According to Siri May 10th, 2018 (my last post) was 598 days, 85 weeks or 20 months ago. I was well aware as I love my place here but just needed some time to figure some things out. It is absolutely mind blowing the blessings that happened during that time and with that I am one incredibly grateful person.
In gearing up for 2020 comes my usual search for my “word” for the year that I do with my beautiful niece Kris. This year was easy for once! The word ‘Intent” flooded into my mind- perfect! I’m so excited to see what this next year brings! My word for 2019 was “Family” and let me tell you it really was!
June (2018) Craig and I became grandparents to a beautiful little girl named Ellery Kathryn! So many prayers for this little one- 4 1/2 years to be exact and we could not be happier for Chelsie & Ryan and their new baby girl!
September our Daughter Allie became engaged to Jared!!! Let the wedding festivities begin!! Four months to prepare for a whole lot of fun!
November we celebrated with a wedding shower with all of our friends and family.
December was all about the Bachelorette!
February (2019) after a whirlwind of activities, Allie & Jared are wed!
Later that month we started building a treehouse inside our house…
March, our Son Tyler proposed to his beautiful girlfriend Laura followed by an engagement party & wedding planning!
Also in the month of March Allie & Jared surprised us with their announcement of their first baby!
May brought Spring flowers and Ryan & Chels moved by us! No more driving an hour away for daycare! Whoop Whoop!
June we had our first little one turn one with a smash cake party!
July, Allie & Jared moved 15 minutes closer to us and Laura lost her engagement ring in the lake followed by a big celebration party with a couple of new friends to properly thank for finding it!!
October was so much fun with a safari themed baby shower for Allie and a diaper party for Jared later that evening!
And just like that, Aubriana Noel was here!
November we had so much to be thankful for! Craig & I celebrated our 33rd anniversary and Thanksgiving marked 2 years for Allie & I going Gluten and dairy free.
December we celebrated our Christmas as a family of 10!
The week between Christmas and New Years is always interesting to me. Making sure I have picked a word for my New Year and having so much fun going through my social media feeds catching up on everyone celebrations! This year someone posted a question… what was your biggest accomplishment this year? After the year I just had i just seriously could not pick one thing, several days later I finally came up with it- I’m so thankful that God gave me a husband filled with the wisdom to have me avoid having my face disfigured by surgery. Basil cell carcinoma is no joke especially when you are faced with a “surgery happy” doctor. With hope I followed a less invasive procedure. After treatment I was cleared! My new doctor was surprised it was gone- the smile on my face was so big she had to triple check it! The best part was calling Craig to tell him the big news he was so excited and so sweet! he assured me that I would always be beautiful to him no matter what. Grayeful for his love, wisdom and research and truly caring enough to fins another way rather than surgery to help me. That was quite the accomplishment!
Now that I feel like we caught up, I have so many posts i can’t wait to share!
I’m beyond words for such a wonderful family and friends and I am wishing you all an amazing New Year filled with a surplus of Gods love, protection and blessings! Love, Teri