Friday, December 31, 2010

Our Blessings in 2010

If you've read my blog for very long you might remember that we started a year-end tradition last year of writing down all of our blessings from that year. You can read last year's blessings here. Anyway, tonight we made our list for 2010 and we are just as blessed, if not more so, than last year. Take a look at all that God has given us and our friends and family, provided us with, and blessed us with in 2010! 

2010 Coats Family Blessings:

We got a really good deal on our car (the Taurus)


Finding out that we are pregnant with a sweet baby girl!


Free boating this summer on Lauren's mom's boat


Raises for both of us


Our last minute trip to Guatemala at half price!


Lauren Smith got a job working at Lauren’s school (fun to work together)


Chris and Stephanie found out they are pregnant with TWINS!


Lauren’s grandparents bought our baby’s new crib


First youth group ski trip was safe and successful


98% TAKS passing rate for Lauren’s students


Lauren started her master’s degree in counseling


Forney ISD paying for part of Lauren’s degree


Casey finishing DTS!!! Long time coming;)


Lauren getting a new asst. principal at school


313 kids at disciple now and many accepted Christ


222 kids at youth camp and many accepted Christ


Many children accepted Christ at the high school mission trip


Lauren has made many new and close relationships through Pokeno!


Casey was able to do some inexpensive house renovations (recessed lighting and new window) with the help of Charlie Rickerson


Lauren received teacher of the month for March 2010


Lauren was awarded “best-mannered teacher” at the Junior Cotillion due to a sweet letter written by one of her students


Blessed to serve at Union Gospel Mission with our CG


Lots of money was raised for the youth ministry at the annual Micah Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament


Our vacation to Mexico


A good group of youth workers helping Casey at church


Paul & Jill McDill's adoption from Ethiopia approved


Our new CG was started and it is going well


Good health for both of us


Wow! I told you we were blessed in 2010!
I would love to hear a few of your blessings as well! Feel free to leave them in a comment! =)

2 comments:

Stephen and Kristen Dirks said...

sweet idea! sounds like a wonderful year!

Megan said...

Happy New Year!!

Congrats on your sweet baby girl! They are SO fun! And I LOVE that y'all are using the name Sawyer. We adore the name and I am still completely in love with it! We need some more cute girly Sawyer's in this world and I know y'alls will be precious!

And btw, you will have TONS of people (if you haven't already) ask if you are naming your sweet GIRL after Sawyer on Lost. Now don't get me wrong, we like us some Sawyer but do people REALLY think we named our daughter after a con-artist?! Ha! And that is what we nicely tell them. :)