Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas Card 2018

 Christmas Letter 2018

The Mountain Millers have had a terrific year in 2018. After a few years where leaving the house with our twin babies and toddler felt like a game of Russian roulette, Chris and I seem to have hit our parenting stride this year with our “four under five” and leaving the house for errands, adventures, and routine activities seems much more manageable. With that, we’ve been able to become involved in more church and community activities, which has been fun for our children and for us. 

Tracey Ann turned four this year and played on two soccer teams, took swimming lessons, performed in her first dance recital, and is proving to be quite a social butterfly at school. She is certainly the ringleader at our house with three younger siblings looking up to her ready to actively participate in any game, show, or idea she can imagine. 

Our Howard James has so much energy. “Why walk or sit when you can jump and run?” seems to be his motto. With that motto came six stitches this year – three in January and three in July and all on his head due to falls or collisions. He is taking dance with his sisters, but really wants to play any activity with a ball. Baseball, football, volleyball, soccer, or simple games of catch are staples in our house as per Howard‘s request. 

It has been so fun to watch our sweet Caroline Christine become her own person this year. She loves being a helpful big sister to Lee Lee and helping Mama or Daddy around the house any chance she can. A favorite activity is loading and unloading the dishwasher.  She also loves dance class this year and seems to be quite a little fish anytime we have the chance to go swimming. 

As our fourth child, Addallee Marigold, lives a very happy and busy life in hand-me-downs, she is truly a joyful addition to our family. She chases after her older siblings in an effort to be included as fast as her little legs will toddle her, and her two sisters and brother love her to pieces. 

Our lives very much revolve around our tiny humans, and Chris and I couldn’t be happier about it. Chris continues to work for the Garfield RE2 school district as Dean and Athletic Director of Rifle Middle School and serves on various district committees. He has also started taking local security jobs for an organization in our area on nights and weekends. My priority is of course Chris, and our four children, but I continue to work part time as a Teacher for students with Visual Impairments in our area. I also teach a few classes at the community college, and have started to take a more active role in children’s ministry at our church. 

We continue to pray for our community, state, country, and world and in such a broken place, we cherish you, our dear friends, nearby and across the miles. We’d love to host you in Rifle anytime life could bring you our way, but are so grateful for your friendship until we meet again.

We wish you the Merriest of Christmases as you celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and great health and happiness in the New Year.

Much Love,

The Mountain Millers 2018

Chris, Brooke, Tracey, Howard, Caroline and Addallee

(and animals, Lexie and Lloyd)