We hope you had a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am sorry for the delay, but my Christmas pictures are on a separate computer. I was also waiting for pictures from my brother-in-law.

We decided to have the kids open their Christmas on Sunday night, due to our plans for the Holidays. We have a limit of $100 per child and swe try to separate their gifts into three main categories: One that meets a spiritual need, one that meets a physical need and one that meets an educational need.

We started Dave Ramsey's program a few months ago, and I am thrilled to say that we we able to pay cash for Christmas this year! Also a little praise in that department, is that we sold the only vehicle that had a car payment on it and from the proceeds we were able to pay off a Credit card and put a little money back.

Christmas Eve Afternoon, we went over to my dh's parent's house. We were also thankful to have dh's grandmother there with us. We had a great meal! We had a good time for fellowship and gathering. We had prepared the children for "uncomfortable questions", but PTL we didn't have any!

Here are some pictures from that:

(Pictured above is me, dh, his bil Ken, sister Rhonda and brother Brent)


(Pictured are the grandchildren on dh's side, oldest to youngest. First is our oldest, then our niece Megan, then our middle one, then our nephew Austin, then our youngest.)


(Pictured above is dh's sister Rhonda and her family)

(Pictured above is dh, sister Rhonda, brother Brent and their parents)

(Pictured above is dh, his sister and his brother)

(Pictured above is Grandma with her great-grandchildren.)
(The WHOLE crew on dh's side, including Grandma)

(Dh's parents with their grandchildren)

(Our family Christmas 2007)

That evening, we went over to dh's Uncle and Aunt's home for a Birthday celebrations. Dh's grandmother's birthday (and wedding anniversary) is on Christmas Day. She turned 85 this year and we really haven't had a big family gathering like that since she was 80. So we decided to do that.

(Pictured above is Grandma on her 85th birthday!)

(Pictured above is our three boys with Grandma, their great-grandmother)





Christmas day morning, we went over to my brother and sister-in-law's home. We had a Christmas brunch and had a good time with them. (and we got some rain!) After that we went to the in-laws home again (we are about an hour from them but my brother and my inlaws live about 20 minutes apart).