HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

We graduated in December from the training we have been in for the last 3 and 1/2 years with New Tribes Mission and are now officially missionaries with NTM. WooHoo! We took some time after graduating to enjoy Christmas at home as a family. We even had Santa visit us at our home. The girls were thrilled. Shelbyanne sat in his lap and told him what she wanted. Emily told him what she wanted, but she did it from Daddy's lap. She warmed up enough to give him a hug before he left.

We have been in transition for the last several weeks. We are now in Alabama visiting with family and friends and working on our partnership development. We will head to Florida in May to do the same. Then we are planning on heading to Tanzania in the beginning months of 2011. Shelbyanne and Emily started preschool at Spanish Fort United Methodist Church Preschool. They are really enjoying it and already starting to make new friends. Although Shelbyanne comments often that she misses her teachers and friends in Missouri.

This is a picture of them before their first day of school.

We hope you all are doing well and having a great week so far.