Where did 2008 go!!

This has been a wild and crazy year full of moving from house to house and city to city with a baby and starting all over in new places twice! But Boomer and I know that this is where God wants us to be and He will use us here. He has a plan for us and I pray that His hand will always be upon us. Well, let's see if I can recap the year!
Jan. 08
We were living in Waynesboro. I was teaching and Boomer was a lumber broker (funny, HUH!) He was pretty good though! We struggled with our life there. We had thought that God wanted us there because we were financially scared that we wouldn't be able to make it here. So we packed up and moved a couple of weeks after Grant was born. My parents were so gracious to give us 3 acres of their land for us to build the house of our dreams on. They even had the land pushed and leveled. While our house was being built, however, we lived in a rat infested rental house! Grant was just a few weeks old and I was crying non stop. All you could hear through the night were rat traps clicking!!! Finally we moved into our beautiful home.

Feb. 08
Loving our new house but still depressed about where we were. Don't get me wrong, we love our families and the people there but living there just wasn't for us. Anyway, Grant celebrated his first Valentine's Day!!! I can't find my Valentine's pics but this is around the same time.

April o8
I think Easter fell in April this year....who knows we've been through so much there is A LOT I can't remember!! Or keep straight! Grant celebrated his first Easter!! We were scared that he would hate the Easter bunny but he loved him! As he was sitting in his lap, the camera messed up and he just sat there content as could be!




We also celebrated my 30th birthday!

May 08
Out of school YIPEE!! And we celebrate Grant's first birthday with a farm theme. It was a lot of fun and there were tons of people there. Can you believe he HATED to dig in his cake!!




June 08
Boomer celebrated his 30th birthday!! He jumped on the bandwagon with the rest of us!!


July 08
We had been praying diligently about what God wanted us to do about moving back here. There were a lot of things that had to happen. Our house had to sell and it was in the middle of nowhere, we had to find new jobs, and a new house and Grant a daycare. God provided every one of those within 2 wks! God is good. That is how we knew to move back. We put it in His hands and He took care of it all. Unfortunately, the weekend that we moved Boomer's dad was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg and he passed away the end of July. It has been a tough year on Boomer.
Aug 08 and Sept. 08
These months were full of unpacking boxes galore!!! Who had time to take pictures!!
October 08
Technically not Grant's first Halloween but one that he knew something was going on!


Nov. 08
Thanksgiving was fun with family.....we traveled to Waynesboro. My parents got a new kitty!! Grant loved it!


Oh and who could forget the allergic reaction to the antibiotic!!!!

Dec. 08
Santa was so much fun this year! We had it at my parent's this year. Grant really loved his Mickey Mouse and his slide and fourwheeler and clubhouse!! We are "Hotdoggin" all the time!!!



All in all, we are very blessed to have wonderful, caring, giving and understanding parents! They went through a lot with us and we thank and adore them!We look forward to a new year and to see what God has in store for us!