February Blessings

Even in the short month of February God has blessed our family so much! It's such a joy to be a part of God's family and to see how He is working. God is so gracious and takes care of His people. Here's a look at some of our blessings for the month.

1. Gabriel saying "I love you!"
2. Feeling good most of the day
3. Amy and Emma coming to visit
4. Getting good school work done
5. No TV or Computer all day!
6. God's amazing grace
7. Gabriel taking initiative in school work
8. Talking with, encouraging and praying for Becca
9. Productive day
10. Being sobered
11. Talking about justice
12. Encouraging email from Sara
13. Co-op!
14. Connecting with people
15. Cheap gas
16. Crashing
17. Lasagna
18. Another Sister expecting a baby
19. God's mercy
20. Showers
21. God's love
22. Sam giving Lillian kisses
23. Being reminded I have nothing to prove
24. Productive rest time
25. Catching up in 4 journals
26. Arranging to get a pregnancy pillow for $10!
27. Being able to make dinner
28. Sleeping
29. Lillian getting her work done
30. Jim doing school
31. Jim working on his school work
32. Reuben and Gabriel doing well with their book work
33. Date night
34. Free movie
35. Getting the pregnancy pillow
36. Jim taking Reuben out by himself
37. Gabriel taking initiative to do work
38. Leftovers
39. Sam praying at dinner
40. Learning about friendship
41. Dealing with hurt with Jim
42. Taking a nap
43. Jim having extended quiet time
44. Boys napping almost 5 hours
45. Sudoku
46. Getting most of 2 days done
47. Showers
48. Connecting more with Jim
49. Smoothies
50. God working
51. No TV
52. Jim getting school work done
53. Having a good school morning
54. Good discussion on friendship
55. Challenging each other
56. Thinking through friendship
57. God working in many ways
58. Sara coming for dinner
59. Time to write
60. Surviving!
61. Getting ahead on school work
62. Jim calling to talk to Jamey
63. Little Women
64. Time to relax
65. Snuggling with Jim
66. Neo crawling
67. Space heaters
68. Shannon and Gage and Courtney and Asher coming over
69. Encouragement from friends
70. Learning to build friendships
71. Sending emails
72. Restful afternoon
73. Feeling good most of the day
74. Kids eating well
75. Jim being home
76. Finishing school work
77. Planning
78. Dinner at Ruby Tuesday's
79. Talking through family things
80. Redeem Marriage
81. Meeting Pastor Jamaal and Amber
82. Seeing friends
83. Growing in Oneness
84. Sleeping in
85. Brunch at Dairy Queen
86. Seeing Ryan's house
87. Restful afternoon
88. Pizza
89. Yummy dinner
90. "The Hobbit"!
91. New Journal
92. Ice cream cake
93. Good birthday
94. Sam singing happy birthday
95. Starting Colossians
96. Jesus is King over all!
97. Reception for Kara
98. Meeting/Catching up with people
99. Logic problems
100. Hanging out as a family
101. New baking show
102. Time with Lillian
103. Good day at home
104. Seeking God together on dealing with issues
105. Sam singing "Jesus Loves Me"
106. Book club
107. Helping Becca
108. Reading
109. People stepping up to help us prep for yard work
110. Learning to do hall monitor
111. Cookies, card and chocolate
112. Free Chick-fil-A
113. Nap
114. Early bed time
115. Lillian and Reuben acting out all of "Inside Out"
116. Catching up on journals
117. Kids eating chili
118. Salad
119. Getting back yard ready for work
120. Seeing Jessica and getting stuff from her
121. Blog posts
122. Making it through a Saturday without Jim
123. Beautiful weather
124. Spending time with Charlene
125. Kids playing with the neighbors
126. Enjoying being outside
127. Great sermon on Jesus as King
128. Time to pray and think through the week
129. Jamey is 7!
130. IHOP
131. Homemade Cake and Icing
132. "Monsters University"
133. Sweet Potato latkes
134. Hearing the baby's heartbeat
135. Standing up for beliefs
136. Good conversation at CG
137. Getting help
138. Free Panera bread
139. New pizza place
140. Finishing Light in August
141. Starting next classic
142. Feeling more awake and refreshed
143. Stomach feeling better
144. Starting "Large Family Logistics"
145. Becca being home for the evening
146. Good conversation with Margaret
147. Writing
148. Getting Kitchen and Lillian's room cleaned
149. Organizing table
150. Getting ahead in schedules
151. Evaluating how I'm letting Jesus be King in my life
152. Getting car cleaned
153. Feeling a little bit of movement
154. Nehemiah wanting to explore
155. Being God's child