markii’s list:

1. I’m grateful that my cousin Chris is safely home after serving as a Marine in Iraq.
2. I’m grateful to hear from Chris that we are making great progress in Iraq recently, and that it is becoming a much safer place for the citizens and our troops.
3. I’m grateful that my family and I have are in good health.
4. I’m happy we have each other.
5. I’m grateful to have this computer.
6. I’m thankful to live in the U.S. where it’s safe
7. I’m thankful for heating and air conditioning.
8. I’m thankful to have our family cars- the comfort, and speed of transportation they provide.
9. I’m thankful for the career opportunities in the States
10. I’m thankful for my education
11. I’m thankful for the internet!
12. I’m thankful for RSS readers
13. I’m thankful for a culture that includes fun family-gathering holidays
14. I’m thankful that my family is so beautiful
15. I’m thankful to have mountains around us to hike and explore
16. I’m thankful for my brothers and sister
17. I’m thankful for my loving, caring and helpful parents
18. I’m thankful for my iPod
19. I’m thankful for podcasts and what I can learn from them.
20. I’m thankful for my warm house in the winter and my cool house in the summer
21. Today I’m thankful for Mi Ranchito’s Tostada Grande (half shredded beef and half chicken)
22. I’m so thankful for my wife’s patience with me
23. I’m thankful for the books that I have in my bookshelf
24. I’m thankful for Wi-Fi technology
25. I’m thankful for the pretty blue sky that we have, the orange-red sunsets, and the lush greens from plants, grass and trees that provide our oxygen
26. I’m thankful to have learned Portuguese and Spanish
27. I’m thankful for the good friends I have around me
28. I’m thankful to have a wife who will say “I’m sorry” and show humility quicker than I
29. I’m thankful for the way my parents raised me
30. I’m thankful for the way my wife’s parents raised her
31. I’m thankful to have the opportunity to raise my daughter the way I feel is right for her
32. I’m grateful for my dad’s intelligence and the way he raised me to be intellectual
33. I’m grateful for my swallowing mechanism, and my breathing mechanism to both be working even though they share the same hole!
34. I’m grateful for a marketplace of ideas and a marketplace of technology
35. I’m grateful for my legs- to be able to run, play, etc.
36. I’m grateful for my knees, I can run, jump, climb stairs- put all this pressure on these joints and not feel any discomfort at all (hopefully that will last for a long time)
37. I am grateful for science, scientists, skeptics, and all who advance medicine, technology, standard of living, and longevity and well-being of life.
38. I’m grateful that my appendix gave out on me this year and that I had health insurance saving me tons of money on surgery!
39. I’m grateful for my new nephew- how he is such a happy, healthy baby!
40. I’m thankful for beautiful music- everything inspiring and uplifting from Mozart to Tiesto
41. I’m grateful for any and all friends and family out there who read this post and visit my blog every once in a while

Gabriela said:

1. I’m happy that my dad let me keep our school’s frog!
2. I’m happy to have my daddy
3. I’m grateful to have my family.
4. I’m grateful that I have a house
5. I’m happy to be in this beautiful world
6. I’m happy to have a bed to sleep in
7. I’m glad I have toys to play with
8. I’m thankful to have a daddy and mommy to be with me
9. I’m thankful to have a dog to take care of me at Grandma and Grandpa’s house!
10. I’m happy when Grandma and Grandpa let me sleep at their house- it’s so much fun!

Mom’s list (Tara D. Gaudette):

1. I’m grateful for my eyes and all of my senses
2. I’m grateful that we haven’t had any recent house floods and that I don’t have mold growing up my walls
3. I’m grateful that we haven’t had an earthquake
4. I’m grateful that I don’t have to worry about suicide bombers like I read about in the papers
5. I’m grateful to not have any diseases
6. I’m grateful for the warm weather
7. I’m grateful for the vegetation- trees, etc.
8. I’m grateful for my family
9. I’m grateful to have my car
10. I’m grateful for comics (funny people like Conan O’Brian- not newspaper comics)
11. I’m grateful for the mountains, oceans,
12. airplanes,
13. my relatives, grandparents and ancestors
14. My parents
15. I’m grateful for roads
16. I’m grateful for animals- for different reasons: Tink (our little pug dog) because she’s cute, horses because they’re beautiful and magnificent, all the animals in the zoo because they’re so interesting and because they keep the eco-system balanced
17. I’m thankful for oxygen (like if we lived on Mars I’d really miss that)
18. The sun, moon, stars- Astronomy
19. The Scriptures
20. My testimony
21. I’m thankful to have the 5 best kids in the universe,
22. I’m thankful for carpet
23. I’m thankful for wood floors (so you don’t see the dirt)
24. I’m thankful for hair dryers, shampoo
25. I’m thankful for pictures- like family fotos, snapshots, etc.
26. I’m thankful for art, and beautiful views- of cities at night, mountains in the daytime
27. lakes
28. furniture, beds
29. snow when it first falls and there’s a full moon that makes everything bright
30. falling stars
31. fireworks
32. happy faces
33. colors and rainbows
34. all of the fun things you can find on the beach
35. childhood
36. books
37. I’m grateful for hotels and camping
38. The Spirit of the Lord- I love it when I feel the Spirit
39. Peace
40. I’m grateful for the Spirit when it’s a comforter
41. Lawnmowers, edgers
42. pretty hair (as she looked at Gaby)
43. I’m thankful for nice craftsmanship
44. chocolate.

Dad (Mark Gaudette Sr.)’s list

1. The knowledge that there is meaning and purpose in life
2. Freedom of choice
3. Prayer
4. Temple
5. Church
6. Scriptures
7. The peace, comfort, and enlightenment of the Holy Ghost
8. The example, sacrifice, and efforts of the Son of God to guide, comfort, purify and return us to Our Father in Heaven
9. Teachers who can give insight into meaning and history of scriptures
10. Teachers who give understanding about space, the universe, and the environment around and within us
11. The miracle of the universe
12. Our miraculous bodies
13. (Looking at 5 mo grandson) The miracle of this multi-organism growing from the joining of an egg and sperm in just 1 yr 2 months
14. The dexterity of my fingers
15. The grasping ability of fingers appositioned with my thumb
16. The miracle of the muscle we call the heart
17. The low voltage organic electrical power generator, in my heart, that makes my heart beat regularly and adequately
18. Valves in my heart that regulate the one-way flow of blood
19. Lungs that oxygenate blood
20. Hemoglobin that carries oxygen in blood
21. Cells that live, grow, function, reproduce, repair etc. with oxygen as their life-source
22. The miracle of speech
23. The tongue with its taste and manipulation of sounds
24. Taste buds
25. Sweet
26. Meat
27. Cold, refreshing, rejuvenating water
28. Crisp, delicious corn tacos
29. Virgin Pina Coladas
30. Fresh Krispy Kreme glazed donuts
31. Soft
32. Warm
33. Juicy
34. Cool
35. The reversal of physics that allows water to freeze and float, insulating the water beneath and protecting water life
36. The electromagnetism of the earth that makes compasses work and allows an atmosphere that protects us
37. The tilt of the earth that gives us seasons
38. Spring
39. Summer
40. Fall
41. Winter (begrudgingly)
42. Sleep
43. Energy
44. Enthusiasm
45. Delight
46. Wonder
47. Sight
48. Sound
49. Touch
50. The touch of another human
51. Love
52. Tara (my ticket to the Celestial Kingdom)
53. Marky
54. Michael
55. Marie
56. Miller
57. Matthew
58. Jane
60. Janise
61. Gabriela
62. Gage
63. Matthew (husband to Marie)
64. Thought
65. The brain (how does it work?)
66. Opportunity to go on mission
67. Opportunity to learn and share understanding of God with others
68. Happiness
69. Joy
70. Comfort
71. Personal computers
72. Schools and universities
73. Online gaming
74. Miracle of reading and writing
75. Country that allows freedoms
76. Society that teaches tolerance
77. Justice for those who purposefully abuse people
78. The world-wide downfall of fascism

Alikan’s reasons to be grateful:

1. to be alive
2. my family and their love for me
3. my friends ” “
4. those who have sacrificed of their blessings to make my life better and like them; those who contribute to those less fortunate
5. I LOVE AMERICA and am so glad to be here and the countless freedoms and opportunities this land offers
6. my health and to have all of my senses to enjoy life and observe and taste and listen and learn and smell…
7. good neighbors
8. to be able to work and have a good job
9. that’s it for now but in the few minutes before we start a movie… these are the most obvious