What I have done and what I haven't done...

Bold the things you have done............comment if you wish!

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band (GOLDCOUCH!!!)
Visited Hawaii (with Grandma a bunch as a kid and then my wedding)
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland (but I love Disney World more)
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I have flown by it)
Grown your own vegetables
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train (Norway with Rachel Sjavik)
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked (it was a long time ago in Ireland. Life was a bit safer there then)
Taken a sick day when you're not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run (in our family girls always hit home runs. Well and Nick too)
Been on a cruise (my senior prom was on a cruise of the Puget Sound)
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language (I'm not fluent, but I know some spanish, german, and irish)
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelo's David (only as yard art...not the real thing)
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (only snorkeling. Scuba scares me)
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I used to only sell to Uncle Darren and Grandpa Doherty. I swear they were the only reason I was even forced to be a girl scout.)
Gone whale watching (I went in highschool with my boyfriend, who dumped me on the boat and rode the bus back with another girl!)
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job (that Mickey Mouse!)
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle (I'm married to Troy...enough said)
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper (Hello don't you remember the ice cream ad)
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House (just the outside)
Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I grew up next door to Jan Sr. What do you think?)
Had chickenpox
Saved someone's life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake (and it smelled bad!)
Been involved in a law suit (Enron)
Owned a cell phone (not until I was twenty)
Been stung by a bee
Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your blog

The Beginnings of Our Nursery

This week we got our crib off Craig's List. I've been searching Craig's List for a couple of weeks now for a crib and changing table. I had a couple of great deals that got snatched out from under me, but honestly I'm so glad that we got the crib that we did. I love it. Especially after today because Troy totally rearrange our office/guest room to become our office/guest room/nursery and even set up the crib. Its adorable. Plus my parents bought it for us, so not only did I find a great deal for them but we got just what we wanted. I'm still on the hunt for a changing table, but I know the perfect one will come my way.



Lucy and I did a little shopping today too. She is going to make a couple of quilts, a dust ruffle, and a valance. She said that all I had to buy was the sheets. No problem there. Target has great stuff for so cheap and they all match. I was so glad when she offered to do this for us because I just hadn't found anything out there that I really loved. I'm so excited now because I absolutely love what we picked out today plus I know she will do an amazing job. Maddie is so lucky to have such a talent Grandma.





I'll post more pictures once the quilts and everything is made. I'm so excited!!!

What a great gift!

My sister in law Tiffany is so talented! She is always making the cutest scrapbook pages, calendars, baby announcements, and Christmas cards. I made her promise a long time ago that she would scrapbook for me and make all of my Christmas cards.

This Christmas we decided that because we are all broke and not spending the holiday together that we would skip out on presents for each other. Well about a week before Christmas a package shows up in the mail. She had made us a book of our wedding! She thinks she is so tricky because it didn't cost her a dime. She had a coupon for a free book from Shutterfly. The book is great because it is such a wonderful reminder of our wedding day. But we really love it because Tiffany made it for us and put so much time and energy into making us such an amazing gift.

Check out our wedding book that she put together for us! I only picked out a few of the pages to share.

My Niece Lacey!

Lacey Carter Gremmert has always been entertaining. She is so funny! She just says whatever pops into her head. She loves making people laugh. Lacey is so loving and kind. She is sweet and sassy. I love that you never know what you are going to get with Lacey. She has started calling me every once in awhile just to chat. She's 4. ha! Here are some of my favorite pictures of Lacey Lou Cutie Pie Pie (Yes she nicknamed herself)...

Not so innocent...

Troy and I went to Whistler last week with his family. They have gone every year since 1981 so its a pretty big tradition for them. We had a great time. Everyone skied but me. Being pregnant and klutzy don't really go well with skiing. So I shopped, ate tons of great food, and watched movies...I'm not complaining. Of course I took my camera up there with me. And of course I didn't take any pictures! What can I say, I'm not a mom yet. haha!

Unfortunately we couldn't bring Kaiser with us. The condo we stayed in was not pet friendly. There is a great place in Duvall that boards for really cheap and he loves playing with all the dogs that live there, so we felt pretty good about leaving him behind. The woman that runs the place is also a breeder. Lucy and Shawn got their puppies Abby and Callie from her. Well one of her female dogs was in heat the week that Kaiser stayed there and because he was neutered a few months back, he got to be out with all the girls. Usually the boys and girls are kept separate to avoid unwanted litters, but Kaiser isn't a threat in that way so he was free to mingle. And mingle he did. He had a great time getting to know Marilyn (the dog in heat) on a more intimate level. Is it weird that I'm a little sad that my dog is no longer innocent?

Why crying can be a good thing...

Last night I was watching Dateline with Matt Lauer. He was interviewing the families of two girls that were in a car accident in Indiana two years ago. One of the girls died and the other was in a coma for weeks and had horrible brain trauma. The reason that this story got national attention was the fact that the two girls were mistaken for each other. So one family buried and mourned a daughter that didn't die and another family sat in a hospital room for five weeks caring for someone else's daughter. The whole thing just boggles my mind. I just couldn't believe how each of these families handled the situation. They were so compassionate and loving to each other. There was no ill feelings or hate. They were both so Christ-minded. Of course watching a show like this, I cried my eyes out. Who wouldn't? Troy. He kept asking me if I wanted him to turn it off. He doesn't get it. He always asks me why I watch such sad shows. But those are happy tears and sad ones too I guess. I just like knowing that there are good people still in the world.

Rosie's Gingerbread Party

Every year for as long as I can remember we have had a family party to make Gingerbread houses. The venues are always changing and people come and go, but the party remains the same. For the past several years the party has been at my aunt Rosie's house. She makes the best icing and she is great about making sure we have a huge variety of candy. Troy has participated for the last three years. I'm starting to think that maybe making a Gingerbread house isn't as a fun a tradition for him as it is for me...

And this was my creation...

I'm really grateful for the family traditions that my parents started for us and will continue for our children.