Almost a month since I last blogged...

I cannot believe it's been nearly a month since I had time to sit down and add to this blog. And I just figured out how to read comments if people want to respond to an individual blog entry. I am bit slow on figuring this thing out! Sorry I have not responded to those of you who have left comments. I just don't know how! Obviously a lot has happened in the past month! Caleb, Kevin and I went up to Seattle mid-December to get a picture with Santa at Nordstrom with Grandma Judy, Grandpa Larry, Russ, Sheila, Eric and Emily. The line was LONG but thankfully Uncle Rusty got their early and saved us a place. Thanks Russ! Kevin had two weeks off at Christmastime and watched Caleb most of the break while I got to hang out with the sweet Doyle girls. He did get some down time as Grandma Judy took a week off and Caleb spent a lot of time at the Rus house.

Dara and Addison came to visit during Dara's break from teaching. The babies had fun rolling into each other. Caleb sure is one lucky boy... his first girlfriend is SUCH a cutie!! Poppy, Grammy, Uncle Barry, Auntie Kelly, Seth, Ezra, Uncle Rick and Auntie JJ spent Christmas and the days preceding it at our place. Caleb loved all the commotion... so did I! It was wonderful not to travel this year. We enjoyed having everyone over to our place and look forward to doing it again next year (we hope!!) Christmas afternoon my family all headed home and we went over to Larry and Judy's to celebrate Christmas #1 with Aunt Connie, Dylan, Uncle Aaron, Grandma Judy and Grandpa Larry. The Fode's arrived on the 26th and we celebrated Christmas #2. The all-time favorite gift was ROCK BAND and surprisingly the biggest kid of the bunch (Uncle Aaron of course!) was the one to get it! We all had a blast playing it but I don't think we will be forming a band anytime soon... especially if they leave lead vocals to me! Scary!! We celebrated New Year's Eve with Scott and Jenn Collins, our good friends from college. We were pretty low key this year considering Caleb was sleeping in the next room and Jenn is 7 months pregnant. We did stay up until after midnight though!! Kevin, Caleb and I joined a new bible study with 5 other couples (and too many kids to count!) in November. We have enjoyed having the group over to our house several times already and look forward to hosting many more events in 2008. We had a missionary couple from Tibet over last week and had an amazing time learning about the "roof of the world" and the needs of that poverty stricken area. Oh, and the Hawks won their first playoff game. All is right with the world! Next weekend, bring on the Packers!!! We are counting our blessings! 2007 was a stellar year for all of us and we are looking forward to more fun in 2008!