Thank You 2011

2011 was such a great year for us; I can't even begin to describe to you how blessed we've been.

I have been trying to find the right word for how I've been feeling lately... Reflective? Nostalgic? Thoughtful? All good words, but none of them could quite capture all of the emotions that were swirling around in my head. Finally I found the perfect word

Pensive: Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought usually marked by some sadness.

I know, those of you who really know me are probably thinking "You in deep thought, riiiiight." But it's true, I have been. 

Maybe it's because this baby has opened up tear ducts that have been closed for 22 years, or maybe its my recent kick of listening to country music.... I personally blame hormones.  Whatever it was, I've been thinking a lot lately about how I got where I am in life, how lucky I am to be here and what I could have done better.  I'm not going to go off on some tangent or pour out my soul on the internet, however I am going to reflect back on the year because lets face it, it has been one a-mazing year.

*We started out by celebrating our One Year Anniversary. Marriage is awesome, but let me tell you, year one was an adjustment.  As we're getting ready to celebrate year next week and looking back it was seriously 100,000,000 times better and I love him more and more every day.

*We bought a house in April.  After months and months of looking, we landed the perfect house for us and made it our home.

*I started my Personal Training program in Feb and finished in Dec.  I don't miss school one bit, and I absolutely love what I do.

*Riley's job with a great company.  They treat their employees extremely well and push for excellence.  Not only do they provide a paycheck, great insurance and fun company activities all year long... they help pay for school. That alone is a huge plus, school is expensive.... and Riley has a lot of it left.

*Awesome family activities! Camping, Lake Powell, boating, birthdays, dinners... la la la. We are both very close to our families, who needs friends when you have awesome brothers, sisters and parents? My point exactly.  Although we do have pretty awesome friends too....

*My domestic side really started to shine through, and I found that I actually enjoy baking yummy treats.

*From the time we got married I knew I wanted to wait a certain amount of time to have kids, I knew which  month we wanted to conceive, and when I wanted to give birth.  I tried to calculate it all out perfectly, but figured it was a long shot since my plans never work out.  But guess what? All of it happened. Baby will be here in June and mommy will have a summer not prego, and we'll have a new friend to share it with.

Looking back on all of this is kind of overwhelming.  We've never been without, or given too much to handle. Of course we've had our trials...  The only thing I can do is try to better myself, think of ways to serve and somehow deserve all we've been given.  I look forward to 2012, I know it will bring on a whole new world of trials and blessings and all I can say is Bring-It-On.