80-90

80 remembering humidity
81 BOATING
82 waking up so sore from tubing
83 brother in laws who try to kill you on the tube but not really
84 water skiing. feeling like i still got it
85 easy friends
86 running into people everywhere i go which is a lot of incidental social time and really refreshing
87 lunch with my dad. hauling wood with my dad
88 my parents and sister and ez and cory all docked on the beach floating in the coolness of water. man what a treat and a gift
89 the circle of life. (im not really thankful for that at all but i want to be. i want to see beauty in it and not waste the rest of my days fighting it)
90 thigh rolls on babies

59-79

59. fireworks
60. no big fires catching after the fireworks
61. watching friends with kids in bed with cas
62. rainy days!
63. having a partner who loves hosting
64. laying on the california king in the air conditioning after a river tubing adventure
65. river tubing!! finally!
66. motorcycle potential for the quays!
67. the pictures of my parents at the Abatan wedding in their nigerian dress
68. my job
69. access to food and clean water and showers and washing machines
70. thrift stores!
71. healthy babies
72. weeping all day. that story about the daughter who left notes all over the house for her family
73. friends who smoke with you when you can't sleep bc of pain
74. that we will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living
75. Burma fundraiser planning time!
76. BQ making two beers for the fundraiser
77. driving a speed boat and getting to try paddle boarding
78. cycles and routines and the interruption of both
79. having two loving parents

this is shannon speaking

55. when parents take pictures of their kid getting their picture taken at the DMV when the kid gets his/her license. THIS.
56. when Manii goes on smile patrol
57. sitting on the roof with people that didn't used to be our people and are our people now watching far away fireworks. Really, having people. Having a village. Also being on a roof with the village.
58. hula hoops
59. being in the fold of God's family for ten years. TEN YEARS. Knowing that I don't even know a speck of the goodness and bigness of this God. Feeling glad to know the Maker.
60. when people feel the freedom to cry. when I feel the freedom to cry.
61. a husband who will bring a proof of address to the DMV for me when I could have just come back another day.
62. Darla Bristol. All the hope and faith and gentleness that is in Darla Bristol.
63. being with an old friend with the men we both have partnered with and eating sandwiches together and walking next to rivers together.
64. daydreaming with Brian about adventures.

48-58

48. horsetooth rock
49. getting to try paddle boarding!
50. boat life
51. puzzles
52. lots of friends being pregnant
53. that God doesn't say I'm missing out on my path by being single and childless
54. for Leik and the other women of the Burma safehouse. for their faithful dedication to loving the least of these
55. being awarded my first grant for Reach!
56. freedom
57. the idea that we can know and be known by our Creator. What a firm identity is available to us in that
58. the cross saying such powerful things about who is welcome (all) and what love is (sacrifice)

35. finally going to a Rockies game!
36. lair night with Cass and Suz
37. floating in the colorado river with the 100 degree sun on my face. pure joy
38. blueberries! HOW ARE THESE THINGS LEGAL?? so good.
39. such a beautiful week with jess and the girls.
40. sleep after exhausting days with kids
41. dance parties with ez
42. holy moley, Vedauwoo climbing with matt and o and the girls
43. new clark boots
44. learning how 3d printing works
45. renewed hope. that the bible includes sentences that connect with me still.
46. do not grow weary in doing good.
47. the man who started robo hands saying "every person I talked to said it was impossible. Which made me sure that it was possible."

5. weekends
6. climbing to the top of mountains
7. new songs
8. when steven sings new songs
9. short Little Bird breaks where I get to see Cass
10. anticipation of summer road trips
11. that Fort Collins is not currently on fire

42. the Shafers, the Cassie, the Hannah. Finding kindreds in Colorado when I thought I never would.
43. Being a part of the Quays
44. Nighttime walks with Manii
45. This American Life
46. The view of the mountains from the Loveland/Greeley exit
47. Feeling like myself around my co-workers
48. Sharing 3 things about the day with far away kindred people
49. Philly cheese steaks
50. Walking three ducks in a row with Cass and Mags, listening to "Pump Up the Jams" on Cassie's cell phone
51. Happy hours on the porch
52. Airport reunions
53. The tiny sprouts in the garden. Food coming from the ground.
54. Hearing Brian's voice on the telephone from the other side of the world.