CHRISTMAS LETTER

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Hope this Christmas letter via the blog, finds you all well!!! I am going to give you a run down of some of the things we did this year.

JAN: We were in Indiana, so we rang in the new year with my mom and my sister and her family!! We also hosted 9, 8th grade girls at our house for a Discipleship weekend. Our kids REALLY enjoyed having them here and we would do it again in a heartbeat!!! Last but not least, in January, we welcomed our new dog to our home. We rescued a half blue heeler/chocolate lab from the humane society. She was 1 1/2 when we got her!! Her name is Bluebell.

FEB: Two things in Feb...... we went to a Casting Crowns concert. The other awesome thing we did was go on a cruise with my sister and her husband. Neal's parents were kind enough to come and watch the kids for a week while we went. It was wonderful!!!

MAR: I started my Doula training this month!! Also helped birth a baby using my new Doula training!! (thanks Ken and Renee).

APR: Our friends Matt and Janelle (Ella & Bennett too) came for a visit before they left for Korea!! Our small group from church volunteered to fix up a lady's home through an agency called Christmas in Action.

MAY: Neal left for Phoenix to be on an accident investigation board. The kids and Rebecca did a 1 mile run. Camden actually ran the whole way. He was the first kid to cross the finish line. My dad came for a visit on his way back to Indiana from California. I helped my friend Jody welcome her baby boy, Aaron, into the world!!

JUNE: We went to Indiana for a little over a week and then camped in Missouri for a few nights on the way back to Texas.

JULY: My sister and her family came for a visit over the Fourth of July. At the end of the month Neal's youngest brother, Dan, and his family came for a visit!!

AUG: A few friends came to visit us this month, including the Hammond's and the Kearney's.

SEPT: Neal and I drove to Indiana, while leaving the kids with friends in Texas. We went to Indiana to visit a fertility doctor, in hopes he could help us conceive another child. Much to our surprise and dissappointment, we were unsuccessful. We were/are very sad, but we know God has a much greater, wonderful plan for us. Our friend Jesse also came to visit us in the middle of the month. Owen and Emma celebrated their 4th birthday. The last thing for this month, was Rebecca's sister, Jennifer, came to Texas for a weekend. We went to an overnight scrapbooking dealio!! It was tiring, but VERY fun!! Thanks for coming Jenn!!

OCT: Camden celebrated his 8th birthday!!! Camden was also baptized this month. I was also able to help birth another child into this world. Fiona Norwood arrived on Oct 30th.

NOV: We all went to DisneyWorld for a week over Thanksgiving. Rebecca's sister and her family as well as Rebecca's mom and dad met us there for the week.

DEC: This month will entail the usual Christmas parties and gatherings. We will also be travelling after Christmas to Indiana to celebrate Christ's birth with family and friends!!

We are all doing well. The kids are doing great..... Camden is busy in second grade, with Jeet Kune Do and soccer. Owen and is busy with pre-school, Jeet Kune Do and tumbling. Emma keeps busy with pre-school, ballet and tumbling.

Another move is happening for us..... we are on our way to Alabama next summer. We will be there for one year.

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed 2009!!!!
We love you all!!!!!
~Rebecca, Neal, Camden, Owen and Emma