Last year was by far our craziest, busiest and exciting year yet!
My baby boy turned one in February and I got to plan my first real party. Jonathan continued to work diligently on his dissertation and his papers for publishing.
In March, we continued the job search and were feeling a little discouraged. Jonathan committed to teaching summer classes at Richland Community College. And we welcomed a new nephew.
April was crazy! Jonathan defended his dissertation and prepared for graduation in May. We celebrated Luke's second Easter with family. And Jonathan signed a contract with Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. We also signed a contract on a new house!
Jonathan graduated with his Doctorate in Applied Mathematics from Southern Methodist University in May. We celebrated with friends and family over lunch.
In June, we started preparing for our move to Abilene. We also found out that our family of 3 would soon be a family of 4! We had to learn how to function with Jonathan working until 10 pm all week.
July, we started moving things to Abilene. We bought a new car and tried to spend as much time with friends and family in the Dallas area.
August was quite a hectic month as well. Jonathan wrapped up his summer courses the day before we moved. We moved to Abilene and Jonathan started teaching at HSU.
In September, we started to slow down a little bit! I found a OBGYN, Jonathan continued to love his job and Luke and I found a play group to play with. We finally felt settled in our new home and new town.
October, we had our Reveal Party to share with family and friends what sex baby #2 would be. We also enjoyed showing much of our family our new home. Luke also got to participate for the first time in trick or treating. I don't know that he was fond of giving away his candy. :)
We loved getting to see all of our family in November for Thanksgiving. It was such a huge year to look back on how much the Lord had blessed us.
In December, we did a lot of traveling for all of our Christmases and were all sick on top of that. Traveling is starting to prove to be more difficult for me. Luke moved to his big boy bed and we started getting ready for Parker's arrival.
Like I said, 2010 was quite a whirlwind for the Mitchell Mob. We learned about God's grace and provision through our trials. We learned to trust Him for direction and timing. And we were reminded of how blessed we are to have encouraging and supportive friends and family. We look forward to what's to come in 2011 starting with Parker Landon's arrival!
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