Was trying to think of some kind of clever reason why it has ben 10 months since we last blogger here. But that would be a waste of time...no execuse!
I think most/many of you connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc and get a view into what we are doing on a regular basis so hopefully you have been in the loop. Overall, the Seattle Jensen family if doing awesome. Continued to be blessed with great jobs, a great school community, healthy kids, and loving family.
Biggest recent highlights:
1) Maddie starts middle school - Hard to believe it, but she is a 6th grader!
2) 80+ Days of no rain - Yes, we are in Seattle still. Just had an awesome run of weather.
3) Steph and Mike are now inside of a year of being "over the hill" and turing the big 4-0
4) Kenzie has found her sport..Soccer!
We will definately try and keep this up to date more, but if you need to know about what we are up to, here are links to our other "social" networks;
https://www.facebook.com/mjensen73
https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.c.jensen
https://twitter.com/mjtwit
You can also find us on Instagram User: mjtwit
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Seattle Jensens - 2011 Year In Review
Unfortunately our family blogging has been a little less frequent then we would have liked. If we would have, then there wouldn't be a need for an “end of year” recap. But, oh well...here we are. Sitting down and looking through the 2011 calendar, one common theme that we saw was “New” - there was a lot of new things we experienced which kept us on our toes, and moving fast...just like we like it! So, month by month here is a short recap of some of the highlights from 2011.
January
We kicked off the new year with Mike starting a new job. After 10 years with Daptiv, it was time for change and on the 1st day of the new year, he started at R2integrated, a Digital Marketing and Technology Agency. Based out of Baltimore, MD they started an office here in Seattle and have been growing ever since. The most exciting part for the kids is the fact that their office is right above Krispy Kreme in SODO.
February
We celebrated Kezie’s 6th Birthday on the 18th. She is full of energy, loves school, and her friends. Her favorite game to play is “store”, where she scans and bags just about everything in the house. I think we have bought the same book a dozen or more times.
March
In addition to celebrating another birthday for Steph :-) the exciting news was that Maddie had the opportunity to put on the Hope School uniform for the first time by joining the 5th/6th Grade basketball team. They were a little short on girls for the team, so they invited some eager 4th graders to join in. This was a great chance for her to play for her school, with friends and get ready for this coming season.
April
Maddie turned double digits in April, the big 10. She is growing up fast...really fast. She enjoys all kinds of sports, enjoys her friends, school, church, etc. In April we also fit in a few of our favorites, with a visit to the Oregon coast for Easter, and then the annual kids fishing derby at Maggie lake. Both were fun, as always, and we look forward to them again this year.
May
The sports theme continued into May as Maddie tacked on her 3rd sport, softball. This is her last year before they really start playing by the rules. She is on the fence if she wants to keep going, so we will see. We were also able to get Kenzie back into soccer, as she joined forces with a friend. She was a little scared to get back into it, but we are glad she did. Her first game...3 goals!! It is now her favorite sport :-)
June
The girls wrapped up a successful school year...Kenzie “graduated” to 1st grade, and Maddie moved on to 5th grade where she is most excited about, you guessed it..having a locker. In June, Steph also changed her working status from contractor to employee with AnotherSource. She is still part-time status, which she loves as it allows her to get the girls from school and have some time to herself.
July
Hola...Gracias...Muy Bien...Adios....Tequila - Just a few of the words that we got very familiar with on our fist trip to Mexico. We packed our bags and headed to Cabo with our parents and Steph’s sister’s family for 8 days. We enjoyed a ton of quality time by the pool, with drinks in hand, and tried to just relax. It was a great time and we look forward to going again sometime.
August
We celebrated a big milestone, our 20 year High School Class reunion. Our class was pretty small (only 32) but we had a great turnout over a weekend with day 1 at Beveridge Place, and day 2 a family picnic at Lincoln Park. Great to see how everyone has changed, or for those lucky ones, NOT changed. In August, we also enjoyed a week with Ben and Lauren, who were visiting from California. They stayed with Nana and Papa J while Jeff and Amy prepped for the arrival of baby #3 (Nathan). The cousins had a great time together, with time on the beach, Mariners games, etc.
September
After a fun summer, the girls headed back to school. Maddie moving to 5th Grade with Mrs. Hood, and Kenzie starting 1st Grade with Mrs. Hartley at Hope Lutheran. It felt like we extended summer just a bit longer as Ryan, Stacey and the boys were here for a few days as well. Luckily the weather was still nice and we were able to spend some time at the Lake, enjoying the “relaxation station.”
October
After taking in our very first Sounders game around Mike’s birthday in September, we followed that up with our October highlight which was attending the US Open Cup final, which the Sounders won! It was their third straight, and it was an awesome experience. We are all now kind of hooked on the Sounders, so we will probably be going to a few more games in 2012.
November
The big milestone in November was the Hope Auction on 11-11-11. Steph co-chaired the auction and helped coordinate the biggest event ever for the schools. All the hard work over the course of nearly 6 months paid off, as the event raised over $100,000. It might be tough to get her to sign up for it again soon, but she did an awesome job! For Thanksgiving, we enjoyed a great meal with great friends, and played in the annual Turkey bowl. A tradition we started a few years back that has steadily grown each year. Fun times!
December
No doubt that we are truly blessed. Our family, our community, our health, our friends, our jobs. We are thankful each and every day. We pray that you, and your families have a happy, joyous, hope filled New Year!
January
We kicked off the new year with Mike starting a new job. After 10 years with Daptiv, it was time for change and on the 1st day of the new year, he started at R2integrated, a Digital Marketing and Technology Agency. Based out of Baltimore, MD they started an office here in Seattle and have been growing ever since. The most exciting part for the kids is the fact that their office is right above Krispy Kreme in SODO.
February
We celebrated Kezie’s 6th Birthday on the 18th. She is full of energy, loves school, and her friends. Her favorite game to play is “store”, where she scans and bags just about everything in the house. I think we have bought the same book a dozen or more times.
March
In addition to celebrating another birthday for Steph :-) the exciting news was that Maddie had the opportunity to put on the Hope School uniform for the first time by joining the 5th/6th Grade basketball team. They were a little short on girls for the team, so they invited some eager 4th graders to join in. This was a great chance for her to play for her school, with friends and get ready for this coming season.
April
Maddie turned double digits in April, the big 10. She is growing up fast...really fast. She enjoys all kinds of sports, enjoys her friends, school, church, etc. In April we also fit in a few of our favorites, with a visit to the Oregon coast for Easter, and then the annual kids fishing derby at Maggie lake. Both were fun, as always, and we look forward to them again this year.
May
The sports theme continued into May as Maddie tacked on her 3rd sport, softball. This is her last year before they really start playing by the rules. She is on the fence if she wants to keep going, so we will see. We were also able to get Kenzie back into soccer, as she joined forces with a friend. She was a little scared to get back into it, but we are glad she did. Her first game...3 goals!! It is now her favorite sport :-)
June
The girls wrapped up a successful school year...Kenzie “graduated” to 1st grade, and Maddie moved on to 5th grade where she is most excited about, you guessed it..having a locker. In June, Steph also changed her working status from contractor to employee with AnotherSource. She is still part-time status, which she loves as it allows her to get the girls from school and have some time to herself.
July
Hola...Gracias...Muy Bien...Adios....Tequila - Just a few of the words that we got very familiar with on our fist trip to Mexico. We packed our bags and headed to Cabo with our parents and Steph’s sister’s family for 8 days. We enjoyed a ton of quality time by the pool, with drinks in hand, and tried to just relax. It was a great time and we look forward to going again sometime.
August
We celebrated a big milestone, our 20 year High School Class reunion. Our class was pretty small (only 32) but we had a great turnout over a weekend with day 1 at Beveridge Place, and day 2 a family picnic at Lincoln Park. Great to see how everyone has changed, or for those lucky ones, NOT changed. In August, we also enjoyed a week with Ben and Lauren, who were visiting from California. They stayed with Nana and Papa J while Jeff and Amy prepped for the arrival of baby #3 (Nathan). The cousins had a great time together, with time on the beach, Mariners games, etc.
September
After a fun summer, the girls headed back to school. Maddie moving to 5th Grade with Mrs. Hood, and Kenzie starting 1st Grade with Mrs. Hartley at Hope Lutheran. It felt like we extended summer just a bit longer as Ryan, Stacey and the boys were here for a few days as well. Luckily the weather was still nice and we were able to spend some time at the Lake, enjoying the “relaxation station.”
October
After taking in our very first Sounders game around Mike’s birthday in September, we followed that up with our October highlight which was attending the US Open Cup final, which the Sounders won! It was their third straight, and it was an awesome experience. We are all now kind of hooked on the Sounders, so we will probably be going to a few more games in 2012.
November
The big milestone in November was the Hope Auction on 11-11-11. Steph co-chaired the auction and helped coordinate the biggest event ever for the schools. All the hard work over the course of nearly 6 months paid off, as the event raised over $100,000. It might be tough to get her to sign up for it again soon, but she did an awesome job! For Thanksgiving, we enjoyed a great meal with great friends, and played in the annual Turkey bowl. A tradition we started a few years back that has steadily grown each year. Fun times!
December
Finally, as we reached December we headed into “busy season” - with holiday parties, tree cutting, school programs, work events, Santa Visits and family in town, we had it all. We made a joke, but partly serious, about how we would love to hire a video crew to follow us around over the Holidays. So many experiences, laughs, etc that at times are tough to believe happened, but they did. Finally, we wrapped up the month and the year celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary on New Years Eve.
No doubt that we are truly blessed. Our family, our community, our health, our friends, our jobs. We are thankful each and every day. We pray that you, and your families have a happy, joyous, hope filled New Year!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Making Christmas a bit brighter for another Family - Our Extended Family Tradition
The Holidays are a time when traditions are both formed, and played out. Going to grandma’s house, baking cookies, cutting down the family tree, etc....and our family is no different. For as long as I can remember we packed up and headed to my Grandparents house on Christmas Eve for a BIG extended family get together. We shared food, fun, games, and of course gifts. As we got older, some people moved away and the crowd got smaller some yeara, but we still had our tradition of getting together and sharing the Holidays with each other.
After a number of years of just exchanging gift cards with each other, and following the passing of my Grandfather the summer before, we started a new tradition, a tradition of adopting a family in need and spending our time and money on making their Christmas a little brighter. We worked with our Church that helps hundreds of families each year, and picked from a handful of families that they felt would be the best fit for us. Over the years we have helped single parent families, families going through medical issues, and families that are homeless. Each has their own story and circumstances that we embrace and do the best we can make things a littler better.
Usually right after Thanksgiving we contact the Church to let them know we are “in” for another year and they give us a few options to pick from. This year, they started with one, knowing that our family would be the best fit to try and help. It was a family of 8; Mom, Dad and 6 kids - ranging from 2-16. They have landed on tough times, and have been living in a homeless camp. Their needs were minimal; some clothes, blankets, gloves and maybe a bag to put their belonging in.
So, let’s just stop here for a second. Can you imagine this? A family of 8 with no home...a bag for their belongings would be great?
When we heard this, we knew we wanted to help, but a family of 8 was big commitment. Even for our extended family, we were concerned if we could make an impact. Sure, all they wanted was a bag for their thing, but we knew we wanted to do more than that. We reached out to the family and everyone agreed that we COULD do this, so we made it happen. Over the course of the next few weeks, we accumulated clothes, toys, blankets, etc. We also went to a local custom print shop that was able to help us order duffel bags at cost. They also dipped into all their “seconds” and was able to provide even more clothes for the bags.
The above picture are the 8 bags filled to the brim with all their goodies the day before we delivered to the church to then get to the family. Seeing the product of our hearts coming together for another family was pretty cool. I can honestly say, that this is one of the best traditions we have started. It is something we will continue to do...and I would encourage anyone reading this to start this up as well. If you think it might be too much to take on, think through it again....you can make it happen!
Monday, August 1, 2011
A Long Overdue Update..."S"ummer Edition
Well, this is kinds of embarrassing...just noticed that we have not posted a blog update since April. Yikes. To be honest, we really havent been doing much of anything..just a lot of sitting around, watching TV, etc. Pretty boring. Yeah right!
Where to even start....
Softball - Maddie played her 4th season of Softball. She has improved a ton year to year. This was the last year in the "development" league so she needs to decide if she wants to move up to 12U and play the real deal. We will see.
Soccer - We were finally able to get Kenzie out on the soccer field this spring. In her first game, what does she do...she scores 3 goals! She went on to score a bunch more over the season, and above all - she had fun! She is excited to keep it rolling in the Fall.
School - The girls wrapped up their school year at Hope. Maddie is now on to 5th grade (wow) and Kenzie moves up to 1st Grade (double wow). They love their school, their friends, the teachers, etc.
Summer - Well, the story here is that it is just now showing up. Where as a lot of the country has suffered from heat waves, the good ole Northwest has been basking in 60 degrees and cloudy. The joke is that summer usually starts on the 5th of July..this year it wasn't until nearly August. The good news is that the forecast is for a stretch of nearly 10 days above 70.
San Lucas - Technically it is Cabo San Lucas but I'm trying to stick with the S theme. Our big summer vacation was with the extended family for 9 days in Cabo. Other than a jaunt across the border to Tijuana back in 1994, this was the first time to Mexico. We stayed at Villa Del Palmar, just a few minutes from Cabo. Bottom line, we had an awesome time. Lots of sun, sand and sillies (wow, the S's are rolling). We look forward to making a return visit sometime.
Seattle Visitors - OK, I'm struggling to keep the S thing going now. We have been lucky to have a number of visitors come on through Seattle as well. Our good friends the Landskovs (minus Jeff) were out in June...and are back again (plus Jeff) now. We miss them since the left to Colorado last summer. Steph's Grandma and Aunt and Uncle just wrapped up a quick trip out for Steph's cousin's wedding. It was a great few days with them. Finally, as we speak, the Lakewood Dynamic Duo of Ben and Lauren are on their Northwest Tour. They are giving Mom and Dad a little break before their new little brother arrives at the end of the month. We always love having visitors, so come on out and visit!
Well, I think that will do it. It's funny how the summers seem to fly by. When we were kids, it felt like they went on and on. As always, we will try our best to stay a bit more current. You can always find us on Facebook or Twitter (http://twitter.com/mjtwit) for "real time" updates.
Adios!
Where to even start....
Softball - Maddie played her 4th season of Softball. She has improved a ton year to year. This was the last year in the "development" league so she needs to decide if she wants to move up to 12U and play the real deal. We will see.
Soccer - We were finally able to get Kenzie out on the soccer field this spring. In her first game, what does she do...she scores 3 goals! She went on to score a bunch more over the season, and above all - she had fun! She is excited to keep it rolling in the Fall.
School - The girls wrapped up their school year at Hope. Maddie is now on to 5th grade (wow) and Kenzie moves up to 1st Grade (double wow). They love their school, their friends, the teachers, etc.
Summer - Well, the story here is that it is just now showing up. Where as a lot of the country has suffered from heat waves, the good ole Northwest has been basking in 60 degrees and cloudy. The joke is that summer usually starts on the 5th of July..this year it wasn't until nearly August. The good news is that the forecast is for a stretch of nearly 10 days above 70.
San Lucas - Technically it is Cabo San Lucas but I'm trying to stick with the S theme. Our big summer vacation was with the extended family for 9 days in Cabo. Other than a jaunt across the border to Tijuana back in 1994, this was the first time to Mexico. We stayed at Villa Del Palmar, just a few minutes from Cabo. Bottom line, we had an awesome time. Lots of sun, sand and sillies (wow, the S's are rolling). We look forward to making a return visit sometime.
Seattle Visitors - OK, I'm struggling to keep the S thing going now. We have been lucky to have a number of visitors come on through Seattle as well. Our good friends the Landskovs (minus Jeff) were out in June...and are back again (plus Jeff) now. We miss them since the left to Colorado last summer. Steph's Grandma and Aunt and Uncle just wrapped up a quick trip out for Steph's cousin's wedding. It was a great few days with them. Finally, as we speak, the Lakewood Dynamic Duo of Ben and Lauren are on their Northwest Tour. They are giving Mom and Dad a little break before their new little brother arrives at the end of the month. We always love having visitors, so come on out and visit!
Well, I think that will do it. It's funny how the summers seem to fly by. When we were kids, it felt like they went on and on. As always, we will try our best to stay a bit more current. You can always find us on Facebook or Twitter (http://twitter.com/mjtwit) for "real time" updates.
Adios!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
March Madness - Jensen Style
Seem like every month goes by faster and faster, but there is no doubt that this March was one of the craziest of all time. Yes, it marks the end of College Basketball season, dubbed March Madness, and for the Jensen house it was just that. Things started off with business trips for both of us, Mike to Baltimore for his 1st company meeting with r2i and Steph to California with Another Source. Our trips actually overlapped a bit and we were lucky to have the grandparents available to get the kids to/from school. Next on tap was Steph’s birthday weekend with lots of friends and family, including a surprise visit from our good friend Leighellen. The next couple weekends were packed full of School fundraisers, Friends Birthday parties, and basketball tournaments. Oh, actually the month started with a basketball tournament too...and Oh, it was non-stop basketball nearly every day!! Maddie had the amazing opportunity as a 4th grader to represent her school (Hope Lutheran) on the 5/6th grade team. With that came daily practices and/or games and a new kind of busy. Mixed in with all of that was also a practice for Spring Soccer, and getting Girls Softball kicked off. We knew heading into it, that it was going to be packed, but as it is all past us now, looking back we realize it was nutty! But in the end...it was totally worth it!
Maddie was coming off another great season with the local YMCA and we could tell that she really enjoyed playing basketball, so we she asked if she could play on the school team we wanted to encourage her to keep going. She, along with 3 other 4th graders joined the 5/6th grade team and did an awesome job. They contributed, were great teammates, and most of all had a great time. At the end of year tournament we were so proud when Maddie was recognized most for her attitude and her smile. She is one happy kid, and does everything with a smile...win or lose, basket or no basket, she just loves playing the game. We are looking forward to many more years in the bleachers, cheering her and her friends on...and next year we will be a little more prepared for the Madness that comes in March.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Another Successful Basketball Season
It seemed like we just got started, but today marked the end to another successful basketball season for Maddie. Along with her buddy, Mikayla, they were the M&M's. Here is a picture of them after their big Win today.
It was great to see how much the girls improved this year...at the same time, they had no problem scoring baskets. One game we counted nearly 40 baskets made! Kinda crazy for 9-10 year olds. Maddie got off to a slow start in December when she wasnt feeling too great, but that barely held her back. She hustled all the time, was aggressive, learned to pass more (she likes to shoot), and most of all had a smile on her face. Something that even her coach pointed out today when handing out trophies. Speaking of aggressive, she even got a little experience going up against some girls that like to "mix it up" - and she hung tough!
We are super proud of her and her commitment to the game. We love her spirit and desire to get better. Tough to teach that kind of stuff.
It was great to see how much the girls improved this year...at the same time, they had no problem scoring baskets. One game we counted nearly 40 baskets made! Kinda crazy for 9-10 year olds. Maddie got off to a slow start in December when she wasnt feeling too great, but that barely held her back. She hustled all the time, was aggressive, learned to pass more (she likes to shoot), and most of all had a smile on her face. Something that even her coach pointed out today when handing out trophies. Speaking of aggressive, she even got a little experience going up against some girls that like to "mix it up" - and she hung tough!
We are super proud of her and her commitment to the game. We love her spirit and desire to get better. Tough to teach that kind of stuff.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
2010 - The Year of CHANGE
With our annual Christmas card, we typically have tried to include some sort of summary of the year’s events, but as the holidays approached we realized we needed to spend some time thinking through it more versus just whipping something together. Plus we needed some more time to come up with a creative way to describe the year that was, 2010. It might sound a little boring, and maybe a bit cliche, but in looking back there was one word that continued to come to mind when thinking of 2010, CHANGE. Granted, change is happening constantly - it’s the one thing you can count on...but for us, this was truly a year of change. To help describe it, we converted CHANGE into an acronym and thought of 6 words that describe our year.
Cherish - We use the word cherish to describe some key changes this year because it marked some milestones in our lives; After over 10yrs, Mike and Daptiv parted ways this summer. He described it in more detail here. At the same time, after a number of year focused solely on the kids, Steph got back into the working world doing recruiting for a company called Another Source, and loves it! Maddie (9) and Kenzie (5) are changing all the time and getting bigger every day. Hard to think that Maddie will be 10 next year! Great memories and experiences that we will cherish for sure.
Hope - Hope filled our lives a lot again this year. From a phyical perspective, Hope Church and School continues to be a big part of our lives. Mike is Chariman of the School Board and Steph helped with Sunday School and a number of other things (too many to count.) Emotionally, we felt a lot of Hope this summer as Mike went through job transition. We had a ton of support from friends and family as he started his journey to find something new. There was no doubt that Hope filled our family day in and day out this past year.
Adventure - Our year was filled with adventures as well. Mike, along with two friends, headed to the western outskirts of Vancouver Island to Bamfield BC for a open water fishing trip. 8+ hours of travel, 3 on a windy, dirty, bumpy road made for quite a trip...Oh, and they brought back lots of salmon and halibut that filled the freezer. Our big family adventure was to Disneyland in August. Our summer was wrapping up quick and on a whim we decided to book a trip to the happiest place on earth. 5 days at the park, where we also stayed at the Grand Californian hotel...right next to California Adventure. The kids had bunk beds, and we loved every minute of it! We are always on the lookout for fun family adventures.
New - No cars, houses or boats..Not even new pets. When we think of new we really think of new situations and new relationships. Having Mike at home this summer to hang-out with the family more was something totally new. Sure we had vacations, but it was a treat to have the entire family together. Meeting new friends, personally and professionally was also a big part of our year. Through school and church, as well as through professional networking, new relationships were formed. Finally, when we think of new, we think of new perspectives and understanding what is really important to us and how good we have it. So, while it’s easy to get caught up in new “things” - we are most happy with the new situations, experiences and perspectives that 2010 brought us.
Growth - With change comes a lot of opportunity to grow in many different ways. One growth area for us was when we had good friends (Landskovs) move away. We had grown very close to them, so that was a tough transition...but thank goodness for Skype and Facebook for the ability to stay in touch. Our girls are growing like crazy as well. Kenzie is about 3 inches taller than Maddie was at the same age, so she is sprouting up quick. Maddie is playing all kinds of sports; softball, soccer and basketball and loves to learn new things.
Exciting - There was a lot of excitement this year..probably more than we would have liked. Much of the excitement revolved around Mike’s job change, but the exciting part was the variety of conversations he had with so many different people and companies. It was exciting to see the various relationships being established and the opportunities that presented themselves. It was also exciting to have family visit during the summer, during the fall and now during the holidays. We always enjoy having family in town to visit and become tourists in our home town and hit all the great spots.
So, there you have it. 2010 was a year for change. Sometimes change can be scary, uncertain, and even difficult, but with it all we felt blessed to be surrounded by amazing friends and family that brought us through it all. We wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Cherish - We use the word cherish to describe some key changes this year because it marked some milestones in our lives; After over 10yrs, Mike and Daptiv parted ways this summer. He described it in more detail here. At the same time, after a number of year focused solely on the kids, Steph got back into the working world doing recruiting for a company called Another Source, and loves it! Maddie (9) and Kenzie (5) are changing all the time and getting bigger every day. Hard to think that Maddie will be 10 next year! Great memories and experiences that we will cherish for sure.
Hope - Hope filled our lives a lot again this year. From a phyical perspective, Hope Church and School continues to be a big part of our lives. Mike is Chariman of the School Board and Steph helped with Sunday School and a number of other things (too many to count.) Emotionally, we felt a lot of Hope this summer as Mike went through job transition. We had a ton of support from friends and family as he started his journey to find something new. There was no doubt that Hope filled our family day in and day out this past year.
Adventure - Our year was filled with adventures as well. Mike, along with two friends, headed to the western outskirts of Vancouver Island to Bamfield BC for a open water fishing trip. 8+ hours of travel, 3 on a windy, dirty, bumpy road made for quite a trip...Oh, and they brought back lots of salmon and halibut that filled the freezer. Our big family adventure was to Disneyland in August. Our summer was wrapping up quick and on a whim we decided to book a trip to the happiest place on earth. 5 days at the park, where we also stayed at the Grand Californian hotel...right next to California Adventure. The kids had bunk beds, and we loved every minute of it! We are always on the lookout for fun family adventures.
New - No cars, houses or boats..Not even new pets. When we think of new we really think of new situations and new relationships. Having Mike at home this summer to hang-out with the family more was something totally new. Sure we had vacations, but it was a treat to have the entire family together. Meeting new friends, personally and professionally was also a big part of our year. Through school and church, as well as through professional networking, new relationships were formed. Finally, when we think of new, we think of new perspectives and understanding what is really important to us and how good we have it. So, while it’s easy to get caught up in new “things” - we are most happy with the new situations, experiences and perspectives that 2010 brought us.
Growth - With change comes a lot of opportunity to grow in many different ways. One growth area for us was when we had good friends (Landskovs) move away. We had grown very close to them, so that was a tough transition...but thank goodness for Skype and Facebook for the ability to stay in touch. Our girls are growing like crazy as well. Kenzie is about 3 inches taller than Maddie was at the same age, so she is sprouting up quick. Maddie is playing all kinds of sports; softball, soccer and basketball and loves to learn new things.
Exciting - There was a lot of excitement this year..probably more than we would have liked. Much of the excitement revolved around Mike’s job change, but the exciting part was the variety of conversations he had with so many different people and companies. It was exciting to see the various relationships being established and the opportunities that presented themselves. It was also exciting to have family visit during the summer, during the fall and now during the holidays. We always enjoy having family in town to visit and become tourists in our home town and hit all the great spots.
So, there you have it. 2010 was a year for change. Sometimes change can be scary, uncertain, and even difficult, but with it all we felt blessed to be surrounded by amazing friends and family that brought us through it all. We wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!
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