Happy Friday!
Christmas 2025 is in the books and I hope it was super sweet for you and your family!
It was 5:30am wake-up call after a night of musical beds, because the kids were so excited.
AND I needed 2 naps today, because I am SMOKED from night feeds, but I am living in some good days!
Christmas can be the best, but I know for some of us it can also be hard. Someone is likely missing this Christmas for you and for that, I pray that you feel God close in this challenging Christmas season!
As we roll into 2026 and wrap up the very last week of the year, I want to give you all the best ideas I have to start off this year on the right foot + share my yearly recap with some highs and lows that I may not have shared about in the weekly I of I email.
Ideas for Intentionality:
What areas of your life are you hoping to improve this year?
Financial:
Here are side-hustles you can take up while you are at home with your kids
Want help getting out of debtthis year?
Intellectual:
(when we grow it inspires everyone around us to keep growing!)
Here are 10 books I KNOW will help you explode with grow this year!
And here is another list of books I love!
Health:
These two books are a great place to start:
- Be Your Child’s Pediatrician(I learned a lot about health in general from this book)
- Whole and Healthy Family(soooo much all around wellness wisdom in this book)
Marriage:
This is where I share how Matt and I sit down and planour year together, dream, and set goals personally and as a family.
Walk with Jesus:
Here are 25 ideas to help you find MORE time to get in the Word this year
Family:
Have you ever incorporated the practice of Sabbath into your family?
I can’t recommend it enough! When someone asks me how I get anything done with now 6 kids, one big answer is RESTING hard on Sabbath as best as we can.
Yearly Recap: highs, lows and in-betweens.
Video of the Week:
We don’t have to wait for anyone to walk through the door in 2026 and change our lives. There is so much the Lord gives us control over and just adding small disciplines CAN shift our life in a more positive direction!
Thank you for all the kind emails you all sent me! I have been taking some time off to snuggle this little guy!
So grateful for all your love and prayers!
And thank you, Caroline, for the birth pictures!
If you live near Winston Area, she is amazing!
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Sending love,
Lana
P.S. 2 Years of the Ideas for Intentionality email! 🥳 I hope this little email feels like a friend popping into your inbox, because that is certainly how I feel about you! So grateful to be able to connect in this way 🫶
Pregnant P.S. Wow, so much I could say here since I just went through birth! It is always a miracle to hold new life in my arms and see how God knit a little person together. They will always be worth all the discomfort we could ever go through pregnant, laboring, and mothering. I hope you can keep that front and center in your mind if you are nauseous in the 1st trimester, nesty in the 2nd, or big and uncomfortable in the 3rd trimester! They are always worth it!