This Year.

I love starting a brand new year! I am a planner, and a list maker. I make list's about everything. So when a new year starts I like to roughly plan the year out (of course I know things come up and things change, so nothing is set in stone) but here is a rough outline of what our plan for this year is: We were working really hard at getting out of debt, and were almost there, but then the opportunity came up to buy our house. It sort of just fell into our lap, and felt right, so we dove in and are very glad we did. Everything just worked out, but our debt snowball kind of got put on hold and we even added some more debt on with a down payment and little fees that pop up when your purchasing a house. So this year we want to go crazy on our debt again, and get as much as we possibly can paid off. Nate will start Coach pitch this spring and Ty will start T-ball. Ty is very excited to finally be able to play. I want to start a mini garden. I've never done it before so I want to start small and will only plant a few things. I'm excited to start learning how to do this though. There is something so special about being able to eat things that you planted and help grew. We also want to get our yard finished this year. We only have a couple of things to do. We have to close off the sides and put in a gate, and finish our shed. Ryan also wants to close in our furnace downstairs. Our basement is unfinished so its just sittin there and it makes us nervous to have the kids playing down there with out it closed off. We are planning to get a piano this summer so that Nate can start lesson's in the Fall. I am excited to have a piano in the house and maybe I'll even learn. I know how to read music but have never played and practiced enough to really be good at it. I've always wanted to be a good piano player so here is my chance. McKenna will start her dance combo class in the Fall which will be tap and ballet. It will be fun to see her learning to tap. Her Grandma Kim took tap as a child. Nate will start grade two and Ty will finally be in Kindergarten! I think we will enjoy each other a lot more with him gone half the day. I also want to get my main floor all finished. That means a few more finishing touches on the living room, a new Kitchen table, and my laundry room organized. We'll also be saving for our family trip to Disneyland! Our plan is to go in February of next year! So much to look forward too!