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Hi family -
We have been remiss in blogging - afraid it gets easy to rely on cell phones and the Schickie blog. Exciting news for Brooke and Luke, huh?! You guys will likely have a whole slew of new cousins over the next ten years.

It was a great weekend with celebrating Christmas at Auntie and Uncle's. They made a very nice dinner for us, we went to Kirtland to see the Nativity Display - there were over 750 nativity scenes there. It was beautiful and Rich and Joanne really enjoyed it. Mark Lewis has his own collection on display there - over 1000 characters/pieces. Quite amazing and artistic as you would expect.

They were very generous with gifts and the house has become very musical with Nanos and Ipods humming about - Dad is converted to Itunes, and seeing the beauty of it's simplicity.

They LOVED their StoryBook so thank you for all the memories that you took time to write down. Uncle Rich said that it was just this past week that they were talking about how big you all are getting and that pretty soon you wouldn't want to go spend the weekend there anymore. They talked about whether you guys would even remember all the things that you have done with them. So, it was a perfectly timed gift - and they will treasure it. Thank you for being the kind of kids that care about memories so much.

Tonight the Klopps and Weights are coming over to decorate gingerbread houses - and sing some carols. Starting tomorrow, I really need to think about packing the car - Can't believe that 2 weeks from today is Christmas Eve.

We are planning to go see Temple Square on Sunday night - Dec 23rd. That is Ya-Ya's bday and Kay-Kay and Wa-Wa's anniversary, it always has been a special day. That will be a good place to celebrate.

I love you - Have a great week!
Mom