2007 in Review

Greg and I took some time to think of all that's gone on this past year . . . it really is amazing when we sit down and think about it all at once . . .

• We moved into our beautiful duplex in January. It's our first house! We have loved working on house projects (mostly painting and constructing bookshelves). Our neighborhood is only about 20 min from Greg's office uptown and about 10-15 min from our other family living in Charlotte; top that off with 3 other families from our church who are great friends of ours living on the same block and the location couldn't be more perfect!

• Greg's been playing bass in the band for our church's college ministry AND for the children's ministry band 2 times a month on Sundays. He's also been brushing up on the guitar and leading worship for our Care Group (our church's twice a month small group meetings). Between official practices, practicing at home, and then actually playing on the bands, he's had a lot of time to play music this past year. (I personally love it, it's great to hear him play!). In the fall I got the chance to start singing on the Children's Ministry band, so that's been fun to do together.
  
• In May we went camping with our best friends, Evan and Leah, went to a conference, NewAttitude, with them as well, and hit up Hilton Head with Greg's parents for a weekend trip. We didn't see home much that month!
  
• In June we went to Charleston to celebrate our first anniversary! We had a wonderful time touring the city and eating fantastic seafood . . mmmmm . . .
  
• For the 4th of July week, we flew out to California with Allie to visit Grandma and Grandpa and the rest of our family out there. We had a fun filled week and can't wait to see everyone again!
• We went on our first backpacking trip together over Labor Day weekend. Greg's been several times before, but this was my first trip. We hiked about 15 or 16 miles over the 3 days, most of the time carrying a good 25+ pounds on our backs. It was a lot of fun and we're working on planning another trip for April '08.
• Beginning in September, we've been assistant Care Group Leaders for the college group. It's been so much fun to get to know our leaders (our neighbors Nick and Rebecca) as well as the rest of the group. We're looking forward to those meetings starting up again in January.

The year ahead of us is looking to be full and exciting as well . . . we're eager to see all that God has for us in 2008!