Merry Christmas Everyone!  I hope you are healthy and happy.  We had a very nice time.  We attended Christmas Eve mass with my parents and Paul and Teecee and family.  Christmas morning was an early one (not surprising...) and in the afternoon we enjoyed a traditional Sicilian dinner at my mom and dad's house.  (They just returned from a trip to Sicily earlier this month, had a great time....)  Teecee is about to go into labor at any moment, she looks incredible and is very ready to have the baby.  Brendan and Mary Ruth are also excited at the idea of a new baby brother or sister.

We are off to Grand Rapids on Thursday to visit the Cables who have just returned from spending Christmas in Florida with Dave's parents.  My Aquinas College friends are getting together Thursday night and we'll spend a few days visiting with our Cable cousins.  From Grand Rapids our plan is to head over to Milwaukee and visit with the Shelledy's for New Years.  We'll stay a couple nights and come back to Troy on New Year's Day.  The kids are very excited at the thought of playing with so many different cousins.

Have a very Happy New Year.  We are ready to say good-bye to a crazy 2006, and looking forward to a "less exciting" 2007.  God Bless, Michelle