HaPpY nEw YeAr

Be better

than you were
yesterday.

Period. No resolutions. No goals. Just be better than you were yesterday.

As this new year rolls in I can't help but notice how incredibly blessed I am. I don't say this to brag (b/c people who do that annoy the crap out of me), I just have to say it because I am utterly amazed at how great the last couple years of my life have been. So I just want to reflect on the past year and just give thanks to the Big Man upstairs... because really life is meaningless without him. So here is to the new year and all that it brings. May it be better than the last… because you tried.

What this last year looked like in the Johnson household (good & bad):
· I took home the championship trophy for fantasy football (didn’t even make the playoffs this year!)
· My family welcomed Jaxon Joseph Genovese into the world
· I passed physics with an A J
· I did not get accepted into PT school (ouch!)
· I did get a promotion at work (everything happens for a reason…)
· I turned 24 and Josh turned 29… next birthdays are big ones for the both of us!
· Josh became the Youth Minister at our church (whoop whoop!)
· I was introduced to the world of Pinterest (thanks Ashley!)
· Two words… wiffle ball. Epic story…someday you might hear it but it taught me that my husband ALWAYS has my back
· I had to educate Virginians about May Day traditions… come on people, who doesn’t know what May Day is!?
· Josh and I took a trip of to CT to visit my Grandpa... which was awesome sauce
· Watched my mom through the ‘interweb’ fight cancer. She is amazing and pretty much gave cancer a roundhouse kick to the face
· Josh and I moved into our first “home”… still renting but at least we are not in an apartment!
· Went on my first missions trip and gained new perspective
· Celebrated 2 years with my wonderful husband (and it just keeps getting better… how corny does that sound! But it’s true)
· Learned I could go an entire month without sweets
· Trained for and ran my first ½ marathon
· Josh and I spent Thanksgiving with my family at the farm… he quickly learned why the farm is one of my favorite places in the world
· Talked to my father for the first time in 14 years
· Christmas 2011 has to go down as the best Christmas ever (hopefully more on that later!)

HaPpY nEw YeAr!