My good friend Lisa took our family photos this year for us. With Derek's crazy schedule it took until December 20th to get them done, but it was worth the wait.
Dear
Friends and Family,
I am
dearly sorry for the lateness of this letter, however I can blame residency for
this one and get away with it.
2014 has
been an amazing year for our family!
Derek
graduated medical school in May, and we immediately moved to San Antonio, Texas
for a 4 year residency at San Antonio Military Medical Center with the United
States Air Force.
Kael
turned 6 and started 1st grade in August and Eden who is 4 started
pre-k. Elara turned 2 in September.
Residency
has not disappointed us. Each challenge we anticipated has come and we are
meeting it head on. Derek is currently going to be starting a month of nights
in January. Surgery has been tough and a LOT of paperwork, but Derek has done
amazing at finding balance for our family. It is with great pleasure that he is
at his half way mark for his intern year, and the last half should be the
toughest. Needless to say we all are looking forward to him starting anesthesia
in July.
I have
been busy chasing kids and having playdates. I am loving having a HOME. Moving
from our tiny apartment to a full house has been surreal. Running a house with
a husband gone except when he is sleeping is no easy task. I am in the primary
at church teaching the 5-6 year olds, and had Kael in my class until January
when it switches. It has been fun getting to explore San Antonio a bit and make
lots of new friends.
1st
grade has been lots of fun for Kael. It has been an adjustment since he is in
school all day now and doesn’t get home until 3. At 6 years old he is learning
to read and gets better each day, although his real love at school is math.
Kael will be a lot busier now since Santa brought him a baby bearded dragon
that he has to take care of. Kael loves all creatures and has made some great
friends human and animal here in San Antonio.
Eden is 4
going on 16. She gets to go to pre-k at Kael’s elementary school 5 days a week.
The bus gets here at 6:45 and she doesn’t get home until 11:15. Eden is the
most social girl I have met and has made plenty of friends inviting them over
for chocolate milk tea parties. While she is very friendly she has shown to get
a bit of stage fright in front of people, but she has worked hard to overcome
that in primary she did a great job reading the scripture in front of everyone.
Elara is
for certain in the toddler craziness at 2. While she misses Kael and Eden while
they are at school she keeps plenty busy playing with her puppy Odin and making
messes for Mom to clean.
Baby
Bradley #4 has decided they want in on this letter. He/She will be joining the
family around June 10, 2015. This baby has been kind to me and hasn’t given us
much grief. The kids got to hear the fun news on Christmas and are excited for
a baby to join us.
We are
looking forward to 2015 and all the great things in store for our family. We
love keeping in touch with all of our friends and family and are grateful to
have you all in our lives even though it is now more distant. Please know we
love and miss you all and pray for you all often!
Love
Always,
The
Bradley’s
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