End of the Year

What a week we have had. We have stayed home and just eaten till our stomachs are about to pop, played with game after game, taken walks, stayed up late, and had many laughs along the way. It is the first year we have just had fun as a family after Christmas. Yesterday we began the process of taking down Christmas. We always think we can take it down in one day, when it always takes many. It truly is a tradition here in the south to have Christmas down before New Years.

Now today we head off to Grandmothers for the Calk Christmas. Aunt Pam, Uncle Mark and family, Mary and her family will all be there. We will fill up with food again, open more presents, and enjoy the fellowship. We will head home to enjoy a New Years Eve celebration with a little family. We have dips, chips, chicken wings, etc. all sitting in the frig ready to warmed and set out to enjoy. Now that everyone is older staying up till midnight is a must.

We have really enjoyed this past year. Many of you have received our Christmas letter and have seen that we have traveled many miles and met great people along the way. It has been a good year of health, and we have truly enjoyed all of God's creation as we have explored the highways and byways.

We hope and pray that each one of you who read this will be truly blessed in the 2006. It is always an exciting time to be at the beginning of a new year waiting to see what the hand of the Lord will bring into our lives. We just hope at the end of the year we will see that we have drawn closer to Him and to each other, for it is the relationships that matter above all else.

Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!