Merry Christmas from the Meek Family 2012
After being untethered from
our TV ( Netflix only) for a little over a year there are the rare things we
find we miss, NBA basketball the most, commercials the least. With the Awards Show season fast approaching
I have no idea what the hottest shows are or who will be gracing the red
carpet. Feeling a little left out we
held our own Meeple’s Choice Awards and the winners are:
Little Blue Eyes - Evangeline
18 months. Eva’s bright blue eyes and
cheesy grin help her
charm her way out of many an
escapade ie; stuffing the toilet with tissue, defoliating and de-potting mom’s
plants, and wall artistry, to name a few.
“Bubby” also enjoys dancing in the kitchen while we do dishes, games
especially Rosies and Duck, singing songs and reading books. Eva just started Nursery at church and adores
the bubbles. Cellphones are another of
Eva’s favorite, “Hello, Hello?”
Princess in Residence – Leah 4 ½. Any
given day Leah is a princess complete with tutus and tiara. Dresses are her favorite outfits, the puffier
and twirlier the better. She loves
preschool and learning her letters. Leah
is also an artist and enjoys coloring, painting, crafting with mom and helping
in the kitchen. Leah skips, twirls and
sings most anywhere she goes. Leah
adores big sister Abi and sharing a room with her. She is also Eva’s best playmate.
All American Boy – Talmage 9 ¾. Tal is totally into games: computer games,
Wii games, X-box games, basketball games, board games and pestering his sisters
games. He graduated from his first round
of braces and has a great smile. Tal is
attending 4th grade at a public charter school and loves it. He enjoys the faster pace and especially
having PE each day. Tal loves cub
scouting, acting as the Denner, and just completed his Bear requirements. He continues to play piano and really likes
songs fast and loud.
Renaissance Young Woman – Abiela 11 ½.
Abi is blossoming into a young woman of many talents. She continues to dance ballet and is so
graceful. The years of piano lessons are
starting to pay off as Abi moved into Intermediate level and is playing songs
she recognizes; music to mom’s ears. Abi
and Kris took up running this summer and ran the Firecracker 5K on the 4th of
July. In the 6th grade, Abi was elected
to Student Council again this year and enriches her school with her kind,
caring persona and love of service. She
started a project of knitting baby hats for a local charity and has made 18 to
date. Abi discovered soap making and
enjoys churning out adorable flip-flop soaps.
She also started babysitting this year and is mom’s right hand helper,
especially with Eva.
Meeple’s Sexiest Man – Kris 34. The
votes poured in for this category and Kris beat out Channing Tatum by a
landslide, even without the duck face. Kris
shines by day as an attorney at Hopkins Roden and by night as a husband and
father. Kris leads the Spotify party in
the kitchen most evenings while doing the dishes and kills the competition with
his laundry folding skills on Tuesday nights with Donalee. (The one time a week we get to watch our
shows.) Dad is the favorite story reader, tickler, joke teller, and snuggler
for each of our kids. This year Kris
finally let out his adventurous side with a week long white water rafting trip
down the Salmon River and a summer of dirt
bike riding.
Family Cheerleader – Donalee (age not mentioned). Mom as she is commonly called cheers everyone
along in their many endeavors. She is most
often found in the kitchen baking treats, preparing one of 6-7 meals/snacks per
day, and washing dishes. In her off time
(what’s that?) Mom enjoys blogging about her family’s activities and general
zaniness or digging in her gardens. She
is looking forward to catching up her blog www.meekfamilycircus.blogspot.com,
and taking a nice long bath with a good book after the holidays. Mom ran out of time this fall to get “real”
family pictures taken, so I hope you appreciate our Fourth of July picture and
how we “really” look.
We wish you all the Merriest
of Christmases and good things to come in the New Year.
Love, Kris, Donalee, Abi,
Tal, Leah, and Eva
