Friday Favorites: February 14, 2025

Happy Valentine’s Day!

If I’m being honest, we don’t really do much for Valentine’s Day. It really feels like just another day in our house. The biggest thing we do is the class parties. I am a room parent for Baker’s class. So my big “to-do” today is running that party!

But, it is Friday. We like to celebrate Fridays on Kari Miller Blog. So today, I will be sharing some Friday Favorites! Let’s go!

Y’all- Forrest Frank came out with ANOTHER new song. It is so good. SUNRISE is a song everyone can relate to, plus I love sunrises and what they symbolize. Give it a listen!

Also, since it is Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d share Martin and I’s first dance song from our wedding. We picked LUCKY by Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat. I listened to it while writing this post, it gave me all the feels.

The lyrics, “lucky to be coming home again” mean so much to me after almost 15 years of marriage. Martin and I are both so very blessed to have both grown up with incredible parents that each had strong healthy marriages. We had magical childhoods. Being with Martin feels like home, just like my childhood felt like home.

Have you ever scratched your head in bewilderment over something you did?

“Why did I do that? What was I thinking? What is wrong with me?”

Anyone else have those thoughts too? This verse is so insightful. When we gratify our flesh, we are out of step with the Spirit. I want to walk by the Spirit 100% of the time. This verse can help me calibrate throughout my day, “Am I walking with the Spirit?” I want the Spirit to dominate over the desires of my flesh.

Y’all- I became an aunt again this week! I now have 7 nieces and nephews! Martin’s brother and his wife just had a baby girl. She is the most beautiful baby, it is mindblowing! Callan is an official big brother.

God is so good. I will praise Him forever for these two miracle babies in this picture. I’m not sure these two will ever know how much they were prayed for!

Fun fact, I did invisalign in my 20’s. I still wear my retainer at night. I recently bought an ultrasonic cleaner. I was AMAZED after the first cleaning. How did I wait so long? If you have a retainer or you have a teen doing invisalign, you must get one of these! They make the retainers like new! I also purchased these cleaner tablets.

I am still loving my weight training program that I am following. I am wrapping up week 7. Unfortunately, I tweaked my back this week deadlifting. So, I will be going down in weight next week (maybe even bodyweight) to ensure my form is solid again.

I will say that I am getting the itch to try 75 Hard again. I tried it last January, but failed miserably. Anyone out there want to do it with me? The itch gets stronger every day. I am starting to think God is trying to toughen me up, mentally.