Giving Thanks in 2008

Every year, starting on November 1st, we make a list of 100 things for which we're thankful. We usually do it in the morning while we're eating breakfast. I let the kids come up with nearly the entire list. It's fun to see how the list changes from year to year as they grow. Rachel's additions are pretty obvious but it's cool to see how grown-up Jake and Ben are becoming. Ben has been studying space and the Universe--you can tell from many of his additions.

Here it is:
1.Heavenly Father
2. Family
3. Mom
4. Dad
5. Jake
6. Ben
7. Rachel
8. Sadie
9. Woobie
10. milk
11. Disneyland
12. sleep
13. school
14. friends
15. Matthew, Evan, Max, Jonathan
16. Avery, Brooklyn, Avy, Fox, 'Mantha, Hannah
17. hair care products (curling creme, conditioner, mousse, ect.)
18. clocks
19. Jesus Christ
20. repentance
21. forgiveness
22. ability to forgive others
23. chocolate
24. Holy Ghost
25. prayer
26. food
27. trees
28. the sun
29. the moon
30. water
31. toys (especially Bakugan)
32. pink sunrises
33. orange sunsets
34. blogs
35. digital cameras
36. Ms. Rexrode
37. Sister Larsen
38. a clean house
39. preschool & Ms. Shonda
40. Alex, Trevor
41. the Earth
42. knowledge
43. seasons
44. dancing
45. soccer
46. peanut butter
47. candy
48. bread (and all things with gluten)
49. internet
50.yogurt
51. laptop
52. spelling
53. treadmill
54. exercise
55. pets
56. helium balloons
57. bagels
58. scriptures
59. gospel
60. living prophet of God
61. Scouting program
62. playgroup
63. library
64. oranges
65. strawberries
66. grapes
67. pears (Rachel's favorite)
68. garbage trucks to take away our stinky trash
69. bed
70. coats (sweatshirts for the boys)
71. snow
72. leaves
73. music
74. good health
75. cereal and milk
76. Wii
77. pink things
78. the Galaxy
79. books
80. holidays
81. traditions
82. eternal life/plan of salvation
83. our house
84. clothes
85. princesses
86. police
87. doctors
88. fire department-really :0)
89. Santa
90. hot tub
91. Villa Sports
92. vacation from school
93. Doritos
94. board games
95. homemade cookies
96. baths
97. Scooby doo
98. Mr. Howard
99. Costco
100. turkey dinner and bowling on Thanksgiving

That's it for this year. We'll do it again in a year and see how we've changed.