Happy New Year!

Good Morning, Friends!  It's almost an hour into 2017 and I'm feeling optimistic and hopeful and thought since I'm not quite ready to sleep I'd blog a moment.

I wish you all happiness in 2017.  I wish you peace and love and joy.  I hope that you treat others with kindness the same way you'd want them to treat you and those you love.  I pray that we all give each other ample grace and patience and mercy this year.  I want everyone to give their beat and show their best and put their best foot forward.  I hope everyone rises to the occasion and this year is awesome!

I haven't been looking forward to this year for the last couple of months, but I hope that 2017 proves me wrong. 

I am looking forward to a few things this year, though!  In just a couple weeks Michael and I are going to Minnesota to see Nate!  It's been about 6 months since we've seen him and we miss him terribly.  We're excited to go see him finally!  Michael and I are planning a family vacation in March (if the dates work with our hostess) to Texas.  The kids did really well on our roadtrip to Colorado last spring, so we figure we'll push our luck and try for another family vacation this year.  In October Michael and I get to go back to Vegas for his biannual business trip!  So many fun trips to look forward to.

There's a lot more to look forward to that I'd love to talk more about, but Michael is tired and ready to turn the lights out, so I'm going to turn in.  Happy New Year, Everyone!  Love you!  Wishing you an awesome year!