Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The Udstuen Family Christmas EcoCard

Merry Christmas from the Udstuens!

In the spirit of "Going Green", we have decided to publish our annual Christmas letter online. Now for those of you keeping track, there are a number of flaws with this line of logic. First of all, we still sent out cards (not particularily eco-friendly). Second, we were never that good at getting a newsletter out before. So if we've never wasted the paper on a newsletter in the past...it's not like we're really saving any energy or trees. But we feel it is a step in the right direction...


2007 Highlights


  • Jonah turned three in January. His favorites include: Dinosaurs, Spiderman, pirates, oatmeal, riding a bike, teaching Ben new words, and being melodramatic.


  • Spent a week on Captiva Island, FL in February. We highly recommend this destination despite the fact that the temperatures during our week there were actually colder than those in MN.

  • Ben celebrated his first birthday in May. His favorites include: food of any kind, Elmo, Johnny Cash, and splashing his brother in the bathtub.


  • Vacationed in Alaska in July. Our new nephew Marcus was baptized.


  • Mark and friend/business partner launched a new company "Prairie Offsets" in October. The company sells terrestial carbon credits to offset greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Rachel finished her MN licensure for Principalship and passed her panel review in December. She continues to work part time as a Curriculum Director at the public school in Spring Grove.

It has been a wonderful year.



Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!









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