2010 Year In Review

Happy New Year! I get a little giddy thinking about what 2011 has in store for us. Lord, we pray for your leading in our lives, that we seek to know your will and follow wholeheartedly after You! I predict 2011 will be the year of Radical. For 2010, I would say it's the year of building relationships. Highlights of the year:

Building Community. New this year, we joined a fantastic couples small group (six couples) and I'm blessed to be a part of a discipleship group, an answer to prayer. Through this, I am being discipled so that I can in turn disciple three others in the near future. I can't tell you what a difference our lives have been in community with these amazing people, and the impact it has made on us just seeing them each week.

Couples small group retreat with families at Lake Anna

Serving the body. As an amazing father, Patrick is also enjoying continuing to be a Kids Quest Sunday school teacher. For me, I am LOVING leading my small group of moms through Mothering Matters.

Patrick teaches a bible lesson.

Enjoying fellowship with the best group of women.

Unexpected Vacations. This year, with a one and three year old, we hadn't expected to travel much, but we were so blessed to find time and money in our limited budget!

Couples Retreat in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
May

First time to Seattle and seeing the famous Public Market.
June


Hotlanta to visit Brad & Lindsay.
July

Small group family retreat in Kure Beach, South Carolina. We extended our family vacation at the beach house and toured more of Wilmington.
October

One Wedding and Two Funerals. Micah and Caelan lost two great-grandmothers this year. With the small group family, we celebrated an awesome nuptial at the Calder & Trexel wedding. Oh, and I got to be the wedding planner!

A whole lotta 2010 babies. To name a few, William Martz, Stephen Newton, Shelby Sweat, Fiona Good, Anna Sharer, and Luke Fleury. It's really neat to see so many growing families to the people we love.


Loving my Ring boys. The first priority of building relationships has been in our own family. It's hard work to continue to be intentional about putting our marriage first, and the daily investment in our kids. As we kiss 2010 goodbye, we leave our hands wide open to what God has in store for us. We have thankfulness in our hearts, and excitement as we anticipate great things from Him.

Big kiss 2010! Happy New Year!