Isn't this cool! Christina's "gift of the heart" for her Dad this year was this blog page for our family. I'm excited to share it with you. There are links to web pages for all our kids, really good music - so turn the speakers on, and a year full of pictures and stories from this very eventful year.

The pictures below are from our visit to Southern Maryland visiting Rob and Christina for Thanksgiving. It is a beautiful place! They've made a great home there and are part of a wonderful and friendly ward. They have great friends, a really cool town house with beautiful, tall trees and the sweetest little boy - Kale. He loves to smile at his mom and dad.

JD, Melissa, and Jaden came down from Brooklyn. It was so much fun to be all together for Thanksgiving. Jaden was standing on his own and taking a few steps. He is such a sweetheart and it was really fun to share those first steps with the Taylors. One of the highlights of the week for me was a family home evening that Melissa gave. We learned about being really thankful for everything we've been blessed for, not just in general but in a very specific and detailed way. I am counting my blessings more as a result (although I'm not sure I can count that high).

I've been saying for a long time that I wish we had a web page to post pictures on. Well now we do. Thanks for visiting our family on this site. Thanks Christina for this gift from your heart.

"The boys" - a phrase we've never used until this year.

What great looking families!

Pajama party?

The Watson's at home in Maryland

Grandma in grandson heaven!

The magnets

Wow, it's cool having new big brothers!

Don't ever smoke grass, but you can eat it.

Is this how you do it Dad?

Peek-a-boo

Can we run off 21 lbs of turkey?

The Sandwich

Teamwork - Coming together for a good cause!

The cute Maryland tour guide

Video - Jading Walking?

Merry Christmas Dad!

And happy Thanksgiving too! I put this blog together for my gift of the heart for you for Christmas. I couldn’t keep it a secret any longer, so here is an early gift for you. Dad, everyone loves to see and hear about all that is going on in your life, especially those of us who live far away-so keep us updated now that you have your own blog!

And to your friends and family- here is a little summary of the Woolf’s past year. Ok, because it was a gift for my dad- I wrote it all, but I tried to write what he would say about everything so just imagine it coming from him.

I love you dad!
-Christina

November

We got to spend Thanksgiving in southern Maryland where Rob, Christina, and Kale recently moved. Melissa, JD, and Jaden came down from New York too. I am grateful all of my family (except Scott of course) could be together. What a great holiday!

October

This month Donna got to visit Melissa, JD, and Jaden again in NY. She had a great time.

September

Scott has been in Peru serving a church mission for nearly a year. He has had many incredible experiences and adventures including training twice and becoming a district leader. Here are some pictures we got from him this month.

August

We made the very long drive up to Hillspring, Canada for a Woolf reunion. It was great to see family and spend some time in a place we visited often when I was a kid. It was definetly worth the drive. Look how beautiful it is there!

July

Melissa, JD, and Jaden came to visit us for a couple weeks. We are so spoiled- we got to have more baby time! Jaden was just learning to crawl- what a fun kid.

June

Donna, Stephanie, and Jamie all got to go to girls camp together this month. It was Jamie’s first year- she was lucky to have her sister and mom there with her. I was left at home alone but they all had a really great time.

May

Grandkid #2: Kale Thomas Watson was born May 16, here in Texas. He weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz. and was 21.5 inches long. We were lucky enough to have the Watsons come visit us for a few weeks when their baby was due. They stayed until Kale was 4 weeks old. We all loved having another baby in the house to hold, squeeze, and kiss all the time! Jamie and Rob sure loved swimming everyday too- they even got Kale to try it out!

April

Rob and Christina both graduated from BYU-Idaho in Mechanical Engineering on April 11. Christina was even eight and a half months pregnant! We are proud of them. Congratulations!

March

Melissa and Jaden came to visit for a few weeks and we just loved seeing them. We were all fighting over this adorable boy! We are definitely proud grandparents. Too bad JD couldn’t be here too.

February

Snow! Not too often here in Texas but we sure like it when it comes.

January

Grandkid #1: Jaden Kai Taylor was born Jan 15 in Brooklyn, NY. He weighed 6 lbs. 12.5 oz. and was 20 inches long. Donna flew out the day Jaden was born and a few days later I came and surprised Melissa and JD and Jaden. It was a great visit. What a cute grandson we have!

What a great year so far!