Christmas Letter 2007

This is going to be brief because that’s pretty much all I have time for.

Hope this letter finds all of you doing well. A few highlights:

January – We were in Texas, enjoying 3 ½ weeks by the beach. We always enjoy that awesome family time together and a chance to warm up. We’ll be visiting Corpus Christi, TX again in February. (We’ll be flying this time)

February – Can’t think of anything ;o)

March – Joshua turns two on the 22nd. IS THIS THE “TERRIBLE TWO” THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT?!?

April – Craig TURNS the BIG 4-0. (No surprise party – did that last year)

May – Julianna Marie Larson was born on the 21st. 8 lb. 4 oz. 20 inches and lots of hair on her head.

CONSTANT, CONSTANT, CONSTANT – that has been my word for the last few months. I must say – it’s really been extremely busy with the three little ones. Without fail, when people see me with the three kids all together (particularly strangers) they say things like “Man, you’re busy.” “Boy, do you have your hands full.” “You are busy, huh?” (Well, you get the idea.) I usually just smile back and say “Yep.”

June – Hmmmmmm – can’t remember.

July – Seems like a blur. You know - baby.

August – We had our wonderful one week family vacation in a cabin by the lake (Bearskin). Craig pretty much took Jamie and Joshua out to play outdoors everyday, while I enjoyed Mommy and Julianna time.

September – Jamie’s in preschool again – she sure does love it! Craig expanded his business and hired a couple of people.

October – MOPS (Mother of Preschoolers) began – It’s MY personal time every other Friday for about two hours. I always look forward to my time with the other Mommy’s while my kids are being watched.

On the 6th, Jamie turned 4

On the 27th, Craig and I celebrated 6 years of marriage - It’s hard to believe how much we’ve done in 6 years!

November – We got our family picture taken – why do I mention this? I’m reassured that this will only happen ever two years. We had 2 attempts. Joshua’s “tornadic” behavior made it very challenging. Need I say more? I was amazingly shock that they actually captured any shots because honestly, it was the only few seconds Joshua was still in the whole 35 - 40 minutes session. Seeing all the pictures, I said to myself, “I don’t remember that second.” Kudos to FlashPortraits! Below you will find a few of my favorites. If you are curious to view more pictures, go to www.flashportraits.com /My Portraits/Go to My Portraits Enter Last Name: Larson Click Larson, Craig - 11/10/2007 Password: Larson. You can click on each picture to get a closer look. ENJOY

Our rental property was sold – PRAISE GOD! Whoooo-hoooooo – no more annoying tenant calls.
December – Happy Birthday Jesus! I look forward to family time. The kids will have a blast at Grandpa’s and Grandma’s

That’s pretty much it. I look forward to receiving everybody’s Christmas letters – they are always soo much fun to look over! Blessings to you and your family during this holiday season and the new year to come!

Craig’s comments: This year was busier than I ever dreamed life would get. We were blessed with our third wonderful child, and I thought parenting was hectic with two! At the same time I was torn in two additional directions as I was running over to our rental property frequently showing and renting it and supervising projects, AND hiring two new employees and changing virtually every procedure in our financial business. Thank God everything worked out and 2008 should (hopefully!) feel a little easier.