First Month of the Year

First Sunrise of the Year from Mt. Bonnell.  Don't see it?  Neither did I, it was too cloudy and all you noticed was that it got brighter outside.

 

 But the view was nice and I got to try my first panoramic picture on my phone. 

First breakfast of the year- a cinnamon pumpkin pancake from Kerby Lane Cafe.

First painting of the year- a painting for my coworker Karen O. She loves owls and has a one-year old son. I made it for his room. It was a late Christmas present.

First new skill of the year- shadowboxing. This is my Grandma Hutchison's pep squad shirt. I looked up a video on line on how to frame a jersey so I could also frame a soccer jersey for my brother Michael. Mom and I found cheap shadowbox frames and finished both this shirt and the jersey in one afternoon.

Another panoramic picture of the room where the shirt is proudly displayed! 

First Theme of the Year. It comes from the talk "An High Priest of Good Things to Come" (click on the title for a link to it) by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, October 1999. My favorite quote is this-

“Don’t give up, boy. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it—... You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.”

You can also see a Mormon Message video featuring the talk. https://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#good-things-to-come

I ended 2012 with witness after witness of how wonderful and full my life is. 

I want to carry that with me this year. 

So my theme is "Happy and Hopeful, 2013!" 

Next blog...first dance of the year!