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So someone asked me "what do you do in your spare time"? It's a loaded question that could be answered in so many different ways. There are a lot of things I like to do and hobbies I enjoy, but mostly don’t have the time for them. This may change as my little guys grow and I have more time to myself. I relish in any alone time I can get now and frequently engross myself in inspirational readings, devotions and bible study time. My dh and boys got me a beautiful NIV study bible for Christmas which I look forward to spending more time with this year.

I am praying for 2009 to be the best year yet. We will be moving to a new duty station (up north), so life will be full of adventures. There will be new surroundings, new friends, and hopefully a renewed look at how God continues to bless our family. Yes, there are mixed emotions but also excitement for the upcoming change. This job will be the most amazing for my husband and I am so happy for him! I anticipate for the adjustment to be the most difficult for myself and my youngest son. We have lived down south near the beautiful Emerald Coast for almost 4 years now so the warmth, sun, sand and surf are all our little guy has ever known. I am completely spoiled living here.

I dread the midwest winters but hope to embrace the many offered indoor activities, assuming I will be able to get out of the house. I have been reading that ice fishing is quite fun. I am already being a fishing fanatic so this shouldn’t be too far a stretch. Give me a portable shelter to help keep out the harsher elements and I should be good to go. I only wish my dad were here to help me look on the bright side of our new assignment and remind me of all the fun things to do in the frozen tundra (he was from Minnesota). DH and I are from the Midwest, so it’s not completely foreign to us.

We lived in Minnesota until I was 10 and I have some wonderful memories of winter days sledding with my parents at Powderhorn park and walking our dog Midnight in the snow. She would seem to disappear beneath the white snow, if not for her black fur we might have lost her LOL. Even while living in Illinois I remember building snow forts and snow people and getting much enjoyment. I think when you are a kid winter/snow is much more enjoyable.

But that is far off into the future (only 5 months). I am reminded by a friend that we are not even promised tomorrow. So I must change my mind set. For those who know me well, they know I am a worrier. I truly believe that I underestimate my children’s resilience and just assume that they have inherited one of my worst characteristics, my ability to be overanxious. Hopefully as I look back on this particular blog a year from now all that I worried about will not even have entered the picture.