2008 Holiday Card

Here is our 2008 Holiday card. If I have your address your tangible one will be in the mail soon. If not, enjoy!

Also, our "Blurb" I created for the back of the card is:

2008 was a very busy year for us. The kids were involved in a lot of activities. Anthony participated in Karate, Jr. Tennis, and Swimming. This summer he was able to attend a sports camp at Westward Look Resort and attended a technology camp called "DigiDudes" at The University of Arizona. Jackson participated in Soccer, Jr. Tennis, Swimming and Karate. This summer he attended a soccer camp, was the youngest and smallest one at camp and was the MVP of the camp for the week. Taylor learned how to swim, is taking Ballet and is fully potty trained! Even Tony and Lisa had a chance to have fun this year together when they went to Orlando, Florida in February...KIDLESS!!! Football season this year was amazing! The whole family got to attend a few UofA games together and the boys got to enjoy some much needed "dad and son" time at the Arizona Cardinal games. Anthony is in 2nd Grade and Jackson is in Pre-K at Immaculate Heart Academy. Taylor is going full-time to school at Pusch Ridge Preschool and Kindergarten. They are all doing so well academically. They have made lots of friends and genuinely enjoy going to school every day.

Tony's job at Raytheon has been keeping him busy this year. He is a lead Engineer on a pre-production project due out next year. He's managing his own team as well as is a contributor on his primary project. He still commutes about 45 minutes away from home but has started carpooling with the company carpool system so that's been helping us to save on gas money. He has become the "mega" coach this year. He's been coaching Jackson in soccer and recently has become the 7th grade boys basketball coach for the Immaculate Heart team at the boy's school. Beginning in January 2009 he'll start coaching Anthony and other kids in a YMCA youth basketball clinic.

Lisa is still working the late shift with Oracle and continues to telecommute from home. She's been working out trying to get her ankle stronger so she can finally run and keep up with the kids. Her later work hours enable her to volunteer at the kid's school during morning recess and she proudly holds the title as the "strict lunchroom lady" given to her by the older kids at the school.

We predict that 2009 will be just as busy and just as crazy! Check us out and read about our adventures on our blog at http://maranagrayfamily.blogspot.com. Of course you can always get in touch with us via email at avralisa08@comcast.net.