Monkeying around...

100 things continued::

26. Having the energy to sit up tonight and write

27. Relaxing as Franki braids my hair and having hair long enough for pig-tails, pony-tails and double buns.

28. Trail rides and pasture rides, trotting around all over on the horses with Braji.

29. Smelling and eating Zach's amazing chocolate chip cookies. They are the bomb!!!

30. Baking and eating my new cookie recipe I made up...oh and zucchini bread...mmm! The name of my new and very yummy cookie recipe which Jud (hubby) made up is called "Almost as Cool as my Husband Cookies".

31. Watching my children getting better and better at riding the horses. They are so beautiful with their hair blowing in the wind and trotting all over the pastures...so graceful.

32. Daily reading really good books with Franki, such as the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane about a porceline rabbit who through his journeys learns about love. Very sweet book, we've read this one 3 times now I think.

33. Watching my older kids work on their state reports and how carefully they are gathering their information.

34. Discussing politics with my kids and doing my best to answer thier questions...and learning more and more myself.

35. Gathering warm vegetables from our garden with my girls and enjoying every bite of them even more knowing that we grew them right here.

36. Seeing how much the people that Braji works with love and appreciate her.

37. Anticipating watching the Olympics gymnastics with my girls.

38. Being able to watch Zachary play football with his new friends.

39. Feeling the cool breeze of this evening as we spent the evening outside riding. We have been getting a little rain here lately, but it is so dry here that it is surely welcome.

40. Knowing how close our chickens are to laying eggs. Only a few weeks left now.

42. Never having a shortage of helping hands to cook dinner with me.

43. Sunsets in Colorado, they are absolutely incredible. Simply beautiful.

44. Looking forward to a get together with Braji's co-workers tomorrow.

45. Watching Franki's creativity while she orchestrated (the other girls helped) a family party sort of. She made a pin the nose on the clown and a pinata.

46. Gathering warm clothes off the line, smelling so clean and crisp.

47. Watching the children teach the chickens to go into their pen at night.

48. Drinking homemade mochas warm and cold.

49. Continuing to work on knitting our winter hats. 2.5 down and 4.5 to go. Slow and steady. Sneaking in every spare moment.

50. Laughing to myself that I am falling asleep now trying to get this last line typed, but happy that I made it this far.


I hope that you have a super long list of things that are making your life happier and peaceful. Good night!