Merry Christmas 2017!

I discovered right after picking up all of our Christmas cards at Walmart this year, that I had completely misplaced my spreadsheet of addresses.  And since our old computer crashed earlier in the year, I wasn't able to find anything current online either.  As a result, we probably missed a ton of people who would normally be getting an actual-in-the-mail card from us.  Sorry!  To make up for it, I'll include some extra pictures in this documentation of our year.  ;)

{Actual Christmas Card Picture.}

For this year’s newsletter (and I use that term loosely), I took a page out of my Sunday School class itinerary and turned to the kids (and Scott) to see what their highs and lows were for the year.  After recording everyone’s answers, I have to say that perhaps my biggest high is the fact that everyone has so many highs and so few lows… 

 Spoiler alert -- Isaac was a real pill during this photo shoot.

ETHAN (14) —      

• Highs: “#FallBash2017, High School, Thanksgiving was pretty lit, new car (obviously), the #iPhone7, and the #AppleWatch.”
• Lows: “The ever disastrous Boot.”  (Running cross country gave him a stress fracture).

{I like that the #AppleWatch is highlighted here.  Hahahaha.}

GRACE (13) —     

• Highs: Stranger Things 2, getting a bunny, Summer Bash and Fall Bash (and the upcoming Winter Bash), school (“I guess”), and the Road Trip.
• Lows: Dead bunny.

SOPHIE (10) —     

• Highs: The Road Trip, trip to North Carolina for Thanksgiving, school, the Summer Bash, and the Fall Bash.
• Lows: “Grace spraining my wrist.”

JANE (8) —         

• Highs: “Christmas time, school, putting up the Christmas tree, going to the cousins, indoor recess, and getting baptized!”
• Lows: “Nothing”

ALEX (6) —         

• Highs: “Only the Road Trip.”
• Lows:  “Nothing”

ISAAC (2) —        

• Highs: Going to school, having awesome hair, watching Backyardigans whenever I want, giving up naps, and living my best life.
• Lows:  What’s a low?

SCOTT —        

• Highs: East Coast Road Trip, the game changer that was using two cars to road trip to Charlotte for Thanksgiving, Jane’s baptism, and saying goodbye to the Blueberry (a 2000 Ford Focus with more duct tape than air conditioning.)
• Lows:  Falling apart now that he's 40. 

JESSICA —         

• Highs: Convincing everyone to take a family picture this year, finally being able to drive Scott’s car because it’s no longer a stick shift, and seeing lots and lots of family this year on our various trips. 
• Lows: Losing my awesome bumper sticker collection when we got the new van.

And that’s a wrap!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our Crew to yours.