Day 14: 10 Things that Make Me Happy!

1) Family-  Rick, Evan, Logan, my family, Rick's family.  We love our families. 

2)  The temple-  I have never found a place where peace and a wonderful feeling that even compares  to what it feels like in the temple. 

3)  Beach-  I never went to the beach constantly growing up, but I really love them.  I don't know if it's the sand or the ocean, but I really love turning onto the road leading to the beach and seeing so much ocean expanding into the ocean.  A really lovely place. 

4)  Good books- I don't mean all books.  I don't mean  Twilight or Beautiful Creatures.  I mean, the books that really have great development, believable and likeable characters and that are all either uplifting or thought-provoking in the end.  Sometimes the kids' books I read are just humorous, but that is uplifting to me. :)

5)  Hard workouts- I hate them if I think about them.  But I seriously love how I feel after.  I've been sick lately, and the hardest thing for me to do is to just back off of working out.

6)  Losing weight-I love it when the scale actually starts losing weight.  I lost a lot of inches, gained a lot of muscle this past fall, so I know I have lost weight.  But I love seeing it on the scale as well.  I'm probably too obsessed with it sometimes though.  

7)  Helping others-  I love lending a helping hand.  I like to volunteer to bring cookies or brownies to events.  I like to volunteer to babysit someone else s' kids at no extra cost (we usually just swap babysitting).  Finding ways to serve others is a big deal for me. 

8) Teaching others- I love teaching.  It's one of those things that is incredibly fulfilling to me.  I definitely miss teaching in the traditional sense at schools, but I really enjoy teaching my little guys everyday something or another. And in the church, there are so many teaching callings.  I really enjoy teaching truth to others. 

9) Learning new skills- I love trying new things.  Whether it's a new recipe for baking or it's learning to sew, there are so many things out there to learn.  I really need to make a list of all the things that I want to make/create/experience on this earth. 

10)  Planning-  I am such a planner.  Whether it's planning an itinerary for a vacation or a day trip or a birthday, I just love to plan things out.  I also love planning out meals and grocery shopping (I know most people think I'm weird about that) and I enjoy planning out our budget as well.  With all this planning, I actually always have a college-ruled notepad for all of my plans.  It is super disorganized, but it's a place that I just dot down all of my thoughts.  I really need to try and find a better system for my note-taking, but I will just keep going with what I have.

BONUS:  Puppies.  Someday, I will have a puppy.  And if I get my way it will be a corgi, because they are just too adorable.  But, probably after my kids are older.  I don't think I can handle young kids and a dog at the same time. 

BONUS 2:  Disneyland.  I think we went once a year growing up (or once every two years) and I can't say enough how much I love Disneyland, even now.  I hope we can go often with our kids too, because it's such an uplifting, fun, family place.