Merry Christmas!

Yesterday we had a delightful family Christmas at home. We even started opening at 9:30, which is pretty early for us. All of us were blessed with many presents. We like to go with many not too expensive presents, rather than a few expensive presents. Daddy
Mommy

Ki

Je


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Happy 26th Engagement Anniversary

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2008 Christmas Letter

I thought I would post the unedited version of our Christmas letter, before it is critiqued and changed by my family. I did leave some things out for safety. When I return from my senior trip I will post lots of pictures and tell all about it, but until then I'm not allowed to say on my blog where I'm going.

2008 CHRISTMAS LETTER

Well, I (Ki) am the only one who somewhat likes to write, so I guess I’m the one to write the letter this year. Although I’m sure my family will revise this letter multiple times.

In Daddy’s life everything is about the same. He still enjoys his job at ****** most of the time, walking with Mommy when the weather permits, and eating fruits and vegetables for lunch each day. Actually I think sometimes he gets tired of eating the same food everyday for lunch. In September his dad died from pneumonia. Our family was able to be with his parents for not quite a week before his dad died.

Mommy is joyfully looking toward retirement of homeschooling me. Hopefully she will be able to do things that had to be put on hold while homeschooling. She often has some ache or pain, but she endures it with grace. She enjoys spending time with her family and imparting wisdom into her daughters. This year was Daddy and Mommy’s 25th Anniversary. In July they went to a Friends of Israel Prophecy conference to celebrate their anniversary early.

Je received her Associates Degree in Medical Assisting in June from *** College. Since I’m her sister I’ll tell you she received all A’s her entire time at ***. The end of June she took the Certification exam, and she is now officially a CMA. She is yet to find a job as a medical assistant, but she loves her job at our local library, working at least 14 hours a week. Her family loves it when she is home with them.

Ki is anxiously anticipating finishing high school! Her goal is to have finished all her subjects by the end of 08 except for two of her subjects. The beginning of ***** she and her family plan to attend *****. It is her senior trip and she is counting down the weeks. As her school load lightens up, she plans to help more around the house and study homemaking more in depth. One of her greatest delights is playing the piano. Her blog is www.majeki.blogspot.com and she tries to post a couple times a month on what’s going on in our family’s life.

In May the whole family went up to Camp Barakel in Fairview, Michigan. The ladies went to a Mother/Daughter retreat, and Daddy went to a Men’s Retreat. The beginning of July we went down to visit Daddy’s parents. August brought the annual User's Group in Pittsburgh that both Daddy and Mommy went to. Daddy went to classes and Mommy enjoyed spending time in the hotel room.