Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012...

As with every new year, I always have the highest of hopes and try to keep an optimistic attitude!  I always want this year to be better than the last.  I have to say that for the last couple of years, that's been the case.  We had a pretty good 2011.  I thought I would go through some of the highlights and then take a look forward to this brand new year...

Josh completed his classes and received his Bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Alabama.  I know that he's so proud to have that now and I'm proud of him for sticking with it!

We went on our first major road trip...Happy Valley (State College), Pennsylvania!  It was a 14 hour ride one way, but we had a great time!  The Alabama/Penn St. game was the reason for the trip, but it was great being on the road, eating at places we had never heard of (and boy did we eat some great food!)

In May I lost a man that was very special to me...my grandfather, Pa.  This was my dad's dad.  He suffered towards the end, but there's no doubt in my mind that he's no longer in pain, that he has perfect hearing and no worries...We miss him every day...

My sister-in-law, Kelley, got engaged to Andrew and we are so excited for them!



And I turned 30!  I was actually pretty excited about this step into a new decade...I'm striving to make my 30's the best...

There were other things that happened in 2011, but these just stood out in my mind.  Our goal now is to look forward to the new year and make it even better!  Some goals of mine, besides the be a better person goals?  Let's see...

 - Get healthy!
 - Do some DIY projects
 - Spend more time with family and friends
 - Work on our house
 - Get an emergency fund built up

And last but not least, our main goal, is to become parents...of course this is not something that we can control, but we are still on a mission to do what we can to increase our odds.  I'll do another blog post soon to catch you up on where we are in the process.

I wish everyone nothing but the best in...

!!!!!