Our Christmas letter

Merry Christmas everyone:

Its time, again, for everyone to sit and bear another Gresko family letter. First, we want to extend our condolences. If you make it through this letter and are still sane, congrats. Now on to the family.

This April, Nathan and Marne decided that it was necessary to move from Orem, UT back to Mesa, AZ. As you can imagine, Marne was ecstatic (even though she loved Utah) and Nathan went kicking and screaming. Marne’s family is in Mesa, and Nathan despises temperatures above 80 degrees. So aren’t we all just happy campers now. Anyway, our business here needed our attention since owner absentee wasn’t working out too well. So we up and moved.

Marne is currently pregnant with number 4. She is already on bed rest (10 weeks) and at risk of losing the baby, so she is pretty grumpy with that. She does get to read a lot, her favorite past time, and she loves playing with the kids, her family and friends. She loves to watch House, Bones, and The Closer, and is always willing to have a watching partner.

Nathan is currently playing the role of CEO, mom, and dad. He hates the first 2 with a passion, and loves the last immeasurably. He just turned 30 and could care less. “Its just another day.” He still loves Dr Pepper and wants Santa to bring him a huge 4 door truck….Keep dreaming. His one condition for coming back to AZ was that he was going to pick the house he wanted. He did, and with and acre of foliage to deal with, probably bit off more than he can chew.

Colby is a gentle natured kid. He likes to play and pretend to be whatever superhero he saw on TV that day. He is now 6 and a big helper around the house. It is so wonderful to have him in the home. He started kindergarten this years at Franklin Elementary and is gone most of the day. His favorite thing about school: Recess. When asked what he did at school today he lets out a huge SIGH and says in as somber a voice as he can, “Dad, we only had 3 recesses today!” The poor thing is deprived.

Rebekah is the “giggle-squirt” of the house. She is always begging for someone to tickle her and giggles for no reason at all. She is also a MAJOR dramaqueen. This girl knows how to manipulate. She can pout and cry on the drop of a dime, and dad gives in every time. We are trying to convince her that its ok to sleep in her own bed. She tries to climb into ours about 4 times a night. Eventually our exhaustion gives in and she is set with her knees in our back for the night. Little booger.

Caleb is the cutest little runt of the family there ever was. At 2 he already says prayers (payrs), loves Dora the explorer, and drinks TONS of chocolate milk (cho melk). Whenever Dora turns off he comes running into the room screaming…”Dad, dad…What happen?” He loves his Shampa (Grandpa) an playing with Colby and Bekah.

Well, that’s a little of our life. You can read up on us all year at http://nateandmarne.blogspot.com/

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Merry Christmas everyone

The Greskos