Well today is the last day of 2008, I think I will cry. sniff, sniff. 2008 was a blessed year for us and I cherish all that happened during these past 365 days. Here are the highlights of our year. What was intended for evil, God made into something good.
Year in Review-2008
January- I don't remember much about January except that it was cold. LOL
February- we celebrated Micah's 1st birthday, can't believe my little man is growing up on us. We had lots of family come and see us for his birthday.
March- got a nice tax return back from uncle Sam. whoo hoo
April- I spent most of April and May traveling to North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Utah.
May- I spent a lot of this month traveling as well. Alexis ended a rough year of kindergarten. Her teacher was one that should not be teaching and we finally realized that she did not belong in the public school system based on events that transpired under a teacher's watch. We interviewed with the administration of Family of Faith to have Alexis attend there in the fall.
I received a word from God from an elder at church and was given a dream to confirm the word.
June- We kicked off June with a magical family vacation to Disney World in Florida. This trip was one of many firsts. Michele, Alexis and Micah had never flown before nor had they ever been to Florida. I had never been to Florida either. We had never taken a family vacation and I have never spent that much $$ on anything other than non-fun things like cars, houses and student loans. It was definately a vacation to remember. I also celebrated my 33rd birthday and Alexis was accepted into Family of Faith christian school. I celebrated my 1 year anniversary with my company.
July- Michele and I celebrated our 9th anniversary, wow! I can't believe it has been that long. I will say this, there definately have been good and bad times, ups and downs, but has been worth every minute. Lots of lessons learned and definately some growing pains, but in the end it has been well worth it.
August- I was offered a part-time position as the head coach for Family of Faith christian school Junior High boys and girls basketball and the assistant head coach for Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball. Alexis started 1st grade at Family of Faith Christian School.
September- Not too much happened during this month and again, time continues to fly by and I am forgetting more and more. :) ***Addendum***I am sooooo stupid! I forgot my wife's birthday. I can't believe it. Geez and I was doing so well. We celebrated Michele's 31st birthday.
October- I spent a week in Park City, Utah for our user's conference. Alexis was busy with Christian Lyrical dance. Michele felt that the Lord was instructing her to quit her fulltime job and stay at home with Micah. It is amazing to see God working even during negative circumstances. Michele was obediant and brought Micah home from daycare and started receiving orders for her cake business. God is faithful!
I helped coach in my first basketball game and had to miss Halloween with the kids.
November- This month started with a lot of anxiety due to the surgery Micah went through to have tubes put in his ears. Both Michele and I did not want to have him go through this procedure, but it has definately been worth it. Micah can hear better and his speech is getting better, Praise God! Our little girl is no longer little. :( Alexis turned 7 on November 19th! We celebrated her birthday with grandparents from both sides, her aunt Ashley and cousing Payton along with a few family friends. We traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma to celebrate Thanksgiving with Michele's parents, brother and his wife.
December- I spent the majority of the first 2 weeks on business trips and so it really took away from the family time that i wanted to share during this holiday season. Before I knew it, Christmas was upon us and I felt rushed. Right before Christmas it finally began to feel like CHRISTmas as the weather began to get really cold and we had some freezing rain with traces of snow. We celebrated our family Christmas a few days before the official day and then loaded up both of our cars and traveled to Alma, Kansas to spend 4 days and 5 nights with my parents, sister and niece and celebrate my dad's 54th birthday and the birthday of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ aka Christmas. We ate way too much food (especially cookies). We exchanged gifts and spent a lot of time together. We also enjoyed some major competition between the adults and Alexis when we played Scene It - Disney edition. That was a lot of fun. We also were able to enjoy a white Christmas, first one I have seen in a long time.
The day after Christmas it warmed up to 72 and melted away all the snow. That evening a cold front with hail and freezing rain came through and made everything a winter wonderland again with blizzard like conditions in the afternoon and evening. Before we knew it, we were driving back to Oklahoma and were welcomed back by warmer weather. I had the entire week of Christmas off work and have a half week to work this last week of 2008. I look forward to what the Lord will bring in this next year. I pray that the Lord will protect us from the so-called change that Barack Obama plans to bring to our Nation. It is definately a trying time with our economy and everything else that has transpired. Here's to 2009 and what is to come. May be keep our eyes on Jesus and allow Him to guide our paths.
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