Newsletter Family

Yes, I married into a newsletter family. You know exactly what I mean by this! ....

Growing up we would get newsletters from people and we would just sit around and laugh, it may sound mean but sometimes people can really come across in a newsletter like 'we are SO awesome', look at all this awesome stuff we do. Anyhow, I never in a million years thought I would be sending a newsletter until I married an Urban :) Yes, Matt loves newsletters, Christmas movies, lighting our house up like its on fire, playing Christmas music from Thanksgiving onward to the New Year, sending every person he has ever met a Christmas gift etc etc. When he told he was starting a newsletter the first year we were married, I was like, NO WAY!!!!! I made fun of people like that. He was adamant about this and finally I was like, what hell, send away. And to my surprise, we get notes from so many people thanking us for sending one, especially family that we don't get to see as much as we would like, saying how much they enjoyed reading about it. So, I have warmed up to the idea. I realize there are people drinking their hot chocolate laughing away but sometimes you just have to join the jolly side so here you go....

Season’s Greetings from the Urbans

The end of the year has once again arrived and it is time to reflect back on all that we have done!  It has been a year filled with family, friends, travel, events, and new exciting additions to our family!  So many wonderful things have gone on, but we can’t wait for 2012 to be here!

Christy and I have been blessed and are so excited to announce that we will be parents to a new baby boy!  His name will be Brock Harrison Urban and the due date is January 1^st, 2012!  We have been slowly preparing for him to arrive over the last 9 months that his arrival is in just a few short weeks.  Who knows, you may be reading this card and he might have already joined us!  We are looking forward to having him in our lives and can’t wait for him to experience the many great things in this world.

  Christy is in her 6^th year at SumTotal Systems and is hard at work as always.  She is still very active in Junior League and various charities.  She also has been staying active and doing a lot of spinning over the last year.  I always kid with her that when Brock is born, he might come out and jump right on a stationary bike and pedal away!  Most of her time recently has been putting the finishing touches on the Nursery, which looks amazing.

Matt is in his eighth year at Yellowbook and has continued to manage a team in the North Florida area.  The company is rapidly changing and is growing in leaps and bounds!  He is still actively involved in the Quarterback Club supporting UF Athletics and has been working on his golf game more so than in the past.  With help from his family, this past April he built an outdoor Pergola and laid pavers in the back yard.  He also has dusted off his refinishing tools and he and Christy re-did a dresser for Brocks room!

 Zeke is excited and is preparing to be a big brother!  He said he might even share some of his Greenies with Brock… wait, he just said probably not.  He continues to watch The View during the day and enjoys a good piece of turkey and a nice long walk.

In between preparing for Brock, his showers, and working on his nursery, we were still able to travel a quite a bit.  This year we made it out to Denver to visit family and ski, headed across the pond to Ireland for a pint, sailed in the Caribbean to the Bahamas, enjoyed our favorite beaches on Anna Maria, and hit up the Big Apple to enjoy the sights and catch a few shows!

 We truly have been blessed over this last year with the love and support that our family and friends have shown us and can’t wait to share all the future moments with you as they come!  We hope this Christmas finds everyone well and that we don’t forget that Jesus is the reason for the season!

                                                                                                                                                                                       Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays,

                                           Matt, Christy, Zeke and Brock