Merry Christmas to all...

The holidays were a little different for us this year, but it was a very enjoyable Christmas filled with the wonders of children. Everything is so magical though their eyes. Jared spent part of december in Guatemala doing humanitarian work with a group of his students which was an amazing experience for him, and since it would have meant almost two lonely weeks at home for the rest of us, our Mimi came to stay with us. It was wonderful to have my mom here to join in some of the holiday festivities like christmas shopping, riding the holiday lights trolley, and visiting Santa. After Jared was back home my mom flew home and the kids school continued until the 23rd...a first for us. We enjoyed Christmas alone on purpose for the first time. For the past two years we have hosted family at our house for christmas, and although we really missed their company this year our Christmas alone was wonderful..as was the next two weeks of time off for the kids. We hope all of our friends and family also had a wonderful Christmas...and to think only 11 months until we do it all again...