Baptisms, Baby, and Being Busy!

I have 3 older brothers and all 4 of us got married within a year & 1/2 of each other(which probably cost my parents a fortune), and we had our first child in the same year 2001. So, this year is a big year for all of us, as our first child is being baptized. My nephew Jacob, who lives in Arlington, TX was the first. He was baptized on May 2nd and it was a special day and really great for Addyson to watch her cousin take an important step in making covenants with his Father in heaven. She was excited to participate in the program and sing with her cousins from Tennessee, it was a great weekend. We are so proud of you Jacob.

The next to be baptized was my niece Kendyl. We took a road trip to Nashville,Tennesse, which was our first road trip in a while since we were used to flying everywhere while Dave worked for American. It was a little rough getting out there but we made it and it was well worth the 10 hour drive.
Kendyl was baptized on May 30th. Congrats Kendyl and we are so proud of you too!
Addyson is a little bummed that she doesn't get to be one of the first but I am glad that it is something that she can be excited about and prepare for as much as possible. I can't believe she is turning 8 this year.

We love visiting Tennessee! It is always so much fun seeing my brother Ken and his wife Carrie and their 4 girls. Our kids get a long so well that is always makes for a really relaxing time because the kids just disappear and couldn't be happier. We also love it because it is so pretty out there. One of the kids favorite things to do is walking down to the creek by their house and catching tadpoles, minnows, and crayfish. I love that my kids enjoy the outdoors so much, I know I always did and still do.

My kids really are so lucky to have so many cousins their age and so close in proximity. When I was a kid I only saw my cousins once a year so we weren't close, especially as we got older but my brothers and I are all so close and supportive of one another that I know that the kids will be great friends forever.
On our way out to Tennessee I saw this butterfly or moth, Addyson educated me on the difference, near our hotel room in Arkansas. I have never seen one so huge, I had to take a picture.

This is Addyson's hand next to it.

So, since it has been a while since I have made a blog post I thought that I would journal about the progress of baby Lee and the everyday happeninings here at the Lee household.

Um, I am definitely done having children! I don't really remember feeling this way in any of my past pregnancies, the last month I always feel pretty miserable but this whole pregnancy has been hard for me. I have been an emotional wreck, eating like a cow, soooo tired, and I am already feeling the aches and pains a lot more than I remember when I am only 29 weeks. I have tried to scale back my schedule as much as I can to help me cope but I have an incredible amount of anxiety and I am sooooo in nesting mode! I stopped teaching my classes at the gyms, even though I could really use the exercise. I have been picking up some extra shifts at the hospital when I can because I am switching around rooms, redecorating, buying extra furniture, and trying to organize organize organize in time for the baby so I have to make some extra money to pay for it all. I put Addyson and Paige in a room together and I painted their room last week and I pretty much decided that Dave will be painting the baby's room because I was so sore the next day that I could harldy walk, ugh what the heck! I love how the girls room turned out, once all of my projects are completed I will post pics.

Dave has been really busy as well. He has picked up several new clients so he spends a lot of time in the evenings doing bookkeeping. Seminary is over, so he has a little extra time to devote to other things. He has a whole slew of projects lined up for him, I kind of feel bad for the guy but he owes me if you know what I mean:) Our side fence that adjoins with our neighbors fell down a couple of months ago and Dave actually really likes to build things and work with his hands so he volunteered the labor if the neighbors would pay for materials. Every weekend, or the ones that haven't been raining, he has been out there working on the fence and it is almost done. It is great for the kids to get out there with him and watch and help, they really love it! His next project is our garage, which needs a lot of help, priming and painting baby's room, lots of repairs around the house, etc.- he has a list:) Oh, and the one he is least happy about is his date with the urologist for the ole' snip snip. Is that TMI? He might not be happy that I just put that out there, but I am super grateful that he is willing to have the Dr. mess with his goods in the name of my sanity. Love you Dave!!

HB Ethan!

Ethan turned the big 5 on May 14th, and I am just now getting around to blogging about it. His Birthday was on a Thursday so we kept it pretty low-key. My mom treated him to a Birthday lunch at McD's and later that night Dave came home from work early to treat him to a Birthday dinner, but Ethan wasn't interested- which sucks for me cause that means I have to make dinner! Whatever the Birthday boy wants the Birthday boy gets right?! Then we had some cake and opened his present and cards that came in the mail.

On Saturday we had his official Birthday party with his friends and cousins. I had decided that my kids were only going to get a big party every other year and that since Ethan had a big Birthday party last year that we would just do something as a family. However, I started to feel a little guilty because every single year for Addyson's birthday she has always gotten a big party and Ethan has only had 1. So, I decided to go ahead and do it but keep it really simple. We bought a big play structure for the back yard that the kids spend all of their time on so I thought I would just invite some kids over, have them play outside, throw some water balloons, have cake and ice cream, open presents and call it a party. Well, it just h-a-d to rain and ruin my plans so I had to scramble at the last minute and come up with some last minute games and activities inside, so needless to say the party was not as stress free as I had hoped but Ethan was happy so it was worth it.

He is soooo into Pokemon right now, so of course he wanted a Pokemon party
Since my water balloon fight idea didn't work out so well, I decided to have the kids have a "snowball" fight inside with socks. The kids seemed to have a lot of fun, only one kid got a bloody nose- oops!

Then we did the whole doughnut on a line game but instead of having doughnuts all over in my house I substituted fruit roll-ups, not quite as fun but it still worked out great.

I kept the cake very simple, I just don't have the motivation to go all out on a cake right now. I just made a triple layer yellow cake with white chocolate raspberry creamcheese filling and buttercream on the outside then I just stuck some some Pokemon figurines on top and called it good.

The moment the party started Ethan kept asking me when we were going to open presents. We played the first game and he asked then we played the second game and he made it very clear that that was going to be the last game because he wanted to open presents.

Ethan we are so blessed to have you in our home. You are such a good boy who is so sweet to your sisters and your parents. You are always willing to do anything that we ask you(most of the time). Now that you are 5 you are super excited about all of the new things that you get to experience i.e. school, YMCA activities, and soccer. I know that you will do awesome because you always try your best. We love you and hope you had a Happy Birthday!

So, I am finally getting around to blogging Paige's birthday party. We just had a small family party on the Sunday before she turned 2. She is obsessed with Dora the Explorer so we went to the party store and got Dora plates and cups. The whole week leading up to her party she kept telling everyone that she was 2 and she was having a Dora Birthday part- so cute!

She was very excited to blow out her candles!
Dave suggested we have an ice cream cake, and since I love ice cream cake I thought it was a great idea! Too bad the thing melted like crazy as soon as I took it out of the freezer, it was GOOOOD though! I made my first attempt at making a royal icing plaque and made a Dora, it turned out alright except her arm fell off and there were tiny spots where the green whipped cream was coming through her nose but Paige loved it and that is all that matters.

Enjoying her cake!

She is serious about her ice cream!

Happy Birthday Paige!

Two years ago today Paige Alexa was born(sniff, sniff). I have absolutely loved these past two years with Paige, and it makes me sad that they have gone by so quickly. Now she is talking like crazy, sometimes too much for her own good and convinced she is old enough to do just about everything. I have probably said this a million times, but I LOVE this age and I just want to freeze her right where she is. She is so sassy but so sweet, it doesn't matter how naughty she is I just can't be mad at her. I have noticed with Addy and Ethan that as they approach the age of 3 they get pretty "terrible" and I can tolerate less, so I better enjoy it while it lasts.

Happy Birthday my Beautiful Blonde Baby!

Happy Easter!

Easter is over once again and my kids are bouncing off of the walls with loads of sugar running through their veins, not to mention my veins- however I only wish it had the same effect of extra energy for me(not so much). Dave has about a million different projects going on, one being putting together the new play structure in our backyard for the kids and rebuilding our side fence so I decided to give him some time and go it alone with the kids to Easter egg hunts on Saturday. The first stop was Albertson's, which we were late to so the kids didn't get much just the few eggs their friends gave them so they wouldn't feel bad. Then I was off to the Stonebridge Ranch annual egg hunt only to find out that I wrote the wrong date down and it was actually the previous weekend- ugh my day was not going so well. So, I decided to brave the mass amounts of people and head to the McKinney Eggstravaganza. We got there early which was a very good thing because the kids were able to spend a lot of time at the petting zoo which I could not pull them away from. I was bummed that I left my camera in the car and didn't get any good pics of them holding the baby chicks and rabbits-so cute!

They had a bunch of games for the kids to play and win candy or small toys. They also had a bounce house, face painting, etc. We mostly just participated in the stuff that you didn't have to stand in line all day for.

Finally after 2 hours of fighting crowds, having to go pee, and practically starving to death the egg hunts began. They had it split up by age group so Paige went first. She was just interested in the candy that had fallen out of the eggs, she didn't care one bit about grabbing those eggs she just wanted to eat a piece of candy.

Ethan had his egg hunt next, which went so fast. He ran out there as fast as he could but there were so many kids he only got about 8 eggs, he was happy though.

Ethan with his friend Ashton.

Addyson had her egg hunt last and there was some real competition, after we went over some strategies she was off to do some damage- she did pretty well! Although I was really wishing I had asked Dave to come along, the kids had a great time and that is all that counts right?!




Easter Sunday the kids woke up and were on a hunt for their baskets. I made strawberry crepes and we got dressed in our Easter best and were off to 8:30 church, late of course.

Here are their Easter outfits, I only have the best looking kids ever.

Ethan got his first suit, which he was so excited about, now he gets to look like Daddy every Sunday.

Later that day we drove out to Arlington to spend some time with my brother and his family and my mom and stepdad. We thought it would be fun to have the kids have an Easter egg hunt so we filled more eggs with more candy and hid them in the house, it was really muddy outside because it rained all night and most of the day. Then we had a great Easter dinner and went home fat and happy. It was a pretty great weekend and we are sad it is over.

My baby is no longer an it!

Because patience is not one of my strong points I began trying to find out what this baby was as soon as I knew those little genitalia were forming. I am lucky to have access to an ultrasound machine at my work. So, when the ER gets slow I just mosey my way into the trauma room and play around with the ultrasound machine and check out my little growing fetus. One night I took an excessively long break because I was on a mission and even though I never got the money shot I was pretty sure it was a girl because after 45 minutes of looking I never saw any boy parts. So, I was still holding out hope for a boy but I was prepared for them to tell me it was going to be another girl. I had my ultrasound yesterday and as she went from head down to check for any abnormalities I was anxious to know so I just said "okay, so is it a girl"? And what was it..................................................................................................................................
When I told Ethan that he wasn't going to have a brother he buried his face in my friends couch and cried, then he hit me- like it was my fault. That is your daddy's fault boy!! I am of course happy with anything but it would have been nice to have another little boy. I just always thought that I would have a bunch of boys, I grew up with 3 brothers and I always had mostly guy friends when I was growing up. Now I have to worry about 3 teenage girls with extra emotions and hormones- yay:) The part that I am having the hardest time with is naming her. Seriously, Lee is the worst last name for having a girl, for so many reasons. I can't pick a name that ends in an e sound or one with l's or a single syllable name- when it comes to girl names, or ones that I like that leaves ummmm.... nothing! I had the hardest time naming Paige and it still doesn't sound as great as I would like it to. I not complaining though, we are of course happy that there are no abnormalities she is healthy and very active. If any of my peeps out there have heard of a great name that actually sounds good with Lee, help me please!!!!

A fantastic week!

We had an amazing Sring Break week together, I am actually sad that it is over and Addyson has to go back to school. We had great weather in the upper 70's-low 80's all week long. We had a week full of playing outside, playdates with friends, and sleeping in. Ethan has been so happy to have Addyson home with him to play with. He said, "Mommy, I wish every week were Spring Break." Although I am loving this weather, it really made me excited for a summer full of playing and swimming.

One of the things we did this week was The Dallas Zoo. I have never in my 4 years of going to the zoo seen so many people, especially on a week day- it was crazy. Maybe it was a sign of the recession, more people stayed home this year? Despite my disdain for crowds we still managed to have a really fun day.

We have not been back to the zoo since March of last year when Ethan broke his arm. We had to visit the infamous ostrich statue where he broke it. The funny thing is there used to be a much higher railing, which he fell from. I wonder why they cut it down?

We didn't see a lot of animals at the zoo, by the time we got there the kids were hungry and all they really wanted to do was go to the Children's area with the birds, farm animals, and this creek. As soon as Paige saw the water she kept saying "bath" and trying to take her clothes off.

I wouldn't let her take her clothes off so this is her mad face.
She eventually decided she could get in with her clothes on and had a blast! The kids got soaked and unfornately I didn't think to bring extra clothes- oops! They were still happy though.
Addyson finally got enough guts to ride a pony. She is always so afraid to try new things but she has gotten so much better over the past year, I am proud of her. Maybe we really will be able to go back to DisneyWorld someday.

Ethan is finally old enough to participate in some sports just like his big sister, so I signed him up for soccer this season. He has been so excited and so dang cute! He has been forced to follow big sister everywhere for her activities and now he finally has something of his own. Dave signed up to be his assistant coach, which has been great- he needs all the time he can get with his dad. I am bummed at the schedule though, 8:00 games almost every Saturday- that sucks! Ethan does not like to wake up early and I teach an 8:30 step class on Saturdays. I was really sad that I missed his very first game this weekend, but Dave says he did great and even scored a goal. Go Ethan! Our Soccer Stud.
Addyson is getting older and soccer is getting more competetive. She has really come a long way and is doing well in the games, she scored a goal this weekend too!

My little entreprenuers

Addyson has been wanting to try and "sell some stuff", as she would put it, for a while. She usually wants to try and sell toys or whatever stuff she can find lying around to make some extra money. Since our crappy HOA won't allow us to have garage sales we can't really "sell some stuff". Then she came up with the idea of selling food, except she wanted to try and sell food from our pantry like canned goods, bananas etc. I suggested she try and bake something to sell and so she had a plan. She baked cookies, with a little help from Ethan (and I cleaned up, of course), made this awesome sign, and set up her post. She had originally wanted to charge $1 for each cookie and I told her that might be a little steep so she decided .10 cents would be better They were very cute sitting out of the curb using their superb selling tactics on everyone who walked or drove by. Their first sell was a car that bought 5 cookies, they were so excited! We don't really live on a busy street so business was not booming but they did manage to make themselves $1.55 in about 45 minutes, not too shabby!

Aren't they cute?!
Paige managed to swipe a few for herself when they weren't looking.

Boy do I feel like a loser?!

Some of you may remember my post (here) about a year ago which I "said" that I was going to do the Body for Life challenge with my friend Chrissy from work. Well, even though I professed it to everyone that read my blog it still didn't happen. I am too cheap to buy all of the protein bars and shakes and well I will spare you the excuses- I guess I am just too weak! She is a rockstar and won with her husband!! They will be picking up their $10,000 check in May. Maybe after this next baby I will have to give it another try, maybe:)

Now I know all of the secrets to taking a before and after picture.

You can check out their story on the Body for Life website (here).

Everything is amazing and nobody is happy

I saw this video and LOVED IT! So funny and so true! Enjoy

I am pregnant

I am making my "official" announcement that I am preggo. I have been waiting for the 12 week mark to tell most people that I am pregnant, but I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut so most people already know but I at least wanted to make sure family knew before I posted anything. So I am 13 1/2 weeks- due on August, 22nd. This wasn't exactly planned, it was sort of a suprise so I am a little freaked out! I am at least finding some comfort in the fact that this will be my last child FOR SURE! I have been feeling pretty awful and just getting by but I am finally starting to have some good days where I feel somewhat normal. I had an ultrasound today to find out exactly how far along I am. I was going to find a babysitter for the kids but then I thought, well maybe Ethan would like to see the baby so I decided to brave it and take them with. Then, last night I told Ethan that I was going to the Dr. to see the baby and I asked him if he wanted to see the baby too. He said, "NO, take me to someone's house so I can play while you go to the Dr." I did end up taking him and although he wasn't super excited he did seem to enjoy seeing the baby bounce around inside me. Although we would be happy with a healthy baby- boy or girl, we are really hoping we can give Ethan a little brother, he really needs one! In about 6 weeks we should be able to find out.

Baby Lee #4

My baby is getting big!

Paige has officially graduated into a big girl bed. Over the weekend she started climbing out of her bed and sneaking into Addy and Ethan's rooms. The kids thought it was hilarious which only encouraged her to do it over and over and over! I have to admit, it was pretty funny at first because she was so cute and so mischievious trying to hide from us. Then when she would sneak out when she thought we were downstairs only to come face to face with us- the look of fear on her face was priceless. We were not ready to loose the crib, then when she climbed out and landed on her face giving herself a bloody nose we did not have much of a choice. So, we took the railing off of the crib and ta-dah she has a toddler bed. Needless to say bedtimes and naptimes are not much fun but hopefully this new sense of freedom will wear off and it will once again be a breeze to get to sleep.

Friends are like snowflakes

On Friday night my friend Nissa-Lynn and I hosted our monthly dinner group with our amazing group of friends. Since Nissa has a special talent for decorating she handled the china and table arrangements while I handled most of the food. As always, it was a great night away with the girlfriends. This poem sums up the nights theme and pretty much how we all feel about each other.

"Every friend is like a snowflake, unique in beauty and design. Each sparkels in a diffrent way-some are playful, some refined. But, unlike fragile snowflakes that fade when the sun appears, friends grow even more beautiful with every passing year."

The fabulous table decor- great job Nissa

My friend Kari wrote her thoughts of the night on her blog and I couldn't have said it better so I copied some of it. "As I sat surrounded by this amazing group of ladies I realized that I am truely blessed. I am surrounded by strong members of the church, women that each in their own way inspire me, wonderful wives and mothers, women of great compassion, kindness, and love. I am blessed to call them my friends and lucky to be surrounded by women like that. Tonight we had a fabulous inspirational talk (thanks Nissa's mom!) She urged us to be confident, look at how wonderful we each are, be happy, be positive. To all "my girls"....I would say you are awesome! It is an absolute honor to be surrounded by you. I love that we are all different in our own way. We all have our own struggles, ups, and downs, and we all have our own lives that tend to keep us busy. BUT....I know that if I ever needed ANYTHING I could call on my girls to help me out. For that I say, THANK YOU! I look forward to everytime we are able to get together because I know I will walk away with a smile on my face and feel re-energized. I am a better person because of you, a better mom because of you, and a better friend because of you. Thank you for your examples! Tonight was so fun...to get caught up on everyone's lives...and Tiare, to meet little Ben. What a sweetheart! I love each of you for who you are and all that you teach me. I love that we are like snowflakes in that we are all different. That is what makes us so great together! And I know that because of the great friendships we have we will continue to grow with each other."

Love you girls!!!

My REALLLLY long Christmas post!

Merry Christmas from the Lee's.
I tried to stay on top of all of my shopping and Christmas stuff and get it done early so that I wouldn't be so stressed out and busy as Christmas drew closer, but that didn't happen. I did get most of my Christmas cards out, but I did not get them all out- so if you didn't get one sorry this will have to do. This the picture that we ended up using for our card this year.

So, now that Christmas is over I finally have a little bit of time to sit down and document all of the fun that we have had in the month of December. It is a lot, I have trouble narrowing down the pictures to just a few..................

Our community had it's annual tree lighting celebration, this was the first year we have attended- we never knew about it in the past. We got there late and it was a cold cold night so we had some hot cocoa(the cookies were all gone) and checked out Mrs. Clause and some carolers. Then we were able to go on a horse and carriage ride- a first for us. The kids loved it, we will definitely be doing that again next year!

Shivering in front of the Stonebridge Ranch tree, sipping hot cocoa

Bundled up under a blanket on the carriage

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The weekend before Christmas we went to downtown Frisco to see the lights. They also had a lot of activities for the kids. They had bounce houses, rock climbing walls, video games, a train, and Santa and it was all free- it doesn't get much better than that!

This is the first picture of my kids with Santa EVER! I have tried year after year but they were always too scared, this year it was no big deal(well, Paige was pretty terrified)!

If you look closely at this picture you may notice that Addyson is missing one of her top right teeth. She was standing in line for the train and thought her tooth seemed wiggly. She said,"mom, my tooth is loose." I tried to wiggle it and said,"It doesn't feel loose to me." Addyson says,"yes it is!" and pushes it out with her finger and the tooth goes flying! Wha, how did that happen! So, she was right but sadly we couldn't find the tooth(the second time a tooth got lost before the tooth fairy could get it). Luckily she wrote the tooth fairy a note explaining where she lost it and the tooth fairy was able to find it- whew!

Rock climbing

Ethan was so brave

Paige also had her first experience in a bounce house. The attendant who was manning the bounce house had a great idea to let the little little kids all go together for a round so they wouldn't get trampled. Paige LOVED it! She was so happy bouncing around and falling all over the place. Then, someone accidentally unplugged the power cord to the bounce house and it started to come down on all the little ones- a bit scary but they all got our safe.

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Christmas Eve we decided to try out a couple of new things, possibly some new traditions. One thing that was so much fun was acting out the nativity story with the kids. Addyson was Mary, Ethan was Joseph, Paige was a shepherd, I was the angel, and Dave was the narrator/filmmaker. Dave read the story and the kids played their parts as he read it. Paige had a little trouble once baby Jesus was born because she wanted to play with the baby and didn't want anyone else touching him. After we were done we watched it and laughed so hard, and then we watched it again and again.

Our little shepherd

Ethan as Joseph

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Christmas morning I awoke to the sound of the kids already rummaging through their stockings, I guess we should have laid down some ground rules before bed. Luckily they didn't touch their presents, although Addyson organized all of her presents into a nice pile.

No stocking is complete without a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Addyson got her webkinz!

The babydolls and stroller were the biggest hit for Paige! She wasn't sure what she thought about opening presents until she opened these. She has been carrying her baby around with her 24/7 since Christmas.

Ethan got some really cool gifts, I was so excited to see his face when he opened them! What a letdown, he didn't really get excited about any of them- huh, you asked for them kid! The only gift he really cared about was his Bakugan rollers, which by the way he got 3 of and one is lost and one is broken what like 5 days later- ugh!!

Addyson's favorite gift was her Heelies! She has been asking for them for a while. I don't think those things have left her feet, she has gotten really good at them.

So, this is what I discovered this year.......they don't need a lot of gifts, they only need 1 or 2 really good gifts! When I was a kid I loved waking up Christmas morning and seeing a ton of presents under the tree, it was always so exciting. I wanted to re-create that feeling for my kids. The problem is, they just don't appreciate all those gifts when they get so many all at once. Next year I am saving my money!

Christmas Day was a wonderful day spent with family and friends. We are so blessed to be surrounded by so many loved ones! We hope everyone had as an enjoyable Christmas season as we did!

Annual Christmas party!

Our Friends Justin and Nissa-Lynn have begun a tradition of hosting a Christmas party for our group of friends every year. We left the kids at home and partied as couples. We ate some tasty appetizers and played some fun and sometimes questionable games. A Christmas party is never complete without a white elephant gift exchange, which proved to be just as hilarious as always- a little more G rated than last year though. I know I always blog about the fun we have with our friends, but seriously we have the best group of friends!

Dave is displaying our white elephant treasure- puzzles. Thanks Dave for ruining the otherwise great couples picture. BTW- the photography is courtesty of Justin, I could never take picture this good.

100 things
I saw this on my friend Jessica's blog and thought it looked fun. However, after seeing all of the things that I haven't done, I am feeling like such a boring person. I have a lot of things to do and places to see in the next 40 years! All things that I have done is highlighted in red.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
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
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola
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
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (not fluently by all means though)
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(Does the one in Ceasar's Palace count?)
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
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
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
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (too many times, I have a big hole in my arm to show for it!)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
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 on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car(someday, someday)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Book of Mormon or Bible
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. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Dead Sea
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day