Now that you're done barfing over my cheesy rhyme for the title of this post, let's get to the real reason you're here: to read a list about my favorite things from 2022.
My word for 2022 was INVEST. God showed His faithfulness to me in so many ways this year, big and small--I definitely deepened my understanding of the richness of investing in good things.
I continued working for Christian Student Fellowship, and God opened so many new doors for us this year! I can't wait to see what He's going to do in 2023.
My husband started work as a cable installer and it suits him well. I'm very proud (when I'm not worried about him climbing ladders mounted to cable lines).
We got to meet our baby girl, the sweetest dang thing to ever grace the planet. She's a little burst of chocolatey sunshine.
We updated our bathroom upstairs; my mom lent me her artistic know-it-all-ness to help me turn my vision of a Mexican-inspired mural on the wall into a reality. The bathroom is much improved.
I started making my own flour tortillas regularly instead of buying them. Which, if you know me, should be pretty impressive to you because baking generally repulses me.
We visited my in-laws in Western Nebraska over the 4th of July, and discovered that Lydia is a water baby--just like her dad.
I turned 25. Now I can round up to 30!
I totaled my car a week after my birthday. No one was hurt (except my pride which probably needed a little shakedown anyway), and we were able to replace the car with one that fits our growing family a bit better. God redeems everything!
I had a sinus infection over the summer, and one day it manifested in a fever that made me and others around me question my sanity, but out of this came one of my favorite stories to remember and laugh hysterically at--when, in the car with a delirious me, my husband told me that he'd had the seat heater on all day (it was about 90 degrees out) thinking it was an air conditioner. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard than when the mystery of why he was so sweaty was finally solved. And I still laugh whenever I think about it.
My sister gave birth to the muscliest baby boy I've ever seen, with the cutest little elf nose. He's a big sweetie.
We celebrated our 3rd anniversary with a huge slice of tiramisu.
The babies and I watched Zac run his SECOND marathon!
Zac and I took our kids on a vacation to all the nostalgic haunts of our college days (they even got to meet a few of our old professors).
My sister and I celebrated our first annual Hogsmeade Day, a celebration of all things (but mostly food) Harry Potter!
Lydia tried to eat at least a million pieces of fuzz off the living room floor (and only succeeded about half the time).
We went trick-or-treating with the babies for the first time! Salem made a handsome mini mailman.
Salem learned how to pretend everything is a car. Or a gun.
My husband built me a wall of bookshelves in our bedroom as an early Christmas present.
We used the kids as an excuse to go see a 40-foot-tall Christmas tree in a museum in town.
My boy turned TWO. What a nutcracker this guy is (meaning he's nutty and full of wisecracks).
I got an iPhone after years of suffering with the cheapest phones available to me. So far, it's been worth it.
Zac and I invited an insane amount of people into our home for a New Year's/Christmas party, the first of hopefully many more.
For 2023, the word I'm choosing to focus on is GO. I pray this will be a year of courage, of action, of bold obedience to the Lord's call.
Jude 1:22-23
"Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire, to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh."
