MERRY CHRISTMAS

hello,

welcome to our yearly update. what a year it has been !! please always know that if you find yourself in birmingham, we would love for you to stop by and say hi :)

philippians 1v3

love,

blake + jen + kanoa + koda

january

  • celebrated year 5 in a treehouse in mississippi

  • ran a little new years race

  • we found out some exciting news :)

  • took a trip across the pond (ft. buckingham palace, big ben, wrexham, + man u v. tottenham @ old trafford)

  • a little donut race with lacey + morgan

  • kaius + zayde + kevin

  • marriage conference <3

february

march

  • lacrosse !!

  • a wedding in arkansas with the tulips

  • easter with olivia

april

  • chris renzema concert

  • lifelong friends in jxn

  • anatomy scan ultrasound :)

may

  • baby shower with our small group

  • mothers day

  • blake working on the nursery

  • the announcement

  • lifelong summertime visit

  • baby moon trip to the dominican republic

  • jen @ morgan’s baby shower

  • the boys

  • mississippi baby shower

june

july

  • fourth of july grillin’

  • birmingham baby shower also including friends from texas and mississippi

  • celebrating 60 years of B&G

august

  • 3D ultrasound :)

  • benchmark top golf

  • parking team baby shower

  • benchmark baby shower

september

  • we apologize, but the rest of the content from here is exclusively photos of our newborn :-) (or congratulations, you’ve made it to the content that you came here for !!)

  • 9.7.24, 5:37pm, 8 lbs 4 oz, 21 in

  • blake celebrated his 30th birthday with snuggles

  • proud grandparents

  • going home for the first time after a week in the nicu

  • meeting big brother koda

  • first time supporting the hogs

  • kanoa w/ the hawaiian fit

  • lifelong meets kanoa :)

october

  • kanoa turned 1 month old

  • kanoa’s first restaurant - joyland !!

  • meeting uncle johnathan

  • lots of tummy time

  • walks with future bestie

  • first halloween

november

  • first out of town trip

  • kanoa turned 2 months old

  • celebrated michiko’s birthday

  • lifting weights

  • lots of quality time with miko

  • mee-maw and pawpaw visit

  • hanging with grandpa

  • first time meeting great grandma

  • meeting uncle jackson

  • celebrated thanksgiving in frisco

december

  • what a fun month… we got pictures with santa

  • then we took kanoa to get pictures with santa as well

  • kanoa and cousin nona :)

  • christmas at highlands

  • meeting uncle brandon

  • hanging with mee-maw and pawpaw

  • just a little hawaiian

  • arkansas family christmas (meeting aunties and uncles and cousins!)

it has been such a great year. we are blessed and thankful for each of you.

one of our prayer requests that we would like for you to lift up is for kanoa and his kidneys. he has kidney disease and currently has about 30% function. we are praying and believing that this can increase as he grows older. we would love 100% kidney function, but any increase in function would be good news. 

THE BEST IS YET TO COME