We sent very few Christmas cards by mail this year, so for the remainder of our friends and family, here is our online Christmas card!
Happy Holidays! We miss you all and hope this note finds you well.
Dear Family and Friends,
Jared has had a busy year, packed full of changes. After returning to Idaho from California, Jared graduated with a BS in business. He landed a great job at KPMG in Detroit, where we moved in August (after a four month stay in Cheyenne, that is). He somehow maintains his sense of humor amidst all the life changes and is a devoted husband and father.
Summer keeps busy with all of our moves (come Feb, we’ll have moved 9 times in under five years, if anyone’s keeping score). To kill time before Jared’s career started, we moved to my parents’ house in Cheyenne to get temporary work and do a million projects in only four months. We remodeled the kitchen, dejunked the basement, held a garage sale, sold on eBay, and taught Maci how to not pull the kitty’s tail. All of these things took the majority of the summer. My favorite ‘project’ of all, though, continues to be motherhood!
Maci (2) has been so good despite the moves. She brightens our lives and keeps us laughing. Her personality continually shows that she loves people more than toys. She is especially excited this year as Christmas approaches because she feels certain that Santa will be bringing her a “Barbie computer”. Good thing she made the nice list.
We love the Christmas season as it reminds us of how blessed we all have been by Christ’s birth. Maci told us today that Santa likes to bring us presents, but Jesus loves us. We can’t say it better than that!
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas,
Jared, Summer and Maci Bell
Jared, Summer and Maci Bell
And for your viewing pleasure (and/or disgust) here is the Christmas picture that didn't quite make the card. Thank you, Josh, for changing my opinion of my family forever...I really hope you appreciate this. Maci was so disturbed when she saw this and just kept saying, "Mommy, you look like daddy and daddy looks like you" over and over again.
Merry Christmas, everyone. My hope for you in 2008 is that you all may be confident enough to show a picture like this to your friends and family.
6 comments:
The Top picture is adorable...
the bottom picture is just wrong...very very wrong...
although you can find couples that look like that at your local Wal-Mart...sad...
Have a Merry Christmas!
I think the 'boy' part is played by Josh. Isn't it weird how we all look alike at one point or another??
I am just grateful Jared is male not female. I am happy you had a great Christmas. Miss you guys!
Jared looks kindof like an elf with summers hair. summers face on jared is just wrong.
Your picture is so cute!! and I can not believe that you guys have moved that many times. I hate moving and am amazed at how much you have. Hope you guys had a great xmas!!
The bottom picture is my favorite. Pretty halarious!! I wonder what Maci looks like on Jared. Hmmmmmmmm... Yeah, not so cute.
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