Merry Christmas 2012

Instead of a long picture post this year we decided to post our top 10 of 2012 - if you have questions feel free to ask us!

1. For those of you who actually have a paper address book, we owe you a new page! We've moved again!

2. Brian got promoted with Target and gets to open a new distribution center in Denton Texas. We traveled down in October and found a great rental house in Little Elm TX. We are VERY excited to move and actually have shopping options within 20 minutes of our house :) And we won't get started on the food!! We have missed GOOD food while living in Iowa! 

3. Christy had a cholesteatoma removed from her right ear in June, and now she has a little more hearing than before. Another surgery is planned for early 2013

4. We had a new family member join us in June. Annie adopted us as her humans. She, along with 10 other cats, just showed up at our house one day, and then just as soon as they showed up they were gone. Annie was the only one who stuck around, and we are so glad she did! 

She LOVES to hide in bags, and play in boxes. She is so much fun, and we can't imagine living without her. She brings us a lot of joy! 

5. Christy's brother Daniel married Kasey in September

6. We paid off our last credit card! Thanks to Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace University! We can not say enough good things about this program. It has 100% changed our lives - for the better.  We really do encourage EVERYONE to take this class - even if you think you have your money under control, you WILL learn something!  We are looking forward to being 100% DEBT FREE by Summer 2013. 

7. Brian's mom and brother came and visited us for a week in August. We did a bunch of day trips and found out how to spell our last name properly: Msial.  We visited Minneapolis, Dubuque, Galena IL, and Cedar Rapids/Iowa City IA.
One of the FEW pictures Christy took while they were here (John and Brian): 

8. We started attending a infertility support group associated with RESOLVE and thanks to some friends of ours we've also been seriously talking and praying about becoming Foster parents once we get moved to Texas.

9. Brian threw Christy a surprise party for her 30th birthday! He did a great job on the party and on the gifts as well! 

10. Christy celebrated her 3rd year with the Pampered Chef, and is still LOVING her job! She has just started doing a new type of show - a FACEBOOK show, the entire thing is done on Facebook with your Facebook friends. If you're interested let her know! 

As we go into this Christmas season, we hope you stop and pause to remember what this holiday is really about - The birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. He came to earth to save each of us from our sins so that we one day can go to heaven and live with Him. We hope that each of you are truly seeking to have a personal relationship with Him. He loves and cares for YOU!
Please feel free to leave us a comment and let us know how you're doing! (if you don't have a gmail account or a blogger account you can leave an anonymous comment - just leave your name so we know who it's from!)
We hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a very happy New Year!

With Much Love,
Brian and Christy Msal