Merry Christmas from the Roth Bunch!
The Roth Bunch – Adrianna, Jillian, Brittan, Austin, John, Jacki, Caitlin, Therese and Brad
This picture was taken in July outside an Aquarium near where Jacki and John live.
Hi Folks!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Roth Bunch in Ann Arbor, MI! 2010 was an eventful year and we would like to share a little bit with friends and family.
Brad has now worked for White-Rodgers for over 5 years and continues to enjoy covering his sales territory from our home in Ann Arbor. After winning a Sales Achievement Award the past two years, Brad received the Salesman of the Year award from his company at their National Sales Meeting in November. It is great to see his hard work recognized.
Therese is completing her third year as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan. She continues her research work and has attended conferences in New York and Washington, D.C. in the past year to present what she has been working on.
In May, Therese, Brad, Caitlin and Jillian went to Chicago for a weekend of fun and to join several thousand others in the Path to Progress 5K Walk to support brain tumor research. Two of Jillian’s college friends joined our team (CCG’s Army!) to help raise money for this important and personal cause. The event was emotional and bittersweet as we saw many other survivors, but also saw many tributes to those that lost their battles. Thanks again to those who supported us for the event.
We made our annual Fourth of July week trip to North Carolina to spend time with Jacki and John again this year. Once again we had a great time being tourists and just hanging out playing games and eating great food. Everyone had a lot of fun and we really value the times when we can all be together.
Jacki is a Digital Content & Analytics Manager for BISSELL Homecare in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She continues to telecommute for work from their home in North Carolina. We won’t see Jacki and John this holiday season as they are on a trip to Seattle to visit John’s brother P.D. and his fiancée Andrea.
John is a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and has completed a number of computer certifications/training classes in the past year and is now teaching several classes. His training and teaching have taken him to a few different states in the past year.
Jillian and Brit’s family has also been busy as Austin and Adrianna seem to be growing up so quickly. Austin is 3 ½ now and Adrianna is 22 months. We love to spend as much time with the “A Team” as possible and they stayed with us this past weekend while Jillian got together with her college friends for their annual Chicago Christmas shopping trip. Aussie loves playing Wii games and really enjoys sports. Grandpa Brad took him to his first Michigan football and basketball games this year. Adri is such a sweetheart and always has a smile on her face. We continue to be amazed at how much she is talking now.
Jillian continues to work at O. E. Meyer as a Health Care Marketing Representative and Brit is a Mechanical Design Engineer II at JBT FoodTech in Sandusky. They are doing a great job of balancing the challenges of their careers while being parents of two young children. They are hoping to move to a new home in the coming year.
Caitlin is a junior at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She has changed her major to Sociology with a Biology minor and still has a career goal of working in Public Health. Caitlin went to Australia in July and recently completed a semester at Murdoch University near Perth in Western Australia. After her semester she went on a two week bus trip across Australia (60 hours in a bus!) with a Christian group to attend a conference and perform some mission work. She came home last week and is looking forward to getting back to Hope in January to see her friends. She is spending Christmas week with the Gills. Caitlin kept up a blog during her stay in Australia. If you would like to view some of the entries you will find it at Caitlin’s Blog.
In November, Therese and Brad went on a two week vacation to Australia to visit Caitlin and see the sites. We had a wonderful time seeing the unique animals and plants of the country while learning more of their history and eating some great food. We spent a lot of time walking the beaches and really enjoyed the beautiful sunsets over the Indian Ocean. We can now cross this item off our bucket list! You can see some pictures from our trip by clicking on this link. Australia Holiday pictures
We truly appreciate all the blessings in our lives.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Safe, Healthy and Happy New Year!
Brad, Therese and Caitlin Roth
(Buddy too)
