At Last!

The Owens-Peters Family New Year's Letter: The Better Late than Never Edition

Mike and Suzie continue to follow their wanderlust all over the U.S. and (slightly) abroad. Their most memorable trip this past year was to Arizona. The tingling sensation Mike awoke to halfway through was not a sunburn nor a result of sleeping the wrong way: he had suffered a minor stroke! He wanted to just go to church but Uncle Bob and Aunt Paulette wisely shuffled the Leaning Tower of Piety to the emergency room instead. On the third day, he did not rise but Suzie did finally decide to call Kim and Keri and slowly release the details of what happened. Within 72 hours, Kim was on a plane to Arizona to assist in getting them back home safely. Look for the forthcoming memoir called Stroke of Luck adventures from this trip.

Keri and family are doing well despite living in Fox News country. Keri is now a gym teacher, thus out-lesbianing Kim this year. Dan continues to work as a PTA and was very helpful when Mike got home, so I won't rag on him...this year. Noah is a sophomore and excels both academically AND athletically, leading to further suspicions that he was indeed switched at birth. He is taller than all of us now! Natalie started at the middle school this year and also excels in both areas. She has gone from Swiss Miss to Rapunzel; at this rate, she'll simply need a fancy do for her prom and it can double as her dress.

Sue and Kim got married in a very brief, last minute, Sue-needed-bifocals-and-Kim-has-better-vision-insurance ceremony. Andrew and Cooper started pre-school and continue to be the cosmic payback Kim deserves. A mere snippet of what daily life is like:

Kim: "How about we go to Target this morning?"
Andrew: "How about you get me a babysitter?"

Cooper, after a big drift of snow lands on us at the Farmer's Market:
"SON OF A NUTCRACKER!"

Their biggest adventure in 2015 was a trip to Disney with Nana, PopPops, Natalie and moms. Andrew got to meet many of the princesses and they LOVED him, especially Ariel since he was sporting her tennis shoes. Cooper rode a roller coaster and loved it, which means we'll have to hire an au pere for our next visit because I am getting too old for that shit. I have to admit, it truly was a magical experience....and I only choked a little when I wrote that.

2016 will be huge for our family: Noah turns 16 (stay off the roads, Michigan peeps!), Mom and Dad turn 70, the boys turn 5 and start kindergarten....does anyone else hear "Cats and the Cradle" playing in the background? We hope you're recovering nicely from the holiday season and that 2016 has lots of love, laughter and joy in store for you. If Trump wins, feel free to visit us in Canada! HAPPY 2016!




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