Bring on 2009, Happy New Year!! What a year '09 will bring us. We are so excited to see the many changes a new year will bring, changes for our family and changes for our world. One change we have been really excited for is that Barack Obama will become our 44th President. He is a man who will bring forth some really fantastic change to our country---much needed change.

Our family will change this year through typical growth each child goes through. This year we will celebrate first with Travis's 30th birthday (Jan. 30), Reid will turn 1 (Feb. 22), I will be *gasp* 31 (March 25), Payton will turn 7 (May 30) and Shae will be 4 (July 1). It's hard to believe how much our kiddos have already grown, it will be a great year to see the upcoming changes!

Our house in Boise has been sold, the final sale occurs on Jan. 5th. We took a big leap in faith to pack up our lives with nothing more than a severance package and our belongings when we left Boise. We knew that the Lord would care for us since we knew we were on a path He planted for us. What incredible blessings we have received in the last few months. The great news I have been waiting to share with all of you is that Travis was offered a job with FM Global!! He starts in a few weeks! His company is based in Bellevue but it is a work from home job with some traveling. This will work so well for our family and now that I know where we will settle, I have been a busy bee looking for a job. The Lord is SO good to us!!

Well we hope that the start of 2009 is a good one for all of you. Take care and I look forward to seeing and/or hearing of the many changes that come your way!!