Our expectations of the past year have been exceeded as well as our personal growth. Growth is not always an easy thing, and many times we only appreciate the growth in retrospect. Financial and medical set-backs, mechanical troubles, automobile difficulties, and personal stress challenged us this year, and made us evaluate much of the way we do things. After almost 18 years of marriage we are still trying to figure out how to successfully live on a budget, how to daily read our scriptures, and how to balance the schedules of 7 busy people. Fortunately, the Lord has blessed us with everything that we have needed to succeed this year, and we have managed to have a lot of fun in the process.
Our second full year in Boise, Idaho has been a blast. We love the place, the people, and the possibilities. Our town is really expanding and changing. It reminds us a little bit of our time in Pflugerville, but we are getting more shopping as well as more housing. (Jen loves the shopping, Scott’s not so sure.) We have enjoyed playing in the snow, rafting in the streams, camping in the mountains, racing together as a family, and building stronger friendships with our neighbors and ward members.
We look forward to the challenges of the next year, and can only have faith that the Lord will help us to recognize our trials for what they are, and to appreciate the journey that we are on.
Thank you all for being part of our lives, and making a difference.
