The Christmas Letter

For those who missed the print version:

Based on your longstanding friendship with the David Overly Family, you have been selected to receive a ballot for the 2012 Overly Awards.  (You’re welcome!)  Upon completion, ballots should be returned to us at (home address)*

Best thing about living in Utah (select one):

□   For the first time in five years, we didn’t have to pack up and move (hallelujah!)

□   We don’t have to deal with airport security to visit family and no one in our minivan cares if the kids are crying

□   We can watch LDS General Conference in our pajamas

Best lesson in patience (select one):

□   David, for trudging through two more busy seasons at Big Prestigious Company

□   Bonnie, for cleaning up after innumerable twin-related disasters

□   Bonnie, for teaching Michael how to tie his shoes

Biggest accomplishment of the year (select one):

□   Bonnie, for successfully potty-training the twins

□   Bonnie, for successfully potty-training the twins

□   Bonnie, for successfully potty-training the twins (What, you think someone else should win this one??)

Funniest thing to come out of 6-year-old Michael’s mouth (select one):

□   “Mom, I finished cleaning my room!  Don’t look under my bed, okay?”

□   Trying to decide between marrying his friend, Samara, or his friend, Clara:  “Mom, can I marry two girls?”

□    To dinner guests:  "My dad's been caught by the police three times!"

Best thing about Michael learning to speak French in the language immersion program at school:

□   If we are ever stuck in France, Michael will be able to ask where the bathroom is

□   We have an excuse to eat more pastries

□   We can now sound more intellectual by legitimately using phrases like “joie de vivre” and “soupe du jour”

Most creative disaster concocted by our almost 3-year-old twins, Matthew and Leah (select one):

□  The one where Matthew opened the garage freezer, turned the temperature to “off” and then shut the door, resulting in over $100 of ruined food and Mom spending an hour scraping rotted chicken guts and soggy roll dough off of every shelf

□ The one where Leah and Matthew performed what can only be described as a “spice dance” in the kitchen, using entire jars of cumin, ginger, and red pepper flakes,  and, as a bonus, a bottle of blue food coloring

□  The one where Leah and Matthew were caught naked on the bathroom counter, up to their knees in a sink overflowing with soapy water, rubbing a stick of butter all over each other and the mirror

Most difficult disaster to clean (select one):

□  Butter smeared all over the inside of the toaster

□ White-out painted (and dried) all over the kitchen bar stools

□ Vaseline smeared on the carpet

Cleaning product which has done the most to ensure the twins’ continued survival (select one):

□ Mr. Clean Magic Erasers

□ Clorox Wipes

□ Little Green Carpet Cleaner

Best Way to Keep In Touch With Us (select all) :

□  Send us an email at (email address)

□ Check our blog: www.overlys.blogspot.com

□ Call us at one of our phone numbers:

     Home:   xxx-xxx-xxxx

     David Cell:  xxx-xxx-xxxx

     Bonnie Cell:  xxx-xxx-xxxx

We Want to Wish You (select all):

□ A Merry Christmas

□ A joyful New Year

□     Scales that have been set back ten pounds

*Don’t worry, you don’t actually have to return the ballot (unless you want to, of course - in which case, drop it off in person and stay for a visit!)   

Love, The Overlys

David, Bonnie, Michael, Matthew and Leah