2006 Christmas Card...

2006 has been quite a year for us. The Lord has blessed us so much this year, and we are so thankful for each and every blessing! “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17 NIV

Together we watched …
*Lacey’s dear cousin, Alyssa, marry Josh (and spent a lot of time planning this blessed event!).
*Lacey’s sister Amanda and her husband, Dave, move into a new house.
*Friend Melanie move to Peru for two years as a missionary with the International Missionary Board.
*Friend Dayna move to Indonesia for five months as an Intern with Samaritan’s Purse.
*Friends David & Breann prepare for their first baby, Anika Rose (born November 27th).
*Teen Community Bible Study (TCBS) move from a little town to a church where we meet on the third floor of a brand new building!
*As hundreds of people celebrated the life of Bonnie Hobratsch, a woman always filled with the joy of the Lord, who went to be with Him after a long battle with cancer.

Together …
*We finished two more semesters of college and are looking forward to graduating together in May.
*Worked another year together the fireplace shop.
*In June, we took a trip to Chicago to the Outdoor Furniture Pre-Market for work.
*The same month we went on a mission trip to Nuevo Laredo with Grace Baptist Church and fell in love with a lot of beautiful children.
*We ate a lot of free Chick-Fil-A. :)
*We studied the book of Revelation at TCBS.
*We said goodbye to Barry, our Sunday school teacher of many years, who moved into a different area of ministry. We miss him but still get to see him every now and then.
*We are looking forward to God’s future plans for us!

Lacey …
*Took a trip to Colorado for four days in November to be trained for her new role as Coordinator of TCBS (and missed Brad a ton!). While she loves her new role, she misses not having her own group of girls!
*Was so blessed to be able to go to Creating Keepsakes University—when it was in Houston in mid-September—to take scrapbooking classes from a lot of famous scrapbookers and get a degree in Scrapbooking Arts J
*Served the Lord for a week of Vacation Bible School at church.
*Started working in the nursery at church with her sister Vicki…working with the toddler class is never boring!
*Made the Design Team at her local scrapbook store for a second time and enjoys getting new products once a month to make pages with!
*Took a black & white photography class at school where she learned to develop film and print her own photos.
*Took a lot of photos throughout the year – including some engagement photos & wedding photos. :)

Brad …
*Works really hard!!
*Has installed many, many sets of gas logs in the evenings.
*Leads a group of seven boys at TCBS and is working on getting a campout together at the first of the year.
*Took three summer school classes (Team Management, Finance and Christian Principles).
*Bought a brand new red 4x4 Jeep Liberty CRD (Diesel) in August that he loves. It has now become his work Jeep!
*Sold his blue Chevrolet 1500 truck leaving us with four vehicles - Brad’s Jeep, Lacey’s white Malibu, and the two Thunderbirds that we house in our garage.

We pray that you all have a safe and happy new year!!