goodbye 2010

I am sitting writing this at our friend's house... we stayed back to watch over the house while kids sleep so that they could go party (this is also her birthday and this is her present... happy birthday my friend!) I have been thinking about 2010 and what an awesome year it has been for us...


* We planted a church and found a family of believers to call home 
* We have found friends who we love and who love us... community :)
* Piper started walking, talking, and her little personality emerges more everyday
* Trevor had the opportunity to work with the conflict defender and at the PD's office this summer... he decided he wants to be a public defender 
* He made is first A in law school this summer
* He is halfway finished with law school 
* I started my business and did my first craft fairs
* I started taking pictures, doing graphic design, and blogging


Our family grew so much this year. God has been so abundantly good to give us these gifts!! He really is shaping our path and directing our steps. It is wild to think about how much our life has changed since we left Oregon, and how good it is. I knew when we left that we would be on an adventure... because knowing God is an adventure. He brought us to places that have been so difficult but INCREDIBLY beautiful, and the whole way his hands have been directing us. 


So. Looking into 2011, I think I want to...


* Immerse myself in God, his book, and good resources that point me to him
* Move to the farm, but you knew that already.
* Continue to grow in my sewing
* Improve as a photographer
* Build a bed for Piper myself
* Wear more of my own handmade clothing 
* Grow my hair long again
* Grow some of our food
* Develop my aesthetic further 
* Love my husband and support him
* Raise my girl the way I have a vision to... to remember that vision and remain true to it
* Think about having more babies :)
* Be known, and fight the urge to hide


Sometimes when I read a list of ideals like this they sound like platitudes... but these are native hopes, born of the journey God has us on, and I am so expectant to see where we go this new year.


Readers: I hope you dig deep into him this year. Love to you. 
xoxo
paige