Greetings from Hertz family

A Christmas letter and card brings us up to date with David and Beth Hertz and their children, Alyssa and Joshua.

“We have had the busy year that many families with two little kids and two jobs know about,” they wrote.

Also gleaned from their letter:

Alyssa loves first grade. She has lost seven teeth and even is talking about boys. She started taking ballet this year and joined the Girl Scouts. Joshua, at 2 1/2, is talking up a storm. He scaled the side of his crib one day last spring, hitting the floor with a splat that his Mommy will never forget. He got a big bed quickly. He adores his sister (mostly), his weekly gymnastics and Daddy’s guitar.

David was asked to be “interim” business editor in May and then the deputy business editor quit in the fall so he’s running that department alone. Beth still works 20 hours a week in the Communications department of Cleveland Clinic and also does some freelance writing and editing. She contracted a virus similar to mononucleosis and was in bed four weeks–one of them in the hospital. One new thing for her is being a leader for Alyssa’s Girl Scout troop. She also is now president of the BG News (college newsaper) alumni society.