Christmas Letter 2008

Hello Family and Friends!

I am not doing the traditional Christmas letter or card this year, as we have been keeping you all up-to-date throughout this roller coaster year. Let's just say that much has changed, but the three little people in our house have certainly made it worth every minute. A and K are great, finally sleeping through the night, growing like crazy and becoming little persons of their own. They love laughing and jumping and playing in their exersaucers. They are grabbing everything that comes near them and shoving it into their mouths. They adore their big brother and Daddy, watching their every move. R is growing up fast it seems. He is definitely a little boy now, not a toddler or a baby anymore. It is sad, but inevitable. He loves music, videos - with Wall-E being the current favorite - playing outside, his friend James, and his sisters. He also enjoys Daddy and spending time with him. They even go out for "coffee" to Starbucks weekly to have some "guy time". He is a great hugger and luckily for Mommy still loves to give kisses to her and will ask for tickles and kisses over and over. He still enjoys helping Mommy clean the house too - hope that is something he keeps for years to come! :) He daily says something that will make us laugh and comes up with such interesting comments it is so fun to see his mind working and being stretched. HIS power to reason through things is already developing which surprises, but is incredible to see.

DH is still working at MegaWest Energy Corp. It has been two years now and he is doing the HR role. This year they hired on a HR consultant to teach him more of the job than he had been taught so far - there wasn't anyone in the company that had the background and knowledge to guide him. He is learning all sorts of new things and the thing I love is how my husband surprises her often with how he thinks and does things and the solutions he comes up with for potential problems or just the daily HR running of the company. (I am so proud of my husband, gotta brag him up when I can! :) He is also loving being a Dad to R, A and K, spending time with them when he can and loving every minute of it.

I am busy being mom and running our household. I am so thankful for my son and TWO daughters, I feel so blessed by God to have all three of them. I am enjoying getting together weekly with my friend A and her boys - R's friend J - and hopefully in the new year the other two moms we used to get together with can join us again as they both just had babies too. The total kid count for the 4 families is to 9, with R being the oldest at 3 years, 2 months. It's crazy, really! I also just started a new business venture - I am doing advertising for a company called Melaleuca, The Wellness Company. I am getting out of doing Tupperware as I just don't have time to be a part of a party planning company anymore. I have about $900 worth of inventory in my house right now (that's after I've already taken 40% off!) to sell, so if you are interested, I can send you a spreadsheet! :) I am hoping to get back into photography this year (DH and I are trying to find a hobby we can do together) and want to take some courses on PhotoShop and other editing. I am still trying to keep up my blog at www.raynasjourney.blogspot.com if you ever want to drop in. I am hoping to start a giveaway site in the new year specifically for Canadians. Sounds like I am busy, but it is good and manageable right now. I will add the dreaming stuff as time allows.

Well, that is all at our household. I am including pictures that our friend H (http://heathermoll.typepad.com/heather_moll_photography/) took in September.

Merry Christmas to you all!