Hello to all of our friends and relations receiving this edition of the yearly epistle. We hope that it finds you happy, wherever you are and whatever you are up to.
This is our attempt to update you all on what has been going on in our lives over the last year so here goes:
The most important thing that happened was that Thom, Laura and James welcomed Philip into their family in August. He is a placid little fellow and brings great delight to all of us. We look forward to watching this third little grandchild grow. James and his big cousin Sophia (both now 2 years old) continue to bring joy to our lives as we watch them learn and grow. We love watching their characters growing and shaping and the time we spend with them is treasured. We enjoy our times visiting the kids or having them visit us. We know that we are lucky to have them both so close.
Thom and Laura have continued to settle into their home at Coromandel Valley, where the garden is slowly becoming what they want and they can take a delightful walk along the creek to the bakery or Daddy’s work (part time at Coromandel Valley Uniting Church). Next year Thom and Laura will both work part time and share the home parenting time.
Ben, Jasmine and Sophia have settled in to their Linden Park house and have made amazing changes to the garden and surrounds. It is hard to remember now that it was once Great Grandpa’s house. Sophia attends an early learning centre two days a week and Mummy works three days at Pedare School. Ben is doing well with ANZ and the quality of his work was recently publicly recognized by the organisation making us very proud.
Both Trevor’s Mum and Erica’s Dad continue to enjoy relatively good health, which we are thankful for.
We continue to bushwalk and orienteer regularly (Trevor more than Erica) and stay very involved in both. Trevor writes a report after each walk and publishes in on the web for others to view. (https://walkingwith4seasons.wordpress.com/)
We’ve had a few trips away in SA for fishing with our bushwalking friends (Coffin Bay NP, Yorke Peninsula and Streaky Bay) this year and also a couple for Orienteering (Flinders Ranges and near Burra) but the big trips were further afield. We took off to Morocco, Spain and Portugal for a month on a Bunnik tour with our friends Ray and Judi (tiring but excellent) and returned to have quick cuddles before heading for WA. There we met our Danish friends Kirsten and Bo, who competed in the Australian Orienteering Championships with us before returning to SA with us and joining us in a mad tour of Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges. It was fun to act as hosts and tour guides and to see the place through a visitor’s eyes. It was also good to spend time with these dear friends that we see so rarely. We are thankful to bodies which allow us to enjoy all of these activities.
As we head into the busy Christmas season our thoughts turn to those we care for, both near and far, and we wish you all the very best for the rest of the year and for the one to come. If you are heading our way please let us know. We treasure time with friends and family when we have it.
Love and hugs from Trevor and Erica
Luvapuzzle 
Lovely to read about your year! Big love Jen w
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