Egerton’s “Christmas” Letter
17 January 2010
Happy Holidays – which includes but is not limited to Christmas, New Year’s, Martin Luther King Day, and possibly Valentine’s Day!!!!
I haven’t written a Christmas letter in a while, and I so enjoy the ones you send me every year, I thought I should catch everybody up, lest you strike me off your list!!
Let’s see if I can spin this to make us look good. (And then I’ll give you the ‘Fair and Balanced’ perspective.)
Spin: Max is practically running research and development for Rheem, working lots and lots of overtime because they simply cannot do without him. He serves as Ward Mission Leader and there has been a tremendous up-surge in baptisms in recent weeks.
F&B: Max works tons of overtime to support his family (since the stimulus package!) at Rheem, working in research and development on furnaces. He serves as Ward Mission Leader. There will be 4 primary children baptized during the next two weekends.
Spin: Robin should be nominated Woman of the Year. She is a full-time college student, home-schools 4 teens remaining at home, practically runs the local homeschool group and homeschool basketball team, and the church just couldn’t manage without her skills and talents. She’s highly motivated and just bursts with energy and enthusiasm.
F&B: Robin should be nominated Woman of the Year. She is a full-time college student, taking mostly on-line classes. She yells at the 4 teens who remain at home to get their school work done. She teaches a class or two at homeschool co-op, always the ones requiring the least amount of preparation and effort. She drives to basketball practices and games, which is why there is no time to attend college classes on campus. She plays the piano/organ at church and teaches homestudy seminary once a week. She’s tired.
Spin: Chicago would shut down if Franky weren’t there to plow the snow with his landscaping company. He and his wife Jessica have 3 children, Ethan, Hailey and Logan. They, of course are brilliant beyond measure. They all love Chicago sports and get along splendidly.
F&B: Franky works for a landscaping company in Chicago, working both summers and winters. He and his wife Jessica have 3 children, Ethan, Hailey and Logan. Ethan likes hockey, supporting the Chicago Blackhawks and Wolves. He likes to wear Cub clothing to irritate his dad. Hailey is White Sox all the way; she truly believes “Cubs” is a four-letter word (which, I suppose, it is.) She screams bloody murder when her little brother, Logan, goes around the house chanting, “Cubbies! Cubbies! Cubbies!” Guess which grandparents taught him to do that?
Spin: Japan recruited Maggie to work for Toyota because of phenomenal computer skills. She put together a lovely wedding in September and looked radiant. Her son, Dade, is four years old and is already planning to attend Harvard, to major in business, so he can own and operate his own railroad company. She resides in an elite area of Kentucky which is famous for horse-breeding and racing (Ya know, the Kentucky Derby?)
F&B: Maggie works for Toyota. She put together a lovely wedding in September and looked radiant; however, she found herself a single mother in October. Dade likes Thomas the Tank Engine and they live in Kentucky.
Spin: Beth lives in Monroe, Utah. She might as well be the manager at the local hardware store. She is a brilliant dog trainer, and the people she boards with couldn’t do without her nanny services.
F&B: Beth lives in Monroe, Utah, with her fiancée and his family. They plan to marry on January 23. She will make us grandparents in the fall. She works at a hardware store and has a puppy. She helps out with her soon-to-be nieces/nephews.
Spin: Alex will be 18 in 2010! He’s a genius at academics, he is the star basketball player able to play all positions perfectly, and he is about to complete his Eagle Scout project, which will probably make the local news for its contribution to society. He is First Assisstant in the Priests Quorum – he’s so spiritual!
F&B: Alex will be 18 in 2010, if we allow him to live! He’s progressing well in school, plays on the homeschool basketball team, and is about to complete his Eagle Scout project. He is the First Assistant in the Priests Quorum – he’s the only Priest in the ward!
Spin: Anya will be 17 in 2010, and runs the local Taco Bell. She is multi-lingual, is very popular, and without her, the ward’s young women program would collapse. EFY in Normal, IL, is begging her to return this summer, due to her tremendous outpouring of the Spirit. She’s a starter on the homeschool basketball team, and it’s a good thing, too because she makes lots of points.
F&B: Anya will be 17 in 2010. She works at the local Taco Bell. She is re-learning her Russian, spends hours at a time texting, and is Laurel President. She, as well as all the others, will attend EFY in Normal, IL this summer. She plays basketball and has several times tied for high scorer (in games where the total score was around 10.)
Spin: Kyle will be 16 in 2010, and all the girls are lining up. He is so dedicated to Scouts that he will earn his Eagle in 2010, as well as so spiritual that he will complete Teacher’s Duty to God early. He loves to do schoolwork, and is a computer prodigy. He starts both on the JV and Varsity homeschool teams – what would they do without him?
F&B: Kyle will be 16 in 2010, and all the girls are lining up. He will complete his Eagle award this year because Mom is tired of fighting with him and the troop to get things done, and wants it all to be over. (She wants more than a stinkin’ pin when the boys earn Eagle!) He will complete his Teacher’s Duty to God a couple of months before his birthday. He is Teacher Quorum President (there are only 3 teachers – it’s his turn.) He does his school work because he can’t get on Facebook unless he does, and then he’s on the computer for hours at a time. He plays basketball.
Spin: Ashley will turn 15 in 2010. She has an amazing mind, and is always using it. She is working steadily on Personal Progress because she has such a strong testimony of it. She, like Beth, is a brilliant dog trainer. Her IQ is probably off the charts – she earned a higher score on her first ACT test than her older brother did, even though she is only in 8th grade.
F&B: Ashley will turn 15 in 2010, unless the couch swallows her up. She has an amazing mind and is making every effort to preserve it for later in life. She is working unsteadily on Personal Progress because she can’t get on the internet if she doesn’t do it. Her IQ might be off the charts if she applied herself, and you notice I didn’t mention what her older brother’s ACT score was! She has a puppy.
Spin: The Egerton’s are all doing well. We have food storage, chickens, heat our home with wood that we grow and cut ourselves. We home-educate our children because we are just loyal that way. We love to go to Church and serve there in many capacities.
F&B: The Egerton’s are hangin’ in there. We have a little bit of wheat and our chickens are old. We do heat with wood, but run the furnace when we’re too tired to bring the wood up to the house. We home-educate our children because Robin and the kids don’t want to get up early. We drag ourselves out of bed every Sunday morning, and murmur all the way to church. All in all, we work hard on deceiving ourselves that we’re fairly normal.
You can find us all on Facebook, and Robin’s e:mail is www.knittin5kids@yahoo.com. She also has a blog at http://robinannhomeschooladvice.blogspot.com/. You can also check up on her at the following:
www.squidoo.com/silvey
www.squidoo.com/PhilosphyClassProject
www.squidoo.com/sadiesquiverfull
You can see pictures of everybody on my Facebook wall.
Happy Holidays, throughout the whole year!!
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