Emily and Matthew

Emily poses with our nephew, Jonathan and Melody's youngest, Matthew Roberts.

Heather and Emily

On December 21st, we enjoyed a lovely Christmas banquet at church. Heather's younger sister Emily poses with her in front of one of the festively ornamented trees.

School Fun

Getting ready for the Christmas play was a very busy time, so my students enjoyed having hat day in the classroom. As you can see, some of them really got into the spirit of things!

Good bye, Hannah!

Before she left to go back to Bob Jones, Hannah and I went out for breakfast at our favorite coffee shop in town. Delicious!

Happy Birthday, Heather!

A dozen roses and a beautiful broach, as well as another sonnet to add to my collection were all gifts from Thomas. Here we are with some birthday cake.

A Surprise Birthday Party!

Thomas really surprised me on the 24th when he arranged a meeting with my sister Melissa and her husband Dan at Wild Fire Restaurant in Chicago. Thanks, honey!

The Nordgrens

Thomas's friend BJ was in our wedding, and we had the privilege of spending our Thanksgiving weekend with BJ, his wife Tammy, and their four children.