gOoDbYe 2011

dontcha just love new beginnings???

i do...

tonight is the last night of 2011

we have been through so much this year...

we have moved to a new community

our children have started public school for the first time in four years

we bought a golf cart

we have truly slowed down

we are beginning to savor life a bit

god is so good

he is...

forever faithful

always soooo patient

here

present

with us

i am so grateful that he is all of those things

where would I be without him

he is the creator of new beginnings

how lucky we are

he created 

a new minute

a new hour

a new day

none of us is promised anything

we only have this moment

embrace it

cherish it

live it

but this evening, i am looking forward to a new year

i want to take some of the good things from 2011

i want to leave some of the not so good things in 2011

i want to make some improvements in 2012

thank you god for new beginnings

may he bless and keep you thoughout 2012

Isaiah 43:18-19

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. 

oH hApPy DaY!!!

Just received the iPad2 for Christmas from the Company I have with my brothers. 

It is a really cool device!!!  

So, I'm trying to learn the ways of my new toy.  

I will be back shortly.  

I have a lot to say.

xoxo

cHaNgEs...

we moved in september...

we moved

from a house we own

that was built in 1927

to a rental

that was built in 1800 and something...

we moved from a small town

to a speck in the road

my kids went from

being homeschooled

to public school

for the first time in four years

we still own our house on Getty

we just painted it

for the special person who will buy it

its beautiful

it has a new kitchen

new bathrooms

a new roof

new siding

it will go for sale in January

the rental is awesome

it is on an old fort

it has tons of history

it is big enough for all our stuff

it has a screened in front porch

it has walls two feet thick made from solid stone

it has a really ugly kitchen and

bathrooms that aren't necessarily convenient

and I.LOVE.IT!!!!

what i'm saying is that we have made some big changes....

and guess what...

i have NEVER felt god's presence more

he is good

all.the.time...

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

-Romans 8:28



gRaTeFuLnEsS...

i want to thank my emily

she has worked hard...

very hard...

to bring my blog to today's look

she is awesome...

she is cleaver...

she is busy...

she loves me...

she wants me to have a special place...

just for me

so...

today i am thankful for my beautiful talented girl

God really knew what he was doing when he blessed me with her

the creator of the universe KNEW he would be able to love me perfectly through her

i love you beautiful girl!!!!

thank you