Happy New Year! One of my resolutions this year is to blog more consistently. Hopefully I'll follow through, but I can't make any promises. On New Year's Eve my friend made the decision to give up drinking soda. By 10:45am on New Year's Day, she gave up! It was a classic moment that I'm glad I got to witness.
My life has gone crazy! December was an insane month and I'm so glad it's over. My kids have been off from school since Thanksgiving. They go to a year-round school so they get three 1-month breaks instead of a long summer break. Poor Vince has been stuck working at home with them because I'm working at the gym. They finally go back to school tomorrow.
This was my first Thanksgiving and Christmas where we didn't spend time with my family...talk about depressing! My parents visited in December, which was awesome, but I didn't get to see my brother and sister and their families. My kids missed spending the holidays at Grandma and Grandpa's with their cousins, which broke my heart.
I'm going to my sister's house in New Jersey later this week for her baby shower. I'm not looking forward to the snow, but am looking forward to seeing my pregnant sister! For once she will weigh more than me! Ha!
Things with the church are going good. We've added more people to our launch team and are getting ready for our opening day. We're still getting some quotes on build-out expenses for the building, but everything is looking good. We've added a Children's Minister who is amazing; God is so awesome!
One of my best friends has moved into our house with her husband and three kids. Juli is like a breath of fresh air for me. Her husband Chuck was on staff with Vince at Forefront. He's trying to raise support so he can work full-time for Verve. If you or your church have some extra money and would like to help him reach his goal, let me know!
So there are 9 of us plus one annoying dog living at my house. Things are going great, with the exception of the relationship between the annoying dog and the twins. Noah and Samuel are 4 and were adopted from Haiti. They've been in the States for a little over a year. Unfortunately, they are terrified of animals and Kuma is causing a lot of stress for them. If you have any suggestions I will take them! Some prayers wouldn't hurt either!!!!
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