Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Good to be home...

The kids and I have been traveling for almost 2 weeks...to Weatherford, Abilene, Weatherford, Lubbock, Weatherford (yes, this is our "West Texas Jumping Off Point.") Josh joined us occasionally. It was so fun to come home and see the stack of Christmas cards. 

Josh is officially graduated. By the way, this was my first experience with a Christian college graduation and it was great. I loved the singing and the speaker. My favorite part of the evening was hearing Kellen say, "Yay, Daddy!" when Josh walked the stage.

We have celebrated 2 of our 4 Christmases and the kids have seen all of their cousins. Chaotic and fun. Thanks to those who have put up with us.

This Christmas seems different. Our thoughts are occupied with family and friends who are gravely ill, and others who have lost close loved ones. 

We look forward to spending the rest of the week at home and hanging out together. Noelle has sprouted her 2 bottom teeth (at 4.5 months) and we celebrated by giving her some pears. She ate half the jar on her first try. Not bad.

3 comments:

Camille, Blake, Pierce and baby Asher said...

I know what you mean... I am glad you are safe and home again for Christmas. Enjoy this time of year.

davemaz said...

The part about Kellen - yelling out in the silence - was the best part! Even Josh laughed. Thanks for having us there.

Lisa said...

So many things! Merry Christmas. Can't believe Noelle already has teeth - she's not wasting any time! Please tell Josh we said congrats...he has a lot more patience and smarts than I do. (don't pass along the smarts part) And I really wish we could have seen you when you were in W-town, but trust me, you wouldn't have wanted to be within 10 miles of our yuk fest. Love you guys and maybe, just maybe, we can get together in the next couple of months.