Our Christmas Letter

I have never been more tempted to use expletives on this page, which is saying a lot, given our four year old, and my infant sons knack at spitting up all over clean clothes. I just found out this morning that our Christmas cards that I ordered in November are still not printed, let alone shipped to our house. So, new cards have been ordered that we can send out tomorrow, but without the usual Christmas letter printed on the back. In lieu, I offer you... our Christmas letter. Please imagine this is printed on the back of the photo you will receive in 7 to 10 days... Merry, Merry Everything from Rob, Nancy, Brendan, Heidi, Harrison and Blaze Life is Good! It's been a year of big change thanks to the introduction of our twins Heidi and Harrison on August 9th! We were stunned with the news in mid January, so most of our year revolved around getting ready for their arrival (ie. gathering gear, finding room for all the gear, enduring the pregnancy and then waiting, waiting, waiting) and then introducing them to the world. We tried to fit our travelling in early with a trip to visit Bob and Gail in Texas in January and Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls in April. We also squeezed in some lovely weekends at the cottage and our annual fall camping weekend in Algonquin. The other big change in our lives came in September when Brendan started Jr. Kindergarten every other day! He loves school, mainly because there are train tracks right behind the playground. Blaze continues to happily lie on the front step all day. Rob and I are enjoying our year "off" and will have to wait to see what next year brings for work. We have a new family mantra; "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain". When we're not sleeping, we're dancing! It will be a big Christmas this year being the twins first (I may take a few photos), and Brendan's first year believing in Santa (he's asked for "A Costco train set with track and three trains", and is convinced he hears bells outside at night). We wish everyone a wonderful, memorable Christmas, and a great year to come too! The Locks