"Santa Sarah" (she went around telling everyone she was "Santa Sarah, ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!")

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope this brings many wonderful surprises for you all. We are playing the waiting game, waiting to see what happens with the job change for Jason. As soon as we know anything we'll pass the word along. I can't believe I've miss updating this so my new years goal is to keep it up. I like FB but it doesn't allow for sharing stories and funny things so I want this blog to keep going at least for my own record of our families happenings.

December was very busy with my Christmas Exchange and making stuff to Jason's work (Santa pillow.) I enjoy doing those things I just need to start sooner so it doesn't take my life away. I also put together gift baskets for some Dr.'s and they turned out really good; it was a big relief for me, I wanted to make sure they would be appropriate for the recipients. I heard many good things back so they must have been a hit! I'd love to move to a larger area so I could get this little business off the ground, but here in nowhere land it wouldn't be sustained.

Some of our highlights were surviving the Ice Storm, Colton becoming a Deacon. Sarah getting potty-trained, Luke making it through another year with Diabetes and starting preschool. Whitney excelling in school with her math facts. She did great. Had learned her times and division and was a month ahead of all the other 4th graders. Some of my favorites sayings from the kids: Sarah - singing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the ear" and Luke trying to tell us he was scared (nervous) and said "mom, I feel nerbo." It took us a while to figure that one out:)

I'll post some Christmas pictures soon! thanks for your patience, love to you all - Melanie