MERRY CHRISTMAS from The Colson's!

Yeah, I really don't have an excuse for not sending out a family picture/Christmas Letter this year and I always vow that I'll do a better job next year! So, I will do a better job next year. For now, this is what y'all get! a blog Christmas letter!

For those of you who have kept up with our blog since we had Caleb, you pretty much know what has gone with him this year. I just can't say enough how grateful we are to have him in our home. He has been such a blessing in our lives. We are also grateful that Caleb has been a healthy and happy baby. Other than getting the cyst on his eye removed and a few colds/ear infections, Caleb has stayed very healthy. He has the BEST personality, and other than those times when he gets told no (it's quite the experience), minds his momma and daddy pretty well! We are excited for when Caleb will start using more words and sentences and when we can FINALLY reason with him (although, we can a little bit now!) I'll say it a thousand times, WE LOVE OUR BOY!

I, when I'm not being a mom, am still teaching 2nd grade here in Katy. I have the BEST class full of kiddos this year! They love to learn and I love seeing them everyday. I am really excited about his upcoming year because I get to work with groups of second graders for our International Festival and our annual 2nd grade play! I LOVE being creative with these kids and seeing my visions come to life with them. My 2nd grade team members just let me do my thing, but of course, they give their ideas and we work together for some fun performances! I am currently teaching some of our girls the Hukilau Hula for our international festival. I am also going to be up on stage with them doing the dance (which my bro Mike has already asked if it will be videotaped for Blackmailing purposes!) No reason to blackmail, because it's going to be GOOD!!! For those of you who thought that I might be a little too uncoordinated...I can do this one! I also just got a new calling at church as the Mia Maid advisor and am so EXCITED to work with the Young Women! I'll miss the Primary, but I think I was ready for something new!

Adam is still working on his Doctorate Degree at Rice University. He will be receiving his Masters Degree from Rice this January and of course will continue on with the Doctorate. Adam is working very hard in his research and is looking forward to the end! We are still not quite sure where we will go from here, but I'm sure it will be somewhere fun and exciting! Adam's favorite time of the day (other than being stuck in the Houston traffic...NOT) is coming home to play with Caleb. On the weekends, Adam gets to do some of the things with Caleb that he might've missed out on during the week like baths, feeding Caleb, and of course, changing diapers! Adam is a great dad and works hard for our family!

We are excited to be able to travel up north on Saturday to spend a week with my family and a week with Ad's family! This is our favorite time of year and we thank our Heavenly Father everyday for the many blessings that he has bestowed on our small family. We are thankful for the opportunity that we have to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and for the reminder to keep Him in our hearts as we serve and give to one another this holiday season. We hope that y'all have a Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New Year!

Love, Adam, Jenna, and Caleb Colson


Here are some pics from earlier in the week...a mom of one of the kiddos, from where Caleb is babysat, made this shirt for him!

Can we say haircut?? Only one more week!


Santa...are you behind the couch?


Are you in this plastic knife?


Are you in my book?


Are you in my toy box?


Where are you Santa?? We'll see ya soon!

There aren't ANY snow plows in Houston...

but we DID get some snow!!! Yesterday was the first time in a decade that Houston has seen snow! Of course it only lasted for a few hours and then we got COLD!!! I was at school when it all started and got to experience my students seeing snow for the first time in their lives!! Can you believe it! Ask me if we got any work done? Not really! The district also called a 1/2 day and we were all sent home! Mostly because no one knows how to drive in snow/icy conditions and they wanted to make sure that everyone make it home safely! Yesterday was dubbed a "Winter Blast" and Ad and I were cracking up because being from Idaho/Utah, these Houstonians don't know what a Winter Blast is!!!! Even though we're back up to the somewhat warmer temps. today I am SOOOOOOOOO EXXXCCCIIITTTEEEDDD to travel north 2 weeks from today!!!! We have had a fun week!


As I was writing this on my car, a bunch of the teachers were telling me to "don't ruin the snow!"


As you can see from the snow accumulation on my car it certainly was a blizzard down here! I was also dying at the tips the teachers were giving each other about how to get the snow off of their cars!


When we got home from Janet's, Caleb and I went out and took a little walk through the snow! We don't have ANY snow clothes for Caleb and actually, Janet let me borrow this coat for Caleb for when we go up North! She actually bought it for her grandson at a garage sale and he isn't big enough for it yet, so I get to use it!! She did the same thing for me last year, when she let us borrow a snow suit for Caleb to wear! It works out PERFECT because then I don't have to spend tons of money on things Caleb will only wear a few times!! SCORE!




Caleb did have fun walking around, but his pants and shoes were soaked and it started to get really chilly!




Sorry for the picture of the picture and the big flash spot, but I just had to share our experience with Santa today! As you can see I am in the picture with Caleb (that wasn't my original plan) and I don't feel that I need to expound on any story! You can probably guess what happened!
We LOVE Santa!

After the Santa Claus debacle...I'm wondering what Caleb is thinking right now!