Merry Christmas Everyone,
We hope this letter finds you all well. It has been a busy year for us. Once again, we find ourselves looking back over the past year completely overwhelmed by the blessings that God continues to pour out on us.
We went on a ski/snowboard trip to Steamboat Colorado with my brother Scott, Amy and the kids in February. While we were there we also took a day trip down to Boulder and spent the day with our friend Stacey. We were even able to stop by and visit Emily’s brother Cary’s family on our way back home. Overall, we had a great trip and we are looking forward to our next ski/snowboard trip.
Emily has continued to ramp up her piano lesson business and is now teaching voice lessons to a few students as well. In addition to private lessons, she is now teaching piano to groups of young children at Montessori schools during the week. This year she has two recitals for her students that have gone extremely well.
Emily has also starting singing with the Dallas Symphony Chorus this year. She is extremely busy right now because they have 12 Christmas performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this month. They only chose a few new members this year and Emily was one of them. To be in a professional choir has always been one of Emily’s dreams so this was an exciting accomplishment.
We celebrated the 4th of July in Houston with Emily’s family. Her brother Cary and his family were in town as well so we were able to get to spend some time with them which was great.
Emily was able to go on a Jilian Michaels wellness cruise in October with her mom. They had a great time and visited the Bahamas, Cozumel and a private island. While on the cruise they were able to have Jillian Michaels train them and were able to attend all kinds of cooking and wellness classes.
We took a trip to Chicago this summer and had a great time. The highlight of this year was that I was able to see my son Noah which is an answer to prayer and miracle in and of itself.
For Thanksgiving, we went to Midland Texas for the 3rd year in a row and had a great Thanksgiving day feast at the Ramey’s. We also did Christmas decorating at some houses in Midland with Emily’s aunt Pat and had a great time visiting with family.
I am staying busy with work and school and hope to be able to report better news on both in next year’s letter. I am going on a mission trip to Uganda Africa in January. The male population in the villages we will be visiting is close to non-existent because of AIDS and war. We will be going to spend time with the children of these villages and also bring supplies and Bibles to many of the villages.
The big news of the year is that our dog Tozer will be getting some new company around the house. Emily and I are expecting our first child due in July. This month we were able to get our first ultrasound and see the baby’s heartbeat. We are very excited and will be busy getting things ready for our new addition over the next few months.
Anyways, I hope you are all doing well. Follow us on twitter for more up-to-date news @EmRoller and @shawnroller
Love,
Shawn and Emily (+1)
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