Jenny

Our family enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving and Christmas season. I had fun cooking up all the traditional dishes, and the boys lit candles for ambiance---or just because they like fire. We were invited to join the Morgans and the Moss' house on Christmas day for a fabulous dinner and fun times. It was so good to be with family. New Year's Eve was spent in a warm cabin surrounded by rain and gushing water falls at Silver Falls State Park. We didn't hike around as much as we thought we would, but the boys did explore some narrow trails and we played a few board games while we dried out.

During free time, I remember Caleb writing pages and pages of a story set in Mesopotamia for a school assignment (even though it only needed to be one page). Tucker played hard, inside or out, and usually with friends. Carson legoed from 6 a. m. to bedtime, breaking only for meals and a chance to play wii at his friend's. Anja danced, bowed, and danced again. When we had a sudden snowstorm, they all made the most of 24 hours of snow, sledding, snowmen, forts, and loved it.

We look forward to reading the Lingo to catch up on what you are doing---thanks for contributing and sorry we don't as often.

Love, Jenny, Jeff & family