WONDERFUL LIFE

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and each and every one of you made special memories. Christmas this year was great, a little quiet, but nonetheless, great. Jerry and Noemi graciously hosted Christmas dinner at their house. With four brothers, you can expect a lot of laughter. We weren't disappointed.

The weekend was filled with spending lots of time with friends who drove up from New Mexico. We were a little late in making dinner reservations on Christmas Eve so it was like watching a scene out of The Christmas Story because the only place open was a Chinese restaurant. The food was not that great but the company was and, bottom line, that is what matters.

Scott is doing extremely well. Just wrapped up another semester at school and is on Christmas break until January 17. He is working as a store manager up at the Great Mall. So he definitely keeps himself busy. He bought Kevin and I some pretty nice gifts this year. The way he wrapped our gifts were......Priceless....... The only way I can describe it is this..... When you are two or three hours into wrapping and you realize you have used a third of the paper, two rolls of tape and have yet to finish wrapping one gift, you might as well just say to yourself at that point: "Oh, well, they are going to rip open the gift anyway so why bother making it look pretty." It is the thought that counts right? SMILES!

In conclusion, we made memories and we enjoyed our time with our family and friends. Plus we even started a new tradition by watching the classic movie It's a Wonderful Life (apparently Kevin never watched the movie before). We realized that if we wouldn't have gotten one single gift, we still would have been excited and happy because the greatest gift is what money can't buy. Just being able to experience another Christmas together, was simply perfect! We are thankful to God for allowing us to have the gift of love.