{My Favorite Blog Photos from 2018 and My Word for 2019}

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that your New Year has started off great for you and your family. I am trying real hard to get into the swing of things. Since about mid-November I have only worked 2 days a week and I can assure you though I have been busy with all the holiday festivities it sure has made me a tad lazy. Late nights watching Hallmark movies, hanging around in pj's with coffee till mid morning and baking way more than I needed too....I didn't eat  anything I baked though... Well, I have got to get back to a normal schedule. If for no other reason for my waistline! 

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I see where different friends are posting their top blog posts for the year and I love going back and reminiscing with each one. Another sweet blogger decided to post her favorite pictures. I loved that idea. Since I only post once a week I decided to post one picture that was my favorite for the month. 

January 2018: Copper Tablescape
I enjoyed the copper look with the white and gold. It had a winter kind of feel to it. 

February: The little cozy Inn on the Harbor in St. Augustine, Florida that we stayed in for my birthday.
We had an outing in Daytona on a evening dinner cruise and then went back to St. Augustine to stay for a long weekend. I adored this cozy little place. 

March: Our peach trees blooming for the first time.
These trees came up voluntary in my FIL yard and my husband dug up three of them never dreaming that they would live. So far they all three has made it. Fruit trees are so pretty when in bloom.

April: The cross that kids at church placed flowers on for Easter.
At our church the children bring fresh or silk flowers and they flower a bare cross for Easter. The kids love doing this and it is so pretty. 

May: Our sixth grandchild was born. Miss Annaleigh Faith.
There is absolutely nothing like the birth of a  new baby in the family.  

June: Chair makeover and drawer reno.
I know a lot of you remember when I done a makeover on a old chair and a drawer. Since June I have used that cute little drawer for many things. The chair has held dishes, flatware, decorations and more. Guess what is going in that chair next? Well, I will just wait and show you. It's a Valentine decor though....

July: My happy place
We spent a week at the beach with our family in July and I must say it is indeed my Happy Place. We have enjoyed doing this together as a family for quite a few years now.  Give me a good book and a chair and I am good to go.

August: Sunflower and lemon tablescape.
I adore sunflowers and when paired up with lemons and a splash of red it made me SMILE. 

September: Our wedding anniversary. This picture was not taken on our 41st anniversary but I shared it in a post. 
Since September is our wedding anniversary I chose to share this picture in a blog post. It was actually taken at one of our nephews wedding. 

October. We carried the granddaughter to a breakfast with the princesses and it was so much fun to see how she reacted. Which was in awe...Her little eyes would light up with every princess that came out. She loved the music and the singing too.

November: Sunflowers. They actually began to bloom in mid October but by first of November they had bloomed so pretty. As most of you know I plant sunflowers every year in memory of my motherinlove whom loved them so much.

December: Our grandbabies. 
I have quite a few pictures that I love and will treasure but this one just melts this nana's heart. 

Thanks for looking at my favorite monthly pictures for 2018.  
Just looking back has brought about some good memories and fun times for me. If it be in the Lord's Will I surely hope to make lots more memories and fun times for 2019. 

 Each year since 2013 I have chosen aWORD for the new year as I know so many of you do too. There isn't anything magical in choosing a WORD. For me, it gives me something to focus on through the New Year. Whether it be on a sign that I may see in a store, in scripture, used in a sermon preached, or whatever. For me it's my goal to learn from that word, to experience that word, and to take every opportunity when faced or focused with that word to listen. To listen with my heart, to seek God more and to simply enjoy. 

In 2013 my word was PEACE.  In 2014 it was REJOICE. In 2015 it was PRAISE. In 2016 it was REFLECT. In 2017 it was BELIEVE. In 2018 it was HOPE. Each year it has been amazing at how that one word has ministered to me. I could write you a short book. 

My WORD for 2019 is.........................

The dictionary defines DELIGHT:
A high degree of gratification or pleasure 
Something that gives great pleasure 
To take great pleasure or joy 

This is the scripture that clearly showed me my WORD for 2018. And...that's another story  for another day or maybe not.

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Delight in the Lord means that our hearts truly find peace and fulfillment in Him. If we truly find satisfaction and worth in Christ, Scripture says He will give us the longings of our hearts. Does that mean, if we go to church every Sunday, God will give us what we ask for? Absolutely not! The idea behind this is that when we truly “delight”  rejoice, be glad in the eternal things of God, things that will make a difference for HIS Kingdom, our desires will begin to parallel His and we will never go unfulfilled. Perfect joy will come from pleasing Him which will bring us DELIGHT! 

He will always provide beyond our beyond when we choose to DELIGHT in His way. 

I am excited about my new WORD and I am anticipating "GREAT and MIGHTY" things by delighting in Him.  

Happy New Year to all my blogging friends. May the Lord bless you beyond your wildest dreams and go beyond your beyond. 

Hugs and blessings, Cindy