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the best of 2012

i love watching the year in reviews on all the news  shows. i get emotional with almost everyone.  sometimes i've forgotten the story, but for most the memories are vivid. as i think about resolutions i also tend to look back on the rather yuck parts of the year because those fuel my resolutions. so this year i thought i'd do something different and give a best of 2012!

enjoy...

best moments:
watching my girl learn to play the violin
fall retreat with my group of preteens
fall get away with my hubby
spring break to florida with the kids
trip to california for a conference
doing "7"
blessings in a backpack
giving our offering away

best songs:
10,000 reasons
need you now by plumb
we are young by fun
home by phil phillips
it is well by north point band
somebody that i used to know by goyte
someone like you by adelle
one thing remains by kristian stanfill

best new foods:
zija
energy balls
green smoothies
oatmeal breakfast cookie
almond milk

best books:
7:a mutinany against excess
psalms
the end of the karen kingsbury series
grace for the good girl
my grandma's diaries
the glass castle
jesus calling

best crafts:
my daughters bedroom makeover
yarn ball wreath
canvas painting

best blog reads:
http://flowerpatchfarmgirl.blogspot.com/ 
best discoveries:
this was my word of the year
energy balls
zija
aloneness
dependence
pinterest
downton abbey
simplicity
i truly like less
compassion
psalms
grace
utter sadness
resolutions:
the joy dare
counting joy's in my kids
exercise
eat more whole, real food
the gospels
loving others

when i look back 2012 was a rather full year! God proved Himself faithful over and over again.  in 2013 i will turn 38, go to work full time, have a teenager in my home, and celebrate15 years of marriage! i trust God will grant me the grace, wisdom, mercy, love and all that i need for wherever he leads...

blessings



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