Wow!   What an exciting year 2006 has been!

We are thrilled to be celebrating a year of many new beginnings.

Instead of starting this Christmas letter with big news, though, we are delighted to begin with our tiniest (and cutest) news.

On March 28, our son Greg and daughter-in-love Cathy gave us our first grandbaby.   Here she is ...

Have you ever seen such a beautiful ...

... and ...

such a happy baby?

When viewing this Christmas letter on our website, you can see more photos of Madi and view enlargements of most photos by clicking on the small images. For best results, close each image before opening the next one. Click here to see more.

<<< The photo on the left is of our whole clan at a pizza parlor a year ago ... when we all finally got together for Wes and Tracie's wedding in Mesa, Arizona.

See lots more photos of everybody on the next page. But first, here is a quick recap of some of our latest family news:

Son Jason just started a new business that is already off to a great start.   You can read all about it at his new website www.FixAim.com

We were delighted that that Jason made it home >>twice<< this past year for some fun in the sun and to consult with dad about his new business venture ;))

Daughter Tracie and husband Wes just sold their home in Colorado and moved to Alabama where they both started new jobs and already purchased a new home.   Wow!   Fast track!   We'll put photos of their new home on our website ... as soon as they send us some.   Watch for updates.

And, at long last, our other new "baby"
(the new AV7 Bible) was finally published in March and as nearly as we can determine, the first 150,000 copies are already mostly sold out.   So, we are now getting ready to publish the second edition with a new cover, new features, and expanded contents.   Click on the small image here to see it larger >>>

To preview some of the new AV7 Bible contents, go to our newest website: www.InvitationBible.com

Our travels in 2006 took us to Universal Studios and the Crystal Cathedral in California, to Seattle in April to see our new grandbaby, on a Caribbean cruise in May with Tracie, Wes, and his parents Carl and Tessie, to Colorado in June to visit Wes and Tracie in their new home there, to New Mexico in July, and to beautiful Sedona, Arizona in August.

Whew.   Sure has been fun.