Starting the New Year

We are starting the year with three of us at various stages of colds. It hasn't kept us down too much, but last weekend we weren't able to go with Joel to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Orange, CA where he played for three services.

20th Anniversary

Today we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary! We had a wonderful dinner at one of our longtime favorites Steer 'n Stein in Rancho Cucamonga.

I got a beautiful flower arrangement in the morning. See?

Exhausted from Christmas

We were in Bismarck, ND for four days to celebrate Christmas with both sets of grandparents. Joy and Josiah slept on the flight home from the time the plane left the runway.This was how our plane looked in Bismarck before we left.

Christmas with Grandparents

We got to spend time with both pair of grandparents while we were in Bismarck. There have been noticeable changes since they saw our children in September.

Christmas Party

We celebrated Christmas at home early.
Joy was especially excited to get started!

This is how our home was decorated.

Rudolph?

Our kids got in the lighter spirit of things a week earlier.
(Thanks Andy & Debbie for the great pictures.)

Sunshine

Today in the Seattle area the forecast is for "partly cloudy" skies! That has been a rarity while we've been here. It is great to see the sun and not have rain an hour later. We love to see the sun. Joel even had an opportunity to take the kids to a park!