January - birthday month

recap tidbits of the first month of the year.. and a good one it was!!

 

scored this book at the bookstore in Howe. I am stoked!!

evening light coming in the window while mum and dad work on supper.

snowy winter views from the dining room window.

Geronimo's first appearance here:)

peanut butter and strawberry jam toast = delish !!

a song currently on repeat.

leading worship at Marcel's church on my birthday.

peanut butter and chocolate birthday cake made from scratch, curtesy of Diella.

took it to work to share with the guys.. they loved it so much, only two pieces remained.

came home that same day to find 20 pieces of mail on the counter waiting for me... and a package from Jackson- a positive taco haha! mom got most of my people to send me birthday mail, and over the next 2 weeks, I got birthday cards/letters in the mail every single day. It was the best birthday gift!

The cats favour my Jeep for sun bathing lol!

Mr Potato:)

sunlight shadows are my favorite <3

This month was exceptional, but also quite difficult. I started in with sickness the week we got home from Emerge, and im still dealing with it... but all the love from my people and from the Father made it a beautiful and fulfilling month. Here's to the next 11 months!

Dog Sitting

 Documentation of my dog sitting adventures whilst being sick...

meet Rocky...

Ronix...

and Luna...

the sweetest pups.

always needing to be as close to me as possible.

the sunset one of the nights was so beautiful!

daily walks... one day, I stayed home from work because this guy (Ronix) ran off to do his own exploring and I couldnt find him ANYWHERE. I had to call in the search team - aka mom and the little girls. He finally ran out of the trees looking overly pleased with himself. haha!

took my ukulele over and played quite a bit for the dogs.

I even wrote a little ditty, and they howled along:)

sleepy time, but most of the time.

I loved every minute of staying with these sweet pups, and I made the

most of our time together, getting as much snuggles in as possible!!

Dog love is a special kind of love <3

Emerge Gen Z - January 4th-8th

We started our drive a day early, since we were supposed to be getting pretty bad snow storms on Sunday... it worked out, because Jackson wanted to stop and collect some pennies and do some sightseeing as well. We loaded up Saturday afternoon, right after lunch at church.

Josiah and I had never been to Buc-ees before, 

so we made a pit stop to walk around inside and fill up on gas:)

Sunset Saturday evening as we drove south.

Jackson had never been to Bass Pro, so we made that our last stop before the mountains in Gatlinburg.

Great Smokey Mountains National Park!!

We stopped at a gift shop in the mountains and got some fun mementos to take home from the trip.

We also found one of the entrance signs to take our picture in front of. There were some other people there too, so we were able to get a photo of all three of us. A mini blessing from the Father:)

stopped at a lookout spot on our way up the mountain... the view was incredible!

Emerge Gen Z retreat!!

(The reason we came to Gatlinburg)

There were over 100 of us total, majority being young adults. It was an amazing time with friends, both old and new. Most of our time was spent in the word and in worship.. the food was tasty too, thanks to miss Amy<3

group photo.. there were a lot of us!

Jackson, Josiah, Pastor Matthew, and I ^

Me, Laura, Kaydence, Jordy, and Alexis ^

making new friends❤️

Finished our trip going to Painted Bear Co in Gatlinburg with Nathan and Alexis.. which turned into a whole group of us taking over the little coffee shop. We hollered in excitement every time someone else walked in the door, and we even made friends with a lady outside of our group who came in to get coffee as well!

Jackson and his "loaf".

This retreat in the mountains was the best way to start 2025!

The Father is going to do big things this year, and I am SO excited to be on

this journey with Him and with the people around me, spurring me on.