I love End of the Year recap posts but the photo year in review is my favorite! Years ago, Dwija over at House Unseen hosted the link-up, but she has kindly passed the baton to me. So let’s get to it!

(Note: I cheated on several of these by making the “one” photo into one collage instead. Feel free to do the same if needed.)

January was overrun by the death of my mom and her funeral. It was heartbreaking, but the bond of our family and the beauty of her funeral eased the pain a little.

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February had us visiting my sister Bridgette and experiencing snow for the first time!

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March was dominated by Lent and Matthew making his First Reconciliation. He was so pleased to finally be able to join the family for monthly Confession.

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April was a celebration of the Easter and the publication of Blessed Is She’s Rise Up, a devotional book for kids. I was honored to write the chapter on obedience. 🙂

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May is always one of our busiest months! We celebrated Matthew’s First Communion, the school May Crowning (where Matthew was chosen to carry Mary’s crown), Andrew performed his first school violin solo, and Bella and I went to see the Fiddler on the Roof musical, a favorite of my mom.

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In June, my sister Jacinta and two of my brothers came to visit and we filled the days with family fun.

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I’ve always wanted to have a big 4th of July family party and this year it finally happened. Most of my family met up at my sister Bridgette’s house and it was filled with family, siblings, and numerous cousins. I loved it!

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August was the beginning of the new school year. We now have kids in 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade and a senior in high school. It was a milestone birthday month for me and my biggest gifts were my hubby and kiddos. <3

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In September, I attended the Blessed Is She team retreat in Arizona and it was one of the highlights of my year. I still pinch myself when I consider how blessed I am to be a part of this sisterhood and ministry!

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In October, we celebrated Bella turning 18 with a girls road trip to a Halloween party at Disneyland. We even dressed up! I was one of my fave characters – Edna Mode. 🙂

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In November my dad and sister Jacinta visited us and we made lots of family memories. While enjoying an ice cream treat, we recreated a memory of the past.

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The highlight of December, was definitely Brian and I celebrating 20 years of marriage! These past 20 years have been filled with joy and some pain, particularly this year, but we have been greatly blessed and pray for many more happy years together.

Thanks for sharing some memories with me. I look forward to seeing your own memories so link up below! If you aren’t a blogger feel free to share your favorite memory of 2019 in the comments, on Facebook, or on Instagram using #2019in12photos.

Have a very blessed 2020!!!

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1. Create a post with a photo to represent each month of the year. (As you can tell from my post, cheating is allowed.)

2. Add a link back here so others can play along.

3. If you want to use the graphic, right click and save the image to your computer or copy the html into your blog’s html/text page.

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The link up will be active until January 31, 2020. Have fun! 🙂