Winter Wonderland Indeed!

We are in...the snowiest month in HISTORY! What will the new year bring for January? One can only wonder! A warm-hearted thank you to my hubby who has been plowing us out each storm!!

Our family had a wonderful Christmas. Joey started out with the stomach flu Christmas Eve but was rallied by morning! (A true Keith at heart) We celebrated at my parent's home and had a wonderful snowy time. A favorite memory is the scavenger hunt Joey had to go on to find his new bow and arrow set from Grandpa! We even stayed an extra night due to snow accumulation...good grief! Also started after the holiday is Katie's nursery! Tom painted and mom and I have been starting to get things organized!

After the holiday we were thrilled with a fun-filled visit from the Cunningham's! A huge thanks to Sean, Jill, Will and baby Kate, (who is now one!!) for making the trip! Jill helped created some new visions and ideas for our nursery, greatly appreciated! We throughly enjoyed the visit! A wonderful lunch downtown, a date night at Downriver Grill and lots of pheasant hunting for the dads! Snow time in the back yard for the kids as well as lots of playing!
The next event over break was the baby shower thrown for me by Trish and Jen! Thanks ladies for the special treatment! Also, special help from my momma-and notice the beautiful bouquet of roses she did, as well as amazing snow help from my dad. Unfortunately the day of the shower was about the closest thing to a blizzard I have ever been in! My father ended up towing most of us to the top of his driveway with the back hoe! Thanks to my dear friends who braved the weather and the roads. You are appreciated! I feel so blessed with all the prayers, thoughts and gifts from family and friends for this precious little gift coming February 20th. We can't wait to meet you Katie! CLICK HERE to view a shower recap of photos!

Merry Christmas!

Breakfast with Santa...sipping hot cocoa!

Happy Holidays! We are always so excited for the season! This year we will celebrate at home but we’ll miss our visit with Tom’s family for certain! Luckily, our Noni, made a special holiday this last weekend.
I was blessed again this year with keeping my job as the tech chick, it allows my schedule to be a little more flexible and I love the new challenges of learning tech and curriculum! After finding out we were pregnant I decided to sign up to earn my Administrative credentials at WSU, not quite sure on my timing but we’re making it work. I have class each Wednesday night for 2 years! I’m privileged to work with Dr. Cooke as my mentor at Prairie View, which so far has been amazing! My greatest joy is being a mommy and a wife!

Tom still continues to fish in Alaska each summer. He enjoyed having the same crew he has had before this time. We continue to enjoy fresh salmon from the freezer and try to share it with friends when possible! He also is still active with real estate, although it's a bit dry at the moment, let us know if you need to sell your house! :-) Tom's hunting seems to be expanding to more days and weekends each year, if you're a hunter's wife this is no surprise to you, but he absolutely loves it. He added a visit to North Dakota/Montana this year, which I guess is a bird lover's paradise! (Our dog, Tucker, hasn't stopped talking about it!) And as every hunter father would probably love to hear…when visiting Santa this season Joey asked for a shotgun for Christmas! Joey of course assured me he meant a “play gun”!

Joey is 4 and a half. He is the light of our lives, full of energy, energy, energy and ALL boy! This year he has been going to preschool three mornings a week and continues to love it. His teacher is Mrs. Shelley and he keeps us up on everything he hears and learns! He then attends daycare with Grandma Nancy and Papa Glen 3 days, which has been a blessing for our family as well. He loves to be outside golfing, kicking the soccer ball, casting his fishing pole, riding his bike, painting, coloring, and spending time with his grandparents! He is very excited this year about the arrival of his new sister, “baby Katie”…coming February 20th!

We still have high hopes start building one of these days. Tom continues to work with the county and city on hooking up to the sewer. Keep your fingers crossed for us, we have water now! Kudos to Tom for keeping after it! We can't wait to start building our lil' rancher. I think I still like the house plans!

Our year was filled with many blessings and memories. We are looking forward to a wondrous 2009 and thrilled about adding to our family! We are so blessed by the support of our family and friends and appreciate and love each of you. Enjoy the magic of the season!

Merry Christmas and God bless.

Love, Tom, Kim, & Joey