Last Updates of 2009

Justin's last picture of 2009
Kailee's last picture of 2009

I cannot believe that in about 15 minutes 2009 will be over. Where did this year go? So much has happened and changed over this year it's hard to believe we are moving into a whole new one. What will this one bring? What's in store for the Garcias? I can't answer that at this time. God has a ton in store for us I'm sure of that. I can't wait to travel on his adventure and see what all he does have in store for us. It's quite exciting. We had a very good 09. We had our ups and downs. Some highlights. We got to see my family in Texas quite a bit this year. Then we saw Paul's family at Thanksgiving. We all had fairly good health with no serious illnesses. Both kids grew and grew and grew. They both learned tons and made some new friends. Paul did exceptionally well in his career. He's very recognized to say the lease. He made Tech and runs his own station. We sold the TA :( but replaced her with a sick Cobra. I know there's lots of new memories there to be made. He grew as a husband and father and I couldn't be happier or more proud of him. I started school, stayed home with my babies another home, grew as a mom, wife, and friend. We were very blessed in 09 that's for sure.
Some of the downers were the house in Texas. I can't think of anything else. We had two buyers walk out on us, tons of damage we found out about, dealt with incompetent renters, foundation and roof problems, trees and yard damages. UGH that house was definitely our biggest stressor and downer.
Oddly that same stressor was a big part of our New Years. We got a call saying we had another offer on the house. Why we always get offers on holidays or right after is beyond me. So we shall see if 2010 will bring us the selling of the Texas property. Here's hoping.
For our New Years we stayed in and just spent the day as a family. We are very much over the going out and being around a bunch drunks. So we had dinner, baked cookies, watched some tv just had a normal day. Nothing is better than ringing in the New Year with my family. I can't think of a better way to spend it.
I made sure and captured one or four last shots of the kids in 2009. I wanted until 11:55 and then snuck into the kid's rooms and took a picture of each one. Then I snuck back in around a little after midnight and took my first shot of the kids of 2010.







Here's hoping everyone has a blessed New Year!