Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to share the photo Christmas card 

that I sent out this year.

I feel a little badly.... in the past few years, I've made up cards
with my photos with cardstock, stamping, diecutting, etc.
But this year, with working full time, I just knew they wouldn't happen that way again.
Because of this, I almost didn't sent out photo cards... but I've done it every year
since Austin was a baby and didn't want to break my streak. ;)
So, I created my own card using Picasa and had them printed as 4x6.
For friends and family nearby, I gave them out as is.
For friends and family further away, I printed up some highlights of the year on
cardstock and adhered them to the back of the cards.

Would you like to know the highlights?
Here's what a wrote:

"Highlights for the Penner family this year include:

Lots of performances (Provincial Honour Choir in Winnipeg for Austin, 

Brandon Jazz Festival for Austin & Jonah, 

Festival of the Arts for Sage, Jonah & Leigh, 

parts in their school plays for Austin & Jonah, 

singing at church, recitals and the Tabor Home for Sage, 

Central Manitoba Youth Choir for Austin, 

Grade 9 Jazz & Concert Band for Jonah, 

Grade 7/8 Jazz choir for Sage),

Cameron and Leigh celebrated their 20^th anniversary in April,

Leigh got her 3^rd degree Black Belt in May,

Leigh, Austin, Jonah & Sage drove to Denver in June to visit family & 

go to Denver Comic Con (where they met Stan Lee!), 

Leigh’s family came to visit in June for her mom’s 80^th birthday, 

Austin got a job at Coop & 

Leigh got her dream job of being a design consultant at Two30Nine by Decor, 

Austin started Grade 12, Jonah started Grade 9 & Sage started Grade 7."

2016 was a good year. :)

I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog --

I really appreciate it -- and your Christmas greetings, too!

A big storm is coming tomorrow, so our plans to travel to my mom's have changed.
We will stay stay safe and warm at home.
A quiet, relaxing Christmas... I guess we'll see what that's like. ;)

Thanks for looking!