Tuesday, January 8, 2013

My Family

I have been joined together with my wife Cindy's family now for almost 5 years now and I love to be considered a member of this wonderful clan. I have become very close to Nana and Grand-dad and consider them my second set of parents. Also I am blessed with wonderful sisters like Holly, Tammy and Jenna. Godly bothers like Ethan & Aaron. And of course I love being an uncle to Sweet Maddy. Cindy, Bethany, Jude and I had a wonderful time of fellowship in Colorado Springs for our annual Christmas/New Year celebration. I always enjoy the love and joy that is present when this group gets together and I am so glad that Bethany and Jude have such a loving and godly family that loves them and cares for them. We opened presents, ate lots of good food and of course did lots of talking. Maddy and Bethany had a blast playing with Nana and each other as well. I enjoy the relaxation part of it, it feels great to do NOTHING sometimes! What a wonderful end to the Holiday season and a great start to the new year!

Happy New Year 2013

As the storm passes and we can finally come out of the haze of the Holiday season I think I am ready to look back and reflect on what took place place. Don't get me wrong, i absolutely love the holiday season but it seems that sometimes I just crave the drop of the New years ball. My Holiday season starts really in October when Whole foods starts having Holiday meetings and we start getting ready for the massive amounts of food that we will have to produce. They build up and work load is huge and it truly amazes me every year how we get it all done. It really is amazing to see. The 3 days leading up to Thanksgiving at Whole foods was ridiculousness, long hours and food leaving the store in groves. After T-Day things seem to easy up a little but the month in-between seems taxing in other ways. Its almost that your ready for the new year before Christmas is over. I try though to not make the holidays all about work, especially for my family's sake and for the most part I think I do a good job at it. This Christmas was made special by the birth of Jude and Bethany's new found excitement of Santa. We were blessed to have a white Christmas and huddle indoors from the 4 degree weather with Cindy's parents and enjoyed the day together  We made a Turkey dinner and enjoyed watching Bethany tear through the presents like she was rabid. I always miss it when its over and long for it to come next year. All in all this was a head spinning, crazy, life-changing Christmas and i got everything i could ever want. Thanks Santa!! Here's to a wonderful 2013....Cant wait!

Monday, January 7, 2013

My Son, Jude Bradley Hall

I am proud to announce that my son, Jude Bradley Hall was born on December 18, 2012 at 5:56pm. We have been overjoyed and feel blessed beyond all belief to be given this gift from God. Cindy and I feel like our family is complete. We have spent the past first 3 weeks of Jude's life bonding and enjoying his sweet, calm personality. He was born in the same birth center as Bethany and the birth went a lot like Bethany's birth. Labor was fast and Cindy did an Amazing job. I am so blessed to be the Father of two wonderful kids!!









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