T'was two days after Christmas (2009)

T'was two days after Christmas the Turkey's all eaten...
The presents unwrappened and the mess is a heap'en

One stocking is hung by the chimney with care.
In hopes that TJ soon would be there.

Trev and Ty all snug in their hats,
are out in the deep snow sledding...... the brats.

Tian and Trace so tired from Church in desperate need of a nap
Won't sleep or be quiet - where is the cage for a trap?

Mom on the couch reading the news
Dad on the floor trying not to blow a fuse

Nothing has changed, yet it still not the same
You are not with us and that is a shame!

We love and miss you Tj.
On Christmas eve in snowy and cold Iowa, and Christmas in paradise - New Caledonia, we enjoyed an hour speaking with Tj on the phome. It was an awesone early Christmas present. He is doing well. Weather is hot, hot hot - the bum. He is working hard and enjoying himself.

We had a good Christmas. We got snowed in - it was a much needed break! We were unable to make the 2 hour trek to Omaha to see my dad as portions of I80 have been and still are closed or recommended not to be traveled. We have had more snow in a short period of time than I can remember. I must confes we love the snow. It has been fun to watch and play with te kids outside - when they are not having heated discussions over who gets which sled. We do not have a shortage of cool sleds. We had a beautiful white Christmas and are still enjoying some snow. Ty and Trev are mastering snowboarding, Trace has a cool spiderman snowball maker. He does no want to throw them or leave them outside. He like to admire and sometime eat them. Yellow snow anyone???? Tian loves to sled but good to true princess form, loves for someone else to carry her and her sled back up the hill for another run.


We finally ventured out this mornng to church. Trev and I helped a girl puh her car back onto the road and miraculously still made to to church on-time...

All-in-all we have had a great week of Family an for the most part have enjoyed being stuck together!
Tom