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

December 10, 2009

Thankful Thursdays!

I am thankful for NEWBORN BABIES! I finally got to meet LAIE in person this week! Leah had Laie the day before Thanksgiving and she is just the cutest little thing EVER! This picture was taken the day she was born:-D

Here she is two weeks old and just cute as a button. She was NOT into having her picture taken, as it was interrupting her beauty sleep:-P There is something so special about holding a newborn baby. It just feels like you are a little closer to Heaven when they are in your arms. Watch out Leah...Im HOOKED so you might just find me knocking on your door everyday for the next month! LOL

I am thankful for HAWAIIAN WINTERS!!! As my friends were complaining about all the snow in Utah I was cruising with the window down, shades on and LOVING our beautiful weather! Although I do have some longing for a White Christmas...I can look at a picture of it while lounging in my t-shirt, shorts and getting a tan;-) Okay stop giving me dirty looks all you Utah people...I have to pay $7 for a gallon of milk and a 300 sq ft studio is $1200 a month! So let me have my moment!!!

I am super grateful that I have medical insurance. I couldn't find a picture to represent that so I found a cute one of Savannah to put up becuase I am also grateful that SHE has medical insurance too. I really had no idea how expensive it was to be HEALTHY until recently when I picked up a prescription for Lee and saw the $495 retail value...I almost fainted. Then when I only had to dish out $15, I immediatley thanked Heavenly Father for insurance and for my parents who provide me and Lee coverage. I will never take advantage of health insurance ever again! And looking at this picture I am SO GRATEFUL that we have a healthy child. Savannah had her 6 year check up and she is in the 93 percentile in height! She is gonna be TALL and THIN (lucky girl) and HEALTHY.

That's all for this week...im feeling a little overwhlemed this week and almost forgot to do my post! I even missed our ward Christmas party (which I was really looking forward to) but I dont think stuffing myself with yummy and fattening food would make me feel better about my life:-P Okay maybe it would but I opted to stay home and rest and hopefully kick this cold to the curb before Sunday! Until next week...I hope you all think aout the things you are thankful for too! LOVE YA!!!!!!

2 comments:

Janet said...: You do pay the price, but that weather sounds to tempting right now as we freeeeezzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeee!; 8:35 PM
Maren said...: OH man, Laie is gorgeous! :); 12:35 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!