Lawson Family 2007 Christmas Picture & Letter~

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Greetings! It’s hard to believe that it is once again time for our annual update on the Lawson clan. My goal is to be very brief this year, so here I go:
We have had a super fun 2007. In February we traveled to San Diego for a week to attend my cousin’s wedding. We were able to spend a lot of time with our family as well as hit the beach and go to Disneyland for a few days. In July we attended a Call Family reunion in Loomis and had a blast. October was a special month for Gene and me… we traveled to Frankfurt and London for 10 days! Gene had yet another business trip to Europe and I got to tag along with him. We had so much fun visiting castles, seeing the sites and attending two shows: Wicked and Les Miserables. What an amazing trip! In November we traveled to Loomis to spend a week with family and friends and to have Thanksgiving with family. Hmmmmm, three trips to CA in one year, yes, you could say we miss HOME quite a lot!

~Gene: Still working at PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), travels way too much for work, teaching the 12 & 13 yr. olds at church and still the best daddy in the world.

~Debbie: YW’s president, room mom for 3rd and 6th grades, lucky to be able to stay at home to attend to my children’s every needs, enjoys a good book, a good workout and a good game of tennis.

~Chloe: 15, sophomore at Payson high school, varsity tennis, won first place at her very first Deca competition (Deca: business/marketing club at school), still taking piano, piano player for seminary, secretary for seminary, and Mia Maids class president. Still getting excellent grades, but way too social and way too many boys think she’s cute. (she is cute)

~Haley: 11, 6th grade at Liberty Academy, amazing piano player, accompanied a song for the primary sacrament program, started taking flute in band, still loving dance, excellent grades in school. This kid is a wiz in the kitchen, she can whip up homemade cookies, cakes, pancakes or waffles at a moments notice. She’s going to be the most popular college roommate ever!

~Natalie: 8, 3rd grade at Liberty Academy, hilarious child, always making us laugh with her crazy humor, taking horse-back riding lessons…. you should see this girl ride! She is awesome, she is in complete control of the horse and can ride and ride all on her own! She is loving it! Still taking dance and getting superb grades. Loves to read and do any kind of art project.

~Lindsay: 5, preschool at Miss Tonya’s, loves preschool but cannot wait for kindergarten (but mom will be sad when she goes), attends a ½ hour ‘ABC Kids’ story time at the library every week, loves her dance class, enjoys coloring, using her amazing imagination by playing all day, and looking at books. She is beginning to read and is always asking how to spell words, or is trying out her new spelling skills with the refrigerator letter magnets. She’s a smart little cookie and always fun to have around!

We sure do live busy lives with our four active girls, 2 cats, 1 dog and 1 parakeet, but we couldn’t imagine life any other way. We have a lot of fun around here and feel very blessed for all that we have.
We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008.
Gene, Debbie, Chloe, Haley, Natalie & Lindsay Lawson
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