So it is 2010. I'm pretty excited about this year.
I know of 5 weddings we will attend. A few of our friends will become parents! (Yay!) Casey will graduate and Gavin and Peyton will begin new adventures of their own in school. It's all exciting to me.
I don't usually set New Years' Resolutions.....it's just not my thing. This year, I am, however, setting some new goals for our family. Our sons are all growing up, therefore the things necessary to 'grow them' in Christ are constantly changing. What worked last year simply will not work in 2010.
So.....we are challenging our family to minister more. There are so many ways to minister to those around us, and we want to show them to our children. We have lacked in this area, I am afraid. Sometimes we get so busy 'being Christians' that we simply neglect to 'be a Christian.' We don't know how to do it perfectly, but intend on trying until we get it right. We have three wonderful sons with unlimited potential and it is our solemn responsibility to bring it to fruition. I am very excited by the possibilities this year brings us. Very EXCITED!
This New Year brings Hope in the treatment of our Heidi and her fight with Leukemia. During this year, she will finish the current phase of treatment (Consolidation), be reevaluated and begin the next phase. We are HOPEFUL, in faith BELIEVING that all will go as expected and Heidi will soon be Cancer-free! We are so very HOPEFUL for not only Heidi, but so many other brave little souls we have met since October with these dreaded diseases. We constantly pray for these children and ask all our friends to do so as well. Even if you don't know all their names, God does.
We will be welcoming a new member in our family at the end of this year....and not how some might think. Our Casey is getting married!!! We are so very excited about this. Christiane is a wonderful girl, already our daughter in so many ways. She fits into our family wonderfully in a way that only God could have orchestrated. The only thing I dread about them getting married is that they won't be eating supper here every night.It makes me sad thinking about it.
"The Wedding" as it is referred to around here- is going to take place December 4, 2010. We are busy planning and dreaming. Very exciting. We never thought we would have this much input in any of our children's weddings since we have all boys. I must admit- it is SO FUN! We are praying that God will help us to provide for this wedding the way we would like. Marriage is so honored in the sight of God and we are so happy and proud of Casey & Christiane. They are both devoted Christians....and we want so much to honor this on this very special day.
I plan to blog more about this year, so that we can remember some of the crazy times we had planning the wedding.
So- no resolutions, just LOTS and LOTS of BIG PLANS!
