Bethany has a great home teacher who helped move her out of quarters and load up her storage room; while he was deployed Joe had been his hometeacher and taken good care of his family. Here's the crew from her ward that helped her move ; Bethany took us all out for pizza after we were mission complete.
Lucy and Bethany brought Hailey over to see us; Hailey is not as loud as Joe, inspite of the appearance in the photo. Here they all are with their great-great gramma's rocking chair.
Bethany, Lucy and Hailey came to stay with us for a while before Christmas. It was really fun having them all here. Lucy is a real trip with LOTS of energy. And Hailey is a most beautiful addition to the family. Joe and Bethany do great work.
Gramma with the newest arrival--Hailey. She really looks like Joe (Hailey I mean), but she'll grow out of it.
Dave and Wendy came to spend Christmas with us. The traditional Christmas cookie decoration event came off fine--many cookies did not, of course, survive the evening, and Wendy's were by far the most well decorated (Dave and I were more into the cookie eating part of the event).
Shea, Katie and Natalie joined us right after Christmas and we had great time with everybody here. Lots of Hearts, Spades, the name game, and other lightmindedness.
Here's the crew watching 'Empire Strikes Back' on the new awesome projector (just after we'd watched 'Inception'--we'll have to do it again when you come home, Steve). Even the popcorn tastes better with the new projector. Thank you all so much for your generosity!! It has already projected major cinematic events such as all Star Wars, Avatar, and I'm working through the Lord of the Rings shows.
Keep on strokin' out there, Shahas. Love, Mom and Dad
