Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year boys!! 

2011 was quite a year...here's our New Year's card that we sent out...I think it does a pretty good job of summing up our year!!

As we more into 2012 together so much is going to change. Jack, you will come into this world soon. Jake you will soon be a big brother. This is a huge life changer! I promise that your Daddy and I will be there for you two through it all. If you get jealous Jake and when you need to eat in the middle of the night Jack. Were in this together and it will great, exhausting, but so very great! 

Each year your Daddy and I choose one word to focus on to help guide us through the year. This last year it was, Togetherness. We started a business together and made family time and just Mommy and Daddy time a priority! This year our word is Passion. For us, this means diving deeper into things we are passionate about. For Daddy this means learning and teaching through his on-line Everyday Theology page. For me this means falling in love with photography again...and finishing school!! So, for you boys this means that Mommy and Daddy will happy, when we are doing what we love, it helps us to love life and you more! God has given us each passions, talents and joys. They are there for a reason. God wants to use what he gives you to help you learn about him more, learn about your self more and to effect others! Jack will be a bit young for this to hit home...but the over flow of this year is sure to effect your life! Jake, for you this means Mommy and Daddy fostering talents and passions we see in you now. You already love to color and paint...so we will be doing more of that. You love cars so, you and Daddy will work on the cars together. Little things like that will help you explore the passions the Lord has given you, even at the age of two! Like I said earlier...these one word yearly focus bleed over into the rest of our lives.  Last year we learned so much about togetherness that it will help us always make family a priority! This will effect you boys for the rest of your lives. How we function as a family and making you a priority will help shape who you grow up to be. That is slightly scary as a parent, we need to be living as God has called us to, so you can be the best examples of Christ that you can be! This pressure helps me feel the weight of responsibility I have for you. It's an honor but also a huge responsibility to have you boys placed in our care. By God's grace alone...we live to teach you about Him!! 

So here's to 2012...our year of Passion!! Let's live our lives with passion!!

Love, 

Mama/ it shouldn't be too hard to renew my passion for photography with one cute model and another one on the way!!