26 Days of Thanksgiving

As I mentioned before in our post titled the "Chain of Gratitude," this year we are starting some new traditions and one of them is this paper link chain where each of us write down one thing we are thankful for each day leading up to Thanksgiving. Well, now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, our chain is finished and we have the pleasure of looking at it through the Christmas season!
Here are our three lists of Thankfulness!

DAVID

1. Honolulu Bible Church

2. My Family

3. The maturity & wisdom my wife brings to this marriage

4. Our God who takes an interest in our personal, daily lives

5. Dobby (our car)

7. Cloth Diapers ("money saver!")

8. Job at Starbucks

9. My parents who showed me the importance of loving God & my family

10. God's mercy by choosing us into life with Him.

11. Mom & Lee

12. A generally healthy body

13. All the clothes that people have provided for Ryenne Ashley

14. Good food & drink that we can enjoy

15. For the opportunity to have traveled so much

16. All the godly authors who wrote such great books that help me in my walk with God.

17. Ryenne's joyful spirit and tender heart. They are both answers to prayer.

18. God protecting my family while I'm at work so much

19. Good managers at my jobs

20. God's grace in providing me with the strength to work long days

21. Free meals from Starbucks

22. Free surf boards

23. A very smart little girl who understands discipline and really learns from it.

24. For a wife who is humble enough to work at being a better wife & mother everyday.

25. For such open communication with my wife & the trust we share

26. My grill & all of the grilling & cooking skills I've learned from Randie Megan & Lee.

RANDIE MEGAN

1. Our home

2. My sister

3. My hard-working husband

4. My sweet, healthy, happy daughter, Ryenne Ashley

5. Our God who provides (Jehovah-Jireh)

6. Being a Homemaker/Mom (my dream job)

7. Date nights

8. Mommy breaks :)

9. Food

10. Sunny days

11. Rainy days

12. The beach

13. Hikes with the family

14. The privilege of being a Stay-at-Home-Mom

15. Adventures out of the country

16. A yard

17. Sunday lunches

18. My camera

19. Christmas lights

20. FaceTime

21. Weekends with David

22. Good health

23. Spontaneous family outings

24. Money for groceries every week

25. My hubby's crazy sense of humor

26. Memories & more memories to come

RYENNE ASHLEY

(with help from Mommy)

1. Bubba (her stuffed bunny toy)

2. Papa

3. Books

4. Storytime with Daddy

5. The moon, sky, & stars

6. Alice ("Adis" her baby doll)

7. Gramma

8. Gabi (her BFF/neighbor)

9. Outside

10. Outdoor adventures

11. Friends at Honolulu Bible Church

12. Meadow ("Lala") and Kingston

13. Outside adventures

14. Birds

15. Jovi ("Joji")

16. Quiet days at home

17. Times at Papa & Gramma's

18. Dancing

19. Singing

20. My toys

21. Walks as a family

22. Good health

23. My Bible ("Bi-bi")

24. My bedroom

25. Letters from cousins!

26. Godly, loving parents

Our lists weren't perfect (you can see that a couple times we repeated things we were grateful for and David actually skipped one day accidentally haha), but the goal of making us more aware of the things we have to be thankful for was definitely achieved :) We will be implementing this family tradition yearly for sure. It was truly humbling to see just how much many blessings we have.