Hello dearest friends and family!  We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas this holiday season. We are TERRIBLE at getting Christmas cards sent out, so please, do not feel left out. This is our Christmas card.  We can't believe that 2015 is almost over.  It has been an eventful and busy year.
And 2016 is already promising some new and exciting adventures.

The kids are growing up so fast.  They are both in school this year, Jessie has chosen to homeschool them, and are doing well. The year, for the both of them, has been full of traveling, art classes, reading programs, dance classes, church activities, Disney World, the Air Races, playing with friends, getting to see ALL of their cousins and TONS of imagination. 

Jessie is the one that gets to haul these kids around everywhere. She stays pretty busy. But she's had some fun this year too.  We got to go to Georgia and visit her family for her sister's wedding.  She is still the Young Women's President in our branch for the LDS church and went to girls camp again this summer and got to witness some rare Nevada flash flooding.  A month later she went to Education Week at BYU and had lots of fun.  She fills her days with teaching the kids, being a stay at home mom, lots of projects and planning different activities with friends and family.  

Loren is doing great these days. He graduated with a Network Administration degree and has been working on the farm this year.  He's still the first counselor in the branch presidency and the IT guy for the stake. He has also done a little traveling himself this year.  He enjoys working on different projects as well, like building furniture, and fills his days working, being with the family and always trying to come up with a new business plan. 

Loren and Jess celebrated their 8 year anniversary this year.  We said goodbye to our Ford Excursion, bought a mini van this fall,(Jessie finally caved!) and have taken multiple road trips already.

There's probably so much more we could tell you. We're looking forward to the new year to come and hope that everyone enjoys the holidays and has a wonderful new year as well!
Love, Us