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| Roomies for 3 years, friends for 13 and counting! |
2013 was a year filled with joy! It was a lot of fun to look back at my pictures from this year because so much of what happened and what God did made me smile :)
2013 in Review:
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| January: We were delighted to discover that we were expecting a baby girl! We also celebrated cousin Bella's 3rd birthday with a costume party (for the kids) |
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| February: We saw Pentatonix in concert! I'm forever amazed by their vocal ability and musicality! |
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| March: Over spring break, Aug and I did a bunch of date days instead of going on a long trip...I loved it! One of them included a Thai cooking class - yum! :) |
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| April: My sister kindly did a maternity photo shoot for me (and included my beloved cherry blossom tree) Aug turned 31 :) |
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| May: On Mother's Day, our church family threw a joint baby shower for my friend and me. Jonathan mopped the floor as a Mother's Day gift to me ;) I said goodbye to teaching (for now) and ended the school year early with maternity leave. |
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| June: Abigail was born! (This was taken when she was 3 days old. My co-teacher sweetly made this blanket with our class for Abby) |
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| July: Jonathan turned 2! We celebrated at Glen Echo park, where we watched a puppet show and rode the carousel, which he found slightly terrifying :-/ My mother turned 60 (a special birthday in Korean culture) We celebrated 4 years of marriage! Abby went to her first wedding :) (Dream & Chris) |
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| August: We went on a family vacation to Deep Creek We went to the fire station on the final day of summer vacation! Aug started a new position at his school, while I tried on the Stay-At-Home-Mama hat for the first time. :) |
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| September: I turned 31 :) We celebrated Abby's 100th day (another Korean tradition) Gummy Bear Mama was born. We soaked up the fall weather with lots of play dates at the playground We went apple-picking and came home with lots of Honey Crisp..mmm! We bade farewell to Uncle Joe, who moved across the country for his new job |
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| October: Firefighter Jonathan saved the day with Dalmatian pup Abby by his side :) We learned about God's generosity all over again as the yard sale for Carlin yielded over $2,000! Kinda-sorta started potty-training Jonathan :) I entered the 21st century - upgraded from my trusty flip phone to a smart phone |
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| November: Abby was Aug's date for my dear friend Alison's wedding for which I was a bridesmaid (bridesmatron? haha) Abby became mobile and started eating solid food (she was skeptical at first, but now is completely sold!) |
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| December: Abby's first Christmas! She started crawling on her belly right before Christmas day. This was Jonathan's third Christmas but first time actively participating in the decorating! He made sure that one patch on the very bottom half of the tree was extremely well decked out with ornaments. |
Every year, everyone in our church chooses a Bible verse to focus on for the year (we call them "key verses"). Last year's verse was all about generosity, and while it challenged me a lot, I am grateful because I learned a lot about generosity through the opportunities that came up and through the ways God showed His generosity to me.
This year, my verse is about encouragement. It is my hope and prayer to be intentional about encouraging others and being encouraged through His Word. I want to look for opportunities to encourage those around me (especially these two little squirts and their daddy) and build them up!
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| "Happy 2014! WE LOVE YOU." |
Looking forward to great things to come in 2014!
I like your key verse
ReplyDeleteThanks! The verse you chose is a good one too! :)
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