Merry Christmas 2014 from the DeBuck Family
We’ve had a wonderful
year in 2014. Here are the highlights:
CAM, nearing the end of his 40s, started a new job with a company
called TQS in mid-summer. He has a bit
of a commute as the company offices are in Roy, UT but he likes what he is
doing (he’s the database administrator/developer). He works with Shauna’s brother-in-law and has
a LOT of flexibility in his time. He
golfed as much as he could during good weather. This fall he was released from
his calling the Young Men’s program at church—after serving in one position or
another for about 7 years. He was able
to be in scouts and YM’s with Cameron from the time Cameron was 11. He now serves as a Home Teaching District
supervisor and Golf Merit Badge counselor. On Christmas day, he will hit the 10
year mark of being “soda-free”. (He
enjoys rubbing that in for my benefit.)
SHAUNA, mid-“I can’t be that old”, has been busy with her work at
MedStar where her responsibilities increased in the spring and she has taken
the roll of office manager but not the title.
That sounds too serious. She has
relinquished most of her PTA responsibilities as Cameron is a nearly done with
school, but helps when she is needed.
She just completed her second year of teaching in Primary where she
teaches the 8-9 year olds. This year,
the lessons have centered in stories of the Old Testament. Her imagination and patience is tested each
week with every lesson. She also finally admitted the need for reading glasses
and has pairs stashed all over. She also gave up soda, again. (See above…)
JILL, or Hermana DeBuck
as she is lately called, 19, began serving a mission for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints in early September.
She first went to Mexico City for Spanish language training and in
mid-October entered her field of service in Illinois where she is teaching the
Gospel of Jesus Christ to our Spanish speaking brothers and sister in the
heartland. Prior to her mission service, she finished a year at Utah State University
where she participated with the Concrete Canoe Club in their award winning
engineering marvel, made wonderful friends and determined she wants to pursue a
double major (Bio-Chemistry/Biology) with the intent to work in the field of
forensic genetics, hopefully for the CIA or FBI. She is happier than she has
ever been, and loves serving the Lord.
CAMERON, 17, is a senior in high school. He spent his year golfing, golfing, and
golfing. He really excelled too. He played all spring and summer with the Utah
Junior Golf Association and ended up 3rd in his age group
division. He played courses all over the
state including several trips to southern Utah to play in St. George. He competed again on the high school golf
team and had a great time, made a ton of friends from many schools and met
several personal goals. He began
applying to colleges and, to no one’s surprise, is leaning heavily toward Dixie
State or Southern Utah universities as he could play golf year round
there. He has been accepted to both
already, and was recently offered a $2400/year 4 year academic scholarship to
Dixie. He’s waiting to see if SUU makes
an offer, but we are thoroughly proud of his achievements and ambition. He looks forward to studying nursing with an
end goal of becoming a nurse anesthetist.
We are hopeful he will enjoy a year away at school and then choose to
serve a mission like his sister before returning to school and his academic
goals.
As a family, we are
grateful to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ with you at this
special time of year. We hope you know
of our love for you, and our love for Him!
We know that He is the greatest gift ever given. We wish for each of you a blessed, happy and
joyful new year and thank you for your friendship, love and encouragement
you’ve offered each of us over the year.
Merry Christmas!
Love, the DeBuck
Family
