Our Blog Premiere

Hoss and his friends Bill, Lori, and Borris are excited to post our very first blog! We are inspired by Laci and Christian's funny and heart-warming stories and all of their terrific pictures. We doubt that there will be much exciting to report, but we will give it a try now and again.

The holidays have been a lot of fun (Lori) and a welcome week off work (Bill). The fiber optic 2- foot tree came out of the basement on December 23rd and was back in storage by December 26th. This is a surprising improvement over last year so we are all very proud of Prince William's holiday cheer. I would put in a photo of the tree at this point, but there wasn't time to take one.

We are so excited to welcome the little guy in just a few weeks (or days if Laci gets her wish). Here's a picture of Bill practicing his "grandpa" technique on Christmas morning with Lori's two grandkids-Corbin and Cierra. Isn't it wonderful!

We spent Christmas morning having breakfast and opening presents with Lori's family. Then we braved our way through a big snowstorm to Cottonwood Heights to enjoy a fun afternoon with Bill's family. We even got to go to Grandma's house to see Utella, who is going strong at 91!



Last night we spent the evening with Grandma Bateman. Watching the Sound of Music with her inspired Bill to belt out his own rendition of "The hills are alive..." accompanied by an Austrian waltz dance move. I wish you could have seen it!

Since we have the entire week between Christmas and New Years off, we are planning to spend the next few days having some fun. Weather permitting, we might take a little road trip down south (to Provo, says Bill!). That is if Aunt JaNean will watch the kids!

We love you and wish you all the best this holiday season!

Hoss, Borris, Bill, and Lori