Fors Christmas Letter
2013
Feliz Natal!
This year’s Christmas
letter finds the Gretchen and Eric Fors Family way down South in Sao Paulo
Brazil wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Eric’s work with
Whirlpool Corporation took us down to Brazil for the latter part of 2013. We
have had an amazing experience as a family immersing ourselves in Brazilian
culture, dining on Brazilian cuisine and seeing all the beautiful sites this
country has to offer (Rio de Janeiro, Itamambuca/UbaTuba, Campos do Jordão and
Paraty). We are going to run out of time before we have seen all that Brazil
has to offer.
The other big news
that we have to share with the world is that we are expecting twin boy in March
2014. The balance of pink, er, power is shifting ever so slightly back to the
masculine J
Carli is our little
sparkplug! Never in our lives have we seen a child with such a gift for mashing
her yogurt into every conceivable nook and cranny within her arm’s length.
She’s also demonstrated tremendous range in how far she can chuck her yogurt
cups (BYU has already given her an early accept softball scholarship). Her
favorite food, er, condiments sans food are ketchup and A1 Sauce.
Eliza has had a great
year exhibiting her God-given abilities as an interrogator. Eliza will hold you
accountable for everything said since her memory began. She enjoys asking “why”
to just about everything. Her favorite filler expression is “by the way”. She
has enjoyed going to bilingual school here in Brazil which included weekly
swimming lessons helping her to become a great Brazilian swimmer.
Gretta is asking for
early admittance into the “tweeners” club. We’ve put an indefinite “stay” on
that request. She is making her parents nostalgic given that her latest cartoon
interest is “Care Bears”. Just goes to prove once again they don’t make
cartoons like they used to! She’s turning the big “Ocho” this year and is
excited to be baptized into our church. She has also enjoyed bilingual
school here in Brazil and swimming weather. But, she is super excited to return
to Michigan for a little winter so she can enjoy the snow hill at school. It’s
the little things that make kids happy J
Gretchen is the glue
of our family. She has definitely exhibited some “pioneer gumption” in lugging
three kids and “two in the oven” down to Sao Paulo. She’s been courageous in
meeting other expats at the local Newcomer’s Club, shopping at the local
“farmer’s market”, and enjoying some quality time with our daughters.
Eric is optimistic
about the future with two little boys to wrestle with and balance the pink with
blue in our house. Working in Brazil has been a great experience, and we will
be a little sad to go home, but it has also made us keenly aware of how blessed
we are to live in the United States of America.
We wish you a wonderful and prosperous 2014!
Eric, Gretchen, Gretta, Eliza, Carli, Baby Boy “A”, Baby Boy
“B”
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