December Blessings

December has flown by in so many ways. It has been good and busy but also challenging in different ways. God has continued to bless our family far more than we deserve and we are reminded of this everyday. Here is a glimpse of the blessings from this month.

1. Reuben and Gabriel sleeping until after 7 and pooping in the toilet!
2. Gabriel and Sam playing together
3. Sam praying
4. CG dinner
5. Kids playing well together
6. Writing blog posts
7. Moments with Jim throughout the day
8. Talking with Jamey about what it means to be a Christian
9. Learning to have a date night at home
   
10. Getting a duck!
11. Talking through more hard feelings
12. God's great grace
13. Kisses from Neo
14. Teaching Jamey natural consequences
15. God stirring my heart to pray more
16. Napping with Lillian
17. Reading with the middle boys
18. Learning together
19. Making granola by myself
    
20. Getting school work completed
21. Writing end of year letter
22. Dealing with hard circumstances with the kids while Jim was at work
23. Women's gift exchange
24. Lillian going with us
25. Catching up with friends
26. Bec going to the gift exchange
27. Productive afternoon
28. Family movie night with friends
    
29. Learning about the tabernacle
30. Talking about the sermon with the kids
31. Kids napping
32. Talking and resting with Jim
33. Celebrating Hanukkah
34. Latkes and donuts
35. Productive school day
36. Make-shifting a recipe from things we had in the pantry
37. Going to bed early
38. Jim being home
    
39. Getting 8 hours of sleep
40. Getting a good report form lead people and inspection bid getting done quickly
41. Good conversation at Starbucks
42. Adventure
43. Waking early
44. Getting through the day by myself
45. Good member meeting
46. Taking the kids caroling
    
47. Help from Becca and Ryan
48. God's grace to get through
49. Jamey understanding a joke
50. Getting some emails written
51. Connecting with people
52. Kids wanting to draw instead of watching TV
53. Cleaning out some email
54. Low-key evening
55. Coffee with Amy N
56. Finishing school week
    
57. Learning more about myself
58. packages
59. Making class plans with Jim
60. Good time at writing group
61. Remembering Kimberly
62. helping Margaret
63. Getting plans for the week figured out
64. Adult movie night
65. Good conversation with Jim
    
66. Norwex party
67. Connecting with other ladies
68. Graduation party
69. Seeing Jen
70. Meeting Kathy
71. Last night of Hanukkah
72. Fun family evening
73. Good wake up
74. Working through stressors together
75. Getting 2 days of school work completed
76. Getting some of the to-do list done
77. READING!
78. Finishing The Man Who Was Thursday and the Back to the Classics Challenge 2015
    
79. Getting some extra work completed with Jamey
80. Low-key yet productive day
81. Working through things
82. Time at CG
83. Sleep
84. Getting more restful sleep
85. Becca being home much of the day
86. Getting stuff done
87. Having a good day overall
    
88. God's grace
89. Sam being sweet to Neo
90. Obedience
91. Being calm
92. Making it through 3 days in a row
93. Time to reflect
94. Sam giving Neo kisses
95. Sharing with Jim
96. Mandy taking the kids for the day
    
97. Opening a new account!
98. Getting our room more organized
99. Relaxing evening at home
100. Good coffee date
101. Talking through hard things
102. Taking a nap
103. Jim having a productive afternoon
104. Talking through calendar with Bec
105. Am Vet Christmas party
     
106. Time with Jessica
107. Early bed time
108. Great concluding Exodus sermon
109. Becca and Ryan going to church with us
110. Time to rest and talk
111. Iron Chef
112. Early bedtime
113. Movie night in
114. Time to rest
     
115. Low-key day
116. Leftovers for dinner
117. Talking through emotions
118. Being together
119. Getting through the day
120. Working on emails
121. Updating address list
122. Jamey feeding Nehemiah
123. God's great to get through
     
124. Snuggling with Lillian
125. CSI
126. Baby number 7!
127. Sleeping in
128. Getting errands run in 3 hours
129. Medicine for Jim's arm- not neuro pain
130. Low-key evening
131. Snuggling with Lillian
132. Reading after dinner
     
133. Early bed time
134. Jim being off of work
135. Brunch date
136. Christmas eve service with 4 kids
137. Mac and Cheese dinner
138. Teaching Jamey and Lillian how to play "Sequence"
139. Home made hot cocoa
140. Talking with Becca and Ryan
141. Sleeping in
     
142. Pancakes
143. Wathing "The Nativity Story"
144. Celebrating Jesus's birthday
145. Relaxing family day
146. Duck, homemade rolls, twice baked potatoes and green bean casserole
147. Jim's cooking ability
148. Telling kids about the baby and their excitement
149. Parents getting here safely and early
     
150. Low-key morning
151. New PJs
152. Nice encouragement from Jim
153. Good sermon on loving God and loving others
154. Pieology!
155. Good conversation with Becca, Daddy and Ryan
156. Gifts with the whole family
157. Jim getting a lot of reading completed
158. Nehemiah turning 6 months!
159. Good, deep sleep
     
160. Low-key day
161. Repair guy coming by
162. Creation Museum
163. Live Nativity and Christmas lights
164. Prayer
165. Wrestling with God
166. Talking with Daddy
167. Honesty
168. Pie Kitchen from Becca
169. Relaxing evening at home
     
170. Finishing the Old Testament!
171. Sleeping in
172. Movie day
173. Getting blog posts written
174. Finishing Challenges
175. Talking through goals for 2016
176. Connecting with Jim
177. Being together
178. Left overs
179. Becca making soup for everyone
180. God's great grace in 2016