The Year In Review (Part One)

Some families write clever holiday newsletters and others send chocolates, our family has its own marketing ploy to keep people tuning in. We just add a new person to the clan each year -- seven years, seven people. Andi, Xanny, Matt, Zina, Andrew, Rosie Jo and introducing ... Sam who will officially sign up on December 27, 2007 when he marries Katie. We really like Sam and his white python cowboy boots. He's an interesting yin to Katie's yang. We're happy Katie found such a great guy to add to our family.

For me, this last year was my official year of the blog. It all began in DC on Independence Ave. as a good way to share our Capital Hill adventures. IndependenceKids.blogspot.com opened the door to a photographic adventure that has taken on a life of its own. Pictures are a perfect combination of art and people and I have started shooting weddings and family portraits semi-professionally. Leaving Capital Hill, however, was less than picture perfect. I cried all the way to the airport. We loved living in the eye of the storm and I hope our next adventure is in the same zip code as our last adventure.

As for the little people in our house ... I think this ease-dropped conversation between Xanny (5) and Zina-Boo (3) sums it up. Zina: "Xanny, I nice. I love one another like Jesus." Xanny: "Well, I love ALL the others." Merry Christmas from our house. May the love of our Savior be with ALL the others of your house.

Now, I give you, the best of Independence Kids - Year 2007 In Review: (more tomorrow)

As you can see, we pretty much just sat around and watched Simpson's reruns all year. Merry Christmas.

Hey, do I have your mailing address? I would really like to send you a Christmas letter and invitation to Katie's reception but maybe you have moved in the last year. Or maybe you and I didn't have this warm bond of friendship last year that we now share. This is the time of year to update our Christmas list and I would like to make sure you get a letter this year. 

Email me at andipitcher@aol.com if you didn't get a letter ... and the  invitation to a different kid's wedding that we sent out this time last year. Wow, I feel like I've been here before ... only with out the major move across country two days before Christmas. (I don't know how much longer I can keep up with this family of uber-people.) 

Sleep. All I really want for Christmas is sleep. Goodnight.