Happy New Year to you and yours.  Looking forward to a great 2009 with you all.

-mercyme

So on our way home from visiting family in Louisiana, we stopped in to check on James Christopher, and ended up crashing a pizza party. He says ‘Thanks’ for all the support and keep spreading the word
about him!!!

Mike

OK, guys…you’ve done amazing things to help Sam win the JDRF contest, we’ve done a ton for Compassion International together, and we’ve had lots of fun along the way. Now I’m asking you to help another friend of ours.

James Christopher Allums is a HUGE MercyMe fan.  He’s a 12 year old kid from Monroe, LA, where my wife is from, who loves hunting, laughing and hanging out with his friends. James Christopher has been to a couple of MercyMe shows when he could make it…even ran into Bart when they were on a family vacation!!! James Christopher has also missed a couple of MercyMe shows that he hoped to make, but couldn’t because his counts were too low. He has a disease called Fanconi Anemia…a bone marrow disease.

To help this make a little sense, a healthy person’s marrow production is 100%.  James Christopher’s is 7%. The way you can help is by being tested to see if you are a possible match. It’s a simple Online Bone Marrow Drive that only takes a few minutes. Normally this test costs $65, but for 2 days, you can resister in Honor of James Christopher Allums for $0!!!!

The test is a simple cheek swab…no needles, just a cheek swab!!! There is NO reason that we don’t all jump online and do what we can to save this fellow SLOBs life…LITERALLY!!!

Also…as you all know…PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, for James Christopher and his family. We all know who the true Healer is and everyone of us can call him up and beg Him for this boy.

To order your free testing kit, go HERE

Remember…it’s free for 2 more days. After that, it’s $65. Don’t let the money stop you from being tested if you don’t get to it in the next 2 days, but don’t miss out on this opportunity to bless and maybe even SAVE a life!!!!

Remember to specify that you are testing in honor of James Christopher Allums. For more about James Christopher, go to:

www.jcallums.com

Thanks SLOB’s….I know you’ll do what you can!!!!

Mike

Why are we always so last minute when it comes to Christmas shopping??? Does it not ALWAYS fall on Dec. 25th??? Why am I shopping frantically on Dec. 23?!?!?! Ben agrees with me…NO MORE LAST MINUTE SHOPPING!!!!

I ain’t even playing when I say we love Christmas! It is truly a family affair. How much do we love Christmas? We have 8 trees in our house. Yep….8.  It awesome sure, but the thought of taking them all down afterwards makes me throw up in my mouth a little. Oh well, until then…Merry Christmas.

Charlie is very serious about his ornament placement.

There really is nothing like the “tough guy” pose while wearing “ho ho ho” pajamas.

Notice how all the ornaments are below 3 feet on the tree?

Christmas makes me CRAZY HAPPY!!!!!!!!

Who knew when we first “went together” in 7th grade, that we’d be growing old together. Well she’s getting old…not me. I’m still 13.

Owen has arrived weighing 8lbs 2oz, 20 1/4″ long. Mommy and Owen are doing great. His older brother and sister are absolutely in love with him! What a great gift! Merry Christmas!
Nathan