Happy New Year! I am very excited about what this year will bring. I wasn't sure about a December wedding when Josh first started to push it, but I'm glad we started off the year as husband and wife. Wow...can you believe that my teenage fantasy has actually come true? It's pretty remarkable.

My mother and John have moved to Pennsylvania. My mom is going to run the dance studio (I will still own it). John and I are moving my dad's business up here. He has been trying to get me to work with him on the business for awhile now, but I didn't want to move back to Florida. We talked about doing it remotely but neither of us really felt like that would work. We are keeping a small office active in Sarasota because we didn't want to lay people off but we got a few people to move to Pennsylvania, and we are not going to hire anyone else in Florida.

It's exciting but scary. I wouldn't do it if I didn't have John to help. I want the flexibility to travel in the summer with my husband who is a teacher. I also want to have kids in a few years and I will need time for them. John keeps telling me that it's my company so I can do whatever I want, but I have an obligation to the clients and the employees to not screw things up. That is why I am keeping John in position has President and CEO. I think he wants to transition it to me at some point so he can retire, but that is still aways off.

Right now I'm just happy to have all of the blessings that I have. I think 2017 is going to be a great year!

Sincerely,
Nicole Anderson
(I love typing that!)