Important note from EVAN:

You'll never believe what happened the other day!  A little fella with pointy ears was peeking in our window. When I went outside to catch him, he got away. But in his haste he dropped a clipboard with the following report on it. Evidently that little guy has been keeping close tabs on our family all year!

So instead of writing out the typical "Family Footesteps" this year, I thought I would simply insert Santa's elf report in its place. I also included various snapshots that we took throughout 2002 so that you could do a little "peeking" into our family adventures as well.

P.S. I sure hope that our little elf had an extra copy of his report to submit to Santa--I don't want to find any coal in my stocking on Christmas morning! (By the way, that authentic North Pole clipboard is up for auction on eBay.)

Date:  12/18/02
To:     S. Claus
From:  Elf # 52153
Re:     Year End Naughty/Nice Report for the Evan Foote Family

Permission granted to proceed with the manufacture and delivery of various toys and goodies for the following subjects (chunks of coal may be safely stored for another year.)  Each family member has complied with the rubric for niceness, with specific instances for each family member outlined below.

Individual Analysis:

Subject #1:  Evan L. Foote
Role:           Father
Age:           49 (Hits the big 5-0 next May)
Email:          evanfoote@aol.com

Notes:        
Passed a ministry milestone by celebrating 25 years of ministry with Pomerado Christian Church/ Passed a kidney stone without too much complaining in Feb/ helped church add several significant improvements last year, including beautiful new playground and fellowship courtyard/ helped establish a homework club service outreach to a local elementary school/ had fun with GPS receiver and geocaching activities.

Subject #2:  Linda C. Foote
Role:           Mother
Age:            Not available
Email:          lcfoote@sdcoe.k12.ca.us
Notes:
Hit a milestone birthday in May while at daughter Kara's graduation/ Took Evan and Amy with her on a business trip to NYC for Scholastic, Inc./ continued teaching uses of technology in curriculum development with PUSD/  developed family web Christmas Card; helped drive many miles on family road trip to Chicago over summer/ worked tirelessly to establish daughter, Kara in her first apartment in Lombard, IL/ chronicled family events through digital photography hobby.

Subject #3:  Joshua A. Foote
Role:           #1 Son
Age:            25
Email:          ppuff53@hotmail.com
Notes:        
Dazzled churchgoers with hilarious and insightful video productions to enhance the Sunday messages/ entertained coffee house patrons with original songs and poetry including Pompeii Ruined my Day, Bomb Shelter, and I taught My Monkey How to Hypnotize/ captivated students with the excitement of learning and some pretty wild PowerPoints (See Park Village Elementary School, Bob Greenamyer's Class) as he completed student teaching/ graduates with his California Teaching Credential this month/ Drives regularly to Pepperdine University to maintain relationship with Jessica  (for further info see the Bramlett Family report)

Subject #4:  Kara E. Foote
Role:           #2 Daughter
Age:            23
Email:           karafoote@hotmail.com
Notes:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wheaton College in May '02/ worked as an Education Instructor at Sea World in the summer/ In July began as 1st year medical school student at Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago, receiving their "Ignation Scholar Award"/ helps maintain an apartment with Joy and Elizabeth in Lombard IL (see Eberhardt and Gulliford family reports) / flew home for cousin Natalie's wedding/ brought home a special guy named Chris for Thanksgiving in CA, (see Ebersole family report)

Subject #5:  Amy M. Foote
Role:           #3 Daughter
Age:            Sweet 16
Email:           amersnoowq@aol.com
Notes:
Is a Junior at Poway High/ Sings soprano for the school's premier singing ensemble, Die Lieders/ Also sings regularly for the church worship team/  traveled to NYC, Chicago, Seattle, Palm Springs, and Canada, posing for photos at Starbuck's at each/  Tried out for and was accepted into the Southern California Honors Choir/  received further honors by being inducted into the California All State Honor Choir/thinks New York is one of the coolest places on earth!