Merry Christmas from Jake!

 Merry Christmas from Jake!

Howdy, Y'all! This is Jake. I'm kind of in the dog house. Literally. Yesterday I ate Mom's Vera Bradley purse. It was tasty.

Abbie Grayce was baptized on Christmas Day 2011! In 2012, Kait got braces. Team Tiara's goal is raising $100,000 for Breast Cancer Metastasis Research. "Keep calm and _______." Biggs to D'Lyn: You know, I wonder what you do sometimes. Godspeed, Uncle Don. Be Sweet. Jones cousins taught us Chinese. Abbie's DI Team, The Nerd Herd, won the the DaVinci Award and 1st at Regionals, qualifying for the State contest in Corpus! Have a Very Nerdy Christmas! "It's a Tiara! A Tiara! I'm a Princess, and I have a Tiara!" Abbie & Kait played on FSA's Rice Owls softball teams. Biggs coached. The garage freezer died while Biggs was in Asia. We lost Bellville sausage, Omaha steaks and Matagorda redfish. Abbie got contacts. I am a cancer Survivor thanks to my new vet in Navasota! My family went skiing with the Long family in Park City. I went to the spa -- again. Kait learned to snowboard. D'Lyn got run down and slid 50 yards down the mountain on her tummy, spread-eagle, picking up speed. Nertz! Abbie played with the Sandlot Sox and CFGAA Angels. The new boathouse at the Creek is The Bomb. The jet-ski dock is SWEET! Abbie was a frog in the 5th grade play, Eleanor Roosevelt for wax museum, and graduated from Keith Elementary with a clap-out. The Kid-Pitch Rice Owls won the Championship! Abbie & Kait made All-Stars. Kait got her ears pierced. Cy-Ranch State Baseball Champs! Pie Sampler at Royers'. Kait went to Tanglewood, and Jesus touched her heart. Vacation at the Creek, 6,352,218,354:1 -- The mosquito to human ratio in Sargent. Fishing with Captain Gene! Nertz! Abbie & D'Lyn went to Jr. High camp at Tanglewood and spent time with church family from The Branch. "Wouldn't it be cool if pants were made out of cheese?" Kait went to ACU leadership Camp and now wants to go to college at Rice, A&M and ACU. Bluebell Red Velvet Ice Cream. Abbie got a Phone! Road Trip! Storms, Scurry County Rodeo, the Mule in Muleshoe, Old Fort Sumner & Billy the Kid's Grave. Abbie spent two weeks at Camp Blue Haven chasing bears -- again. "Pine trees tall, waterfall. Blue skies canopied o'er me!" Kait & D'Lyn went to the lake with the Taylors. Kait learned to surf. D'Lyn wake boarded! Call Me Maybe? We ate at Chick-fil-A. D'Lyn met Katie Stanko. For real. "If your bladder is the size of a peanut, does that mean the actual peanut? Or the shell?" Splashway! Rooster's and Orange Leaf! Kait's 4th grade teachers are Mrs. Loving and Mrs. Loveless -- no joke. Mimi made sure Abbie's middle school locker was all decked out. It's a Good Morning! A&M joined the SEC. Opening Weekend is the best! Abbie, Kenlee, Stephanie & D'Lyn never want to see wallpaper again. Kait played soccer for Team USA (Biggs coached) and Challenge. See You at the Pole had the best turn-out ever. Cypress City Snow -- butterscotch with cream and caramel. Shiner Prickly Pear. Not all Pinterest recipes are created equal. Kait turned 10 and celebrated with a skating party. Abbie played for the Houston Havoc and CFGAA Bandits. The Bandits were undefeated in CFGAA and were the Season Champs! Biggs and D'Lyn celebrated their 15th anniversary. Abs & Kait brought two pet lizards home from Splendora. "Get your lizards out of the kitchen." Pink with a Purpose. Team Tiara gave $25,000 to Dr. Jenny Chang with Methodist Hospital in Houston for Mets research and $5000 to The Rose to help women who don't have health insurance. Kait was baptized! Biggsy turned 40! Happy Happy Happy. Team Tiara raised over $100,000 for the DFW 3-Day for the CURE. The team has raised over $700,000 in seven years. Biggs got a speeding ticket in Louisiana. D'Lyn got her first speeding ticket in 20 years. Fuzzy's Tacos! Kait got her braces off! Abbie turned 12! The Fairfield HEB opened! A&M beat Bama. Abbie joined Bayou City CrossFire Softball. Forevermore, D'Lyn's birthday will be the week after Thanksgiving. We "Elf'd it up" to celebrate Abbie's birthday. The girls raided Pa's Oreo & ice cream stash. Rice is going Bowling. And Johnny Football Won the Heisman!!!

We hope you had a great 2012 and are wishing you a Fantabulous 2013!! May God Bless You!

Love, Jake & Co.