^Wellsville mountains in Cache Valley
- listening to Sam try to play the Indian Song on the recorder and piano simultaneously
- game nights with my people: my kids, husband, parents
- sharing the exhilaration of hiking to Castle Rock (as well as the less exalted whiny moments leading up to reaching the summit)
- mountains shrugging, surrounding this valley shoulder to shoulder
- wooden ball and cup toys & the addictive hours of fun they provide
- lazy days of hanging out, chatting, helping with the cooking, idly reading
- incubating (or, sometimes, actually hatching) new ideas
- catching up with old high school friends & picking up where we left off
- brief, gorgeous bursts of show-off snowflakes
- wide streets organized in grids
- Stephen Paulus' Pilgrims' Hymn
- caramel corn, chili, tortellini, and the anticipated Feast Day (oh, and Hires hamburgers when we landed in SLC...mmmmm)
- laughing, really hard
- playing flute-piano duets with Lauren
- Enchanted, Dan in Real Life, Amazing Race, Bee Movie...(hopefully more to come)
- Sam's casual, low key reporting that a crow flew down through the chimney and into the family room (good to know he's good under pressure)
- Maddy picking out songs on the harp
- reading aloud to each other
- adding entries to the Count Your Blessings jar
- thoughts of and long-distance thankfulness for my sibs: Matt, Nancy & Chris (we miss you!)
- blocking out any obligations or to-do items for a few days
