BLESSINGS of 2011

I found a blog that mentioned an idea of starting a thing called a Blessings Jar at the beginning of the year and throughout the year, writing little notes of the blessings you receiver.  They can be BIG or small and our whole family was to participate.  Then at the end of the year, open the jar and read them as a family.  I loved this idea, so I started one in January of 2011.  On New Years Eve of this 2011, we came home as a family, got in our jammies and then came out to wait the last half hour until he ball dropped.  The kids were happy to get to stay up and watch this with us and while we were waiting we got out the blessings jar and started taking turns drawing out pieces of paper with the blessings jotted down on them.  It was a fun and uplifting experience and then we thanked God for all the blessings he bestowed on us in 2011.  Below I have posted our list, that though they were not ALL the blessings we received, they were many of the ones we remembered to put into our Jar.  Thought I would end my book of Year 2011 with this post of blessings. . may next Year have many more!!!!

Blessings Jar – 2011


- Scott called Micah with Steeler's Game Tickets and they won!!

- Jan. 11 – daddy got to stay home with us for a week and play “narmo boys” or Mario Brothers

- Jan. 11 – Jesus Blessed us with a warm house on a very cold snowy day – Ava

- Jan. 11 – Michelle, Ava and Christian are blessing and very thankful for them. - Daddy

- Jan. 12 – Ava was grateful for sledding with Daddy and Christian the week daddy was home.

- Jan. 26 – Found out about Free Enbrel for a year through the mail

- March 22 – Ava finally got her tonsils out. . What a blessing

- March 28 – We got a wii – Yayy!!!

- We got a huge Double Tax return at tax time – surprise

- We looked at Daddy’s unemployment for four months as a four month Vacation with family

- May – We found out that Micah was getting a 13 week contract assignment – steady work for the first time in four months

- May 24 – Blessed to find out that CAS was giving us 4 free tickets to Hershey Park

- Nephew Roman was born and very healthy.

- We thought our ipod shuffle was broke, but we prayed over it and were blessed to find out it was still working

- August – Beach Trip paid in full and we had a blast. What a blessing on a year where Micah didn’t even work much

- Aug. – a second contract came through for Micah, giving us a few more weeks of steady work

- Aug. – Ava feels blessed to have a brother, mommy, daddy, food to eat and house.

- We were given mom and dad’s stove and it looks great in our kitchen and works perfectly.

- Sept. – Found out that Nana and Pappy were going to stay for a second week during their visit

- Sept. – Refrigerator broke and we were worried to have to replace it. . . but it ended up being only the heating element that needed fixed.  Very inexpensive.

- Oct. 24 – We were blessed to get the special call and go get little Jamie Blue Eyes to come home to our house and spend some time with us

- Dec. – Harry and Margaret bought me my new Kitchen Aid Mixer

- Dec. – Blessed that our neighbor Jim in two very dynamic ways

- Dec. – the kids were blessed to help put up the Christmas tree as a family

- Dec. – Nana and Pappy came to visit again and took the kids to Hershey Park

- Dec. – We were given three free Hershey Park tickets to the candy Lane Hershey rides.

- We got to keep our little guy through Christmas time and he has been a huge blessing to all of us.

- Dec. – Blessed with two Walmart Gift cards right when we needed them.

- We were ALL spared from any HUGE or Traumatic Health illnesses and no one had to have any time in the hospital as we went this whole year without health insurance. God Blessed us physically.


So, that is how I will end this year's blogging. I know the dates say into Jan of 2012, but I have to get the other updates of 2011 in for the end of the book.  I just had to get this BLESSINGS of 2011 out as my ending mark.  God Bless!!!!