Merry Christmas!!

We just want to say thanks to everyone and Merry Christmas to all! This has been a rough year but such a love-filled and special time for all of us at the Doutré household. We appreciate everyone's support and love. We hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas with your families...that's all that really is important. What the Grinch said is so true...

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.

"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.

Maybe Christmas," he thought, "means a little bit more."

-- Dr. Seuss

A special thank you to the nice elf that left a surprise at our door this afternoon. We watched an episode of "Pushing Daisies" and when I walked upstairs there was a long package on our front step. It was beautifully wrapped in green and red polka dot paper with cute matching ribbon. I picked it up and opened it and inside I found a wooden board painted white with black letters and the saying "Prepare for the worst...Hope for the BEST" written on it. This is our blog theme and we would like to thank the person(s)? who did this for us. It was such a sweet surprise. Here's a picture of the sign.We're always hoping and praying. Craig has suffered from gout in his knee the last week but it's getting a little better and the best part is he's here and enjoying being with the family and his quality of life is good. We are so very blessed and thankful for all we have together.