Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Thankful Thursdays!!!

November 26, 2009

Thankful Thursdays!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU. WE LOVE YOU AND ARE THANKFUL FOR THE ROLE THAT EACH OF YOU PLAY IN OUR LIVES!!!

On this very special Thanksgiving Thursday, I have a LOT to be thankful for:-D I am pretty sure that the handsome man in the above picture will be a permanent fixture on my Thankful Thursday list! This specific week I am thankful for my husbands conversion to the church. For his faithfulness, his strong devotion to the Savior and for his willlingness to sacrifice everything he knew for 31 years and give it all up to belong to our Saviors church!

The picture is pretty self explanatory BUT I am SOOOOOOOOOO thankful to have received my Temple Recommend this week. Although the Laie temple is closed and im not sure when and if I can get t0 Kona...Im just so grateful to be WORTHY to go and am able to help preapre my Husband to also be found worthy to enter into the Lords House. This was all I wanted for my Birthday this year and it made my Birthday that much more special.

I am so thankful for the Temple Visitors Center. It is a place that Lee and I go to often to find peace and feel the spirit and now that it is decorated for Christmas...Im never going to want to leave. There is a window with some comfy chairs that we sit in every time we go and we have a perect view of the Temple. And I just sit there and thank Heavenly Father for the blessings of the temple and pray for the day that Lee and I can be sealed. Everyone there is so kind and loving and its a place that I KNOW I can go and always leave feeling better than when I came.

I am SO thakful that Lee's Anniversary gift finally arrived undamaged. The picture doesnt do it justice but it is a 25 pound, 22" tall marble replica of the Christus statue in the visitors center as pictured above. When he saw the box he thought I ordered him a bumper for his mustang...thats how big it was to have enough wrapping around it to keep it safe:-P But when he opened it up and saw what it was...he had this awestruck look on his face and then the tears came. I never dreamed that I would ever give my husaband a statue of Christ and have it mean so much to him...and I got on my knees that night and thanked our Father in Heaven for making this moment possible!!!

I had to add this one!!!!! I am so thankful for a TURKEY that narrowly escaped being devoured raw by a hungry and very naughty Doberman!!!!! This is a picture I snapped after walking into the kitchen and seeing Kaylas front paws on the edge of the stove and her mouth about an inch from the bird. After yelling at her and her running away cause she knew she was gonna get it...she snuck back in and just sat there with her nose resting on the stove DREAMING of having a taste. FAT CHANCE MISSY:-D

3 comments:

Janet said...: Iam soooooooo happy for you!!!!!!; 2:04 PM
Janet said...: Iam soooooooo happy for you!!!!!!; 2:04 PM
Maren said...: Love this list! :) Thank you for posting it Mibi! Congratulations on all you have to be thankful for! I'm glad Kayla didn't eat your turkey! heh; 6:01 PM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!