Christmas cards

We finished and sent our Christmas cards on Monday.  It felt so good to get them in the mail.  Hopefully they will begin arriving in people's mailboxes soon.  I'm always so paranoid I'll misread the addresses and get a bunch of them back as non-deliverable - I did that one year with a few, somehow got one person's street address with another person's zip code...won't get there that way!    I do think sometimes that I should just mail merge them, but the hand addressed envelope looks so much nicer (my handwriting isn't great, but its personal).  It takes me a while to do the cards, but I enjoy thinking of everyone on our list and know they'll enjoy hearing from us - I love checking the mail this time of year and seeing the photos and updates from our far-flung friends and family.

We thought about doing a photo card, but decided against it...maybe next year.  Instead, we did a Christmas note in each of them.  Its too short for me to call it a letter, but I wanted to send to everyone an update on 
what we've been up to, its been a busy year!

I even got out my crafting scissors and made zig-zag edges.   They look cute but I need to get better scissors before doing that again!

In case you aren't on our list but want to read the Christmas note, here it is:

We hope that 2011 has been as good to you as it has to us!  It has been a busy year in the Tucker household.  In the spring, we took a cruise to help celebrate Carol's sister's 30th birthday.   It was nice to get away and unplug.  The trip came at the perfect time because Kevin had just finished his first year back in school at Sam Houston State University - he'll graduate in 2012!

Carol still works for the University of Houston - Downtown, and she was elected as Vice President of her professional organization.  This position has kept her busy as she prepares for the annual conference to be held in Feb 2012.

Kevin has been working as a TA this semester, so he has been busy grading and attending that class in addition to his own coursework.  He's in the right field since he ENJOYS the grading!

Smokey's year was interesting too. He had to get used to the parakeet who found us in March - he looks like a cat the way he watches the cage!

We both look forward to the holidays and want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2012!!