CHRISTMAS LOVE IN OUR HEARTS

CHRISTMAS IN UTAH...

WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME

IN UTAH WITH OUR KIDS

FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS

CHRISTMAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN

ONE OF OUR MOST FAVORITE

HOLIDAYS...

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CAN BE

WITH ALL OUR KIDS.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS

SEEING ACE OPEN HIS PRESENTS FROM SANTA

AND THE BIKE HIS PAPA BOUGHT HIM

WE ARE HOPING THE WEATHER WILL BE

MORE COOPERATIVE IN FEB.

WHEN WE GO BACK FOR NEW BABY BROTHER.

SO PAPA CAN TAKE ACE FOR A RIDE

IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT..

SANTA BROUGHT HIM THIS COOL

TOOL BENCH THAT REALLY WORKS

ACE LOVED BEING THE ONE TO

HAND OUT PRESENTS

HE REALLY LIKED THE TOOL BENCH. IT HAS A

CAR THAT YOU CAN TAKE APART.

HE LOVED THAT..

PAPA GIVING ACE HIS BIKE..

HE RODE IT IN THE BASEMENT

WHILE PAPA STARTED FINISHING

HIS PLAYROOM. KELLY HAD MENTIONED

THAT THERE WERE SO MANY TOYS

THAT ACE NEEDED A TOY ROOM,

AND BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY, SHE HAD WALLS.

THEY GOT IT ALMOST

READY FOR SHEETROCK IN TWO DAYS.

ACE HAMMERED RIGHT ALONG WITH DADDY

AND DAN.. I DON'T KNOW WHO

WAS HAVING MORE FUN, ACE OR DAN.

I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY BART..

MAYBE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME

MORE DONE IN FEB.

ANOTHER BIG HIGHLIGHT...

WE GOT TO TALK ON THE PHONE

WITH OUR BABY BOY IN ZIMBABWE..

IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR HIS VOICE

HE SOUNDED SO HAPPY..

HIS 1 YEAR MARK WAS DEC. 27TH.

WE ARE HOPING HE GETS TO COME HOME

A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS NEXT YEAR.

WE WILL HAVE TO SEE.

HE GOT TO TALK TO ALL THE KIDS,

EVEN JORDON AND CAROLINE,

WE HELD THE TWO CELL PHONES UP TO

EACH OTHER ON SPEAKER PHONE..

IT WORKED OUT GREAT.

IT MADE MY CHRISTMAS TO HEAR HIM SAY

I LOVE YOU MOM..!!!

I COULD ALMOST FEEL

HIS BIG BEAR HUG AS WE SAID GOODBYE.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH ACE

WHILE WE WERE IN UTAH...

WE SPOILED HIM.. AND TOOK HIM SLEDDING.

I THINK WE WILL MAKE THIS A FAMILY TRADITION.

WE WENT AGAIN THE LAST DAY WE WERE THERE

AND I AM HOPING TO GET PICTURES

OF MATT AND KELLY GOING DOWN THE HILL

WITH ACE... YES, EVEN 8 MONTHS PREGNANT

KELLY WENT FOR A RIDE..

HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS FOR US ALL.

I LOVE MY TIME WITH MY CHILDREN,

AND THIS LITTLE GUY...

I MISS THEM SO MUCH.