A list of thanks...

On Wednesday at work my mind was completely preoccupied with the holiday weekend and I was itching to break out of there. My friend Heidi decided to pass the time we should write a list of 100 things we were thankful for and send them to each other. Here's what I came up with:

Jobs
My relationship with Heavenly Father
Food that I can buy at the store
Freedom
Family
Gospel
Temple
Dexter
My house
Awesome friends
Internet to keep in touch with loved ones
Adoption
Birthmothers
Birthfathers
The holidays
Our country
Sleepovers with nieces and nephews
Free movies
Extra income
The mountains
Ability to travel
Cell phones
Snow
Rainstorms
The ocean
Funny co-workers
Date nights
Changing seasons
Neil Diamond's Christmas Album
Neil Diamond
Concerts
Summer bbqs
275 hits on our adoption profile
IM
A patio outside to sit on
A pool to swim in
The military
Sunshine in the winter
The Christmas pie tradition
Special times at Grandma and Grandpa's
Skip bo on the porch
Grapefruit Shasta
Trip to Thailand with my Mom and Britt
Good doctors and hospitals that take care of babies with birth defects
Calculators to do the math for me
My nanny family in PA and all the experiences I had there
Ancestors
Jimmy Eat World's Clarity album
Trips to Flaming Gorge
Grandma Flinders' mushroom gravy and homemade chili sauce
ZUMBA with my Mom
Duck hunting with my Dad
Racquetball with the sibs
Paid holidays
Our Sunday school class
My pass to the rec center to get me off the couch
Education
Banana pancakes in Railay
A husband that makes dinner while I take a nap
The fact that I can walk to church if I want
General Conference
Airplanes that make travel so much easier
Priesthood blessings
Blogs to keep up with friends and family far away
A toilet that's inside
Family history
Hugs
New recipes
Music
Good books
Clean water
Anniversaries and birthdays
Mountain biking in Moab
Sunday lame jokes
Sunday dinners
Our awesome neighbors
Utah sunsets
My green Nikes
That I will see my sisters for Christmas
Christmas cards
Food storage
Weekends
A great schedule at work
Employee discounts
That I have all four of my Grandparents to hang out with
My Uncle Greg who is the best example of health and spirituality to me
Deep discussions with my Dad
For a Mom and Dad that changed bandages, fed me when I couldn’t see, spent countless hours in the hospital with me, entertained me when I was bored, and tickled my back
That I haven't had a surgery in 5 1/2 years
Being healthy
Emails from my sisters
Short work weeks
For the dumb things I've done and the lessons I learned from them
Adam for sacrificing his time and taking a second job to provide for us
Being able to laugh when I want to cry
Seminary
Young Women's and the friends I made and still have
The time me and Adam have together at this stage of life
Christmas morning
MY LIFE!