my favorite moments from 2018

2018 guys! Man, what a year. Full of joys, laughs and sweet memories in addition to struggles, heartbreak and hard decisions.

 

Here are the highlights of the Shaver Crew’s 2018

 

 

 

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I continued doing bump-updates (week 26week 39)

 

 

 

 

God told me that [right now] blogging & sharing my family is my ministry

 

 

 

 

>just keep…

 

Rylie started walking

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>rylie’s first steps

 

Aaron and I attended our church’s marriage conference

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>together

 

We had our maternity session

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>emmaline’s maternity session

 

I turned 24

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>my 24th  birthday

 

We started really preparing for baby #2’s arrival

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>emmaline’s baby shower

>baby shower at work

>letters to rylie || you won’t remember

>mommy & me date with rylie

>letters to emmaline || 38 weeks in my belly

>our hospital bag (round 2)

>pregnancy overview

Emmaline joined our crew

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>welcome emmaline

>emmaline’s birth story

>at the hospital with emmaline

>emmaline’s newborn photos + a behind the scenes look

 

Aaron & I graduated Highlands College

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>my highlands college journey

>my final project – the best advice i’ve ever received

>highlands college graduation

>our highlands college journey

 

We took a weekend trip out of state

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>beaches + strawberries in florida

 

Emmaline was dedicated at church

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>emmaline’s dedication

 

I went back to work after a 6 week maternity leave

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> maternity leave overview

 

We celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary

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>4 year anniversary

 

Aaron served Summer Blast and we did Serve Day as a family

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>summer blast 2018

>serve day 2018

 

Aaron got in a car accident (that later resulted in hand surgery)

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>the last 6 months

 

We flew up to Seattle for a long weekend

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>seattle trip 2018 overview

 

Aaron turned 25

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>happy 25th birthday aaron

 

I attended our church’s ReCreate Women’s Conference

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>recreate women’s conference 2018

 

We celebrated Mr. & Mrs. Benson

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>amberlyn’s bachelorette party

>ryan + amberlyn’s wedding

>matt & shaver visitors

 

We celebrated Mr. & Mrs. Crooks

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>kendyl’s bachelorette party

>zac + kendyl’s wedding

>mr. & mrs. crooks

Rylie turned 2 years old

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>letters to rylie || 2 years old

>rylie – 24 months old

>happy 2nd birthday rylie

>rylie’s 2nd birthday day

>how 2 train your dragon birthday party

 

We celebrated living in our home for a year

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>what i learned in my first year of home owning

 

We did a variety of Christmas activities

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>decorating for Christmas

>tribe shaver gingerbread house competition

>rylie decorated cookies

>Christmas at the falls

>highlands Christmas service 2018

>our family Christmas card journey

>Christmas weekend 2018

>book advent 2018

 

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2019 is going to be a great year and I am so expectant for what God has in store for our crew.