Christmas blessings from our family to yours! 

At Christmas, we thank God for His greatest gift to us, His Son, Jesus Christ.  We also thank God for our family and friends that He’s given us.  We pray that your Christmas will be filled with blessings and wonderful memories.  May the peace and love of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you as you celebrate His birth.  He came to “cast out our sin and enter in.”  May He enter your hearts anew this Christmas; may it be Christmas in your hearts all year long.

With love from,
Chris, Cindy, Meghan, Matthew, Sarah, Nathan, Stephen, Micheal, David, Heather and Kaitlyn
http://www.manymcdaniels.com
clmcnm@sbcglobal.net

Our Christmas letter this year is in the form of a crossword puzzle.  You can see the puzzle below but we encourage you to print the letter so that you can test your knowledge and have fun completing the puzzle. Click on the link below to open our letter in Adobe .pdf format.  Once it opens, you can print the letter.

http://www.manymcdaniels.com/2009christmasletter.pdf


 

Across
2. most boisterous and rambunctious; always
full of energy, even when doing school; also quite gentle, loving and
sensitive
4. Chris made a one-week business trip to this place in February
and Cindy tagged along!
7. Four people in our family underwent one this year.
10. _______ finally came home right before Thanksgiving after being
down in Texas at ALERT since January 2nd.
11. _____ has been lisping due to losing two front teeth;
new ones are coming in quickly so “two front teeth” are not on his
Christmas wish list.
12. _____ is the tallest in our family; we wonder if he's still growing?!
14. We traveled to this state for Thanksgiving; it's the first time
that there were 17 McDaniels in one place.
15. _______ spends a lot of time in the playpen so that she stays out
of trouble and loves recently being reacquainted with her oldest brother
 
Down
1. _____ attended a ten-day retreat in the spring (U.P. of Michigan)
and the month-long Skills Training for Emergency Preparedness in
May/June (Texas).
3. _____ always enjoys the challenge of writing the Christmas letter,
especially since she has so much spare time on her hands.
5. _____ enjoyed a new job for five days before his agency changed
direction and the position was cancelled; fortunately, he got his old job
back, for which everyone was very grateful.
6. A spontaneous, last-minute fare allowed Chris and Cindy to enjoy an
early anniversary trip (22 years) to this country.
7. _______ has shown quite an interest in professional cycling, following
races such as Le Tour de France, the Vuelta a Espana and the
Giro d’Italia; it’s amazing how he keeps all the riders straight!
8. _______ really loves her little sister and her schoolwork; she does really
well in math and is learning to read.
9. We camped in this state twice; once with our church in July and then
again on our own in October.
10. ______ is turning 21; where did the time go? Cooking dinners,
babysitting employment, Ebaying, and paperback/cd/dvd swapping make
up her days.
13. We made three round trips to this state this year.