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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas Part 1

On the Saturday before Christmas we celebrated with my parents, my sister, and her family. With one 13-year-old and 4 kids under 7, it was nuts!






1 comments:

Anonymous said...

DEAR JON & ASHLEY,

THANKS FOR INVITING THE ENTIRE CLAN OVER TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME. IT WAS A JOY TO HAVE ALL FIVE GRANDKIDS TOGETHER AND TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THEIR HAPPINESS AND EXCITEMENT GROW WITH EACH GIFT. DAD AND I WERE PLEASED TO OBSERVE THAT OUR GRANDKIDS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. EVEN THE YOUNGEST SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CELEBRATIONS OF LOVE AND GIVING AT CHRISTMAS TIME ARE TRULY IN HONOR OF JESUS' BIRTH!

WE PRAY FOR HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND WORLD PEACE FOR ALL IN THE NEW YEAR. WE EARNESTLY PRAY FOR AN EASY, UNEVENTFUL AND HEALTHY BIRTH FOR ASHLEY AND OUR NEWEST LITTLE ONE. WE ALL ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THIS SWEET GRANDCHILD, AS HE, SHE, (OR THEY)! WILL SOON BE BORN INTO OUR GROWING FAMILY.

WE PRAY FOR OUR FELLOW AMERICANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, THEIR HOMES AND THEIR PLACES IN LIFE. THESE PEOPLE ARE OUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. MAY GOD BE WITH THEM AS WELL AS ALL OTHER AMERICANS AS WE ENTER INTO A HISTORICALLY UNCERTAIN AND A VERY SCARY TIME IN OUR LIVES.

ALL OUR LOVE,
DAD & MOM
(PAPAW & NANA)