New year and new things, oh so many!

Well it is a new year, and this year will hold many new and exciting things for our family.

To start with, we started the new year in Seattle. Celebrated Amanda's 19th birthday on the 31st. and then welcomed the new year. We also purchased Phillips wedding suit while we were there. (Had to hold back the tears) it was a grand moment! Phil wouldn't let us take any photos, but we wanted to! 

The new year holds many new things... such as:

1. Our New Car, we got a new VW Jetta, so we are having fun driving that, kinda weird though, it is the first time we have gotten a car without thinking will this work of a car seat, or can all the kid's friends fit or maybe, we need a bigger car to hold all the luggage and the dog! We still have our suburban and will keep that for a while. But we feel so young and sporty with this little, sleek black car! 

2. Our Son and Our Nephew are getting married in the same year! (I will mention more later)

3. Our son is graduating from college! 

4. Our daughter is doing some amazing things with her art and photography. This will be an amazing year for her to develop her photography business and make more things to sell on her Etsy account! 

5. Bill's Job is going like gang busters so it will be a crazy year for him, but in the end hope it ends up being the best year yet for his product.

6. We add Aimee to our family!

7. I'm going to try to finish up all my scrapbooking, at least the projects that I've started!

8. I want to be reading my Bible daily and memorize scripture. Right now Iam working on 2 Timothy 3:16-17  and IJohn 5:12.

9. I want to exercise more...for obvious reasons as I really need to get into better shape, but I also have two weddings to go to, so what better motivation! ( I will ride my exercise bike right after I post this!)

10. One of the biggest events for our family is that Phil and Aimee will be married in July!

so there is alot of exciting things to do to prepare for this wonderful day!

So that is 10 new and exciting things for our family this year..... I am sure I will think of some more so I will add more as I think of them to the list. 

The year is not always easy and exciting... We have some hard things to do this year too.

In May Phil will also go thur Jaw surgery and the difficult 6 week recovery time, just in time for his wedding.

I have the difficult task of helping my mom and dad thru some serious emotional issues they are dealing with.  My family has struggled with this for years, and it seems as it has gotten worse before it gets better. Although I do see glimpses of God working in our family!

We have many big financial commitments we have to take care of and figure out how to pay for this year, so I may be looking for a job to help with this. 

And if I get a job, I may have to discontinue some of my other responsibilities I have with as a youth leader or as a bible study leader. Not sure if I can handle doing both.

I also may need to get glasses.  My vision has been stellar for near 45 years! so guess that is amazing at that, but I have always had perfect vision, and when I was in my twenty's I had more that perfect vision... now I have to use readers to read at night, as my eyes are having trouble focusing on those tiny words. So when did the words get smaller! ugh! 

So the year is full of good and not so good things, but I guess that is usually what makes up for year! 

So as I bring in this new year with prayer and excitement, I also ask God to continue to bless me and my family as we embark on the new year!

Blessings~