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This past week had gone a bit different than planned, but that’s okay. Isn’t that just life sometimes, right? At the beginning of the week, we were able to finish painting the garage, stain the deck, and Dan finished up the brick walkway around the sandbox. And Dan also inserted the posts in for a…
I am so thankful to live in an area where there is a change of seasons, well, like almost every day! We can go from hot and steamy, to cool and refreshing within a day. With school starting and routines getting set in place, fall is becoming a welcomed change, as long as we can…
It has been an exciting week at the Sterks! Mazy has been growing like crazy! She is scooting all over the house, took her first steps this week, started to drink whole milk, is getting rid of a few bottles and just doing sippys instead. Enjoying the beautiful weather here in Minnesota! Her attempts…
This is a post I wrote on Thursday – the day God chose to drastically change our life. We have hesitated sharing this with you, as we are waiting for one test result (which you will read about at the end), but we know that this is all God and we felt we wanted to…
What a fun and sweet girl to take pictures of! The picture taking doesn’t last long, but those few shots I get are completely worth it! It was exciting to think about new places to take pictures, but we actually just ended up in our backyard and then at the park. Nothing fancy, but I…
Back in September, I was uncertain what my health would look like in December, so I decided to get a head start on Christmas shopping and even though I feel pretty good, I’m enjoying the simplicity of Christmas instead of rushing about trying to get things accomplished. We have spent a lot of time at…