A Few of My Favorite Things

I saw this idea on someone else's blog and it looked like fun so I decided to do it too. 100 Things I Love (in no particular order)

1. Ruby's tiny little freckles on her cheeks
2. reading a book I can't put down
3. shopping
4. Caribbean beaches
5. Mexican food
6. chips and salsa
7. throwing rocks in the river with the fam
8. walking along the Boise Greenbelt
9. watching James ride his bike
10. history, specifically LDS, American/European, and Women's
11. campfires
12. natural hot springs
13. hiking
14. Oregon coast
15. Sundays with my parents and sibs
16. wagon trains
17. James chasing squirrels, butterflies, bunnies, basically anything he can't catch
18. dancing
19. road trips (pre-kids) I look forward to more without YOUNG kids
20. Nauvoo
21. sunsets
22. thunderstorms
23. homemade chocolate chip cookies
24. home-grown tomatoes
25. my kids' laughter
26. the smell of the forest
27. bananas
28. pumpkin-flavored anything
29. when people tell Adam he looks like Brad Pitt (I tease him but I secretly like it)
30. traveling by train
31. a tall, frothy, Dr. Pepper from the fountain (one of my many vices)
32. dark chocolate
33. swimming in a natural body of water
34. the night sky
35. watching my kids sleep (is there anything sweeter or cuter?)
36. new socks
37. dates with Adam
38. black licorice flavored salt water taffy
39. hanging out with my friends which isn't often enough
40. my dad's laugh when he's laughing super hard
41. making people laugh
42. when the kids let me cuddle them right after they've woken up
43. the way Adam, James, and Ruby smell
44. Adam's childlike playfulness with the kids
45. good music of any kind
46. playing the piano
47. cheese
48. exercise, especially lifting weights (it makes me feel strong even though I'm not)
49. parks
50. European pastries (ok, ANY kind of pastry)
51. Jergen's Ultra Healing Lotion--the only drugstore lotion I use
52. singing along to the radio
53. Ruby running "fast"
54. coupons
55. museums
56. Target
57. historic Boise
58. Gap jeans
59. Chaco sandals
60. my crazy sisters
61. peonies
62. peanut m&m's
63. teaching
64. hydrangeas
65. sunflower fields in France
66. James' prayers
67. when Ruby puts her hands over her eyes and takes them away and says 'Found me!' So cute!
68. Word Challenge game on Facebook (addicted)
69. mountains
70. baby ducks (ok, baby anything!)
71. Dove chocolate mousse
72. Red Robin's fry sauce
73. British accent
74. fireflies
75. volleyball
76. family history
77. Adam in one of his crazy moods
78. going to plays
79. alone time
80. board/card games
81. ice water
82. cilantro
83. Adam's sparkly, clear blue eyes
84. clothes
85. a freshly vacuumed floor
86. tulips
87. free community events
88. interior/exterior design (not that you can tell by looking at my house. hopefully that will change when Adam lands a job)
89. recycling
90. ultimate frisbee
91. architecture
92. foot/hand/neck massages
93. Little House on the Prairie
94. all of the crazy, random things James says
95. climbing into a bed with fresh, clean, cold sheets
96. parties
97. vintage cars
98. WWII literature/films
99. gardening
100. my grandma's homemade scones

I would love to read your 100 Things You Love!!