2010

Yes it has been forever since I have blogged. Not do a public flogging of me (haha flogging for my blogging!) but I want to get caught up. I guess life got the better of me the second 1/2 of the year. Seems like every free minute I have is doing something other than for myself, or for something I like... like blogging! :) I'll have to post a whole slew of pictures so I can get caught up as well. Let's see though.... life in general just went south there towards the end of the summer last year. Dave was laid off along with thousands of other people from American Express. He had worked there for 10 years. It was a rough time. But interestingly enough we were feeling very calm and definitely had the presence of our Father in Heaven in letting us know we would be taken care of. For the first time in our marriage Dave's frugal abilities truly paid off. We had a good severance and enough savings to get us through several months. We were so blessed to have Dave get a new job with a company called AdvancedMD in September. He really LOVES this new job! He loves the people, being at a smaller company and the job that he is doing so much better. It is nice to see him happy again and excited to go to work every day. Oh and Dave got the most exciting thing of all, a new car! He has never had a new car in his life and he totally loves driving it the full 10 minutes to his new job! lol In our household we call it "precious". I'll have to post pics of Precious coming up. (See I'm reeling you in with my teasers). Matthew turned 9 and started 3rd grade this year. Maren went off to Kindergarten in the fall which leaves me and Will at home. He is still my fun loving (super challenging :-) Mr. Willis. But we have fun together. He is getting a little more mellow, if that is possible. Although he still jogs to everything rather than walking. Whether he is in the house or outside he is jogging. He doesn't have a slow button. I'm still doing Primary Presidency and I absolutely LOVE it! I have wonderful presidency that I adore. I really love the kids and I just love the Spirit I feel in there. I also ended the year with doing another tree in my Mom's honor. It was entitled "The Bells of Ireland", for various reasons. It was an all green themed tree and I think it was one of our best masterpieces. It was one of the neatest things that I have done in life. It's an honor to do it for my Mom and it is a joy in knowing that the money is going to all those kids at Primary Childrens. Also the added bonus is doing it with my sisters who I absolutely love! What would I do without them?! We had a great Christmas and are enjoying the new year. Except for the fact that we have already (and yes this is true) paid out 1000 dollars in medical during the month of January for a lovely sickness that went through our house. I don't think the inversion helped, but everyone but me was having major breathing issues with many in office breathing treatments and 3 ear infections! Oh the joys! But we are all healthy now and doing much better. And yes, how can I even forget this topic...American Idol. I look forward to the upcoming season and you know I'll be commenting on that frequently. Although, with my track record thus far, not sure if I'll be having a weekly post. Anyway, shoot me a line to let me know if you even still read this blog! If not, me and the crickets I hear chirping will enjoy still writing it. More updates and pics to come!