Merry Christmas!

We hope you are having a great holly-day season and wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy 2012! We are doing well, running to and fro the past few weeks as we got ready for Christmas, and now pausing to enjoy Christmas day. Mom Emery is with us, which makes the holidays more special, and she is doing well. Jacob is enjoying the break between semesters, Megan and the boys are enjoying winter break from school, and Sue is having fun staying on the go and doing interpreting assignments here and there. Since I am off on Sunday/Monday right now I am enjoying the holidays but feel for my people that are covering the operation at work (thanks, guys!). Life is good!

Happy Holly-days!

We had a good but different Thanksgiving - Sue and the kids went to Florida to celebrate with our family (thanks, Mom and Dad, Chris and Erica, and everyone else!), while I stayed home to work. We had a Thanksgiving-style feast when they got back on Saturday, and had lots of fun with our friends that came over to celebrate with us. It was neat - they had gone to Japan for a few days and our feast was their Thanksgiving dinner! We decorated for Christmas today - the tree is up, manger scenes and lights are all over the place, and Stephen, Kevin, and I put up lights on the porch and in the front yard. We're still hoping to put out a nice manger scene in the front yard, but haven't found or made the right one yet. Hopefully we'll get it done this year :-) Hope you're enjoying the holly-days as much as we are! Drop us a line, give us a call, or stop by and see us - we'd love it!

Happy birthday, Megan!

Our daughter turns 18 today! She is doing so well with everything, from school to leadership in church to friends to family, it's awesome to see her develop in to the fine young woman she is! Way to go, Megan!

Staying busy, having fun

Sue and I are running around doing lots of stuff with the kids. We took Stephen and Kevin to the county fair a couple of weeks ago (the picture above :-), went to football games, a campout, shopping, working, reading, and doing all the fun stuff that we do to keep our family going. Whew!

Happy birthday, Michael!

My brother celebrates another birthday today!  We had a good time with him and his family down in Florida this past weekend, which was a nice treat.  He gets to celebrate while still in Florida, which is something he rarely gets to do.  Have fun celebrating you Michael! 

Happy 50th anniversary!

My parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today! They've done a lot together over the years, and are now both in their 70s, but doing great. Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Happy birthday, Kevin!

Our youngest is 10 years old today - woohoo! No more single-digit children, which is a new feeling for us. Kevin is doing great in school, and has even joined the Legos Robotics club there. He is doing well in karate, and is just fun to be around. I'm looking forward to all that he will accomplish in the future!