It has been three years since we have managed to gather the time to send holiday cards to friends and family. We will try to bring everyone up to date through the 54 pictures included in our 2010 holiday card combined with the descriptions in this online letter of those pictured on the mailed 2010 card.

While our 2010 has been good for us and our families, we unfortunately cannot say the same for all of our friends. Our thoughts and hopes go out to those who have faced tougher times than us including battles with the economy and serious illness. We wish them a better 2011 and beyond.

So here is a summary about those pictured on our mailed card as well as all of the pictures with descriptions.

My daughter Kristin is a family photographer (Kristinmcdade.com) in Phoenix and is married to Rob. Rob works as a Captain and paramedic with the Phoenix Fire Department. Their children are Isabelle (12) whose present activity is to be the scholar in the family with her straight A report cards, just like her grandfather did. Kristin, Isabelle and I spent six days together this year in New York City enjoying the sights of America’s most interesting city.

Ryan (10) and Logan (9) are sports aficionados with Ryan playing baseball and basketball, just like his grandfather did, and Logan plays basketball and something called “soccer.” The boys and I did an eight day baseball stadium tour this year seeing six games in five cities in seven days. I began blogging with that trip so you can read all about that here on this blog as well as everything else of significance in my life from then until now.

My son Benjamin lives in Orlando and is married to Fernanda who is from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Benjamin began working for Disney in 1999 and concluded that part of his career this year when he left Disney to begin his own creative strategy firm. His businesses, Wonderstruk Media and Orlando Paparazzi provide website development, social media consulting and photography services. Fernanda is a Marketing Coordinator in the Travel Industry Marketing Department at Disney. Together they operate Brasilicano.com a travel guide for Brazilian tourists and a directory of Brazilian businesses in the United States.

Konnie’s daughter Chelsea received her undergraduate degree in May from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Chelsea prudently decided to pursue graduate studies and after being accepted at numerous law schools settled on Seattle University where she is about to wrap up her first semester. She loves her studies and will soon find out if they love her.

Konnie has been a regular visitor to first Spokane and now Seattle this year. Their highlight together this year was Chelsea’s graduation gift of a trip to Paris together.

We wish everyone a healthy and happy 2011.