Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends. We have had a great year full of many blessings. Craig has worked the entire year for a company called "Out on a Limb Tree Service" where he climbs trees and thins them or takes them down. It has been a nice change of pace from previous jobs. I am blessed with the privilege of being a stay at home mom. So Isaac and I have spent this past year growing and learning all kinds of new things together. And believe me, the learning has been for both of us! It is amazing what we can learn from small children. Isaac has been such a joy in our life. Every day he makes us smile and laugh with something he does. He is very curious and loves to explore new things. He has taken after his dad and is quite the climber. There is nothing in the house that he can't get on if he wants to (Including the kitchen counter!). So he requires a watchful eye and that keeps me busy but I wouldn't change it for the world. Since he is such a climber we had to take him out of his crib. Actually, he kept getting out of the crib so we had to give him a mattress on the floor. Craig is in the process of making him a log bed from a tree that fell down in our back yard. I am really excited about that. We will post a picture of it when it is done! We have also been blessed with a great church family. From there we have gotten involved in a small group bible study that meets once a week. Also from those friends we are involved in a play group and go swimming every other week. So we are keeping busy and having fun!
We pray that your Christmas would not get lost in the hype of commercialism, but that you would spend time with family and friends sharing, loving and giving of yourselves. God gave us his son as the perfect example of sharing, loving, and giving!
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace." Romans 15:13