Just a moment ago my hubby, who is sitting on the next couch over, said "you need to update your blog honey. You haven't done anything since March." So here is an update my love. Not much to say and yet a lot of changes in our lives over the past year. I am so busy living life that I run out of time and steam to write about our life. We have had a very interesting year and it seems to me that we are finally settling into a routine for this new life, of course now that I have said something everything will change. For those of you who have known me for a long time you know how I feel about change, and how well I handle change. I will say that this is an area where I have grown and I know without a doubt that I still have more growing to do in this area as well. We took our annual summer trip to my grandma's cabin with our kids and grandma. Our friends came up for a couple of days to enjoy the water and cribbage games. We also only went camping 3 times last summer. Very unusual for us but hey unusual has become usual for us this last year. Last Thanksgiving we took a family vacation, with just the four of us, down to AZ to see my brother, sister-in-law, five year old niece and the newest addition to our family. Once I saw him I just couldn't help myself from nicknaming him Popeye. He was only 3 weeks old and he would do the cutest stretch while opening one eye. On the way down we stopped in Vegas (would never take the kids there again). We viewed the Grand Canyon. How anyone can see that and not stand in wonder of our awesome God just blows my mind. We went all the way down to Benson, AZ to see a cavern only to be told that the tickets were all sold out, to a school field trip. Then back up to Tucson to visit the Pima Air Museum. We would recommend this to anyone who visits the area even if you are not a aviation enthusiast. We then landed in Mesa and had a wonderful 2 bedroom suite with 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and front room. It was at the hotel that my SIL works and it was wonderful. I would highly recommend it. The kids especially loved the pool swimming at least twice a day. We enjoyed a full Turkey dinner, that my SIL's co-workers provided for us. We took all the kiddos to see The Muppet's and of course swam some more. As soon as we returned home it was time for Christmas. Christmas was different but good. There were some sad and hard moments but we made it through. Including a time where my son was struggling and when he said he needed a moment alone to compose himself he went down on his knees to talk to the ONE who could give him the comfort he needed. It was a moment where I was happy and sad at the same time. New Years Eve was also different. For the first time in 10 years we did not spend the evening at our home. Instead we rung in the New Year at our friends new home. (They now live only one mile away and we love it.)
Well that is what our year looked like in one long paragraph. I am looking forward to 2012 and all that this year will hold for us. I pray that through it all, the ups and the downs, everything I do and say will bring Glory to my Heavenly Father who has showed HIS faithfulness to me and my family this last year.
P.S. There is your update hunny.
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