Ryan began school and is learning to read and spell...so exciting. Ella has decided that anything pink in the house belongs to her, and I guess that's reasonable. Max is in the 'rummaging' stage where every cabinet is his own personal toy chest. It's been a year full of good memories.

This summer we visited Ireland to kiss the Blarney Stone. We didn't realize that the stone was at the top of the tower, so we ended up carrying Ella and Max to the roof with Ryan climbing between us. It was scary, but we survived. Ireland was breath-taking in all the good ways too...we highly recommend it.

We hope 2010 brings your family joy and peace!