This Christmas has come and gone so quickly. I don't know if I was truely prepared as I would have liked to have been. We spent Christmas Eve over at Ed's father's house visiting with his dad, his younger sister and brother and their respective families, and with his mother. It was a very relaxing afternoon. Afterwards, we took our kids to see the newest Narnia movie. That was very enjoyable. Yesterday for Christmas we spent the whole day at home devoted to time together watching a lot of our new DVD's. The Christmas tree is dried and ready to come down, but it seems like we just put the decorations up and I don't want to take them down just yet. We never did get around to making Christmas cookies or carmel corn, for we were flooded with goodies from our friends. (I will really have to get back on my diet this week!)
Jennifer has been home for a week now, and already is preparing to return "home" to BYU-Idaho. She also comes and goes so quickly. She is a burst of energy when she is here. As always, I will miss her when she is gone. I got to laugh at her today as two of the male figures in her life decided to join her at church today and she had to balance her time between both of them. We like both of them, but felt bad for one as he doesn't really stand much of a chance against the returned missionary. Both are sweet though and welcome at our home any time.
This time of year also brings with it Aaron's birthday. We celebrated it with him on Wednesday. Dad took him up to Cabella's near Olympia to go shopping for his Scouting supplies. Now that he is 11 he is an official Boy Scout and needs all the camping/hiking gear. Later that evening we met Grandpa Mueller and Grandma/Grandpa Greenfield up at Chuck-E-Cheese for his birthday dinner. Since we figure that this will actually be the last time we go there for anyone's birthday, the kids all pooled their token tickets (all 3342+) to win a remote control vehicle.
2010 has been a year full of anticipation. We have waited all year for Ed to get a job, with no luck so far. We go into the New Year with high hopes that our unemployment status will change soon. We continue to see the Lord's hand in all that we have. He continues to bless our lives everyday. Thank you all for your continued prayers on our behalf. Please know that we are praying for you and our country as well.
Love you!
