Thursday, July 8, 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010

99 Things I Ought to Have Done

I stole this from Heather at Heather Drive

Instructions:

Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (many times as a child)
3. Played in a band (I played the clarinet in band, starting in middle school and going through senior year in high school)
4. Visited Hawaii (after 5th grade)
5. Watched a meteor shower (Jen and I went to do this in college when we should have been studying for exams)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (been to Disneyworld many times though)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (scrapbooking/wedding crafts - soon to start construction (furniture building))
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (It's been years, but I've done it.)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (like, the cities? yes.)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Dad and I rode in the ambulance to get looked at after a wreck)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (snorkeling)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (QuikDrop franchise)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I was a Brownie and a Girl Scout!)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (happens to the best of us)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (the jerk who stole our $ from Summit Ballrooms)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

39 out of 99 @ 32 years old. That's not too bad, right?

Monday, February 15, 2010

We put in an offer!!

We are waiting to hear if it was accepted.  Waiting....waiting....waiting

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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Luke's first Christmas

All tuckered out...

Luke was baptized on 12/27/09

Cousins - Luke and my niece, Taylor

Here is our cutie!!

Here are some recent pics of Christmas with our cutie!!

This was my year....what a year it was!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Prayers Please

Urgent prayers are needed for my Uncle Steve (the one dressed as Santa in the pix with Luke).  He has lung cancer.  In the month since those pictures were taken his health has declined rapidly and he is having trouble breathing and sleeping (because of the breathing).  He and my aunt are en route to Houston to go to MD Anderson in hopes that they can treat the cancer and provide him some relief.  Because of his health, they had to abandon many of their Christmas job duties (He was the Santa at Bass Pro in Olathe, KS) which will be a big financial difficulty for them.  Please pray for quick healing and comfort for him and for the strength and comfort for my Aunt Carol as they walk this journey together.  In the weeks ahead please pray for their finances.  We love you Santa Steve!!  We know you will get your strength back and feel better soon!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Luke is home now!!


The doggie in the uniform


Luke is ready to catch the football!


Luke is wondering what this is all about...


Every costume needs a hole for your tail! :)


Here is our little Cowboy!

Luke came home with us on Friday!! Yay!! He is such a blessing!! We roomed in with him at the hospital on Thursday night as a trial run. We have been home 2 days now and have been having so much fun with him! Grandma and Grandpa Morris came to visit yesterday and helped us get settled. Mimi and Papa came to visit in the evening. Keli, Rocky, and Landon came today and Katie is on her way over. Other than the sleep deprivation - life couldn't be better!! :)

Knowing my husband could you really be surprised by Luke's Halloween costume? :) One of the nurses suggested that we go to Build-a-Bear to get a costume that would fit - so we did!! We got the doggie to go with the costume for Luke when he gets a little older. :) Isn't Luke the cutest thing? :)