Bad things happen

Never thought it would happen to me, but it did. We had a miscarriage. We’re not pregnant anymore. People say it will take time to feel better, we’re doing the best we can. Life is really not what you expect sometimes.

2007 - Christmas Letter

Happy Holidays to all our Family and Friends! It seems like we haven’t seen some of you for a long time, but we hope that one by one, we can get a hold of each of you in some way in 2008. We love you so!It was a big year for our son, Canon. Well, it was his first year to be exact, he turned one in October; he grew from an unhappy newborn to a silly little boy this year. Sitting, then crawling, then walking – he’s achieved remarkable goals. Canon loves balls, dogs, and eating all the time. Another of Canon’s favorites is his sister Taesya.Taesya went to a castle with a star on the top. Canon was there because he was a prince. And it was so be-utiful there. At least that’s what Taesya says; she loves to imagine life as a princess and to talk of pretty things. She is such a dramatic little 2 year old, who grew a lot this year. She grew in height, imagination, and vocabulary. She would like to wish each of you a “Holly, Jolly Christmas!”I (Amber) had a memorable year, checking things off my todo list from years ago. I danced and sang in a musical for the first time since high school. I ran in my very first 5K alongside my friend Nicki Preece. These are things I thought might never happen, and they made me feel like Amber again. I also had a great semester at Weber State this fall. I want to thank those who supported me this year; I had a ton of help. Most of all from Ben.Benjamin has gone to work every morning and come home every night. I can’t thank him enough for providing for us, and for being such a present and loving father. We had a great vacation with Ben this year. He took a long break from work and we spent time together as a family. We visited the Discovery Gateway one day, which was a lot of fun. We went on walks, saw a movie, shopped together, mostly we just did whatever we felt like. It was a great vacation.We’re enjoying our young little family and all the experiences that come with it. Merry Christmas and we hope you have a wonderful 2008! We love you all.Ben, Amber, Taesya, and Canon Peck

Christmas Cards and Writing Blogs

I’m really glad we have this blog. It helps us to sit down and write out things that are happening in our lives. I just need to do it more often. Amber is much better at these types of things.

I was thinking today about our family Christmas card and if we should be making a bigger deal out of it or not. Currently we send a card to just our families. Should start making a card mailing list that we send out card to friends and family? Should I start trying to make them look fancier or do we just keep doing it the way we’ve always done it? I think we’ll just keep doing it the way we’ve always done it.

P.S. I heard a really funny Real Men of Genius the other day about this Christmas card thing on 107.9 the mix. Listen to the mix and maybe they’ll play it again.