Taking it down a notch in 2008

Well, I am hoping to at least! The new song by Point of Grace called "How You Live" is my inspiration. I LOVE this song! Totally a Leslie song, just what I needed to hear, I have been feeling this way for a long time now. You must listen to it! You will love it! Last year was so busy and crazy, sometimes I wasn't sure if I was coming or going. We had our first full year with Myah, Mark started a new position and midnights, my photography business was out of control from about September thru December and Dayton always kept us running. I am SO glad that a new year is here and I can start fresh. A new year with no major changes on the horizon. I am so glad! I have felt myself change over the past 6 months, I don't know if I am maturing or what but I have a sense of peace with who I am, with my marriage, with my children. I am becoming more set in my ways, which isn't always a bad thing. I have learned to let the little things slide on more occasions than ever. My goal for this year is to get and stay organized, spend more quality time with my family, learn to be a better cook (wink), socialize with our friends on a regular basis and not become a hermit ( I am a home-body). I am taking a few months off from taking pictures, it is very time consuming for me and I love doing it however, I am wanting to take a few classes and learn more about my camera. Also, my family really needs my attention. Dayton gets his braces on next week, had his bands put on today. He may need oral surgery twice while his braces are on, poor little guy, lets pray that the braces fix the problem. Good news is no expander is needed like they first thought. Mark goes back on midnights (frown) in Feb, and on the 6th of Feb. has surgery on his eyes again. He had this surgery done 6 years ago and it is time to have the other eye done. It is a condition that has shown up in adulthood and causes double vision, we have learned that it was something that he was born with. It is not a nice surgery. He doesn't remember how bad it was, I am not looking forward to it, it was bad. I feel bad that he has to go through this again. And, little Myah really needs my attention. I have seen a huge difference in her personality this past week, she loves it when we are together as a family. I am also going to pursue potty training. Dayton starts baseball practice this weekend, every Friday night and Sunday afternoon until the season starts. Yes, I am going to be busy. But nothing makes me happier than tending to my family. I am probably going to be blogging much less this year, I am so thankful that I have documented so much over the past 2 years. I have done most of this for the benefit of my family and it is so nice to look back on how far we have come. I will still update here and there, especially the milestones, but not so much the day to day stuff. I am not going anywhere, just taking a little breather! I also wanted to let you all know that my cousin Ruthie's stepdaughter Kristina, left yesterday for China to get her little girl Morgan. I talked to Kristina the other day before she left and it brought back so many emotions! She lives in Florida but is having her cleft pallate surgery here in Michigan so we are hoping to meet little Morgan soon! That will be 3 little China dolls in our family! So amazing! Well, I am signing off for now, going to go play in all of this snow! We had another 4 inches this morning, I swear there is at least 15 inches of it on the ground! It is gorgeous! Talk to you soon!