I feel like 2017 flew by – does anybody else feel that way? Looking back over the year, I can’t believe all that happened – all the joys, tears, plans and surprises!

 

Here are the highlights of the Shaver Crew’s 2017

 

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We lost Roxie to a car 🙁 But we added Kylo and Rey to our family

>meet kylo and rey

 

Aaron and I attended our church’s marriage conference for the first time

>a love that lasts

 

We experienced our first rodeo

>our first rodeo

 

Aaron got a job at a radio station

>God’s perfect timing

 

Aaron and I launched our business – Shaver Closet

>shaver closet 

 

We finished our 2^nd semester of Highlands College

>a visitor at school 

>highlands college 10k

 

I celebrated my first official Mother’s Day

>my 1^st official mothers day

 

We visited Seattle (it was Rylie’s first time visiting and it was her first time on a plane too!)

>seattle trip 2017 overview

 

We celebrated Aaron’s first official Father’s Day

>aaron’s 1st fathers day 

 

We celebrated 3 years of marriage

> 3 year anniversary

>i’ve known you for 5 years

 

We rescued Chewy (and eventually let him go to a good home 😊 )

>meet chewy

 

I served Summer Blast and Motion, and we did Serve Day as a family

>summer blast 2017 

>serve day 2017

>motion17

 

We found out we were expecting baby #2

>rylie’s big announcement

>a + came up

 

I started a full time job (& Aaron became a full time stay-at-home Dad)

>home to office

 

I also started my Usborne Books business

>i sell Usborne

 

I attended our church’s ReCreate Women’s Conference

>recreate 2017

 

I started doing bump updates again (week 4 – week 26)

 

Aaron and I went on mission trip to Newnan, GA

>mission trip to newnan georgia

 

We found out we were having another baby girl!

>we’re having a…

 

Kylo and Rey turned 1 year old

>the triplets as 1 year olds

 

Rylie turned 1 year old

>happy 1^st birthday Rylie

>rylie’s 1^st birthday party

>rylie’s 1^st birthday day

 

It snowed!!!

>snow day 2017

 

We finished our 3rd semester of Highlands College

>3rd semester of highlands college overview

 

We purchased our very first home

>the journey to buying our first home

>moving day

 

We celebrated Christmas

>christmas weekend 2017

 

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2017 has been a great year! We’ve had so many big things happen (like getting pregnant again AND purchasing a home). The Lord truly blessed us and has taught me a lot.

I think the biggest thing God taught me this year was that He is faithful! He knows the deep desires of our hearts, but ultimately, He gives us what we need (not necessarily what we want) and what will grow us closer to Him.

There is no doubt in my mind that 2018 will be a great year as well – full of more joys and learning experiences.