our family christmas letter

we are saving a few trees by not printing 100 christmas letters this year.

most of you that follow the blog know what is going on with the boys. jack turned two this year and is a busy boy! he has weekly playdates with kids from the neighborhood. he loves his 2nd cousin, alora. he is allen's buddy and loves the palmer's dog daisy. his favorite tv shows are mickey mouse clubhouse and yo gabba gabba. lucas is almost one and will be walking any day now. he still has no teeth, but loves trying new foods. he and jack truly love each other and it is so sweet. i hope they will be best friends growing up.

this year has been interesting since it is the first full year i have not had a real job. i have loved being home with the boys and i cherish every moment! my photography business has provided us with a good income this year. this summer did not pull in the cash i was hoping from my art, but we have survived. we are trying to get ourselves in a position where my income is not needed. we put our house on the market and moved out in hopes it would sell better with us not living in it. we set it up real cute and it was nice to have a clean house for once! well, after 4 months of only one crummy offer we pulled it from the market to rent it to a nice family. we will try to sell it again next year. in the mean time we are camping out at blake's parents house (they have a HUGE basement). it has been really nice having help with the boys. our plan is to buy a house close by once our house sells.

my grandparents are still alive and kicking. jack loves their house, especially now that he realizes mickey mouse is every where!

blake is still plugging away as a graphic designer. he has been with the same company for 8 years and it is proving to not be a job he can grow at. we are thankful he has a job and hope for a better one in the future. blake continues to work on his art in our new art studio at poor yorick in salt lake. he sold a few pieces this fall. he went to glacier national park, for a week, this summer with the boy scouts - we missed him terribly!

i just returned from shooting a wedding in mexico. it was seriously unbelievably beautiful. i watched whales migrating every morning, sea turtles being hatched and released into the ocean and had the best mexican food. blake and his parents did an awesome job wit the boys while i was gone.

we love this time of year, the christmas tree, mexican hot cocoa, making presents for our family, and living the true meaning of christmas. we hope you and your loved ones are doing well and are in good health. we love you all.

love, the palmer family.