It is Jackson's dream to "never hear Krystine say do the dishes, hang your coat up, only use one cup, put your shoes away, clean your room again!"
It is Elle's dream to "never hear her mom or dad say anything about her bangs in her eyes again"!
It is Emma's dream "to have a boyfriend wearing the hat on her head"!
It is Tanner's dream to "never wake up in Minnesota again"!
It is Scott's dream to be "Splinter Cell" for real!First I would like to say this year has been terrific! The biggest event in the Greer family was that Tanner graduated and headed off to college!! I didn't realize that I would feel such sadness when he left. At the same time I also feel much joy and pride that he has left home and is spreading his wings and growing into the young man I always hoped he would become! He has left such a void in our family that sometimes it is just to painful to think about it but each day gets a little bit easier to have him so far away. I never truly understood the term bitter-sweet until this year. I wonder if this is how our Heavenly Father feels about each of us when we leave his presence. It is the only way we will continue to grow by coming to earth to learn while being apart from Him. I feel that for Tanner to continue to grow he must have the opportunity to learn on his own and explore what this world has to offer him as well as what he has to offer the world! I love him so much and have been so happy to have him home for a short visit during Christmas time!!
Tanners graduating and college life is probably the biggest milestone hit this year but there were other many little things that made this year wonderful. I just have to say I have the best husband in the world and am so grateful to him for all his love, support and patience with me (especially when I want to act like a teenager!) He has been working so hard this year with little time off. The economy hasn't been the best but he is still selling his hotels and making money for his company! Scott was able to take a little time off this summer for us to take a small family trip to the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It was a great time and we made lots of memories. The best family trip by far was to Utah for Thanksgiving in Nov. This was the first trip back to Utah for Scott (as a vacation) in 3 years. It was so great to visit with family and enjoy the Holiday with those we love and miss the most. I think Scott truly enjoyed his visit to see his favorite sister-in-law Kate!
The girls have kept me on my toes this year!! Emma completed 9th grade is already half way through her sophomore year! She is getting ready to do some really great things in the next few months...first she gets to take drivers ed!!!!!!! She got pretty good grades this semester and earned the right to drive!! I love how hard Emma has been working to get better grades this year. Emma also started her first real job. She works in a little convenience store right below Scott's office (Scott gets to check on her daily and buy all his mints from her). Emma is also getting ready to take a trip to Europe in June!!! She applied to a program called People to People and was accepted. She and I have been working on fundraisers to help her earn all her money to go on this trip. I am very excited for her to see this part of the world. It is something she has always wanted to do.
Elle has been discovering who she is and what she wants to become and I am so proud to be her mom. Elle works hard in school and loves to get good grades. She is very inquisitive and loves to learn. Some day she wants to live in Africa and I have no doubt that she will do that! Elle loves her friends and tries to do what is right most of the time...she slips sometimes but learns from her mistakes and tries to do better after she falls. Elle just completed her 2nd year doing the paper route (it is a very harsh job here in MN as you can imagine) Elle has been asking if she can stop doing the paper route and I told her as soon as she starts to make as much money babysitting as she does the paper route that she could quit. Well Elle has achieved her goal!! She has become a great little babysitter! She loves to play with the kids and she is so crazy and fun the kids all love her! So this is her last week doing the paper route!!! Hurray for Elle (and her mom)!
Both girls are my friends and I love to hang out with them, snuggle and just talk as well as go to midnight showings with them!! They make me laugh and cry and my life would not be complete without them! I am so happy the Lord blessed me with such great daughters! I love them!!
Well that about sums up our year except for me! I am happy healthy and content! I decided not to go to cosmetology school after many talks with Scott. I am going to be looking for a part time job to help pay for some expenses that a college boy and teenage girls incur as well as have more fun money! I love fun money!! I am still busy as can be with my calling as 1st counselor in RS presidency and also we have two additions to the family....Jackson and Hannah. Both have been here for 6 months and we have our ups and downs but we are happy they have joined us and hope to see both of them graduate this year.
Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!!
I am going to be changing my blogging format this year and hopefully that will help me write more. I will be experimenting with some different styles as the year begins. As those that read this know I love you all and miss my family in Utah so much. I hope that this new year of 2010 brings you all peace and health as well as good times!
