RECAP...

NOT! I thought about doing a recap of the year, but figured that anyone that would want to see that could just look thru the old posts. My next thought was at least to say how much we enjoyed our most recent holidays, but I think I already said that too.

We did enjoy having Brandon and Megan here for Christmas, and we all enjoyed visiting with Skyler on Christmas day.

We have received a call from one of our missionary sons for 7 of the last 8 Christmas days. It is always a special addition to our holiday. If I have it figured right the next 8 out of 10 years will bring us more of those special calls. There is such a satisfying feeling of peace and joy to have a son on a mission serving the Lord and doing His will. The Gospel brings us blessings beyond measure and it's great to know that others lives will be blessed in similar ways because of the love and service and testifying that our sons do in these other parts of the world.

So far we've had sons in Guatemala, San Diego Calif., Brazil, and presently in Argentina. And, Terry served in Spain. Michael is up next, after enjoying another semester at BYU-Provo.

Life is good! :) And, sometimes even great! ;)

No recap of the year, but I will add a copy of our 2008 newsletter just for fun. It's the easiest way to recap a year, though not the most complete.