Welcome 2009

This New Year has come so quickly. I still feel like I am stuck in June - sure wish it was June weather. So much has happened this year that I do not even know where to start in explaining at how amazing God has been. All I know is that I look back and I can see where the visible hand of God has carried me through some of the darkest days of my life.

As I was pondering this new year, I was looking for a new slide show on my blog page and every adjective that I entered it just wasn't good enough. The best way that I can describe my outlook for this year is summed up in a sunrise. You see a sunrise represents something that is new. Every single day, the sun rises and chases away the darkness. The bad no longer has room to grow because the light brings the good.

This year I choose to walk towards the light. Many different things crossed my path in 2008 that I began to feel like I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. I now feel the freshness of the New Year. So I refuse to be afraid of the past, but willing accept was in store for the future.

2009 is going to ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008 in Reflection

January
- Went to Landmark
- Kaylay turned 21
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- Worked 2 nanny families
- School full time

February
- Sweet Uncle Bob passed away
- Poppa came to town
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- School full time
- Down to 1 nanny family more than full time

March
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- Took over Jr Quizzing
- School full time

April
- Kaylah's journey started
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- Poppa came to town
- School full time

May
- Went to L.A. for Amy's birthday
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- Poppa came to town
- School full time

June
- missed mom & dad
- Jr Quizzers placed to go to Nationals
- Attended Summons to Sacrifice
- Started working for Winds of Pentecost
- School full time
- I turned 25

July
- Jr Quizzers go to Nationals
- Mom comes home
- Tessa & Kandra here for the summer
- Kaylah's surgery
- Missed Dad
- School full time
- Tessa turned 20
- Kandra turned 17

August
- Mom still here
- Tessa & Kanrad still here
- Mk Retreat
- School full time
- Missed Dad
- Pappa & Narn in town
- Aunt Nancy came to visit

September
- Mom's surgery
- Mom, Tessa & Kandra go back to Tanzania
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- School full time
- Back to the nanny family now part time
- Amy came to town

October
- Went to General Conference
- School full time
- Amy came to town
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj

November
- Happy Thanksgiving with Shirleys & Nickels
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- Amy came to town
- School full time

December
- Merry Christmas with Howells
- Missed mom, dad, tess & kanj
- Pastor had open heart surgery
- Laid off from the nanny family