Christmas letter

We have decided to "go green" and conserve our paper and ink by not mailing out our Christmas letter this year. Instead, we thought we'd just use our blog (gotta love technology)! Hope you enjoy reading our letter online, and please leave us a comment to let us know you were here!

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Merry Christmas everyone!! I really can't believe this year is already almost over, even though it shouldn't really catch me by surprise because I seem to have that same feeling every year. They say time flies when you're having fun. Well if that is true, then we must be having a blast!!!

We have had a busy year, here are some of the highlights of 2010:

• We welcomed the 6th (and final!) member to our family in March. Ashten Briar was born March 21st, a day before her due date. It is a lot of fun to have a daughter, and the boys really like having a sister as well. She is a very busy girl, always trying to keep up with her brothers. She is a wonderful addition to our family!
• Chris and I celebrated 10 years of marriage in July! It's hard to believe it's been that long. We have grown so much over the past ten years, as individuals, as a couple and as a family. We are so happy with the way our life has turned out thus far; we are truly blessed.
• We both turned 30 this year. I guess it doesn't really feel that much different except that we can't say we're in our 20's anymore and saying we're in our 30's just sounds older!
• Logan started full-day kindergarten in the fall and Brayden is now in 2nd grade. They both really love school and are learning a lot. Logan is doing great at reading, after getting an early start this summer when he pretty much taught himself. Brayden is excelling at writing stories and math. Preston gets lonely without his brothers home to play with him, but I think he also enjoys a little more attention from me. And I somehow still manage to stay very busy with just the two younger kids at home during the day.
• Brayden learned to ride his bike without training wheels! Whew, we feel it was as much of a parenting accomplishment as he feels it was a personal accomplishment.
• Preston started Cubbies this fall. How is he already old enough for that? He is doing well with memorizing verses and is really starting to learn some key Bible truths! Brayden and Logan are continuing to do well in AWANA as well.
• Brayden started taking piano lessons this fall. He is doing really well, and seems to be learning quickly. He's even made up his own song already!
• Chris has had a student teacher this fall semester. While he had enjoyed the experience, it has made him a lot busier with the extra work he has to put in.
• We took a week-long vacation to NY this summer to visit some of Chris' relatives. We hadn't been there since Logan was a baby, so it was neat to be able to introduce everyone to Preston and Ashten. It was our first experience flying by ourselves as a family and first time renting a car, so something new for Chris and I as well!
• We attended the Versaw family reunion this summer and had a good time visiting with family and enjoying the mountain air. Brayden and Logan were excited (and a little nervous) to do the zip line, and they had so much fun they wanted to do it again.

We invite you to poke around on the blog more and see what else has been going on this past year in our family. Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful start to 2011!