Chad: Well, Christmas has come and gone. Definitely an experience having Christmas in Bolivia. It is summer here and so it never really felt like Christmas. I knew that it was Christmas in my head, but it just never felt like Christmas. We really enjoyed ourselves though. We actually had our friends Mike and Aileen Kindsfater over, and they spent the night. It was sweet. We then spent the day playing games and watching some movies. The picture here is the Santa that was at the equivalent of the Bolivia Walmart. Em and I thought he was interesting.

It is also our privilege to say that we have finally chosen a name for our little puppy. It was a painful process but after a week we have named her Sage. Just yesterday the whole potty training thing just clicked. After a week of virtually no progress, I was beginning to wonder about our little fuzz ball. Then suddenly she walked to the door yesterday and barked. We let her out and she did her job. We were exstatic. She did the same thing several more times yesterday, and although I'm sure she will have an occasional accident; she's doing well.

We just want to say Merry Christmas, and we hope that all are well. We miss you all.

Emily: Yes, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! The picture of us together was taken the day we played Mary and Joseph for the chapel nativity scene at school:)