The Year of Firsts!

This year has been very exciting for Kris and me.  We have experienced a lot of new challenges that have brought us even closer.  This year we moved away from our security belt into uncharted territory.  We bought our first new house and learned how much fun it is to move! We created our own yard from dirt.  Laid sod for the first (and hopefully last) time. Kris and I both started new jobs, in new towns, not knowing anything or anyone.   We bought our first "new" vehicle as a married couple!  Kris got to see parts of the US that he has never seen. We went to the beach together for the first time! We also got to experience a lot of sporting events for the first time.  For example, court side seats to the Spurs, Play-off game of the Spurs, the men's Final Four, and the Colts vs. the Texans. We have taken steps that I think everyone thought we would never do.  Along with the good and the fun, always come the sad and the hard.  I lost my first grandparent this year.  I feel blessed that I had all four of my grandparents for 25 years of my life. Not many people can say that, but things will always be different now.  Kris and I have made this house our home, and we look forward to the many memories we will have, as well as the rest of the firsts that are yet to come.  Happy New Year!