We hope the Lord is blessing you in many ways throughout this holiday season and upcoming 2007. We also hope that we can be a blessing to you whenever our paths cross. As you can see from the picture above, we are busy raising a family and trying hard to teach wisdom, compassion, contentment and responsibility to the four wonderful children with whom God has blessed us.

Eric's business, Cernotics, is still growing while Eric is working hard to not be such a workaholic.  With a busy family, it's so important for him to commit to being a more dedicated and attentive husband and father.

This summer we planted a garden with corn, green beans, peas, tomatoes, yellow peppers, pumpkins, acorn squash and spaghetti squash. Well, actually, we planted more than that, but that's all that came up and we didn't get much corn because the local deer got it before we did. On a good note, we enjoyed fewer weeds in the garden this year by bagging all our grass clippings and using them for weed control.

Daniel turns eight next month and is in second grade this year. Lauren started first grade and is now six years old. Natalie is four, Sarah is two and they really enjoy playing together when the big kids are away at school during the week. We've all been healthy this year and didn't have any major illnesses or injuries the entire year and that's a blessing all by itself for the six of us!

Fortunately, we were able to make some trips to visit the grandparents this year. Grandma and Grandpa Miller drove up from Georgia for Lauren's birthday party in August and took all four kids back with them for a weeklong visit. We met them in Virginia to bring the kids back. The kids also spent lots of visiting time with Grandma Mary as well as a long weekend with Grandpa Steffy and Grandma Joy. We enjoyed several visits with college friends this year too.

Overall, it was a satisfying year of learning, growing, stretching and trusting in God. We continue to marvel at God's faithfulness and appreciate being plugged into a wonderful church where we can experience all the earthly benefits of God's love and caring through other believers. If you ever doubt that God loves you, please contact us and we'll share the many ways that He's blessed our lives!