1. Faith in God
2. My Parents – They are wonderful – Card night every Friday night with them is a gift!
3. My Husband – He is my greatest blessing
4. Modern medicine that is healing my husband’s infection in the hospital even as I write this.
5. My Children – Their creativeness astounds me
6. Spending time with our grandchildren
7. Spending quality time with family
8. Working on Family History – so fun getting to know our ancestors
9. Being in the mountains
10. Fishing in the boat
11. Catching the first fish
12. Sitting near a stream
13. Floating a lazy river in the mountains
14. Camping, you guessed it, in the mountains, in a tent. The sound of opening the zipper first thing in the morning to greet a new day…well there is nothing like it.
15. Four-wheeling in the back country of Idaho
16. Walking, talking and laughing with a friend
17. Seeing our children happy
18. Hearing my parents talk about their memories
19. Spending time with my mom and her sisters – such great memories of photo excursions and scrapbooking!
20. The smell of rain
21. Autumn leaves – vivid colors!
22. The smell of autumn – leaves, cinnamon, pumpkin
23. Girl time with my daughters
24. Playing Monopoly with my teenage grandson
25. Hearing the laughter of my 6-year-old grandson
26. Hugs from my 6-year-old grandson – they don’t stay little long enough!
27. Laying on the trampoline watching for shooting stars at night
28. Doing anything creative
29. Sitting by the fireplace with a cup of peppermint hot chocolate watching it snow outside.
30. Sitting and talking with my sister on the beach

Numbers 8-30 are in no particular order. These are the thoughts that came to mind today. If I completed these questions on another day, my answers might be different. There are so many things to be happy about!