2008 christmas letter

Dear Family and Friends,

Happy Holidays! Apparently it is my wifely duty (yes, duty... right there behind having hot meals made from scratch ready for when my husband walks in the door every night, being president of the PTA, and running a marathon every other weekend) to send out a Christmas letter every year chronicling the happenings of our family and doing the best I can to try to make everyone jealous of me and my perfect family. I mailed this letter to all of you on December 1st (because that is what good, organized people do). Didn't you receive this in the mail? Hmmm... I swear it is on its way (just don't hold your breath). It is with a small tear that I write this as I think about the cards that haven't appeared in our mailbox this year (I have a slight suspicion that the mailman has stopped delivering mail to our mailbox since we haven't picked up the mail in about 3 weeks). But I hope this letter finds you well.

Luis started off this year by doing something good for the environment... he decided to ditch his car and only use public transportation! As if this wasn't enough, he also chose to continue his model citizenship-ness by volunteering weekly at a soup kitchen in Provo. Luis' perfect year included winning first place in an amateur film contest (with a $2 million cash prize), being selected as to work side-by-side with Steven Spielberg in an upcoming movie, and finding out that he had recently become an Apple majority stockholder (Luis' father had forgotten to tell him that he had invested some money in his kids' names back in the 80's).

My year also went pretty well. My lawyering skills came into good use in March when I was able to convince my roommate, Robin, to not only go ring shopping with me, but to also be the floral designer of my multimillion dollar wedding. Being the work-aholic that I am, I decided that one job was simply not enough to keep me busy. So I worked 2 jobs while planning our wedding and nursing 20 sick puppies back to health. Making the transition from single law student to married law student was a piece of cake. I am proud to say that I have 443 facebook friends (which makes me pretty dang popular), and with an average of 18 people reading my blog I feel pretty well connected to all of my friends, both old and new.

Well, folks, that is about all we are going to report to you this year. In an attempt to be sophisticated and discreet, We've purposely opted to leave our trips to Europe, Asia and the Moon out of this letter. We wish you all the Merriest of Christmases and hope that your New Year will not top ours (otherwise we won't have anything to write about in our 2009 Christmas letter).

With Sincerest Love,
The Mertinsos