Last Christmas, we were especially blessed to have four of our six children home for the holidays ... with the promise of our new soon-to-be "daughter-in-love," Monika.   Then in January, Tracie and Wes moved to Belgium for a promising new career advancement.

In February, we visited Hoover Dam and celebrated the 10th anniversary of Our Promise to each other at the indescribably incredible Belliago in Las Vegas.

In August, we visited Judy in Rapid City ... and in Sept. we enjoyed a delightful weekend escape to Catalina Island.

In October, the really big event of 2011 was Jason and Monika's wedding in Michigan, and their promise of a Covenant Marriage.   Had a great time there with Tracie and Wes, Joe's sister Judy, and our cousins Jim and Mary Hunt who all came to join the wedding festivities.

While in Michigan, we also enjoyed a return visit to Patti's hometown of Pontiac, and tours of the Chrysler museum and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village museum.

After the wedding, Tracie was able to come home to Arizona for a short break in her new job related travels to San Diego, to the Pentagon, to Germany, and to some places that we had to promise not to reveal.

Our son Greg and his wife Cathy have been busier than ever with our precious grand-baby Madilynn who started kindergarten this year.   A very dedicated dad, Greg takes time out from his DJ-Seattle music and event hosting business to volunteer at Madi's school.   And Cathy regularly blesses us by sending great photos of all Madi's adventures.

Additional highlights of 2011 were Wes holding his first art show (Click this link to view some of his paintings), a cruise to Baja, Mexico in November, and completion and publication of Joe's sixth book: "True Love Never Fails" (Click this link to see it.)

Hope to hear from you soon!

7514 E. Lompoc Avenue - Mesa  Arizona  85209
Joe @Actionline.com   &   Patti @Actionline.com

P.S. Click this link to see some of our past Christmas letters and travel pix from previous years.