taking a break

There's certainly no good way to start this post. My family was in a rollover accident on December 17th as we travelled home from an early Christmas in Spokane. The kids are all fine and David suffered a bump to the head that looked awful but was not serious. Unfortunately, I fractured one vertebrae and I had surgery to fuse it to the next one under it. I'm going to be in a neck brace for at least 3 months and I can't lift or drive. I had planned to take the winter at a slower pace and devote a little more time to scrapbooking and doing some other hobbies I enjoy. So while this isn't the sabbatical I had planned on, I hope to use it to improve and fine tune my hobbies and loves.
David is going to be home a lot (since I can't pick up AJ at all) and use his flexible work from home job a lot more than we ever have before. We are blessed to all be otherwise healthy and together, celebrating a Christmas with a renewed sense of family and gratefulness.
I'll try to post pictures here whenever I have one I love. Other than that you can find me on Facebook, Flickr and the very best will be on my gallery hosted by SmugMug.
Merry Christmas to all, please hug your children tight!!

Christmas Cards

It took several different tries but we finally have a card we both like!

Here are the others I tried...