Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Hilliards

2008

Well what a blessed year we've had.  There has been a lot of doom and gloom in the world but thankfully the Lord has continued to bless us with love, good health, family and friends (the most important things ay) .  The kids have brought us heaps of joy... and frustration!  Boy they like to test your patience!!  But it has been awesome seeing them grow over the year with Nathan turning 3 and Maia turning 1.  They have a neat little relationship with their moments of tension but plenty of moments of tenderness with each other.

Dean and I celebrated our 7th Wedding Anniversary in February and our 33rd birthdays in November.  

In amongst the joy there have been some sad times with the losses of two family members, the shock drowning of my Uncle and losing my grandfather to Cancer.  Both times the family came together and supported each other with strength, love and in the day to day stuff.

We look forward to the New Year and the change ahead, the new house when we find it, the new neighbourhood and new community as we head to Te Atatu, Dean's old stomping ground.  We like the community feel there but I think I will still be involved in the Massey community by continuing to attend Mainly Music with our friends there and I will also continue to attend church in that area.

We are off on Boxing Day for our camping holiday to Te Kaha, so unless I have some energy Christmas evening to blog our day, we'll catch you all in the New Year.

We wish all of you who check in to our little piece of blogland a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year!