It is over!

Although 2006 is not officially over, for all intensive purposes, I am done! At the beginning of the year, I told Matt that this would be the year of beginnings and endings, and it proved me right! 2006 will definately be a benchmark year in our lives, so I thought I would catch you up to date, just in case you haven't been paying attention!

1) We got engaged. Never done that before, never will again!
2) We got married. Logically, this comes after getting engaged, but not always. It was a long engagement, but there was much to be done, and it was fun!
3) I finished seminary. Just last week, we took a quick trip to Ft. Worth to attend my graduation ceremony. It was a little anti-climactic, as I finished my courses in June and had to wait til December to graduate. However, it was a fun time.
4) No more apartments. Matt and I built a house (not ourselves, mind you, but still, it was an up-hill battle sometimes). We moved in about a month ago, and still haven't finished unpacking. But Christmas was coming so that took precedence...hopefully, I will get some pictures up soon. Now that we are in, we love our new, little home!
5) Big job changes-I am moving back to the church full time-though the end date at the outreach center is still up in the air and plan on pursuing a more dedicated role in the apartment ministry (meaning I won't have as many secretarial duties). Our Administrator also left this year, now that I think about it, and we are getting a new Asst. Minister. The other secretary is moving to the outreach center, so we just did a flip flot, and will hire a new secretary once all the other moves have happened.
Also, Matt is taking on new responsibilities over the next couple of weeks...i will let him tell you more about that!

As you can see, 2006 was a busy, but great year. We are looking forward to 2007 and a little time to relax, but I'm sure more will come up to keep us busy.