Chapter 2/12

 February recap- the month of sickness, staying home, making art, making music, and letting the cats come in to snuggle.

Hadassah serenading me with the ukulele.

little doodle for my homebody friend<3

diella coming to eat lunch with me while I was isolated in my room.

(I just like this picture)

first secret sisters gift of the year - technically from January...

all of my snow pictures were taken from in the house. no cold air for me!

Zeke joining us for family worship time.

shadows!

Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry

book haul of the month.

chipotle for lunch.

cute little snail mail to send out.

girls made a "fort" out of the new couch's pillows.

puppers joining me for quiet time.

watching old home videos one evening as a family.

oh the laughs we had watching back through!

kids are hilarious and wild!

The longest month so far, even though it was the shortest month.

I was stuck at home for most of it because of sickness..

BUT the Father is still good and faithful, and He makes beautiful things out of ashes.

I got whooping cough..

 my month of February summed up in three photos..

I ended up with whooping cough/pneumonia. In coughing so hard, I burst blood vessels in both of my eyes, and the surrounding areas lol. it was quite the experience.

below is my eyes at their worst state..

not much better, but getting there..

and a surprise photo of Benaiah doing his treatment (or rather,

supposed to be doing his treatment) while his friend is on the phone.

This month of sickness has been bRUTAL, and im still not completely over it, but the Father is faithful to heal, and I know I will be back to feeling like myself so soon! This has been a new experience for sure lol!

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