Another year is nearly gone! I can't believe it! Seems like only a month or two since I was working on last year's Christmas letter. (Which you can see by clicking the Christmas Past tab at the left.)
Don't you hate it when a Christmas letter gushes with enthusiasm about all the exciting things that happened over the past year? I do to. So that's why you'll detect no enthusiastic gushing from us. Just the facts.
The kids are still keeping us busy, but Drew is helping out more and more. He's in 2nd Grade at St. Philip's school. Theo is also at St. Philip's, in Kindergarten. Anissa is 3 and a half. She's the big girl around the house now and enjoys helping with little jobs. And Therese is climbing on everything. Be sure to click on their names to see and hear their Christmas greetings.
Karen is still working with our church part time and I'm still teaching Art at LHS. Nothin' changed there. In fact, not a whole lot has changed. We did manage to build a little deck out our back sliding door this summer. After 6 years of falling 4 feet out that door, it's nice to finally be able to step out and enjoy a summer sunset. (We're still waiting to sit on the deck and enjoy a snowy winter sunset. --Looks like we're not getting a white Christmas here!)