HAPPY 2009 EVERYONE!

JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR'S! WHAT A FAMILY! IT'S SO FUN TO SEE THE KIDS ALL GROWING UP AND ENJOYING EACH OTHER..DAD AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WATCHING OUR FAMILY TOGETHER...SOMEDAY YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS...ANYWAY I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT FOR ALL OF YOU TO DRIVE SO FAR AFTER YOU WERE EXHAUSTED FROM YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS BUT TRUST ME WHEN I SAY WE REALLY NEEDED YOU AND IT WAS THE BEST! THE GRANDPARENTS REALLY ENJOYED SEEING EACH OF THE FAMILIES...THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS WITH THEM TOO. GRANDMOTHER SEEMS TO BE KIND OF FADING AWAY. NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING MORE PHYSICALLY WRONG...SHE IS JUST "FADING". HOW WONDERFUL FOR HER TO HAVE ALL HER FAMILY CLOSE BY AT CHRISTMAS. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T ASSIGN A VIDEOPHOTOGRAPHER TO RECORD OUR KARAOKE EVENTS! I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO EXPERIENCE THAT ALL OVER AGAIN. ALSO I WANTED TO ASK ONE OF YOU TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND KEEP UP THE FAMILY BLOG LIKE MARY DID THIS YEAR...I'M SORRY, I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THIS CAMERA THING BUT....IT'S SO HELPFUL TO SEE ALL THE DATES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS. ANYWAY WE HAVE APPRECIATED THAT SERVICE A LOT! 2009 PROMISES TO BE A GREAT AND EVENTFUL YEAR....LET'S SEE WE WILL HAVE TWO YOUNG MEN TURN 12 AND RECEIVE THE PRIESTHOOD, RYAN AND SAM. ONE BAPTISM...DAVID. ONE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL...KIRSI, ONE TURNING 16...JOSEPH (HELP)AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER EXCITING TIMES...I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL OF THEM...JANUARY WILL BRING; SHELBY'S 17TH BIRTRHDAY (JAN. 5) LAURA'S ? birthday AND JACOB'S 1ST BIRTHDAY! WE ARE SO BLESSED...MY CUP RUNETH OVER!