Hi Everyone!I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!  Everything is going well here since my last post, we been busy.  
I ran another 5k, the Tempe Iron Girl. I did pretty good, my mile pace was not the best but my place was 203 out of 1010!  I am really enjoying my running, it has really become my “me time” that I really need. 
Elli has been having an absolute blast for Christmas this year!  She was adorable during her Christmas Recital with pre-school.  I will have Dave upload a video I took during the recital to You Tube.

    

She also sang at the Senior center with her Youth Group.It was SO cute!  She did not know many of the words to the songs, but she was certainly charming the pants off of all the Grandmas and Grandpas!


It is hard to explain but Elli and Jak really have been such a blessing this Christmas.  It is SO much fun to watch them!  No matter what our stress level is, Elli and Jak have not lost that Christmas spirit.  From sharing Hot coco together, to seeing Christmas lights, to making Christmas cookies, this Christmas has been very rewarding to watch the kids!  It is SO great to be out here, in AZ, with my mom and sister, building new Christmas memories with them, enjoying the weather, but we are also extremely sad to not be with Dave’s family.  It is just not the same not having our Holdcraft Christmas party with Barb’s Italian beef!  :)  We REALLLLLLY miss you guys!









Good news on my work front, we won the Commercial Resupply Services project from NASA!! It is a delivery system to send supplies to the International Space Station.  This is a 1.9 billion dollar contract for us!  I am REALLY hoping I can get on that project!  But regardless, it is great news for Orbital, and it means job security!

Dave is hoping to get registered for a class very soon!  I am SO VERY happy he has chosen to go back to school for teaching!  I think it is a great fit for him, and it is neat to see him follow in his dad’s footsteps.  I know it is has been very hard for him to deal with losing his career, more then I could explain or probably even know.. so getting his teaching certificate is really huge.

So we are busy, a little stressed, but we have to remember to reflect on what is most important, family, and that we are very strong in!  Merry Christmas everyone!  Love you all!