Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2018December 23, 2018

I have this odd love of designing our own Christmas cards. For years I made our own out of scrapbook paper, a picture, and usually a little letter in it. I don’t really have the time to do so anymore during this stage of life, but I still like to design one using my fav photo editing program, PicMonkey. This year I wanted to have it reflect having a heart for Christ. Then I saw this saying somewhere, so I knew I had to incorporate it into our card somehow. This is what I came up with. So…

Merry Christmas from The Sterks!

I am so thankful to be able to celebrate Christmas this year not in pain and not so out of it. We truly have so much to be thankful for – especially our Savior who gives us continual hope, when circumstances aren’t always easy. It is our Christ, our Living Hope, that we can cling to and ensure our hearts this season, rejoice!

Continuing the Story…

Continuing our embryo adoption story… Our hearts ached. Ached and ached for those who were in the same predicament we were in: desiring children. Dan and I would sit in our living room and have conversation after conversation, talking about how we could possibly help these couples. These couples can carry, but cannot conceive. We…

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Our Trip To Michigan

We have embarked on our second journey to Michigan! I was looking forward to spending some quality time with family and friends, which of course never disappoints! Here is a bit of what our trip has looked like: Bless Mazy’s heart – we started the journey right after she got her 4 month shots. We…

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Around The Home

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…

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This Week In Pictures

This week in pictures! Each week, this girl just continues to amaze me in what she learns! I just love seeing that little smile and hearing those little coos! This is one of her favorite places – her changing table. She loves being “naked baby” and getting a body massage! As you can see, she…

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Around the Home

It is no exaggeration that this week and the weeks/months to come, will be one that we will be telling our great-grandkids about someday! I feel we are living in a bit of a surreal moment in life, like I never thought that all of this sickness and disease would lead to this. But, “God…

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Around the Home

Summer came in with a bang this week! After getting done with some big projects over the past few months, we had a bit more of a normal week. I’ll let the pictures tell the week’s story: Mazy loves to play with my hair: And the feeling is mutual: We spent Memorial Day weekend with…

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