Monthly Recap // January 2018

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➵ Prayed in the New Year with a Bible study group + then had a grand fireworks show!

➵ Had a special New Year's Day prayer date with Dan at a local church's public space known as the Prayer Tower.  We prayed for 2018 + God's will & blessings in it.  It's one of my favorite dates from this month!

➵ Completed 2 500 piece puzzles!  Wintertime + January always equals jigsaw puzzle time for me.

➵ Went to the Day Butterfly Center at Callaway Gardens & witnessed the "birth" of a butterfly!

➵ Watched Paddington 2 at the movies with Dan.  It might have started a bit slow, but in the end it was so sweet + adorable + every bit as good as the 1st!

➵ Woke up to my 1st real snow day way down here in Georgia!  Work was canceled for the both of us + we took a nice long walk + played out in the snow on the empty playground at our apartment complex {see our video here} & sipped lots of hot coffee {Dan} & hot chocolate {me}.

➵ Read my 1st book of 2018, Littler Women: A Modern Retelling by Laura Schaefer.  I gave it ★★★★★ + highly recommend if you like young adult fiction + the Louisa May Alcott classic.

➵ Celebrated the 7th birthday of one of our flower girls from our wedding.  Her winter theme party was the cutest thing ever + Dan built himself an edible snowman out of powdered donuts & pretzels.

➵ Ate lunch out with friends + introduced them to one of our newest faves, Newk's.

➵ Reconnected with a sweet friend over dinner.  It felt like I hadn't seen her in ages & we had a lot of catching up to do that evening!

➵ Dan's mom made it safely through a knee replacement surgery + we celebrated his dad's birthday!

➵ Dan & I started hunting/hiding painted rocks around town again.

➵ Traveled over to Opelika + Auburn, Alabama {my 1st time / Dan's been there lots}.  We shopped around a bit, ate at yummy Niffer's Place {where Dan gobbled down the Niffasaurus Jr.}, made a Krispy Kreme stop for dessert donuts, & played in their mall's sweet little toy store.

➵ Met my crazy goal of blogging every day this month!  I can't believe I made it!  Scroll through 'em all here.