Holiday Letter 2008

Friends and Family,

How wonderful it is to be back in our home state of Washington! We believe our wanderlust has finally subsided, but can make no promises because who knows when an offer to relocate to an exotic locale in Middle America will materialize. On that note, the recent deluge of snow that rivals any Midwest winter has quelled any feelings of homesickness we may have had.

We have enjoyed a wonderful year as we have resettled back into familiar settings. Chance is busy at work at AT&T in Marketing Operations as a project manager. His office is located at Redmond Town Center, which incidentally is the same location he opened the Gap at 10 years ago when he was much more hip. Regrettably in his new position he does not receive a mall discount.

Michaelynn continues to grow into the ever expanding role of ‘Mom’. Our van’s odometer has grown at a rapid pace as she shuttles the brood to volleyball, t-ball, soccer, field trips, recitals, etc. She is also further exploring the plethora of options that exist as a homemaker having recently tackled some very extensive sewing projects and has become a proficient blogger. You can find her outstanding work at ‘chanceandmichaelynn.blogspot.com’.

Our oldest, Tyler, is in the middle of his 2nd year at Crestwood Elementary in Ms. Spalding’s class. A woman, who along with himself, is apparently smarter than both of his parents combined. Tyler continues to enjoy all things sport, music, and electronic. His career path is leading towards science, his goal being to build a light saber. Hopefully he will choose the path of light.

Noah has become the comedian of the family, overshadowing even his father at times with his antics and infectious giggles. He is not content unless is making noise of some sort, the louder the better. He began preschool this year, and for now still believes his parents to be quite intelligent.

Though Emma has lost her accomplice to preschool this year, she has grown ever closer to her Mother. Emma is definitely all girl, desiring ‘dolls, all of them’ and a pony for Christmas. She can usually be found wearing a dress, and aspires to become a princess some day.

We hope this letter finds each of you well. We celebrated our 10th anniversary this year, and it truly is amazing how fast the years pass. Life is truly a finite period that we are meant to enjoy together, and we very much appreciate this time of year in which we at least have a few moments to reconnect with each of you.

Wishing you a most Merry Christmas,

The Richardsons
Chance, Michaelynn, Tyler, Noah and Emma