2016 has been a great year for us. We started out the year by playing in a lot of snow! This was the most snow I had ever seen and the coldest winter ever. January seemed to drag on and on but the kids loved playing in the snow and sledding. Next we celebrated Logan's third birthday. He is growing up so fast and can do anything his older brother and sister can do. He is a fun-loving kid and makes everyone smile. Also at the first of the year we found out we would soon welcome another member into our family. The kids were so excited we were having a baby soon. At the beginning of March, we bid farewell to Tyler as he went out to serve the Lord on his mission to Kansas. He has been a great missionary and we just found out he was made a District Leader over his area. We also celebrated Colby's 5th birthday in March. Colby is such a smart boy. He is reading like a champ and loves Kindergarten. He is also making a lot of new friends in school. In April Russell exceeded his one year probation with the Logan Fire Department and was sworn in as an official Firefighter with the city. At the pinning ceremony, the chief said Russell was in for the long haul now. In May we made it to the final stretch of school, attended graduations, and participated in a lot of soccer games. We also celebrated the wedding of Calen and Rochelle. We love hanging out with Cousin Calen and Ro. June and July were a blur with lots of travelling and vacations. Traci and Sean welcomed Johnathan into the world as the newest member of the Farnsworth clan. Johnathan is such a happy baby. I don't think I have ever seen him upset, he is always smiling. The highlight of mine and Russell's summer was our trip to Hawaii to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. We had such a good time together in Hawaii and are making plans to go back someday. The kids told us that they wanted to go to Hawaii with us next time. We shall see... Also in June we celebrated the marriage of Clint and Haley. They had a beautiful wedding at Fish Lake. It was cool because the beautiful lake and mountain scenery was in the background of their wedding ceremony. We love Haley and are glad she finally tamed Clint into getting married. July and August was spent on Cove Mountain camping. We didn't want to come home except for the fact that our bed at home is a little more comfortable than the trailer bed especially when one is 9 months pregnant. School started again in August and this year Emily is in 2nd grade and Colby started Kindergarten. They each love school and their teachers and are learning lots. The highlight of our year though happened in September when we welcomed Charlotte into our family. She is such a blessing to our family and we love her so much. Another highlight of our year was when Emily turned 8 years old and decided to be baptized. Seeing her baptized and making important life decisions and covenants was such a special thing to me. It was definitely a proud parent moment. She was so happy and excited to be baptized. We continued to have fun as a family of 6 now throughout the months of October and November. We celebrated Halloween and Thanksgiving, got lost in the Corn Maze, went deer hunting, and ran the Turkey Trot. We did all these things while excelling in school, and watching Charlotte grow up right before our eyes. We also ended the year by playing in a lot of snow!
I can't believe how fast the year has gone by. I seems like we blink and another year has passed. We did accomplish some of our goals this year though. We paid off the van but then bought a new truck so we are not debt free yet. We bought the piece of property next to us for our RV pad and garden and instead of going to Oregon we went to Hawaii. So I think we made some pretty good progress financially but can definitely do better. We did pretty good with FHE this year. We started out really well and had it every week but then things got busy. But even in the busy times, we manage to have FHE a few times. The kids really love it so we need to do better. I also accomplished one of my goals of reading the scriptures. I was able to finish the Book of Mormon this year. Granted this was something I didn't start until October but I did it. I am really happy with my efforts because I have not read the Book of Mormon all the way through since I was in Seminary in High School. I learned a lot of things reading it this time through. This coming year will hopefully be a good one as well. We are excited for the future.
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