Jennifer

Dear Family,

Happy Happy New Year! May this year be a great one for every body!

We were in Seattle on New Year's and watched the exploding fireworks go off on the Space Needle. We saw it from a distance at Ammon's house, but it was still spectacular. We stepped out on the porch for just a few minutes because it was so cold -- like 22 degrees! We watched the rest from inside the house looking out the window, and with a time-delay on TV, we watched it twice. We woke up Finn so he could see the fireworks, although he seemed pretty much asleep -- however, the next morning he said, "I had a dream that we watched the fireworks go off the Space Needle..." It was pretty cute as he demonstrated how he was the Space Needle and was now lighting up with fireworks. Quite an imagination. It was really fun being with them for a few days.

We celebrated Harper's first birthday on January 2. Angela put together a fabulous birthday celebration with a lot of cute decorations and fun cupcakes that looked like owls to go with the Owl theme. She found an antique wood high chair and painted it hot pink. Harper had a very nice day! And Finn helped her open her presents.

It has been foggy and cold -- very winterlike here in California. Yeah, I know, that's nothing compared to what most of you are experiencing.

I'm enjoying playing scrabble on FB with Emily, Lucy, Ryan, and Wendy. Anybody else wanna play?

My law firm has now merged with a third company and we are known as Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. Offices in 18 cities all over the world. So much to learn with our new document management system -- a whole new way of doing things. Should be much more efficient once we learn it all. Keeps my brain working every day!

Love, Jennifer & Steve