Thankful

In honor of Thanksgiving I have created a list of the 100 things I am thankful for... they are in no particular order. Whe I was in high school, my sister, Rebecca gave me a book called 14,000 Things to be Happy For. I still have it and I love going back and reading the parts that I highlighted. I love that I highlighted things like - "taking a walk in the rain on a romantic beach"... I surely did not have any experience with that - but it is nice.

1. My kids - truly amazing



2. My husband - the most wonderful man alive



3. Cheesecake



4. Thanksgiving



5. Christmas music



6. New socks



7. Tomatoes



8. Cookies



9. My job



10. My home - even though it flooded



11. My cars - I love my new car



12. Friends - we are so blessed



13. Dogs



14. Old cats



15. Purple pens



16. Friends who knew me when



17. Birthday parties



18. Clean closets - there aren't any of those at my house



19. My parents



20. My sisters



21. My brothers



22. Warm beds


23. Bunk beds


24. Grandparents


25. Christmas movies


26. Listening to the kids laugh


27. Playing the Wii


28. Daisies


29. Reading a good book


30. My Accountability Group


31. Rain


32. Snow


33. Sunshine


34. Tomatoes from the garden


35. Lilly and Addy in ponytails


36. Ben with a hat on


37. Danny when he snuggles with me in bed


38. Finding money in the washer


39. Finding a Starbuck's gift card just when I really needed coffee


40. Hanging out with friends


41. Friends who don't make me feel guilty that I don't call more often


42. Playing board games


43. Sitting in front of the fish tank with the kids


44. Going to the movies with Ben


45. Gum


46. My flannel pj's with the bees on them - they are like 8 years old


47. Tennis shoes


48. Lipstick that stays on all day


49. When my parents take the kids to the movie.


50. Listening to everyone sing in the car


51. When the kids pray


52. When Ben laughs


53. Knowing that God gave us a purpose


54. Thanksgiving


55. Christmas lights on houses


56. Pizza


57. When my dad comes to visit


58. Bubbles


59. kittens


60. Life is Good shirts


61. The beach


62. A really good margarita


63. Cheese enchiladas


64. Chips and salsa - hmmm... I think I see a theme


65. Sledding


66. Riding bikes with the kids


67. Taking the dogs to the river


68. Going to the fish ladder at the damn


69. New emails


70. Blogging


71. Amazing Race - although I am sad that I can't watch it with the kids anymore...


72. Going to the zoo


73. Hanging out with family


74. Hearing the kids speak spanish - they know about 10 words


75. White Chocolate Peppermint mocha


76. Max Lucado books


77. Christian fiction


78. Tucking the kids into bed


79. When I fix the kids hair and it looks good


80. Playing in the garden


81. Date Night


82. Friends who help me plan fundraising dinners


83. Friends who are excited for us - and don't tell us we're crazy


84. Emails from my sister that end in "Love and Spaget"


85. Birthday cards


86. Christmas letters


87. God's love


88. Patience


89. Wonderful babysitters


90. Having my kids "help" in the kitchen


91. Shopping with Lilly


92. Watching Danny play baseball - and love it


93. Hearing Addy say, "I try it" 1,000 times a day - not always happy about that...


94. My wonderful husband - have I already said that?
95. Good health
96. Emails about the kids
97. New friends who travel to Ethiopia and take presents for our kids
98. Answered prayers
99. Watching the kids run to Ben

100. Time to sit and make a list like this (even if most of it was done at 2:00 a.m.