So, 2013 has flown by and another Christmas is here... we hope your year went as well as ours... here's a little update and a Christmas greeting.....
The Tuutaus in
2013
What a great year 2013 has
been! The Tuutaus started off the year enjoying a couple of wonderful
performances at the University of Utah. Daniel
sang the roles of Papageno in Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute and Ford In Verdi’s comedic opera Falstaff. Daniel turned 30 and celebrated with a big BBQ
and 3 different cakes. He and Brandy had the exciting experience of going zip
lining for the first time with Brandy’s dad and stepmom. Talk about a rush! As
a family we enjoyed another vacation to Northern California where we attended
the Mendocino Folklore Camp. We camped out at the beach the night before then
spent a week in a cabin in the woods enjoying the crazy fun of Folklore Camp.
Later in the year Daniel and Brandy took their first ever trip-without-kids to
Palm Springs, California, for a “work-cation” helping to put on the 50th
reunion for AMAN, an LA based folkdance group. Besides taking care of three
little wild boys, Brandy has stayed
busy scrapbooking, cake decorating, and photographing. Her Valentine’s Day
present this year from Daniel was a website for all her creative activities:
www.SweetsByBrandy.com. Daniel finished off the year performing as one of the
three kings in the one-act opera, Amahl
and the Night Visitors and is gearing up for the role of the Count in
Mozart’s The Marriage of Fiagro next
Feb.
Johnny finished his 2nd
year of pre-school and in the fall started his 3rd year at a new
school with a new class and new teacher. Johnny has LOVED the change and is
progressing so much. His teacher Ms. Cheryl has been so good for him and has
really helped him figure out better ways to communicate with us and express
himself. He has developed a love for reading and will actually sit through an
entire story without getting distracted or bored! He turned 5 years old in
October and celebrated throughout the week by taking a trip to the zoo, visiting
ChuckECheese, going to a Utah football game with his daddy, eating a giant rice
crispy treat in the shape of a 5, and picking out fish for his new fish tank
his Aunty got for him. He was Superman (again) for Halloween, making it 3 out
of 5 years he’s been Superman—quite fitting considering our Christmas Card
choice this year.
Josh turned 3 years old in August
and had a very fun birthday party with family at Hollywood Connection, and
later a birthday BBQ where he fell asleep right before it was time to cut the
cake. We ended up doing it without him, but we took lots of pictures so when
he’s older we’ll just tell him he was there! By far his biggest accomplishment
of the year was getting potty trained, yay!! He was Darth Vadar for Halloween
and was just as excited to give away candy at the door as getting it
trick-or-treating. He continues to grow (almost speaking as well as Johnny) and
he loves going with Daddy and Johnny to the Utah basketball games.
James had his blessing on the Sunday
before Christmas last year. It was fun to have everyone come over to our little
house afterward for food and company. We had over 40 people inside and it was
good cozy fun. It turns out that James
has respiratory problems and he spent much of the first half of the year sick
with one thing or another. Despite this, he has been a very happy good-natured
little guy. He didn’t let RSV, pneumonia, or multiple hospital visits keep him
down. His first tooth came through on the day he turned 10 months, and he took
his first steps at 10½ months. He’s been enjoying the added mobility to try to
keep up with his wild brothers running all over the house. His pediatrician has
him on a inhaler-prescription that seems to be helping, or at least he’s been
enjoying less time being sick. He did, however, have another trip to the ER in
October to get stitches for an almost-cut-off ring finger from an older brother
who decided to close the bathroom door on it. He was a little frog for
Halloween, and in November enjoyed sharing a pirate party for his 1st
birthday with his best buddy Bosley.
The
Tuutaus are doing great and hope you and yours are too
Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year
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