Farewell to 2014. Greetings to 2015.
We obviously made it back home safe and sound. We had a wonderful time ringing in the new year with my family and my siblings' girlfriend and boyfriend. While everyone was there, we did a family photo shoot to get good pictures of everyone together and their respective dates or spouses. I love how silly we can be! Apparently the camera blurred out a lot of them! That seems to be happening a lot with the pictures I'm in. Whaaa? We did manage to get a few good ones though despite issues with overhead lighting... I tell ya trying to get this many people together and cooperating is a task!
My family!


Right after the New Year began, after we got back, we both came down with the flu! We got through it and haven't had any trouble since. Soon after a couple weeks of getting rid of the flu, we heard that we will be relocating early to our first Marine base as a married couple! I'm sad to be leaving here this early. I was hoping to see some sites while here once spring hit with warmer weather, but it's just not in God's plan so we'll have to return as tourists! It's funny. You live somewhere and assume you're going to get to see and do a lot of things, but the weeks fly, the weekends get filled up, and then before you know it 6 months has gone by and you still haven't seen what you want to see or done what you want to do.
My weeks have been busy since returning. This passed weekend, we took a trip down to VA, our new home to look for a place to live for about a year. After seeing several of them we came across one I am very excited about! This new place is so much more space than our current first apartment.
When we got back, I have been cleaning like mad and straightening things up here, receiving the pre-inspection word, "immaculate" today! That was my goal and I feel really good that I worked my tail off to make this place look "better than it was when you moved in".
This next move is huge for us. I have so many mixed feelings. I'm excited, but also nervous from the uncertainty of expectation. We both don't know what to expect since this is the first time he will be going active.
To wrap up, I used to do the whole New Year's Resolutions things. But I found those lists always get pushed to the wayside as God reveals what He has planned each New Year. We can make plans and lists, but they won't always happen if it's not what He intends. So now I ask every year, "God, what resolutions do YOU want to see through in my life this year?" Allowing Him to make the lists beat my wild ideas of how I think my life should go. I love that we can place our trust and our lives in God's hands.
As we say farewell to 2014 and greet 2015:
and replace it with "I can" for the Lord is with you.
Follow through with that goal you have had for years,
but never really got around to doing.
in a public place like, you know, the videos that get shared
on faith sites and youtube.
Why allow it to confine you?
Climb out and don't go back in.
Embrace opportunities for change.
never done or known before.
Time is short.
you get to spend together.
Make memories.
doesn't mean we have to follow it. Be different.
Defy what the world tells you you should do and
who you should be.
Shine light in the midst of the darkness.
and resentment because of the past.
we have to be a blessing to our family and
friends when we do this.
We are making enemies where we could grow
relationships and friendships.
Holding onto a sinful lifestyle
make decisions and live.
Pave the way. Share the Gospel with others.
Don't be afraid.
Tell your story and bring blessing
to other's lives with the Truth.

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