Year in Review

Because I was gone for six days (between Christmas and New Year’s) I missed my opportunity to do a “Year in Review” before we rolled over to 2014.

So….it’s a little bit late. Here are the highlights for 2013:

January:

I got a ticket: 😦

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I also wrote a couple of good posts: here and here.

February:

I wrote quite a few posts during the month of February that I’m proud of: here, here, here, and here.

March:

I am proud of my husband here.

April:

I wrote this blog post.

This was my FAVORITE month–I got to go to Illinois!!! (Where my heart lives)!!! 🙂

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Andi and me

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Jeremiah and me

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Paige and me

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Rebecca, Andi, Hannah, and me

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Jeremiah

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Shannon and me

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getting pedicures with Ember and Shannon

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Ethan

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I am SO READY to go back!!!

May:

I wrote a few blog posts that I love: here, here, and here.

We spent a lot of time lovin’ on kids at church….

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Brooklyn, Mason, Heath, and Walker

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Walker and Mason

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Heath and me

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Brae and me

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We also went to San Antonio for Alika’s graduation from Basic Training in the Air Force:

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Me, Alika, and Paul

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June:

My life was CONSUMED with Vacation Bible School!!!! There’s no way I can recap that–trust me, it was fun, rewarding, exhausting, and worth it!

We also went to Youth Camp: here, here, and here.

July:

My other favorite month of the year (besides APRIL)!! We went on Mission Trip–

We met life-long friends (Kris and Heidi) and I got to Jamie and his family….

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Emilie, Lauren, and Morgan

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Jasmine and Macie

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Paul and Aubrey

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Paul and Aubrey

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our group from FBC Giddings

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Heidi and me

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Paul, me, Heidi, and Kris

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Stephen, Teddy, Elizabeth, Jamie, Chris, and me

Oh, we also moved in July….directly after getting back from Mission Trip and before going to Pre-Teen Camp:

August:

We started August (ended July) going to Pre-Teen Camp

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Paul and me

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Paul, Lindsey, Victoria, Catherine, and Taylor

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Victoria and me

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Lindsey, Taylor, Victoria, and Savannah

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Right after Pre-Teen Camp, I turned around and went to Children’s Camp.

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Luke

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Sierra

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Hanna and Ellie

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(August was a hard month for me, in regards to ministry at the camp–Children’s Camp was terrible for me and I really struggled in ministry during that month)….

August was also my birthday! We went to San Antonio for a little “mini vacay”

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September:

I wrote a couple of good blog posts:here and here

We went to a Baylor football game with Heidi, Kris, and Aubrey. They beat Buffalo, 70+ to 13, I think. It was also 110+ degrees outside!

We also immersed ourselves in all things football: Middle School football, Freshmen football, and Varsity football…..

October:

One of my favorite posts:

We had National (Texas) Night Out at church and Fall Festival (another rough month of ministry for me). The Children’s Committee ALL work full-time, everyday, so it was up to me (and Paul) to do the entire Fall Festival by myself….it was hard and not something I look forward to again.

November:

November was a SLOW month in “bloggy world” because I only wrote ONE POST!! I can’t believe it…..but, here it is:

December:

Between November and December, I spent a lot of time going to Waco….4 times in a one month period, to be exact

Thanksgiving was so late that those pictures ended up in December….

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Loved seeing the Derrick’s, as always! 🙂

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The original Tanner 5: Donna, Susan, Paul, David, and Mike

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I worked twice at Lights of Tej*as

serving dinner with Lillie and Lindsay

serving dinner with Lillie and Lindsay

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Paul and me

We had our annual Christmas hayride and then went to San Antonio for a mini-vacation, just the two of us! 🙂

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"Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas"

“Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas”

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“Holiday Show”

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The Majesty of Christmas

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in front of Christmas Trees at Santa’s castle

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in front of the Christmas tree

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San Antonio Zoo

Then, Christmas with the Fam came…..

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Paul and me

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Leslie, Marcy, and me

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Scott, Leslie, Marcy, me, and Paul

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Dad, Leslie, Mom, me, and Marcy

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Leslie, me, and Marcy

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The whole Hubbard clan–missing 3

2013 was kind of a rough year for me, in ministry and in marriage. We laughed a lot, we learned a lot, we (I) cried a lot, we prayed a lot, we cared a lot, we fought a lot, but, we survived and came out better on the other side!

Here’s to 2014!!

 

 

 

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