Aarhaus Christmas Letter 2009
Well, sigh… no Christmas cards this year. I had one weak moment on December 22nd and almost sent out “last-minute-oh-crap-gotta-send-something-out” cards, but Hubby literally pulled me away from the card stock. He wanted our only vacation night without kiddos (Zeke went to bed super early and Bubba stayed the night with the in-laws) to be OUR night, not “Alyssa’s frantic card-making extravaganza.” After returning from our mountain Christmas vacation (courtesy of the in-laws), I decided to write this letter. Drumroll, please, as this is a first edition Aarhaus Christmas letter…
Merry Christmas!
Dear Family and Friends-
We hope you enjoy these Aarhaus 2009 highlights with cheesy pics included!
January took us to Orlando for a week with Alyssa’s entire family and included a sweet visit to Mickey Mouse. February 1st Alyssa officially left the active duty Army. It would take more than this paragraph to explain why, but she hasn’t regretted her decision to leave for a second. When not chasing the boys around the house, she enjoys her National 
Guard job one weekend a month.
Bubba is our dinosaur expert and has far too many preschool girlfriends. He turned four in November and loves anything involving a super cape. His favorite places are the Dinosaur Museum (Denver Museum of Nature and Science) and the Children’s Museum.
Zeke (or Zek-ee Benito as we like to call him) lost his baby face and became a little boy. We celebrated his baptism in April and can’t believe he already turned one in August. He loves his brother, which we hope lasts for awhile, and just started walking.
We hosted a couples bible study this year and celebrated the end of our first study by surprising Hubby for his 30th birthday in June. Hubby’s still designing power plants and any other carpentry project Alyssa schemes.
In August, Alyssa celebrated her 30th birthday by hiking a 14,000 foot 
mountain with Hubby. She’s recently returned to writing and thanks Hubby for wrestling with the boys so Mommy can update her new website, FromMilitarytoMom.com.
This is the first year we don’t have an Army move pending and hope you can visit us in Colorado soon. Thanks for remembering us with your beautiful Christmas cards. We are thankful to have made such amazing friends throughout the years.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Love Hubby, Alyssa, Bubba, and Zek-ee
© 2009, FROM MILITARY TO MOM. All rights reserved.
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Chris and I are in PA for Christmas and New Year’s
All is well, we’re heading back top Ft Hood the 3rd or 4th with the Suburban with Chris’ Buick on the trailer and Critter complaining.
When Chris got back to Ft Hood I had a big red ribbon on her birthday/Christmas gift a 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
We are in the same house in Killeen that we had in 2008 so I knew how to put all the furniture back.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!
Yay! I love Christmas letters!
Thanks for putting it together!
Thanks! Good to hear from you, Jay. Too bad your visit coincided with Grandma’s or we would have been able to hang. Sorry, dude, Grandma likes to hog those grandkids. Nice work on Chris’ present and tell her welcome home!
Love the letter!! I love you and the boys so much!!
Thanks, Big Sis!!
Awesome letter and glad to hear you had such a great year!! “Bubba??” still “Thor” in my book. Take care and we need to get with you guys for dinner one night (we can provide baby sitters!!) in Denver.
Thanks, Cliffy! You let us know when and it’s on. Would love to see how big mini-Cliff is now!