Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christmas holidays!
We had a wonderful holiday with fam and friends. Ashley and Mike came into town from Rochester New York for two weeks to recover from med school finals. His first semester was a total success and he completely loved it. Ashley looks beautiful. She is 32 weeks pregnant and doing amazingly well. She even went skiing twice with us! We had a wonderful shower for baby Haven, and Judi and Ashley spent some time shopping for baby stuff! With all the pink we have, we can only pray that the ultrasound reading was correct!!
Sophie's goal was to read Harry Potter by herself by Christmas day if she wanted to get a WI game.... With long reading sessions with Ashley, Mike, James and Katie- Christmas eve, 8pm she emerged from the study with an enormous and proud smile. Suffice it to say, Santa complied...
Katie has one week until she leaves for Jerusalem.. She is calm and happily anticipates making 80 lifelong friends, studying the gospel thoroughly and growing in many ways. Judi remembers her own experience as being life altering in all good ways, and she still stays in close contact with about 8 of her old room mates.
Emily called us from her mission in Chile on Christmas eve. She sounded amazing, strong and happy. She cried when Mike and Ashley told her their daughter's middle name would be Emily... Her cousin Hal was on the phone and said her Spanish sounded perfect- great accent. She bore her testimony to us in Spanish and we had a prayer over the phone...Tender and sweet and we miss her dearly.
James-got back country skis for Christmas and spent a day in the back country with Michael and a day on the slopes with us. So great to have him home too! He is taking on leadership in the animation dept as the layout guy for a couple of student films. He has begun his own personal film in the hopes that Pixar will hire him as an intern this spring. He and Mike Sr. have an adventure planned for Spring. They're going to hike the Inca trail and end up in Maachu Picchu! Lots to look forward to..
Judi is joyously anticipating her first grandchild, and preparing for the phone call that sends her at light speed to Rochester to help out with the first week home!! Could there be anything more exciting than loving the child of your own child? Mike is working so hard as usual, holding the Stake afloat and all that entails, and working at St. Marks. Katie often works with him and brings home funny stories of him "playing all day with his patients'. He really loves them and they love him right back. There is a hefty amount of verbal sparring that goes on to keep things light and fun..
Life seems to just keep surging forward at a speed we cannot comprehend. Seems like yesterday our little kids were all snuggled in close- warm and needy and within reach of our arms constantly. Now we find them scattered to New York, Chile, Jerusalem, Provo/California and our hearts yearn for simpler times. But we are so proud of each of them as they move forward-achieving the dreams they nurtured in childhood. As they say, "the only constant thing in life is change" so we hope to be graceful and embrace the many new experiences that lie ahead for each of us. Our goofy "family mission statement" has always been: "We're the Bournes. We're not much, but we're all we've got!" That's true. We are all we've got, and I am grateful to walk side by side with each of you! Love, Mom
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Sophie's goal was to read Harry Potter by herself by Christmas day if she wanted to get a WI game.... With long reading sessions with Ashley, Mike, James and Katie- Christmas eve, 8pm she emerged from the study with an enormous and proud smile. Suffice it to say, Santa complied...
Katie has one week until she leaves for Jerusalem.. She is calm and happily anticipates making 80 lifelong friends, studying the gospel thoroughly and growing in many ways. Judi remembers her own experience as being life altering in all good ways, and she still stays in close contact with about 8 of her old room mates.
Emily called us from her mission in Chile on Christmas eve. She sounded amazing, strong and happy. She cried when Mike and Ashley told her their daughter's middle name would be Emily... Her cousin Hal was on the phone and said her Spanish sounded perfect- great accent. She bore her testimony to us in Spanish and we had a prayer over the phone...Tender and sweet and we miss her dearly.
James-got back country skis for Christmas and spent a day in the back country with Michael and a day on the slopes with us. So great to have him home too! He is taking on leadership in the animation dept as the layout guy for a couple of student films. He has begun his own personal film in the hopes that Pixar will hire him as an intern this spring. He and Mike Sr. have an adventure planned for Spring. They're going to hike the Inca trail and end up in Maachu Picchu! Lots to look forward to..
Judi is joyously anticipating her first grandchild, and preparing for the phone call that sends her at light speed to Rochester to help out with the first week home!! Could there be anything more exciting than loving the child of your own child? Mike is working so hard as usual, holding the Stake afloat and all that entails, and working at St. Marks. Katie often works with him and brings home funny stories of him "playing all day with his patients'. He really loves them and they love him right back. There is a hefty amount of verbal sparring that goes on to keep things light and fun..
Life seems to just keep surging forward at a speed we cannot comprehend. Seems like yesterday our little kids were all snuggled in close- warm and needy and within reach of our arms constantly. Now we find them scattered to New York, Chile, Jerusalem, Provo/California and our hearts yearn for simpler times. But we are so proud of each of them as they move forward-achieving the dreams they nurtured in childhood. As they say, "the only constant thing in life is change" so we hope to be graceful and embrace the many new experiences that lie ahead for each of us. Our goofy "family mission statement" has always been: "We're the Bournes. We're not much, but we're all we've got!" That's true. We are all we've got, and I am grateful to walk side by side with each of you! Love, Mom
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Aloha!
Lucky Sophie, Judi and Mike got to spend the week before Christmas in glorious Hawaii with Gpa and Gma Bourne, Spaffords and Waldos! Thanks to dear David Spafford we stayed in a beautiful home where we got to really enjoy each others company... Our beach was fantastic for snorkeling and sleeping, the golf made the boys go wild, and Sophie made friends with turtles! Mike has a bounce back in his step and a twinkle in his eye! We came home just in time to pick up Michael and Ashley as they flew in from New York to visit for two weeks! James and Katie came home from the Y and Emily continues to work in Chile with a phenomenal attitude and great wisdom.
Mike loves his medical studies in New York and is loving his diverse class. Ashley looks beautiful and has only gained about 15 pounds. Her due date is only 9 weeks away!! That makes it an exact 100 pounds that Judi gained more than Ashley. (you think I'm kidding...not!) James comes home from a taxing semester. He is very involved in student projects- being the head of a couple of layout teams. He has also just been commissioned to do the graphic novel version of a movie that is being made. He hopes to get a Pixar or Disney internship this year. Katie came home with amazing grades in Anatomy and Statistics and has been crowned the newest "brainiac" of the fam. She leaves on Jan 5 for a semester abroad in Israel. She doesn't know anyone- but have you met Katie? In 10 minutes she'll have 80 new best friends so we don't worry at all. Her mom is a little nostalgic about her own experience there that simply changed the entire trajectory of her life. We are anticipating an amazing and growing experience for her although we are already homesick for her... Sophie continues to amaze and tickle us. Is there anyone with more energy or love of life? She is someone that makes everything fun and her one line zingers are great. Stand up comedy looks promising... She asked her dad to be straight with her about the "Santa" question. He said he'd never lie to her but she better really want to know. She did and he told her... Judi's foot accidently made swift and brutal contact to his shin but he's beginning to heal up nicely.
We feel blessed beyond measure this Christmas season as we count our blessings and remember the reason for the season. God bless. Mike and Judi
Mike loves his medical studies in New York and is loving his diverse class. Ashley looks beautiful and has only gained about 15 pounds. Her due date is only 9 weeks away!! That makes it an exact 100 pounds that Judi gained more than Ashley. (you think I'm kidding...not!) James comes home from a taxing semester. He is very involved in student projects- being the head of a couple of layout teams. He has also just been commissioned to do the graphic novel version of a movie that is being made. He hopes to get a Pixar or Disney internship this year. Katie came home with amazing grades in Anatomy and Statistics and has been crowned the newest "brainiac" of the fam. She leaves on Jan 5 for a semester abroad in Israel. She doesn't know anyone- but have you met Katie? In 10 minutes she'll have 80 new best friends so we don't worry at all. Her mom is a little nostalgic about her own experience there that simply changed the entire trajectory of her life. We are anticipating an amazing and growing experience for her although we are already homesick for her... Sophie continues to amaze and tickle us. Is there anyone with more energy or love of life? She is someone that makes everything fun and her one line zingers are great. Stand up comedy looks promising... She asked her dad to be straight with her about the "Santa" question. He said he'd never lie to her but she better really want to know. She did and he told her... Judi's foot accidently made swift and brutal contact to his shin but he's beginning to heal up nicely.
We feel blessed beyond measure this Christmas season as we count our blessings and remember the reason for the season. God bless. Mike and Judi
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