Merry Christmas!

Hello everybody! This is the Christmas letter this year! Our computer crashed and burned last week, so this is something I can do from any computer. So I sit here at my mother-in-laws house typing while Claire is playing ponies. Not a bad thing. Grandma's house is great! I havent heard hide nor hair out of the child!

So this is what is going on in the Hamilton household.

James is busy as usual! He got fired from his job at Calistoga Mineral water along with the whole entire plant. (about 150 people) The next week he was rehired along with 22 others.. That was a huge blessing! James is very busy with scouts as he is still the scoutmaster for the boys' troop. Plus he is the Young mens president! We are building a wall in our downstairs den so that Tyler can have his own room. There is sheetrock dust everywhere! James finally put his GTO in the garage so that is his next big project.

I am very busy as usual. I started my own house cleaning business for extra money. I have a total of 10 clients that I clean for. 2 are every week and the rest are every other. It is nice because it is 3-4 hours a day and and I set my own hours. Claire goes to a friends house to play and I listen to my ipod and get a great workout. My only problem is that my house is neglected. When I do have a little bit of free tme, cleaning is the LAST thing I want to do, so I do crafts and scrapbooking and fun stuff like that. I have loved making my christmas presents this year. I will post them after Christmas so certain people wont see them!

Tyler is a Junior this year. He is busy with seminary, school and wrestling. He got first place for his weight at his last meet. He is almost finished with his eagle scout project. He is landscaping a preschool in Middletown. This is happenng tomorrow (Sat the 20th). I will post pics when that is done. Tyler is working on his driving permit. As much as I am not ready to have him driving, I am so looking forward to not having to drag claire out the door at 6:30 every morning!

Jack is back at school this year. He is a freshman. (last year I homeschooled him) He is very glad to be back to his friends although most of them are girls! He is wrestling too and loves it. Tyler is not too keen on him being there but I think he likes to see Jack pinned! They like to wrestle at home. We move all the furniture out of the way and they always gang up on dad. Claire likes to join the fun too!

Speaking of Claire, She is the smartest, cutest, oneriest kid I have ever seen! She likes to be the mommy and yell at the boys. It is quite funny to hear. I hope I don't sound like that!! Claire loves my little ponies. She makes this horsey noise that goes right to your brain. Kinda like fingernails on a chalkboard. She loves to help me in the kitchen. If I am in a hurry, which is often, I have to be real quiet or in comes the chair and "mommy! I want to help!" Her favorite is making bread. She eats so much of the dough that I am afraid that her stomach will explode!

I hope this year finds you happy and well!