You can click on any picture to view it larger...the family photos were done by A Fresh Take Photography
The Warner's have had one BLESSED year. We are grateful for the GOSPEL and the gift of the SAVIOR, which without, we would never have had our success and much strength throughout this year. 
Chris and Melissa celebrated their 5 year wedding anniversary this year and they are still in LOVE. There wasn't a big trip taken or fancy restaurant but.......Chris was given a job at Perkins Coie LLC that day. Who could ask for more than that! Chris has worked so hard and it has really paid off. As we moved into this 3rd and final year of law school, much of the pressure we felt the past two years was gone. Yay for Mr. Smartiepants!!! Chris will graduate this spring of 2009 in the top of his class and then go on to take the bar. We plan on taking a much needed and much deserved vacation/honeymoon afterwards before he starts his job in downtown Seattle next fall.
Chris interned with Perkins Coie this summer before receiving a job offer. They treat their interns very well. Our favorite perk was having car rentals for free all summer and that meant free gas and a car to drive wherever we wanted every weekend. Chris got to see a Mariner game from a private suite, we went sailing, to some fun dinners, and on a great retreat to a brand new resort. It was so much fun. Chris has also had a more relaxed schedule this fall so we were able to see him a lot and the kids and I loved that, so we would go and do some spontaneous fun things now and then, and sometimes he would even skip school.....whoops! He is the best dad and an awesome husband. 
Melissa continues to stay crazy busy. Besides being a busy mom of two cute red heads, she still runs warnerportraits.com and she started another business this year, Word Boutique, a vinyl lettering company. She is having a blast with both businesses. She has been learning new techniques with photography that have really enhanced her portrait quality. The vinyl lettering is a lot of fun and she holds monthly craft nights which all of her regulars LOVE! Her business is growing and she is building a website that will be up and running hopefully in the near future, for now she has a blog...... http://www.word-boutique.blogspot.com/ She is also going to update her warnerportraits.com website, it's a bit overdue for new galleries! She loves being creative, trying new things, and loves planning parties for girl's night out. She loves doing fun playdates and parties with the kids and enjoys every stage of their life!
Brooklyn is our sweet heart. She is 3 1/2 and is very imaginative and creative. She draws really well, knows how to write her alphabet and letters....and she has even started to read. She enjoys her alphabet school she goes to once a week, as well as her creative dance class and gymnastics. She is really into High School Musical 3 and loves to sing all the songs and talks about "Troy", her boyfriend and pretends she is Gabriella. She is very smart and loves to play video games on the Wii, she is amazing at what she can do and figure out. She says Beckham is her best friend and they have a lot of fun together...their favorite thing to do is dance to the HSM3 soundtrack and terrorize our bird, Tweety. Brooklyn gets more beautiful everyday with her pretty blue eyes and gorgeous red hair with curls.
Beckham is the family jokster. He is just a crack up, always doing something silly and then makes sure he gets a reaction. He is a sweetie and still a cuddlebug even though the "boy" has come out in him. He loves to cuddle with mommy, but when daddy comes home, it's playtime! He loves to dance with Brooklyn and lights up whenever she comes in the room. He likes to tease her already but mostly just loves to play with her. He loves dinosaurs and loves to "roar" and chase us with his play dinosaurs. He loves animals and is so soft and cute with them. He is a cutie and we love him! 
We were able to do so many things this year with family. First, we got to go to Disneyland last January with Grammy Warner, we had a blast and can't wait to go back when Chris finishes the bar. Brooklyn loved it and still talks about seeing Mickey every single day! We went to Durango, CO with Chris' family for a week and it was so much fun. Melissa's brother, Ryan, got married in Glacier Park, Montana and we had a blast, I would recommend destination weddings to anyone! We went to AZ and MT a few times and always had a fun and enjoyable time. We also had visitors here too! We love that, as we get to explore and show the area to those that visit. We have found a lot of fun places with the kids and that has been so fun.
The Gray Family at Ryan and Staci's wedding in Glacier Park
The Warner cousins in Durango, CO
We have really grown to like Seattle and all it has offered us. The Lord truly knows our path better than we do, we had to put our trust in Him to make the move here and it has been incredible for us. We have made many amazing friendships and have been blessed by them. We hope this letter finds you well as we wish you a warm holiday season full of the Christmas spirit and a wonderful New Year.
Love,
The Warner's
Chris, Melissa, Brooklyn and Beckham
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Cute family! Have a very Merry Christmas and a great new year!
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