Christmas Letter 2018
Dear Friends and Family
Every time Heidi and I have moved in the last 10 years we have broken a grill. Weird flex, but ok. The last few years I have not bought a replacement in anticipation of a probable move. We still haven’t moved, and we finally decided it was time to put down roots and buy the ultimate dad accessory, and this year we bought a Big Green Egg. So now you have three reasons to come visit us, cute kids, nice beaches, and smoked meat!
This year Heidi and I celebrated our 10-year anniversary. I think at this point we should have this adulting thing down, but sometimes we fell like we are still faking it. Regardless, to congratulate Heidi for keeping me alive for the last ten years we went on a vacation this year. She really deserved it, I am pretty needy. We were able to pass the kids off to the grandparents (thanks fam!) and had a great trip to New York City. Heidi realized on our plane ride back that we had never even called back to check on them, parent fail! (or parent win?).
One reason we have remained in Pensacola is that over the last year we have had the privilege to help begin and now sustain a new church campus, Olive Baptist Church, Warrington. Heidi works in Preschool Ministry and I teach the Married Adult’s class. Recently I was elected as a Deacon and we both continue to lead Financial Peace Classes. How is that Budget!?
Heidi is now all mom all the time. Besides keeping me alive, for the last two years she has also been instrumental in keeping two children fed, changed, and clothed. By instrumental I mean she basically does it all. I recommend everyone get a wife, they are super helpful.
Lily turns 3 this month. She very much thinks she is in charge. She talks all the time, and her favorite word is “why”. She is sweet, loves going on adventures, and is highly opinionated. She has Heidi’s temperament and my mannerisms, which is terrifying.
Dexter (we all call him Dex) is one, has a killer blue-steel face, and knows only one word “no”. He gets into everything he can touch, walks wherever he wants, and is all boy but unlike his sister loves to cuddle. We are successfully working on making his high pitch squeals into more ear pleasing low pitch grunts.
This year I have continued to work two jobs. I took another yearlong set of orders with the Navy, it is hard to say no to flying helicopters every day! I also promoted to Lieutenant Commander which means I am no longer the same rank as all my former students who are now all my fellow instructors. While flying I have also continued to grow our commercial real estate company, including purchasing another apartment complex. We have had our fair share of struggles but have been blessed to keep growing. Next year I am planning on going bigger and documenting all of my progress on social media, but I may have a face for Twitter ☹. We’ll see.
We hope and pray that this letter finds you well. Thanks for checking in on us. Say hello or better yet, come visit.
God Bless
Jeremy, Heidi, Lily, and Dex
“We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.” Proverbs 16:9
