Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with God's Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, Goodness, Self-Control, Mercy and Grace!
The past decade there has
been an ongoing discussion if Merry Christmas was OK to say during the
“holidays”.
Should it be Happy Holidays
or something else.
For our family, it will
always be Merry Christmas!
Why not something else? Luke had the answer
from the beginning.
“Today in the town of David a Savior
has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” (Luke 2.11)
Jesus Messiah the Christ is
born… Once again, we will celebrate the Greatest Gift of 2017 for all people.
That is what makes this
Christmas and every Christmas a Merry Christmas! We will celebrate with gift
giving to one another. Giving and receiving should remind us of Jesus the Babe.
Gifts already received in
2017 in our family:
Lindsay Grace Woelfle born
June 6th, 2017. Born with a full head of hair and beautiful. Named
for her auntie Lindsay. Lois is holding Lindsay. Whitney and Colin have blessed
us again with another grandbaby to share. Big brothers Easton (6) and Gus (3)
are very attentive and loving toward their little sister. So wonderful to watch
them grow up. Both boys are into hockey.
Justin and Amy have two very
busy little ones, Haakon (9) and Jaelyn (6). Both hockey players (see a theme
here with hockey). We had a great family trip with them to Jamaica in April.
Grandma Nancy, Amy’s mom, came too. We had so much fun.
Brian and Kelly live just
down the road from us and we have the joy of Mackenzie (3) and Mason (1) close
by us. We took Mackenzie and Gus to swim lessons this year. What a blast. The
conversations they had in the back seat on our way to lessons was priceless.
Mason and Grandpa Tedd get to cuddle occasionally as we watch Mickey Mouse. Not
sure who enjoys Mickey the most… Mackenzie started gymnastics and is signed up
for skating lessons…hockey in her future??
Lois and Tedd have had a busy
year going to all the activities of the kids and grandkids. A visit to Mayo
once a month to get a resupply of a trial medication for Tedd’s lymphoma. In
the past year, he has become disease free. Miraculous medication. Lois is the
planner/organizer for our clan. Tedd gets a list periodically to “do” which
really helps Tedd be more productive in retirement. Junior is Tedd’s “big guy”
holding the grandkids in the picture. Junior has been in the family now for 22
years. Thank you to Tim H. and Butch C. for letting us use their great barn. Stella
our 2.5-year-old black lab had a great goose hunt in SK, Canada this fall.
A Merry Christmas to you all as you
count your blessings too…
Tedd, Lois, Justin, Amy,
Whitney, Colin, Brian, Kelly, Haakon, Jaelyn, Easton, Gus, Mackenzie, Mason and
Lindsay Grace
