I wrote this letter last week hoping that I would get Christmas cards mailed. I didn't so I thought I'd post it here.
December 18, 2015
Merry Christmas,
God has blessed our family much over the last year. Last Christmas we were excited about adding to our family in the Summer of 2015. In February, we found out that we were going to have two new family member and not just the one. We walked on clouds for the next couple of weeks. We bumped our late spring trip to visit family on the east coast up to March, while it would still be safe for Suanna to travel. In May, we took a family field trip to the Legoland Discovery Center in Grapevine, Texas. We knew that this would probably be our last time to galavant around as a family for a while. At the end of June, Suanna’s parents arrived before the babies did and we enjoyed having them join us and see how our family works. On July 7th, Colt and Kade were born and I sit here now with Kade watching me and laughing while Colt naps in the other room. It’s been an adjustment to having two babies. We still sometimes just stop and look at them and are amazed at God’s blessing on our family and comment, “There’s two of them,” or “There’s another one!” These were two of the comments Quinn (2) has given us. Since July the months have seemed to fly by. We spent Thanksgiving at Jeff’s parents home. We still have some “sleepless” nights, but God is good and when we aren’t sure how much more we can go on very little sleep, He gives the babies a few extra hours of sleep allowing some much needed rest for us as well. We are continuing to homeschool and have worked to keep a lighter schedule this year. Kent is in 6th grade, Katy is in 5th grade, Kaomi is in 3rd grade and Clark and Felicity are eagerly anticipating starting their kindergarten program next month. We are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us this next year.
Love,
Jeff and Suanna &
Kent, Katy, Kaomi, Felicity, Clark, Quinn, Colt, and Kade
