A Year in Review and Goals for 2011

A few weeks ago we said goodbye to 2010 and welcomed the new year.  For us 2010 was a year full of big decisions and life changing events.  Here are a few notable events from 2010 that the Freihauts won't soon forget:

• In March we headed to Florida for Spring Break.  It was Adalyn's very first plane ride and she did great!  We spent most of our time at Daytona Beach.  We also made a quick trip to Disney to take Addy to the Magic Kingdom for the first time.
• In May we welcomed Carter to the family and had a blast watching Adalyn getting to know and love her new little brother.
• I resigned from my teaching position at Rochester and decided to stay at home with the kids.  It was a very difficult decision to make, as I loved my jobs and co-workers, but it was absolutely the right decision.
• Despite lots of resistance Addy became fully potty trained over the summer, which was a huge relief for everyone!
• We also moved into our new house in November.  We started looking in August and had planned to get serious about buying the following Spring.  However, we found a house we couldn't pass up and made an offer in September.  We love our new home and look forward to decorating and making it fit our style and family needs.  We also look forward to breaking in our new backyard as soon as the weather warms up!

It's amazing how one big event leads to a chain reaction of events.  If we wouldn't have had Carter in 2010 I could very well still be making the drive to Rochester with Adalyn in tow and we would probably still be living in our house in Atlanta.  It's funny how things work out and we feel very blessed that things worked out the way they did in 2010!

As we begin 2011 I have created my annual list of things I would like to accomplish and/or improve on.  I am calling this list my goals instead of the dreaded word  resolutions in hopes that it will make it less daunting.  Here are a few of my goals for the new year:

• Bring more organization to the Freihaut household--this is a very broad statement that encompasses many areas!
• Get in shape and run a 5K (or possibly a few 5ks).
• Improve my photography skills.  I am taking a photography class at the local community college in April.  Hopefully the class will teach me more about using my dslr camera.  I also want to purchase a few more accessories and experiment with my kids.  The goal is to be able to take more of their milestone pictures on my own and make less visits to the local picture studio.  So if any friends and family want to volunteer themselves, children, or pets for me to practice on, give me a call :)
• Work on decorating and unpacking our new house.  I will be sure to post pictures of the house as progress is made on this goal.
• Improve the documentation of the Freihaut Family on the blog.  This year the number of posts is way less than in previous years.  I am going to try to do a better job documenting important events and information about what is going on in the Freihaut Household.  I may not post every week, as some weeks aren't as interesting as others, but I want to do a better job with the posting.