Sunday, December 27, 2009

Merry Christmas friends and family from the Cheneys!

The Cheney family is thankful this Christmas 2009…

  •  We are so thankful Jesus Christ was born on the Earth, and we love celebrating his birth every year at Christmas. We love the songs, the stories, the decorations, the lights, the fun, the peace at Christmastime.
  • We are thankful for our 9 year old India, for the choices she makes that bring her closer to her Heavenly Father, for the strong, fighting spirit she will always have in her, for the caring way she has about her.
  • We are thankful for so many blessings from the LORD for serving when he asks us to in church.
  • We are thankful for Frank’s job at ProQuest and that he wasn’t included in the last round of layoffs.
  • We are thankful for a loving father who tirelessly works for the good of our family, who gives all his time to playing lightsabers and Webkins and XBOX.
  • We are thankful for Grama Judy, who is visiting us now and helps Mom and Dad keep their sanity with frequent breaks. help and babysitting.
  • We are thankful for good friends who help us along the way. What would we do without them?
  • We are thankful to live where we grew up, to be able to see people we know and love all around us and to feel so at home where we are.
  • We are thankful for Max, our almost 6 year old, for the sweet, kind spirit he is and for all the cuddles, laughs, precious prayers and smiles.
  • We are thankful for extended families and the get-togethers. So many, we are proud to call friends.
  • We are thankful that while we still have the responsibilities of two houses, we have renters in one of them to help us able to manage them easier.
  • We are thankful for a loving church family that blesses our lives, supports our children and helps us find the way.
  • We are thankful for the peace of the Spirit we feel at Christmas, for the Comforter and the love we know God has for each of us.
  • We are thankful for the best husband EVER who is loving, thoughtful, patient and kind.
  • We are thankful for those who came before us who make up our family tree with all its great branches and leaves. It surely is one only the LORD could fashion.
  • We are thankful for a loving Father in Heaven who really knows us and truly helps us through every day.
  • We are thankful for our 3 year old Sidney, for his OCD tendencies that make us laugh and want to scream, for his easiness, for his “I love you too!”s.
  • We are thankful for blogs and facebook and how much easier they make it to keep up with how all our friends and family are doing.
  • We are thankful for SO many blessings, uncountable really, for warm heat and warm beds, for clothes and toys and sweet-smelling spring flowers and fluffy, white snow and beautiful voices and tax returns and great books and good pizza and great restaurants…
  • We are thankful that God loves us SO much that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
  • We are thankful for you, and we hope you have a wonderful Christmas and an amazing New Year!
With love, Frank, Angie, India, Max and Sidney
The Cheney family

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