2 kids in a candy store

Andy's brother, Jason, came over for a bit tonight and they decided to play a video game. I was in the shower when they were playing, but even with the sound of the water, I could hear them SQUEALING with delight. The object of the game was to make the other person crash their motorcycle, as you can tell from the pic. Ha. It reminded me of 2 kids in a candy store.

HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY TO US!!!!

My Bucket List

Since I spoke of my bucket list in the last post, I thought to share it. I made this list when I was bored at work 2 years ago and since I made it, I have accomplished 3 things...paintballing (but you already knew that ha), get married in the temple (which I was able to do almost a year ago...our anniversary is in 3 days!), and graduate from college (which I did in December of 08).
In no particular order:

• I would love to be able to adopt a child from a different country. I worked in orphanages in Ecuador and I saw how awful the system is there and I would love to be able to help at least one child feel loved and to be part of a family.
  
• I want to go everywhere in Europe. Both my mom and my step-dad traveled all over Europe when they were single and I want to follow in their footsteps...even though I'm not single anymore :)
• I want to go on a road trip across the United States
  
• I also want to go camping in all the National Parks
• I want to write my life history...I'm not super awesome at keeping a journal, so I think this could be a challenge for me.
• I want to learn about my ancestors and grandparents and make some sort of historical journal with the info I gather.
• I want to learn Spanish and French
• I want to design a house and possibly help build it. My dad built the house I grew up in, so I'm intrigued to do that as well.
  
• I want to be an amazing cook...which I don't think will ever happen. ha
• I want to go to Disney World
• I want to meet a president
• I want to learn how to scuba dive
• I want to go to Hawaii and swim with sharks
• I want to learn how to quilt really well
• I also want to live on the East Coast. I love it there.

So that's the list. And I'm sticking to it :)

Goals

I love it when I can cross something off my bucket list. Yesterday, I was able to do that by going PAINTBALLING! I've wanted to do this ever since I saw the movie, "10 Things I Hate About You", but I've also been a little nervous....cuz you can get hurt. And I've also never had any friends who have wanted to go...until I married Andy. He loves to go and he organized an outing yesterday and we had so much fun! I wish I got a pic of us in our gear, but I'm not really a picture person, so just use your imagination. Ha. We played a team elimination game and we also played Capture the Flag. By the end of the day, I was comfortable shooting and I didn't want to stop. We came through fairly unscathed with my worst welt is on my arm and Andy's on his thigh. If you ever want to come with us, let us know. We would love to go again!

lemonade vs lemons

So, I called in sick today at work. I wasn't lying. I spent all night last night in misery which resulted in me going to Instacare today. But, good news! The doc diagnosed me right away and gave me an antibiotic that should clear up the infection. While this whole episode hasn't been fun at all, there are a lot of reasons to be grateful. Andy and I have just barely (last week) gotten health insurance. I have been praying all summer that we would be healthy so we wouldn't have to go to the doctor. And lo and behold the same week we got insurance, I had to go to the doc. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars, I had to pay a $20 co-pay. What a blessing. Another reason for my gratitude is my husband, Andy. He has been so understanding and helpful to me. I love him so much. Last night, I cried uncontrollably for really no reason and he listened to me and made me feel better. And then, when I couldn't sleep last night, I woke him up...twice... complaining and he listened again and made me feel better. What a good guy. He's such a blessing to me. So here's to making lemonade out of lemons.