December Blessings

December I was offline for much of the month, and have continued to be, so I'm behind in getting blessings down. I know there were many but I cannot remember well, so here is my best.

1. Getting back into school with the kids
2. All of the kids excited about doing school
3. Lillian starting to read and write
4. Gabriel growing in communication
5. Jim getting all of his class work done
6. Sam crawling full speed
7. Sam pulling up and trying to walk (this is super early for our kids)
8. Not having too much trouble with nausea
9. Jim letting me sleep in when he can
10. Going to Pigeon Forge with Jim for 4 days
11. Getting to see the last Hobbit movie, though it was a huge disappointment
12. Going to the Dixie Stampede Christmas show
13. Getting to meet with Julianne without kids
14. My parents and Rachel coming to watch the kids so Jim and I could go away
15. Finishing the study of Ephesians at Sojourn
16. Christmas Eve service
17. Getting to go to Book Club
18. Reuben learning to play alone
19. Looking through Europe pictures
20. Getting my creative writing bucket 
21. Being refreshed in my desire to write again
22. Finishing my first round of edits of my novel
23. God's faithfulness to his people, no matter where they are
24. Reuben taking in all around him
25. Jamey's memory
26. Ruby Tuesday's Cheesecake
27. Cherry Sweet Tea
28. Realizing that I have never really doubted God's love
29. The amazingness of God's grace
30. Having a low key Christmas
31. God becoming flesh for us!