December

This Christmas has been great for my family and I. We spent lots of time with our family, visiting our puppy, helping lots of Eritrean people, listening to music with my cousin Abby, playing the piano, sleeping in, and slowing the days down.

Tomorrow night on New Years Eve, I am going to run a 5K with my cool dad, the race starts at 11:30, and we try to beat the New Year. My goal is to be in by 11:50. My dad and I are very excited to run together.

As a family, we saw lots of fun movies. We saw Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Princess and the Frog. They were both good.My sisters and I saw them both with cousins.

Lots of fun parties at Gams. The soup was great, the program was great, and the gift exchange was fun.

YW Mutual. Going to a Live Nativity. Seeing live animals, drinking warm Hot Chocolate, laughing with friends. Doesn't get any better than that!

Meeting new people, helping them, loving them, making them smile, Watching them light up the world with their coffee creamed skin and brown eyes. Meeting Jimati and her four girls, Meeting Rahawa, Arsema, and Divora. Delivering Christmas Trees to 9 Families 36 people.

December has been so much fun. I can't wait to get our puppy in January. I am looking forward to Girls Camp, Hikes with friends and family, and so much more.

The New Addition to our Family

For one of my families presents that we got for Christmas, was that we are getting a puppy!!

Our family is so excited to walk the puppy and play with it.

My uncle Jeff's dog Marley had 11 wonderful adorable puppies. There are 7 Male and 4 Female.

We are going to get one of the females. She is very mellow but is fun to hold. The family named her Izzy, but we are going to change her name to Ruby. We are very excited.

We will get to pick her up the week of January 20. Right now, she is 4 1/2 weeks. She turns 5 weeks on Wednesday.

We can't wait to have another chic in the family. My dad is so excited!!! Here's to a great 2010!!!