Merry Christmas!!

This is our Christmas letter this year as we are not sending them through the mail this year.

2010 has brought many changes in our lives. We started the year in Laramie, Wyoming as Michael was attending graduate school there. Joshua turned 4 in February, in March we traveled to Oregon to see family and Idaho to see dear friends. Will turned 1 in May and we moved from Laramie to Fort Collins, Colorado where Michael got a job working for Northwestern Mutual. We really felt at the time that it was God's plan for us to move to Colorado, with how smooth the transition was. It has been a hard 7 months, trying to find friends, Michael trying to find client, trying to find where we fit in but I think we are doing better. We have met some wonderful friends at our church and Michael seems to be doing better at his job just pray for more clients!

In July one of my best friends got married, we were there for about two weeks helping with preparations. The wedding was beautiful and she looked gorgeous! While we were in that part of the neighborhood we saw Michael's sister and family for a few days. The cousins enjoyed playing together and were very sad when it was time to go.


In September my baby sister got married to her childhood friend. I was blessed to be the Matron of Honor. I am very happy with them and know that God truly blessed them with each other.


The months of November and December have been filled with making Christmas gifts for my family, I'm very excited to give them all away. We bought all the kids toys (gently) used or I am making them. I made Will a quilt, pillow case, and quiet book. For Joshua I made some bean packs (to heat up for sore muscles or when he is cold), and a lego table. It should be a fun Christmas in Cheyenne.








It is so hard to believe it is December already! I cannot believe my children are almost 5 and 2! WOW where does the time go? I truly hope the next year is filled with fun, that Michael's job becomes enjoyable, and that time slows down.

We hope you all have a wonderful and blessed time with family and friends this Christmas!

The Lucas Family

Wow it's December already!

I cannot believe it is the last month of the year now! We had a great Thanksgiving, spent in Cheyenne with Michael's Dad, Mom, and sister. We ate wonderful food, played games, and visited. November 30th we put up our Christmas tree, on Michael's desk. I really didn't want to say "Will, No" every second as he touched the tree so we put it up high. Fortunately we have high ceilings where the desk is so the tree works great! We have our stockings hung, nativity scene up and our shopping is basically finished. We have a couple big toys for the boys that won't be able to go with us to Cheyenne (they are just that big) so we will give them their big gift on Christmas Eve and they can have all day to play with it before we go to Cheyenne for Christmas. We have made two types of cookies this week, oatmeal and 7 layer and plan on making Pizzelle cookies today (My Grandma's favorite). I am very much in the Christmas spirit now and am loving the count down, Christmas music, gift wrapping, and everything else.

Have a great week and weekend!!!

Funny kid

Joshua received a sticky cinnamon bear in Church Wednesday night and hasn't eaten it yet. While we were sitting at the table coloring he said

"I forgot to eat my bear... that tastes like Christmas and smells like Christmas"

Joshua can count

Joshua is doing great with counting. He can count from 1-15 then he needs my help for 16-20, then he can count from 21-19, 31-39, 41-49, 51-59, 61-69, 71-79, 81-89, 91-99. Then I say, very loud, 100. He is very proud and his favorite numbers are 31-39, I'm not sure why. I was going to video tape this but my camera ran out of batteries and I have no more. Maybe next time...

Joshua makes me laugh.

Yesterday we had tator-tots with cheese quesadillas.

When Joshua would talk about tator-tots he would call them tadder-toddlers.

He makes me laugh.


Today while Will and Joshua were playing with their water table indoors that has dried beans in it. Will kept picking up the beans and throwing them.

Me " Will do you want to go nigh night?"

Will gave me a head shake

Me "then don't throw the beans or your going to bed". It was about nap time anyway.

I went back to doing something in the kitchen when I heard beans flying...

Joshua "uh oh Will that was a bad incision"

They make me laugh so hard some days :)

Look Mom!

Tonight while Joshua, Will and I were walking our neighborhood. Joshua came across a seeded dandelion. He picked it up, started blowing on it then plucking out the seed and said 'Mom, I've seen these in Mario a Galaxy!'. You can tell what he likes to do. :)




(The little dandelion seed looking things sticking up out of the ground is that he was talking about)

Halloween

We dressed the boys up as pumpkins this year. Joshua was the one who wanted to be a pumpkin since he had a jack-o-lantern shirt. I made both boys matching pumpkin hats so they would look more like a pumpkin. I think they looked cute this year!


Michael dressed up as the frog prince and I was a princess. We were invited to a party Saturday night and needed to dress up for the occasion. I didn't spend a penny on my outfit since I was a bridesmaid this summer I used that dress and I wore my tiara from my wedding. We just bought Michael a Kermit hat from Walmart and I made a crown. It was nice getting out of the house with no kids.