Our Family Christmas Letter

... on a budget.

Our 2013 began uneventfully.  Then the whirlwind hit.  Surprise!  We found out in the beginning of March that baby number two was a part of our lives.  We had the joy of celebrating our beautiful Harli Grayce's first birthday with loved ones.  We had planned to live with mom and dad for the rest of the year and work like crazy to become debt free.  Knowing baby was on the way encouraged us to move out early and put a pause on our debt snowball.  However, we continued to keep Dave Ramsey in our lives by hosting our first FPU course.

In April we were able to sell and pay off the F250.  Our debt reduced to $44,000.  We also made our very first vehicle purchase with cash.  It was an awesome feeling.  May was a big month for Harli.  She began walking on her own.  She also got to hear baby's heartbeat for the first time.  We ended May celebrating my twenty-eighth birthday.



 June was a special month.  Albert and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary by enjoying a romantic evening in old Folsom.  We found out that baby number two is a boy!!  I spent a wonderful summer with my baby girl, including her first camping trip. Then I started my sixth year of teaching in August.






September hit us like bulldozer and flipped our lives upside down.  This is the month we found out cousin Andrew has tumor in his brain.  It was a month full of weeping and praying.  The praying continues daily.  I busied myself with preparing the nursery for Levi Harrison.  While the weight of this news was still in our lives, October was a more joyous month as we celebrated Albert.  Albert became a Senior Payroll Specialist.  Albert also became thirty-one this month.





November and December have gone by incredibly fast.  In November we were blessed with a healthy, natural and beautiful birth at home! We finally got to kiss and love our handsome son.  Harli got to meet her Bubba!  In December we paid off Pepperdine, bringing us to only $40,000 in debt.

2014 will be another busy year as we work even harder to bring Mama home!!  Follow along as we journey through more ups and downs and pay down our final debt.  We will continue to move towards more natural cooking and cleaning in our home.  We will be doing fun projects to help Harli learn and grow.  We will be hosting our second FPU course.  Most importantly, we will be striving for Heaven!