget the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and our Heavenly Father. We
know we have been watched over especially all the changes we experienced this
year. We also appreciate your love and
friendship. We know our lives would
never be the same without you! There are
so many good memories and more to come.
We hope each and every one of you has a wonderful Christmas and Happy
New Year!
Love,
Roy, Linda, Jessica, Ammon,
Amanda, Kaitlyn, and Bryce Critchfield
