It’s 2010!   And we’ve got some great expectations for this next year.  What’s a January without lots of looking forward in anticipation and looking back at mistakes that were made, fun times that were had and smiling at it all.

We’ve got some great expectations in every area of our life this year.   For our church, we’re leading a new small group from February through April and we’re excited for what God will do through it.   I’ve also got some great expectations for our church as a whole–I think there is great potential for a lot of lives to be changed as a result of what people are doing.

At work, I’ve got some awesome expectations for the product I’ve been working on and the team that is coming together.   I think the product I’ve been working on for the last year will begin to really make a difference in the company and in the sustainability of the people involved.  It is a neat opportunity to be able to improve people’s ability to work.   I’m also excited about working with Chris again–he is my favorite programmer to work with and now we’re officially employees of the same company    He’s the first programmer guy that I’ve worked with that is really on my level–we push each other and encourage each other and work together well.   It is definitely going to be a fun year at work.

And we’ve got some big expectations for our family.  Timothy will officially begin kindergarten in the fall, though Andrea began homeschooling both Timothy and Bethany this year already.  They’re doing great and I expect will continue to do so.   Rachel will go from being a baby, barely able to crawl and pull up to being a walking, talking machine in the next 12 months.   But our biggest expectation is the one due August 11th.  Our next (and final!) baby will be joining us in 2010 and we’re very excited about it.

What a crazy, amazing, fun year it will be.