Christmas Card

If you haven't gotten my Christmas letter in the mail yet, sorry to spoil it for you. However, I figure we are close enough to the big day that I can post this now.

A - Alphabet: Luke loves his alphabet puzzle and plays with it EVERY day

B - Bryson Boy: the nickname Luke came up with for his brother that stuck

C - Called to the Bar: In July Brandon was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta —goodbye student life

D - DVR: The best purchase of 2010—how did we ever survive without it?

E - Emergency: fire alarms are only to be pulled during one, unless you’re Luke at the bowling alley

F - Five: the number of years of marriage Brandon and Candice celebrated this year

G - Growing: our family grew from 3 to 4 with addition of Bryson Michael in March

H - House and Hopefully: this is the year we will finally start building

I - Irony: Candice spent 9 months stuffing her face with ice cream only to have a baby with a dairy sensitivity – no ice cream for 6 months

J - Jump: Luke and Bryson love to do it. Luke on is hippity-hop, Bryson in his jolly jumper

K - Killing mice: we have it down to a science after two years on a farm

L - Late: Bryson was 13 days overdue and Candice STILL had to be induced

M - Mr. Fix It: Brandon is becoming quite handy with our cars and has saved us big $$$ by fixing them himself

N - Nerdy: Brandon’s obsession with his iPhone

O - On the go: Bryson is one busy little boy and only stops moving when he’s asleep

P - Pond: Candice and the kids spend many sunny summer afternoons swimming in Grandpa Porter’s pond

Q - Quit: Candice’s solution after each of her many attempts to potty train Luke

R - Reprint: What Brandon wouldn’t let Candice do when she realized there was a typo on their Christmas card

S - Singing: Luke can be heard singing all day long. His favourite song – the ABC’s

T - Teething: It never seems to end. Bryson got his first tooth two weeks after Luke got it last

U - Utah: In October we took the kids down for a little family, a little football and a little shopping

V - Victory: Candice won first place (and $100) in the annual Town corn bread contest

W - Waterskiing: We enjoyed a lot of it this summer, but we could always use more

X - eXpecting - another baby sometime in 2012 :)

Y - Yoga – Candice has been taking a class this winter and is really enjoying it

Z - Zzzzz – what we could all use a little more of with a newborn in the house