Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I can't believe that another year has passed and we are at the end of 2007 already. This year has been a year full of many, many, blessings. We have felt the Lord's hand in all aspects of our life. As most of you know in April we learned a lot about sprinklers and sod as we put in our backyard. A couple of months later in June we felt that we needed to sell our home and move to Lehi so that we could be closer to Paul's office when they move to American Fork. So our home sold on Aug. 10th and after a week's vacation in WA we came back to Utah and moved in with my sweet, sweet Grandmother and lived there for 3 months till our home was built in Lehi. On November 30 we moved in our home and love it. We feel so blessed and know that this is the place where the Lord wants us. Our home is always open to any of you that wish to visit. We would love to see you all. As we have been unpacking and organizing we have been also preparing for another Christmas season and our first Christmas in our home.

Paul -has been working so hard and traveling all over while still working for Sound Concepts. In June one of Paul's co-workers left sound concepts Paul was able to start working on Xango, one of Sound Concepts major accounts. He loves his job and spending time with his family.

Noah-turned 3 in September and as of last week is finally potty-trained. Yay for Noah. He is growing up so much and loves to do everything "by him self". He has such an independent little personality and sometimes it drives him crazy because he is sometimes too short or isn't yet old enough. One of my favorite things is when we were explaining to him about Jesus being in his heart and he lifted up his shirt and said,"I can't see him." We then explained to him that it is a feeling and then he put his shirt down and said,"oops, I squished him!"

Gabe-is our little crazy kid. (Atleast compared to mild-mannered Noah.) He is all smiles and loves to dance and wrestle. He is always into something and loves to copy his big brother in everything that he does. He loves to play with cars and trains and eat hershey kisses. (He takes after his mom.) He is talking so much and we love to see his little personality develop.

Sarah-We had just moved in on Friday and Sunday I was called to be the Beehive advisor in Young Womens. So far I have been to 3 activities and taught once and I love it. I have also been keeping myself busy from "son up to son down". I have come to the realization that no matter what I do to keep this place clean there will always be crumbs on the floor, toys somewhere other than the boys room, a bed jumped on, showers around 11 am if I'm lucky, but 2 little boys to play with and love that I will be eternally grateful for. I feel like such a lucky mom to have these sweet spirits in our family. I still sneak in a good book now and then and someday I will start swimming again.

Paul and I have felt so blessed this Christmas season and feel like we have sooooo much to be thankful for. We are especially grateful for the knowledge of the gospel and the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and for his atonement. May the Lord bless you all and we hope you have a very Merry Christmas.


Love always, Paul, Sarah, Noah, and Gabe.