2010

Another year has come and gone.  Holy smokes.

I love new beginnings.  I love the feeling of a fresh start – of being able to start over and try again or keep going with something that is working.  I love setting new goals & trying new things.  The beginning of a new year triggers something in me – the “i must get everything organized and every project done right away” side of me kicks in.  I’m ready to paint more of the house, decorate, take more pictures, be a better wife/mom, devote more time to scripture reading & teaching Nate & Ryan . . . all kinds of things that I get to do in 2011.

Sometimes it’s fun to take a look back as you move forward.  2010 was a pretty eventful, exciting, exhausting & fun year for us.  Here’s a recap:

. we MOVED in to our new house.  We love our house and our neighborhood.  We have the BEST neighbors right outside our door.  They are pretty awesome.  We occasionally miss the lower bills at our old house but we sure do love where we are.

. We had BABY RYAN.  It’s no secret that babies are hard for me.  This is where the exhausting comes from in 2010.  But what a magical year a baby’s first year of life is.  It’s full of so much joy and change and it’s just great.  I can’t believe he’s so big already.

. We took many trips to the CABIN.  We love it up there.  It’s a nice break from the day-to-day [and heat in the summer] and we continue to make some great memories up there.

. We went to the LAKE with the Griffeths for a week.  One of our favorite weeks of the year, for sure.

. We had some Griffeth visitors from Georgia . . . Wes’ parents in January and Wes’ brother Spencer & his family in April.  Come back soon!  We also had great friends come and visit which we always love.  We wish we saw everybody more often.

. We had our annual long weekend in Utah with the Andrus clan.  Another favorite few days of the year.

. Nate has turned in to quite the 3 year old.  He gets funnier and sassier by the day.  He started preschool this year which has been great to watch him love to learn.  I sure do love that crazy boy.

. We got new callings at church – Sunday school teacher & Primary Secretary.  We are enjoying our new ward but will always miss seeing the people in our old ward regularly.

. We’ve made some new friends and continue to enjoy the old ones, too.

. We had some fun times with the Marz clan in Vegas.  Looking forward to many more in 2011.

. Wes & I both still enjoy our jobs and glad that we both still have one.

Looking forward to a great 2011!  Happy New Year!