WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hello Family & Friends!

Hope this finds you all doing wonderfully! First & foremost we want to thank our Heavenly Father for all the wonderful things He's done for our family this year! His blessings in Bill's business, his watchful eye over our family, & the love He shows each of us!

I had a hysterectomy in December right before Christmas. I'm feeling soo much better and am thankful for the blessing of good health. Bill has had some serious back problems that have required quite a few epidurals & even a nerve block. He's still working through them, and we are thankful that he hasn't had to have a major surgery!

We lost three wonderful pets in 2008. Two of our chinchillas, Chilly & Milly & Our Very Sweet Girl Maggie passed away from a tumor in her chest. She gave us 14 WONDERFUL years of loyalty and love. We will miss her sooo very much. Chopper was especially sad after her death, so we added a new member to the family named Molly! She's a Lab mix puppy and has already gone from 11 to 50 pounds since she joined our family! She's something else & keeps us all VERY busy! LOL

We enjoyed a vacation to OBX with 4 extra teens - Stef, Devon, Tony, & Mason. Mom & Dad came with us, too!

We hope that 2009 brings you all much JOY! Joy Means: J-esus O-thers Y-ou! We also hope that you FROG! That means: F-ully R-ely O-n G-od! We also hope that you have lots of FATIH: F-antastic A-dventure I-n T-rusting H-im!

Much Love Always!

Bill, Stacey, Josh, & Ben