Lifestyle
A Dream Come True: visiting Les Mills Auckland City
I truly feel so blessed to be able to travel to Auckland, New Zealand! We came here as a fulfilment of a dream of mine. After I tore my ACL and had surgery last year, I was unable to walk for nearly four months. Last July, I could barely bend into a squat. It was…
here’s to 41: a fantastic first day of a new year
My birthday was this week and I felt grateful to have reached another year! The older I get, the more precious life is to me. It passes by all too quickly, and I know before I can blink I’ll be 81! 🙂 My husband and oldest daughter got up early to get decorations, food, and…
39 weeks pregnant with baby #9
Even having baby #9, I am amazed that a new life can grow inside me. I am so, so grateful that the Lord has allowed me to carry this many babies! This child will be born 20 years after my first one! How did I get to be so blessed? My belly feels extremely large…
a weird weekend day + keeps us on our toes
This weekend my husband walked outside then quickly returned and said something is weird out here! 🙂 It was a solar eclipse and it felt like the sun had a tinted window! After enjoying the strange moment, we went back to work: Throughout our work, this little lady keeps us on our toes: Zane made…
a failed birthday trip + this pregnant (39 weeks)
We had a small opening between commitments this week, so we went to the metroplex for a birthday night away. It started with our favorite restaurant: And ended a few hours after… 😢 I didn’t feel very well at all, I felt like I was sick with the flu, I was so tired. Maybe it…
this week’s plan + a burst of energy (38-39 weeks)
We are headed into a new week, which means another chance to finish our remodeling, ha! 🙂 Sometimes I question my sanity and how we thought we could finish these two projects in 4 weeks, but I’ve had so many pregnancies that we started remodeling in the last trimester and cut it close and got…