I Never Thought I'd...

Looking at life as it is I was thinking about how different my life is than I had anticipated and wanted to share a list of things I've done in my life that I never thought I'd do.

1-Find an amazing man who wanted to marry me.
2-Live in a suburb of a major city.
3-Serve a full-time mission.
4-Call my Mother just to say hi.
5-Call my Mother-in-law just to say hi.
6-Have my husband ask me to dance in a public setting.
7-Try any kind of funny sounding food. (Matt's always wanting to try new things.)
8-Have a C-Section baby.
9-Be excited to see a soiled diaper.
10-Turn down ice cream (it only happened once and I was pregnant, does that count?)
11-Love thrift store shopping.
12-Grow a garden in flower pots.
13-Play for a musical number in church.
14-Drive a sporty car as a mom.
15-Learn a foreign language.
16-Order a magazine besides church publications and read it every month.
17-Sleep on the floor so the baby would sleep.
18-Set up a tent in my living room.
19-Grill on the deck in February (man it was good!)
20-Not have a 2-year life plan and be okay with it (though I still have my days).
21-Visit the public library multiple times a week.
22-Trust someone completely (Matt, that would be you).
23-Live over 10 hours away from my roots.
24-Work through my 8th month of pregnancy.
25-Take my one year old in an airplane.
26-Eat macarini and cheese with pickles.
27-Laugh until I wet myself.
28-Have a missionary to write as a married girl (it's my sister).
29-Miss the 3 AM baby feedings.
30-Come home from church soaked in pee from someone else's child.
31-Bring my child home from church naked.
32-Enjoy serving in the nursery.
33-Take a picture of my child doing something naughty because it is just so darn cute.
34-Cry at my own wedding.
35-See something so beautiful it made me cry.
36-Be in the same room as a prophet of God. (It was a large room, but still.)
37-Read the Book of Mormon in three months.
38-Miss the Idaho winters.
39-Loose touch with almost all my high school & college friends.
40-Own a new car.
41-Teach my child to beg daddy for a puppy.
42-Love Christian music on Pandora radio.
43-Honeymoon in Phoenix.
44-Argue with my husband about something we agree on but aren't understanding each other.
45-Be debt free out of college.
46-Quit a job after six months.
47-Read non-fiction and like it.
48-Ride a roller coaster that goes upside down. (There was lots of screaming.)
49-Cry because it's hard to be a mother.
50-Walk away from my home with a handful of belongings and the possibility of a fire taking the rest and feel at peace.

I have always loved lists. I've contemplated this list for several days before actually putting it all down. My next list should be "Things I want to do before I die."

My Missionary

So here she is. My Missionary. She is currently serving in Casper, WY which is part of the Rapid City, South Dakota Mission. She is a good little missionary who writes home every week and has given up chocolate to prove that addictions can be overcome. We love you Krisit!

First Five

I got this from Anderson's blog. It sounded like it would be fun. For those of you who don't blog you can call me.

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2- What I create will be just for you.

3- It'll be done this year.

4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be photography or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may sew or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!

5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so, and leave a comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! (Or maybe Not so fabulous)Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Family Night Art Project

Jacob & I did our own project...

While Dad designed the real project.

A month later Dad put it on canvas and the two of us painted the back ground color.

Meanwhile, Jacob did his own project.
The next Monday night we added the remaining colors.

Tada! The finnished product. It's on the wall behind our couch. It's nice to have the color on that previously empty wall and it's quite a conversation piece.

Our Big "Camp-In"

We're going on a camp out. First we need a way to get there.

Next, we'll need to stop on the way for some food.

Then we'll need a place to stay.

Then we'll need some freinds...

And some family.

We'll take some cute pictures to document our adventures.

And do a little star gazing.

Then we'll all sit down and watch a movie because we can see the computer from inside the tent. Well, it may not be a huge adventure but we sure enjoyed it. Jacob spent the first hour wondering in and out of the tent and taking his toys in and out of the tent. Next, he tried to collapese the tent from the outside. We finally got all settled in and he sat and read his books.

Christmas Adventures

Jacob's first sledding trip.
The clean sweep team.

Jacob came over and sat right down on Zachary's lap.

Two babies are better than one!

The cousins had to take turns on the Mickey plane.

Daddy & Jacob going down the hill.

Jacob perfecting his light saber technique.

In the big tub and lovin' it.

The King Bowlers.

Jacob was giving the baby in the fridge kisses.

Proof that we only need one seat on a plane.

Jacob on Christmas Day.

Jacob loved his first time bowling. He tried to chase the ball down the lane.