Merry Christmas 2008 and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas 2008 and a Happy New Year

From Our Home to Yours!

January – Newport Beach Clayton Reunion, Jonathan’s Double Thumb Surgery (Part 1), Susie’s First Birthday! Setting goals and counting blessings! Julie is called as Visiting Teacher Supervisor.

February – Beloved Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley’s funeral. Lover’s Holiday.

March – Home Remodeling (new front doors enclosed the entryway). Easter!

April – A new teeter totter, Family overnight business trip with Dad at Stein Erikson Lodge. Hannah tests for new gifted school. Rebekah got 100 % in Math on Iowa test.

May – BYU Traditions Ball for Joe and Julie (married for 11 years now)! Trip to Park City with both grandparents invited. Hannah celebrated ten years with a Backward’s Birthday Party. She is now legal to baby-sit! Half the family has Mononucleosis. Julie new Relief Society Choir Director.

June – Fishing at Vivian Park with Grandpa Campbell. Family trip to Lake Powell: popup tent trailer, scorpions, lizard hunting, and rafting out to “Bird Poop Island.”

July – Camping at Fish Lake with the Campbells, Aunt Beth, Jackson, and Lauren. Caught a few Perch and lots of smores! Rebekah celebrates her eight birthday. Jonathan celebrates his fifth with a Robot Party.

August – Rebekah is baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! School starts with Jonathan in Kindergarten, Rebekah in Third and Hannah in Fifth Grade.

September –Hannah is enjoying Concert Choir. Rebekah is Susie’s second mother. Jonathan is planning his next birthday “Snakes!” Julie is diagnosed with Sheehan’s Syndrome. Joe and Julie read aloud Breaking Dawn and Brisinger. Susie hates “bafs” (baths) and enjoys “Peek-A-Coo (Boo)!”

October – Susannah is the first of our kids to travel out of the country. She went on a cruise to Mexico, but lucky for us, she took her parents with her. Joe called as Elder’s Quorum Secretary. Rebekah needs glasses.

November – Jonathan’s surgery (Part 2). Thanksgiving: 28 place settings, a place for all! Family trip to Murray to see Dad’s new office (still at EMIA), picnic at park, fed ducks and geese and play in the snow! Joe had a business conference in San Diego. Rebekah gets one pair of glasses and gets them replaced within eight days.

December – With Christmas coming, lots of surprises are in store! Rebekah gets third pair of broken glasses replaced. Hannah sings with the Concert Choir. Jonathan draws and writes well despite his bandaged right thumb. Susie is mostly a little angel--a delight to her family. Matt and Melissa and their kids stayed with us briefly and then moved into the Arapahoe House from Arizona.

We wish you and yours a very Christ centered Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year 2009!