THE DEIBEL TOP 5 OF 2012
JAROM:
1. Learned his colors.
2. Still loves froggies and piggies.
3. Started household chores: he sorts the recyclying every day, takes empty laundry baskets upstars, and cleans his room.
4. Turned 3 and now that's his favorite number.
5. He is finally potty trained!!! After twelve years, Mom and Dad are done with diapers forever.
LUKE:
1. Loves to play Star Wars Wii with his big brother, Paul.
2. All he wants for Christmas is his two front teeth.
3. Started First Grade.
4. Participated with the big kids at Hemmeter Elementary Running Club and collected 15 miles on his punch card.
5. Learned how to ride a two wheeler.
PAUL:
1. Participated in a community basketball camp in the summer.
2. Learned how to downhill snow ski.
3. Faced his fears and rode the Maverick Roller Coaster at Cedar Point.
4. He also collected 15 miles at the Hemmeter Elementary Running Club.
5. By far the most memorable event of 2012 was going on the 4th grade, two day fieldtrip to Hartley Nature Center. He loved conquering the confidence course with his team, playing games, and bunking with his best friend.
ELYSE:
1. Elyse now attends White Pine Middle School and is the 6th grade student council secretary.
2. Had braces put on in April--no gum for two whole years. Wah-ha-ha :(
3. She played one of the storytellers in the school play, Once On This Island.
4. Finally, after enduring endless long months in primary, turned 12 and entered the Young Women program.
5. Took first place in the Tri-Kids-Try triathalon and 3rd place in the MCVI 5k run in her age division.
EMILY:
1. Hugged, cleaned, trained, cheuffered, fed, clothed, educated, and fervently prayed over four busy kids.
2. I am celebrating my 14th wedding anniversary in December. Weird how fast that went by.
3. My two sisters, LeeAnn & Liz, and three of my nieces, came out to Michigan to visit me for the first time ever!!! Mom and Dad came, too, and we spent time bumming on the beaches of Grand Haven, biking, and touring Frankenmuth. Thanks for coming. That was so awesome.
4. I took a trip alone to Fort Walton Beach, FL, and spent four blissful days reading, watching the ocean, walking on the beach, taking pictures, and reading some more with my mom and dad. Thanks for having me you two--Love You!
5. I became the coordinator for SCRIP, the main fundraising event at Hemmeter Elementary with my friend Laura Fiore. I now sell, promote, and take inventory of gifts cards every week(who knew I'd ever run a small business and get paid absolutely nothing for doing it?). Jarom is a superstar for being so quiet and patient while we spend hours in the conference room at school.
MATT:
1. Finally got permission from his wife to buy a trampoline.
2. He chaperoned Paul's trip to Hartley.
3. Continues to oversee and expand the scribe program in the Emergency Department.
4. Helped design the up-coming expansion of the E.R.
5. After planning and coordinating for a year, bravely took a group of the Saginaw Ward's Young Men on a backpacking trip to Isle Royale. It's an island in Lake Superior that you ferry out to. No phone access, no roads--you are completely cut off from civilization and you carry everything you need to survive for one week in the pack on your back. Matt and John Lowry led the group of twelve-year-old boys and they all had a blast and everyone came home alive with memories that will last forever.
