It’s been a long time since I’ve had a chance to get on here. You would think with the laptop I’d be on everyday, but no such luck. My time at home is very rare and is usually spent cuddling my little girl. She is taking her evening nap at the moment though, so I have a little while to relax by myself. So weird! I have plenty of cleaning and random other things to do, but I really feel the need to sit around right now. The cleaning will get done eventually, momma needs to rest.

Anyways, I thought I’d finally get around to posting some pictures of Christmas. It was so fun this year with Jordynn. She didn’t understand anything of course, but it was still a neat experience. Christmas happened at just the right time this year too, she moved up to 3-6 month clothes just in the last couple weeks and right around Christmas was when she really started figuring out how to play with toys (or rather, eat her toys). So it’s been lots of fun the last few weeks watching her play with everything and trying out her “new wardrobe”.

Wow, she looks really chunky in this picture. So cute!

Opening presents at home on Christmas morning. She tasted almost every present.

Very excited for Christmas morning!

Hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa M’s house. Not so sure about the wiggly, noisy ball…

Look at my big girl in her new highchair! She just sits in it and plays for now. She also hasn’t figured out how to suck on the sippy cup, she just chews the top. She’ll be eating some real food pretty soon.

Hanging out with Grandpa Kul (I think she was checking out the ceiling fan).

Cousins! So cute!!

So, there is a quick flash back to Christmas. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are starting to enjoy a great New Year!

This past year has been a busy one for us! It’s definitely been fun and we’ve been greatly blessed. This year has seemed to be the year of the baby. Last year on December 31st, we woke up and saw this:

Most of the year seems to have been consumed with planning and preparing for the baby and now enjoying her presence. We’ve had some good times, great times, and also quite a few struggles. The pregnancy had a little bit of drama (praise God it all turned out to be nothing) and life with a newborn has been anything but boring or easy.

This next year is looking like it’s gearing up to be quite exciting and fun. We’re getting used to having Jordynn around and she is starting to be a lot of fun. Hopefully we can figure out a few changes that will give us more time with her and more time as a family. Simcoe would sure appreciate some extra attention too, he’s getting a little on the chunky side. I have a lot more tasks to complete in my 101 in 1001 list and time is ticking on that. We also have a few house projects on our list for this next year as well. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for us this year. I know it will be great!

I will do my best to keep this blog updated with our current events over the year. I wish all of you and safe and happy New Years celebration and may God richly bless you in the coming year!

Happy New Year from Jordynn too!

Remember at the beginning of the year I started to memorize a new verse every two weeks along with a whole group of people on Beth Moore’s (Living Proof Ministries) blog? See here, if you don’t remember. Well, I got lazy and stopped updating the blog with my verses, but I’m not a complete slacker! I continued with my commitment to memorize a new verse every 1st and 15th day each month this year. It’s been quite an adventure, but lots of fun. I haven’t memorized Bible verses since maybe Junior high, so it was kind of a trip down memory lane. I did better than I expected. I kept up each month, even after giving birth and since the point is to continue to review the old one’s as you go, I still have all 24 verses stored in my memory. I thought I’d do a run through of them all on the blog. These verses have been very important to me this year and many of them, I pray daily. The hardest part of this whole thing has been choosing a verse each time. I have tried to choose verses that were just what I needed to hear and dwell on at each stage of my life over the last year. Finding just the right verse was sometimes difficult, but it’s been neat to see how God would reveal a verse to me that at the time didn’t seem to fit, but in a few short days, I learn that it’s just what I need. Enough from me, here are my 24 verses that I’ve lived on over the past year.

Verse #1 - 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

Verse #2 – Psalm 91:9-12
If you make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord, who is my refuge – then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways, they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Verse #3- 2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Verse #4 – Matthew 6:33-34
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Verse #5 – Hebrews 10:35-36
So do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

Verse #6 – Psalm 103:1-5
Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Verse #7 – Jeremiah 31:25
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.

Verse #8 – Psalm 62:5 (NKJV)
My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Verse #9 – Lamentations 3:21-24
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for him. “

Verse #10 – Isaiah 41:10-11
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. All who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced, those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.

Verse #11 – Hebrews 6:11-12
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Verse #12 – Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Verse #13 – 1 Chronicles 16:10-12
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength, seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced.

Verse #14 – Psalm 145:18-19
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

Verse #15 – Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? To the man who pleases God, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Verse #16 – Proverbs 12:11
He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.

Verse #17 – Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stubmle and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Verse #18 – Psalm 100
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures foever, his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Verse #19 – Psalm 145:8-10
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in you. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Verse #20 – Romans 5:3-5
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Verse #21 – James 1:2-6
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Verse #22 – Jeremiah 29:11-13
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. “

Verse #23 – Proverbs 4:23-27
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

Verse #24 – 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

There you go! My year in Bible verses. I hope that some of them will speak to you as they have for me this last year. Be blessed!

The Kulwicki house has a new computer! Mark and I decided to go together on our Christmas gift this year and buy ourselves a new laptop. We tried to get in on some after Christmas sales and picked one up today. It has all sorts of handy capabilities and new features that the old computer was severely lacking. We even have a memory card slot, so I don’t even have to get up and get the camera dock/cord when I want to sync things up.

I’m still getting everything installed and ready to go…and it’s way past my bedtime right now, so this won’t be a long post, but I’m very excited to have a computer that works great (and quickly) again. It’s also wonderful that I’m currently typing this in bed (and not on my iPhone). Ahh, it’s the little things in life. Here are just a couple Christmas pictures to tide you over until I get to sharing more Christmas details.

Merry Christmas!! From Jordynn

Hanging out on Christmas morning

Love to you all from Jordynn and daddy!

I was just showing my friend the latest pics I posted on here and realized that all I do is post the same pics over and over again. Woops! I’m going to blame mommy brain for that. I really do have more pictures of her, you can just tell which ones are my favorites. I will try posting with more variety in the future though.

Here’s a new one. Grandma Kul got her a Cupid reindeer to play with.