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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Our Christmas Time

Where do we start with our Christmas this year? It began this year on Sunday evening with the Wilford Family coming over for a short visit! We got our best present when President Wilford came into our house...thank you President Wilford...it meant the world to us! On Christmas Eve we had a house full of family and friends! Jean's two sisters and their families joined us this year for our Christmas Eve celebration along with our regular friends and family that come each year! We had a great time and had no leftovers....which was great! The soup and ham biscuits were a big hit this year and we had lots of sweets to fill up on as well! The games were fun and the testimony meeting at the end was as always the highlight of the party! How do we thank everyone for sharing this wonderful evening with us. Jeff and I got to open up all of the ornaments our family had wrapped for Noah's tree and we decorated the tree together. Every ornament was just perfect and they all said so much about the things that Noah loved. Thank you all! You made his tree just perfect and each one has a special place in my heart. To my nieces and nephews who picked out special ornaments for Noah...thank you...he surely was smiling when he saw all the love that went in to each one! It was a special time for us. How do we thank Robin and Bishop Tiek for the beautiful remembrance of Noah they gave us. It is already hanging in its spot on the wall and we will always treasure it. Christmas Day, Daddy Tom, DeeDee, Uncle Floyd and Aunt Laurel came to spend the day with us. We enjoyed the day and had fun with them. Aunt Joan came by as well and we loved her visit! We look forward to our visit with Aunt Joan each Christmas day! The day after Christmas (In Sweden I told the kids it is called AnandagJul), Jeff and I surprised the kids by waking them up and getting them into the truck with the trailer already hooked up. We didn't tell them where we were going until we were on the road....we went to our favorite campground, Lakewood, at Myrtle Beach and we spent four wonderful days just relaxing and having fun by the ocean. It was such a great time for our family and we have come home happy to have spent some quiet days together. Below we have posted some pictures we took during our christmas together. Thanks to everyone who made our Christmas special this year! You all made it more bearable for us without Noah and we love you for it. I'm sure Grandma is cooked out right now but we all loved her yummy food! She made enough for us all and to share! Thanks, Grandma! It was the best! We hope everyone had a very good Christmas and Santa was good to you all!

Teri and Momma
Jean and Callie
Lauren cooking eggs in the camper
Emily checking out what's going on in the camper
Noah's decorated tree!!!!
The Wilford's
Dr. Moore and Jean
Patti, Peter, LaNelle, & Stephen
Libbi, Jean, and Kim
Victoria, Emily, and Lauren

Friday, December 21, 2007

A Special Ornament for a Valiant Son

This year we have done a special tree for Noah so that he will always be a part of our Christmas Celebration. Kim thought that this would be a way to keep Noah with us at Christmas. Everyone then decided that they would buy and or make an ornament that reminded them of Noah so that we could decorate his tree on Christmas Eve and spend some time celebrating his life and the light that he brought to us all. Beth and her family will not be here on Christmas Eve so she gave me the ornament that she made for Noah's tree early. I cannot describe the feelings I had when I opened this gift so I thought I would share it with all of you. It is the perfect ornament and it touched Jeff and I so much! Beth...we love you not only for the way that you view Noah but also for the work and time it took to bring this ornament about! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Noah, we know that you are about your Father's business and that makes the seperation easier to bear! We love you! This will always have a prominent place on his tree! Isn't it perfect?????

Monday, December 10, 2007

Merry Christmas 2007

At this christmas season as we celebrate the birth and life of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we wish to extend to all our love and thankfulness for your friendship. 2007 will always be remembered by our family as a time that we had to say good-bye to our precious little boy, Noah. Our family, although not together on this earth, have the joy of knowing that one day we will all be together again. What a happy reunion that will be! We are thankful for the memories we share as a family as they have sustained us during these last 5 months. At this christmas season, we pray that each of you will find ways to spend time with your families and create happy memories, look up loved ones and tell them of your love for them, find friends and let them know of your gratitude for their friendship, and share the blessings that come into your lives daily. We are most grateful for our family times and we will continue to celebrate being together as a family. Noah will always be a part of our family celebration and we know that he will be near as we celebrate this wonderful, happy time of year together. Thanks to all who have given so much of yourselves to us these past five months. Your notes, phone calls and visits have uplifted and sustained us. We are grateful to live in a country where we can celebrate the birth of our Savior and have the freedom to do so! May we all pray for our servicemen and women and share our gratitude to them as well. We love you all and are grateful for your love and friendship! May you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!