Our family wishes you a very Merry Christmas this Holiday Season! May the Lord Jesus shine His Loving Light upon you and bless you in every way! To all of our family and friends in the States we want you to know that we love you and miss you and are thinking of you this Holiday Season!

We've had a fun week with four Xmas parties already and one to go! Monday we had a Christmas pancake supper and a visit from Santa (Thanks to Chris Shelby's parents for bringing over stocking goodies for all of the kids and for bringing "Santa"!). You will see pics of Stephen and Matthew with Santa in the slideshow.

Tuesday we made Christmas ornaments and had a party for Stephen and Matthew's neighborhood friends.

Wednesday we enjoyed hot chocolate, Christmas Carols and a White Elephant Gift Exchange. I was so glad to get rid of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 1. It was great when I was 7 years old! But now, 30+ years later, it's really cheesy…Heath was the lucky winner of that gift:) Enjoy brother… We also video taped our group singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". You'll see it in the slideshow. We do wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Today Christine and Stephen made homemade "York Peppermint Patties". Then she made Christmas Sausage Cheese Balls and is making Carmel Popcorn right now. It's a yummy Christmas!

Tomorrow we are going to have a "Progressive Christmas Dinner" with our teammates. We'll start with hors d'oeuvres @ 4pm at our house, then we'll head to the Shewmaker's house for the main meal followed by dessert at the Koonces (with another gift exchange—real ones this time). All are welcome!

Enjoy the pictures and video! We love you!