MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! We had a fun Christmas!! It started out at 2:00 a.m. when Ellie woke up and wanted to open presents. We told her to go back to bed and then at 7:00 a.m. we got a phone call that woke us up to tell us to come over to my mom's house so I could talk to Jake.  The kids were all still asleep, so I went over and got to talk to him. It was so fun to hear his voice and hear him try to talk and think of words as he spoke. I guess the Spanish has really taken off!  Then, at about 7:45 a.m. Alan called my cell phone and said he couldn't hold the kids back any longer and that they were ready to see if Santa had brought anything fun!  I think our kids got too spoiled.  All Ethan wanted for Christmas was a Wii, but Alan and I didn't want him to have one in fear that he would become a Nintendo FREAK!! We let Santa know and on Christmas Eve we had a family party that Santa made an appearance to. He broke the news to Ethan that he couldn't have  a Wii, but that he had another fun present in mind for him.  He woke up Christmas morning just waiting to see what exciting surprise Santa had for him.  Santa pulled through once again and made 4 kids very happy!  We had a great morning, and then we traveled to Evanston to be with the Erickson family.  We had a wonderful time there too!! 

India Update

Well, today Alan is in Texas for a training. While he is there he had a meeting with the people over India. He called me at about 6:00 tonight and told me we ARE GOING! We'll be leaving mid-June. I guess we can have a couple of early birthday parties??? because both my girls started to worry about that. I'm a little nervous, but I guess all I really need is my family together. It will be interesting, and needless to say exciting. If anyone knows anything about Bangalore, I'd love to hear. (Except if you have to tell me about terrorist, then I don't really want to hear) :)