Wow. This year, the year 2008, we celebrated our 2nd wedding Anniversary, our 26th birthdays, visited Guatemala, started a few new jobs, started a new community group, failed some physical fitness goals, met some physical fitness goals, fell back on those fitness goals, went to almost ALL of the baseball home games (FREEZING!), got involved with Quality Deer Management on our property (started the education), hunted a few new deer stands, and it feels like just yesterday I was sitting and thinking about the future of 2008!
Most Memorable Moments of 2008
- Spending time in the freezing cold, huddled in the outfield with Katie watching the Razorbacks play baseball in unseasonably cold weather with Katie saying (every game) how she wants a red hooded sweatshirt and me saying, “It’ll get warmer next weekend… It always does.” Well, it never did & we just purchased those red hooded sweat shirts for this coming season!
- Falling asleep on the porch in Three Creeks for an hour or two in unseasonably warm temperatures this December.
- Seeing the “BIG BUCK” right at dark, with no chance of a shot, on the next to last day of my hunt!
And having an INCREDIBLE time hunting with Katie. - Arkansas beat LSU for the Golden Boot!
- Houston Nutt left, & we gained Petrino!
- Coach McDonald retired from Track.
- Traveling to Guatemala with the Life of Fellowship Bible Church. We will never forget the children of La Limonada and Santa Cruz.
- Started the first book in MasterLIFE
- Katie went to a Razorback basketball game with her dad (last second shot against Vandy and we won!)
- 96th Ranked Basketball Hogs slaughtered 4th Ranked OU in our last game of 2008!
- Moved into our Duplex to save about $250 a month (still have boxes in the garage!)
- Obama got elected (Arkansas went for Palin)
- Saved & purchased our first “Family” Video Camera & I learned to edit videos!
- We saved & bought Settlers of CATAN, an XBox 360, a Dell PC & Katie’s first KitchenAid Mixer.
- The Market Crash of 2008 (homes and lending)
- Planted our first Flower Bed & bought our first Lawn Mower and Weedeater!
- Katie held her first classroom Thanks Giving Feast and took the kids on the “Polar Express” (AR/MO Rail Road from Springdale to Rogers). They were both big hits with the kids.
- We are still on our way to becoming DEBT FREE!
- Started an FPU group that has re-inspired us!
I guess that is 2008 for us in a nutshell. I’m looking forward to 2009…
