We hope you will enjoy . . .
“A Peek through the Window for Sights and Sounds at Our Homes”
December 2007
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39th Edition
972-618-0400 or 972-618-0600
We trust that you notice God’s blessings in your life
and His Peace in your heart. It’s
amazing that the God who holds the universe together still has time for
us! You are in our prayers because we
know you have had challenges this year, too.
We appreciate your friendship and want to hear from you.
The Albertsons:
Howard, Sharron, Heather Albertson
Herb, Jenny, Abigail, Ben, Celeste,
Daniel and Ezekiel Albertson
Shirlene, Jeff, Lacie, Andy and
Jacob Kazmaier
If you have time for only a glance, here is what we are
doing now. (Adjust your browser width to the length
of this line for best viewing.)
Howard - in
Sharron - in
Herb, Jenny,
Abigail (13), Ben (11 ˝), Celeste (8),
Daniel (5 ˝) and Ezekiel (21 mos.) - in
Shirlene,
Jeff, Lacie (6),
Andy
(3) and Jacob (7 mos.) Kazmaier - in
Heather - in Mumbai (
If you can
linger longer,
here are a few of the year’s events.
(Click on pictures to see a larger view.)
Howard
helping commercial and residential accounts to save money on their electricity
with Cirro Energy and Direct Energy; consulting on some new business ventures;
doing extensive and challenging legal research on-line and in web conferences
with countless others across the U.S.; dealing with the challenges of Type 2
diabetes; driving with Sharron to Olathe, Kansas to help when Jacob arrived at
the Kazmaier home; updating http://LifeChain.net
and publishing another GCRW yearbook with information Sharron collected
Sharron making hundreds of
calls as GCRW ways and means chairman, raising a record amount and being
“Unsung Hero of the Year,” co-hosting a reception for presidential candidate
Mike Huckabee; as children and pre-teen librarian at Richardson Church of the
Nazarene encouraging parents to read to their children for more family time
together – even if they can read by themselves; as Texas Life Chain director
and coordinator of LifeChain.net visiting with coordinators for 125 Life Chains
in Texas and with many of the coordinators in more than 1300 cities across the
U.S. and Canada, sending e-mails during late nights to friends, churches and
national organizations about this annual pro-life, prayer event on the first
Sunday of October
Herb helping students at ENC and
receiving an Exemplary Service Award; working on his Master's degree; coaching
Abi and Ben's spring soccer team and Ben’s fall U12 Championship team; rotating
weekly lunch dates in ENC's cafeteria with his kids; on the council for Eastern
Area College and University 
Business Officers as
registrar for the spring workshop; singing in the church choir when he can; Jenny in her fifth year leading a
South Shore home school group where she directed “Salute to America” musical
for the promotion ceremony; learning a lot as a home school teacher; teaching
children’s monthly missions classes and co-coaching quizzing; enjoying Mom's
Bible Study; serving on the District 
Nazarene Missions
International 
council; Abi in seventh grade, proud to
be taller than Jenny; in spring and fall soccer, track and quizzing; loving her
piano lessons and babysitting; participating in the Nazarene 30-Hour Famine
emphasis with her youth group and going on her first teen retreat; Ben in sixth grade, playing
spring and fall soccer as a goalie, running track, winning more trophies at
District and Regional Bible Quiz; amazing his parents with elaborate Lego
creations such as a Trojan horse; Celeste in third grade, also winning trophies at District
and Regional 
Quiz; in soccer and track,
taking piano lessons, 
enjoying reading and her
first summer as a camper; Daniel in kindergarten, learning numbers, finding that
reading is not hard and surprising his family with his computer skills;
beginning track and soccer; glad to ride Ben’s bike and explore outside; Ezekiel squealing his delight after
discovering how to chase his siblings; repeating everything he hears and
captivating everyone with his smile; all seven attending summer children's
camp in New Hampshire where they quoted Psalm 139 at the talent show; enjoying
Boston's awesome Fourth of July fireworks and trips to the nearby beach
Shari
settling into her new "profession" as a mom, still teaching at home
and at church; holding Mitch on a flight to Kansas to meet his new cousin Jacob
while also carrying unborn Mandi; planning changes in their enlarged home after
an August kitchen fire required major improvements, hoping to be moved back
into the house by Christmas; Eric studying for final classes before his
ordination in July, continuing sermon preparation and counseling appointments
while meeting with contractors, cooking and 
shopping after sleepless nights [watch his story at http://tinyurl.com/2hxpre]; Mitch
enjoying attention from neighbors and church friends who "need" to
hold him, glad to be walking in the woods behind their house in his “boops”
with Eric; singing “Happy... Happy…” (“Happy Birthday”) to everyone including
Elmo, also singing his version of Handel's “Hallelujah Chorus” with Shari; Amanda
Marie "Mandi" joining the family on Sept. 25 offering another
opportunity for sleep deprivation to her parents but giving lots of charming
smiles to doting friends and family including Grandma Sharron in North Carolina
to help for a week
Shirlene stepping back from
organizing the MOMS group at Olathe College Church of the Nazarene to prepare
for Jacob David to be born on May 16, glad to be getting into her
"regular" clothes and entertain friends; Jeff starting his own architectural firm, doing
projects for his former employer, adding new rooms in their attic between his
out-of-town business trips and meetings of the Nazarene District Properties
Board; both of them volunteering regularly in each of the kids' classrooms on Sundays; Lacie having a great time in
summer gymnastics 
and now in all-day
kindergarten at Christ Lutheran School learning Latin, singing scriptures, the
names of the states, 
the oceans; singing in her
choir at church; Andy having time with Mom when Lacie is at school,
telling her after finishing a jigsaw puzzle, “I made the whole universe and it
was great fun!” giggling and making up words, asking for another reading
of books; dressing up as a cowboy, clown
or construction worker; Jacob watching his siblings from his favorite bouncing
swing, delighted when he is the center of attention, tolerating his carseat
during the nine-hour trip to see Grandpa Howard and Grandma Sharron for
Thanksgiving
Heather spending
January and February 2007 in the U.S. for rest, meetings, speaking engagements
and travel; returning to Mumbai, India to work with many wonderful
organizations in coordinating six months of experiences for American 
interns in her position as team leader of the Heart of
God Children in Crisis Training program; traveling to cities in India -
Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi - as well as Dubai; enjoying living outside Mumbai where the India Life
Center is being built to house and train Indian believers who provide families
for orphans; realizing after three and one-half years on the field that her
desire to teach isn’t going away; sad to be leaving many wonderful friends in
India, but returning to the States in January 2008 to interview for
international teaching positions
Herb’s family planning “cousin time” at Jeff and
Shirlene’s in
Our e-mail
addresses are:
Howard – HA@nm-tools.com
Sharron – SJ@Albertson.WS
Herb & Jenny – Albertsons@CleanAirForKids.us
Eric & Shari – EJE1028@hotmail.com,
EarhartFamily@yahoo.com
Jeff & Shirlene –JKazmaier@Kaz-Assoc.com, SKaz@sbcglobal.net
Heather – HCAlbertson@Rocketmail.com
“The Lord bless
you and keep you . . . and give you peace.”
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