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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Christmas 2009

Our first post will be Dad and Mom's Christmas letter they sent out in Dec 2009....


2009 Just a little something about us…
By the numbers:

33… number of Grandchildren
10… number of great grandchildren
25… number of pairs of shoes we own
204…. Number on our townhouse door
2… number of family serving in the military
20…number of Grandchildren married
2… number of times we traveled up to Idaho this past year
2… number of full time missionaries currently serving
1… number of full time missionaries waiting for departure date
1… number of missionaries returning home this past year
15… number of Eagle Scouts
300 West… number on the street sign near our house
3… number of bathrooms in our house
2… number of cell phones we have
7… number of how many precious children we have
10… number of siblings we have (combined)
1953…number of the year we were married
152… number of candles we will have on our birthday cakes this year (combined)
35… number of member of our Branch we serve in
6… number of other couples we serve with in the Branch
1… number of computers we have
32… number of stairs we have (collectively) in our house
10... number of grandchildren enrolled full time in college
5… number of grandchildren left in public schools
10… number of years old our last grandchild is
10… number of years old our oldest great grandchild is
3… number of great grandchildren that will be born in the next 5 months
10… number of the different states all of our family are scattered across
5… number of grandchildren that we will help their parents raise in the millennium
1… number of gallons of milk currently in the fridge
1… number of daughter-in-laws
5… number of sons-in-law
60… number of our posterity

We appreciate all of you and your friendship and love.  With this Christmas season, we are thankful for our blessings of health, this free land, the gospel of Jesus Christ and this chance to with you a very joyous holiday season and a very Merry Christmas.


With Love,
Joe and Colleen Polatis

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