Our Christmas Letter

Dearest Family and Friends,
Merry Christmas! We look forward to seeing and hearing from many of you this time of year! Thank you for another year of your love, prayers and friendship. We are so blessed to have you as part of our lives.

Our biggest news is that we are having a baby boy who is due February 16th (Angie's birthday). We are very excited. We have been working on the baby's room and planning as much as we can for what the future will be like with another family member.

In July Brad and Susan gave us their dog Bosco. He is a Westie Terrier and has been a perfect fit for our family. He is a good breed of dog for allergies, sleeps a lot and loves our family. He gets along well with our two outside cats, Puff and Tuff.

Kurt started a new job in February of this year. He works at B+D Auto Sales as a mechanic. In April Kurt started taking classes at Southeast Community College for computer programming. He is currently taking 7-8 credits per quarter. He goes to class and studies during the week and on the weekends we have lots of family time. He is still teaching 3rd and 4th grade Sunday School and leads singing at our church. Kurt is as always a wonderful husband and father. I am so thankful for him.

In July we moved 1/4 mile north into my parents house. My parents have two houses at the moment so we are living in one of them. My Dad has worked for several years in Topeka, KS and that is where they live full time now. Our new address is 13101 NW 56th St. Raymond, NE 68428.

I am feeling well and trying to keep up with the family. We are still homeschooling. Hannah is 5th grade, Natalie is 3rd, and Caleb is 1st. The kids for the most part enjoy school and they are doing well with their studies. I have been in a ladies Bible study this fall and enjoyed that a lot. My days are filled and blessed. I am thankful for lots of good friends and family who help me through this busy time of life.

Hannah is a wonderful big sister. She goes to horse riding lessons once a week, piano lessons, and Good News Club. She loves to play with Bosco and spend time with friends. She loves to read and is very interested in learning new information. She and Natalie help me quite a lot in the kitchen and all the kids have chores to do every day.

Natalie is my little pixie girl. She has a huge heart and loves life. She also attends riding lessons, piano lessons and Good News Club. She is very a very social child. She loves animals and her best friend Jayden.

Caleb is in his room shooting the bad guys at the moment. He loves to laugh and make everyone around him laugh. He wears cowboy boots to church and still sleeps with his afghans. He loves to hug and snuggle. He is attending Good News Club once a week. All the kids will be in 4-H again this year.

Well, that is our year on one page. God is good and we are blessed!

Merry Christmas and blessings to you!
Kurt, Angie, Hannah, Natalie, Caleb, Baby, Bosco, Puff and Tuff