My goodness – Christmas is here and gone!  We had a wonderful Christmas in our new home.  We spent Christmas Eve at my parent’s house with Cindy, Nate, and little Hannah.  The dinner was delicious.  We enjoyed opening presents and just getting to relax and enjoy the day with everyone.  We went to “10nite” mass at [...]

Who can believe it!?  I certainly can’t believe that Christmas is next week!  Seems like we were just talking about Thanksgiving!  The last couple of weeks have went by rather quickly for us!  West continues to work on his school work as the semester is drawing to a close at the beginning on January so [...]

Welcome to the world Hannah Joy Essex!  It was an exciting day as we anxiously awaited the arrival of little Hannah!  Everything went great – natural delivery that was semi-short and flawless!  We arrived at the hospital shortly after Hannah arrived and were finally able to see her around 6:00 or so.  She is beautiful [...]