The Gunstream Gazette

Thursday, January 1, 2009

2008 was Great but I'm looking forward to 2009



NEW YEAR'S EVE 2007 for 2008 (1 year ago)
2008 was full of great memories:  
Chad and I:
- completing Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey
- leading a couples Sunday School
- Chad going with his semi-pro full contact football team to their 1st Championship Game
- Meeting new family members through births and weddings
- Chad sitting on a Planning and Zoning committee for our town
- being involved in a small group
- Steph loosing most of the weight she wanted and Chad continuing his workout routine
- Steph in a mom's group and doing Bible studies
- Seeing friends from Italy, Montenegro, out of town and even making more time for those friends in town
- leaving Brinley for the first time over night (for two nights in a row)

Brinley:
- learning to walk
- talking
- 1st boat ride
- 1st Birthday
- swim lessons
- loving books
- 1st camping trip 
- 1st road trip to Steph's cousins wedding reception near Twin Falls
- being left with Grandparents over a weekend while mom and dad went on a Sunday School trip to Cascade
- finding out that peanuts and her don't get along
- story hour at the library
- going to the zoo
- picking out pumpkins at a pumpkin patch & 1st hay ride
- growing so fast
- no more pacifiers!

What we would like to do in 2009:
- Steph loosing the last 5 pounds
- to travel some
- to become debt free
- to keep me home another year
- paint the outside of our house (not looking forward to this)
- being better friends
- finding balance with home, work, family, friends 
- to keep our eyes open to what God has to offer us this year
- have a more productive garden
- figure out how to make our home space work for us
- for Steph to keep up on her new hobbies (blogging, scrapbooking, stamping, Bible Studies, Mom's group)
- Chad and Steph to keep up with all that we are involved in and not get burnt out.
- Steph's back to get stronger

NEW YEAR'S EVE 2008 for 2009 (last night)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!  From the Gunstream Family

4 comments:

Unknown said...

It was great to spend New Year's Eve with you guys. We feel so fortunate to have you both as friends!! We look forward to all that we will do together in 2009.

Krista said...

Happy New Year! So many wonderfully sweet firsts!

Kristen said...

Great goals for next year. I am glad we were able to get to know you all better over the past year. We feel blessed to have you as friends.

Sue and Don said...

2008 was an awesome year! I'm sure 2009 will be more so. You have some great goals for the New Year, keep up the good work! Love you guys!