Hello from sunny FloridaFletchers 2009 Volume XVIII

Once again, we begin writing our Christmas letter, looking back on ayear of change and opportunity. We find ourselves living in Palm Coast,Florida with Stacey's 93-year-old Aunt Keith. After an extended visit toFlorida in April and May, we decided to make the move and help AuntKeith. We purchased a home in Palm Coast, near the town where Stacey'sfather was raised. We are located between Daytona Beach and St. August-ine, about 6 miles from Flagler Beach. It is a great area that has held manyterrific memories for our family over the years. It is fun to teach the kidsabout our family history and watch them play in the same woods that theirPa Pa once hunted gators! Millie is ever grunting gators when we go neara lake! Pa Pa would be so proud!

We are renting our home in Ephraim, and hope to return one day tojoin our family and friends there. In the mean time, we are having a littleadventure in 70 degree weather for Christmas! Truthfully, it is difficult tobelieve that it is actually December, let alone Christmas. We haven't turnedon our heat yet. In fact, our air-conditioner was running full steam lastweek! As an added bonus to our move, we bought Disney season passes forChristmas. We have enjoyed the Disney parks several times now. We liveabout 1 1/2 hours away. Stacey has had fun taking the kids for fun week-ends away with just one or two at a time. Mitchell and Hayley are hookedand are becoming quite the little Disney experts. They are at a great age toenjoy the parks!

Inspite of our new "beachy" atmosphere, we find ourselves as busy asever. Brock is a freshman in high school this year. He is attending an on-line high school through Utah. He is home during the day andtrying to adjust to getting things done without playing with Hayley and Millie all day! He is attending early morning seminary each day.Surprisingly, he never complains. He really enjoys the class. Brock also enjoys taking an art class and fishing at the pier. His first tripout he hooked a four-foot bull shark! The line broke before they could get it in--thank goodness! So far this year, Brock has discoveredthat he hates Shakespeare, loves fishing, and has taken up wood carving! He is extremely talented in so many areas.

Andrew started out in home school, but Stacey soon discovered thatshe was going to kill him, so he is now attending a K-8 charter schoolwith Mitchell. He is in the 7th grade and enjoys the small classes at theschool. Andrew played football this year for Buddy Taylor Middle School.He didn't see much playing time, but he learned a lot, and was "schooled"in many areas of Southern football! Andrew enjoys many sports. He isvery smart and loves the social aspect of school. He is definitely enteringfun teenage years, and reminds us each day that he is now taller than hismother and that he is getting muscles! Mitchell reminds him that he hasfreaky leg hair and that his voice is changing! Andrew is a great kid anda huge help to Stacey when Bryan is traveling.

Mitchell loves school this year. After a couple of rough years inEphraim, he is doing very well here in Florida. He enjoys reading and isworking on his times tables. He has enjoyed basketball and soccer thisyear and loves running barefoot in our backyard, although he soon foundthe joys of fire ant mounds and mosquitoes! He is a happy little boy wholoves his sisters so much that he has to tease them all the time! Hayleyand Mitchell are best friends. Hayley follows Mitch, and Millie followsHayley. He has a little train of women behind him most of the day.Mitchell turned eight this year and was baptized in Utah.

Hayley turned two in May. She is the life of the party and has all themen in the house wrapped around her little finger! This is a woman withas much attitude as she has hair, and that is a lot! Recently she startedputting her hand on her hip and shaking her finger telling the boys, "Ohno you didn't!" Hayley loves to dance and watch Barney. She singsevery song in the book and has an AMAZING vocabulary for her age.She is a little mother hen to Millie and gets her milk, clothes, and toys.She loves her dollies and her many shoes. This is a girly girl! "We need

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Mitchell's baptism in Ephraim

Aunt Keith's 93rd birthday at Magic Kingdom!

to do my hair and paint my nails," she tells us. She is a blessingto us all! We can't imagine life without Hayley!

Millie is the wild woman of the group. We have suspectedthat she was bitten by a radioactive spider because she can climbstraight up a wall! This is a little girl with innocent huge eyeswho will climb up a bar stool, high chair, or computer desk! Sheis faster than a rocket! She keeps us on our toes, laughing at herantics. Millie is also our little dancer of the group. She knowswhich buttons to push on the CD player to play Madagascar anddance to "Move it, Move it!" As soon as the first beat starts, sheis away, dancing all over the room! She is totally serious whenshe dances! If we try to turn it down, she tells us, "No, no!" andshakes her finger at us. She loves to sing and dance with Hayley,but she will wrestle with the best of them. She is a tom boy, whorarely wears her shirt, but follows Hayley around wearing heelsand a tiara! She is an angel, and we are so lucky to have her withour family.

As for the parents of the group, we are just trying to keep upwith the kids. It is a challenge to have babies and teenagers at thesame time. The boys are so great to help, and they will be won-derful fathers when they are older. Bryan has been traveling allover the world for work. He went to several states in the U.S., butthen left for England, Norway, Germany, Israel, and Italy. Al-though they spent most of their time in conference rooms, he wasable to tour Israel and see many wonderful sights. It was thehighlight of the trip. He will be traveling to China, Singapore,and Australia in the next couple of months. He was gone 7 out of12 weeks just after we moved to Florida. Work has been reward-ing and busy.

Stacey is busy at home juggling the kids and school. Thehome we purchased was a short-sale, so it has needed a lot of

work--which is right upher alley. If it stays still,she paints it! We havealso replaced the lights,flooring, and built awall. Just a couple morebedrooms, and the housewill be repainted. Thishas been challengingwith the girls to say theleast. Stacey's plate isdefinitely full. Living inFlorida has been espe-cially sweet for Stacey.She was born here, andfeels like this is a secondhome. It has been won-derful teaching the kidsall of the experiences herfather taught her whilegrowing up. It is truly adream to have a home inFlorida and feel herdad's presence every-where.

We are happy to be together as a family this year for Christ-mas. It will be fun to share our family with Aunt Keith. She willbe moving into our home this week. We hope that the spirit of ourSavior will be in our home and individual lives. Merry Christmasto our friends and family. Our door is always open here in sunnyFlorida!

Martin Luthur King Memorial in Birmingham Alabama; Fort Matanza in St. Augustine, Florida; family movie night!

Aunt Keith's 93rd birthday; A bike ride with Dad; Mud football in our backyard after a rain storm!

Animal Kingdom for Benjamin's 3rd birthday; Magic Kingdom for Aunt Keith's 93rd birthday; Elmo's World!

Manti Pageant; Halloween; Huntsville Alabama Space Center; Cooking fondue with protection from the popping grease!

Cracking and eating our catch of crabs!; Brock and Millie on Flagler Beach; Brock's 15th birthday; Pulling Brock's hair!

Swimming and snorkeling at De Leon Springs; Football Season!; Lizard hunting; Boom, Boom, Firepower!

Our new address is 11 Rickenbacker Dr.Palm Coast, Florida 32164

Home Phone: 386-263-2768email: nicmo92@yahoo.com

Mitchell at Sea World; Mesa Verde; 8th birthday; His favorite ride at Disney--Buzz Lightyear!

Hayley and her buddy, Mitch; Her hair is so long in the tub!; On her 2nd birthday; With Tigger at Animal Kingdom.

Millie loves to play in the tub--Mom ends up more wet than her!; On her 1st birthday; Playing mud football in thebackyard with the boys. She is such a tom boy!