A "word" for the new year

We are now in 2014! Hard to believe, but it's true. We didn't do much for NYE, of course. We did decided to let J stay up a little bit late and head down the road to see some fireworks! Buffalo Wild Wings in Gardendale put on a NYE party and fireworks show. They even had a midnight ball drop, but we definitely didn't make it to that one. We took the truck and hopped a curb to get the perfect spot...

J loved it! He just stared and pointed. 

No makeup, greasy hair, and pj's, but I just love my little family!

In church last week, PK preached on getting a "word" for 2014. I don't make New Year's resolutions. I think it's just a waste of time and another thing to feel guilty about. I have hopes, sure. My hopes for this year are to have a healthy baby boy enter our family, spend as much time as I can with all 3 of my boys, go on a vacation or 2 and make some good memories. However, resolutions to lose weight, make more money/save more money/spend less money, and all the other usuals are just not my style. They are made to be broken, I guess. Some people may be fired up about resolutions and actually stick to them. I have found that I am not one of those people, so I just skip that tradition. I really loved PK's idea of a word for 2014. He said that we should ask God for a word to apply to our life in the upcoming year. Whatever we are going through, we should be able to go back to that one little word to get us through. As soon as he said all this, I immediately could not think of anything other than the word "FAITH". I truly believe God gave me this word sitting in church that morning. I just kept thinking about how no matter what happens I can always have faith that God will see me through. This does kinda scare me a little. It makes me wonder if this year is going to bring some hard times. There will always be hard times in this life, but I know that if I just continue to have faith in God's love and His promise, then I can get through anything. Here's to the new year!