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Blessings

So much has happened in the last month that it seemed like a very good time to count my blessings.

1. My family is healthy
2. Tyrone has a great job that he loves
3. I have a great job that I love
4. Samuel is growing like a weed and learning new things everyday
5. We have a warm, comfortable house to live in
6. My sister is having a great time in New Zealand
7. My sister is letting us use her car
8. The Casino Road Auction raised $22,229
9. We have a ton of amazing volunteers that help out every week at CRM
10. Our baby on the way is 16 weeks and healthy
11. We had a great get-away at the Cabin this weekend
12. We eat breakfast every morning as a family
13. This baby is craving fruit instead of McDonalds
14. We have an awesome church family
15. I saw sunshine today for a few minutes
16. I'm essentially a Stay-At-Home mom, since Samuel doesn't know I'm at work 'cause he's sleeping
17. I'm eating yummy Mini-Cupcakes while writing this blog
18. Both sets of Grandparents live within 5 minutes of our house and love Samuel
19. I have great coworkers that make work fun
20. Tyrone is a great cook

There are so many more things I could list so I'll stop at 20.  I'm so thankful that God takes care of us in such little ways everyday.  He is our provider!

This does lead to a prayer request, both Tyrone and my cars are kaput and we have been praying for guidance on what to do next.

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  1. I love this list. Particularly 16. Never thought about that before. Also really thankful that I made this list as number 6 and 7. I'm in the top ten!

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