Christmas Letter

Dear Family and Friends,

As the end of year approaches, our family finds itself busy as usual during this holiday season. I had hoped to get our holiday letters out sooner, but it was not to happen this year. We are so grateful for this holiday season, a time when we can celebrate the birth of our Savior and enjoy time away from work and school to be with family. Unfortunately this year, we will be having a southern Christmas with no snow and most our family far away, but we wish you all a wonderful holiday season.

Here are few things we have been up to this year.

Mike
Completed all his course work for his PhD
Passed his comprehensive exams
Started working on his dissertation
Continues to teach at Mississippi State under a teaching assistantship
Published an article in the Southern Historian
Continues to serve as the 1st counselor in the Young Men

Lynda
Graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Educational Psychology

Continues to work at The RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision Center at Mississippi State University and is up for a promotion.
Was released from her calling as the 1st counselor in the Relief Society
Was called to serve as the seminary teacher and is enjoying teaching the New Testament this year

Jonathan
Is 21 months old
Loves to run everywhere
Has started to really talk now, he can repeat almost anything and communicates really well through signing and speaking
Is excited to be a big brother in June (or so we hope)

Love,

Mike, Lynda, Jonathan & Junebug (on the way)