It's been a pretty good year! :)

It has been a good year, overall my family has been happy and healthy (even though I am going through a yucky cold right now) God has really blessed us and even when the times are tough and we each struggle, God is always good and I thank Him for that.

This year we did alot more hunting than the year before, it really feels good to be doing what we love! Jim turned 48, I turned 40 and Zach turned 16 (yikes!) Jim worked a lot, he is a great provider and I love and appreciate him so much for that, he went shooting a lot and we did get to hunt a lot more for him (and us). I started college for the first time in my life, learning ASL is a dream come true for me :)  I was a full time mom and wife keeping up with these two guys of mine is not easy, I love it but it takes up a lot of my time LOL. I love being a wife to Jim and a mom to Zach.  Zach kept busy doing cross country and track, which he LOVES. He has mainted his great grades (all A's and A+) He is such a great guy.

The year 2009 has had it's sad and hard moments too, being distant from family (emotionally and physically) is hard, I miss family that has chosen not to be a part of my life but I figure they have their own struggles too. Getting my abnormal cell results from the mole and being scared about that and going through whatever treatment the Lord sees fit these next few months.  I am hoping to learn from those hard times and pray that I can continue to get through these different and challenging "moments". But I don't want to FOCUS on the negative, I mean we all have that in our lives but I want to continue to focus on the positive :)

For 2010? gosh, I pray that we are healthy still, I want to grow even closer with my immediate family, I want to sew and scrapbook more than I ever have (now that I have a new sewing machine!) I want to keep learning ASL, I want to become more confident in myself, I want to run several 5K's, I want to continue to appreciate all the little things in my life and continue to see God's blessings that He gives to me. I could have shared a 1000 pictures to recap on 2009 (because I take a ton of photos!) but this post would be very loooong!

Here is a picture of us from today (with 1 of the 4 dogs!)

Hugs and love you all!

Comments

[Dee]

I love hearing what the Lord has been doing in your life and in your heart!

My 2010 wish for you is that all of your wishes come true...that you honor Him in everything...good and bad...and continue to love and serve your family with that huge heart of yours!