Um...been a while...

Well, LOTS of things have been happening for our family this past year. Received a promotion at work, moved out of our house, let friends live for free in our house, filed and received a discharge on our bankruptcy, started a daycare, stopped a daycare because we found out we were unexpectedly pregnant, back into our house, job at work no longer exists and took a $10 and hour pay cut, been to the hospital twice for the pregnancy...still paying that off (and he's not even here!), trying to renegotiate with our mortgage company so we can keep the house, you get the idea. Through it all, we are still happy and love each other. We find joy in simpler things now, not necessarily a Maui timeshare, or an expensive car, but having Ava come into bed with us at the crack of dawn and snuggle to us and say "Hi, Daddy! Hi, Mommy! What you doing?" As we crack our eyes to the EARLY morning rays. Spending time with friends and loved ones because we just aren't sure how long we'll be able to live this close. Making new friends and keeping the old. We've been extremely fortunate in that regard. Though we may not have every material thing we would enjoy having in this world and we are essentially having to start over, we are grateful everyday for the blessing we have and the joys we are blessed with. Heavenly Father is exceedingly good to us. And we have much to be grateful for.