New Year Happenings!

Man, 2010 sure did go by fast.  Looking back I didn't think it ever would end, but here we are and it's January 2, 2011.  Crazy!

We have a lot on our plate this year.  A lot of it in these next coming months.  First, we're hoping to close on our house the end of January.  If everything goes well with the septic inspection tomorrow, we'll be settling on the house the last week of the month.  We weren't able to get the roof repaired by the sellers, but we decided that loosing this place over $6,000 - give or take - wouldn't be worth it in the long run.  So we'll either get a roofer to replace the roof, or Nick and a few guys from church will try and tackle replacing it.  Who knows.  Nick feels a little overwhelmed by becoming a homeowner.  There are a lot of projects for him to do since this house, even though it's in pretty decent shape, truly is a fixer.  There is wallpaper to take down, a skylight to take out (hopefully!! Hate those things!), light fixtures to be updated, carpets to replace eventually, and a whole mess of other things that we'll eventually get to as we live in the house.  However, with a full acre of land, we're looking forward to the play space for the boys, a garden for us, and plenty of room for whatever else we feel necessary!!! 

I am praying this year for a better year of health for our children.  It seemed that for a good part of the year the boys were on some sort of antibiotic or medicine.  I felt like I lived at the pediatrician's office.  To solve Bennett's ear troubles, he's been referred to have tubes put in.  Not sure yet when that will happen, but hopefully soon.  Spencer probably has a peanut allergy, but we'll find out for sure when we take him to the allergist.  If he is allergic, I'm hoping that it's something he will grow out of.  He cries for a peanut butter sandwich.  Breaks my heart.  He loves those things!  Tanner, I'm just hoping that he'll stay as healthy as possible, and that he outgrows this aversion to taking medicine. 

Then there is the birth of our fourth son.  We're looking forward to that, but also thinking that this might be it for us.  Who knows for sure.  We're just praying that he's healthy and strong like his brothers.  I looking forward to having this part of my life done with, and start moving on to really raising my kids and watching them grow!

We're also anticipating things to not necessarily go our way, but we'll take on those things one at a time.  But we're hoping that things go in our favor.  We're looking forward to a year of being poor in money, but rich in blessings!  Happy new year everyone!!