HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Aahhh.....finally it's here! 2010!!! 2009 was definitely one of those years that had it's ups & downs, high's & low's, and positives & negatives for our family. We are so glad that it's over now, and so far...2010 looks to be very promising. It's what we make it to be. Seven days into this wonderful new year, and things are still really crazy busy here around our house.

DH is out at the moment. We did get to spend Christmas with him before he had to leave again. It shouldn't be much longer now before he's back for another little while before having to leave again on normal rotation. I have now begun Course 3 of the Wilton Cake Decorating classes. In this course we are working more with fondant icing and our final cake for the course is a 2 tier wedding cake. I'm a little nervous about that one. Not so much the decorating of it, but mostly the transportation of it all. It's not going to be too easy to get it down to Jax & back with it surviving the trip, but I have my fingers crossed. I am also still working AG, and have been working quite a bit since the end of Sept./first of Oct. (The unofficial official start of the busy year-Halloween thru Father's Day.) While DH has been gone, I've been trying to work most of my hours during the day so I can be home with the kiddos at night. Speaking of the kiddos...

L has started back to homeschool. With everything that has been going on the last several months, we decided to take a little break from school and start back in the new year (along with the rest of the county). We just got back the day before yesterday, so right now we're in the process of doing a quick review of what we had covered so far, and I'm just amazed at what she actually took in and remembered, even one of her Bible verses. We have a field trip planned for next week to tour the local police station w/the homeschool group. She's excited about going. She had a good time when we toured a local fire station back in the fall. E has been going to speech therapy for about 2 months now to draw out all of those words that that little sponge of a brain of his has soaked in. His initial evaluation was at the end of October, and he was slightly speech delayed for his age. Since we've began therapy, he is making positive progress and even starting to use 2 word phrases. He told L tonight "bed sissy", meaning that she needed to go to bed. Then he said "night sissy". How sweet is that??

That's just a quick update to let you know what's been going on with us. I would love to hear what's been going on with you. Send me an e-mail or leave me a comment. Unfortunately, I'm not able to post a pic right now. I'm posting this from our desktop. The power cord for my laptop fried. It literally started to break in 2 pieces. I think it may have been caused by the recliner where I usually sit to use it. So, until I can get it replaced, I'm having to use the desktop and it's a little more inconvenient to post pics than with the laptop. Good news is that I actually have a day off tomorrow so I can call about a replacement power cord. I will be sending out a paper pic to the immediate family in the next week or so, but the rest of you will have to wait. I do apologize.

OK, so have a blessed day tomorrow, and try to stay warm wherever you may be. It has definitely been crazy cold here with highs in the 40's and lows in the 20's. That's not a normal thing for even this time of year down here. I'm still waiting to see the snow actually fall from the sky here in southeast GA. There's talk about that it may actually happen sometime in the next 24 hours or so. Carla, if you're reading this....you have a better chance of receiving it than I do according to our local news. They even said that south of Jax has a better chance of getting snow than Jax does. Crazy!!

Going to go get a little shut-eye now...
'til next time~
:)