Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas.....for some reason it has taken me a long time to post about it. Maybe it had something to do with Josh being sick before Christmas, me getting sick the day after Christmas, and Aiden catching the sickness for New Years. (Thankfully Brandon stayed well!)

All sickness aside, Christmas day was fabulous. Josh came into our room around 8:15 exclaiming "Look what Santa brought me!" How's that for an early Christmas morning? It was awesome. The kids looked over their stockings and opened presents before heading to my parents house for lunch and church with my parents and sister. Most of the rest of my siblings drove up and we all opened presents together Christmas afternoon. It was so fun to be together!!

I failed to take many pictures but did capture a few from Christmas morning.




We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Happy New Year!!

Brandon's International Travels

In May Brandon took a position with Melaleuca in the International Accounting Department. He was expected to take around two trips per year.......then proceeded to be gone for 3 one and half to two week trips within a 4 month time frame!! Since then I confess I have been terrible at taking pictures. I suppose it doesn't help when the camera is in another country for a lot of the time.

It's hard to have Brandon gone but we get to Skype with him nearly every day of his business trip (he doesn't have much time for recreational activities). We love it when he comes home to us - the boys really cling to him for at least a week after he comes home! Brandon is such a hard worker and takes care of our family so well! We love you daddy!

Here are a couple of pictures from his recent trips to England, Australia and Taiwan.

England:

Australia:

Taiwan: