A loved Coach, Aunt and Mother Gets a Deserved Honor

Chris's Aunt died in October 2008 and was recently given the honor of being entered into the Illinois Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame.

“Judy Elder liked to talk about how many of her tennis players’ pictures were hanging on the walls of Crystal Lake Central for academic honors.  

Her interest in the person as well as the athlete, and her passion for tennis made her an iconic and beloved figure in her 31 years coaching the girls teams and 21 years leading the boys teams for the Tigers. 

“She loved her kids,” said Jessica Fetzner, tennis coach at Prairie Ridge and Elder’s daughter.

“She would do anything to help them out and grow as people and tennis players,” Fetzner said.

In a fitting tribute, both mother and daughter were honored Tuesday by the Illinois High School Tennis Coaches Association. The association named Fetzner the Girls Head Coach of the Year; Elder was posthumously inducted into the Illinois Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame.” -- Hall inducts CLC’s Elder

3 Months of Busyness

I have had many complaints about our blog not be updated regularly. Sorry about that. Life has been very busy in that time.
On November 6, Chris officially lost his job at the church. He has not worked since. He has applied to about 100 different jobs, but only had about 10 interviews in 3 months. It has been a very humbling experience to have the church help us out with food and other bills. I truly believe in the welfare program. What an inspired program! Katina has worked as much as possible, taking on any extra hours she can get.
For Thanksgiving, we went to Idaho to spend with Katina's family. It was good to see the whole family and laugh together. Our 6-year old nephew did the cutest thing when we were up there. He shot out the yard light with a BB gun. He got in lots of trouble by his parents, but the power company thought it was hilarious.
In December, Chris and Katina discovered the wonderful newfamilysearch.org where they prepared many ancestors for temple work. They also spent nearly a week in Idaho for Christmas. Chris and Katina did not do much but lounge around and watch TV. It was wonderful. She will post pictures later.
In January, Katina started falling asleep at work and felt really tired. During her doctor's appointment, they discoverd she was anemic and prescribed iron pills. This made the morning sickness worse. Yesterday she finally found relief when they prescribed an anti-nausea medication.
More updates in a few days.