Happy New Year

Wishing each and everyone a wonderful and blessed new year! Good bye 2009 and hello 2010!

Here's a collage of our year in review! There is a picture from each month in it!

What a year 2009 was!!! I can't believe it flew by so very fast either! But it sure has!

2009 Review

Jan: Daddy was off a lot, and we spent a lot of time playing at the park! We had lots of warm days and not very many cold ones. The girls had portraits taken and we gained some new friends, from that very day! Mommy turned 33.

Feb: Valentines came and went! And it was Daytona time!

March: We had fun making green cookies for St Patty's Day. Lil E feel totally in love with the horses! We spent some time with Mamaw and Grandaddy, for his surgery. Bio mom surrendered her rights.

April: Spring is here! Easter egg hunts and lots of fun! Daddy was offically laid off. Race Season strated at Route 66 and daddy started helping JT.

May: Mommy and the girls started going to the races with daddy. It was our Memorial Day family reunion and we got to spend some time with Debbie and Emmaleigh! Can you believe it was 1 year ago that we got our sweet Lil K and she is 18 months old now!

June: Lots of summer fun and too much rain for race season! Mamaw and Grandaddy came to visit us too!

July: We had lots of July 4th fun! We didn't get to go racing, but we had lots of fun just hanging out! Daddy turned 35! And we went to Dallas for a week! It was lots of fun visiting everyone! We went to Incredible Pizza, to The Little Farm, Spray Water Park, and just had fun hanging out with the family! and can you believe it, all parental rights were officially terminated and we are moved to Adoption for Lil K.

August: Where did time to! We went shopping for fall and all. Still can't believe how much time has passed us by. Daddy is very busy at work. We got things ready for Lil E to start Pre School. Enjoyed a little more race season! And it was Lil E's adoption Anniversary!

Sept: What a fun and exciting month! We started it off at the local carnival! Then can you believe my sweet Lil E started Preschool! And even more she turned 5 and was the flower girl in a wedding too! We had her birthday party and we went to see our new home for the first time!

Oct: It was a busy month of packing! Pumpkin patches and trick or treating! And Grandma and Papa came to visit! They even got to go see our new house too! It was such a special treat for them to visit us! We were so very happy!

Nov: OH WOW, we moved into our new place! And things really started rolling in the adoption process! More visits and homestudies to get us to the end! We had a great thanksgiving with all our family! And can you believe Lil K turned 2!

Dec: We visited Santa at the mall, Celebrated 10 years of marriage, Santa visited our home. We fought the terrible h1n1 flu! Lil E injured her foot! We celebrated Jesus Birthday! We had so much fun doing all sorts of Christmas stuff! And we finally got snow on Christmas Eve! We braved the crazy Texas Blizzard to travel home for Christmas! We had more Adoption stuff to do too! It is going to be final really soon!

What a year we have had! And these are just a few of the highlights! We have been hit with lots of personal loss and gains this year, in many different areas! We have grown as a family in more ways than we thought possible! And we have had seen some very close and dear people really struggle! But we know that God is with us, and will get us through every trial or as Daddys says rub in this race of life we live! (his quote is rubbing is racing, and these are just our rubs in our race of life!) This is true!

As for 2010 what lies ahead for us? Well we will be able to finalize our adoption of Lil K! And making the most out of every bit of life we can!

As for my list of resolutions, I am not going to sit here and make a huge list of crazy things! But what i will say is this, I have learned to not sweat the small stuff, or take life for granit. I will cherish every moment and spend as much time as I can with those close to me. I will life live to the fullest and do what I need to be healthier, so that I am able to be the best mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend that I can be! I have a goal to get back to scrapbooking. Growing in my walk with Christ. And doing all I can to make the most special memories for those I love!

Wishing everyone a very Happy and Blessed 2K10!

Hugs and Blessings,