Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

2012 has been quite an eventful year for our household! Some highlights:

• We received and accepted James' referral in January.
• Kaylen turned 9 in January.
• Elijah & Josephine played basketball in the winter.
• Kaylen played spring soccer.
• Josephine turned 5 in May.
• Jock and I traveled to Haiti in May.
• Kaylen & Josephine had their first dance recital in June.
• Elijah turned 6 in August.
• Kaylen started 4th grade, and Elijah & Josephine started kindergarten in August.
• James turned 2 in August.
• Kaylen started tumbling lessons this fall.
• Elijah & Josephine played soccer this fall.
• James' Haitian adoption decree was finalized this fall.

In 2013, we look forward to another eventful year, including bringing James home very soon!

We wish you all a blessed Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ with your family and friends, and many blessings in 2013.

And we leave you with our two favorite Christmas photos of the kids, along with a song that has special meaning for us this Christmas.