Happy New Year!

Well since I was horrible and didn't get my Christmas cards out, I thought I'd at least say Happy New Year to all of our friends and loved ones!  We hope you had a great Christmas!

Here's our family newsletter for 2010:

Our biggest news from 2010 is the birth of Brayden E Porter!  He was born September 15 and he is happy and healthy.  He is such a sweetheart.   This little man fits in perfectly with the family and we just adore him.

Jackson is now 2 and busier than ever.  We have to keep a gate up in his doorway so he won’t get up and wander the house at night. At about 2 in the morning one night I caught him on the counter top in the pitch black getting a snack out of the cupboard.  Then and there we decided we’d better lock him in his room.  He never stops going.  He eats everything in his sight.  Gratefully, we’ve only had to call poison control once. :)  Jack has such a fun personality and loves playing with anything on wheels.

Conrad is 4 and LOVES Spiderman.  He would want toilette paper if it had Spiderman on it.  He wanted to be black Spiderman for Halloween and we got the costume about a week before.  It has been glued to his body ever since. Con is so sweet and makes sure everyone is happy and doing what they need to.  He is excitedly awaiting Kindergarten next year.  This summer he also played on his first t-ball team.  It was tons of fun for everyone in the family.  It’s so fun to watch little kids play sports.

Hailey’s is 6 and her big news is finally being able to start Kindergarten.  She LOVES it and still can’t wait to go.  When school first started she would wake up super early thinking she was going to miss it or be late.  She is doing well and loves to learn.  Her favorite part of school is art.  She wants to be an artist when she grows up.  We are good friends.  She is a great big sister and is always happy to help out.  She got a Journey Girl doll (American Girl) for Christmas and said it was like she had a new sister.  Well, if you can’t have one, invent one. :)

Bo is happy at work.  He is still doing his Ecommerce business: Foxwebstores.com.  They are always busy with new ideas some great and others we’ll call learning experiences.  He loves it.  He gets to work with great people which is always nice.  They bought a ping pong table a few months ago.  It has been a big hit and everyone, even some friends, have been having tournaments at breaks and lunch ever since. (They even keep track of it on paper with charts and all.)

Well, I am just feeling grateful for a happy healthy baby and feeling happy and healthy myself.  It’s now been a year and 3 months since I went gluten free and I feel great!  I feel very blessed that I don’t ever crave anything with gluten (I believe it to be a tender mercy of the Lord).  I am happy with the food I get to eat and that my family likes it too for the most part.  I’ve picked up a new hobby of reading the past couple of months and I love it.  I just wish that I could devour a book a day.  It’s more like a month. (My new years resolution is to read at least a book a month).

We pray that your new year will be blessed and filled with great memories.