2011 Family News Letter

To our Family and Friends,

It's been a long year for all of us with lots of fun!!! We have accomplished more than what we have planned for this year. Although we haven't done much in our vegetable garden (I don't know who did?) it's just seemed to be too late for everything, but we got quite a lot of tomatoes from Mom's greenhouse next door.
Last February, Mika brought a new sweet addition to our family. Baby Rusty is now 10 months old and everybody is enjoying visiting with him whenever they have the chance to come and visit us.

This summer, we went to Blue Lake for a camping trip with Mom. Mika and Robbie met us with the baby. It was our first time to visit the place and the boys got their first swimming lessons with their Dad. We went fishing and caught some fish. Analee was so thrilled to have the freshest fried fish for our lunch. We also had some little trips done around the neighboring resorts as part of our family activity and went hiking. Zach went with his Dad hiking and got a few sets of animal bones from the cave. He thought that was the best adventure he ever had.

Just before our summer ends, we had our front yard cleared up from the wild blackberry bushes. We can see our yard opened up a little bit with some plans on our mind to work on next year. Also, Richard was able to finish our fire place. He built a custom made mantle for it and everybody think that he did a wonderful job. We did a little painting on our wall and ceiling just to change the atmosphere inside the house.

This winter, we tried to spend more time together as family for an ice skating activity. It is Analee's and the boys' first time to go for ice skating. We have the whole winter to practice. It was fun, although we had some mild injuries but the boys always had a blast saying "it was the best time ever!" and so is our whole year of fun and adventure.

May this season brings us peace and more exciting memories to treasure with the family. Have a grace-filled year for 2012.

Sending our love and greetings to you and yours,
the Meusburgers'
(Richard, Analee, Zach and Jake)

Jake's Very Own Dragon Story

Jake love to tell story, but the character that he is fascinated most is the the Dragon, and other wild animals. Most of his story are very child-friendly, full of excitement. His imagination is always at work! He can tell story anytime, anywhere. Since it's not scripted, his story always have unique settings and character. IT can be a combination of thrilling wildlife adventure or a backyard adventure. Him and his brother share the same characters as they take turns in telling a story. After his done, he would say "your turn Mom". Sometimes, I caught myself unprepared. But stories from the heart never run out of idea. :)