2009 was filled with good memories…
January:: Justin and I {and baby John Martin} took a trip to Charleston with Erika and Chance to celebrate the wedding of a best friend.
February:: We prepared for a BIG yard sale, ate candy, made candy and wore lots of red!
March:: We baked a lot, had a yard sale, bought a new camera, Mom & Daddy Boy came to visit, it rained a lot, Morgan stopped sucking her thumb, we cut her hair, it rained a lot more, Chance hit his head HARD & thankfully survived.
April:: We talked a lot about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, made cookies, played softball, watched softball, and swam.
May:: We baked, we sewed, we went to the lake, we picked a lot of blackberries, and John Martin was baptized.
June:: We went to the beach, celebrated “Dad”, took the girls for sushi, met our friends from Rome, swam, and celebrated John Martin’s first birthday!
July:: We spent most of the month in Illinois at my parents farm, picking blueberries, running free, riding Gators, and enjoying the change of scenery. {I think July was my favorite of all the months!}
August:: We read a lot of books, swam, made Popsicles, started school, dressed JM like a girl 
, and the girls were treated to breakfast in bed.
September:: We worked on the exterior of our house, welcomed baby Sloane into the world, had “T” party, chilled with Justin’s “band” friends, and made a lot of sock monkeys!
October::We escaped to the beach before Mom and I took off for a weekend alone in Chicago where we spent time with Daddy Boy and old friends, and we ended the month with a fabulous week as a family at McBeach.
November:: We celebrated Morgan’s 5th year of life, went back to Chicago as a family, spent a wonderful Thanksgiving at home with Justin’s family, and got geared up for the Christmas season!
December:: We had fun doing Christmas crafts and memorizing Luke 2, enjoyed the girls “Christmas programs” at school, and had a wonderful time in Illinois with family we don’t see as often as we’d like.
I love looking back and seeing how the Lord orchestrates every minute of our lives, I love to see his hand at work, his blessings, and most of all his never-ending, never-failing grace.
and for 2010…
I am resolved to…
- be more consistent with: time in the Word and being in communion with God, the discipline of my children, house keeping {not cleaning– but keeping as in organizing}
- not ignore the Spirit of God
- improve my photography skills and save money for another lens or two, and maybe Photoshop
- be more intentional about having people in our home for meals
- teach my children more Scripture and large portions of it
- clean & organize the garage {again!}
- overhaul & organize my kitchen cabinets and closets
- get rid of half of my clothes
- plan and take my husband on a spend the night date
- keep Sloane over night so Erika and Chance can go on a spend the night date
- take each of the children on a spend the night date or all day date alone
- surprise each person of the family with something fun, something spur of the moment, something unexpected
- sew more and spend less
- readat least 1 book a month
- send a Christmas card… because this year I never did get my act together!
And maybe, just maybe, since I wrote them all down I can hold to them! Here’s to a fresh start, another chance, and a NEW year! Thank the Lord for new beginnings!!
Thank you for all your comments and encouragement in 2009, I really appreciate all your support, emails, and comments… you make the blog so much fun!!
