Christmas 2009

This year was a little different for us. Adam and Laura stayed in Boone where they suffered an ice storm Christmas day but luckily we got to talk to them on Skype the night before when everyone was at our house. The Smiths and Cupps come over after church and then we eat together the next day too. We kind of live together for about a week - a packed house with lots going on...video and card games, food and more food, movies, etc. We also had our faith family over and went caroling as a group to Mary's house who we met last fall when we helped with some things around her house. This year we met the rest of Jay's family a couple of days after Christmas which was nice cause most made it except for some with stomach flu. We repeated our measurement of all family members which we do every few years. Blake is now one of the tallest growing 15 inches in seven years. The sheet with the previous years needed to be lowered though cause I know I haven't shrunk 4 inches yet! Almost everyone got socks this year - Keen's and Smart Wool - nice. Blake got a lot of fly fishing equipment including his grandfather's things which is extra special so if you own a stream stocked with trout, let us know...Jacob wore this hat four days straight, guess he liked it! We were glad Austin was here because he will be deployed with the army next month for 6-8 months. Alex brought his friend Kate home to visit too.