Merry Christmas 2016

Dear Family, Friends and Loved Ones,

Merry Christmas from our home in Sandy, Utah!

May God bless all of us with peace and goodwill as we each strive
to do our part to "Light the World" this Christmas season! 

As much as we love and miss Africa, we are enjoying being home with family this holiday season

Christmas is the season to remember the birth of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ

Back at home where Christmas comes in the winter and we snuggle by the fireplace to keep warm

Visiting Santa Claus in the mall with our two grandchildren
from Arkansas - Lily (3) and Liam (3 mo.) - and mom Alyson

We are so happy and feel so blessed this Christmas - with two new grandchildren, Liam and Nora (number 35 and 36), both born after we returned home from our mission, and news that we will be great-grandparents in June, as our oldest granddaughter Amanda Ritter, is expecting! Truly, we are rejoicing in our posterity!

Nora Elizabeth Egan was born in Nampa, Idaho during Thanksgiving week to our son Robby and his wife Kelsey via our daughter Betsy, who served as the gestational carrier for them. Robby and Kelsey have moved from New York City to Portland, Oregon, where they will move into their new home for Christmas with Ollie and Nora.

We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year!

Love, Bob & Martha

Robby, Kelsey and Betsy with baby Nora in Nampa, Idaho

Grandpa with newborn Nora, who weighed 7 lbs 
1 oz at birth, more than double the birth weight 
of her two older brothers combined!