Merry Christmas every body!

Our christmas card and letter for all to see. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2009 has been quite the year for our family, and I’m sure it is no different for everyone reading this. In past years, we have summed up our year with a word or phrase that encompasses our endeavors. This year, that phrase would have to be: “First Things First”, because it has surely been a year of brand new things that we have never experienced before.

Of course everything to do with Krew was new to us, throughout this last year he has transitioned from being a little bump on a log to a wonderful bouncing baby boy that likes to flex his muscles for all the ladies and imitate just about every animal sound we could think of. Among these, some of his favorite things to do are sing “popcorn popping” while doing the actions, talking on the phone just like he sees his mommy doing, giving kisses and saying “cheeeese” every time he spots a camera. He is such an incredible little boy and we just hope that he stays that way as we go into the “terrible twos” this next year.

Next we have Brandon who is just finishing up his time here at BYU-Idaho. We have now lived here for going on 5 years and we can finally see the finish line. During this last summer Brandon began by studying very hard to take his Optometry Admissions Test in May. Luckily the time that he spent studying really paid off and he ended up getting a 370 overall score on it. He then went and interviewed at a few different schools and, after being accepted at a few, we decided that Memphis Tennessee is where we will be moving next year for the next four years of school at Southern College of Optometry.

As for Diedre she has pretty much been busy being pregnant bare foot in the kitchen baking pie!!! She so enjoys having the opportunity to stay at home with Krew watching him grow. She has really proven to be such a wonderful mother. Also Diedre and Krew were able to travel quite a few places throughout the year visiting family. But by far the most exciting news involving Diedre is that we found out about 4 months ago that Diedre is now pregnant with our second baby boy. He will be born around the 10^th of April 2010 and we couldn’t be more enthused. We just hope that he is as cute and sweet of a kid as his older brother.

Although we have had many firsts this year we look forward to many more years full of first experiences that we can enjoy. We love you all and hope that you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. God Bless.

The Sloans,

Brandon, Diedre, Krew, and “Sembryo the Embryo”