Happy New Year 2012

We’re so happy to be together for 2012!!

Steve made it safely home from Russia on the 18th and we had a lovely Christmas together.  I’ve never been more grateful for anything in my life than I am that he is here with me.

Speaking of gratitude, along with our New Year’s Goals this year, Steve and I decided to take the Gratitude Challenge issued in the December 2010 Ensign.  In the days leading up to the New Year, we wrote down 10 things in 10 categories to help us “Count our Blessings.” I thought I’d share mine with you.

10 Physical Abilities I’m Grateful For:

1. Pregnancy
2. Sight
3. Temperature Regulation
4. Walking without pain
5. I can breathe on my own
6. Listening to music
7. Touch, especially the ability to feel another person
8. Taste
9. Distinguishing sounds/voices
10. Rational thought

10 Material Possession I’m Grateful For:

1. My smart phone
2. My KitchenAid mixer
3. My embroidery machine
4. My car
5. My computer
6. My wedding ring
7. My Christmas ornaments
8. My clothes
9. My mattress topper
10. My fabric

10 Living People I’m Grateful For:

1. Steve
2. My children
3. My parents
4. Steve’s parents
5. My siblings
6. Leslie
7. President Thomas S. Monson
8. My Activity Days girls
9. My aunt Alice
10. Mandi Garrett

10 Deceased People I’m Grateful For:

1. Jesus Christ (in this category rather than the other because He died, although I know He lives again)
2. Joseph Smith
3. Grandpa Tolson
4. Gordon B. Hinckley
5. Thomas Edison
6. The founding fathers
7. William Tyndale & Martin Luther (I feel like including them in the same category because it makes sense in my head)
8. Mormon
9. Lehi
10. Granny Han

10 Things About Nature that I am Grateful For:

1. The sound of a river
2. Tranquility of the mountains
3. Stars on a clear night
4. Wildflowers
5. Camping
6. Beauty of snow-capped mountains
7. The beach
8. Thunderstorms, from a safe distance
9. The sound and smell of rain
10. Summer fruit-picking

10 Things About Today (12/30/11) that I am Grateful For:

1. Cuddling with Evelyn in the morning
2. Tetris on my phone
3. The curl in Evelyn’s hair
4. Steve’s eagerness to help me with everything
5. Cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to help me keep Evelyn safe
6. Comfy pajamas
7. The opportunity to visit with family we don’t see often
8. Cold cereal
9. The feel of the baby moving in my belly
10. The cute things that Henry says

10 Places on Earth that I’m Grateful For:

1. Temples
2. Ellensburg
3. Rock Canyon in Provo, UT
4. Mom’s house
5. Sedro-Woolley, WA
6. The mountains
7. The beach
8. Orem, UT
9. Parks
10. Waterfalls

10 Modern Inventions I’m Grateful For:

1. Vaccines
2. Plumbing
3. Internet
4. Skype
5. Automobiles
6. Flight
7. Print
8. Phones
9. Medicine
10. Electricity

10 Foods I’m Grateful For:

1. Cheese
2. Cereal
3. Tomatoes
4. Cookies
5. Potatoes
6. Bread
7. Eggnog
8. Sugar
9. Eggs
10. Meat

10 Things About the Gospel I’m Grateful For:

1. The Atonement
2. The Restoration
3. Hope
4. Peace
5. Eternal Families
6. Guidance
7. Service opportunities
8. Knowledge
9. The Holy Ghost
10. Joy

There are so many other things I’m grateful for, but it was fun to make a list this way and to think about things categorically.  I hope you can also start this new year with gratitude in your heart.

 

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