2011 Family Picture and Card

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all our family and friends! We hope your holidays were joyful and full of the spirit of Christ! A bit late, yes, or very early for Christmas 2012.

Here is our family picture that went out with some cards this year. Don't be sad if you didn't get one. We still love you all but pared down our list a bit since they were so late.

A recap of the year will be posted soon. For now, here is our lovely family. Oh, I'm so lucky! I love them so much!!!

A couple of 2011 Summer Family Pictures

These were taken by my brother-in-law at my sisters wedding, which happened to be at our house. It was a beautiful day and there were some great pictures that came from it. I almost missed the wedding and had cried all my makeup off long before this picture was taken. But, Tom and the kids? They look pretty good. :)

Merry Christmas 2010

Just realized that I never posted our 2010 family picture that we sent with or as our Christmas card. Here it is! I was feeling a little cruddy, being pregnant with Siiri, and Tom was filling in for me so we didn't end up doing a recap of the year. Excuses, excuses. :) Life is good but we can't do everything! I'm okay with that.

And here is our yearly Christmas card photo:

We wish you a wonderful holiday season and bear testimony of Jesus Christ as the Savior of the World and the one from whom all blessings flow.

Love, Tom, Hannah, Lili, Kate, Grace, and Lucy DeForest

Merry Christmas 2009 and a Happy New 2010!

This year we went with a simple crossword puzzle in lieu of a letter:

DeForest Christmas Crossword Challenge

					4											3
														5
												1
								2
											7
										8
								6

Isaac Bishop Bear Lake Swimming Lessons Kate Lili Grace Lucia Hawaii Shadow

Across: 1. Tom's new calling at church- It's been a great blessing to see the Lord's hand working in our lives. 2. Confused about why we call her _______ sometimes has started adding a to the ends of all of our names- Mommya, Daddya, Lilia, Shadowya, etc. 4. A couple rounds of ______ this year and we have much more peace of mind about our children on our vacation at the beach. 5. Came to live with us! We'll miss him when he moves to his own place on Saturday! 6. Turned 4 June 6th, this wild child was called a fish by her teacher this summer while participating in number 4. 7. Where Tom went without Hannah (on business:)). Poor guy didn't even get to enjoy it much because he had the flu!

Down: 1. Where we went on our family vacation this year- camping on the beach. 3. We had great hopes he would be sweet, cuddly, and soft- he is, but only when he's in the mood. Responds well to the spray bottle. (Hint: Not Isaac :)) 2. Reached double digits on September 25th and just got news she's been dreading about some impending orthodontia work. 8. Turned Seven December 21st and lost and found her front teeth this year!