Merry Christmas!

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:13-14

This is the season that the whole world is hearing about the birth of Jesus. What a joy that there is peace available in Jesus. We are so thankful for His goodwill toward men.

Kaitlyn is now 2 years old and Matthew will soon be 4 1/2 years. We've had a tremendous year. God has greatly blessed us in so many ways, and continues to. He keeps us happy, healthy, safe and surrounded in love.

We've lived in the Omaha area now for 9 months. Two months in an apartment in the city and now seven months in our new home in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Its population is 7200 and is about a 20 minute commute for Adam.

We are looking forward to our first Christmas here. We are planning on spending it with friends from Omaha. Scott, Anita and their two kids, Callista and Zachary are going to bring their gifts to our place and we'll open them all together. We are So Thankful for all of the friends God has brought into our lives! We've been on our own more or less for the last five years and it is such a Good Change.

And at the same time, we want to thank all of our family and friends who have stuck with us through all of the changes. Relationships have strengthened over the miles & moves and we are thoroughly forever grateful for that! It simply keeps getting better and better.

We are also really enjoying the gentle winter here. We've heard countless stories about the unusual snowfall last year. Tons! This year we've had two little skiffs and some cool temperatures. Just right!

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see a line of little photos called "Followers." You can be a "public follower" or a "private" one, where your photo wouldn't show. We really hope you can become one. I don't write letters or emails as much as I'd like to and this site has become my ongoing letter, so to speak. So I've been depending on it more and more as a way of keeping in touch with family and friends.

If you would like to be a 'follower,' simply click on the white button, "Follow" close to the bottom of this page. A new screen will pop up. If you already have an account with Google, twitter or Yahoo, you can sign in with them. If you don't have any one of these, at the bottom of that screen you can create one in Google for free.

Wanted to mention this, just in case!