Our Christmas newsletter 2007

Merry Christmas to everybody! This year was an exciting one for us. For the first time, we got to visit New York. We saw Niagara Falls, the Adirondack Mtns, and many other beautiful places there, but the definite highlight of the trip was the wonderful people we met. We also visited Minnesota, spending time with Deb’s family and playing music. People up north like bluegrass! After our New York trip, we headed to East Texas and as usual enjoyed ourselves there with very friendly people. We stayed in Arkansas for most of the time, spreading our brand of bluegrass music in churches, state parks, bluegrass festivals, on television, etc. We’ve had a great time!
Anna is 18 now. She decided to hold off on going to college because music is what she wants to do. Aaron is 17. He’s still working full-time for a surveyor in Arkadelphia. At age 15, Josiah has passed everybody else up in height. He’s 6’2 1/2” tall, and getting better on the fiddle all the time. Daniel’s 14th birthday is this month. He just got a new dobro in November, so he has been playing it as much as he plays the mandolin. (We used to keep him on the mandolin most of the time.) Abby is 12 years old, growing taller and becoming an accomplished guitarist and singer. And Micah, just a month shy of five years old, has lost both of his front bottom teeth already. He says that makes him a big boy now! He just started playing the fiddle on stage this fall.
The Lord has been so good to our family. Every year, we want to stop to say thank-you to Him, because He really is the author of all our blessings.
We really appreciate all of your support and prayers, and hope to see you down the road this next year! Our current schedule can be found on our website: www.hartleyfamilybluegrass.com. Anna did a great job on the website and even has songs on there that you can download if you have patience or a high-speed Internet connection.
God bless you. ---The Hartley Family (Tom, Deb, Anna, Aaron, Josiah, Daniel, Abby, & Micah)


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