Happy New Year 2010 from the Hartley Family!

Christmas is just past, and now we're looking forward to a new and exciting year! Thanks to all of the folks who have been so supportive and encouraging all the way through 2009!
Some highlights of this year:

1) We visited Wisconsin for the first time this year and found out that folks there are some of the friendliest, most welcoming people in the country!
2) We got to visit New York City for the first time. I think all of us except Daddy enjoyed his reaction to being gypped out of a 20 dollar bill by the machine at the subway station. (And I'm very happy to announce that several months ago, the state of NY sent him a 20 dollar check!)
3) All of us kids said, "The Trips," when we listed this year's highlights, like everybody in the family knew what we were talking about. (They did!) That includes Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Texas, and in each place we were made to feel at home. (Of course, we spent most of our time in AR, and I still have to say it's the best place in the world to live!)

And some things to be thankful for:
1) Aaron got safely through Air Assault training and whatever else the military does!
2) Daniel got his appendix taken out BEFORE it ruptured. (Thank God that he got taken to the hospital, because that's not something our family normally does!)
Plus way more things that God does for us every day, like giving us our next breath and letting us do the thing we love most (playing music) all the time and giving us some great friends scattered across the country!
Happy New Year!

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