Good bye 2010

What a year 2010 was. We started the new year wondering what it would bring. Wondering what it would end up looking like. Taylor had an opportunity of a lifetime but we weren't sure it would even happen. Now I sit here with amazing memories of what that opportunity brought to us. I learned so much about another culture, even not being in a little remote village in southern Sudan, I learned we are blessed with so much here in our country. That we are lucky to be able to have opinions, have water in our homes and have the freedom to explore.


I learned that even being 10,000 miles from the person you love that the love you have can continue to grow. I learned many new things about several different cultures that makes me yearn to learn more. I learned that you can make it through hardship and grow from it. That friends are everything to me. That I love the little town I live in. Mostly, I learned that it's all supposed to happen. I don't know what the big picture is but I sure like all the little pictures I get to see on the way.

Am I excited for 2011? Hell yea!. I am excited to sit on this very couch with my amazing husband and live again under one roof even if it's for a small amount of time. To treasure all the little moments and plan for the big ones. I know that this will be an amazing year because life is simply amazing. I feel so lucky to live the life I live. So I welcome you 2011 and look forward to what you have to show me.

Here are some of my favorite photos from 2010 on our adventures that only happened because Taylor was willing to leave all he knew and loved behind to go on a huge solo adventure. So much good came of it. Thank you, Taylor. I love you so much!

Happy new year everyone! I hope this new year brings you all sorts of happiness and fun adventures. Take a moment one of these future days and say thanks for the wonderful world we live in. We are all so very blessed.