Randall Christmas letter

Merry Christmas!

We were a little poor and lazy this year so we're doing a Christmas letter on here. That way it will reach those that want to read it.  This year has been a year of firsts for us!  We have also been blessed beyond what we thought was possible and we are truly grateful for every blessing and everyone we know.

Sam has had many accomplishments this year.  He has taken the GRE, the Landscape Industry Certified Managers Exam, finished his LAST fall semester at BYU (woot! only one class left!), became a daddy, completed an internship, provided for his family, survived school as a new dad ... you get the picture!  He has also had time to play with Little Girl, do the dishes, clean the cat box, help Erin with her business, watch Monk, and eat sugar.  So all in all it's been a great year :)  He is now working on Grad school applications and will hear back hopefully by March or April.  He also applied for a scholarship and had to get letters of recommendation and the writers had many great things to say! He is also preparing to compete in a Landscape computer design competition in March.  So wish him luck and send prayers his way! (and Erin too because she will be alone with the baby).

Erin has also been very busy this year.  Her biggest accomplishment was probably giving birth to a baby.  Whew! She was staying at home with Little Girl for most of the year but just recently went back to working part time at her old job.  It's only been a week so we'll see how that goes.  She has also started her own business making custom chalkboards and beautiful interchangeable decorations for yarn wreaths (check out her Etsy page!).  She loves working on her wreaths so much sometimes she dreams about them.  She even researches how to be better at making the flowers (pretty sure she is doing more research than she ever did in college!).  It has been both fun and stressful.  But the best job is still spending time with Little Girl.

Sariah-As you know we had our Little Girl (whom we affectionately call Little Girl or Boog) in February.  And she has been nothing but a bundle of crazy joy for us.  This year has been a year of many firsts for her and us.  She has been a happy, playful girl and LOVES to put stuff in her mouth.  Especially socks.  Seriously ... she carries a sock around all the time.  She also has decided she's our new vacuum and dutifully picks up anything on the floor and puts it in her mouth.  Drives her daddy crazy :)She is always on the move and starting to slowly walk (yikes!).  She loves people, her baby cheetos, and playing airplane with daddy.   

As you can see our year has been full of new adventures, fun and blessings!  We are grateful for this season when we can feel the Spirit of Christ more around us.  We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a very blessed new year.

Love,

The Randalls