Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thankful for this year!  I had been very sad to see several of our friends move out of state in the past couple of years but this year we have developed several new friends who have enriched our lives greatly.  We have also been able to do a great job staying in touch with our friends who live further away now even though it has been challenging at times.  We are both in good health and so are our families!  We have both worked really hard at maintaining marriage and I’d venture to say that we are even happier now then we were four and half a years ago.  We are both doing well at work and feel challenged and rewarded by our jobs in various ways.  Kyle will be starting his doctoral program this summer and we’ve been working hard mentally/spiritually/financially to get ready for that and we are both excited about the start of that adventure for him!  It is not that our lives are without obstacles it is just that we are both handling the highs and lows very well right now.  I pray that we continued to be prepared for whatever blessings and trials lay before us in the coming year!