You want a Christmas card? Here's your Christmas Card!

Christmas seems far behind us now, but I didn't ever get a chance to blog about it. Christmas was a good finish to a long year. It's nice to have the familiar traditions, music, food and family to make everyone happy and comfortable.



Anticipation



Hey, my sister made me a jewelry box for Christmas!

Hey, me too!

The Year in Review. Here are a few notable events from our year.

*We moved all the way across the neighborhood.

*Nate got a Blackberry.

*Hailee returned to photography with her first wedding and several more booked.

*Our dog, Bindi, died suddenly after 9 years of being awesome.

*Hailee and the kids grew a garden which actually produced for the first time ever.

*We went camping in Colorado and had an amazing time.

*The kids enjoyed swimming all summer at our old house before it was sold in September.

*Nate went back to school for his MBA.

*Jane turned 8 and got baptized.

*Lucy started "Home School" (her words) in lieu of preschool.

*Luke kept us all entertained with his excellent vocabulary and enthusiastic personality.

What a year it's been. I'm happy to be staring a new year right in the face and making plans for a bigger and better year. What's your year look like?