Merry Christmas

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas!  We celebrated both in Holland and Cadillac this year.  We are so blessed to have such amazing and loving families!

Some of the memorable events from this Christmas:

• Sam and Annie Lou got giant floor sized puzzles including a solar system puzzle.  We were amazed to hear all about space from Annie Lou.  She is a little genius!
• Bruce got terribly sick and threw up about a dozen times.  Right before we were going to take him to the emergency vet he threw up a stuffed animal leg and about a fist sized ball of stuffing.  After that he was cured! (Dumb dog)
• Josh's mom finally got an iPhone.  I think she was the last adult in the United States to not have a cell phone.  Excited to be able to text her!
• We got to watch Yan and Kai open some of their presents via Skype.  I am thankful for this technology, but wish I could have seen them in person too!
• Gas is under $2!  I can't even remember the last time I saw this.  It's a Christmas miracle :)

'Tis the Season

Sunday, December 7th, 2014

Wow!  It has been quite a while since we have updated.  Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas is just around the corner.  We had a double Thanksgiving this year.  We began by celebrating at my Aunt and Uncles house (thanks for letting us use your house Norma and Tim!) and followed it up by having another Thanksgiving in Cadillac.  

One of the things that I have struggled with living in our tiny duplex is not being able to do much holiday decorating.  We don't have room for a real tree, but we have made do with a small 2ft tree and a few scattered decorations.  Stockings are hung on the window sill and hoping that one day we get a fireplace.  Maybe next year!  

-Laura and Josh