Kaelyn's Birthday

I know, I know, I'm so behind on the blog, again.  In an effort to catch up, let's start at Kaelyn's birthday.  

 Still doing streamers for birthdays.  Its tradition!

 She took pictures walking out too.

 She was a good sport wearing the hat but only for this picture.  Adam was doing a no-shave November, in case you were wondering.

This is the BEST.PHOTO.BOMB.EVER.

Happy birthday to my artsy, compassionate, caring, determined, persevering, hardworking, quick-thinking, loyal, kind, K'lyn.  

Happy 2018!

It's been a while.  I'm sorry about that.  Life got hard, and then I was trying to enjoy the holidays.  Getting back on track now.  I'll post some pics of happenings these past two months, but this post will be about 2018 and my word of the year.

My word for last year was SIMPLE.  Last year was anything but SIMPLE, so that sums up how that word went.  SIMPLE could mean a variety of things, but I was going for trying to keep things SIMPLE.  As usual, I made a mess of most things that should've been SIMPLE.  Lessons learned and moving on.

My friend, Courtney, is doing the same word as me.  She had already chosen her word, and I loved it, so we decided to do it together.  The word is SEEK, and in "SEEK ye first the Kingdom of GOD," and "SEEK His face."  At first this word doesn't seem so perilous as SIMPLE was.  Then I told my spiritual director the word.

He advised that SEEKing implies that I am searching for God, otherwise I would just be looking at Him.  *Note to self: Next year my word will be PRESENCE* ;) SEEKing can come in the form of looking for God in others that may not be pleasant or kind, looking for Him in the daily grind, in my kids, in doing His will.  This sounds more challenging than SIMPLE quite frankly.

I'm glad I have a friend to walk with on this road.  She's always an inspiration and someone who understands the struggles.  I'm looking forward to a great 2018, and I hope all of you are blessed abundantly!