Thankful Lists 2014

Jared
1.  my brain
2.  my body
3.  friends
4.  emotion
5.  my parents (this was after a day when we sort of bailed him out)
6.  girls  (I'm pretty surprised that "parents" came before "girls")
7.  sunshine
8.  a bed
9.  my phone
10. clothes
11. my education
12. cars
13. my grandparents
14. soccer  (shocking that this has dropped to #14)
15. my laptop
16. my apartment
17. the temple
18. BYU
19. the gospel
20. my sisters
21. Micah
22. soda  (Blech, the vast quantities of soda consumed by college students makes me shudder)
23. my guy friends
24. Netflix
25. Gnarly, my narwhal  (like this one)
26. the constitution
27. toilets

Micah
1.  sleep
2.  Torah
3.  pennies  (he's probably the only person on earth who actually likes them)
4.  the sound kittens make (always been a softy for kittens)
5.  Fage yogurt
6.  rock climbing
7.  lemon juice
8.  water
9.  ihlamur tea  (our favorite Turkish tea)
10. las chicas
11. Mercedes-Benz SLS  (keep dreamin')
12. mini soccer balls  (Ugh!  They are constantly being dribbled around my house)
13. Buffalo Wild Wings (he had just eaten there the night before)
14. creativity
15. grass
16. honey
17. Baba
18. Mom
19. counters
20. windows
21. intelligence
22. born in the U.S.A.
23. Phantom  (his cat)
24. Maradona  (his bird)
25. Dixie salad  (our favorite pomegranate salad)
26. hazelnut hot chocolate
27. Russ Amelang  (his BFF)

Emma
1.  books
2.  my bed
3.  my brush  (her hair is SO thick!)
4.  dishwashers
5.  toilets
6.  backpacks
7.  elma cay  (apple tea - our other favorite Turkish drink)
8.  grass
9.  light
10. fruit
11. water
12. hats
13. outside
14. art
15. color
16. shoes
17. money
18. pomegranates  (she eats them daily when they are in season)
19. socks
20. pistachios
21. los chicos  (Humph.  Not ready for this)
22. Adana
23. Torah
24. Micah
25. Abi
26. Baba
27. Mom

Adana
1.  Jared  (she has missed him SO much!)
2.  Minecraft  (her latest addiction)
3.  Maradona
4.  Gilligan's Island  (she's working her way through all the episodes)
5.  kittens
6.  MoTab
7.  candy
8.  soccer
9.  school
10. piano
11. knitting  (she is working on her 3rd hat)
12. Riley  (a very special friend)
13. math (+, -, x, /)  (this one surprised me, considering how hard it is to get her to do her homework)
14. snow
15. apples
16. my birthday (in a month!)
17. family
18. popcorn
19. pizza
20. the color orange
21. Adana, Turkey
22. my pink robe
23. my mom & dad
24. Sheraton hotel  (where we stay every December for our traditional downtown festivities)
25. yarn
26. Stampycat  (something to do with Minecraft)
27. Thanksgiving

Torah
1.  my Barbie house
2.  the playground
3.  trees & wind
4.  Thanksgiving
5.  the sun
6.  rainbows
7.  our hot tub  (her favorite thing to do with Baba)
8.  fire
9.  picnic tables outside  (she could live outside if I'd let her)
10. grass  (strange that this ended up on 3 different kids' lists)
11. cereal  (also strange, since I never buy cereal)
12. dinner
13. the computer
14. ice cream
15. frost
16. marshmallows
17. Lola (a friend at preschool)
18. the food we eat
19. cups
20. the cold season  (crazy girl!)
21. the moon  (she thinks Baba gives her the moon each night)
22. elevators  (I can't remember the last time she was in one, so not sure where this came from)
23. when it's snow time
24. the waffle machine  (one of our favorite breakfasts)
25. my Elsa lunchbox
26. candles
27. Baba