A Look at the Past Year!

Wow, I was at first going to post a woe-is-me post about being sick over the

holidays and missing my family (they're all in Chicago with my sis Jamie and her family).  And not just sick, last night Claire threw-up all night and now Dave and I have the "Are we getting sick?"... nauseas feeling.  Aw, psychosymatic symptoms how I love thee.  But then I got to thinking about all the fantastic things that have happened this past year to us.  Here are just to name a few:

 

CHINA!!! Dave and I got to go on a trip of a lifetime in May courtesy of Ma and Pa Coleman.  That was such an amazing experience that left us asking ourselves, "Are we REALLY in China right now or just China town?" Know what I mean? It was terrific with the only thing scary happening was being on the plane and shot at with these temperature guns and told that if anyone on board had even a slight temperature we were quarantined! Oh, and my father-in-law left his backpack with passport and wallet on a bus in Beijing, only to have some kind Chinese person take in all the way to the American Embassy who in turn delivered it to our hotel the next day! Miracle I tell ya!

KINDERGARTEN!!! I know everyone feels the same way when their first goes off to school.  I was no exception.  The only thing that made me feel better was Emma smiling standing in line waiting to enter her classroom.  She is one amazing little girl.  I'm in awe of her every day.  She is kind, reliable, talented, happy and such a wonderfully kind little person.  She's off on a new adventure and hopefully David and I have prepared her enough to handle being on her own a couple hours Monday through Friday.

PRESCHOOL!!! Claire Bear started preschool at a new montessori school.  I was a little apprehensive at first simply because I loved Emma's school the previous year and didn't know much about montessori.  But she has just flourished! She comes home with new Japanese words which thrills me and especially David that both went on his mission there an school.  She is such a kind lovey little girl.  She loves going off to school with me and asking questions like, "mom, what makes the car move? Does it have a brain? How do we move and talk and think?" Which I reply, "Ask your daddy these questions little miss!" ...because I have no clue! ;)

Hallie is my little buddy.  She has the most amazing vocabulary for 2.  She says things like,"No problem mommy!" Or "It's ok, I'm good!" She's is stinkin' hilarious! She's so athletic too! That girl can do a flip in the air and land on her bum! Silly little girl!

NEW JOB!!! David got a new job for a contract company called General Dymatics that works exclusively for the Federal Government.  A Federal job is being created for him too, so the paperwork on that has been pretty intense.  He will be working on a computer program that keeps track of the mental health issues for all military personnel.  He is thrilled to start in January, and I'm so very proud of him!

HMMMM...me.  Well, I've done a lot of personal growing this past year.  I've struggled with PMDD since having children, so I've had to pretty much rewire the way my mind thinks and processes things.  As long as I tell myself positive things I do ok.  Which brings me to my New Year's resolution for 2010! I want to try to stay more positive this year.  I want to do more things for other people.  I want to find the time to start volunteering at Emma's school more and Claire's, I want to attend the temple with David more, I want to be more consistent with FHE.  I want to lose the weight I need for me to be happy having one more baby.  I want to be healthier both physically and mentally.  And I'm changing all the WANTS to WILLS!

So to all of you, Happy New Years!!! I pray that it holds much happiness for all of you, happiness that YOU create, not just the kind that can randomly happen.  And I pray that I won't throw up tonight... ;)