May Blessings

God has truly blessed and sustained us this month. I have been constantly overwhelmed by His goodness and grace to us this month. Our family has grown so much. I have grown. Jim has grown. It's amazing to see how much God lavishes His blessings on His people, who do not deserve anything but wrath, judgement and bad things to come from every direction. Here are just some of the ways God has blessed us this month.

1. Getting to greet the Wilburn family at the airport after they have been living in another country for 2 years
2. Going to a Parenting seminar with Tedd and Margy Tripp
3. Time to talk with Jim
4. Getting to talk with Britney
5. Meeting people from Montreal 
6. Celebrating Lillian's 5th birthday
7. Taking Lillian out for her birthday with just Daddy and Mama
8. Learning about Anger at Sojourn
9. Having a good date afternoon
10. Beautiful weather to sit in Cherokee Park
11. Half priced fraps at Starbucks
12. A good 5 year appointment for Lillian
13. Jim's dentist appointment taking less time than expected
14. Getting preliminary packing done for our trip to GA
15. Jamey reading our Bible passage during Family Bible time
16. Playgroup at Cherokee Park
17. Free Blogging class
18. Jim getting to come over from work for my doctor's appointment
19. Getting all of the rest of my appointments scheduled through 40 weeks
20. Sam and Ariana watching the kids for us
21. Pouring out my heart to God who is always there for me and never leaves me no matter what
22. Decent drive to GA (Gabriel and Sam did not much care for the beginning of the trip)
    
23. Getting to spend some time with Kyle, Britney, Brendon and Kylee
24. Getting to go to Rachel's college graduation
25. Ms. Mary watching the kids for us all day
26. Enjoying a Cracker Barrel meal
27. Going to see FBC Smyrna
28. Meeting the new Pastor and family 
29. Seeing many friends
30. Whole family together for Mother's Day lunch at Ruby
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31. God making me a mother x6
32. Good drive home
33. Lazy day at home readjusting after a whirlwind weekend
34. Time to talk with Becca
35. Time to talk with Jim
36. Working through things with God
37. Making it through the day
38. 2nd blogging class
39. Getting a decent nights sleep
40. Sleeping harder and deeper than I had in a week
41. Time to meet with Julianne
42. Meeting baby Gage and spending time with Andy and Shannon
43. Jamey praying for God to save everyone
44. Jamey teaching Reuben and Gabriel how to clean their bathroom
45. Reuben getting dressed by himself
46. Getting a lot of work done around the house
    
47. Making cookies as a family
48. Talking with Jim
49. Feeling a little more normal
50. Sleeping until 8:30!
51. 7 other women coming to Childbirth Conversations
52. Having a really great conversation!
53. A really relaxing afternoon
54. Taking a nap along with the kids
55. Finishing Oliver Twist
56. Sharing some of my feelings with Jim and Jim receiving them well
57. Finishing school for the year!
58. Going to Book Club
59. Meeting Bethany
60. Getting the file cabinet organized
61. Looking at school stuff for next year
    
62. Reuben using the big toilet
63. Community group
64. Meeting with Julianne and talking about a double date
65. Time at the park with really nice weather
66. Seeing Claire
67. Sharing more of my heart with Jim
68. Jim working extra but not getting called in right away
69. Jamey praying for God to save Sam
70. God's mercy and grace
71. Jamey reading the Bible on his own
    
72. All of the kids playing together for awhile with out fighting
73. Good doctor's appointment 
74. Great date night
75. Sam returning something when asked
76. Talking through Psalm 111 with Jamey
77. Sam starting to walk down the hallway
78. 3 older kids lying in bed with me for a bit
79. Sleeping until 8:15
80. Laughing and playing with the kids
81. Doing Scripture memory with the kids
82. Making it through the day
83. Seeing the Spirit move in Jim
84. Going to writing group
85. Claire coming to writing group
86. Uncontrollable laughter
87. Seeing the McVicker family before they head out of Louisville
    
88. Finding a kindred spirit
89. Dave Harvey preaching at Sojourn
90. Learning to overcome Spiritual emptiness
91. Jim sharing thoughts on the sermon after church
92. Kids napping
93. Having some time to rest
94. Talking through things with all 3 adults
95. All Kids sleeping past 6:30
96. Getting to rest for a lot of the day
97. Hanging out
98. Lots of people at playgroup
99. CG helping with yard work and getting a lot done
    
100. Jamey's recital and completion of music class
101. Good day at home
102. Singing with the kids
103. Working on memorizing Bible verses
104. Becca getting home early
105. Getting my ear infection checked out quickly
106. Celebrating Jim's birthday
107. Seeing the New Avenger's movie
108. Nice date night
109. Getting a lot of cleaning done around the house
110. Kimberly coming to help us organize some of our spaces
     
111. Ryan finishing the major yard work
112. Getting to see Andy and Gage for a bit
113. Starting a new series at Sojourn on questioning Jesus
114. Everyone (but Jim) getting to nap, even me!
115. Relaxing afternoon