I read a blog post in June over at A Little R & R, and immediately it struck me. I knew it was something I would complete for my husband, in celebration of our 7th wedding anniversary. She originally got the idea from Buildeth Her House, so I linking this up over there as well 😉
Yesterday we celebrated our anniversary. We didn’t do anything big, we’ve learned that it’s the simple things that count. We are hopefully going away in August alone, for the first time since our honeymoon.
So here it is……
100 Reasons I Love My Husband
1. His unconditional love
2. His devotion
3. His smile
4. His sacrifice
5. His forgiveness
6. His eyes
7. For him knowing when I need a “parenting break”
8. His Patience
9. His calm nature
10. His understanding me
11. His last minute nature
12. His love of the water
13. His independence (this enables lots of trips for the kiddos and I to my parents)
14. His push to be/do better
15. His acceptance
16. His ability to calm almost any situation
17. His providing
18. His soft answers
19. His love of ice cream
20. His support
21. His guidance
22. Him “wearing the pants”
23. His listening
24. His kindness
25. Him becoming more of a “family” man
26. Him opening our house to my family and guests
27. His positivity
28. His persistance
29. His creativity
30. His knowledge of seafood
31. His encouragement
32. His leadership
33. His boldness
34. His balance
35. His gentleness
36. His faithfulness
37. His helpfulness
38. His trust
39. His love
40. His determination
41. His phone calls and texts when he’s away
42. The kisses he leaves on my forehead
43. The roughness of his hands
44. His strength
45. His hard work
46. Surprise phone calls
47. His boat scent
48. His freshly shaved face
49. His ingenuity
50. His manliness
51. His drive
52. His energy
53. His hugs
54. His relationship with the kiddos
55. His “wise” hair color
56. His honesty
57. His job (I love seafood)
58. His prayers
59. His typing skills
60. His looks (I have a handsome hubby)
61. His calming tone
62. His love of food (I love to cook)
63. His helpfulness with my projects
64. The way he looks in his sunglasses
65. His simple prayers
66. His thankfulness for Christ
67. His belief in me
68. His sleepy face
69. His salty hair
70. His gentle touch
71. Him always ensuring my car seat is free of dog hair
72. His thankfulness for me and what I do
73. His laughter
74. His easy going nature
75. His smile lines
76. His care for my appearance
77. His dependability
78. His tidying details
79. His faithful/determined eyes
80. His silly boy grin
81. His willingness to let me cry on his shoulder
82. His willingness to let me ramble
83. Him teaching me
84. Him being the father of my kiddos
85. His help with the kiddos
86. His willingness to grab a last minute item on the way home
87. His relaxed nature with guests
88. Him not pressuring for a perfectly clean house
89. His hamburgers
90. His slow pace
91. His concern for my feelings
92. His desire to improve our relationship
93. His arms holding me
94. His advice
95. His silly boy nature
96. His love of music
97. His patience with the kiddos
98. Him holding my hand
99. His thankfulness
100. I just love him
What do you love about your hubby?
Have you shared specifically what you love about him lately?
Happy Anniversary — ! What a great list you have there – impressive and it’s so wonderful how the Lord brings it all together. Hugs!
Thank you sis 🙂 Yes, God brings all things together in His time, His way and perfectly! Blessings!
What a great list! How wonderful are your reasons for loving your husband. Thank you for sharing at WJIM and happy anniversary!
It was so much fun to write this list! Thank you for stoppin by! Blessings!
Happy Anniversary! What a special time. Proverbs 31:28 says, “Her children arise and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praises her…” I would have to say that you are BOTH blessed for your praises of him, too! 😉 Praying your week is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing on our Show and Tell Link Up.
Love and God Bless,
Christy
Thank you for stoppin by and for the anniversary wishes! It truly is a special time, that we sometimes tend to take for granted! Blessings!
I am so glad you did this!!! What a great list. My favorite: His wise hair color. 🙂 Love that!!!
Yes, his “wise” hair color drives him crazy, but I love it! 🙂 Thank you for the wonderful idea! Blessings friend !:)
Our anniversary will be July 29 and will be 8 years! Happy Anniversary to you. The pic you just posted of you 2 is so cute of you two!
Thanks for stoppin by girly! We do hv much in common 😉 You “beat” us by a year 😉 LOL! Blessings friend!
That’s quite a list!!! Smile lines is prob my favorite. How sweet!! Happy Anniversary!!! An August get-a-way sounds amazing!! Have fun!!
🙂 Just you mentioning them brings a smile to my face! 🙂 Thank you for stoppin by and for the Anniversary wishes! Blessings! 🙂
What a great idea! Make it up nice and pretty and give it to him as an anniversary gift. 🙂
🙂 Yes that is what I did! 🙂 Thank you for stoppin by! Blessings!
I found you through the link up party!
I really love this idea. Happy Anniversary!
It is a wonderful idea 🙂 I loved it as soon as I saw it! 🙂 Thank you for stoppin by and for the Anniversary wishes! Blessings!
Great Idea! Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome! 🙂 Thank you for stoppin by! 🙂 Blessings!
I’ve been wanting to make a list like this! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
It was a lot of fun and very eye opening! Thank you for stoppin by! Blessings!
What a great exercise for every wife to do. Thanks for sharing this idea and all the many ways you love your man! 🙂
You’re very welcome! I stumbled upon it and knew it was something that I needed and wanted to do! Thank you for stoppin by! Blessings!
Linking up after you at The Wellspring – enjoyed reading your post. What a great list of things you are thankful for in your husband – and Happy Anniversary! Also, I noticed you live in Maine! We just returned from a two-week trip to the New England states – and absolutely loved your state of Maine!!
Thanks for stoppin by and for the Anniversary wishes 😉 Maine is beautiful! I love all the different shades of green 😉 Being a Texas girl we don’t see all the different shades back home. Blessings!
What a wonderful tribute to your husband and Happy Anniversary.
Thank you for the Anniversary wishes and for stoppin by! Blessings!
Wow, that’s an amazing list! Did you do that all in one sitting? Impressive! Sounds like you’ve got a great man!
No I did not do it in one sitting. LOL! I can’t sit still that long, it would drive me crazy! I do have a great man 😉 God has does amazing things in our lives to bring us to this place! Thanks for stoppin by! Blessings!
Happy Anniversary,
And, what an awesome gift…showing appreciation to your husband…in 100 ways! Sometimes we begin to take those 100 ways for granted, so that is great to keep all of those at the forefront. Here from lowercase letters link up. Enjoyed this…has me motivated to go make my list 🙂
Erin @ Chronic Christian Crafter
It is so easy to miss being thankful for all the things we notice, but forget to mention! If you decide to write your list and blog it, link it up here and I’ll be sure to check it out 😉 Thank you for stoppin by! Blessings!