2011 Wrap Up

2011 Wrap Up

Hey guys! I was told I needed to do a blog post sooooooooooo here we go.

I hope all of you guys had a very Merry Christmas! We really did. My pics are actually still on my camera sooooo lol. I'll upload them later lol

In January we brought the new year in on a cruise ship! It was AWESOME!!! We might start doing a cruise every year. We really had a blast.

We also became members at our new church home. It was the best decision we have EVER made.

February was a super busy month. My anniversary & Jaelyn turned 15. Still not ready to believe 16 is right around the corner. Even looks like I did a tad bit of sewing lol

In March I became an Auntie!!! I LOVE my little nephew!

In April We had the worst storm ever. I didnt' write about it until May.

In June Jaelyn went to China for 17 days. She STILL needs to write a post on it for you guys. That was an experience for her AND me lol.

In July we went to Orlando for vacation, had a GREAT time in Disney and when we came back in August our kitchen / dining room remodel was  complete!!

In September, specifically September 25 our brand new kitchen / dining room, my studio and the downstairs den was flooded.

No links to that because I didn't blog about it.

September 25 – December 28 was a TOTAL blur.

Through this whole situation I developed a level of patience I NEVER prayed for lol.

I praised God through ALL of this. I won't even much lie and say I wasn't frustrated at times. I was. I had one huge breakdown because a LOT of stuff went wrong all at the exact same time and we had to pretty much jump through fire to get things done correctly. Had issues with the contrators and boy oh boy. But God kept us through it ALL.

I mean we had these huge fans in the house… while it's 70 outside… it was 97 in my house.

It was hard for us BUT it could've been worse. I thank God that things turned out as well as they did.

There are a few things left to finish up and I'm still unpacking our things (we had to pack them all up and put them in storage so the work could be done) but I will take it one box at a time.

NO complaints from me.

In October Kayla turned 12 and we got a Maltese ::)

In November I turned 34 and Aj turned 10!

That brings us to December lol.

This has been such a great year. Y'all know I don't do resolutions. The BEST thing that happened this year was getting back in a real relationship with God. NOTHING will top that.

I'm truly looking forward to 2012.

I'm waiting to see what God has in store for me and my family… and some great vacations lol

Here's our family pic that will be in our church diretory 🙂

  Happy New Year from the Nixon's!