Rich suggested that I make a list of my favorite things. So here goes ~ in no particular order
I took this picture from the boat on our Tahiti Cruise ~ I just love clouds of all kinds. Of course, it doesn't hurt that clouds are white against the blue sky!
The night sky ~ I love all the stars and constellations. I like to know what phase the moon is in and what planets are showing.
Rainbow spectrum ~ I love the spectrum of the rainbow. I love putting crayons in rainbow order, or my clothes in my closet.
Blue and white china ~ It just makes my heart happy!
Cross-country skiing ~ It's so peaceful and beautiful in the winter, I love the solitude of skiing on a winter day.
from the cabin~ I'm happy that I live in a place where there are four seasons, I love the change and I love each season.
from Lone Pine~ I love our YW camp. It is a sacred place to me and where I have felt the Spirit and had my testimony grow.
My garden ~ I love working in my yard. I love making it beautiful with flowers and trees and shrubs. These are my favorite colors red, yellow and blue and a gothic arch, too!
Music, especially The Messiah ~ I love most music, but I really love The Messiah by
George Frideric Handel. I know it's an inspired piece of music. I love to listen to the radio and hear love songs that remind me of my own dear love, Rich! I wake up to instrumental hymn music. I love to play the piano, especially, Clementi sonatas, and the John Thompson 3rd grade book.
Art museums ~ I like to go to art museums. I found my favorite painting in the London National Gallery, it's called
"Two Trinities." I like to go to the BYU art museum.
Hiking, bike riding ~ I just really like to be outdoors, and if I'm getting exercise, too, that's a bonus.
Gothic arches ~ I just love the shape of a gothic arch. I love that it points to heaven and God. My favorite gothic arch is the windows of the Kirtland Temple.
Forget-me-nots ~ AnnaRae taught me on a hike at Shalom that they remind us of the Savior,
forget-me-not is another way of saying
Always Remember Him. Of course, they are my favorite shade of periwinkle!
Red, yellow and blue ~ These are the Primary colors and I love them.
This pattern from Vera Bradley ~ it's called Hope Garden. It just makes me happy and I have file folders, journals, mouse pad, cosmetic bags, eyeglass cases, camera case in it.
This view of the earth ~ it seems familiar, like maybe we saw it this way before we came here.
The ocean and beaches ~ I love bare feet in the sand and the salty water to swim in. And I feel the awesomeness of God's creation.
Mount Timpanogos ~ I have had a love affair with this mountain since I first came to Utah in 1975 to go to BYU. I'm proud to say I've been to the top twice!
Temples ~ I have always loved the temple. My favorites are Provo, since I was married there (and check out those gothic arches!) and Mount Timpanogos, since it's named after my mountain and I get to serve there now.
This guy ~ The love of my life and my eternal companion!
Faith, Hope and Charity ~ These have been my quest and my goal, to be filled with these three princples. The colors correspond to my favorite colors!
Blue Hydrangeas ~ They are just so beautiful! And periwinkle!
These seven little people ~ my grandchildren!
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It's all good!
Before I got sick, we decided to spend our 35th anniversary at the Hotel del Coronado. It's our favorite hotel! Right on the best beach in the world. The book "Bid Time Return" was set there, which was made into the movie "Somewhere in Time." Unfortunately, they filmed the movie in Chicago instead of at the Hotel del Coronado, and it was the worse for it, in my opinion. 
