New Year, New Resolution

Since I have been so terrible at blogging the last oh three months I have decided that now would be a good time to write. Our year in review has been a good one. Not the best ever, but definitely not terrible. We moved to a new place and though we miss our family and our "hometown" we've grown as a family and Alex has grown as a student and as a professional. I got a job and made some new friends which I am SO grateful for, we are active and involved in our church and have met some amazing people through that medium as well. All in all we are so thankful for everything the year has brought us and for all the blessings we've received.

I have never been one for new years resolutions but I feel inspired this year to make a few. A couple years ago Valerie had this idea to make a resolution for each month ~ not necessarily something that HAD to change or be "resolved" but just things to work on. While I have come up with no where near 12 things I have thought of a couple.

First and foremost, I want to take my certification test and become certified in Florida to teach Kindergarten through Third Grade. I want to find a position in a school close to Celebration though it would be even better if I were lucky enough to land a job in Celebration!! I have gotten my study materials and the funding (thanks to Oma and Opa) and I will be registering soon for my exam. Wish me LUCK!!

Other goals I have made for this year are to cut down on the amount of soda we drink. I am sort of ashamed to say it but I definitely drink too much coke. It is something I have been thinking about a lot lately because Avery knows what it is now and though he doesn't generally ask for it I don't want him to start wanting it regularly.

I would like for us to get out more with people here from our church. I think we never get invited to things because we are always busy. Alex is a student and so he works at night and most weekends - generally when activities are being held... therefore when we are asked we generally have to say no... and people stop asking after a while. I also work during the day so it's hard for me to go to play group and all that. I thought moving to a new place would allow us to make more friends at church but it's been pretty much about the same as back home  :(

I would like to get into better shape. I know, cliche resolution, huh? It's not that I really want to loose weight because I've lost about 6 lbs in the year we've been here - how and where from I have no idea - but I'd just like to be more fit.

We have one other goal and that is to use our Disney Annual Passes at least once a month!! What are some of your resolutions?