Refelctions

I have spent the last couple of days reflecting about the year that just ended. Many things happened this past year. 


We all turned another year older. It was hard to see another birthday come and go for the kids. It has gone by too fast! I am holding at 28! I think Todd is too! 

Dogs went missing and were found over 300 miles away!

I started my photography business. 

We vacationed. We played in the sand and soaked up the sun.

Illness seemed to rule a good part of the year. Colds, pneumonia, ear infections, re-do ear tubes, the unexplained mystery illness that landed Alexis in the hospital ER twice and a stay of 5 days, and others that need no explanation. 

This past year was full of milestones. Lexi started dance class. Brent finally learned how to ride a bike. Then, he started riding a dirt bike. 

We laughed. 

We loved. 

We celebrated. 

We cried. 

We grew closer as a family.

We made new friends and rekindled old friendships.


I look back on the past year and would not change much. Without all of the events of last year we would not be where we are today. See each of these events changed us. Some more than others, but without them we would not grow. We would not grow closer to one another. We would not grow closer to God, for without him we are nothing. We would not become who we are today. This year I questioned my faith a couple of times. A couple more times than I would like to admit, but in the end those moments of doubt led me to me finding my God again. For that I am blessed. This year I am not making a new year's resolution. I am going to look at 2010 as a year of promise. I am going to look at it with open eyes and an open mind! I am going to take the bad with the good. I am going to focus more on the positive and less on the negative. I am going to continue to pray. I am going to continue to hope. I can't wait to see what this year will bring us. So to everyone, Happy New Year!