Happy New Year

We had a great week after Christmas. We played together, did some work together, did some serving together, and did lots of eating together. James and Tony were able to play lots of hockey and even took all the kids with them a few times to the pond. We had a wonderful New Year's Eve get together with James' family. Susan and JA were in town as well as Carson and Kandi and their 3 little girls. The party was at Brandon and Shiela's home which is always a treat. The cousins all had a great time together and the adults had some fun playing games. And of course the food was fabulous as always.
Then a bunch of the family got together the next morning for some football. i think they all enjoyed the game. Then some of us went to lunch together and it was a great weekend. Thank you to everyone who came!
To celebrate his last day of vacation, James cleaned our carpets. He did a wonderful job and I love my clean carpets. We also rearranged rooms; Shauna and Ali now have their own rooms, the girls divided their room into two, and Josh and Koli did some redecorating. Everything looks great.
And then we started school again. School is, well, school. I miss the kids, the kids miss home, and we miss the free time. But, we like the accomplishments that happen. it's a new year and we've made some goals and we want to accomplish many things. Number one is to get our little boys here from Ethiopia. We are getting closer. I can't wait to introduce them to you all and write about our story. But all in good time.
Happy New Year to All!






















Becca and Katie handed out awards as part of ASB and also received an award.







This is the cutest thing ever and this is for you Shane.



I forgot we did this one for you Shane.