Friday, December 21, 2012

Happy ChristmaHannuKwanzika!


Season’s Greetings, dear family and friends. This is Kristen Scharf’s first annual
Christmas letter! It’s been an eventful year for this family of one.

This spring Kristen finished her last semester of college at BYU in Provo, Utah. She
took a full load of classes and worked two jobs. She enjoyed scrubbing her little
fingers raw doing custodial at the MTC Cafeteria and misses it dearly.

Kristen graduated from BYU in April. It’s hard to believe, since she still looks to be
about 16 years old. But yes, Kristen now has a degree in communications, which
contrary to popular belief among her family, is not marketing.

After graduation Kristen headed straight off to New York City. She had a glorious
summer interning, exploring the city, and eating delicious food. Having lived her
entire life in the mountains, she took advantage of the ocean by spending nearly
every Saturday at the beach.

In August she returned to Utah to visit friends and drink punch at some of their
wedding receptions. She and her friends went camping in Yellowstone, where they
saw wildlife like lions, zebras, meercats, warthogs, and a baboon.

In September Kristen moved back to Fort Collins, CO to live with her lovely brother
and sister-in-law. She got to play with her cute little nieces and nephew every day
and apply for lots of jobs.

In the meantime, she booked a cruise to the Bahamas and convinced her mom to
come along. They spent a week sunbathing, swimming with fish, and eating fancy
cheese. Unfortunately most of their travel companions were hairy men wearing gold
chains and speedos, so needless to say Kristen did not find the love of her life in the
Bahamas.

In October, Kristen went back to New York to compete in a national advertising
competition. She won the crowd and the judges with her presentation in the New
York Times building and took the grand prize—another internship.

She moved to the big city again for a month of exciting times. She survived
Halloween, the presidential election, and Hurricane Sandy.

After Thanksgiving, Kristen returned to Fort Collins for the holidays. She is counting
down the days until February, when she will travel to Changzhou, China with her
baby brother. They will spend four months teaching English to little kids. Xīn nián
kuài lè!

I love you all! Have a very Scary Christmas and a Happy Boo Year!