Christmas Letter 2010

All new for 2010! The Blakeslee annual (or semi annual or once in a while)Christmas letter now goes green. No more printing, no more stamps and envelopes, no more trying to fit pictures from a whole year on a 8x10 page. It must be the 21st century.

This year it seems I've heard many disparaging comments about 'Christmas letters'. So I decided to post mine on our blog where only those who wanted to read it would. So thank you for wanting to!

We thank and praise God for this year. Things have gotten smoother on the home front, but also quieter. Our family of nine has spent most of the year as a family of 6 with our three oldest out of the house.

Annie has been really stretched in her first year in ministry with Formando Vidas in Bogota Colombia. Rebecca is still enjoying her volunteer job at Overlook Farm in MA with Heifer International. She spends her time doing farm chores and being an educational volunteer . She shows people around the farm and encourages them to think more about world and their part in it. In her spare time she enjoys bread making and apparently, judging by all the hand crocheted gifts today, she has been enjoying crocheting.

Tim just finished his first semester at Adelphi College in New York. He did really well, but decided to take a semester off to work and look into another school for the fall.

Jonathan, Kai, Daniel and Sarah-Grace are all still homeschooling. This blog is mostly about them, so if you look back through the posts you can see lots of what they've been up to.

Dana and I are well. We can not believe we are in our fifties! Last night, after reading the Christmas Story and The Night Before Christmas to the kids, Dana admitted he was ready for grandchildren! He said the excitement level with our kids at Christmas time just isn't there anymore.

We hope Christmas and the New Year bring many blessings to you and yours!