POTD - January

I was inspired by a friend to do a project called Photo Of the Day (POTD). Every day for a full year I'm taking at least one photo. It's been fun so far. Here are January's.

And just a few others that haven't been posted yet (in no particular order)...

Update

So now that I'm caught up on my blogging I thought I would tell you a few things on my mind.

Work is hard. Everyday is a struggle for one reason or another. I have 3 ladies that pray for me on the days I work, cause it's that big of a deal. Sometimes it's still so hard I wonder what it would be like if they didn't have my back. Sometimes it's the emotional side, sometimes it's the busy side and most of the time it's the amount of stuff I have to know and how I feel I'm coming up short. I never would have imagined it could be this challenging. I still love it and have no desire to be anywhere else. I go to nights next week. New preceptor (that's the nurse I work with while on orientation) so maybe I'll keep learning lots more. I hope I make it working the night shift again.

I love what is going on at KL. I'm really excited about what the L-rd is doing. I feel like I'm about to embark on a growth season...personally. One I have been craving for a long time. So I'm super stoked about that!

The L-rd is teaching me how to let go. That's a hard thing to learn.

Sometimes I'm selfish and I hurt people. Sometimes I don't think about how my actions would effect people I love, and that ends up hurting people. I'm trying to let the L-rd fix those areas, and I want to do my part to fix them too. I don't like hurting anyone, especially people I love. Sometimes I need help to stay on track. I'm really thankful for accountability and good friends who are willing to help me work through my weaknesses.

I'm excited to stay up way too late, sitting on my couch with Kait talking about everything while drinking tea in our pj's. It will be so fun to walk in the door and see Stephanie's smiling face and get lots of hugs on a regular basis. Oh the fun to be had and the memories we will make. I hope the L-rd will bring my house soon. I have amazing friends and I'm really stoked to live close to them and with them.

There's more on my mind, but this is a blog and I don't want it to be too long...thanks for reading this far.

Here's some pictures in case this post was feeling neglected.

Maas and Leah and I went with little Cass to see a musical staring some of Maasen's friends. The show was super fun and little Cass enjoyed herself.

 

                                                                                               

There's more pictures in recent posts in case you missed them. I posted several times this week.

Snow day

 J and Keith came to pick me up at work on Wednesday cause I'm not very good at driving in the snow, and neither is my car.

 Back at the ranch Lumber Jack joined in for some of the fun.

Keith and J staged this pic.

He also impressed us with his piano talent.

 

Then we had fun playing outside. We had a great time.

We shovelled the whole driveway before the fun started.
Here's an action shot.

Finished!

 

Snow angel in the making...

 

 I had to make a snow angel like baby Cass. Yep, she was impressed.

 

Snow ball fight.

Don't worry, I had a lot of snow thrown at me too! 

  Roomies!

All in all it was a fun day.

Family party

Every year around this time, I get to plan a fun party and gift exchange for my church friends. This year I had a super great time doing the blessing, and being blessed is always fun too. Then to top it all off there's a party at the end. Hooray!

Unfortunately I didn't do a great job of taking pics at the party. Sad thing is I didn't really start until a lot of people had already left, or were leaving. So, I missed a bunch! Oh well, what are ya gonna do? It was a fun time, I thought, and I heard several other people say the same thing. Yay! So here's what I got...

I told the kiddos to give me a big smile and Malachi was first with his pose, then Noah then the other boys then Cass pokes her head right through the middle. : )

My fun roommates to be...

 Yeah they planned this one...I had no idea it was coming.

 I love baby Cass in the background

 Here she is all on her own! Stealing the show.