Christmas Letter Dec 2022
Greetings from the Hudson’s Hope Naisbys – Jason, Heidi,
Wren, Davida and Billie. Also June (dog)
and Caspar (cat).
Jason update!
The years are blurring together! We’ve been in HH 19.083
years This really is a jail
sentence. A couple of prisoners have
broken out, but me, Heidi and Billie remain.
😊
My knees hurt when I walk, and especially when I run. They also hurt when I sleep. That’s how old I am now ha ha.
My truck has a lot of Kms on it from driving Davida to hockey
in Chetwynd (Jan-March 2022) and lots of trips down to Kamloops and back to
drop off / pick up / visit W&D. Oh yeah, we bought a Duplex in Kamloops
with money that we don’t have. W&D
are supposed to be living there, but they’re not. Confused?
Me too! 😆
Me & Heidi are both working a lot, me at BC Hydro (22
years) and Heidi as a home care aide. The kids all work too (in the summer);
Billie works all year round at the HH Library.
We lost Larry (dog) and Dobbie (guinea pig) this year. [photos]
With two kids off at University I should have lots of time to
work on home renos now. The renos still
aren’t done. It turns out that I’m just
really lazy.
In August, J&H went to Lumineers in Edmonton with our
friend John.
Any other fun times?
No, that’s about it.
We feel like we haven’t seen a lot of people in the last
couple of years. Because we haven’t !! Looking forward to seeing everybody real
soon. Cheers! Jason
Heidi’s Update
Merry Christmas everyone!
Another year has flown by! I’m
the same- tired but happy. Happy
tired. Exhausted and feeling older.
Wren went off to school in Kamloops and now Davida is there
too (since September).
My home feels a bit emptier.
My heart is missing & missing but Billie seems to be cuddling me
more.
I can’t wait to see friends & family at Christmas. Love to you all!! 💓💓
Love from a little older, happy, tired,
missing but loving Heidi xoxoxo
Wren’s Section
Wren’s Section of 2022 Christmas Letter. Time for my 2022
recap! It feels like 100 years have gone by since I’ve written one of these
classic Jason Naisby Christmas letters lol, but anyways here we go.
So,
currently, I am in the first semester of my second year at TRU. Do I know what
I’m doing? No haha, I definitely do not. I am taking my electives this semester
to try and figure it out, but I think I have just gotten more confused.
I tend
to keep pretty busy from drowning in schoolwork, figure skating 2-3 times a
week, playing intramural volleyball and soccer, and being smothered by my
sister who followed me here. (I’m just kidding I love having her here). On top
of that, I do have a pretty big social life… not to brag or anything. So do I sleep?
No, not really. But that's okay, cause I’m having fun and that is what matters
to me right now.
Hope everyone has an amazing Christmas! Sending love to you all !!
Addition from Dad (Jason) – Wren worked in HH this past
summer as a Tour Guide at the BC Hydro (WAC Bennett Dam) Visitor Center. Jason went on two of Wren’s across-the-dam
bus tours and they were awesome! Wren led
the tours like a pro! She now knows more
facts & figures about the dam and associated electrical stuff than Jason
does ha ha!
Davida’s Section
My 2022 year was very eventful. For the first half of the
year, I was mostly busy with school and sports. I was also a part of the Junior
Firefighting program and I graduated high school!
During the summer I worked as
a janitor, and a housekeeper at a hotel.
In September I left for university in
Kamloops, following Wren (mostly because I wanted to annoy her) who is in her
second year. What is my major? No idea,
I’m just as clueless as Wren. My first
term at university was very fun, I’ve been playing soccer and doing a lot of
studying. Hopefully I will have fun next term as well.
Billie Section: 2022 Recap
When this year started I was half way through my Grade 9 school year and now
I’m almost half way through my Grade 10 year, Crazy. In the early months I
spent most of my time at school, playing sports, babysitting and working. I
later got my Bronze Cross and standard First Aid before applying to my second
job at our local pool (first job is working at the HH Public Library).
My job
began mid May as a Junior Lifeguard. I did more cleaning than lifesaving, but I
had fun. I finished school, and Davida graduated, and we had a long summer of
working. Sadly our pool got closed down due to bad water, and I got transferred
to Public Works.
Near the end of the summer I went on a much needed vacation, but in the
end I had to say good bye to both of my sisters, returning home as an only
child. We also had to say good-bye to our much-loved dog, Larry.
I returned to
Hudson’s Hope to the fire which would have us evacuated. While evacuated in
Fort St John, I missed the first week of school and our cat Casper went missing.
We found Casper and returned home, for me to start school.
So far school’s been
good. My favourite subject is probably math. I’m at the top of my Pre-Cal 11
class and really enjoying it. I’ve been quite busy on top of working, school, volleyball, figure
skating and going to tournaments almost every weekend.
During a tournament on my
15th birthday, I got food poisoning and then awoke to find out that my Guinea
pig, Dobbey, had sadly passed. Although this year has been full of ups and
downs, I’m excited for the new year, even though I still feel like I’m living
in 2021.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, from Billie
Town News
The Peace River valley
between HH and FSJ is all logged, soon to be burned. New bridges on the road to Ft St John. Drive
should be faster once all the construction is finished. Our town water system cavitated this past
summer, and we drank bottled water for weeks.
The new plan is to switch back from aquifer water to river water. Hopefully one day in the future the air
outside our house won’t stink!!
