For the few of you that will actually visit our blog, we figured we would update you on 2008 for us. You can read all our old blog posts or just check the cliff notes below.
January 2008:
We were happily living at Chapel Hills drive- skiing and snowboarding regularly. Andy working hard as a corporate trainer at Code One and Celina loving life at
Compassion International.
February 2008: See above
March 2008:
I (Celina) was minding my own business walking with my friend in her downtown neighborhood and I saw the most adorable house. I commented on how cute it was and noted the phone number for the realtor. After calling him, I realized that this house was not only adorable, but exactly what we were looking for! I waited a few days to tell Andy about it because I knew he would go crazy over it! Here is the house I saw with my friend.
April 2008:WE'RE DEBT FREE!!!
This is the month we had been waiting for!
We had been on
Dave Ramsey's plan since August 2007 or so just working hard to crush our debt and we did it!!
Then we bought that cute little house I saw downtown....
Moving & Renovation. We moved out of Briarglen apartments at Chapel Hills Dr. and started renovating our new house. We rented out the downstairs immediately (its a duplex with totally separate entrances.) See previous posts for pictures of our renovation. Andy did most of the work with a little help from our friends and family. His parents came to visit us and for the second time in as many years, his mom helped us pack and move :) We also got to go to Breckenridge for a quick trip with Andy's parent's. Andy & Charlie attempted a 14er but it was way too snowy to complete.
As a side note, we have stayed debt free except our house and are working on
Baby Step 3.
June 2008:In June, we enjoyed a few great hiking and camping trips with friends and I traveled extensively for Compassion. I was able to visit my parents in Connecticut and then went to the countries largest Christian festival for work.
Creation East was awesome! I did actually get to shake Amy Grant's hand and wear Jeremy Camp's sunglasses. While I was out traveling around the country, my awesome husband was still working hard on projects in our house. We also had a garage sale, pictured below.
July 2008:July was eventful. Some good friends got married, I traveled for work some more. My brother Jonathan and his fiancee Katie came for a visit. We all went to Taos for a few days and checked out the art and scenery. A good summer month!
August 2008:We went to a Rockies game with Andy's coworkers and traveled to DC for a Baldwin family reunion. Betsy was home for holiday and we got to meet our nephew Derek. Birthday pedicures for my golden b-day and family photos. A good trip!
September 2008:My little brother got married!!! The pictures I took can be seen
here.
October 2008:
Fall is upon us! A few good hikes to check out the leaves and pumpkin carving with our friends were the main highlights. We sponsored another child through
Compassion and he is adorable! I got to have my picture taken with Dave Ramsey, although I was too stunned to tell him I was debt free, he was on his way to the loo and I didn't want to keep him any longer than I already did :).
November 2008:My mom finally made it to Colorado! She is living in Montrose and doing the Quarry with
Solid Rock. We are taking care of her dog and preparing for our own puppy. This is what we
want. I have been busy with some
photography jobs and loving it! Andy and I traveled to Estes Park for a marriage conference that really blessed us in our marriage! Check it out
here. Thanksgiving was spent with the Tabors and Ilas. It was a great day to be with family and friends.
December 2008:The month has just begun....
We are anticipating a visit from my step-father, Jon, Christmas in Montrose, and the start of ski and snowboard season. We will be a stop at a progressive dinner with our friends and plan to attend another friends wedding. Other than that we will be loving Jesus and learning more and more to love each other. On December 22 we will celebrate 2 years of marriage! It has been an awesome journey that just keeps getting better!
Would you take a minute to update us on your year? We'd love to hear from you!
God Bless you and thank you for being a part of our lives- your story has woven with ours somehow! Whether it has been on the phone or in person, you have been a part of this year and we are blessed by you!
We found it! After hours and hours (ok 20 minutes) of searching we found the PERFECT tree!
Sweet Andy let me cut it down. The trunk was about 3 inches thick so Andy could have knocked it down with his bare hands, but he let me have the glory and the saw!
We did it! Too bad our friends cut one down, too and we couldn't tell whose tree was whose when we got home- they looked exactly alike!
10 second self timer works every time!
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!
