If a picture is worth a thousand words, we hope this video will convey the amazing year our family has had and the blessings we enjoy with one another.

The music for the movie is the recording of Krista's new Christmas song, "Hallelujah," which she and Erik performed together at a recording studio this month.

You can hear more of Krista's music, and enjoy free downloads of all her mp3's and sheet music at her website, http://www.kristabaer.com/

Baer Family Christmas Letter 2010

Well, we are finally abandoning the age old ritual of snail mail Christmas letters and publishing our yearly review online instead. The reasons for this are many, I will mention only a few.

1: I never manage to get the letter mailed off in time and it ends up being a New Years or sometimes even a Valentines Day letter.

2: You try going to the post office with 4 kids and standing in December-length lines. No thank you.

3: Postage is just too darn expensive.

4: So many more of you will actually get the letter this year, instead of me getting half of my letters back as "undeliverable" because I don't have your correct address.

I hope you will forgive me for giving up this particular tradition. And even if you don't forgive me, I hope you enjoy our yearly review nonetheless.