Life Updates - Looking Back on 2011

My life changed A LOT this past year, mostly for the good and some small things for the bad. Most of all, the good outweighs the bad. Here is my thoughts on 2011.

• I love Wesley, but I never thought I could love anyone else as much as I love him. Ryan now has a huge chuck of my heart and I don't know where I'd be right now with out him. 
• Adjusting from working full time to staying at home full time has been really hard for me. I'm more lonely now than I've ever been in my entire life. I don't see my family or friends as much as I'd like to. I spend all day with children under the age of three who just can't talk to me like a friend can. 
• We found a church that we both enjoy going to, that has proven already to be a good fit for us. I get so much out of attending on Sunday's and I can't wait for the new building to be ready so that I can get more involved. I'd love to be apart of the church in a more creative and constructive way. Helping with kids, planning events, singing, or something to serve my fellow followers of Christ. 
• I lost the only Grandfather that I have left. This was a huge event for my family seeing as how he was the core of us all for the most part. The holidays were really hard for all of us. I still have my times when I want to call and tell him about a book that I read. He's going to miss the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' movie, and he was so looking forward to seeing it! He loved the book. 
• Friendships and have come and gone this year. I've seen the light when it comes to some of them and they just aren't worth the hurt anymore. Some new friendships have started and I hope they continue because I already love them all so much! (New years was a blast with some new friends, and I hope that time will only tell how much closer we can really become.) 
• Family has been a big part of this year - and babies!! My cousin is having twin girls and I can't wait to meet them.. and another cousin is pregnant as well! 2012 is going to be full of new birthdays for my friends and family. I've begun closer relationships with some family members and some of once again fallen to the wayside just because we don't talk. I don't mean any harm, but I'm just not going to try if they won't either. 

A lot of things have changed in my life over the past year, some of them very hard to deal with and some of them were good for me. It's been an emotional year, but I hope that more good things are to come in 2012. I look forward to the future with my little family and I can't wait to see what 2012 holds for us.